Podcaster and Comedian David C. Smalley joins us to talk atheism, morality and Christian Nationalism. He also shares how he finally had a breakthrough of common ground with a Trump supporting family member and gives advice on how to talk to others trapped in their echo chamber. Follow David:  @davidcsmalley  https://www.davidcsmalley.com/ Check out our new website and join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Join us LIVE in Nashville on Sat. Oct 1, 2022. Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Are the stories in the Bible literal? Allegorical? Moral Fables? So often then Bible doesn’t really say what we’re told it says. How should one read the bible today? Dr. Dan McClellen helps set the story straight and blows our minds in the process. Follow Dan on TikTok, IG or Twitter: @maklelan Sign up for his class on the Goddess Asherah here: https://dan-mcclellan.square.site/ Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Why are evangelicals drawn to assholes? Why do Christians want our leaders to be jerks? We discuss the elevation of bigots and nationalism on the main stage in evangelicalism/republicanism. Also, we talk about grieving in deconstruction: the best and worst parts of leaving your church community. We finish the episode talking about Greg Locke's "angel wings" aka back sweat. Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Janice Lagata was a member/stage manager/super volunteer at Hillsong NYC and was featured in the recent Hillsong Documentary on Discovery+. She's shares her experience with Hillsong and why she left. Then we talk about Mega Churches in general. We finish the episode doing impromptu sermon illustrations/altar calls based on prompts given to us in the live chat. Follow Janice on Instagram: @godhasnotgiven www.janicelagata.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

In this episode, Paul and April talk about their former evangelical selves: what would they say to us today? What would we say to them? We also share some cringey Church Kid's Camp stories and discuss the continued harm of purity culture. Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

We kick off our new season talking with guest Reverend Brandan Robertson - to hear his story from being the next big up-and-coming evangelical preacher to a now openly gay pastor. We also talk about patriotism in the church and christian music we had to listen to as kids. Brandan's website: https://www.brandanrobertson.com/ TikTok: @revbrandanrobertson Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

**Last Episode of Season 7. We will be back July 6. ** In this episode, we talk about Pride month and our own journeys to becoming theologically affirming of LGBTQ+. Then we talk about the Jan 6 hearings and is there anything to convince people out of "the big lie." We end the episode reacting to another cringey christian movie. Follow the Evangelicalish team on TikTok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Paul, Jeremy and April are joined by April's spouse Beecher Reuning (they/them) as we discuss what life as a non-binary Christian looks like in the evangelical-ish world. They tell us about their journey from suppressing their gender dysphoria and viewing it as something that needed fixing to now fully embracing & celebrating their God-given non-binary identity. Listen to Beecher and April's story on their podcast The Non-Binary Marriage. Follow Beecher on social media @hellobeecher Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

April and Jeremy are joined by guest Reverend Elizabeth Riley to talk about the world: the Uvalde Elementary school shooting, the report that was released on the Southern Baptist Convention sexual abuse and cover-ups and the Indiana Pastor pulpit confession to adultery that was actually CSA. Rev Riley then leads us all in a rage prayer as we sit in the heaviness of the moment. Then we talk about how we move forward and how we make change. At the end, April reads a real thread by a Twitter account called "Alpha Masculinity" who is against women riding horses and bicycles. And we all read a hate comment of the week. Follow Reverend Elizabeth on TikTok, IG @therevriley Follow the Evangelicalish team on TikTok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com

Paul, Jeremy and April discuss the Buffalo shooting, the racism/white supremacy behind it and what to do about America's gun problem. Greg Locke went viral again for saying you can't be a christian and vote democrat. Should his tax exemption be taken away? Why isn't the government doing anything about extremist pastors? Finally, Madison Cawthorn lost his re-election bid. We discuss what we think is next for the problematic, failed republican. Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com