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Episode 159: The Supreme Court, Same-Sex Marriage and More Movies!
30 juni 2015 · 52 min
Big news! Big news! Skye Jethani actually went to see some movies! Oh yeah - and the Supreme Court made a decision about something or other. Much discussion ensues, this week on the podcast!
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Episode 158: The Same-Sex Marriage Debate
23 juni 2015 · 56 min
What do Franklin Graham, Tony Campolo, Tim Keller and the nation of Ireland have in common? They’ve all taken bold stands on same-sex marriage in the last month. From wholeheartedly embrace to all-out boycott, Phil and the gang talk through wildly varied responses to the same question. Lees meer
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Episode 157: Blockbusters and the American Way!
16 juni 2015 · 50 min
Christian’s back from France! And dinosaurs stomp the box office, leading Phil to speculate about the growing influence of China on Hollywood blockbusters and how Hollywood, once the biggest proponent of “the American Way,” must cater more and more to sensitivities - and censors - of the the world’s fastest growing film market. Lees meer
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Episode 156: Godless in Dixie with Guest Neil Carter
9 juni 2015 · 55 min
Phil and Skye are joined by Mississippi geometry teacher and atheist blogger Neil Carter ("Godless in Dixie") to hear his journey from evangelical to atheist and his experience rejecting faith in the heart of the "Christian South."
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Episode 155: Mad Max, Feminism, and Underwear!
2 juni 2015 · 59 min
Tomorrowland and Mad Max and feminism and gender-neutral underwear. Need we say more??
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Episode 154: The Decline of Self-Identifying Christians
26 mei 2015 · 45 min
Listener feedback on “modesty.” Is Phil a voice of reason? Or just another crabby old white guy pining for the past?? Plus Phil and Skye discuss the decline in self-identifying “Christians” in America. Bad? Good? Indifferent? This week on the podcast! Lees meer
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Episode 153: Waco, the Billboard Music Awards, and Youth Ministry!
19 mei 2015 · 57 min
Phil finds connections between events in Waco, TX and the Billboard Music Awards, then guest Jim Walton joins the gang to discuss observations from 35 years in youth ministry plus his new work as an online apologist at the3rdchoice.org!
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Episode 152: Corporate Worship with David Gungor!
12 mei 2015 · 56 min
Is modern worship music contrived? Formulaic? Manipulative? NYC worship leader and indie/alt/liturgical artist David Gungor (The Brilliance) joins the gang for a lively discussion about the state of corporate worship in America!
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Episode 151: 40 Days of Christian Media
5 mei 2015 · 48 min
Are Christians leaving the faith “in droves?” Should Christians provoke? And the gang discusses Nate Fleming’s “40 days of nothing but Christian media” experiment!
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Episode 150: Islam, ISIS, and the Protestant Reformation!
28 april 2015 · 49 min
"You say you want a Reformation ... " Is Islam in need of a reformation? Or is that exactly what is happening right now? How is ISIS similar to the Protestant Reformation? Plus listener questions!
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Episode 149: Robots, Wedding Cakes, and Religious Freedom!
21 april 2015 · 50 min
Do robots need Jesus? Does Tennessee like the Bible a little TOO much? And more thoughts about wedding cakes and religious freedom!
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Episode 148: Jesus, Bread, and Chocolate with John Thompson!
14 april 2015 · 57 min
Author/musician/entrepreneur John Thompson joins Phil and Skye to talk about his colorful history in Christian music, his new book Jesus, Bread & Chocolate and the artisanal movement and its impact on the church.
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Episode 147: Indiana, Religious Freedom, and Pizza!
7 april 2015 · 59 min
Mayhem in Indiana! Gay rights and religious freedom and PIZZA! What’s it all mean?? Phil’s brother and legal expert Rob Vischer joins the gang to discuss the implications of a strange couple of weeks in the Hoosier state.
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Episode 146: The Lost World of Adam and Eve!
31 maart 2015 · 53 min
Old Testament scholar and friend of the show Dr. John Walton joins the gang to discuss his new book - "The Lost World of Adam and Eve." Were Adam and Eve real people? Were they created immortal? And what's with that crazy "No really - God made you from my rib" story? Sure to be a conversation starter! Lees meer
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Episode 145: Listener Feedback on "Christian America"!
24 maart 2015 · 58 min
Last week’s show received so much feedback that Phil and the gang dip into the mailbag to share and discuss some of your thoughts about the role of Christianity in America, and what the phrase “Christian nation” may or may not actually mean. Hang on for some fun as listeners drive the agenda this week! Lees meer
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Episode 144: Magic in the Bible and Christian America!
17 maart 2015 · 43 min
Is there "magic" in the Bible? Plus, a new book suggests that "Christian America" is not just a modern idea, but a modern idea invented by corporate America! This week on the podcast!
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Episode 143: Space, Fajitas, and Applebees!
10 maart 2015 · 50 min
Christian’s back! Evangelicals don’t like space! Science creates an amazing new drink and explains something Skye and Christian don’t want to discuss! AND - if your fajitas attack you during prayer, don’t blame Applebees!
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Episode 142: Newsweek, the Bible, and 50 Shades of Grey!
3 maart 2015 · 48 min
Is the Bible A) as messed up as Newsweek says it is and B) responsible for the popularity of 50 Shades of Grey in middle America? Plus, Phil finds a popular movie very disturbing, but it isn't the one you think!
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Episode 141: Oscars, Islam, and Listener Feedback!
24 februari 2015 · 56 min
Oscars, Islam, and listener comments with Drew Dyck joining Phil and Skye on this week's podcast!
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Episode 140: The Islamic State, Iceland, and Thor!
17 februari 2015 · 58 min
Half of Protestant pastors say the Islamic State is “true Islam.” While Muslims are being killed by Christians in central Africa and atheists in North Carolina, Iceland says, “To heck with it all! We’re going back to worshipping Thor!” Plus, an audacious claim that lynchings in the South were “religious rituals” practiced by Christians. It’s a mad, mad, mad world… Lees meer
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Episode 139: National Prayer Breakfast, Katy Perry, and Ken Ham!
10 februari 2015 · 58 min
What do the Dalai Lama and Skye Jethani have in common? They were both at the National Prayer Breakfast last week! Stories from the prayer breakfast, plus Katy Perry hears from God and Ken Ham won't be taking a cruise anytime soon. At least not a Carnival Cruise. Lees meer
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Episode 138: Super Bowl Ads, Fairy Tales, and Christianophobia!
3 februari 2015 · 53 min
Super Bowl ads make men cry, subverted fairy tales annoy Phil, and “Christianophobia” is now a real term with a new book to back it up! Drew Dyck joins Phil and Skye to discuss manly stuff like football, moral relativism and puppies!
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Episode 137: Evangelicals, Newsboys, and Germans!
27 januari 2015 · 55 min
What exactly is an evangelical? What does it take to turn a Newsboy into an atheist? And why can't the Germans figure out how to pee?? This week on the podcast!
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Episode 136: Website Hackings, Muslim Prayers, and Oxford Press!
20 januari 2015 · 53 min
French websites hacked and comedians arrested! Muslim prayers at Duke University and no pigs at Oxford Press! It’s post-Charlie Hebdo madness, dear listeners! Plus, the gang responds to your mail… all on the podcast this week!
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Episode 135: Charlie Hebdo and the Christian Roots of Secularism
13 januari 2015 · 50 min
2015 is off to a questionable start as the Charlie Hebdo tragedy in Paris inspires much hand-wringing in the media (think Bill Maher) and a lively discussion on the podcast about secularism, its Christian roots, and its shaky future in an increasingly Muslim Europe. Lees meer
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Episode 134: Goodbye 2014, Welcome 2015!
6 januari 2015 · 1 uur 4 min
Welcome to 2015! Skye, Christian and Phil are back talking about movies, worldviews and, you guessed it, the end of western civilization. Plus our friends at Barna Research give their top 10 trends of 2014!
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Episode 133: Addressing Systemic Racism with Guest Theon Hill
23 december 2014 · 57 min
It's Christmas! Check out the new fun ways our atheist and satanist friends are celebrating Jesus's birth this year! Then Phil and Skye are joined by guest Theon Hill to discuss the church's role in addressing systemic racism in a post-Ferguson America. Atheists and Satanists and racists! Oh my! Lees meer
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Episode 132: To Interstellar and Beyond!
16 december 2014 · 51 min
It’s the most thought-provoking big budget film in a long, long time. Is it religious? Is it anti-religious? And why did one Christian blogger call it his new favorite Christmas movie? It’s Interstellar - Christopher Nolan’s $150 million musing on the nature of life, the universe and everything! (Note: This podcast does contain spoilers.) Lees meer
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Episode 131: Skye's Traveling Adventures and Listener Questions!
9 december 2014 · 59 min
Skye's back! We hear about his travels, plus open the mailbag and answer a bunch of questions from YOU!
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Episode 130: Churchless with Guest David Kinnaman!
2 december 2014 · 47 min
David Kinnaman, president of the Barna Group and America’s foremost Christian pollster, joins Phil and Drew Dyck to talk about his new book Churchless: Understanding Today's Unchurched and How to Connect With Them.
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Episode 129: Adventures in Teaching Kids with Guest Seth Cohen!
25 november 2014 · 1 uur 2 min
Seth Cohen is a Christian educator who has run schools in inner-city Philadelphia and the Dominican Republic. He’s also a life-long friend of Christian Taylor! So Phil and Christian sit down with Seth to talk about his adventures in teaching kids, running schools, and following God. Lees meer
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Episode 128: Modern-Day Israel with Guest Dr. Gary Burge!
18 november 2014 · 56 min
Christians are supposed to be big fans of modern-day Israel, right? New Testament scholar Dr. Gary Burge joins Phil and Christian to discuss his thought-provoking and more-than-a-little-bit controversial book, Whose Land? Whose Promise? What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians. In the words of our friend Justin Brierley, “It’s sure to be a sparky one!!” Lees meer
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Episode 127: Violent Religion, Video Games, and Mars!
11 november 2014 · 58 min
Is religion inherently violent? Will video games in the future only make us angrier? Can evangelicals train lawyers in Canada? And why would six people go to Hawaii to spend 8 months in a plastic bubble? (The answer has something to do with Mars.) All this and more on the podcast this week! Lees meer
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Episode 126: Kentucky and Ken Ham's Ark with Guest Drew Dyck!
4 november 2014 · 55 min
The state of Kentucky is messing with Ken Ham's ark, and Berkeley students are messing with Bill Maher's commencement speech. Plus Malaysia bans Halloween for being (wait for it) TOO CHRISTIAN! And some final thoughts about the cautionary tale that is Mark Driscoll. Lees meer
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Episode 125: Puppies, Islam, and Legalism!
28 oktober 2014 · 1 uur 2 min
An atheist calls Phil's work "contemptible" and then doesn't want to talk about it, then a Malaysian man in hot water for encouraging Muslims to pet puppies inspires a deeper conversation about legalism and the world's second most popular religion. It's sure to be a bumpy ride on the podcast this week... Lees meer
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Episode 124: Mark Driscoll, John Dickson, and Peter Enns!
21 oktober 2014 · 54 min
A bad week for Mark Driscoll. Hillsong Church doesn't want to talk about gays. Friend of the show John Dickson threatens to eat his Bible, and theologian Peter Enns wants us to take it less literally. Or seriously. Or something. On the podcast this week! Lees meer
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Episode 123: The Book of Job with Guest John Walton!
14 oktober 2014 · 55 min
Old Testament scholar and friend of the show John Walton wrote the book (well, 450 page commentary) on everyone's favorite book of the Bible, Job! What? It's not your favorite book? Well maybe it deserves a deeper look! Plus a report from the Department of How NOT to Share Your Faith. Lees meer
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Episode 122: Ben vs. Bill, "Christian" Harry Potter, and Atheistic Christianity!
7 oktober 2014 · 53 min
Ben Affleck takes on Bill Maher, Harry Potter converts to Christianity, and Frank Schaeffer (son of Francis) takes on Christianity Today editors whilst arguing for a new "atheistic" Christianity. It's crazy, kooky fun on the podcast! (And not a single butt joke.) Lees meer
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Episode 121: The History of Bob and Larry
30 september 2014 · 56 min
It's been an interesting week for Bob and Larry in veggie-land, inspiring Phil to tell the whole story of how he and his characters parted ways, and the many attempts made over the last decade to bring them back together. It's a story we guarantee you've never heard before! Lees meer
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Episode 120: Bad Behavior and Levitical Atonement with Camerin Courtney!
23 september 2014 · 52 min
Journalist/blogger Camerin Courtney joins Phil and Skye on the podcast to talk about men behaving badly in the NFL and on college campuses, plus an app that brings levitical atonement to a smartphone near you!
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Episode 119: The NFL, the Dalai Lama, and Bill Maher!
16 september 2014 · 45 min
The NFL is having a bad week, no more Dalai Lamas, and Bill Maher goes on a pro-Christian rant?!? Truly the end of western civilization is at our door!
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Episode 118: British Values, Neuroscience, and Discipleship?!
9 september 2014 · 50 min
Why is British PM David Cameron on a search for "British values?" What does neuroscience have to do with discipleship? And why is "chunking" Skye's new favorite word? All that - plus "fatal buttocks injections" - on this week's podcast!
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Episode 117: The VMAs, Religion, and Marriage!
2 september 2014 · 53 min
It's been a year since Miley Cyrus made "twerking" a part of awkward dinner conversations everywhere, and Phil forced himself to watch the VMA Awards to see what the kids are up to this year. Plus, does religion actually hurt marriages? Say it ain't so, Joe! This week on the podcast! Lees meer
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Episode 116: Robin Williams, Mark Driscoll, Michael Gungor, and More!
26 augustus 2014 · 53 min
Phil has some thoughts about Robin Williams, plus the gang covers news stories suggested by listeners and responds to listener mail about the Mark Driscoll/Michael Gungor brouhaha!
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Episode 115: The State of Evangelicalism with Guest Drew Dyck!
19 augustus 2014 · 51 min
Pastors go wild and singer/songwriters go theologically off the rails. Or do they? The strange cases of Mark Driscoll and Michael Gungor, and what they tell us about the state of evangelicalism. Drew Dyck joins Phil and Skye for the conversation!
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Episode 114: Live from Okoboji with Scottie May and John Stumbo!
12 augustus 2014 · 53 min
Recorded in front of a very enthusiastic audience at the Okoboji Bible Conference in Arnolds Park, Iowa, this special episode tells the story of Phil's great grandpa and the founding of the conference with Phil's mom Scottie May, plus president of the Christian & Missionary Alliance (Phil & Skye's denomination) John Stumbo tells his incredible story and talks about the future of denominations. Lees meer
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Episode 113: Christian Films, Fact, and Fiction!
5 augustus 2014 · 37 min
Should Christian films be free? Should we ignore all scientists? Do religious children lose their ability to sort fact from fiction? And why is our favorite Satanist jumping on the Hobby Lobby bandwagon? This week on the podcast! (This episode was edited to remove a story that was later shown to be untrue.) Lees meer
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Episode 112: Kardashians, Comic-Con, and Charismatic Catholicism!
29 juli 2014 · 49 min
Phil breaks down and says the word "Kardashian," girls at Comic-Con say "no touchy!" and an account of one woman's journey from Charismatic Catholicism to atheism to...? It's another fun week on the Phil Vischer Podcast!
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Episode 111: NASA, Aliens, and Jesus Politics?!
22 juli 2014 · 53 min
NASA is just dying to find aliens, a Texas pastor dies for a cause, recent polls tell us we're more liberal than Jesus, and Jews are surprisingly cool in America!
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Episode 110: Oprah as God and Proud Whoppers!
15 juli 2014 · 48 min
Oprah as God? Gay hamburgers?? The Earth's magnetic poles reversing??? SURELY the end of western civilization is upon us at last!!