654: Inauguration Consternation & Respecting Refugees with Matthew Soerens
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
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🗓️ 29 January 2025
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
The first week of the second Trump administration has seen refugees cut off and January 6th criminals cut loose. Franklin Graham declared in his inauguration prayer that God himself had chosen the President. The MAGA faithful applauded this mix of Christian faith and politics, but when Bishop Budde asked the President to “show mercy” to frightened people during her homily at the National Cathedral, she was accused of everything from political activism to witchcraft. Phil has a theory about what these two religious leaders at the inauguration reveal about the state of American Christianity. Then Matthew Soerens from World Relief is back to discuss Trump’s immediate shut down of all refugee resettlement, including cutting all financial aid previously promised to refugees already in the U.S. What’s behind the President’s aggressive policy, and how can we practically help our neighbors abandoned by the government that brought them here? Also this week—reanimated squirrels and Skye wears a red hat.
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10:54 - Inauguration
20:57 - The Demonization of Empathy
27:08 - Loyalty Buys Protection
32:26 - Cruelty as Proof of Allegiance
39:30 - Created Order vs. the Marginalized
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1:02:24 - Interview
1:05:50 - The Refugee Resettlement Program
1:09:44 - We Invited Refugees
1:15:22 - What Options to Help Refugees
1:21:45 - Helping Local Immigrant Communities
1:28:10 - End Credits
Links Mentioned in News Segment:
Evangelicals Made a Bad Trade:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/evangelicals-trump/681450/
Collision of Two Christianities:
Other resources:
Learn how recent executive orders are having a devastating impact on thousands of refugees and humanitarian programs both in the U.S. and globally, and find out how you can help make a difference!
Partner with World Relief: https://give.worldrelief.org/site/Donation2?df_id=5541&5541.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T&utm_source=HolyPost&utm_medium=ShowNotes&utm_campaign=EO_UrgentAppeal
Advocacy:
Sign the Christian Statement on Refugee Resettlement: https://worldrelief.org/christianstatement/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. The first week of the second Trump administration has seen refugees being cut off and January 6th criminals being cut loose. |
| 0:10.0 | Franklin Graham declared in his inaugural prayer that God himself has chosen the president, and the maga faithful applauded this mix of Christian faith in politics. |
| 0:18.6 | But when an Episcopal bishop asked the president to show |
| 0:21.6 | mercy to frighten people during her homily at the National Cathedral, she was accused of everything |
| 0:26.8 | from political activism to witchcraft. What do these two religious leaders at the inauguration reveal |
| 0:32.5 | about the state of American Christianity? Then Matthew Sorens from World Relief is back to discuss Trump's |
| 0:38.4 | immediate shutdown of all refugee resettlement, including those who are already here and |
| 0:43.6 | depending on financial assistance from the government. What's behind the president's aggressive |
| 0:48.1 | policy and how can we who want to help actually get engaged? Also this week, reanimated squirrels and I wear a red hat. |
| 0:57.9 | Hey, in case you didn't know, Holy Post Media now has four. That's right, four weekly podcasts. |
| 1:04.0 | But every Tuesday we release an episode of Curiously Caitlin with Caitlin Chess. She talks to a |
| 1:09.3 | theologian or scholar about a question that you've |
| 1:11.3 | always had about Christian faith but we're afraid to ask, and then they manage to explain |
| 1:15.9 | it in a way that even a kid can understand. Then on Thursday we have episodes of the Esau |
| 1:20.9 | McCauley Show. Esau is a New Testament professor at Wheaton College, an Anglican priest, and a regular |
| 1:26.9 | columnist for the New York Times. |
| 1:29.0 | He talks to fantastic guests about everything from politics to pop culture, from the Bible to |
| 1:34.4 | basketball. |
| 1:35.6 | Then every Friday, you can catch me on the SkyPod. |
| 1:39.0 | But unlike our other shows, the Skypod is a little different. |
| 1:41.7 | About half of every episode is available to everyone, |
| 1:44.9 | but full episodes are exclusively for Holy Post Plus subscribers. As the Joker once said, |
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