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SkyeDive: Hypocrisy Aug 21, 2026

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Jesus raised Lazarus from the grave, but Lazarus was not transformed. He was still mortal, subject to the curse, and destined to die again. In other words, Lazarus was resuscitated; he was not truly resurrected. This message contrasts the difference between being rescued by God and being reborn, and asks whether we have accepted a lesser gospel of mere resuscitation when the life we are called to is one of transformation possible through the power of Christ's resurrection.

0:05 - Theme Song

0:20 - Intro

4:42 - John Newton's Resuscitation

10:00 - Two Tombs

14:01 - Jesus Came Back Different

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Drew's News: Spiritual Puberty, AI Sermons, Exorcisms, and Deconstruction Aug 14, 2026

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In perhaps the most faith-centric Drew's News yet, Drew Dyck brings us the rise of A.I. sermons, the rise of exorcisms, and the delayed rise of an airplane where a woman decided to evangelize to the unenthusiastic captive audience. Skye and Drew also speculate if the brief period of lucidity dementia patients experience shortly before death points to the existence of the human soul. And why does the church favor people going through "spiritual puberty?" All this and more on the new Drew's news!

0:00 - Theme Song

2:52 - Is Deconstruction a meaningless word now?

15:03 - Florida Evangelist Kicked Off Alaska Flight

27:12 - Terminal Lucidity

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A.I. Ethics with Meghan Sullivan Aug 07, 2026

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Skye wants to wrap his head around what's happening with A.I. There's the economic factor, the ethical factor, the societal factor… too much for most of us to keep up with. Skye sat down with Meghan Sullivan, a leading voice on ethics with A.I., to talk about how people in Silicon Valley are navigating this thorny topic.

0:00 - Intro

8:18 - Theme Song

8:38 - LLMs with Personalties

14:57 - Market Pressure

23:45 - Theory of Secularization

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Read more about Meghan Sullivan's work at her website: https://meghansullivan.org/

French Friday: Nerdfest 2026 Jul 31, 2026

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Guess what time it is? Once every year, David French and Skye Jethani devote an episode to movies, TV shows, and pop culture nerdery. This year's Nerdfest focuses on Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey," and David makes his case that the film is a Trojan horse filled with conservative values. They also react to the new "Avengers: Doomsday" trailer, why superhero movies aren't working anymore, and their shared hatred of multiverses. Finally, from the non-nerd world, they discuss new data showing Gen Z is turned off to Christianity by the evangelical support for Donald Trump. What's really behind the numbers?

0:00 - Theme Song

1:24 - The Conservatism of The Odyssey

16:04 - The Odyssey and Culture Wars

25:42 - Marvel, Star Wars, and Decay

43:24 - Is Trump Driving Gen Z from Church?

1:03:00 - End Credits

The Odyssey & the Bible with Nijay Gupta Jul 24, 2026

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Christopher Nolan's take on Homer's epic "The Odyssey" is the biggest film in the world right now. Holy Post Pundit and New Testament scholar, Nijay Gupta, joins Skye to talk about what it tells us about pagan religion in the ancient world. He explains how the faith taught by the Apostles contradicted the kind of idolatry and superstition described in "The Odyssey," and what the ancient Greek understanding of hospitality toward strangers—a major theme in the movie—shares in common with both the Old and New Testaments.

0:07 - Theme Song

2:03 - The Odyssey and the Ancient World

8:28 - Demigods Among Us

22:02 - Hospitality as a Virtue

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Link to Nijay's Substack series on Paganism: https://nijaykgupta.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-and-the-world-of-the

Engaging Scripture (Nijay Gupta's Substack): https://nijaykgupta.substack.com/

Link to Nijay's Substack series on Paganism: https://nijaykgupta.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-and-the-world-of-the

Engaging Scripture (Nijay Gupta's Substack): https://nijaykgupta.substack.com/

Drew's News - Fat Pastors, Non-Denoms, & Depopulation Jul 17, 2026

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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

27:24 - This episode is available only for Holy Post Plus subscribers. Not a subscriber? Head on over to:

https://holypost.substack.com/p/drews-news-fat-pastors-non-denoms

Christian Zionism Jul 10, 2026

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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/

Caleb Campbell Jul 03, 2026

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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

29:11 - This episode is available only for Holy Post Plus subscribers. Not a subscriber? Head on over to:

https://holypost.substack.com/p/caleb-campbell

French Friday - Vichy Christianity Jun 26, 2026

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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

Disclosure Day: Faith, Aliens, and Spielberg Jun 19, 2026

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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?

29:05 - This episode is available only for Holy Post Plus subscribers. Not a subscriber? Head on over to: https://holypost.substack.com/p/disclosure-day-faith-aliens-and-spielberg