711: Donald and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad War plus Preston Sprinkle
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Do you remember the children's book, "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"? That title also sums up what most Americans think about Trump's new war with Iran. Kaitlyn explains why the war is immoral based on Christian theology, Phil channels Ezra Klein to define America's new "heads on pikes" foreign policy, and Skye says the war fits Donald Trump's long pattern of laziness and impatience. Then, Preston Sprinkle is back to discuss his latest book, "From Genesis to Junia," about his journey to determine what the Bible really says about women in leadership. Also this week, Americans were the only people in a worldwide survey to say most of their fellow citizens are bad people. Plus, some happy puppy news.
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0:00 - Show Starts
4:15 - Theme Song
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6:42 - A Dog Called Ted
9:04 - Skye on Iran
28:30 - Americans Don't Trust Americans?
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49:12 - Interview
53:46 - Why's Preston Writing on Women in Ministry?
1:04:00 - Increased Interest in Egalitarian
1:14:20 - Tribalism and Taking Scripture Seriously
1:31:34 - End Credits
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. Do you remember the children's book, Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day? |
| 0:07.3 | Well, that title sums up what most Americans think about Trump's new war with Iran. |
| 0:11.6 | Caitlin explains why the war is immoral based on Christian theology. |
| 0:15.5 | Phil channels Ezra Klein to define America's new Heads on Pikes Foreign Policy, |
| 0:20.1 | and I say why the war fits Donald |
| 0:22.4 | Trump's long pattern of laziness and impatience. |
| 0:25.5 | Then Preston Sprinkle is back on the show to discuss his new book, from Genesis to Junia, |
| 0:30.5 | about his journey to determine what the Bible really says about women in leadership. |
| 0:34.7 | Also this week, Americans were the only people in a worldwide survey to say |
| 0:38.7 | most of their fellow citizens are bad people, and we have some happy puppy news. Before we jump |
| 0:44.6 | into it, we have an exciting announcement about the 26 Holy Post live events. We're doing a few |
| 0:50.3 | gatherings this year, just three, but each one will be a live recording of the podcast, |
| 0:55.2 | which means plenty of conversation, audience interaction, and probably a few unscripted moments |
| 0:59.8 | we'll all regret later. First up, we have Atlanta on April 22nd. Phil, Caitlin, and I are going to |
| 1:06.0 | be joined by La Cray for what should be a really thoughtful and fun conversation about faith, culture, |
| 1:11.2 | and whatever else comes up when you put the four of us on a stage together. |
| 1:15.0 | Then this fall, we're going to be heading to Chicago and New York City for two more live recordings, |
| 1:19.7 | and we're going to share details about those events when we get closer. |
| 1:23.1 | If you want to join us in Atlanta on April 22nd,ickets are on sale now at holypost.com slash events. |
| 1:29.7 | We'd love to see you there, so go check it out. Again, it's holypost.com slash events. |
| 1:34.7 | Here is episode 711. |
| 1:37.6 | Hey there, welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. I'm Phil Fisher. I'm here with two people, |
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