Veterans of Culture Wars Zach Malm and David Lester

Dr. Matt Warner joins the VCW to talk about being fired from Grace College in Winona Lake, IN for what he describes as unspoken political expectations. Outside activists found old social media posts by him (involving posts about LGBTQ, Black Lives Matter and criticism of Tucker Carlson) and they pressured college board members to let this professor go. We talk about education vs indoctrination, Implicit vs explicit boundaries as well as shifting grounds in the world of higher Christian education.



Religion News Service article on Dr. Matt Warner being fired from Grace College: https://religionnews.com/2024/05/08/grace-college-professor-ousted-after-online-commentators-flag-woke-social-media-posts/

Christianity Today article on Dr. Matt Warner: https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2024/may/grace-christian-college-professor-matthew-warner-fired-twee.html

Conversation between Matt Nightingale and Dr. Matt Warner on Common Sanctuary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_95wah0Rsbk



Support the show on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/vcwpod



Dave's second podcast- "Does the Bible Say THAT?": https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a8CCeIvjiFn1lKwKmxNt6?si=H1UswE0VT3m2tmZNFuSC4Q



Twitter: @vcwpod

Zach- @muzach

Dave- @Davejlester



Check out Zach's music by going to:  https://muzach.bandcamp.com

Meg Wise joins the VCW hall to talk about her experiences at John MacArthur's Church in Los Angeles County, CA. She talks about their response to the COVID pandemic and the scandal involving MacArthur publicly shaming a woman whose husband was sexually abusing their kids.



Follow Meg Wise:

On X/Twitter: _nomadic_soul

Read A Deconstruction Chronicle here: https://thedeconstructionchronicles.substack.com/p/a-deconstruction-chronicle-meg-wise?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true



Article on John MaArthur publicly shaming Eileen Gray: https://ministrywatch.com/former-member-of-john-macarthurs-megachurch-says-he-shamed-her-for-leaving-her-abusive-husband-against-church-counsel/



Christianity Today article on Hohn Cho challenging Elders of John MacArthur's Church to do justice in Eileen Gray case: https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/february/grace-community-church-elder-biblical-counseling-abuse.html



Support the show on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/vcwpod



Dave's second podcast- "Does the Bible Say THAT?": https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a8CCeIvjiFn1lKwKmxNt6?si=H1UswE0VT3m2tmZNFuSC4Q



Twitter: @vcwpod

Zach- @muzach

Dave- @Davejlester



Check out Zach's music by going to:  https://muzach.bandcamp.com

Burn this episode to the top blank CD on your spindle and throw it in your anti-skip discman, because writer and podcaster Jason Kirk joins the VCW hall to talk about his new novel, Hell is a World Without You, a coming-of-age story set in early 2000s evangelical youth group culture, and chock full of the rapture anxiety, purity culture, retreats, AIM chat logs, and Christian metalcore bands that bring that world to life, along with a few references to the movie Wild Things.



Support the show on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/vcwpod



Dave's second podcast- "Does the Bible Say THAT?": https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a8CCeIvjiFn1lKwKmxNt6?si=H1UswE0VT3m2tmZNFuSC4Q



Twitter: @vcwpod

Zach- @muzach

Dave- @Davejlester



Check out Zach's music by going to:  https://muzach.bandcamp.com

Co-Host of the Holy Post podcast, Kaitlyn Schiess stops by the VCW hall to talk about her new book, The Ballot and the Bible. She discusses points of American history and how the Bible was interpreted on multiple sides of an issue by Christians- sometimes for good, sometimes for bad, and sometimes for really ugly evil.

Support the show on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/vcwpod



Dave's second podcast- "Does the Bible Say THAT?": https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a8CCeIvjiFn1lKwKmxNt6?si=H1UswE0VT3m2tmZNFuSC4Q



Twitter: @vcwpod

Zach- @muzach

Dave- @Davejlester



Check out Zach's music by going to:  https://muzach.bandcamp.com

With Israel's brutal war against Gaza still raging, Dr. Alice Rothchild and Abby Brockman join the VCW hall to talk about the horror of Israel's war, to talk about their interactions with Palestinian people and the hospitality they experienced as well as speaking about their perspectives on Jewish faith and values.



Read Dr. Rothchild's articles:

The Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/in-israel-hamas-war-where-are-the-voices-of-the-healing-profession/



The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/opinion/children-mothers-pregnant-gaza.html



Support the show on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/vcwpod



Dave's second podcast- "Does the Bible Say THAT?": https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a8CCeIvjiFn1lKwKmxNt6?si=H1UswE0VT3m2tmZNFuSC4Q



Twitter: @vcwpod

Zach- @muzach

Dave- @Davejlester



Check out Zach's music by going to:  https://muzach.bandcamp.com

Pastor Trey Ferguson joins the VCW hall to talk about Theologizin' Bigger, his new book out now. We talk about theology and imagination, Biblical inerrancy including the 1978 Chicago statement, an Ark in Kentucky and much more.



Get Pastor Trey's book right here: https://www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/theologizin-bigger/



Listen to The New Living Treyslation right here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-living-treyslation/id1576078435



Listen to Three Black Men podcast right here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/three-black-men-theology-culture-and-the-world-around-us/id1535582503



Support the show on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/vcwpod



Dave's second podcast- "Does the Bible Say THAT?": https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a8CCeIvjiFn1lKwKmxNt6?si=H1UswE0VT3m2tmZNFuSC4Q



Twitter: @vcwpod

Zach- @muzach

Dave- @Davejlester



Check out Zach's music by going to:  https://muzach.bandcamp.com