JD Vance’s Interfaith Marriage, Fighting in Nigeria, Nick Fuentes Interview

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🗓️ 4 November 2025

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Vice President JD Vance comments about his interfaith marriage saying he hopes his wife becomes a Christian. Fighting in Nigeria continues, and President Trump remarks about possible intervention. Tucker Carlson hosts a friendly interview with alt-right Nazi sympathizer Nick Fuentes. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts defends the interview and re-ups his support for Carlson. Mike Cosper and Clarissa Moll discuss these headlines, and Clarissa talks with Collin Hansen of The Gospel Coalition about cultural apologetics in our modern age. REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE: -The Bulletin episode 213 - segment 2 about Nigerian Christians with Liam Karr -Jihadists Persecute Christians in Nigeria. Is It Genocide? by Emmanuel Nwachukwu -The Gospel After Christendom: An Introduction to Cultural Apologetics GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: -Join the conversation at our Substack. -Find us on YouTube. -Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Collin Hansen is the vice president for content and editor-in-chief of The Gospel Coalition and executive director of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He is an author, journalist, and podcast host known for books like Young, Restless, Reformed and Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation. Hansen also hosts the Gospelbound podcast and is an adjunct professor at Beeson Divinity School. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a twice-weekly politics and current events show from Christianity Today moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor-at-large and columnist) and Mike Cosper (senior contributor). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. The Bulletin listeners get 25% off CT. Go to https://orderct.com/THEBULLETIN to learn more. “The Bulletin” is a production of Christianity Today Producer: Clarissa Moll Associate Producer: Alexa Burke Editing and Mix: Kevin Morris Graphic Design: Rick Szuecs Music: Dan Phelps Executive Producers: Erik Petrik and Mike Cosper Senior Producer: Matt Stevens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We now also have a decline of the Enlightenment, a decline of any sort of sense that we have
0:05.8	a shared purpose, that we have a shared truth, that we have a shared system of government,
0:12.5	that we have shared values on how we ought to live together in this world.
0:16.6	We don't know what comes next.
0:26.2	From Christianity today, you're listening to The Bulletin, a podcast about the people,
0:31.5	events, and issues that are shaping our world. I'm Clarissa Ball, producer and moderator of the Bulletin. This week, Vice President J.D. Vance says he hopes his wife will one day
0:36.7	become a Christian. The Trump
0:38.4	administration considers sending troops to Nigeria to quell violence and conservative talk show host Tucker
0:44.7	Carlson takes on Nick Fuentes. Mike and I discuss these topics and I sit down with Colin Hansen,
0:51.4	editor-in-chief at the Gospel Coalition, to talk about sharing your faith in today's
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1:52.2	Last Wednesday at a Turning Point USA event in Mississippi, Vice President J.D. Vance answered a question about his interfaith marriage that provoked strong feelings from
2:02.2	attendees and those who heard these remarks online.
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