Episode 465: July 4th Roundup & the Shadow Side of Christian Publishing w/Karen Swallow Prior
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2021
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
This 4th of July, Hobby Lobby took out a controversial full page newspaper ad featuring quotes, or mis-quotes, from America’s founders about being a Christian nation. An editorial from Robert P. Jones says July 4th is a time to decide what we believe more—the Declaration of Independence that says all people are created equal, or the European doctrine of discovery which enshrined white supremacy? And David French asks what it really means to be a patriot and love our country well as Christians.
Then, Karen Swallow Prior is back on the show to talk about a recent address she gave to the Evangelical Press Association about Christian publishing’s addiction to celebrity and lack of integrity. But who’s really to blame—Christian book publishers, or Christian book consumers? All of that, plus is Spiderman & the Pope the best MCU team up yet?
https://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-meets-spider-man-130000577.html
https://www.hobbylobby.com/about-us/holiday-messages?modal=one+nation+under+god
https://www.scarymommy.com/stop-shopping-hobby-lobby-now/
https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/how-do-christian-patriots-love-their
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 465. On today's show, we look back at how evangelicals celebrated |
| 0:05.6 | the 4th of July. Hobby Lobby took out a controversial full-page newspaper ad featuring quotes, |
| 0:11.0 | or misquotes, from America's founders about being a Christian nation, and Caitlin Chess takes |
| 0:16.7 | issue with the ad's use of Scripture. In editorial from Robert P. Jones says that the 4th of July |
| 0:22.1 | is a time for us to decide what we believe in more, the declaration of independence that says all |
| 0:26.8 | people are created equal, or the European doctrine of discovery which enshrined white supremacy. |
| 0:32.8 | And then David French asks, what does it really mean to be a patriot and to love our country? |
| 0:37.9 | While the culture warrior say it's about consolidating power among Christians, |
| 0:42.2 | French argues it's actually about surrendering power to help others. Then, Karen Swallow |
| 0:47.9 | prior is back on the show to talk about a recent address she gave to the Evangelical Press Association. |
| 0:53.6 | She says that Christian publishing is being corrupted by its addiction to celebrity authors |
| 0:58.5 | and a lack of integrity. But who's really to blame? Christian book publishers or Christian book |
| 1:03.9 | consumers? All of that plus is Spider-Man and the Pope the best MCU team up yet? But first, |
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