News Roundup: Branding and Rebranding, Doug Wilson's Resistance, James Dobson's Legacy

Conversations That Matter

Jon Harris

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Jon talks about stories that matter to evangelical Christians including the death of James Dobson, Doug Wilson's CNN interview, Alistair Begg's position on compassion and same-sex wedding ceremonies, Larry Arn's propositionalism, Cracker Barrell's rebrand, the future of neo-evangelicalism, etc.

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00:00:00 Doug Wilson

00:19:15 Speaking

00:20:47 Cracker Barrel

00:29:56 Trends and Tribes

00:40:44 Rebrands - Begg, Strickland, Greear

01:19:07 Reformed Theology and Neo Evangelicalism

01:36:59 James Dobson

01:56:35 Larry Arn

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0:00.0	Christ Church Senior Pastor Doug Wilson makes no apologies for his beliefs on God and country.
0:08.0	I'd like to see the town, be a Christian town, like to see this state be a Christian state,
0:14.0	like to see the nation, be a Christian nation, and I like to see the world be a Christian world.
0:18.0	And now Wilson's controversial views as a Christian nationalist
0:22.1	are gaining sway in the nation's center of power with the recent opening of his new church
0:27.2	and high-profile parishioners like Defense Secretary Pete Huggseth. Is planting a church in D.C. part of
0:34.1	your mission to try to turn this into a Christian nation? Yes. So every society is
0:39.5	theocratic. The only question is who's Theo? In a secular democracy, it would be
0:46.3	Demos, the people. In a Christian republic, it would be Christ.
0:50.5	Well, what would you say to someone watching this to say, look, I'm a Muslim. Who are you to say your worldview is better than mine, that your God is better than mine? Well, if I went to Saudi Arabia, I would fully expect to live under their God's rules. But you said earlier that you want this to be a Christian world. Yes. So you want to supplant their religion with your Christian? Yes, by peaceful means, by sharing the gospel.
1:11.6	There's a lot of work yet to do.
1:14.6	I believe that we are working our little corner of the vineyard.
1:18.6	Wilson's Little Corner, a picturesque campus nestled on the outskirts of downtown Moscow, Idaho,
1:24.6	is growing by the day with thousands of like-minded Christians.
1:29.3	Peritioners of his church, known as Kirkers, own and operate several businesses downtown
1:35.3	next to liberal college town stores.
1:37.3	If it's true, if it's true...
1:40.3	Why did he yell boo?
1:42.3	Because it's...
1:43.3	Because it's... Well it's you. Yeah.
1:45.0	Oh, you have, there you go.
1:47.0	That's a regular day for you.
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