The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
Join VeggieTales and What's in the Bible? creator Phil Vischer and co-host Skye Jethani (author, speaker, pastor) for a fast-paced and often funny conversation about pop culture, media, theology, and the fun, fun, fun of living a thoughtful Christian life in an increasingly post-Christian culture.
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Dec 23, 2014 • 57min
Episode 133: Addressing Systemic Racism with Guest Theon Hill
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!
Dec 16, 2014 • 51min
Episode 132: To Interstellar and Beyond!
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.)
Dec 9, 2014 • 59min
Episode 131: Skye's Traveling Adventures and Listener Questions!
Skye's back! We hear about his travels, plus open the mailbag and answer a bunch of questions from YOU!
Dec 2, 2014 • 47min
Episode 130: Churchless with Guest David Kinnaman!
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.
Nov 25, 2014 • 1h 2min
Episode 129: Adventures in Teaching Kids with Guest Seth Cohen!
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.
Nov 18, 2014 • 56min
Episode 128: Modern-Day Israel with Guest Dr. Gary Burge!
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!!”
Nov 11, 2014 • 58min
Episode 127: Violent Religion, Video Games, and Mars!
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!
Nov 4, 2014 • 55min
Episode 126: Kentucky and Ken Ham's Ark with Guest Drew Dyck!
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.
Oct 28, 2014 • 1h 2min
Episode 125: Puppies, Islam, and Legalism!
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...
Oct 21, 2014 • 54min
Episode 124: Mark Driscoll, John Dickson, and Peter Enns!
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!
