604: Faulty Foot Washing & Pagan Christianity with Nijay Gupta
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
The “He Gets Us” campaign ran a Super Bowl ad showing culture war combatants washing each other’s feet. It has conservative Christians upset and non-Christians confused. Phil, Kaitlyn, and Skye react to the ad and unpack the many ways we misunderstand the meaning of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. Then, New Testament professor Nijay Gupta is back to discuss his new book “Strange Religion” about what made early Christianity so weird and compelling. He explains what Roman religion looked like before Christianity, and how those pagan values and practices are returning. Plus, Chinese spy pigeons and swearing parrots.
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2:41 - Show Starts
3:29 - Theme Song
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5:02 - Skye and U2 in Las Vegas
10:27 - Foul-Mouthed Fowls
16:50 - Spies in Disguise as Pigeons
21:40 - Foot-Washing Superbowl Ad
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51:38 - Strange Religion
1:05:31 - What was Roman religion like?
1:13:40 - Modern Pagan Christianity
1:32:15 - End Credits
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| 1:11.8 | Welcome to the Holy Post. The He Gets Us campaign ran a Super Bowl ad showing |
| 1:16.4 | culture war combatants washing each other's feet. It has conservative Christians |
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