News Roundup: French on Talerico, SPLC Bombshell, VA Redistricting, Re: Critics
Conversations That Matter
Jon Harris
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🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 139 minutes
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Jon Harris discusses whether James Talarico can be considered a Christian given his support for abortion and transgenderism, critiques David French's reluctance to draw boundaries, and covers current events including the SPLC's informant scandal, Virginia redistricting drama, and SBC issues. He then responds in-depth to critics of his recent article on Jewish people, Romans 9-11, land promises, and church history, while addressing broader concerns about influence, evangelism, and maintaining biblical fidelity amid heated online debates.
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00:00 - Intro & David French on James Talarico's Christianity
00:10 - Why James Talarico Is Not a Christian (Abortion, Transgenderism, Islam)
00:18 - Southern Baptist Issues: Female Motorcycle Chaplain
00:24 - Josh Hawley & Al Mohler on Disaffected Young Men
00:29 - Critique of Al Mohler & SBC Diversity Efforts
00:41 - Southern Poverty Law Center Informant Scandal
00:52 - Virginia Redistricting Fight & Election Concerns
01:25 - Response to Critics: Article on Jews, Romans 9-11 & Promises
01:37 - Addressing Objections (Preterism, Galatian Heresy, Church History)
01:50 - Tucker Carlson, Influence, & Practical Christian Responses
02:07 - Q&A, Millennial Views & Jewish Influence Discussion
02:12 - Closing: Biblical Guardrails & George Washington Quote
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| 0:00.0 | weird thing to me and i see this all the time he can't be a christian because he's pro choice |
| 0:05.7 | he can't be a christian he can't be a christian it's because he said that he believes that |
| 0:12.6 | they're like all religions share truth share the central truth basically i'm just really not willing |
| 0:18.4 | to say that james talleroico's not a Christian. I'm just not going to do it. |
| 0:22.5 | Welcome to the Conversations, That Matter podcast, fashionably late. |
| 0:26.6 | I had a phone call that came in right before I was going to go live and wanted to take it. |
| 0:31.5 | I thought it was important enough, but now I'm like 15 minutes after I said I was going to be uh or at least as I scheduled it |
| 0:40.7 | which was for so my apologies to those who are in the channel looks like cosmic treason and |
| 0:46.2 | romans 8 and mark and a bunch of other people uh kaiawan is that how I say the name |
| 0:53.7 | they're all in the channel, having a discussion, |
| 0:55.6 | and I haven't even started. |
| 0:56.8 | So welcome to everyone who's also coming in. |
| 1:00.3 | I can see the numbers increasing as the stream progresses. |
| 1:04.4 | We have a number of things to talk about today, |
| 1:06.7 | including that clip you just heard. |
| 1:09.7 | That was from the Ali Beth Stucky program a few days ago. |
| 1:13.4 | It was David French. And the question really was, and I didn't play all the context. This was a clip |
| 1:19.7 | that the Blaze actually clipped, but context was James Tala Rico supports abortion, supports |
| 1:26.3 | transgenderism. |
| 1:28.3 | How can you say this guy's a Christian and David French doesn't want to write anyone off, |
| 1:33.3 | apparently as a Christian? |
| 1:35.3 | So James Tolarico perfectly within boundaries. |
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