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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Feb 10, 2015 • 58min
Episode 139: National Prayer Breakfast, Katy Perry, and Ken Ham!
What do the Dalai Lama and Skye Jethani have in common? They were both at the National Prayer Breakfast last week! Stories from the prayer breakfast, plus Katy Perry hears from God and Ken Ham won't be taking a cruise anytime soon. At least not a Carnival Cruise.
Feb 3, 2015 • 53min
Episode 138: Super Bowl Ads, Fairy Tales, and Christianophobia!
Super Bowl ads make men cry, subverted fairy tales annoy Phil, and “Christianophobia” is now a real term with a new book to back it up! Drew Dyck joins Phil and Skye to discuss manly stuff like football, moral relativism and puppies!
Jan 27, 2015 • 55min
Episode 137: Evangelicals, Newsboys, and Germans!
What exactly is an evangelical? What does it take to turn a Newsboy into an atheist? And why can't the Germans figure out how to pee?? This week on the podcast!
Jan 20, 2015 • 53min
Episode 136: Website Hackings, Muslim Prayers, and Oxford Press!
French websites hacked and comedians arrested! Muslim prayers at Duke University and no pigs at Oxford Press! It’s post-Charlie Hebdo madness, dear listeners! Plus, the gang responds to your mail… all on the podcast this week!
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.
