Everyone is trying to make sense of the attack on the Capitol last week by a violent pro-Trump mob displaying Christian symbols—including us! Kaitlyn Schiess joins Phil, Skye, and Christian to talk through the madness. Skye explains why this attack is fundamentally different from political violence in America’s past.
Phil worries about the loss of objective truth and why responses on Facebook are so much worse than Twitter. The discuss why so many Christians and Christian leaders still support Donald Trump, and the crew unpacks articles from three evangelicals—Ed Stetzer, Michael Gerson, and David French—who say white evangelicalism must face a reckoning. But will it?
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Literally yesterday I had a conversation with my Grandmother (a woman who helped my single mother to raise me to love Jesus and be faithful to Him) and I have found it to be near impossible to communicate the dangers of mixing allegiance to Jesus and allegiance to country. It is precisely the idolatry that Nebuchadnezzar demanded in the book of Daniel and it runs rampant here in the south. As a result my wife and I are concerned about the days ahead and the uncertainty that revolves around the inauguration riot threats. I just pray that Jesus, God’s anointed King, will come soon to sort this out and expose this anti-Jesus way of thinking that permeates His people in…
I said it in 2016 & it rings truer in 2021: "If American Christianity needs the likes of Donald Trump to save it, then perhaps America doesn't need Christianity."
Hi Sarah! i don’t have any advice but i just want to say: same. i don’t know how to talk to my parents about these things without them feeling personally attacked. it’s hard.
I really appreciated this episode. I believe that a lot of listeners like me are reeling in shock and dismay from the events of last week and had been looking forward to hearing what you had to share. And I thought you three and Ms. Schiess had very wise and productive feedback.
One topic that I think you've touched on in the past but I'd like to hear addressed more directly: it seems like there are more Christians in older generations who subscribe to Christian nationalism, and more Christians in younger generations who question those assumptions. This episode seemed to emphasize the importance of having productive, respectful conversations with other evangelicals who believe differently than us--but how does the age…
Kaitlyn, you're awesome. I'd love if you became a regular! Phil, Skye, Christian, thank you all for doing what you do. My church has stayed fairly silent on Trumpism, and it is just rampant in my area. I need to hear Christian voices having these conversations. Here's to some hopefully boring, geriatric politics in 2021.