Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke
Pat Kahnke
Pat Kahnke has written two books, from a pastoral perspective, to reject Donald Trump and his MAGA movement:
A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (2024)
MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience (2020)
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.This podcast contains political and social commentary related to issues at the intersection of culture, faith, and politics.
A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (2024)
MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience (2020)
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.This podcast contains political and social commentary related to issues at the intersection of culture, faith, and politics.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 24, 2025 • 57min
Guest Adam Swenson: The Sin of Empathy is a weird, dishonest, and absurd idea. (Recorded 3/13/25)
Adam Swenson writes at https://substack.com/@friendlyneighborhoodphilosopher
Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon: "A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny
"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ
Mar 23, 2025 • 51min
Guest Adam Swenson: Our mutual friend FINALLY rejected Trump! (Recorded 3/6/25)
Adam Swenson and Pat Kahnke discuss a mutual friend who FINALLY rejected Trump - we discuss his reasons, and how we can help others in that process.
Subscribe to Adam Swenson's Substack https://substack.com/@friendlyneighborhoodphilosopher
Read his article "What Might Cause the MAGA Faithful to Lose Faith in Trump?" https://substack.com/home/post/p-158437597
Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon: "A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny
"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ
Mar 22, 2025 • 43min
Guest Charlie Sykes: Trump's war on Christianity - plus his journey from GOP radio host to Never Trump.
Charlie Sykes joins Pat Kahnke on the podcast today to discuss his former life as a conservative talk radio host, the poisoning of the culture under Trump, and Trump's war against Christianity.
Follow Charlie's podcast and newsletter, "To the Contrary", on Substack at: https://charliesykes.substack.com/
Charlie's book "How the Right Lost Its Mind" is available here: https://a.co/d/1htfxOO
Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon:
"A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny
"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ
Nov 2, 2024 • 1h 8min
CHAPTER FOUR: The Way of Justice vs the Way of the Oppressor. A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (Available on Amazon)
CHAPTER FOUR: The Way of Justice vs the Way of the Oppressor. A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/61dLfJ0)
Oct 20, 2024 • 1h 3min
CHAPTER THREE: The Way of Truth vs the Way of the Deceiver. A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (Available on Amazon)
CHAPTER THREE: The Way of Truth vs the Way of the Deceiver. A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/61dLfJ0)
Oct 13, 2024 • 1h
CHAPTER TWO: The Way of Peace vs the Way of the Demagogue. A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (Available on Amazon)
CHAPTER TWO: The Way of Peace vs the Way of the Demagogue. A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/61dLfJ0)
Sep 22, 2024 • 1h 10min
CHAPTER ONE: The Way of Jesus vs the Way of the World. A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (Available on Amazon)
CHAPTER ONE: The Way of Jesus vs the Way of the World. A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (Available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/cEwG5v8)
Sep 16, 2024 • 28min
FULL PROLOGUE: A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (Available on Amazon)
Audio version of the prologue to my new book "A Christian Case Against Donald Trump," which is available on Amazon.
Feb 14, 2024 • 40min
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.
Feb 6, 2024 • 30min
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.
