12. 100 Days of Trump: White House Worship While The World Burns

The Tim & April Show

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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In this episode of The Tim and April Show, the hosts discuss various topics including the absence of May Day memes, a humorous take on hate mail received, their experience at the Post-Evangelical Collective conference, Canada's recent election results, and a critical analysis of Trump's first 100 days in office, focusing on approval ratings, immigration policies, and media representation. Chapters 04:08 Hate Mail and Online Criticism 11:54 Canada's Election and Political Commentary 19:53 Immigration Policies and Family Separation 29:33 Trump's Intelligence and Lies 36:41 Understanding Evangelical Support for Trump 57:37 Theological Ignorance and Political Power 01:07:09 Cognitive Dissonance in Faith 01:18:53 Two Christianities: Power vs. Advocacy 01:25:02 Weird Christian Narratives _______________________________ ⁠If you'd like to support our work, you can DONATE here!⁠ Follow Us On Instagram @thenewevangelicals Subscribe On YouTube @thenewevangelicals The New Evangelicals exists to support those who are tired of how evangelical church has been done before and want to see an authentic faith lived out with Jesus at the center. This show is produced by Josh Gilbert Media | ⁠Joshgilbertmedia.com⁠ We are committed to building a caring community that emulates the ways of Jesus by reclaiming the evangelical tradition and embracing values that build a better way forward. If you’ve been marginalized by your faith, you are welcome here. We’ve built an empathetic and inclusive space that encourages authentic conversations, connections and faith. Whether you consider yourself a Christian, an exvangelical, someone who's questioning your faith, or someone who's left the faith entirely, you are welcome here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a new evangelicals production.
0:08.3	The Tim and April show, where we unravel faith, politics, and culture.
0:17.5	Hello. Hello. Hi.
0:21.4	Thursday.
0:22.7	And a happy first day of May.
0:26.3	Oh yeah.
0:28.2	Yes.
0:29.1	Isn't that when you drop the good old JT meme?
0:33.3	It's gonna be May.
0:35.8	Do do do do do do.
0:37.1	I got to say. You're supposed to do it leading up to May, right?
0:41.3	So yesterday would have like, you're all, today's the last day of April, but tomorrow, it's
0:46.5	going to be May.
0:47.8	Right.
0:48.2	Because if you did that today, it wouldn't make sense because, no, it is May.
0:52.0	It is May.
0:53.0	Yeah.
0:53.6	It is May. It is May. It doesn't work out that way.
0:55.8	You know, it's kind of sad. And this could just be my algorithm. But I didn't see any,
1:01.5	it's going to be May memes this year. I didn't either. Does that mean, though? Does that mean
1:06.9	that we are old? Well, I was going to, I was going to blame Trump.
1:14.1	But maybe because we're old too.
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