661: Non-Cringy Christian Media & the Nicene Creed and Glenn Packiam
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2025
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
A new slate of Christian movies and television shows is managing to draw both acclaim from critics and the attention of non-believers. Are the days of cringy Christian media finally behind us? Phil, Skye, and Kaitlyn discuss the impact of “The Chosen” and the new Amazon series, “House of David.” What do these shows get right that so many past faith-based projects got wrong? The Oscar-winning documentary, “No Other Land,” cannot find a distributor in the U.S. because critics say it’s antisemitic, but Phil managed to watch it anyway. He offers his take on the movie, why it’s controversial, and how we can distinguish between sinful antisemitism and legitimate criticism of the Israeli government. Then, Kaitlyn interviews Glenn Packiam about his new book about the Nicene Creed, “What’s a Christian Anyway?” Packiam says the creed can be a beautiful lifeline to people caught in the crosswinds of church corruption and cultural confusion. Also this week: Animal news TSA edition.
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0:00 - Show Starts
3:00 - Theme Song
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8:20 - Sneaking a Turtle Past TSA
13:10 - Non-cringy Christian Shows?
28:45 - Other Land Documentary
41:24 - Anti-Semiticism vs Criticizing Israel
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50:00 - Interview
1:22:03 - End Credits
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What’s a Christian, Anyway?: Finding Our Way in an Age of Confusion and Corruption by Glenn Packiam: https://a.co/d/edrJMmB
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. A new slate of Christian movies and television shows is managing to draw |
| 0:06.0 | both acclaim from critics and the attention of nonbelievers. So are the days of cringy Christian media |
| 0:11.9 | finally behind us? We discuss the impact of The Chosen and the new Amazon series House of David. |
| 0:18.2 | What do these shows finally get right that so many past faith-based shows got |
| 0:22.3 | wrong? Then the Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, cannot find a distributor in the U.S., |
| 0:28.9 | because critics say it's anti-S., but Phil managed to watch it anyway. He offers his take on the |
| 0:35.0 | movie, why it's controversial, and how we can distinguish between |
| 0:38.7 | sinful anti-Semitism and legitimate criticisms of the Israeli government. |
| 0:44.0 | Then Caitlin interviews Glenn Packiam about his new book about the Nicene Creed. |
| 0:48.4 | What's a Christian Anyway? |
| 0:50.4 | Packiam says that the creed can be a beautiful lifeline to people caught in the crosswinds of |
| 0:54.7 | church corruption and cultural confusion. All of that, plus Animal News TSA edition. Did you know that |
| 1:02.6 | we now release new content on Holy Post Plus five days a week? This week alone we've got a new |
| 1:08.2 | hill to die on where I make the case that pastors ought to have real-world work experience outside the church. |
| 1:14.6 | Then there's our latest in our new series with Esau Macaulay, where Esau dives into each book of the Bible and explains it with just one verse. |
| 1:22.1 | This time, he's doing Exodus. |
| 1:24.4 | We've also got a bonus interview with Glenn Packiam and a getting schooled episode on egalitarianism. |
| 1:30.3 | That's a fancy way of saying we think women should be in church leadership too. |
| 1:34.3 | And this brings us finally to Friday where you will get a brand new episode of my show, The SkyPod. |
| 1:39.3 | So if you only ever listen to the regular Holy Post flagship show, you're barely scratching |
| 1:45.1 | the surface of what Holy Post media has to offer. |
| 1:48.5 | So go sign up today for Holy Post Plus. |
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