Media Coverage of Christians in Iran – Terry Mattingly, 7/1/26 (1821)
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Terry Mattingly of Rational Sheep
Rational Sheep
Pop Goes Religion: Faith in Popular Culture
GetReligion.org
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| 0:26.4 | Probably the comments have done very well since Dobbs. Not one pro-life incumbent has lost a state-wide race. Margaret Thatcher very famously said, socialism works great until you run out of other |
| 0:31.7 | people's money. In the Islamic system, the system works great until you run out of the infidels |
| 0:36.7 | money. I love this quotation from Luther. He says, |
| 0:40.3 | Spare me from a church in which there are no sinners. |
| 0:44.3 | The essential character of being a Christian is to be a redeemed sinner. |
| 0:49.3 | If we are Christians and we suffer, is that so unbelievable that we should bear a splinter of Jesus cross after he has gone through so much as a perfect one? |
| 1:01.2 | Hospice nurses driving around from patient to patient, love listening to issues, etc. |
| 1:07.8 | Well, say what you want about the regime in Iran. They are certainly persistent. They're |
| 1:14.9 | consistent, too. Christians had it hard and around before the war now. After the war is |
| 1:21.1 | appearing to wind down very, very slowly, the regime is emboldened and targeting Christians again. Greetings and welcome to issues |
| 1:31.9 | et cetera live on this Wednesday afternoon, July of the 1st. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. |
| 1:36.9 | We'll be talking with Terry Mattingly about media coverage of Christians in Iran. Then we'll begin a series |
| 1:41.3 | on divorce and remarriage with Dr. Ben Mays of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. |
| 1:48.1 | Terry Mattingley, is Senior Fellow on Communications and Culture at St. Constantine College in Houston, Texas. |
| 1:53.6 | He writes Rational Sheep, a substack newsletter on Faith Family and Mass Media. |
| 1:57.8 | He's author of the National On Religion column for the Andrews McMill Universal |
| 2:01.1 | Syndicate. And for two decades, he led the getreligion.org website. Terry, welcome back. |
| 2:06.5 | Glad to be here. So while claims about converts to Christianity in Iran have circulated in |
| 2:12.6 | social media and Christian news outlets, why hasn't this story received mainstream news coverage? |
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