This week Zac and Michael are confronted by the newest member of antifa--John Piper! Fortunately, John "Wayne" Grudem is there to bring him back into the fascist fold. Finally, they are confronted by a new, terrifying house of worship--PATRIOT CHURCH!
This week Zac and Michael are joined by Kelsey Lahr to mock the 2015 film WAR ROOM, a movie about rich people hiding in closets and pretending they're at war. Somehow, it gets even weirder when foot odor rears its smelly, ubiquitous head. There's Double Dutch!
This week Zac and Michael check in our sickly president--who appears to taking his 'roid rage on the road. Then they dive into the wacky world of Christian hardcore frontman, John Cooper and his leather scented pomades. Then finally, they dig into the creepy and corrupt life of Ravi Zacharias--a man who's mercifully deader with each passing day!
This week Zac and Michael discuss the event of the season, our ongoing pandemic making a fashionably late arrival at the White House! What happens now that Trump and all his toadies have gotten the virus? Is there still hope of intubation? Then, they look into some Christian responses to our dear leader's illness--including one that isn't even terrible!
This week, Zac and Michael desperately try to claw their way back to sanity after listening to two old men yell about who hates socialism more for 90 minutes, then dive into an article from the Institute of Christian Socialism about fascism, the historical role of the church in abetting white supremacy, and how to build a church that fascists fear. Check out Adam Joyce's great article: https://christiansocialism.com/christianity-anti-fascism-trump-2020/
This week Zac and Michael pour a little liquor out for the demise of Supreme Court Justice... Sandra Day O'Connor! We wish her well on her final journey to the pearly gates of Little St. James. In other news, we check back in on the Falwells--America's sloppiest family since the Simpsons!
Zac and Michael take a trip back to 1890, where seminary professor and old white dude Russell Carlisle is trying to get his book endorsed by some other old white dudes. His quest will take him to the distant future of 2002, where he discovers just how godless and terrible things have become. Discover the dangers of FM Radio headphones, thrift store mannequins, and hot dog stealing 8 year olds. Learn the dark secret of Church Movie Night. Will Russell ever get his endorsement? Will that really be...
After a week plagued with technical difficulties, Zac and Michael are back to discuss John Macarthur's persecution kink, envision a world without Men (and cows, and fossil fuels) courtesy of the Transformed Wife, and take the covenant membership class at Watermark Church, a Megachurch recently ranked #1 for Dallas area cults! Learn the secrets of salvation through faithful sharing of your financial information!
Zac and Michael are back to discuss the latest chapter of Jerry Fallwell Jr saga, check in on the totally normal behavior at the RNC and deep dive into Bespoke Corporate Ritual Designers, divinity school trained marketing consultants here to imbue your zoom round table with transcendental meaning before the next round of layoffs. Grab your sage bundle and cinnamon sticks, we're about to engage in some ancient best practices!
This week Zac and Michael make their first mistake ever by watching the Democratic Convention. Here they are confronted by the stars of daytime television and the most-cop friendly gathering of public officials outside a Klan rally. But at last, they're faced with the question--what does the DNC stand for? And they learn that no matter what happens, there will always be 2024 to look forward to.
This week's a retrospective of Shitty Christian's finest villains as we discuss Jerry Falwell Jr.'s descent into pantslessness and Kamala Harris being chosen as our first blue-lives-matter Vice President. Finally, John MacArthur explores the noble path of civil disobedience to predictable results. Bonus Reading on Kamala's long, grim history in the criminal justice system: https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/kamala-harris-san-francisco-catholic-church-child-abuse/
The year is 2008, and there is one question on everyone's mind... How do I make my marriage as flame retardant as possible? Join Zac and Michael for the action-packed and church funded FIREPROOF: 2008's highest grossing independent film and the story of man who loves boats, incognito browsers, and expressing himself through the destruction of household objects. Learn about the Love Dare, a 40-day plan to brainwash your partner into loving you again through basic household upkeep. Discover the se...
This week Zac and Michael delve into the Christian youtube, from the dangers of mall arcade Halo to Nephilim conspiracy theories to Paul and Morgan, your hip cool Millenial Fundamentalists with very specific opinions on marital blowjobs (against) and sex schedules (for). It's exceedingly normal stuff! Special Shitty Christians thank you to Lilia Marie Ellis for reading her poem Nightmare and Interpretation 3 for the outro! You can check out more of her work at https://twitter.com/LiliaMarieEllis...
This week, Zac and Michael welcome the return of Chrisitan Porn Guy, here to share with us the dangers of NBC game shows and the Kroger checkout aisle. We learn how to be better parents by forcing our children to be wartime medics and have Brianna on to discuss the true nature of Hip Hop as defined by Alexander Hamilton.
This week Zac and Michael discuss hope in a time of hopelessness and get some helpful Christian dating advice before diving into the recent allegations against John Ortberg made public by Ortberg's Son and official SC Decent Person award winner, Daniel Lavery.
Zac and Michael are back from sabbatical and ready to tackle the most trying issue of our day, the 2005 Disney Family Adventure™ classic The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. We delve into the creepy Christian billionaire who financed it, the species essentialism of Narnia, and watch helplessly as Disney mashes the corpse of a beloved children's book into the mold of a PG Lord of the Rings. It's even worse than it sounds!
This week, Zac and Michael are joined by Fredo Fabrucci to discuss America's most problematic sport. We talk growing up with wrestling, why we love it and why it's terrible, and discuss the recent wave of abuse allegations made public using the #speakingout hashtag. Follow Fredo! https://twitter.com/Utwitily
Zac and Michael discuss the evangelical panic over the Supreme Court not being as awful as they expected, the moral bankruptcy of blue no matter who, and a Catholic archbishop's open letter to Trump begging him to save us from the world's most dangerous threat... The Deep Church.
This week Zac and Michael discuss BY WHAT STANDARD, the two hour angry white man "documentary" about how marxists are trying to destroy the Baptist Church from the inside. Find out if Non Binding Resolution No. 9 will kill God! Who will protect our most sacred doctrine, free market economics? Bonus: we discuss the evolution of protesting and how better Human Resources Departments might not save us.
Zac and Michael discuss handwringing over looting, the Evangelical response to George Floyd's murder, and Michael's experience at a protest that made national news. Bonus! Trump attends church the only way he knows how: with extreme prejudice. Our buddy Tee was shot with six rubber bullets and a tear gas canister to the head at a Sacramento protest. Their 'crime' was showing up with snacks and water for their friends and fellow activists. They had been on the scene for five minutes. Take a secon...
This week Zac and Michael call on two-time guest Kelsey Lahr to help them untangle the Pureflix masterpiece, GOD'S NOT DEAD! Along the way, they learn the perils of godless college professors and leaving wine in a hot car before the Newsboys offer a dying woman the care she truly needs: a Sunday School Lesson! Bonus: Check out Kelsey's writing here: https://kelseylahr.com
This week Zac and Michael explore one of the great theological questions: What does God think is sexy? Then we deep dive into the story of David Green and the Hobby Lobby family, your friendly neighborhood craft giant with schemes for the fate of America and your uterus!
This week, Zac and Michael attempt to answer one of life's eternal questions... are all cops bastards? We take a look at the epidemic of police violence and attend the only only community of faith that can clean up our hearts and the mean streets... Cop Church!
This week, Zac and Michael celebrate the birth of an auspicious child before learning how churches should actually be tanning salons and taking a deep dive into the the history of the May Day and the Haymarket Massacre, the holiday with more martyrs than Good Friday!
This week Zac and Michael peer into the yawning pit of despair that most people call "2020." Then, they dig into the work of blogger, writer, and conflicted social media star, The Transformed Wife--only to realize that their skinny jeans and avocado toast are destroying this once-proud nation once again Bonus: read our first guest, Kelsey Lahr's article on slate! https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/climate-change-giant-sequoias.html...
This week Zac and Michael dive into the Christian response to Tiger King, the rare touchstone so universal Christians are forced to have terrible takes on it. Find out why we are trapped in cages with the tigers of sin, or were we the sin tigers all along? It's complicated. Bonus: We read your e-mails and get the dirt about seminary professors and Jeremy Camp!
This week, Zac and Michael finish up their epic journey with Sarah Archer deep into the land of Cowboy Billionaires and sexless romance novels and learn that the real billionaires were the friends we made along way! Bonus: We dissect the Christian concern over whether states should be allowed to have laws about Coronavirus, let alone enforce them. Finally, here's the link to Sarah's excellent novel, THE PLUS ONE! Go buy it! https://www.amazon.com/Plus-One-Sarah-Archer/dp/0525539174...
This week, Zac and Michael are joined by Sarah Archer, author of good books and fan of very bad ones. We discuss Christian Brides for Billionaire Brothers, a best selling christian romance novel that tells the tale of billionaire cowboy Rhett Walker and his disturbingly chaste love affair with Evelyn Foster, town matchmaker and semi professional breath loser. Bonus: We toast the end of Bernie's presidential run and think just a bit about what happens after we stop sobbing uncontrollably into our...
We're back to discuss the 2nd half of I STILL BELIEVE, Jeremy Camp's biopic about how awesome he is at being selfless and hot. Learn how anything is a miracle if you strum a guitar while you talk about it!
This week Zac and Michael are joined by Chris Tatem to discuss Just War Theory and the history of Christian excuses for bombing their enemies in love. Let Billy Graham try to convince you that the free market is God's will!
