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Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Jerry Falwell (part 2)Give to help Chris make more Truce
The New Right had a plan--to bring evangelical Christians together as a voting bloc. But how to do that? They chose a few targets, people with big followings, and courted them. Jerry Falwell was an obvious choice. He was a fundamentalist preacher, televangelist, and the founder of Liberty University. He also had a propensity for the dramatic, seeing the end of days around every corner.
The New Right did not like President Jimmy Carter and did their best to turn evangelicals against him. A big job considering that...
2025-12-0236 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals: AbortionGive to help Chris continue to make Truce
A lot of evangelicals are now single-issue voters, and that issue is abortion. But that was not always the case. In fact, for a great deal of American history, abortion was largely seen as a Catholic issue. There are, of course, exceptions. But most evangelicals and Protestants were divided on the subject, even favoring abortion when it came to preserving the health of the mother, or in cases of rape and incest.
On this episode, Chris interviews historian and author Daniel K. Williams about the history of...
2025-11-0447 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals | Bob Jones University v. The United StatesGive to help Chris continue to make Truce
Bob Jones University v. United States (1983) was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed whether the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could deny tax-exempt status to private religious schools that practiced racially discriminatory policies. Bob Jones University, a fundamentalist Christian institution, prohibited interracial dating and marriage among its students based on its religious beliefs. In 1970, the IRS revised its policy to deny tax-exempt status to private schools with racially discriminatory admissions policies, prompting Bob Jones University to file suit after losing its exemption.
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2025-10-0729 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchA Personal Message and Exciting News!Give to help Chris make Truce!
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2025-09-2305 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals | George WallaceGive to help Chris continue to make Truce
George Wallace was, as historian Dan Carter put it, "the most influential loser in American history". He was the governor of Alabama and lost multiple bids for president of the United States. In the process, he spread his racist views throughout the country.
Wallace is a vitally important figure in American history. His success in pulling in votes from racists attracted the attention of establishment politicians. He showed men like Richard Nixon that there was a significant voting bloc out there willing to vote based just on...
2025-09-091h 04
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Boston Against BusingGive to help Chris make TruceWe talk about racism in the United States like it only happens in the South. But the nasty truth is that the North is also guilty of racist behavior. This is evident in the way that we behaved when schools were integrated by bus.Brown v. Board of Education called for public schools to integrate. However, it took decades for many public schools to carry out this directive. It wasn't until the 1970s that the Boston schools were forced to integrate. But how?Schools are frequently attended...
2025-08-2631 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Segregation Academies (part 2)Give to help Chris make the Truce PodcastIn 2 Samuel 24 David is told that he must buy a certain piece of land in an act of repentance for his sins. The man who owns the land says that he'd like to give David the land and the animals to sacrifice. But David turns him down, insisting that he won't give to God something that cost him nothing.This story demonstrates something that may be missing from the Christian world today. Sacrifice should cost us something. Sacrifice should be a sacrifice. In the 1970s, school districts...
2025-08-1246 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Segregation Academies (part 1)Give to help Chris continue Truce.
Update: I would like to apologize for an error I made in the original version of this story. I stated that tuition payments to private schools are tax-exempt on the federal level. They are not. They sometimes are on the state level. The episode has been edited to reflect the correct information.
When Brown v. Board of Education passed the Supreme Court in 1954, segregationists stepped up their efforts to keep black children out of their schools. If they couldn't use public schools, they'd establish their own private academies.
2025-07-3032 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchScopes Monkey Trial - 100 Year AnniversayGive to help Chris continue making Truce
I made these episodes a few years ago, but since it is the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey" trial, I thought we should revisit them!
Tennessee was the first state in the United States to crack down hard
on the teaching of evolution in public schools. Others had dabbled, but
Tennessee went all the way. The ACLU wanted to challenge the validity
of the case in the courts. In order to do that they needed an educator
to teach it, get busted, and be brought to trial.
2025-07-181h 13
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I The Late Great Planet EarthGive to help Chris make the Truce PodcastHal Lindsey published The Late Great Planet Earth in 1970. It was a HUGE hit, selling over 35 million copies by 1999. It was also produced into a film narrated by Orson Welles. That film was shown in movie theaters and church basements and made a splash.The movie is a repackaging of premillennial dispensationalism, which I covered last season. It presents a particular vision of end-times theology, which wrongly predicted that the world would end around 1988.We're going to discuss the book and movie because they have...
2025-07-1551 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe Camino del Norte part 2Support the work of the Truce podcast at www.trucepodcast.com/donate
In the last episode, Chris and his brother Nick started their journey along the Camino del Norte, part of the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. Now, join Chris as he looks at some of the forces on pilgrims hiking the trail. From the Twelve Tribes religious group and their Yellow Deli restaurants to a spiritual guru in Guemes, people are trying to leverage hikers. Despite this being a Catholic pilgrimage, most of the people we've met on three hikes have not...
2025-07-0155 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe Camino del NorteGive a little help Chris make Truce
On this bonus episode, Chris takes you along with him as he hiked 250 miles on an old Catholic pilgrimage route called the Camino de Santiago.
The Camino has a complex history and is actually comprised of more than one trail. The Norte, the oldest (if you take the Primativo), is along the northern coast, the Frances runs east-west through the middle, and the Portuguese routes are north-south from Lisbon to Santiago. You can walk from Turkey following a Camino, or from France. There are webs...
2025-06-1751 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Boardroom JacobinsGive to help Chris make Truce. A little goes a long way!In November of 1965, a young lawyer published a book called Unsafe at Any Speed about the dangers of driving a Chevy Corvair. The car could become unstable and possibly flip if driven in poor conditions or without proper training. The lawyer? Ralph Nader.It took a while for the book to find its audience, but soon it was on bookshelves across the US and made a celebrity our of Nader. Soon he and his "Nader's Raiders" were on a spree, advocating for consumer...
2025-06-0330 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I The Failure of Supply-Side EconomicsGive to help Chris make TruceGerald Ford's administration was in trouble. The country was experiencing stagflation, where prices were going up but employment was going down. What could he do? He announced his desire to lower taxes. This proposal was met with opposition by... Ronald Reagan. Reagan was worried that these cuts would increase the national debt. Then, just a few years later, Reagan changed his mind.Two major things happened. One was the invention of supply-side economics (also called trickle-down economics) and the other was the tax revolt of the 1970...
2025-05-2031 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I The New RightGive to help Chris continue making TruceA small group of men calling themselves The New Right had a major role to play in bonding some evangelicals to the Republican Party. Yet many Christians don't know who these guys were or how they used money and influence to accomplish their goal.Let's meet the fellas. One was named Paul Weyrich. Weyrich's contribution to the movement is that he knew how to organize people, a skill he learned from watching liberal protests. He was a former radio newsman from Wisconsin, member of the Melkite Greek Catholic...
2025-05-0644 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchBonus: Compelled: A New SongGive to help make Truce more sustainableThe Compelled podcast is hosted by my friend Paul Hastings. It's a testimony show that walks listeners through people's lives so that we can hear how God continues to set people free through faith in Jesus. This episode is part of an ad-swap that Chris did with Paul to get the word out about Truce, but it also serves as a reminder to us that God is still working in the lives of His people. You can...
2025-04-2253 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Milton Friedman and School Choice (part 2 of 2)Give to help Chris continue to make TruceMilton Friedman is one of the most important economists of the last hundred years. His ideas were quoted by many evangelical writers in the 1970s and 80s, despite his not being a Christian and few of his ideas being in the Bible. Figures like Jerry Falwell loved the guy. Ronald Reagan adopted many of his ideas, though they disagreed on things like the increasing national debt. Friedman played a major role in the popularization of the school voucher concept. Essentially, some people want to allow parents to have a...
2025-04-0827 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Milton Friedman vs. John Maynard Keynes (1 of 2)Give to help Chris make TruceMilton Friedman may be the most famous American economist. His research and theories have profoundly shaped the modern American economy. But few of us can clearly articulate what he taught and what it means for our times. Friedman's career was defined by the aftermath of the Great Depression. He worked in the government administering the New Deal, but never really agreed with it. He joined the faculty at the University of Chicago and built a department around him that taught a version of free-market economics known as monetarism...
2025-03-2537 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I William F. Buckley v. Ayn Rand and the John Birch SocietyGive to help Chris make TruceWilliam F. Buckley Jr. helped change the face of conservatism in the US because he gave it intellectual backing. But that doesn't mean that his ideas were accepted completely. He had several nemesis within his own movement that tried to derail him.One opponent was the John Birch Society. Buckley's whole modus operandi was to make conservatism respectable. But Robert Welch and other members of the JBS were using their movement to spread bogus conspiracy theories. They were actively discrediting the movement that Buckley tried to build. So Buckley...
2025-03-1116 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I William F. Buckley Jr. and National ReviewGive to help Chris continue the Truce Podcast.Senator Robert Taft couldn't get the nomination. He tried to be the GOP's nominee for president three different times but could not get elected. Conservative Republicans' failure to get nominated by their own party was a source of much frustration. What could they do? Concerns of conspiracy spread through people like Phyllis Schlafly whose book A Choice Not an Echo claimed that "elites" were steering the party.It was into this world that a bright young man with an untraceable accent found his appeal. William F. Buckley...
2025-03-0443 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Barry Goldwater – How Republicans Welcomed Extremism - Part TwoGive a little to help Chris a lotIn the first part of our series, Chris explored the beginning of Barry Goldwater's career, from his early days as a young man to his rise to the Senate. In the second episode, Goldwater still hasn't agreed to be the nominee, even though groups are raising money in his name.One of his most valuable supporters was a woman named Phyllis Schlafly. In 1964 she published a small book, A Choice Not an Echo. It claimed that GOP nominations had been rigged going back many years. She felt...
2025-02-1842 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Barry Goldwater – How Republicans Welcomed Extremism - Part OneGive to help Chris continue making TruceBarry Goldwater may be one of the most interesting figures in Republican history. He grew up the son of a wealthy department store owner. He was a city council member and then a senator from Arizona. He was handsome and took pictures with guns and cacti. Goldwater was also a libertarian who wanted a small government and low taxes.His platform was laid out in a ghostwritten book Conscience of a Conservative. L. Brent Bozell wrote the book. He was a member of the John Birch Society. The...
2025-02-0438 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I The John Birch Society (featuring Matthew Dallek)Give to help Chris make TruceRobert Welch was a candy magnate who invented the Sugar Daddy and sold favorites like Junior Mints and Milk Duds. He was also very anti-communist. His dubious research led him to found the John Birch Society, a group whose mission was to spread conspiracy theories worldwide. They had major support from wealthy men like Fred Koch, father of the Koch brothers (who financed opposition to Obamacare and climate change legislation).Some of their most notable campaigns were those against Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Earl...
2025-01-2143 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals | A Brief History of Libertarianism (featuring Andrew Koppelman)Give to help Chris continue TruceModern evangelicalism sometimes incorporates pieces of different ideas. Things that are in the air. Social messages. Political stances. But has evangelicalism been enchanted by libertarianism?In this episode, we cover a brief history of libertarianism. What is it and who are some of the main thinkers? We discuss Murry Rothbard, Ayn Rand, Friedrich Hayek, and Robert Nozick.What is a libertarian? Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi define libertarianism by six characteristics. Libertarians are defined by a love of private property, they are skeptical of authority, and they...
2025-01-071h 02
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I How Bad Drivers Prepare Us for ChristmasGive to help Chris make TruceWell, we survived the 2024 US presidential election! But many people still feel anxiety as we head into the Christmas and New Year holidays. How can Christians prepare for a holiday season when politics will likely arise?Chris Staron is joined by Karl Klemmer, Nick Staron, and Ray McDaniel at First Baptist Church in Jackson, WY to discuss these issues and more. Plus Chris talks about his own anger as a pedestrian as drivers have come close to hitting him. How do Christians respond...
2024-12-1742 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I How the Wealthy Dodge Taxes (w/ Pro Publica's Jesse Eisinger)Give to help Chris make TruceHow do ultra-wealthy people avoid paying taxes? It seems like a strange subject to bring up when discussing why some evangelicals are drawn to the Republican Party. But many of the ties between evangelicals and the GOP have to do with money. So, let's take a little side trip and explore the tax loopholes of today. More importantly, let's try to understand why so many Americans are tax-averse. Could it possibly be because we, deep down, know that someone else is getting a better deal than us?One tactic...
2024-12-0346 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Fundamentalist Takeover of the Southern Baptist ConventionGive to help Chris continue TruceIt all started with a meeting over fancy donuts. Paige Patterson and a friend met together to plot the fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention. Before that time, the SBC had been more theologically diverse (though, not necessarily racially diverse due to its founding as a group that desired slavery). But if this group of fundamentalists was going to get a whole denomination to turn their way, they'd have to be clever. It would take time.Their scheme involved getting fundies elected...
2024-11-1928 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchMike Cosper: The Church in Dark TimesGive $10/ month to help Chris make TruceWhat are the warning signs that a church leader will become a tyrant? How do we prevent church hurt from becoming our identity? What are ideologies and how do they become the overall focus of some ministries?Mike Cosper is the co-host of Christianity Today's The Bulletin podcast, the producer and host of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, and now the author of The Church in Dark Times.Discussion Questions:
How does Mike define "Ideology"? What does it mean to...
2024-11-0440 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan PoeGive to help Chris continue to make TruceIn the Kanawha County Textbook War episode, Chris shared that the people of that county fought against some textbooks and stories being read in classrooms and as homework. Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado is one of the texts that was contested.So Chris decided to read it here as a bonus episode at the end of October. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-10-2917 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Francis Schaeffer and the Shaping of Christian NationalismGive to help Chris make Truce.
Francis Schaeffer is one of the most important theological thinkers of the 20th century. He urged fundamentalists and evangelicals to think outside of their separatism and consider how they could reach the world and expand their worldview. He began his career as a preacher in the United States, but a foreign missions board asked him to assess the state of fundamentalism in Europe after WWII. While there he saw great works of art and met fascinating people. Eventually, Schaeffer moved to Switzerland to start L'Abri, a chalet community where wanderers could...
2024-10-2252 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Women's Roundtable Book DiscussionGive to help Chris continue making TruceBetty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique kicked off second-wave feminism in the United States. The book was published in 1963 and addressed what she called "the problem that has no name". As women's roles shifted with the invention of electricity and the number of workers needed to run farms decreased, women's roles shifted. The idea of a "traditional" woman went from a farm laborer or factory worker to someone who kept the home and managed her children's schedules. This left many women feeling unsatisfied and searching for their purpose in life. Friedan's...
2024-10-0850 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchCompelled - KKK Terrorist Finds ChristDonate to help Chris make TruceIn the 1960s, Tom Tarrants was a young man on a mission - to save America from Communism, Marxism, and desegregation. He was prepared to do anything, including joining the Ku Klux Klan, drive-by shootings, or even dying for his cause. Yet God had a far greater plan for this would-be revolutionary.Find the Compelled Podcast at https://compelledpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-10-0233 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I National Women's Conference Part 2Give to help Chris continue making TruceThe National Women's Conference was set to take place. State meetings were overrun by conservative women causing disruptions to the meetings as they paid the entrance fee with pennies or made noises during the discussions. But liberal women were not angels either. Some went so far as to accuse the conservatives of sending in mental patients to do their voting.It's easy in all of the noise to forget that this was a monumental meeting. Women from all over the country gathered together to discuss issues that impacted...
2024-09-2438 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I National Women's Conference Part 1Give to help Chris make the Truce PodcastIn 1977, the Congress of the United States allotted $5 million for the National Women's Conference. The money was intended to bring together women from around the country so that they could put together recommendations for the Congress and President. It would highlight women of color, and those minorities who were sometimes overlooked like Native American women. But there was conflict from its inception.Liberal women, some of the same who turned NOW into a liberal group, took control. They did not want the far-right to participate, women like...
2024-09-1049 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchChris Quits Driving A School BusGive to help Chris make TrucePaypalVenmoPatreonHelp via check at:Chris StaronPO Box 3434Jackson, WY 83001 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-09-0703 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Phyllis Schlafly and the ERAGive to help Chris continue the Truce Podcast.Phyllis Schalfly was a remarkable woman. Regardless of your politics, you have to admire the impact that one person, who was never elected to office, could have on national political conversations. Schlafly was already part of the in-crowd in Washington when she took a stance against the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). She was an exercise in nuance herself-- a woman who fought for traditional views of women in society, while also earning a law degree and touring the nation on speaking tours. She had a family and held a...
2024-08-2734 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I RJ Rushdoony and Christian ReconstructionGive to help Chris make TruceRJ Rushdoony is not a household name. But he influenced a lot of interesting people, from members of the New Right to the Christian homeschooling movement. His books and lectures inspired people to pull their kids out of public schools and teach them at home. But who was RJ Rushdoony?He was deeply impacted by his time doing missionary work on a Native American reservation. There he saw how difficult it was to get anything done and to give people proper access to their government. He went on to...
2024-08-1349 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Kanawha County Textbook WarGive to help Chris make TruceIn 1974, Alice Moore was a member of the school board in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The board met to hear the recommendations of the textbook committee and approve them. But Alice protested when she read a portion from the Autobiography of Malcolm X, which thanked Allah for preventing Malcolm X from being a black Christian. From there they uncovered a number of potentially offensive texts, some because of language, others because of discussions of rape. Race was likely a factor as well, though Moore denied it.Local pastors decried...
2024-07-3034 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I The New DealPartner with us by donating at: www.trucepodcast.com/donateSomething had to be done. The Great Depression meant the loss of a vast number of jobs and left families waiting on bread lines. Economists like John Meynard Keynes puzzled over what to do. President Hoover took a laissez-faire approach to the catastrophe, only to have matters get worse. Then Franklin D. Roosevelt came into office and his administration kicked The New Deal into gear. It was a program that offered diverse aid to citizens from protections for money in banks to homeowner assistance.Many...
2024-07-0936 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I End of School PrayerGive to help Chris make the Truce PodcastIn 1955, the Board of Regents for New York issued an optional prayer to be used in public schools. It became known as the "Regent's Prayer". Here it is: "“Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our Country.” That short prayer was contested not only by non-religious people but also by Protestants who thought that it was too vague. What God is it talking about? Where is the mention of Jesus or the Holy Spirit, salvation, sin, grac...
2024-06-2528 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Can I Love Extremists?Give to support the Truce PodcastIt seems like so many people define their faith by what they believe about Donald Trump. How can godly Christians return to the gospel to get us back on track?In this round table discussion episode, Chris is joined by Pastor Ray McDaniel of First Baptist Church in Jackson, WY and Nick Staron to prepare us for the season.Topics Discussed:
What is Christianity?
The importance of forgiveness and going to those who are angry with us
Why it is important to cover things like the...
2024-06-1146 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Billy Graham and NixonGive to help make Truce!Billy Graham, the famous evangelist, was good friends with Richard Nixon. The two played golf and gave each other advice. Graham was the person who encouraged Nixon to run for president a second time. He also encouraged Nixon to regularly attend church, so Nixon started the first regular church service in the White House, only to make it another "it" place to be seen. But when Nixon's crimes were made public, Graham continued to support him, commenting only on the strong language used by the president.What does it mean...
2024-05-1435 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchRepublicans and Evangelicals I Harold Ockenga - Can Christians Unite?Give to help the Truce Podcast!Harold Ockenga was a famous fundamentalist(ish) pastor from Boston. And he had a problem. Liberal Christians had the ear of the government. That meant that military chaplain positions and free radio time were going to liberals, not conservatives. Why shouldn't conservatives have access to the radio waves like theologically liberal Christians? But that would take unity among evangelicals, or, what he called neo-evangelicals.Neo-evangelicals were evangelicals who didn't separate from the world. In Ockenga's case, this meant maybe going to the movies or an opera. So he, along...
2024-04-3031 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchBehind the Scenes BonusGive to help Chris make TruceIn this special bonus episode, Truce host Chris Staron walks you through a day in the life of a podcast host. He works about 11 hours per day between this show and his full-time job driving a school bus. Imagine what he could do if he were doing this show full-time!!!!Chris has worked on Truce for 6 1/2 years and is ready to make the show his main focus. We could make that happen if every listener gave $15 per year! Learn more about your...
2024-03-2611 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchSeason 6 TrailerGive to help Chris make TruceSeason six is almost here! This season we're exploring the backstory of why so many evangelicals turned to the Republican Party in the 1970s and 80s. It's a huge story that involves murder, corruption, greed, taxes, school choice, racism, and a lot of big questions. Special guests include Rick Perlstein, Frances Fitzgerald, Marjorie Spruill, Jesse Eisinger, and so many more.Subscribe to Truce wherever you get your podcasts, or listen at trucepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-03-1901 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchAdvertising, New Cover Art, Season 6 UpdateGive to help Chris keep Truce going!Season six is coming along nicely! I'm super busy trying to get it all put together before I start releasing episodes. But I want to also make everyone aware that I'm looking for more advertisers for the show. Want to participate? Visit www.trucepodcast.com/advertise to get started! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-12-2102 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchJoseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn (featuring Larry Tye, author of Demagogue)Give to help Chris make Truce!Joseph McCarthy was an unexceptional junior congressman from Wisconsin. He grew up brawling in the streets, playing cards, and embellishing his stories. Then, during a Lincoln Day address in 1950, Joseph McCarthy told an audience that he had a list of 205 communists working in the government. Within days, he was a household name.McCarthy started "investigating" suspected communists in the American government, focusing on the US State Department. Along the way, he brought in a young lawyer named Roy Cohn. Cohn was already known for his work sending Julius and...
2023-09-1246 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchLove Thy Neighborhood - Where the Gospel Meets Artificial IntelligenceGive to help Chris make the Truce Podcast!The Love Thy Neighborhood podcast is really well produced. But they also take deep dives into some of the things going on in modern Christianity that I can't cover on Truce. They are a good supplement to the stuff we cover on this feed. So we thought... why not share each other's show?In this bonus episode, you'll hear Chris talking with Anna Tran and Jesse Eubanks about their episode "Where the Gospel Meets Artificial Intelligence". It is a look into the ways in which AI may...
2023-08-291h 03
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchTakeaway #4 - We Are A People of the MeansLove Truce? Give a little to help support the show!"The ends justify the means" is a phrase we hear occasionally. Often it is used to justify bad behavior, so long as it creates a profitable outcome. But we Christians know that we are called to live righteous lives. Are we people of the ends, or should we be known as a people of the means?Chris is joined this week by Pastor Ray McDaniel of First Baptist Church in Jackson, WY, and his twin brother Nick Staron to discuss this important...
2023-05-3037 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchTakeaway #3 - The Great DivorceGive a little to help Chris continue to make Truce!In 1945, C.S. Lewis published his excellent book "The Great Divorce". It happens to be one of my favorite books. It has many themes, the biggest of which is that there can be no hell in heaven. The two are divorced from each other (hence the title). Another is that humans are easily distracted from God's work and the gospel.This season I've been telling the backstory of Christian fundamentalism. I think many of us have been distracted from the gospel because of politics or...
2023-05-1614 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchTakeaway #1 - How Should We Deal With Heretics?Donate to help Chris make Truce!The first-century Christian Church had a lot going on. Their Savior died and was resurrected, sending the Holy Spirit and leaving them with the command to take this new message to all tribes and tongues. The book of Acts records some of their travels, as they went all over the known world with this good news. But they were not the only people evangelizing. So were the gnostics. Gnosticism takes a lot of different shapes. It was a belief system that challenged Christianity, even as some tried to...
2023-04-1819 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchREBROADCAST: Can I Still Love the Church?Rebroadcast! Chris has had a VERY busy few months! He's had to move (again!) and was in 2 different car accidents (neither of them his fault, but everyone was okay). He's busy at work on season 6 and there are a bunch of great "takeaway" mini-episodes coming up soon.With all of the hubbub and busyness, let's rerun this classic episode from season 3.Thanks for your patience! God willing, we'll talk again in two weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-04-0443 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchInherit the Wind | Christian Fundamentalism SeriesUS Senator Joseph McCarthy unleashed an era of suspicion on the American people as he went looking for communists. His trials, both public and behind closed doors, focused on the government as well as Hollywood and the Army. He claimed that he had lists of communists, but failed to produce that list. It wasn't until the Army-McCarthy hearings in the spring and summer of 1954 that his unfounded hearings were put to rest.One year later the play Inherit the Wind opened. It was supposed to be a critique of the McCarthy era set inside of a re-telling...
2023-03-2144 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe Scopes "Monkey" Trial Part Two | Christian Fundamentalism SeriesLove Truce?? Donate to keep the show going!The trial was basically over. The prosecution won. John Scopes was moments away from being convicted of teaching evolution in Dayton, Tennessee. The ACLU and the prosecution had what they wanted. But Clarence Darrow did not. He wanted to make a monkey out of William Jennings Bryan, the famous "fundamentalist". But how?Darrow knew that if he turned down the chance to make a closing argument that Bryan would not be able to make one either. That meant that Bryan's carefully crafted words would never get heard...
2023-03-0738 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe Scopes "Monkey" Trial Part One | Christian Fundamentalism SeriesGive to help Chris do Truce full time!Tennessee was the first state in the United States to crack down hard on the teaching of evolution in public schools. Others had dabbled, but Tennessee went all the way. The ACLU wanted to challenge the validity of the case in the courts. In order to do that they needed an educator to teach it, get busted, and be brought to trial.At the same time, the town of Dayton, TN needed a boost. After the biggest employer closed down it faced serious economic trouble. What if...
2023-02-2136 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchLeopold and Loeb | Christian Fundamentalism SeriesGive to help Chris make Truce!Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were wealthy young men in the early 1920s. They lived in big homes in Chicago and had world-class educations. They were both pushed hard academically, and Richard was sexually abused as a child. Both graduated early from high school and college. The two were an odd pairing. Nathan was quiet and awkward, not particularly handsome. Richard was gregarious and outgoing, good-looking... and a psychopath.Nathan loved Richard, and the two sometimes had sex with each other. Richard realized he could control Nathan by trading...
2023-01-2440 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchChristmas 2022Truce will be back on January 10th! Chris is working through the whole break in order to prepare for his big presentation in front of his church. He's trying to get Truce fully funded for 2023.New episodes are already done, but he's trying to create a little cushion of extra episodes in case of emergencies. Thanks for your support of the show!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-12-2001 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe Battle for the Presbyterian Soul | Christian Fundamentalism SeriesLove Truce? Donate to help Chris make the show!Harry Emerson Fosdick had a certain reputation. He was the theological "bad boy" of modernist theology when he stood at a lectern in the 1920s and delivered his famous sermon "Shall the Fundamentalists Win?". He was in New York City. One preacher, preaching one sermon. But this one talk spread all over the country and created real upset. Could modernist theology win in the Northern Presbyterian denomination?J. Grescham Machen didn't think it should. He was a fundamentalist and wrote in response to...
2022-12-0627 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchMr. Fundamentalist | Christian Fundamentalism SeriesLove Truce? Donate to help Chris make the show!So far this season I've covered William Jennings Bryan, a man who enjoyed the nickname "Mr. Fundamentalist". But he wasn't really a fundamentalist. Experts point to another man as the true face of fundamentalism. That man was William Bell Riley. He was a famous preacher in his day, bouncing around the midwest until he settled in Minnesota. He founded the Northwestern schools to spread his vision of Christianity and picked debates with modernists at the University of Chicago. He formed the World's Christian Fundamentals Association...
2022-11-2226 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchWorld War One I Christian Fundamentalism SeriesLove Truce? Donate to help Chris make the show!Send checks to:Truce Media LLCPO Box 3434Jackson, WY 83001The modernish/ fundamentalist controversy was heating up in the early 1900s. Conservatives saw this coming a long way off but could not stop modernism from taking control of seminaries and popular pulpits. It was everywhere. It all came to a head with WWI.Theological conservatives saw WWI as evidence that the world was getting worse. To them, it was a chance to fight for patriotic...
2022-11-0839 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchWalter Rauschenbusch and the Great ReversalLove Truce? Donate to help Chris make the show!Walter Rauscenbush published his classic book Christianity and the Social Crisis in 1907. It went on to become a defining work of the social gospel movement. We've spent a lot of time talking about the social gospel this season. That is because it has been identified by historians as the key movement that fundamentalists rebelled against. So we really should understand it, right?In this episode, Chris takes us through highlights of this classic book in order to understand how the social gospel differed...
2022-10-2526 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchBonus Episode - In His StepsWant more Truce? Give a little bit each month and you'll gain access to a patrons-only Zoom event!We'll be getting together to discuss "In His Steps" and answer listener questions. This event is open to anyone who gives $10/month or more on Patreon. Link: https://www.patreon.com/trucepodcastEvent details: Tuesday August 9, 2022 at 8pm EST/7pm CST/ 6pm MT/ 5pm PST. Zoom link will be posted on Patreon for those who give $10/month or more.If you cannot give to help the show, but still really want to participate...
2022-07-2201 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe Holiness Movement | Christian Fundamentalism SeriesCan a Christian be holy? Can we go a week, a day, or an hour without sinning?These are questions that modern Christians struggle with. They have their origin in John Wesley, a hymn writer, preacher, and one of the founders of Methodism. In this episode of Truce, we track how this seemingly simple concept got tied up in movements from fundamentalism to Pentecostalism.This episode is going to seem a bit "out there". But this information is important to fundamentalism. Keswick Holiness in particular created an "us and them" scenario where there are Christians...
2022-07-0521 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchMoody's Lieutenants | Christian Fundamentalism SeriesAfter the evangelist D.L. Moody died at the end of the 1800s, he left behind a series of lieutenants, guys who carried on the work of sharing the gospel and shaping culture. It was these men who went on to set the foundation of the fundamentalist movement in the United States. James Gray, Arthur Pierson, A.J. Gordon, Charles Blanchard, and William Erdman, C.I. Scofield, and William Bell Riley. These guys went on to found schools, start radio ministries, spearhead publications, and amass large followings. They wrote the influential (if under-read) pamphlet series “The Fundamentals” and would figh...
2022-06-2121 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchHow Do We Deal with Christian Fundamentalism? | Christian Fundamentalism SeriesThis season of the Truce Podcast tracks the history of Christian fundamentalism. So far we've covered the rise of para-church ministries through preachers, the creation of dispensationalism, and the rising threat of modernist theology in the late 1800s. That is a lot to digest! So in this episode, I thought it would be helpful to sit down with some of the smartest guys I know and ask them, "how do we deal with Christian fundamentalism?"Christian fundamentalism has impacted our lives in various ways. Ray McDaniel (pastor of First Baptist Church in Jackson, WY) shares that he...
2022-04-1237 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe Liberals | Christian Fundamentalism SeriesGeorge Marsden characterized Christian fundamentalism as "militantly anti-modernist protestant evangelicalism". Right there you see that fundamentalism is a reaction against something. And that something is modernist theology. Modernism is a broad term used to describe a few different schools of liberal theology. In this episode, we discuss the Tubingen and Berlin schools.Modernist theology is often marked by the desire to discuss the "historic Jesus". This term can be a bit confusing because it is less about understanding what historic texts say about Jesus and more about discussing the non-miraculous aspects of Jesus' life and ministry.
2022-03-2939 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe End of Reconstruction | Christian Fundamentalism SeriesThe 1800s were a time of milking cows and going to the county fair.Sure... but what else? We tend to think of this century as a quiet, pastoral era when people were friendly and life was simple. But the 1800s were a crazy time! The American Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Spanish-American War, conquest, the suffrage movement, the prohibition movement, massive technological changes. It's a wonder we ever made it out alive.In this episode, we explore the early life of William Jennings Bryan and the Democratic Party, the party of Jim Crow...
2022-03-1527 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchChristmas and the Sermon on the MountChristmas can be a difficult time for many of us. How do we love people who disagree with us? How do we cope with people who don't seem to make sense anymore?In this bonus Christmas message, I just want to remind all of us of Jesus' command to both love our God AND love our neighbor.How has 2021 been for you? Leave a comment on social media or on the website at www.trucepodcast.com. God willing, season 5 of Truce will begin in winter 2022.
2021-12-2307 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe Chosen with creator Dallas Jenkins"The Chosen" is a hit streaming series about the life of Jesus. It was crowd-funded by small investors. This interview was recorded 2 1/2 years ago at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention, but Chris never used the audio. So we're releasing this audio as a bonus while we work on season five. Do you watch the Chosen? What do you think? Contact us on social media at @trucepodcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-11-0917 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchCan I Still Love the Church?Become a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastSo many Christians are angry at the Church. Not just the Church but their local churches as well. Producer Chris Staron decided to take a look inside one small congregation to see how Black Lives Matter, COVID, the 2020 Presidential Election, and more have impacted one community. How are people in Jackson, Wyoming responding in a time of dissension and deconstruction in the body of Christ?Special thanks to Ray McDaniel and Karl...
2021-08-1744 min
Truce - History of the Christian Church100th EpisodeBecome a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastTruce usually uses research, music, sound effects, and expert interviews to tell complicated stories about the Christian Church. We've made something like 100 episodes! Our listeners recommended that we celebrate by asking Chris questions submitted by audience members.Special thanks to Melvin Benson of the Cinematic Doctrine podcast for asking the questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-08-0338 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchApology for an Inappropriate AdBecome a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastAn ad went out this week for an inappropriate Netflix show. Chris addresses the issue, the solution, and the ever-changing media landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-07-0704 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe American West: Conservation EasementsBecome a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastSome of the wealthiest people in the world live (or pretend to live) in Jackson, Wyoming. That includes some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Digging into the property tax records, we discovered that one of the most successful actors in film history pays less in property tax than a single mom living on less land. What gives? Why are rich people paying less in property tax than working people?The answer...
2021-07-0636 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe American West: Jesus and John WayneBecome a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastWhat do you think of when you picture a cowboy? A rugged, handsome individual? A lover? Someone who doesn't need the government's help? Evangelicalism has long pushed this as the ideal model for the Christian man. What is the impact of that set of ideas?John Wayne and Ronald Reagan have both become popular figures in American men's ministries. Their names come up often, they both played cowboys in Hollywood. But they...
2021-06-0852 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchTakeaway 1: Think Deeper About the PastBecome a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastMAGA folks look back on the history of the United States and see a golden era: the 1950s. When religion was in the public eye, television and movies were clean, and father came home from work with dinner hot on the table. The trouble is that this vision of the 1950s only existed in our imaginations or if we chose to ignore the world around us. The 1950s were an era...
2021-03-3009 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchHow to Deal With Christian NationalismBecome a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastThe January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol demonstrated the dangers of extreme Christian nationalism. When we allow our ideas about God and His protection to overrun the Bible, we get into serious trouble. Now, many Christians are questioning their faith. Why does the Jesus of the Bible look so different from us and our country?In this episode, Chris discusses our strange relationship with the United States. We love...
2021-03-1636 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchSkye Jethani and Post-Christian AmericaBecome a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastHow should Christians react in a post-Christian society?Many theologians describe our modern era as being post-Christian. Meaning that religion was once public in the United States, and it is slowly disappearing. Is that okay? Is it possible that now is a great time to be doing ministry?In this episode Chris interviews pastor/ author/ podcaster Skye Jethani. He's the author of the book "What if Jesus...
2021-03-0238 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchIs School Prayer Illegal?Become a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastWhen did school prayer end? When was school prayer made illegal?American Christians have disagreed about school prayer ever since it was declared illegal in the 1960s by the Supreme Court of the United States. But what were the conditions surrounding that debate?In this episode of Truce, we break down the debate using Justice Hugo Black's majority argument against school prayer. It goes all the way...
2021-02-1634 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchAn EvaluationBecome a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastIn this bonus episode, host Chris Staron does his best to quiet fears about where Truce is headed. Is this show pushing a political motive? What about an economic system? Nope.Truce is about exploring our past in order to make us better. The goal is to remain orthodox and a-political. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2020-09-0808 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchThe New DealPartner with us by donating at: www.trucepodcast.com/donateMany Christian leaders came to hate the New Deal, especially libertarians. Their opposition to the New Deal as creeping socialism sparked the National Prayer Breakfast, some of Billy Graham's speeches, and the bonding of capitalism to Christianity and the US. So we should probably know what the New Deal was!Our guest this episode is Justin Rosolino. He's a high school history teacher and the author of the book "Idiot Sojourning Soul".You can find pictures of Chris' 50 mile New Deal Bike Tour...
2020-09-0135 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchYour Youth Group Trip Was Cancelled - Now What?Your youth group trip to South America was cancelled... now what? There are still important ministries that need your help. Truce is raising $25,000 to make this show my full time job. This mission reaches anywhere there is an Internet connection. And we're asking really big questions that will protect our Christian witness. You can give using a credit card at: www.trucepodcast.com/donate or send a check to:Chris StaronPO Box 3434Jackson, WY 83001 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2020-07-0703 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchTruce Needs Your SupportDo you love the Truce Podcast? Be a part of supporting the show by giving to keep the show going. You can send a traditional check (made out to Chris Staron) to:Chris StaronPO Box 3434Jackson, WY 83001Or donate online using a credit card at: https://trucepodcast.com/donate/Please note that Truce is not a non-profit and money given to us cannot be deducted on your tax returns. We did this on purpose. 90% of Americans do not benefit from...
2020-07-0102 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchHome of the ForgottenBecome a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastThe United States, a "Christian" nation, has a bad habit of forgetting its own people. Really. We'll prove it to you! We forget that the territories are a part of our country. Why does that matter? It impacts if/when they can vote and allows us to withhold federal aid. That matters! What happens when a "Christian nation" ignores its own people?Our guest this episode is Daniel Immerwahr...
2020-06-0927 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchTeddy Roosevelt and the Guano IslandsDonate a little to help the show on either Patreon or PaypalRemember to post #nowherenearcuba this week!When we were done conquering the west, done warring with Mexico, done fighting Native Americans, we looked out across the Pacific Ocean and said... "huh... I wonder what's over there?" The truth is that the United States is an empire. We accomplished that by fighting wars and by seeking out resources.In the 1800's the United States faced a very real problem: we were running out of nitrogen. Not in the air. There is plenty...
2020-05-2631 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchHow to Hide an EmpireDonate a little to help the show on either Patreon or PaypalPlease fill out our listener survey here: https://forms.gle/G5euVtM3JistChuz7What do you think of when you hear the word "empire"? Maybe Great Britain? The Soviet Union? The Mongols? Sure. But what if I told you that the United States is also an empire. And always has been.Our guest this episode is Daniel Immerwahr, author of the book "How to Hide an Empire" and an associate history professor at Northwestern University. In his book he argues that...
2020-05-1220 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchWhy Are We Covering This?Become a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastAre you curious about why Truce is covering the topics that it is? Wondering where this thing is going? We've heard you! In response to the confusion of our audience, we've put together this special interview episode to answer some of your questions.Chris is joined by Eric Nevins, host of the Halfway There podcast.Would you like to see Eric's review of Truce in Podcast Magazine...
2020-03-2727 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchVladimir Prokhnevskiy: Christian Refugee from UkraineBecome a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastVladimir Prokhnevskiy moved to the United States as a Christian refugee from Ukraine. He and his family left that country after enduring oppression from their governments. He spoke with Chris about what it was like to live in such poverty, how his father was threatened with work in Chernobyl, and how a shoebox from Operation Christmas Child impacted his life.Vladimir and his twin brother own Ukramedia, a company...
2020-02-2528 minTruce - History of the Christian ChurchChristmas Episode ExchangeBecome a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! Donate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcastMerry Christmas! As a bonus, we are featuring some stories from the Christian Podcasters Association Christmas Episode Exchange. Each person in the group was allowed to submit a 5-minute mini-episode on the theme of Christmas. I've collected a few of them here and some more will be on our Patreon page for people who donate a little each month to keep Truce going. You can access the Truce Patreon page and...
2019-12-1824 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchWe are the 99%Remember Occupy Wall Street? That movement from the early 2000's caused a stir after the financial crisis of 2007-2008. They demanded that the people responsible for the crash be punished for their actions. We in the Christian church often struggle with the rich-- how to treat them, how to see ourselves. In this episode we take a look at some statistics that will make us rethink our view of the wealthy.This episode was produced by Nick Staron. When Nick isn't busy with the podcast, he's working as a stand-up comedian. He's the perfect guy for your church...
2019-08-0616 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchJohn D. Rockefeller: Money in the ChurchJohn D. Rockefeller was the richest man... maybe ever. His Standard Oil Company swallowed up the competition and broke the law. Yet, this man claimed the name of Christ.We're in the middle of a series about money in the church. How does it get to the church? Does it matter where the money comes from and where it goes?This episode of the Truce Podcast was written and produced by Nick Staron: https://www.nickstaron.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2019-07-2323 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchShould Christians Fear Muslims?After 9/11 many American Christians became afraid of Islam. Even to the point of no longer wanting to share the gospel with Muslims. On this special episode of the Truce Podcast, Chris speaks with Dr. Hormoz Shariat of Iran Alive Ministries and Samy Tanagho, author of "Glad News, God Loves You My Muslim Friend". In this episode we discuss:* How international ministries can impact Muslim countries like Iran through media* Ways Christians can reach out to Muslims* Encouragement for Christians to love on Palestinians as well as Jews.* Economic and social issues within Iran, including...
2019-06-1127 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchCensorshipFreedom of speech. We all say we want it, but do we really? On this episode of the Truce podcast, we talk with Abby Johnson, the subject of the new film "Unplanned" which hit theaters in March. Abby shares her story of having worked for Planned Parenthood and how she quit after witnessing an abortion for herself.Please note: this episode may not be appropriate for all listeners.We also speak with Dr. Richard Land about his thoughts concerning censorship.The interviews in this...
2019-05-2137 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchChristianity Today's Living and EffectiveLiving And Effective is the newest podcast from Christianity Today and the Christian Standard Bible. Chris sat down with Richard Clark (@TheRichardClark) to discuss media ethics and the nature of Christian broadcasting. Is it okay to talk about infidelity when discussing Dr. Martin Luther King? Is a discussion of Christianity in the 1970's complete without a conversation about where the Jesus People are today? Is Christian media required to stay positive?Subscribe to Living and Effective on any podcasting app or listen at http://www.livingandeffective.com.Truce is a listener supported podcast. Support the show...
2018-11-2025 min
The Popcorn AuteurChris RockYou may not think "filmmaker" when you think Chris Rock, but he's written and directed three films. His first two films were critical disappointments; however, his latest, Top Five, was certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. In this episode, we take a look at Rock's limited filmography to see if the comedian is a hidden auteur. Show Notes/Sources: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/top-five-filmmaker-chris-rock-753223 https://film.avclub.com/i-think-i-love-my-wife-1798202457 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWq8EfureAg http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-top-five-review-20141211-column.html# ...
2018-07-311h 04
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchGirolamo Savonarola: One Man Against the RenaissanceGirolamo Savonarola was an inspiration to Martin Luther and an early martyr for the Protestant Reformation. He's also a controversial figure – more Old Testament prophet than humble friar. Our guest Samantha Morris (https://theborgiabull.com) discusses her book Girolamo Savonarola: The Renaissance Preacher and the history of the “mad preacher of Florence”.Think you could end a movement? Destroy some of the best art ever made? Nearly topple the Italian Renaissance? Of course not, but that's what one man tried to do at the end of the 1400's. He was a righteous man who fought...
2018-03-2624 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchChurch DisciplineWhen churches face evil or unrepentant behavior we have to make a tough call. What does church discipline look like? It turns out that it involves several steps from talking to the person one-on-one to expelling them from the congregation. There isn't a one-size-fits-all approach. Jonathan Leeman from www.9marks.org joins us to talk about his book on church discipline.Our main text is from Matthew 18 where Jesus lays out a clear plan for disciplining a brother or sister in Christ. Though the process seems easy, it is not without disagreement. Some people...
2018-03-2623 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchPlantation JesusIn this podcast extra we're taking a look at how ethnicity sometimes trumps our commitment to God. How can we, as believers, move forward in a Church that seems divided by race and ethnicity? Skot Welch is is the founder of Global Bridgebuilders, an organization that works with companies and churches to encourage diversity. He and his friend Rick Wilson wrote the upcoming book Plantation Jesus: Race, Faith, and a New Way Forward.Truce is a listener-supported podcast. Leave us a comment on iTunes and be sure to visit us at www.trucepodcast.com...
2018-03-2612 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchThe Curse of Ham and the Southern Baptist ConventionThe Curse of Ham. It sounds like something from Game of Thrones, but it is actually a mis-reading of an Old Testament scripture that has been used for hundreds of years to justify racism and slavery. This week we take a look inside the Southern Baptist Convention's controversial 2017 meeting and interview pastor Charles Hedman from Capitol Hills Baptist Church (http://www.capitolhillbaptist.org).The “curse” comes from Genesis 9. Noah (yes, the guy from the flood) is back on dry land. He gets drunk and his boys cover him up out of shame. Enraged by thei...
2018-03-2611 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchStephen Mansfield: Choosing Donald TrumpWe all know a little something about President Donald Trump, how he bankrolled his family fortune into celebrity. But what do we know about his religious history? Our guest for this episode is author, speaker, podcaster Stephen Mansfield. Stephen is the New York Times bestselling author of Choosing Donald Trump.The charismatic preacher and author of The Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peele, preached before the Trump family when Donald was just a boy. Principles of that ministry can still be seen in the president today: thinking of oneself as blessed, denying negativity...
2018-03-2627 min
Truce - History of the Christian ChurchEvangelical Christians and Donald Trump: An Unlikely Love AffairWhen were Christians first tied to Donald Trump? It seems to have started when Dr. James Dobson of FamilyTalk said on tape that Donald Trump is a Christian. He is not the only person making that claim. Paula White, Michelle Bachmann, Kenneth Copeland, and many other sing the same song.But it doesn't look like we're buying their rhetoric. American Christians don't really believe that Trump is one of us. So what do Christian leaders stand to gain by pretending he is? They want to repeal the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits pastors and churches...
2018-03-2617 min