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.
Episodes
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Jan 13, 2015 • 50min
Episode 135: Charlie Hebdo and the Christian Roots of Secularism
2015 is off to a questionable start as the Charlie Hebdo tragedy in Paris inspires much hand-wringing in the media (think Bill Maher) and a lively discussion on the podcast about secularism, its Christian roots, and its shaky future in an increasingly Muslim Europe.
Jan 6, 2015 • 1h 4min
Episode 134: Goodbye 2014, Welcome 2015!
Welcome to 2015! Skye, Christian and Phil are back talking about movies, worldviews and, you guessed it, the end of western civilization. Plus our friends at Barna Research give their top 10 trends of 2014!
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.
