Departied Podcast Bill

A look at the messiahs we often run after, and how this is missing the mission.

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Episode Resources:

David French: Christian Political Ethics are Upside Down

Kari Lake and "BDE"

More Kari Lake

The Young Turks Response to BDE

Lauren Boebert, AR-15s, and awful theology

Matt LaBash - Jesus Wept

In God We Trust Signs in Public Schools

Pew Survey: Declining Church Affiliation

DW Interview of Rick Wilson (quoted from around 4:30 mark)

Image: In God We Trust on the Gallows

In this episode, I take a look back at the transformation of Ted Cruz over the last six years. It isn't pretty.

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Links to some of the research for this episode:

The Rise and Fall of the Cruz-Trump Bromance

Cognitive Dissonance and the Peg Turning experiment (correction, in the episode I said this was from 1915. It's actually from 1959)

Let's Go Brandon

"Leave the rest to the Republican congressmen"

Inside Ted Cruz's Last-Ditch Effort to Keep Trump in Power

David French: There is No Remaining Christian Case for Trump

Jonah Goldberg: The Descent of Men

Liz Cheney's slaps away Jim Jordan

Ted Cruz's remarks on Texas seceding from the Union

In this episode, I explore more deeply the consequences of ignoring character in our leaders, in light of the COVID pandemic and the aftermath of the 2020 election.

Links:

https://twitter.com/departied
300,000 US COVID deaths could have been averted through vaccination, analysis finds: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/300000-us-covid-deaths-averted-vaccination-analysis-finds/story?id=84753284
Trump's faith advisor goes HEAVY METAL!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzIym0eZsH0
1/4/22 PRRI Study: https://www.prri.org/spotlight/anniversary-of-jan-6-insurrection/

While there is reason to be hopeful, there's always place for lament as well. Some reasons for grief from the past four years, with a special guest monologue from Molly Wahlquist.

What does it mean to be pro life? My observations as a pro life voter in this contentious election year.

This is the second half of my interview with Bethany and Thomas Macias, in which we explore ways our civic engagement can be loving toward our neighbor.