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Isaac and Ishmael: Origins of the Middle East Conflict, or a Religious Myth?

For the last 80 years, a popular teaching has emerged that states the conflict between Israel and the Arabs is Biblical in origin. According to this teaching, the story of Isaac and Ishmael is the seed of a perpetual...

1948 – Six Years That Made the Middle East

Episode 2 in our series Six Years That Made the Middle East, looks at 1948. This was the year that Israel became a state, but there is a wider story to be told when it comes to the Middle East. The...

1919 – Six Years That Made the Middle East

In our first episode in this podcast series that explores the six pivotal years that made the modern Middle East, we look at 1919. This is the year of the Paris Peace Conference after World War I. The modern...

The Age of Grace

When Christ completed His work at the cross and the resurrection, He ushered in a new age of grace. This episode considers what grace looked like in the Old Testament. We also look at how believers in the early...

History of the Christian Right – Part 6: End of the Christian Right

This final episode in our series looks at how the religious and Christian right lost its influence in America. Picking up with the culture wars in the 1990s and continuing through to today, we look at how the years...

History of the Christian Right – Part 5: The Culture War of the 1990s

The 1980s saw great prominence for the rise of the religious right. The beliefs and politics of this group transitioned from a subculture to the mainstream and set the stage for the Culture Wars of the 1990s.

History of the Christian Right – Part 4: A Born Again President and the Moral Majority

After the tumult of the 60s and Watergate, Americans were burnt out by the mid 1970s. Jimmy Carter entered the scene as America’s first born again president. He wouldn’t be good enough for the standards of the religious right...

History of the Christian Right – Part 3: Christian America Undone the Turbulent 60s and 70s

The idea of a Christian America began falling apart in the 1960s. For the religious right the 1960s and 70 answer the question, when did America stop being a Christian nation. The social turbulence of this time period actually worked to solidify...

History of the Christian Right – Part 2: The Christian Nation, America in the 50s

There is a reason why American conservatives and Christian conservatives look back to the 1950s as the golden age of America. The 1950s were the closest thing America has ever been to being a Christian nation by the standards...

History of the Christian Right – Part 1: Before We Were Republicans

The origin of Christian involvement in American politics has a longer history than most people realize but it probably does not begin where you would imagine. Episode 1 of this series on the history of the religious right in...

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The Truth About Open Christian Debate

Our social media age enjoys finely crafted “gotcha” moments. You have likely seen them in your algorithm-guided feeds. An...