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Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke Pat Kahnke
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Pat Kahnke is the author of the book ”Maga Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience,” which was published before the 2020 election. He was an evangelical church planter and pastor for twenty years before retiring from church ministry in 2016. Planted a church in the inner city of St. Paul, MN - part of the Baptist General Conference (Converge) and Alliance for Renewal Churches. A lifelong conservative Republican until the party left him in 2016. Now a political independent, he has written off the Republican party until it completes 40 years in the wilderness for its capitulation to the MAGA movement.
Channel contains political and social commentary related to issues at the intersection of culture, faith, and politics.
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Chapter 8: Discussing Tim Alberta's book "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory"
The "David Barton's False American Gospel" episode.
Dave Johnson and Pat Kahnke continue their discussion of Tim Alberta's new book "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism." In this episode we discuss Alberta's visit to David Barton and Chad Connelly's "American Restoration Tour", where churches are encouraged to get more political in order to save the nation from destruction. -
Chapter 7: Discussing Tim Alberta’s The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory.
The "A Visit to Hellscape Church" episode.
Dave Johnson and Pat Kahnke continue their discussion of Tim Alberta's new book "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism." In this episode we discuss Alberta's experience with Bill Bolin's Floodgate church, where conspiracy theories abound and right-wing diatribes are the new church growth model. -
Chapter 6: Discussing Tim Alberta’s The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory.
The "True Discipleship and Artificial Persecution" episode.
Dave Johnson and Pat Kahnke discuss chapter 6 of Tim Alberta's book "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory," with an emphasis on two main themes from the chapter - the need for good discipleship, and the overblown claims of persecution of the church in America. -
Chapter 5: Discussing Tim Alberta's book "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory"
The "Robert Jeffress is Making Trump Palatable for Christians Again" episode.
Dave Johnson and Pat Kahnke continue their discussion of Tim Alberta's new book "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism." This episode focuses on Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, and his efforts to rally Christians around support for Donald Trump despite all of the scandals and obvious lack of character Trump exhibits. -
Chapter 4: Discussing Tim Alberta’s The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory.
The "They always kill the prophets" Episode Dave Johnson and Pat Kahnke discuss Tim Alberta's new book "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism." In this episode we discuss Chapter 4, which focuses on Russell Moore and his attempts to be a voice for truth within the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Chapter 3: Discussing Tim Alberta’s The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory.
The "The Falwells are exactly who we thought they were" episode.
Dave Johnson and Pat Kahnke continue to discuss Tim Alberta's new book "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism." In this episode we discuss Chapter 3,which focuses on Jerry Falwell Sr., Jerry Falwell Jr., the formation of the Moral Majority, and various shenanigans at Liberty University.