The SkyePod

Drew Dyck is back with another roundup of stories from the web. Are physically unfit pastors spiritually unfit for ministry? Christian influencers are only eating foods found in the Bible. Why non-denominational churches are a myth. What's really behind the falling birthrates, and why aren't economic solutions working?
 
0:01 - Theme Song
 
0:19 - Drew's Newsletter
 
1:39 - Fat Pastors
 
5:25 - Are Pastors Aspirational?
 
22:58 - The Bible Diet
 
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Historian Daniel G. Hummel joins Skye Jethani to talk about the changing relationship between American evangelicals and Israel. Driven by a particular view of the end times, Hummel explains the origin of evangelical support for the modern state of Israel, and why current events are testing that commitment. They also examine influential media voices, like Tucker Carlson, who are aggressively pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories and half-truths about the origins of Christian Zionism.
 
0:07 - Theme Song
 
6:54 - Secularism and Zionism
 
12:03 - Dispensationalism
 
19:29 - Israel and Blessings
 
22:02 - Controlling God
 
27:56 - Carlson's Anti-semetic Anti-zionism
 
30:33 - End Credits
 
CT's article on Tucker Carlson and the Scofield Bible:
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/06/what-tucker-carlson-got-wrong-cyrus-scofield-christian-zionism/

In honor of Independence Day, Holy Post Media released a new explainer video titled "Should America Rededicate Itself to God?" The short 12-minute video featured clips of a conversation between Skye Jethani and Caleb Campbell, the pastor of Desert Springs Bible Church in Phoenix and author of "Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor." This episode features their full conversation, including Campbell's journey from neo-Nazi skinhead to senior pastor, what America's founders really thought about pluralism, and why so many pastors failed to speak up as their church members got sucked into Christian nationalism.
 
0:00 - Intro
 
1:29 - Theme Song
 
9:42 - The Founders RejectedNationalism
 
15:30 - Shouldn't Laws be Aligned to God's Will?
 
21:45 - How Caleb Changed
 
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It's a history lesson on today's French Friday. David French explains the parallels between the Vichy French government that cooperated with the Nazis in WWII and Christian nationalists in America today. Both were highly misogynistic, nativist, and blamed liberal democracy for all of the country's problems. Obviously, things did not end well for the Vichy government in France. David and Skye discuss why the authoritarianism pushed by Christian nationalists won't work in America either. They also discuss the 2026 midterm elections and what the Democrats are learning from the popularity of pugilistic candidates like Platner in Maine and the decency of candidates like Talarico in Texas.
 
0:00 - Theme Song
 
1:11 - Vichy France and Modern America
 
8:18 - Mistrust Toward Democracy
 
17:50 - Why Do We Return to Authoritarianism?
 
33:08 - Graham Platner
 
43:41 - What's a Good "Representative?"
 
1:02:09 - End Credits
 
David French's Vichy France article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/opinion/christian-nationalism-maga-france.html

Skye and Esau saw Disclosure Day by Steven Spielberg this weekend—did it make them believe in aliens? Maybe not, but it does show a cultural preoccupation with our place in the world. Would the existence of aliens change history? Would you believe aliens were telling the truth? Skye and Esau debate these issues and Esau pitches a sequel.
 
0:06 - Theme Song
 
1:15 - Disclosure Day
 
7:27 - Why Aliens Would Change Our View of God
 
13:51 - Religion Without God
 
25:40 - Are Aliens Demons?
 
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