601: Never Church Evangelicals and Hopeful Politics with Michael Wear
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Evangelical voters have long supported Republican candidates, but who identifies as an evangelical Christian has changed over the years. A recent article written in The New York Times by Ruth Graham and Charles Homans argues that Trump is attracting a different kind of evangelical - one who loves their country and believes in God, but doesn't actually go to church. Katelyn Beaty joins Phil and Kaitlyn to discuss the trend and why they aren't as concerned this election cycle as previous ones. Then, Kaitlyn sits down with Michael Wear to discuss his new book, The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life. He explains how he uses the teachings of Dallas Willard to talk about how Christians should engage in politics and what it would look like to place our politics under our spiritual formation. Also this week, an Alabama man gets stuck in a vase.
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0:00 - Intro
1:37 - Show Starts
3:14 - Theme Song
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4:54 - Man Stuck in Urn
11:29 - New Year's at Applebee's
13:44 - Prince William Told to Abdicate
18:54 - Trump Attracting Unchurched Evangelicals
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54:58 - Interview with Michael Wear
1:33:41 - End Credits
Links Mentioned in the News Segment:
Alabama Man Stuck in Decorative Urn Breaks His Silence: https://www.thedailybeast.com/alabama-man-connor-padgett-stuck-in-decorative-urn-breaks-his-silence
Prince William Told to Back Christianity or Abdicate: https://www.newsweek.com/prince-william-church-england-abdicate-1861430
Trump Is Connecting With a Different Type of Evangelical Voter: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/us/politics/donald-trump-evangelicals-iowa.html
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The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life. https://amzn.to/4b9ka3f
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. |
| 0:02.0 | Evangelical voters have long supported Republican candidates, |
| 0:05.0 | but who identifies as an evangelical Christian |
| 0:08.0 | has changed over the last few years. |
| 0:10.0 | A recent New York Times article by Ruth Graham and Charles Homans |
| 0:14.0 | argues that Trump is attracting a different kind of evangelical, |
| 0:17.0 | one who loves their country and believes in God, |
| 0:20.0 | but doesn't actually belong to any church. |
| 0:23.0 | Caitlin Beatty joins Phil and I to discuss the trend and what it means for the upcoming presidential |
| 0:27.0 | election and the public witness of the American church. Then I sat down with Michael Ware to discuss |
| 0:33.2 | his new book, The Spirit of Our Politics, Spiritual Formation, and the Renovation of Public Life. |
| 0:39.3 | Michael explains how the teachings of Dallas Willard could help us engage in politics in a |
| 0:43.1 | healthier way, and why what he calls political therapeutic deism shapes so much of American politics. |
| 0:49.9 | Also this week, an Alabama man gets stuck in an urn, or maybe a vase. And for our Holy Post |
| 0:56.1 | plus subscribers this week, we have a brand new edition of Getting Schooled by Caitlin Chess, about |
| 1:01.1 | Bible reading plans. Lots of us do Bible in a year reading plans for good reason. But how much |
| 1:06.9 | do we retain? Are we treating the Bible like a daily vitamin supplement? I break down |
| 1:12.4 | the history, pros and cons of daily Bible reading plans, and Sky and I suggest some other ways |
| 1:18.0 | of regularly reading scripture. If you're not yet a subscriber, now is a great time to sign up, |
| 1:23.0 | so you don't miss any of the new shows, bonus interviews, merch, live streams, and Holy Post book club |
| 1:29.0 | selections in the new year. Go to holypost.com to learn more. Here is episode 601. |
| 1:35.4 | Hey there, welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. I'm Phil Fisher. This is Holy Post. I am here. This is an |
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