Episode 464: The Four Americas & Honest Prayer with Kyle Strobel
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2021
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Phil, Christian, and Skye do a deep dive into George Packer’s recent article in the Atlantic called “How America Fractured into 4 Parts.” Packer argues that Americans no longer agree on the country’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is he right? And how do Packer’s 4 Americas map onto the church? Then, Skye interviews Kyle Strobel about his new book “Where Prayer Becomes Real.” Obviously, the book is about prayer but it’s also about something even deeper and more foundational to our faith—honesty. It’s vital for our transformation but in short supply in many churches. Plus, scientists say the earth has a pulse. Did God design the earth to destroy life every 27.5 million years? That sets the Holy Post crew down a path into theology, the problem of evil, and why ferrets are bad pets.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to episode 464. On today's show, Phil Christian and I do a deep dive into George |
| 0:06.8 | Packer's recent article in The Atlantic called How America Fractured Into Four Parts. He argues |
| 0:12.5 | that Americans no longer agree on the country's purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is he right? |
| 0:18.1 | And how do Packer's four Americans map onto the church? Then I speak with Kyle Strollble about |
| 0:23.2 | his new book, Where Prayer Becomes Real. Obviously the book is about prayer, but it's also about |
| 0:28.5 | something even deeper and more foundational to our faith. It's really about honesty and how a |
| 0:33.9 | transformative faith begins with being honest with God and with ourselves. And exclusively for |
| 0:39.1 | our Patreon supporters, we have a bonus interview with Kyle Strollble that looks at the brutal, |
| 0:43.5 | often uncomfortable honesty of the Bible. So if you want access to that interview along with a |
| 0:48.4 | lot of other extras, including early access to the Jesus and John Wayne series with Kristen Dume, |
| 0:54.0 | sign up to become a Patreon supporter today at HolyPost.com. We have all that this week, |
| 0:59.4 | plus a new report from the Holy Posts Science Desk. Did God design the earth to destroy life every 27.5 |
| 1:06.5 | million years? That sets us down a path into theology, the problem of evil, and why ferrets are |
| 1:12.2 | bad pets. Okay, here's Holy Post episode 464. Hey there, this is Phil. Welcome back to the podcast. |
| 1:19.2 | I am here with Christian Taylor, hi Christian Taylor. Thanks. And Skyge Donny. Hi Sky. |
| 1:26.3 | You had to, we're recording the second one today and you had to turn on more light or your room |
| 1:31.3 | just got dark. Is there a storm? It's getting a storm going on. Yeah, there's a storm rolling |
| 1:35.2 | through and the lighting was weird and my forehead was really, really bright because of the lights |
| 1:39.7 | above me. So I had to just adjust my lighting. I don't have a forehead. I have like a 16 head. |
| 1:44.0 | So there's a lot of surface area that has to be dealt with. I like your math. We just had a huge |
| 1:49.7 | thunder clap by my house. You know, don't know if you saw that. God is speaking to us. Yeah, I got |
| 1:55.2 | an alert on my phone that says we have a lightning and thunderstorm warning. So it sounds like it's |
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