Sacred Shenanigans

Bon and Ben talk about the midterm election results and the new trend among Christian Nationalists to identify with Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker.

In this episode Ben and Bon talk about the new cracks in the CN/FR ecosystem, how they use the tactic of loose association to get a bigger audience, who is using who, and Ben schools us on how to widen the gaps now appearing in that world.

Bon talks with guest Josiah Hawthorne about current events including the anniversary of Charlie Kirk's murder, Trump's 5k bribe, social media takes on Proverbs 31, the Clancy trial, and more. 

Bon and Ben talk about Josh Howerton's conversion into an ersatz MAGA Christen Joe Rogan, the way the Global Church is providing an example for American believers to follow, and the televangelist who claims aliens stole her eggs.

Ben and Bon sit down with Dr. Warren Throckmorton about his new book "The Christian Past that Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History." Warren walks them through several of the myths commonly held by Christian Nationalists today about America's founding and discusses where we are as a nation and what the future looks like.

Ben and Bon do a current event episode and talk about Graham Platner, Fear as a selling point, Lindsey Graham, America's dive into CCP-style governance, Communism, the inherent compromise in all political activity, and Ben climbs up to the pulpit and gives a lesson on mutual submission. Bonus: A stuff racoon makes a brief appearance.

In this free-wheeling uncut episode, Ben and Bon talk about the recent passing of Al Mohler's resolution to silence women in the SBC, the hypocrisy in the resolution, and what the future looks like for those with their necks under the boots of Mohler's ilk.

Ben and Bon discuss the state of health care in America, using rural problems in North Carolina as an example, and what the American Evangelicalism's professed ethos demands in light of the issue.

Ben and Bon talk with Texas Monthly journalist Robert Downen about his recent expose on Paul Presslar and the SBC, and talk about the culture of protection and the future of the American Evangelical church.

Ben and Bon talk Ellul, propaganda, how the Iran war is effecting people on the ground, the K shaped economy, why Kevin de Young went full Wilson, how pastors show their true colors, Mammon-shaped Evangelicalism, and the money that props up Christian Nationalism.