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The New Evangelicals, Super Tuesday & The Election EPISODE 7

Tim Whitaker joins Paul and April to talk about what it means to be a new evangelical and why he started his nonprofit The New Evangelicals. We also discuss the white evangelical affect on the election, Super Tuesday and why Trump is still the chosen one. Then we react to videos in our new segment Evangelicringe. Follow Tim and TNE @thenewevangelicals or visit their website: thenewevangelicals.com Stay connected or support us by visiting our website: evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & X: @evangelicalish , @aprilajoy @unconventionalpastorpaul , Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.

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Episode 2
Ted Cruz Hypocrisy & LGBTQ Christians - Side A, Side B & Side X
In this episode, we discuss Ted Cruz headlines of the week. He had a moment of courage talking about January 6th but completely walked it back on Tucker Carlson's show. He was also in the news recently because of things his daughter said on TikTok. This leads us into a discussion on Christian parents and how they respond to their kids coming out as LGBTQ. We go into the different viewpoints on LGBTQ issues within evangelicalism: Side A, Side B and Side X. We also talk about the phrase "love the sinner, hate the sin" and how it's actually harmful and problematic. We're planning on coming to a city near you. Help us decide where by answering the poll in our FB group or sending us a DM or comment of a city you could attend :) Follow us on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Join our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1024639534974464 Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
Episode 4
Rev. Derek Terry's Journey From AME to UCC + Super Bowl Reactions
Reverend Derek Terry is an artist, scholar and Pastor at St. Peter's United Church of Christ in Cincinnati. He talks about his journey from growing up in the African Methodist Episcopal Church to becoming an openly gay Pastor in the United Church of Christ denomination. Then we all discuss the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the outrage that followed from conservatives, and why the NFL still needs to fix the racism within their system. Then we each share one thing we weren't allowed to enjoy growing up that we love now. If you would like to help Derek repair his church's boiler, here is the GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/st-peters-building-birthday-boiler-fund Follow Derek on Twitter, IG, TikTok & Facebook, YouTube: @RevDerekTerry www.RevDerek.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy Join our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1024639534974464 Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
Episode 5
Roe v Wade Roots in Christian Nationalism
Rev. Rob Schenck joins April and Paul for a fascinating conversation that takes us behind the scenes of the movement that overturned Roe v Wade, showing the anti-abortion manipulation of Christians to the Evangelical Christian nationalism of today. Schenk, an Evangelical clergyman who has ministered to elected and appointed officials in Washington, D.C. and serves as president of a non-profit organization named for Dietrich Bonhoeffer, can be found in the new Documentary "God + Country." Schenck says that he was part of a group that paid Norma McCorvey (also known as Jane Roe from the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision) to lie that she had changed her mind and become against abortion. Schenck now speaks up to undo the work he used to do after seeing the harm it caused. Hear more from Rev. Rob Schenck on Patheos. Stay connected or support us by visiting our website: evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & X: @evangelicalish , @aprilajoy @unconventionalpastorpaul , Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
Episode 9
A Chat with Dara Starr Tucker
Singer/Songwriter and social commentator Dara Starr Tucker joins April, Jeremy and Paul in this episode. They discuss a wide range of topics, from the school shooting in Nashville to the white evangelical response to President Obama being elected and wild charismatic services we used to attend. Follow Dara on YouTube: @DaraStarrTucker TikTok: @darastarrtucker Instagram: @daratuckerb Dara is a content creator who shares captivating commentaries on race and social issues, music and the arts, education and political action. Her work has been featured in campaigns for HBO, FX, and Ebony/Jet Magazine. She has amassed a social media following of over 1 million people across all platforms. Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish , @pastorpaul_tiktok , @pastorfromok , @aprilajoy Or email us: [email protected] Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
Episode 13
Discussing New Research on Religious Trauma
So often we hear Christians say of deconstructionists "oh they are hurt." Well, turns out scientific research says this is likely true, but ought to be treated as a negative attribute of the American Christian Church, not as an excuse to victim-blame but it. Guest Darren Slade's organization, the Global Center for Religious Research, defines religious trauma as resulting "from an event, series of events, relationships, or circumstances within or connected to religious beliefs, practices, or structures that is experienced by an individual as overwhelming or disruptive and has lasting adverse effects on a persons physical, mental, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being." For more information or to access resources about religious trauma, check out the Global Center for Religious Research website at https://www.gcrr.org/ Darren Slade is a theological historian, systematician, and critical rationalist philosopher from Denver, Colorado. Specializing in historic-speculative theology, theoretical metaphysics, and the socio-political development of religious belief systems, Darren's academic publications include topics ranging from the philosophy of religion, ancient Near Eastern and Second-Temple hermeneutical practices, church and Islamic history, and the psychology of religion. Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
Episode 14
The History of Christian Zionism
April and Paul talk with historian Daniel Hummel on the history of Christian Zionism: what it is, how it started, who espouses it and the harm it causes today. Daniel G. Hummel is the Director of The Lumen Center in Madison, WI and a research fellow in the History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his PhD in American history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been a research fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities and the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University. He is the author of two books: Covenant Brothers: Evangelicals, Jews, and U.S.-Israel Relations and The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation. Keep up with Daniel's work: www.danielghummel.com Get his latest book titled The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation. Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
Episode 15
Taking Off the Tinfoil Hat: Conspiracies in Christianity
Cynane Shay of Taking off the Tinfoil Hat joins April and Paul for a chat about conspiracy theories within evangelicalism. Cynane is a nuclear engineer living in South Carolina. Her childhood in White Christian Nationalism (Florida-style) normalized conspiracy theories like Obama Birtherism and the Biblical apocalypse; but 2020, with COVID and Qanon, finally made her realize something was deeply wrong. Now Cynane is writing a book, Taking Off the Tinfoil Hat: How Lizard People and Space Lasers Dismantled my Christian Worldview, to process the deconstruction of her fundamentalist evangelicalism and her propagandistic patriotism. Losing loved ones to the pandemic was a tragedy, but losing loved ones to the rabbit hole was its own tragedy and Cynane needed to understand the why. So from Flat Earth to the IBLP cult to Jewish space lasers, she pulled the thread, cracked her faith, and found the inseparable link between cults, conspiracy theories, and American White Christian Nationalism. TakingOffTheTinfoilHat.com Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
Episode 24
Are Witches Really Spooky?
If you grew up evangelical like we did, you were probably taught that anything "witchy" was evil and satanic. So, let's find out the truth about modern witchcraft. Hana O'Neill, aka The Suburban Witch, joins April and Paul to talk about all about it. Hana is a Professional Tarot reader, Natal Astrologer and Witch located in Australia. Her goal is to make witchcraft and alternative spirituality easy, fun and accessible to all. She hosts the podcast Witch Talks interviewing key Witches in the community, has a thriving YouTube channel with content from Spellcrafting, Tarot tutorials, Witchcraft basics and even details her own journey from Pentecostal Christian to proud Witch. Find out more about Hana's work at www.suburbanwitchery.com Stay connected or support us by visiting our website: evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish , @pastorpaul_tiktok , @pastorfromok , @aprilajoy Or email us: [email protected] Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
Episode 130
Expelled for Affirming Love; But Not Guiilty: Thomas Jay Oord
Expelled for Affirming Love; But Not Guiilty: Thomas Jay Oord Join Paul and Ashley as they find out why Pastor, theologian and author Thomas J. Oord was will to withstand an official heresy trial by the Church of the Nazarene. The charge: teaching against church doctrine and misconduct for calling the church to become LGBTQ+ inclusive. And why the guilty verdict that accused Oord of leading serious offenses of which the denomination said "...Only eternity will show how many souls have been led astray through his false teaching" shook his life, took his ordination, but didn't change his mind. Find Dr Oord here: Website: https://thomasjayoord.com/ Center for Open and Relational Theology: https://c4ort.com/ Dr. Oord's books on Amazon, Including "God After Deconstruction:" https://www.amazon.com/stores/Thomas-Jay-Oord/author/B001H6OGWE?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1726177418&sr=8-2&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
Episode 135
Star Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding True Faith
April Ajoy wouldnt have called herself a Christian Nationalist when she performed her original song America Say Jesus on the Jim Bakker show, or when she participated in Jesus Marches across America, or when she posted cringe-worthy videos on YouTube to campaign for Mitt Romney. April just considered herself a good Christian: faithful, Republican, and determined to make America a Christian nation once again. But as her view of the world widened, Ajoy began to see cracks in her steadfast beliefs and recognized the ways her conservative politics and religion were intertwined in her mind. Join Paul and Ashley as they talk with April Ajoy, content creator and podcast host, exploring how aspects of evangelical culture such as product boycotts, Satanic panic, and end-times theology have all been exploited to advance the Christian Nationalist narrative. April's Book - Star Spangled Jesus Find Paul & Ashley and Evangelicalish Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
Episode 140
Post Election Day: What Do We Do Now? James Fallows, Writer & Political Expert
James Fallows once served as chief White House speechwriter for Jimmy Carter and now writes 'Breaking the News' on Substack and has a new article about California's promising future in WIRED magazine. Fallows is a longtime book and magazine writer, whose most recent of 12 books, "Our Towns," co-authored with his wife Deborah Fallows, was a national best-seller and the basis of a 2021 HBO documentary. His perspective, the day after the 2024 election will be riveting conversation with Ashley and Paul and will be cathartic for us all! Nonpaywalled version of Jim's Wired piece: https://www.wired.com/story/californi... Today's Substack (non paywalled) https://fallows.substack.com/p/electi... Nick Lemann in the New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20... #Evangelicalish #ReligiousRightReligiouslyWrong #postevangelical #UnconventionalPastor #GodIsNOTmadAtYou #MindRenewal #Rethink @UnconventionalPastorPaul #WellBeing #Deconstruction #reconstruction Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
Episode 141
Reviving the Global Heart, After a Heartbreaking Election: With Joe Weston
Joe Weston is an international facilitator, author, lecturer, consultant, coach, professor, and-above all else-an advocate for lasting peace. He speaks to a revival of the "global heart." How do we revive the global heart when so many are broken hearted after America's election day this past week. Paul and Ashley discuss this with Weston who has a career spanning 30+ years in the fields of conflict prevention, leadership, stress management, and communication. He is a highly sought-after thought leader and trainer for individuals, as well as corporations, government agencies and nonprofits around the world. The Weston Network: https://joeweston.com/weston-network/ Respectful Confrontation: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Resp... Fierce Civility Project: https://fiercecivility.org/ #Evangelicalish #ReligiousRightReligiouslyWrong #postevangelical #UnconventionalPastor #GodIsNOTmadAtYou #MindRenewal #Rethink @UnconventionalPastorPaul #WellBeing #Deconstruction #reconstruction Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Follow Evangelicalish: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site Subscribe & Review: Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen. Support our work: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Buy Pauls Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable More from Paul & Ashley: ISH/Pastor-Paul Website Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
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