Trump's Crazy Holy Week

A government official claims God teleported him to a Waffle House, and somehow that is not the strangest part of this conversation. Esau is joined by producer Mike and Stephen Harris to discuss Holy Week at the White House, where the language of resurrection, sacrifice, and salvation was tangled up with politics, power, and some very questionable comparisons. They also wrestle with how Christians can believe in the miraculous without losing their grip on wisdom, and why performative faith keeps missing the point of the gospel. Finally, Esau and Stephen disagree about the casting of Paapa Essiedu as Snape in the new Harry Potter series, raising questions about storytelling, representation, and when creative changes actually make a story worse.

 

0:00 - Theme Song

 

1:55 - Teleporting to Waffle House!

 

11:38 - Comparing Trump to Christ

 

15:23 - Trump's Easter Tweet

 

20:21 - God and the State

 

28:42 - Sponsor - Tyndale - On The BEMA Podcast, Marty Solomon dives deep into the Bible. Learn more at https://navpress.com

 

30:05 - Saul and Performative Christianity

 

38:42 - HBO Cast a Black Actor as Snape?

 

55:55 - End Credits