Sound of Sanity Archives

In this Very Special Episode, Jake and Nathan react poorly when The Gospel Coalition publishes a pop-culture article so bad it borders on blasphemy. Complications ensue, leading to a showdown between Good, Stupidity, and Evil. Music: Completely Lost by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution License. Awestruck by Cellophane Sam is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States L...

Most guys have found themselves fantasizing at one point or another about what they would do if a crazed gunman walked into their business or church or school. Would they be courageous and, let's face it, awesome, or would they cower or run away? And is such speculation worthwhile or is it pointless machismo daydreaming to even think about it? Plus Rapid-Fire and He-man-o-logians. Music: Jog to th...

Sound of Sanity follows up on their Revoice episode and asks whether Christians should use the term "gay Christian." There are some surprisingly good arguments for it, in some contexts at least. Plus: He-man-ologians AND Benjamin Q. Sulser hawks his latest book. "How I Used To See The Stars" by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution License. “My Dark Passenger” by Darren Curtis, Creative Com...

In this Very Special Episode, Nathan and Jake send Benjamin Q. Sulser (NOT to be confused with Benjamin J. Sulser, who is generally on our program) out on the streets of Sanityville to see how people feel about celebrating Independence Day, given the great wickedness of our country. Featuring the He-man-ologians, the Rapid-Fire crew, and the daughter of a beloved denizen of Sanityville. MUSIC: Whi...

There's a huge push for the normalization and acceptance of homosexuality, even in the conservative church. One of the recent examples of this is the Revoice Conference in the PCA. Today our heroes examine the trend. Plus a returning sponsor AND an even more progressive conference! Here's Pastor Al Baker's piece on the conference. Here's Greg Johnson's response. Here's the Warhorn Media series by...

This week our heroes take a trip to the Sanityville Movie Palace and see Incredibles 2 . They have some strangely mixed feelings about it. There are things they love a lot, and they suspect a lot of people will just plain love it. But there are also things they don't love at all. And, no, it's not just the feminism. Plus a visit with The Popcorn Coalition!!! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ S...

Father's Day is coming up, and our heroes duck into the local bar in Sanityville to discuss fathers and fatherhood, and try to come to terms with the bad fathers that God gives to some of us, and the weight of responsibility upon every father. Plus Ben meets the denizens of Sanityville, and a very special guest star sings a song. Subscribe to The World We Made (the second season, on fatherhood, be...

Netflix released a scary documentary on a huge cover-up in the food industry called "What the Health", preying on everybody's fears of food. Our heroes are on the case! Featuring "Kefir and Kale" and "Mortification of Pin." (Special thanks to Dani M. for something completely unrelated.) Here's that Vox article our heroes mentioned. Dream Big by Audiobinger is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommer...

In this episode, our heroes review the new Star Wars movie, Solo . Plus a visit from our friends, The Popcorn Coalition, to suss out the true meaning of the film. The Pianest by Audiobinger is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. Below the Surface by Kyle Preston is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Support this podc...

Per this article in The New Yorker, Japan has a thriving rent-a-family industry. Lonely widowers can rent woman to act as their wives for an afternoon, women can rent boyfriends or fiances to appease their parents, and more. Our heroes discuss this, along with the myriad of ways we avoid true intimacy here in the good ol' US of A. Music credits: Raphael Music , 'Awestruck' and 'The Turnaround Road...

Warning: while this episode is not "explicit", we do discuss adult themes. Some Christians and conservative analysts are claiming that California Assembly bill 2943 will effectively ban the Bible in that state. The progressives say this is not the case, but our heroes on Sound of Sanity are not so sure. Featuring Rapid-Fire, and an ad for a very special mattress. Order The Grace of Shame here to r...

In this Very Special Episode of SOS, our heroes celebrate Mother's Day. If you like episodes with country songs, martial arts battles, and He-Man-ologians, this episode is for you. Plus a special segment, "Mortification of Pin", with our friend Erica Rosebloom. (Special thanks to Dani McNeilly for something completely and totally unrelated). Happy Mother's Day, moms! ★ Support this podcast on Patr...

MASSIVE SPOILERS! Our heroes are back with more thoughts on Avengers: Infinity War in this little bonus ep recorded in another universe where things are topsy-turvy and Ben is hosting the show...???? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sound of Sanity reviews Avengers: Infinity War. That's the thing that happens in this episode. We also get a visit from The Popcorn Coalition. Music: Firebrand by Kevin Mccloud , and Free Vibes 's Way To Dream - Inspiring Piano And Strings by Keys Of Moon Music (Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In our monthly movie episode, our heroes talk John Wayne, American existential notions of manhood, and The Searchers. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this followup to their episode on Jordan Peterson, our heroes ponder the nature of narrative in the Christian faith. Men like Peterson process much of life through myth and story. And Christians tend to do the same thing. In the 20th and 21st century, much of this stemmed from the work of one Joseph Campbell. We discuss him, and the dangers of seeing everything through story. Featuring "Story T...

Our heroes discuss the phenomenon that is Jordan B. Peterson -- and the sad truth that it reflects about the state of modern Christian culture. This episode includes "The Ballad of Jordan Peterson" and a Manly Minute with BJ Sulser. Some music by Movie Music. “Broken Photosynthesis”, by Kyle Preston is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. "My Dark Passenger" by Darren Curtis, Creati...

Traditionally, men were supposed to be the stronger sex. But in a technologically-based society where many people work with their brains or their mouths instead of their hands, many men don't find that they have to be strong, at least not physically. Can a man still be godly even if he's not as physically strong as his father was a generation before? Do physical and spiritual strength have anythin...

It's our monthly movie review episode. This time our heroes are reviewing one of Jake's favorite kids movies, The Iron Giant . They also end up discussing the controversial (?) career of Mr. Brad Bird, and the weird (?) underlying themes of such beloved movies as Ratatouille and The Incredibles . ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

People everywhere--including large swathes of both the liberal and conservative church--have embraced Black Panther with almost-religious fervor. Maybe we should save the religious fervor for actual religious things? Or does saying that make us racist? (Legit question). Also including a visit to Posers Anonymous, plus The Power of Positive Calvinism.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Support...

Our heroes discuss nature, Planet Earth II, and the new Christian nature documentary "The Riot and the Dance." Find out how to see "The Riot and the Dance" here. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our heroes were so bummed out by this recent Gospel Coalition article that they had to invent a new word to describe it: "poportunism." Hint: it's a portmanteau of pop (as in "pop culture") and opportunism. And, sadly, TGC isn't the only Christian organization guilty of this. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Super spiritual guilt trips. Nobody likes 'em. At all. So how do we seek sanctification without them? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our heroes review a movie that the world seems to love but they have very mixed feelings about. Here's the article on scarification that they mentioned. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ready Player One. Stranger Things . 1980s culture is back in a big way. In today's episode, our heroes attempt to figure out why and what to do about it. Is it pure nostalgia or is something else at play? Last call to sign up for Warhorn's Pastor's Conference! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★