588: Pointless Theology Fights & Rethinking American Poverty with Matthew Desmond
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
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🗓️ 25 October 2023
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
A Christian writer in Australia has a list of seven “pointless” things Christians fight about “for no good reason” including predestination, evolution, the inerrancy of the Bible, and worship. Phil presents all seven to Kaitlyn and Skye and discovers that maybe they’re not all pointless. Then, Kaitlyn interviews best-selling author and professor Matthew Desmond about his most recent book, “Poverty, by America.” He says the amount of poverty in the country is not an intractable problem but a choice. He challenges the narratives we tell ourselves about taxes, welfare, and the poor, and says the church should be more angry about what’s happening to the most vulnerable in our society. Plus, another Nebraska-man/animal news story.
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0:00 - Intro
1:14 - Show starts
3:53 - Theme Song
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6:09 - Animal News
12:55 - The Seven Pointless Things Christians Fight About
14:29 - Inerrancy
17:25 - Predestination
21:04 - Evolution/Age of Earth
29:27 - Politics
34:12 - Who is saved
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50:28 - Interview Intro
53:27 - Why there is so much poverty in America
1:06:08 - Welfare
1:14:08 - The Spiritual Harm Done by Poverty
1:24:40 - End Credits
Links mentioned in news segment:
Nebraska man recovering after being hit by deer while bicycling with his pet parrot near Fort Kearny
"Seven Pointless Things Christians Fight About"
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Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. A Christian writer in Australia has come up with a list of seven pointless things |
| 0:06.2 | he says that Christians fight about for no good reason, including predestination, |
| 0:11.2 | evolution, the inerrancy of the Bible, and worship. |
| 0:14.1 | Phil presents the full list to me and Caitlyn, and discovers that maybe they're not all pointless. |
| 0:19.8 | Then Caitlyn interviews best-selling author and professor Matthew Desmond about his new book, |
| 0:25.0 | Poverty by America. He says the amount of poverty in the country is not an intractable problem, |
| 0:31.0 | but a choice. He challenges the narrative we tell ourselves about taxes, welfare, and the poor, |
| 0:36.6 | and he says the church should be more angry about what's happening to the most vulnerable in our society. |
| 0:42.0 | All of that plus another Nebraska-Man animal story. |
| 0:46.3 | A quick note to Holy Post plus subscribers. We have a brand new episode of getting schooled by Caitlyn's |
| 0:51.6 | Chess for you this week. And if you haven't yet signed up for Holy Post plus, you can learn more at HolyPost.com. |
| 0:58.7 | And for everyone, be sure to check out our new sub-series called Are the Kids All Right, |
| 1:04.0 | where we interview experts about all things Gen Z, including mental health, technology, and faith. |
| 1:10.4 | Okay, here is episode 588. |
| 1:14.4 | Hey there! Welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. I'm Phil Fisher. I'm here with Skyjutani. Hi Sky. |
| 1:20.6 | Hello Phil. And Caitlyn's Chess. Hi Caitlyn. Hi Phil. |
| 1:24.6 | Did you ever see the movie Pretty and Pink? Caitlyn's Chess? |
| 1:27.9 | No. No, it's John Hughes Classic. Oh, I do know who John Hughes is. |
| 1:32.4 | I know that. Wait, before, how many John Hughes movies have you seen? Did he do the Breakfast Club? |
| 1:38.0 | Yes. Okay, I've seen the Breakfast Club, and I've seen... |
| 1:40.5 | Probably. 16? Something did you do on the house? 16 candles? 16 candles? |
| 1:43.9 | 16 candles? Okay, Uncle Buck. Did you make that up? |
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