EPISODE 245: CONFEDERATE FLAGS, TERRORISTS AND SUPERHERO ARMPITS

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MARCH 2017

EPISODE 245: CONFEDERATE FLAGS, TERRORISTS AND SUPERHERO ARMPITS

EPISODE 244: CULTURAL LIES, HUMAN LONGINGS & THE GOSPEL W/TREVIN WAX

EPISODE 243: CURIOSITY AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE W/ BARNABAS PIPER

EPISODE 242: AN EVANGELICAL INSIDE OBAMA’S WHITE HOUSE W/MICHAEL WEAR

FEBrUARY 2017

EPISODE 241: RACE! RELIGION! TRUMP! W/THEON HILL

EPISODE 240: DOES CHRISTIAN MEDIA STUNT CHRISTIAN GROWTH? W/MELINDA SCHMID

EPISODE 239: NON-CHRISTIAN JESUS FOLLOWERS? W/WILLIAM DYRNESS

EPISODE 238: POWER AND THE CHURCH W/JAMIN GOGGIN AND KYLE STROBEL

January 2017

EPISODE 237: PEOPLE PIGS, CHRISTIAN CINEMA & REJECTED REFUGEES W/DREW DYCK

EPISODE 236: THE POWER OF FEMALE LEADERSHIP W/JO SAXTON 

EPISODE 235: WAS PAUL A SEXIST JERK?? W/BRANDON O’BRIEN 

EPISODE 234: TV, STAR WARS & LENT W/AARON DAMIANI 

EPISODE 233: HELL, JUDGMENT AND HOLY WAR W/JOSHUA RYAN BUTLER

DecEMBER 2016

EPISODE 232: NEW TRENDS FOR A NEW YEAR W/DAVID KINNAMAN 

EPISODE 231: THERE’S MORE TO WORSHIP THAN GOD AND ME W/AARON NIEQUIST 

EPISODE 230: MOVIES, MOVIES, MOVIES! W/JOSH LINDSAY

November 2016

EPISODE 229: THROWBACK – CULTURAL CHRISTIANITY W/JOHN DICKSON

EPISODE 228: WHAT THE ELECTION SAYS ABOUT THE CHURCH W/ED STETZER 

EPISODE 227: GOING SMALL WITH FRANCIS CHAN

EPISODE 226: LIVESTREAM W/PATREON SUPPORTERS!  

EPISODE 225: EXPLORING THE QUR’AN WITH MARK ROBERT ANDERSON

EPISODE 224: WHAT DID JESUS’S DEATH REALLY DO? WITH NT WRIGHT  

October 2016

Episode 223: how did we get here? A history of the religious right

EPISODE 222: SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF YOUTH AND THE CHURCH WITH KARA POWELL

EPISODE 221: LEARNING HOW TO FAIL WITH J.R. BRIGGS

EPISODE 220:  MAKING DISCIPLES OR MAKING CHURCH – WITH PRESTON SPRINKLE 

September 2016

Episode 219: Bible Translations, Christian Radio & Praying for Atheists

EPISODE 218: U2 TURNS 40 AND ATHEIST “FAITH HEALING” WITH JUSTIN BRIERLEY

Episode 217: DREAMS, LIONS & SHALLOW AMERICAN THEOLOGY

Episode 216: Meditating on Scripture with Jan Johnson

August 2016

Episode 215: Back to Church, Out of Prison, Off to Mars

Episode 214: American Politics and Christian Faith with Amy Black

Episode 213: Saving the Bible with Glenn Paauw

Episode 212: Shifting Sands in the Culture Wars & Surviving the Election

Episode 211: Redeeming Work – Live from Okoboji with Tom Nelson

July 2016

Episode 210: Returning to Hell with Preston Sprinkle

Episode 209: Pastors & Booze, Women & Work

Episode 208: Talking About Hell! With John Walton

June 2016

Episode 207: “Confident Pluralism” with John Inazu”

Episode 206: The Refugee Crisis with Matt Soerens

Episode 205: Let’s Talk About Daily Devotions!

Episode 204: Apes, Atheists, and Happy, Happy Christian Music

May 2016

Episode 203: Bathroom Wars, Democracy and Cheese

Episode 202: Bono and Eugene Peterson Documentary Filmmaker Nathan Clarke

Episode 201: Religious Liberty with Russell Moore

Episode 200: The Big 2-0-0!!

Episode 199: The Middle Class and American “Greatness”

April 2016

Episode 198: Religious Liberty and Bathroom Bills

Episode 197: Modern Art And Subversive Faith with Matt Milliner

Episode 196: Civil Disobedience With Katelyn Beaty

Episode 195: Atheism and Hemant Mehta

March 2016

Episode 194: Easter Jedi and Christian Cliches

Episode 193: Does Trump Show Us What We Really Love?

Episode 192: David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons

Episode 191: Did Christians Create Trump?

Episode 190: Interpreting the OT and NRB

February 2016

Episode 189: America’s Best Days – Poverty by County

Episode 188: God and Genocide

Episode 187: Superbowl, Ads, and Lent!

Episode 186: Politicians, Religious Freedom, Christianism

January 2016

Episode 185: Beards, Chess, Aliens, and Trump

Episode 184: Hezekiah, Satan, Pants, and King!

Episode 183: American Politics

December 2015

Episode 182: Santa-Wheaton-Falwell

Episode 181: Race, Justice and the Church with Pastor Charlie Dates

Episode 180: Planned Parenthood and Police Protests

November 2015

Episode 179: Outrage and Grit!

Episode 178: Paris, Violence, and Religion

Episode 177: Boycotting Starbucks and Buycotting Chick-fil-A

Episode 176: Religious Freedom with Guest David Kinnaman!

October 2015

Episode 175: Halloween and Oprah on Faith?!

Episode 174: The Future of Religion in America!

Episode 173: Who Are the Happiest Parents?!

Episode 172: Dude Ranches in Texas with Guest Bob Roberts

September 2015

Episode 171: “Sticky Faith” with Guest Kara Powell!

Episode 170: Presidential Debates, Christian Movies, and Beer in Church!

Episode 169: Toplessness and Faith in Science!

Episode 168: The End of Modesty Mayhem

Episode 167: Modesty, Mega-Pastors, and Muslim Prayer Rooms!

August 2015

Episode 166: Gender Neutrality, Christian Hospitality, and Televangelists!

Episode 165: Alone with Guest Sam Larson

Episode 164: Football, Donald Trump, and Rob Bell!

Episode 163: Law, Religion, and Music with Rob Vischer and Jimmy Needham!

July 2015

Episode 162: Dogs in Heaven and a Baphomet in Detroit?!

Episode 161: Greece, China, and Donald Trump!

Episode 160: Back to the Lost World of Adam and Eve

June 2015

Episode 159: The Supreme Court, Same-Sex Marriage, and More Movies!

Episode 158: The Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Episode 157: Blockbusters and the American Way!

Episode 156: Godless in Dixie with Guest Neil Carter

Episode 155: Mad Max, Feminism, and Underwear!

May 2015

Episode 154: The Decline of Self-Identifying Christians

Episode 153: Waco, the Billboard Music Awards, and Youth Ministry!

Episode 152: Corporate Worship with David Gungor!

Episode 151: 40 Days of Christian Media

April 2015

Episode 150: Islam, ISIS, and the Protestant Reformation!

 

Episode 149: Robots, Wedding Cakes, and Religious Freedom!

Episode 148: Jesus, Bread, and Chocolate with John Thompson!

Episode 147: Indiana, Religious Freedom, and Pizza!

March 2015

Episode 146: The Lost World of Adam and Eve

Episode 145: Listener Feedback on “Christian America”

Episode 144: Magic in the Bible and Christian America!

Episode 143: Space, Fajitas, and Applebees!

Episode 142: Newsweek, the Bible, and 50 Shades of Grey!

February 2015

Episode 141: Oscars, Islam, and Listener Feedback!

Episode 140: The Islamic State, Iceland, and Thor!

Episode 139: National Prayer Breakfast, Katy Perry, and Ken Ham!

Episode 138: Crying Men and “Christianophobia” with Guest Drew Dyck!

January 2015

Episode 137: Evangelicals, Newsboys, and Germans!

Episode 136: Website Hackings, Muslim Prayers, and Oxford Press!

Episode 135: Charlie Hebdo and the Christian Roots of Secularism

Episode 134: Goodbye 2014, Welcome 2015!

December 2014

Episode 133: Addressing Systemic Racism with Guest Theon Hill

Episode 132: To Interstellar and Beyond!

Episode 131: Skye’s Traveling Adventures and Listener Questions!

Episode 130: Churchless with Guest David Kinnaman!

November 2014

Episode 129: Adventures in Teaching Kids with Guest Seth Cohen!

Episode 128: Modern-Day Israel with Guest Dr. Gary Burge!

Episode 127: Violent Religion, Video Games, and Mars!

Episode 126: Kentucky and Ken Ham’s Ark with Guest Drew Dyck

October 2014

Episode 125: Puppies, Islam, and Legalism!

Episode 124: Mark Driscoll, John Dickson, and Peter Enns

Episode 123: The Book of Job with Guest John Walton

Episode 122: Ben vs. Bill, “Christian” Harry Potter, and Atheistic Christianity!

 

September 2014

 

Episode 121: The History of Bob and Larry

Episode 120: Bad Behavior and Levitical Atonement with Camerin Courtney!

Episode 119: The NFL, the Dalai Lama, and Bill Maher!

Episode 118: British Values, Neuroscience, and Discipleship?!

Episode 117: The VMAs, Religion, and Marriage!

August 2014

Episode 116: Robin Williams, Mark Driscoll, Michael Gungor, and More!

Episode 115: The State of Evangelicalism with Guest Drew Dyck!

Episode 114: Live from Okoboji with Scottie May and John Stumbo!

Episode 113: Christian Films, Fact, and Fiction!

July 2014

Episode 112: Kardashians, Comic-Con, and Charismatic Catholicism!

Episode 111: NASA, Aliens, and Jesus Politics?!

Episode 110: Oprah as God and Proud Whoppers!

Episode 109: Hobby Lobby Day!

June 2014

Episode 108: Fashion, Tattoos, HBO and the Rapture!

Episode 107: Cultural Christianity with guest John Dickson!

Episode 106: Transgender Issues and Christians on Campus!

Episode 105: To Drink or Not to Drink?!

Episode 104: Guest Justin Brierley on Boghossian vs. McGrew!

May 2014

Episode 103: Alien Hunting and Arranged Marriages!

Episode 102: Rob Bell, Oprah, Harvard and HGTV?!

Episode 101: Guest Drew Dyck on Yawning at Tigers

Episode 100: Questions, Questions, Questions!

April 2014

Episode 99: The Christian Movie Marketplace with guest Camerin Courtney

Episode 98: N.T. Wright and Christianity Today with guest Andy Crouch!

Episode 97: Peter Boghossian and the Reasonableness of “Faith”

Episode 96: World Vision, Movies and More!

March 2014

Episode 95: Westboro Baptist News and Guest Justin Brierley!

Episode 94: Ground Zero Cross Debate and Cosmos!

Episode 93: Oscars, Dreams, and Lip Balm!

Episode 92: Religious Liberty and Artistic Freedom

February 2014

Episode 91: Democracies and Missionaries with Andy Crouch!

Episode 90: Cadillac Ads and Anachronistic Camels!

Episode 89: Superbowl Ads and Ham versus Nye Recap!

Episode 88: Grammys, Feminism, and Ham versus Nye!

January 2014

Episode 87: The Future and What it Means for Us Today

Episode 86: More Adventures in Atheism and Christian Radio Abroad?!

Episode 85: Adventures in Atheism with Guest Sarah Murdock

Episode 84: A New Year of Religion, Philosophy and Bill Nye!

December 2013

Episode 83: Duck Dynasty and the Person of the Year!?

Episode 82: Peter Boghossian, Atheism, and Epistemology!

Episode 81: The Pope, Batman and Magic with Drew Dyck

Episode 80: Thanksgiving, Walmart, and Science vs. the Bible with John Walton

November 2013

Episode 79: Sweaty Atheists and Drew Dyck on Generation Ex:Christian!

Episode 78: Science, the Meaning of Life, and Stephen Colbert!

Episode 77: Women, Christianity, and the Gospel?!

Episode 76: Religious Illiterates and an Evangelical “Hell House”!

October 2013

Episode 75: Religious Billboards, Christian Movies and Japanese Youth!

Episode 74: Disneyland, Vegas, Hobby Lobby and OJ Simpson!

Episode 73: Christian Billboards and the Idolatry of Family

Episode 72: Politics, Atheism, and the Pope!

Episode 71: Phil’s Great Uncle Iner, Origins of Evangelicalism, and Louis CK’s Musings on Emptiness!

September 2013

Episode 70: Book Burnings and Crazy Evangelicals

Episode 69: Miley Cyrus, Atheist Protests, and Christian America

Episode 68: Big Words and Post Christian America

Episode 67: Guest Ben Howard

August 2013

Episode 66: Parenting, Fear & the Iowa State Fair Butter Cow

Episode 65: Guest Doug TenNapel — Part 2

Episode 64: Guest Sara Groves

Episode 63: Guest Doug TenNapel

July 2013

Episode 61: Guest Sydney Vischer

Episode 60: Guest Steve Taylor

Episode 59: Guest Rob Vischer

Episode 58: Cruisin’, MRIs, and the Supreme Court

June 2013

Episode 57: Scottie May is Back

Episode 56: Super Telescopes, Man of Steel & Crazy Religion

Episode 55: Boy Scouts, J. Lo & Skye’s Runaway Car

Episode 54: Guest Brian Howell

May 2013

Episode 53: Happy Birthday to the Phil Vischer Podcast!

Episode 52: Switzerland, Stephen Hawking & did the Roman Persecution really happen?

Episode 51: Brain Burps, Beiber & Guest Pete Leonard

Episode 50: Musical Theater, Falling Birthrates & The Decline of Secularism

April 2013

Episode 49: Guests Lisa Vischer & Amanda Jethani

Episode 48: Guest Mark Galli

Episode 47: Monkeys and Puppies and the End of Western Civilization!

Episode 46: Movies, Marriage, and the future of Western Civilization!

Episode 45: Recapping The Bible (Miniseries)

March 2013

Episode 44: Live from Disney World

Episode 43: A new pope!

Episode 42: Jesus (TM), The Bible & Christian Music

Episode 41: The Oscars, Sesame Street, and the decline of Western Civilization

February 2013

Episode 40: Atheist Church, Tim Tebow & the Boy Scouts

Episode 39: A Potluck Podcast

Episode 38: Guest David Kinnaman

Episode 37: Does God intervene in sports?

Episode 36: Guest Scottie May

Episode 35: The Golden Globes, Gun Control and Louie Giglio

January 2013

Episode 34: Futureville, Hobby Lobby & a VBS Controversy

Episode 33: The Fiscal Cliff, The End Times & 2013 Predictions

Episode 32: Guest Rob Vischer

Episode 31: Thoughts on Connecticut

December 2012

Episode 30: Phil Has a Bone to Pick!

Episode 29: Pink Legos, Santa Claus, and the Commodification of the Gospel

Episode 28: Pat Robertson, Angus T. Jones, and Morality vs. Christianity!

November 2012

Episode 27: Black Friday, Santa Claus, and the Demise of Guys!

Episode 26: James Bond, the Rolling Stones, and Podcast Politics!

Episode 25: Old News, the Supernatural, and Guest Darren Wilson!

Episode 24: Career Sports, Star Wars 7, and Hurricane Sandy

October 2012

Episode 23: Dragons, Halloween, and the Future of the Church!

Episode 22: Religion, Relationship, Science, and Creation!

Episode 21: On the Air with Singer-Songwriter Andrew Peterson!

September 2012

Episode 20: Christianity in Hollywood with Guest Todd Komarnicki!

Episode 19: Conferences, Spacesuits and the Hubble Telescope!

Episode 18: Free Speech, Faith, Science, and Christians in Hollywood!

Episode 17: Christianity and Politics in the US with Guest Amy Black!

Episode 16: The “One,” American History, and Guest John Walton!

August 2012

Episode 15: A Reggae Interlude and Conversations about Heaven!

Episode 14: Worship, Vices, and Virtues with Guest Brandon O’Brien!

Episode 13: The Olympics, Aliens, and Atheist Billboards!

Episode 12: Live from Arnold’s Park with Guest Rob Vischer!

Episode 11: Chick-Fil-A, Olympics, and Guest Scott Olson!

July 2012

Episode 10: Christian Retail and Punishment for Penn State!

Episode 9: Genesis & Origins of the Universe

Episode 8: Following Your Dreams and Ukuleles!

Episode 7: Drive-In Movies and Our Fading Love Affair with Cars!

Episode 6: Christian Tomatoes & Gender Roles in Movies

June 2012

Episode 5: Os Guinness

Episode 4: Guest Eric Metaxas

Episode 3: Lady Gaga and Guest Jed Macosko

Episode 2: Giant Movies and Jesus Popsicles

Episode 1: Freedom, Fear and Futurism