538: Rotten Pastoral Restoration & the Power of Pain with Drew Dyck
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2022
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Reactions to last week's show were strong. The Holy Post crew responds to listener feedback about LGBTQ representation in movies and Al Mohler's defense of conservatism. Former SBC president, Johnny Hunt, was removed from ministry for sexual assault, but last week four ministry colleagues decided it was time to "restore" him. When should disgraced pastors return to ministry, and have congregational and non-denominational churches proven to be incapable of holding toxic leaders accountable? A new Twitter scandal offers more evidence that Christian Nationalism is a mask for racism and misogyny. Then, friend of the podcast Drew Dyck is back to recommend four books covering topics like the formative power of suffering, new medical research about addiction, the best way to read through the Bible, and a novel about Ireland in the 1980s. Plus, Drew's war against fake Christmas trees.
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News Segment
0:00 - Intro
3:36 - Last week debrief
21:22 - Rotten pastoral restoration
31:25 - Christian nationalism and kinism
47:43 - Sponsor: Faithful Counseling
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Interview with Drew Dyck
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48:49 - Drew's Views intro
49:48 - Christmas trees
52:53 - Book 1: "Beautiful People Don't Just Happen"
58:05 - Book 2: "The Myth of Normal"
1:14:20 - Book 3: "Small Things Like These"
1:18:44 - Book 4: "52 Weeks in the Word"
Drew's book recommendations:
"Beautiful People Don't Just Happen: How God Redeems Regret, Hurt, and Fear in the Making of Better Humans" by Scott Sauls - https://amzn.to/3VylJQa
"The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture" by Gabor Maté - https://amzn.to/3uvclkv
"Small Things Like These" (a novel) by Claire Keegan - https://amzn.to/3FwCUfr
"52 Weeks in the Word: A Companion for Reading Through the Bible in a Year" by Trillia J. Newbell - https://amzn.to/3usdTf2
Other links mentioned:
Last week's Holy Post episode, 537 - https://www.holypost.com/post/537-the-war-over-christmas-movies-gen-z-s-mental-health-with-josh-packard
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to The Holy Post. |
| 0:02.0 | Reactions to last week's show were pretty strong, so this week we start out with some |
| 0:06.3 | listener feedback about LGBTQ representation in movies and Al Moller's defense of conservatism. |
| 0:13.0 | Then, former president of the SBC Johnny Hunt was removed from ministry for sexual assault, |
| 0:18.9 | but last week four ministry colleagues decided it was time to return him to ministry leadership. |
| 0:24.4 | What does this say about how disgrace pastors should return to ministry |
| 0:28.4 | and have congregational and non-denominational churches just proven incapable of holding leaders |
| 0:33.5 | that are toxic, accountable? Then, a new Twitter scandal offers more proof that Christian |
| 0:38.6 | nationalism is just a mask for racism and misogyny. After that, I'm joined by Drew Dick for another |
| 0:45.2 | round of Drew's views, where he tells us about new books he's been reading and recommends for us, |
| 0:50.5 | and he explains why he has a war against fake Christmas trees. Before we jump into the episode, |
| 0:56.5 | a reminder to our Patreon supporters that there's a brand new episode of Christian asks. |
| 1:01.4 | This time, she wonders whether God uses calamities to discipline us. |
| 1:06.2 | It's a fascinating conversation and a question that a lot of people have. If you're not yet a Patreon |
| 1:10.9 | supporter, please go to HolyPost.com and click the support us button. It'll give you access to all |
| 1:16.2 | the archives of Christian asks, as well as our new series, Getting Schooled by Caitlin Chess. |
| 1:21.3 | Okay, here is episode 538. Hey there, welcome to the podcast, this is Phil. You're listening to |
| 1:27.6 | the HolyPost podcast. I'm here with Skyjtonny. Hi, Sky. Hi, Phil. Hi, and Caitlin Chess. Hi, Caitlin. |
| 1:34.5 | Hi, Phil. Caitlin's beaming in from an undisclosed location because she's, she has a privileged |
| 1:41.7 | arrangement on campus that we cannot tell other people about. It's gonna be jealous. That sounds |
| 1:47.6 | like a lot more dramatic than it actually is. Oh, it is. It's very dramatic. Sky is in the |
| 1:53.5 | Death Star as usual. The Death Star with the prodigal son on the wall. Is there a prodigal son |
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