540: Top Stories of '22, "Tots of Scorn," & the Naughty List with a Secret Guest
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
What were the most important stories of 2022? Phil, Skye, and Christian discuss the embrace of Christian Nationalism, political and cultural issues dividing evangelicalism, and how Twitter has deteriorated into a middle school lunchroom food fight. They also discuss their predictions for 2023 including the frightening rise of A.I., and how a bus could bring Americans together. The hosts are also interrupted by an unexpected guest who wants to set the record straight about the War on Christmas, and why Phil is on the "Naughty List." Plus, everyone's favorite Christmas songs, hymns, and movies, and cows flee a live Nativity.
Patreon Bonus: Christian Asks... What is the biblical definition of "heaven"? - https://www.patreon.com/posts/76174103
0:00 - Intro
3:10 - Favorite carols and movies
7:32 - Cows escape nativity event
10:51 - Secret guest segment
25:39 - Stories from 2022
1:08:28 - Predictions for 2023
1:13:15 - Credits
Links:
"After cows escaped its live nativity event, this North Carolina church had a not-so-silent night" - https://www.deseret.com/faith/2022/12/12/23506219/animals-escape-church-live-nativity
"Unitarians and Episcopalians Created American Christmas" by Daniel K. Williams (Christianity Today) - https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/december-web-only/christmas-advent-history-unitarians-episcopalians-created.html
"13 stranded strangers took a road trip to Knoxville - here's what happened" - https://www.local3news.com/local-news/13-stranded-strangers-took-a-road-trip-to-knoxville---heres-what-happened/article_d2c0e4f2-764d-11ed-8c34-73e8efc61ef8.html
"Nostradamus predictions 2023: World War III, new Pope, Mars landing and more" - https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/nostradamus-predictions-2023-world-war-iii-new-pope-mars-landing-and-more-article-95614887
Mike Erre - https://twitter.com/mikeerre
Mike Erre's podcast - https://voxologypodcast.com
Holy Post website: https://www.holypost.com/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to a very special Christmas episode of The Holy Post. |
| 0:03.6 | On today's show, we talk about the most important stories of the last year, |
| 0:07.3 | including the rise of Christian nationalism, political and cultural divisions within Evangelicalism, |
| 0:13.0 | and how Twitter has deteriorated into a middle school lunchroom food fight. |
| 0:17.3 | We also give our predictions for what's coming in 2023, including the rise of artificial intelligence. |
| 0:23.6 | We're also unexpectedly interrupted by a surprise guest who wants to set the record straight |
| 0:28.6 | about the war on Christmas and explain why Phil is now on the naughty list. |
| 0:33.0 | All of that plus everyone's favorite Christmas songs, hymns and movies, |
| 0:36.8 | and cows escape alive nativity. |
| 0:39.4 | Before we jump in, a reminder to our supporters out there that there's a new episode of Christian |
| 0:44.4 | asks out this week. This time she wonders what is the biblical definition of heaven? |
| 0:49.8 | It's a great discussion, so I hope you can join us if you're not yet a Holy Post supporter, |
| 0:53.5 | go to HolyPost.com and click the support us button for all kinds of bonus content. |
| 0:57.7 | Okay, here's a very special Christmas episode 540. |
| 1:01.9 | Hey there, welcome back to the podcast. This is the Holy Post podcast. |
| 1:04.6 | I'm Phil Vissier. I'm here with Christian Eleanor Taylor. |
| 1:08.8 | Hello. Why am I Eleanor? |
| 1:10.5 | Just for your middle name Eleanor? |
| 1:12.5 | No, it's Clark. |
| 1:15.8 | Oh, that's right. That's right. |
| 1:17.3 | Why did you do that? |
| 1:18.0 | Christian Clark. |
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