Just Calling “Empire, Propaganda, & Protecting the Flock”

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Documentary, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Mental Health

4.2 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this Just Calling episode, the hosts talk about empire, power, and how faith communities are being influenced by political systems. The conversation unpacks a recent government filing showing efforts to target U.S. churches through digital campaigns and explores what faithful resistance looks like today. FARA filingAcross The Divide PodcastThe Justice of JesusSupport the show

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0:50.1	All right, welcome back, everyone. We have another just calling episode with Joe Ash. We're excited to have Joe Ash back. Reminder, if you have not purchased Joe Asher's book yet, please get it. It's called The Justice. I have the book. Hold on. I'm going to get it. Hold on. You're going to restart this.
1:09.1	There we go. Got it.
1:12.3	Got it right here.
1:13.6	Got it right here.
1:16.3	The Justice of Jesus.
1:18.9	I have notes in it too, Joash.
1:21.1	So Justice of Jesus, so please pick that up.
1:25.4	It's out everywhere that you buy your books or online.
1:26.0	So anyways.
1:28.8	In our show notes too. You can just click the link in the show notes and go buy it. Awesome. Josh, welcome back. Thank you. Good to be back here. And yeah,
1:37.3	I'm honored. You still have the book and you haven't thrown it out that I haven't done anything to make
1:42.0	you burn it. Really grateful.
1:45.0	Yes, yes, yeah, yes.
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