Episode 535: What Does the Global Church Believe About Guns? with Morgan Lee
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2022
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
The U.S. midterm elections were full of surprises. The Holy Post crew asks if the political side of the pro-life movement has hit a wall, and if the Republican Party is really moving on from Donald Trump. Then, new data shows a sharp rise among evangelicals who didn't attend college and who don't attend church identifying as Republicans. What does it mean? And a new book chronicles the rise of Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, and the rage-fueled conservative youth culture. Then, Skye talks to Christianity Today's Morgan Lee about what global Christian leaders think about guns and self-defense. Her reporting on the issue reveals a wide spectrum of beliefs, how our perspective may be more cultural than biblical, and why dysfunctional governments elevate the appeal of guns. Plus, no one accidentally licks a toad.
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News Segment
0:00 - Intro
4:26 - Psychedelic toads
9:24 - Midterm election debrief
22:33 - Conservative youth culture
34:01 - New data on evangelical Republicans
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Interview with Morgan Lee
"Should Christians Own Guns for Self-Defense? A Global Snapshot" (Christianity Today) - https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/october-web-only/guns-christians-self-defense-mass-shootings-protection.html
Morgan Lee: https://twitter.com/Mepaynl
43:58 - Interview intro
47:42 - Article overview
51:38 - "God-given right to self-defense"
59:18 - Biblical basis for arguments
1:10:34 - Safe societies and effectiveness of government
1:14:42 - Credits
Links from news segment:
Christian's film, "The Girl Who Wore Freedom" - https://geni.us/TheGirlWhoWoreFreedom
"Please stop licking psychedelic toads, National Park Service warns" (Washington Post) - https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/11/08/national-park-toad-sonoran-desert-hallucinogenic/
"How America's conservative youth youth movement grew a powerhouse on the cult of rage" (Religion News Service) - https://religionnews.com/2022/10/31/how-americas-conservative-youth-movement-grew-a-powerhouse-on-the-cult-of-rage/
Data from Ryan Burge on evangelical Republicans -https://twitter.com/ryanburge/status/1588292184914432000
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. The midterm elections were full of surprises. Today we talk about |
| 0:05.8 | whether or not the pro-life movement has hit a wall and if Republicans are really moving |
| 0:10.4 | on from Donald Trump, then new data shows a sharp rise among evangelicals who didn't |
| 0:15.4 | attend college and who don't attend the church, identifying as Republicans. What does it really |
| 0:20.7 | mean? And a new book chronicles the rise of Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, and the Rage |
| 0:26.1 | Field Conservative Youth Culture. Then I talk with Christianity today's Morgan Lee about |
| 0:31.4 | how the global church thinks about guns and self-defense. It reveals that our perspectives |
| 0:36.4 | may be more cultural than biblical. All of that, plus why no one accidentally licks a |
| 0:42.4 | toad. Before we get into all that, couple reminders. Number one, we have new Holy Post merchandise |
| 0:48.0 | available on our website just in time for the holidays. And if you're not yet a Holy |
| 0:52.0 | Post supporter, you're missing out on some really fantastic new episodes of Christian |
| 0:56.5 | asks and getting schooled by Caitlin Chess. All of that's available exclusively for Holy |
| 1:01.6 | Post Patreon supporters. You can learn more about it and check out the new merch by going |
| 1:06.0 | to HolyPost.com. Okay, here is episode 535. Hey there, welcome back to the Holy Post |
| 1:11.8 | podcast. This is Phil Vischer. I'm here with Christian Taylor. Hi Christian. Hey, Phil, |
| 1:17.4 | how are you today? I'm sick. That's how I am. |
| 1:20.2 | Oh, no, I'm so sorry. I'm very, I'm probably going back to bed after we record this. |
| 1:26.0 | I mean, no feel good. Thank you for your sacrifice for being here. |
| 1:31.2 | The show must go on. You know that old show business adage? Yeah. The show must go on. |
| 1:37.0 | If I'd been sick, if I'd been this sick a little earlier, I might have said, hey, you guys can |
| 1:41.8 | do one without me, but, but I was just last night. I don't know. That would be mean to |
| 1:46.3 | like throw it on them the morning of though. Very good. I hope I hope you make it through the show. |
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