SNAP Cuts and God's Concern for the Poor

The Esau McCaulley Podcast

Esau McCaulley

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A political fight over food assistance has sparked new debate about who deserves help in America. Esau, Justin Giboney, and Mike take a look at the SNAP situation and why Scripture consistently places God on the side of the poor and challenges us to do the same. Plus, Trump is posting about defending persecuted Christians in Nigeria, but is there more he should be doing to help? Then, Tucker Carlson's recent interview with Nick Fuentes has sparked a debate on the right about what counts as fringe beliefs these days. Also, why Justin is confused about bobbing for apples and Jennifer Lawrence.

0:00 - Theme Song

5:38 - Snap Program

17:15 - Christians in Nigeria and Nicki Minaj.

21:22 - Sponsor - Hello! My Name is Emmanuel - A Heartwarming children's book about a Haitian child learning to trust God by Emmanuel Jean Russell https://a.co/d/8fPoRCL

30:15 - Mike's Corner: Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson

39:40 - Who's Jennifer Lawrence?

43:00 - End Credits

Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around: How the Black Church's Public Witness Leads Us Out of the Culture War by Justin Giboney: https://a.co/d/6dUSGTz

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone.
0:07.7	Welcome to the Esau McCauley podcast.
0:09.6	I am your host, Issaa McCauley.
0:11.2	Today on the podcast, we've been blessed to have.
0:13.5	Justin Gibbon, it's good to have you back.
0:15.1	How's it been with you, Justin?
0:17.6	Doing well.
0:18.4	Doing well.
0:18.8	Thanks for having me.
0:19.4	Brothers, it's always a pleasure.
0:20.6	And we also
0:21.5	are joined today with our regular. I don't want to call you co-host. I think that that's a little bit too high. We're going to call you assistant host, our assistant host, producer, Mike. Can I be assistant to the host? Assistant to though, there you go. Mike, how are you doing? I'm doing great. Issa. Let me tell you about my weekend.
0:38.1	Let me tell you about my weekend.
0:39.6	Actually, believe it or not, too, though. There we go. Mike, how are you doing? I'm doing great. Esau. Let me tell you about my weekend. Let me tell you about my weekend.
0:39.5	Actually, believe it or not, I went to go and watch rugby. Actually, right now, we have a
0:45.4	Kenya member of our church who gave me a, he went to Kenya, and he brought me back a rugby jersey,
0:52.9	which is what I'm wearing right now for those of you watching on YouTube. It's very colorful. Yeah. And so we found out that New Zealand was playing against Ireland at Soldier Field. And so actually, I went to see my first live rugby match this weekend. Wow. At the last minute. I invited three or four of my friends to the last minute to see if they could come. Where was my invitation? It was a church trip. Sorry. The rule is you had to at least been to our
1:14.8	church once. Oh, really? No, that wasn't the rule, but that's the way it worked out. Did you do
1:19.0	anything fun? It's been Halloween. Did you do anything? Took the kids out trick-or-treating on
1:23.1	Halloween. Did you dress up at somebody? I did not. Justin, did you dress up? No, I ain't dressed up, bro. Did you dress up? Did you dress up? The way Joseph said, though, he's like, I'm a grown man. Why would I be dressed up? Justin's a good counterbalance. Can I bring something up? Okay, go ahead. Bring something up, up though about Halloween real quick? Go ahead. Go ahead.
1:45.0	Was bobbing for apples the worst thing ever? Wait. Who came up with that? Why did we think that was okay back in the day? Did you all bob for apples? Yeah, I did. Put in your open mouth like a bucket of water with a bunch of people. I never did that. I think by the time I got to that age, we realized how gross and unsanitary.
2:00.7	Wait, are people still out in these streets bobbing for apples?
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