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Season 5

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Season six is coming along nicely! I'm super busy trying to get it all put together before I start releasing episodes. But I want to also make everyone aware that …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn (featuring Larry Tye, author of Demagogue)

Season 5 Episode 38

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Joseph McCarthy was an unexceptional junior congressman from Wisconsin. He grew up brawling in the streets, playing cards, and embellishing his stories. Then, during a L…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Love Thy Neighborhood - Where the Gospel Meets Artificial Intelligence

Season 5 Episode 37

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The Love Thy Neighborhood podcast is really well produced. But they also take deep dives into some of the things going on in modern Christianity that I can't…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Season 6 Update

Season 5

Season 5 of the Truce Podcast was a blast! I'm hard at work on season 6, which will discuss how American evangelicals got tied to the Republican Party. It is already coming together so well! I can't …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Takeaway #5 - The Only Thing We Have to Fear

Season 5 Episode 36

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On March 4, 1933, FDR delivered his inaugural address. In it, he used the phrase "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself". I did a little searching and this ph…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Takeaway #4 - We Are A People of the Means

Season 5 Episode 35

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"The ends justify the means" is a phrase we hear occasionally. Often it is used to justify bad behavior, so long as it creates a profitable outcome.…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Takeaway #3 - The Great Divorce

Season 5 Episode 34

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In 1945, C.S. Lewis published his excellent book "The Great Divorce". It happens to be one of my favorite books. It has many themes, the biggest of …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Takeaway #2 - Extremes Lead to Extremes

Season 5 Episode 33

In the fall of 1814, the powers of Europe gathered together to discuss what to do with the continent after the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon had changed a lot in his time in power! He cowed the Roman Cat…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Takeaway #1 - How Should We Deal With Heretics?

Season 5 Episode 32

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The first-century Christian Church had a lot going on. Their Savior died and was resurrected, sending the Holy Spirit and leaving them with the command to take this ne…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

REBROADCAST: Can I Still Love the Church?

Season 5

Rebroadcast! Chris has had a VERY busy few months! He's had to move (again!) and was in 2 different car accidents (neither of them his fault, but everyone was okay). He's busy at work on season 6 and…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago