Evangelicalish

Season Finale** Will be back in Jan 2023* We are celebrating marriage equality being codified with the Respect for Marriage Act. We spend time talking about the bill and the christian response. Also, are expensive Christmas presentations at Church a way of honoring Jesus or a waste of money for people commanded to care for the poor? Jeremy was out sick so Episcopal Priest and overall good time Jos...

Content creator, cartoonist, artist and theologian David Hayward, aka the Naked Pastor, joins us for a chat about deconstruction and his mission now after leaving 30 years of pastoring behind. Check out his art at nakedpastor.com buy his book "Flip It Like This" : Follow him on social media @nakedpastor Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evange...

Candice Teets joins the Evangelicalish team this week to offer an indigenous perspective to the Thanksgiving holiday. She also talks about her experience in a charismatic church, how her own indigenous culture was demonized and how she's been able to reconnect to her heritage since. Follow Candice online @candicecakes_ Sign the petition for Congress to Vote to Seat a Cherokee Delegate Check our Ca...

With the all the political discourse around the midterm elections, there have been lots of gatekeeping within evangelical circles. Lots of conservatives say one can't be a christian if they vote democrat. So, in this episode we discuss how Jesus' teachings line up with our modern political environment. We also react to the midterm elections, the lack of a red wave and Donald Trump's 3rd run for pr...

Paul and April talk with American journalist Katherine Stewart about her book The Power Worshippers: The Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism and how she has tracked the danger of this Christian political uprising for many years. Buy her book and learn more about Katherine here: katherinestewart.me Check out our new Merch ISH or join our ISH Community: www.evangelicalish.com Follow the Evangeli...

This week, Paul, Jeremy and April are joined by John Pavlovitz. John is a writer, pastor, and activist from North Carolina committed to equality, diversity, and justice while actively working for a more compassionate planet. He is the author of If God Is Love, Don’t Be a Jerk, A Bigger Table, Hope and Other Superpowers, Low, Rise, and Stuff That Needs to Be Said. https://johnpavlovitz.com/ In this...

It's spooky season, so for Halloween we wanted to talk about the scariest thing in evangelical dogma: Hell. In this episode, we talk all about the after life: The different views of hell and what we believe now. 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 , @pastorfrom...

Writer and Comedian Kristina Hart joins Evangelicalish to talk about her experience as a Persian woman and child of Iranian immigrants living in America and how that influenced some her deconstruction journey. She talks about the women's revolution happening in Iran, why it matters and how we can help. Follow her on social media @edgykristinahart Buy her shirt "I'm a love your neighbor Christian,...

The Evangelicalish crew does their first live event from the historic Lipstick Lounge in Nashville, Tennessee! Trust us you're gonna wanna take a listen to this one! The real conversations about community, family, and love was powerful, and the jokes were epic. Also, did we mention MADLIBS? That's right! April writes an epic Madlib for the live event that will leave you on the floor while Paul and...

Are Ron DeSantis' actions "Christ-like?" Should we be worried that cars in Tennessee are now numerically marked as "Christian" or "Non-Christian?" and what on earth is going on at Trump rallies with culty salutes? Join us in Nashville LIVE Oct. 1 at the Lipstick Lounge. https://evangelicalish.podia.com/nashvillesplash 🎧 Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish! Connect with Us: Join Pastor Paul'...

Member of popular Christian Band DC Talk, now an exvangelical, Kevin Max joins us. We discuss how life has been since he tweeted he is an exvangelical, his deconstruction journey, and his upcoming Winter Woods album. We also talk about Lord of the Rings and other fantasy world things just for fun. Support his Winter Woods Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kevinmax/winter-woods www....

In this episode, April and Jeremy talk with George Azar about his story going from an evangelical pastor that "struggled with same-sex attraction" to leaving the church to embrace himself as a gay man. We talk about his upcoming book "My Gay Church Days" and what life was like for him to get to this point. Follow George  @My Gay Church Days  Pre-order his book: https://www.mygaychurchdays.com/ Che...

Village Church Pastor Matt Chandler announced he is stepping away from the pulpit after sliding into the DMs of a woman who is not his wife but claim there was nothing romantic or sexual about it. Is there more to the story or was his sin having a female friend? We discuss and go into the depth on the Billy Graham Rule (that no man should ever be alone with a woman who is not his wife). Then we ta...

Podcaster and Comedian David C. Smalley joins us to talk atheism, morality and Christian Nationalism. He also shares how he finally had a breakthrough of common ground with a Trump supporting family member and gives advice on how to talk to others trapped in their echo chamber. Follow David:  @davidcsmalley  https://www.davidcsmalley.com/ Check out our new website and join our ISH Community: www.e...

Are the stories in the Bible literal? Allegorical? Moral Fables? So often then Bible doesn’t really say what we’re told it says. How should one read the bible today? Dr. Dan McClellen helps set the story straight and blows our minds in the process. Follow Dan on TikTok, IG or Twitter: @maklelan Sign up for his class on the Goddess Asherah here: https://dan-mcclellan.square.site/ Follow the Evangel...

Why are evangelicals drawn to assholes? Why do Christians want our leaders to be jerks? We discuss the elevation of bigots and nationalism on the main stage in evangelicalism/republicanism. Also, we talk about grieving in deconstruction: the best and worst parts of leaving your church community. We finish the episode talking about Greg Locke's "angel wings" aka back sweat. Follow the Evangelicalis...

Janice Lagata was a member/stage manager/super volunteer at Hillsong NYC and was featured in the recent Hillsong Documentary on Discovery+. She's shares her experience with Hillsong and why she left. Then we talk about Mega Churches in general. We finish the episode doing impromptu sermon illustrations/altar calls based on prompts given to us in the live chat. Follow Janice on Instagram: @godhasno...

In this episode, Paul and April talk about their former evangelical selves: what would they say to us today? What would we say to them? We also share some cringey Church Kid's Camp stories and discuss the continued harm of purity culture. Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorpaul_tiktok, @pastorfromok, @aprilajoy or email us: evangelicalish@gmail.com...

We kick off our new season talking with guest Reverend Brandan Robertson - to hear his story from being the next big up-and-coming evangelical preacher to a now openly gay pastor. We also talk about patriotism in the church and christian music we had to listen to as kids. Brandan's website: https://www.brandanrobertson.com/ TikTok: @revbrandanrobertson Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG,...

**Last Episode of Season 7. We will be back July 6. ** In this episode, we talk about Pride month and our own journeys to becoming theologically affirming of LGBTQ+. Then we talk about the Jan 6 hearings and is there anything to convince people out of "the big lie." We end the episode reacting to another cringey christian movie. Follow the Evangelicalish team on TikTok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangeli...

Paul, Jeremy and April are joined by April's spouse Beecher Reuning (they/them) as we discuss what life as a non-binary Christian looks like in the evangelical-ish world. They tell us about their journey from suppressing their gender dysphoria and viewing it as something that needed fixing to now fully embracing & celebrating their God-given non-binary identity. Listen to Beecher and April's story...

April and Jeremy are joined by guest Reverend Elizabeth Riley to talk about the world: the Uvalde Elementary school shooting, the report that was released on the Southern Baptist Convention sexual abuse and cover-ups and the Indiana Pastor pulpit confession to adultery that was actually CSA. Rev Riley then leads us all in a rage prayer as we sit in the heaviness of the moment. Then we talk about h...

Paul, Jeremy and April discuss the Buffalo shooting, the racism/white supremacy behind it and what to do about America's gun problem. Greg Locke went viral again for saying you can't be a christian and vote democrat. Should his tax exemption be taken away? Why isn't the government doing anything about extremist pastors? Finally, Madison Cawthorn lost his re-election bid. We discuss what we think i...

We're back from an extended break with a new season! Paul and April are joined by Reverend Derek Terry to react to some cringey evangelical clips from the past month and discuss relevant news such as Roe v Wade. Jeremy had a last minute issue but will return on the next episode. Follow Derek online @RevDerekTerry Follow the Evangelicalish team on Tiktok, IG, FB & Twitter: @evangelicalish, @pastorp...

***This is the last episode of the season. Evangelicalish will be back in May*** In this episode, Paul talks about the complicated grief of losing his father whom he had a difficult relationship with. The team talks about grief and human emotions that the church often tries to shun or dismiss. Then they talk about the new Hillsong documentary and the uncovering of more and more toxic church enviro...