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The Holy Post

629: The Politics of Division with Adam Kinzinger

The Holy Post

Phil Vischer

Skyejethani, Society & Culture, Philvischer, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, 226012, Christiantaylor, Atheism, Veggietales

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump made headlines last week when he questioned Kamala Harris’s racial identity. Phil, Skye, and Esau McCaulley discuss his comments and how the politics of division often cause us to categorize people into a single box. Then, should Christians embrace the spiritual uses of psychedelic drugs? Megan Basham's new book claims progressive powerbrokers have corrupted evangelical leaders with money, praise, and prestige, but many of her citations are being called into question. Which evangelical leaders are really being seduced by money? Then former Congressman, Adam Kinzinger, sits down with Skye to talk about the relationship between Christianity and the Republican Party, what comes after Trump, and the outsized role of fear in our politics

0:00 - Intro

1:40 - Show Starts

4:06 - Theme Song

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8:36 - Esau’s Article, “Turning Black”

14:08 - Race’s Loaded Categories

21:55 - Psychedelics in Worship?

29:23 - Do We Try to Control God’s Presence?

35:00 - Shepherds for Sale

50:45 - Conforming to Agenda

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56:55 - Interview

1:00:32 - When Did Kinzinger Decide to Stand Against Trump?

1:10:15 - How Powerful Political Fear Controls People

1:25:13 - The Religious Fervor Around Donald Trump

1:29:22 - End Credits

Links Mentioned in the News Segment:

On Turning Black:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/opinion/trump-harris-black-indian.html

Christian Psychedelic Festival:

https://religionnews.com/2024/07/16/at-a-progressive-christian-festival-in-the-woods-of-north-carolina-psychedelics-top-of-mind/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Holy Post.

0:02.0

Donald Trump made headlines last week when he questioned Kamala Harris's racial identity.

0:06.0

Phil, Sky, and Isam Macaulay discuss his comments and how the politics of division often causes to categorize people into a single box.

0:15.0

Then, should Christians embrace the spiritual uses of psychedelic drugs?

0:19.5

Also, Megan Basham's new book claims progressive power brokers have corrupted

0:23.8

evangelical leaders with money, praise, and prestige. But many of her

0:27.8

citations are now being called into question, which evangelical leaders are

0:32.0

really being seduced by money.

0:34.0

Then former congressman Adam Kinsinger sits down with Sky

0:37.0

to talk about the relationship between Christianity and the Republican Party,

0:41.0

what comes after Trump,

0:42.0

and the outside's role of fear in our politics.

0:45.0

Well, Phil, Sky, and Caitlin are all traveling this week, but did you know that they might soon be traveling to a city near you?

0:51.0

This fall, we're launching the Holy Post Events Tour with stops in Denver, Chicago, Houston,

0:56.7

Los Angeles, and San Diego.

0:59.2

At each event you'll have a chance to meet fellow Holy Post fans in your community and hear from at least one of the Holy

1:04.5

Post hosts along with special guests like Bethmore and Houston and Elizabeth Newman in Denver.

1:09.9

We are especially excited about the Chicago event because it will be a live

1:14.0

recording of the podcast with Phil, Sky, and Caitlin. We did a smaller version of this

1:19.3

last year and it was so much fun that we knew we had to do it again this year, but even bigger and better.

1:25.6

If you can only make it to one of our events this fall, this would definitely be the one we would

1:30.4

recommend.

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