Baptist News Global

Highest Power: Church + State

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A podcast from Baptist News Global examining the intersection of faith and politics at the highest levels of power. Hosted by Rick Pidcock.

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Ep142: The Graham Platner Scandal & How Patriarchy Poisons the Left and the Right 09.07.2026 21:08

Thursday, July 9, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep141: Trump's Independence Day Speech & American Dominionism in Worship, with Keri Ladner 06.07.2026 37:29

Monday, July 6, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep140: The Bartons' Myths about the Declaration of Independence, with Warren Throckmorton 02.07.2026 31:16

Thursday, July 2, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep139: The Role of Theological Education in Confronting Christian Nationalism, with Curtis Freeman 29.06.2026 30:41

Monday, June 29, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep138: BNG Writer's Roundtable on Strategic Partnerships in the Media 25.06.2026 34:44

Thursday, June 25, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep137: "An Old Fight in a New Time" - Skye Perryman's Juneteenth Keynote Address at the BNG-AWAB-GFM Breakfast 22.06.2026 36:58

Monday, June 22, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep136: Juneteenth & White Supremacist Myth Making, with Greg Garrett 18.06.2026 34:03

Thursday, June 18, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep135: Decolonizing the Great Commission, with Fr. Joash P. Thomas 15.06.2026 29:02

Monday, June 15, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep134: How True Christianity and Christian Persecution Now Hinge on Bending the Knee to Trump 11.06.2026 14:07

Thursday, June 11, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep133: The Pentagon's Reduced List of Recognized Religions & How the Government Is Defining What Is and Isn't Christianity 08.06.2026 16:38

Monday, June 8, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep132: The Theology and Politics that Harm Us are the Theology and Politics of Mean Men 04.06.2026 23:06

Thursday, June 4, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep131: Al Mohler's Views about Why Young Men are Turning to Conservative Christianity while Young Women are Leaving It 01.06.2026 24:27

Monday, June 1, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep130: The Race Between Ken Paxton and James Talarico & How Communion Theology Shapes Democracy 28.05.2026 16:05

Thursday, May 28, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep129: Al Mohler's Latest Attempt to Silence Women, with Meredith Stone 26.05.2026 24:51

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep128: I Attended the Events in Washington D.C. Rededicating the Country to being One Nation under God, Part Two, with Pat Kahnke 21.05.2026 39:40

Thursday, May 21, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep127: I Attended the Events in Washington D.C. Rededicating the Country to being One Nation under God, Part One 18.05.2026 14:49

Monday, May 18, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep126: How Should We Respond to the GOP Targeting Black Communities Through Gerrymandering? with Edmond W. Davis 14.05.2026 42:50

Thursday, May 14, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep125: How Pro-Natalists Coopted Mother's Day & How Black Women Liberate Us from White Patriarchy, with Braxton Wade 11.05.2026 29:48

Monday, May 11, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep124: Are Aliens Here? Why Pastors are Claiming that Government Officials are Asking Them to Prepare Their Congregations for Disclosure 07.05.2026 33:25

Thursday, May 7, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep123: The Newsboys Scandal & How American Dominion Theology Is Coopting the Worship Industry, with Keri Ladner 04.05.2026 34:57

Monday, May 4, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep122: How MLK Jr.'s Nonviolent Support of the Oppressed Contrasts with the Motive in the White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting, with Lerone Martin 30.04.2026 27:49

Thursday, April 30, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep121: How Theologies of Hell Can Hold Violent Men Accountable Rather than Threaten Women and Children 27.04.2026 29:59

Monday, April 27, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep120: How "America Reads the Bible" Is an Attempt to Normalize a Theocracy 23.04.2026 36:22

Thursday, April 23, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep119: Mark Driscoll's Role in the Freedom 250 Event & How Complementarianism Sacralizes Violence Against Women, with Sheila Gregoire 20.04.2026 32:29

Monday, April 20, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .

Ep118: How the "America Reads the Bible" Event Promotes Myths about Our Christian Past, with Warren Throckmorton 16.04.2026 23:48

Thursday, April 16, 2026 — You're listening to Highest Power: Church + State, a weekly podcast from Baptist News Global, hosted by Rick Pidcock. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com .