Favored or Forsaken: Megachurches

Faith Adjacent

The Popcast Media Group

Education, Society & Culture

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Cue the lights and crank up that fog machine because this Favored or Forsaken episode is all about Megachurches. Whether you’re looking for a wildly specific ministry group or a worship service presented in three different languages, all are welcome here as we explore the things that megachurches don’t often get credit for and the things that might deserve a little criticism. Grab your coffee, fade into the crowd, and get ready for that volunteer campaign as we unpack the history and impact of this Christian cultural phenomenon.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Favourite or Forsaken.
0:12.3	I'm your host and resident Babel Scholar and me.
0:15.2	Because the Babel binge episodes are mostly looking backwards, Favourite or Forsaken is an
0:18.4	episode devoted to looking to the present and future as we consider current events through
0:23.3	a religious lens to see if they are favored or Forsaken.
0:27.2	Joining me on this faith based journey today, Jamie Golden, Knox McCoy, how are you doing?
0:32.2	Are you feeling personally favored or forsaken today?
0:35.2	Well, I will say for me, we are launching a new website in August, so I am feeling
0:41.1	besavered because of the newness, including the Babel binge, but I'm also forsaken because
0:46.2	of all the work and money it takes.
0:48.0	That's a good point.
0:49.8	Yeah.
0:50.8	So this life just a perpetual balance between feeling favored or forsaken.
0:54.5	Wow.
0:55.5	I was listening to the city episode.
1:00.1	There was, I listened to an interview one time.
1:01.6	I think it was Bill Lawrence.
1:03.2	He's the, I think he showed Ryan like scrubs and I think he show runs at Ted Lasso and
1:08.1	he was like, even when I've been fired, I've always been like, actually, sneakily that
1:13.8	was the best thing that could have happened.
1:15.4	So I like that.
1:17.1	Even though we're seven days over a deadline for a house supposedly being painted and the
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