Meg Wise joins the VCW hall to talk about her experiences at John MacArthur's Church in Los Angeles County, CA. She talks about their response to the COVID pandemic and the scandal involving MacArthur publicly shaming a woman whose husband was sexually abusing their kids.

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Read A Deconstruction Chronicle here: https://thedeconstructionchronicles.substack.com/p/a-deconstruction-chronicle-meg-wise?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

Article on John MaArthur publicly shaming Eileen Gray: https://ministrywatch.com/former-member-of-john-macarthurs-megachurch-says-he-shamed-her-for-leaving-her-abusive-husband-against-church-counsel/

Christianity Today article on Hohn Cho challenging Elders of John MacArthur's Church to do justice in Eileen Gray case: https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/february/grace-community-church-elder-biblical-counseling-abuse.html

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Burn this episode to the top blank CD on your spindle and throw it in your anti-skip discman, because writer and podcaster Jason Kirk joins the VCW hall to talk about his new novel, Hell is a World Without You, a coming-of-age story set in early 2000s evangelical youth group culture, and chock full of the rapture anxiety, purity culture, retreats, AIM chat logs, and Christian metalcore bands that bring that world to life, along with a few references to the movie Wild Things.

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Co-Host of the Holy Post podcast, Kaitlyn Schiess stops by the VCW hall to talk about her new book, The Ballot and the Bible. She discusses points of American history and how the Bible was interpreted on multiple sides of an issue by Christians- sometimes for good, sometimes for bad, and sometimes for really ugly evil.

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With Israel's brutal war against Gaza still raging, Dr. Alice Rothchild and Abby Brockman join the VCW hall to talk about the horror of Israel's war, to talk about their interactions with Palestinian people and the hospitality they experienced as well as speaking about their perspectives on Jewish faith and values.

Read Dr. Rothchild's articles:

The Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/in-israel-hamas-war-where-are-the-voices-of-the-healing-profession/

The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/opinion/children-mothers-pregnant-gaza.html

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Pastor Trey Ferguson joins the VCW hall to talk about Theologizin' Bigger, his new book out now. We talk about theology and imagination, Biblical inerrancy including the 1978 Chicago statement, an Ark in Kentucky and much more.

Get Pastor Trey's book right here: https://www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/theologizin-bigger/

Listen to The New Living Treyslation right here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-living-treyslation/id1576078435

Listen to Three Black Men podcast right here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/three-black-men-theology-culture-and-the-world-around-us/id1535582503

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Part 2 of the big annual pre-Oscars dive into our favorite movies of the year and the Oscar nominees. Part 2 covers the top 7 films on each our our top 10 lists, which we'd started going through toward the end of Part 1.

Jeffrey Overstreet returns and brings with him new VCW guest Dr Mary McCampbell, an author, professor, and speaker who focuses on the theological significance of popular music, film, and literature.

Subscribe to Mary's Substack The Empathetic Imagination: https://marymccampbell.substack.com/

Subscribe to Jeffrey's Substack Give Me Some Light:

https://jeffreyoverstreet.substack.com/

Read R. Scott Okamoto's blog on the Oppenheimer film right here (referenced in the episode): https://rscottokamoto.substack.com/p/ok-oppenheimer

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Our big annual pre-Oscars dive into our favorite movies of the year and the Oscar nominees is back! Jeffrey Overstreet returns and brings with him new VCW guest Dr Mary McCampbell, an author, professor, and speaker who focuses on the theological significance of popular music, film, and literature.

Subscribe to Mary's Substack The Empathetic Imagination: https://marymccampbell.substack.com/

Subscribe to Jeffrey's Substack Give Me Some Light:

https://jeffreyoverstreet.substack.com/

Read R. Scott Okamoto's blog on the Oppenheimer film right here (referenced in the episode): https://rscottokamoto.substack.com/p/ok-oppenheimer

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Warren Throckmorton returns to the VCW hall to talk about his new podcast Telling Jefferson Lies, a companion to the recently released updated version of his 2012 book with Michael Coulter, Getting Jefferson Right. We talk about the conservative pseudo-historian David Barton, and how he distorts history to uphold and further a White Christian Nationalist view of America. Also, Mark Driscoll shares his thoughts on the new Apple Vision Pro VR headset.

Check out Professor Warren Throckmorton's work on his website: https://wthrockmorton.com/

Listen to the "Getting Jefferson Right" podcast right here: https://gettingjeffersonright.com/

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Dave reveals that he has moved from "still an evangelical" to "committed Christian", and Mason Mennenga joins the show to talk about process theology, being funny online, heavy Christian music, purity culture, and of course, Veggie Tales.

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Dr Leah Payne joins the show to talk about the her brand new book God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music. Also, Zach reveals the results of his research into exactly when and where in Disneyland Carman became a Christian.

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https://www.amazon.com/God-Gave-Rock-Roll-You/dp/0197555241

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