Episode 408: Race, Riots, & Rethinking the Gospel with Matthew Bates
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2020
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
As the country is rocked by protests following the murder of George Floyd, the podcast crew discusses the meaning of it all. Phil explains how being a part of a multiethnic church has opened his eyes to the challenges people of color still face. Christian reflects on her southern, segregated upbringing. And Skye shares about the racism he's experienced in the church and the suburbs. Also this week, theologian Matthew Bates explains the ongoing, sometimes bitter debate over the definition of the Gospel. Is it really about personal salvation or something much, much bigger?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone it's Sky. I just want to give you a heads up about today's episode. |
| 0:04.0 | In it, I share some personal stories of racism that I experienced as a teenager. |
| 0:08.8 | And those stories include some pretty derogatory language. |
| 0:12.0 | So if you're sensitive to that kind of language or worried about members of your family hearing it |
| 0:16.0 | by listening to this podcast, I just wanted you to be aware of it so you can jump ahead. |
| 0:20.3 | Okay, here's today's show. |
| 0:22.4 | Hey there, this is Phil. Welcome back to the Holypost podcast. I am here with Christian Taylor. |
| 0:27.1 | Hey Phil Vischer. Hi Christian and Sky Jatani. Hello. |
| 0:31.1 | Hi and Christian has a surprise for us which we're going to hear about right after the theme song. |
| 0:57.1 | Okay, Christian. What's the surprise? Well, my film is finished. What? Yeah, I'm done. |
| 1:04.0 | For real. For reals. |
| 1:06.9 | Uh, other than I'm paying for the bills. Yeah, you have to pay the bills because you put the whole |
| 1:12.9 | you put the whole film on a credit card. Now you had people defer. You had people work. |
| 1:19.2 | Well, I do actually have about $50,000 that I don't want to put on a credit card, |
| 1:25.1 | the rest of them are deferred. So yes, there are bills that need to be paid. |
| 1:28.6 | You can't even really use those miles right now. Yeah, I know. You can't go anywhere. You can't. |
| 1:34.4 | Okay, um, Sky, how have you been? Good. I launched my book last week. Yeah, the book. So I've |
| 1:40.7 | been busy with book launch. It seems like it's going well. What is this was serious? Yeah, I mean, |
| 1:46.8 | the early indications are this is my best book launch ever. Ever. Wow. Yeah, there seems to be buzz. |
| 1:52.9 | Do you think it's because of your is it more of the podcast platform, your devotional platform, |
| 1:59.2 | which are the combination of all your little platforms? I have no idea, but I think part of it's |
| 2:04.0 | the doodles. I think people like short film reading doodles and the doodles. Yeah, I agree with you. |
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