Departied Podcast Bill

A look at the messiahs we often run after, and how this is missing the mission.https://twitter.com/departiedEpisode Resources:David French: Christian Political Ethics are Upside DownKari Lake and "BDE"More Kari LakeThe Young Turks Response to BDELauren Boebert, AR-15s, and awful theologyMatt LaBash - Jesus WeptIn God We Trust Signs in Public SchoolsPew Survey: Declining Church AffiliationDW 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.https://twitter.com/departiedLinks to some of the research for this episode:The Rise and Fall of the Cruz-Trump BromanceCognitive 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 PowerDavid French: ...

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/departied300,000 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=84753284Trump's faith advisor goes HEAVY METAL!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzIym0eZsH01/4/22 PRRI Study: https...

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.