675: Iran, End Times, & the Political God Gap with Senator Chris Coons
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Nothing fires up the End Times industry faster than America dropping bombs in the Middle East. After President Trump decided to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities this weekend, YouTube was flooded with convoluted and contradictory videos on the biblical implications of the war. But if this really is a prelude to Christ’s return, as many online end timers claim, why are they stoking panic and fear? Shouldn’t Christians welcome this news? Skye talks to Senator Chris Coons about how his faith informs his politics, why he went to divinity school, and what the Democrats can do to close the “God gap” in politics. Also this week—courts struck down the Louisiana law requiring the 10 Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom, and the real origin of “honky dory.”
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16:07 - End Times Prophecies and Iran
22:30 - Mark Driscoll and the Manosphere
26:26 - Louisiana and the 10 Commandments
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40:02 - Interview
42:36 - US Involvement in the Middle East
50:20 - Divinity School and Public Service
57:37 - The God Gap
1:08:35 - End Credits
Links from News Segment:
Russell Moore on Why We Shouldn’t Look for End Time Implications:
Louisiana Ten Commandments Law:
Vox’s Article on the “New Religious Right”
https://www.vox.com/politics/416042/religion-politics-trump-christian-nationalism-liberty-maga
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. Nothing fires up the end-times industry faster than America dropping |
| 0:05.6 | bombs in the Middle East. After the president decided to attack Iran this weekend, YouTube |
| 0:11.2 | has been flooded with convoluted and contradictory videos on the biblical implications of this |
| 0:16.8 | war. But if this is really a prelude to Christ's return, as many online to end-timers claim, |
| 0:23.0 | why are they stoking panic and fear? Shouldn't Christians welcome this news? Then I talk to |
| 0:28.6 | Senator Chris Coons about his faith and how it informs his politics, why he went to divinity |
| 0:34.1 | school and what the Democrats can do to close the God gap in our politics. |
| 0:39.6 | Also this week, courts have struck down the law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted |
| 0:44.1 | in every public school classroom, and we learn the real origin of hunky-dory. |
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| 1:26.4 | Go to holypost.com to find out how. All right, here is |
| 1:30.0 | episode 675. Hey there. Welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. I'm Phil Fisher. I am here with |
| 1:38.2 | Sky Jatani. Hi, Sky. Hi, Phil. And who's that? Who's that over there? I see you. |
| 1:45.0 | Caitlin's Jess. Hi, I see you. Caitlin's just. |
| 1:46.0 | Hi, Phil. |
| 1:47.0 | Hi, Caitlin just finished her exams. |
| 1:49.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:50.0 | Woo! |
| 1:51.0 | I have to defend them. It's sort of anticlimactic because then you have to wait a week and a half and they grill you on them. |
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