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Pat Kahnke is the author of the book ”MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience,” which was published before the 2020 election. He was an evangelical church planter and pastor for twenty years before retiring from church ministry in 2016. Planted a church in the inner city of St. Paul, MN - part of the Baptist General Conference (Converge) and Alliance for Renewal Churches. A lifelong conservative Republican until the party left him in 2016. Now a political independent, he has written off the Republican party until it completes 40 years in the wilderness for its capitulation to the MAGA movement. This podcast contains political and social commentary related to issues at the intersection of culture, faith, and politics.
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4 days ago
4 days ago
Dave Johnson and Pat Kahnke discuss Chapter 4 of Matthew Taylor's outstanding book "The Violent Take it by Force: The Christian Movement that's threatening our democracy."
Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon: "A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny
"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ
Dave Johnson's books are also available on Amazon, including "The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse": https://a.co/d/d17eDNy

Saturday Apr 05, 2025
A special message to my subscribers - doing this full-time starting April 7th!
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
Subscribe to Culture, Faith, and Politics on Substack at https://culturefaithandpolitics.substack.com/
Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon:
"A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny
"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ

Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Subscribe to Culture, Faith, and Politics on Substack at https://culturefaithandpolitics.substack.com/
Adam Swenson writes at https://substack.com/@friendlyneighborhoodphilosopher
Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon:
"A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny
"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ

Monday Mar 31, 2025
Essay: What was so WRONG about Kristi Noem's video? Answering a listener.
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
After I made a video criticizing Kristi Noem's gross and vile antics at a prison in El Salvador, a listener asked this question:
“Can someone please tell me what is ‘wrong’ with the video she did? I honestly would like to know. Standing up for the law? That's not ‘Christian?’"
Here's my answer.

Sunday Mar 30, 2025
Sunday Mar 30, 2025
The episode where Pat tries (and fails) to not be mean. This one is about Cindy Jacobs and other supposed "prophets" and spiritual warriors who ended up supporting Trump all the way through January 6th and beyond.
Dave Johnson and Pat Kahnke discuss Chapter 3 of Matthew Taylor's outstanding book "The Violent Take it by Force: The Christian Movement that's threatening our democracy." Taylor's book is an in-depth study of the New Apostolic Reformation.
Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon: "A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny
"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ
Dave Johnson's books are also available on Amazon, including "The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse": https://a.co/d/d17eDNy

Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Kristi Noem made a propaganda video from an El Salvador prison where Venezuelan migrants have been sent by Donald Trump, without due process. Most are probably gang members, but some appear not to be. As a Christian, I have some serious issues with all of this.

Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
C. Peter Wagner was the genius behind the NAR - the New Apostolic Reformation. Although he may have had good intentions, he got a ball rolling that is still leaving destruction in its wake.
Pat Kahnke and Dave Johnson discuss Chapter 2 of Matthew Taylor's outstanding book: The Violent Take it by Force.
Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon: "A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny
"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ
Dave Johnson's books are also available on Amazon, including "The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse": https://a.co/d/d17eDNy

Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Chapter one dives into not only the background of Donald Trump's personal pastor, Paula White, but goes in-depth into the theological milieu from which she sprang.
"The Violent Take It By Force" is one of the most important books of the year. It studies the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) - and exposes some of the links between that movement and the MAGA movement, including their involvement in the Jan 6 riot.
Dave Johnson and Pat Kahnke will discuss it chapter by chapter. \
Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon: "A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny
"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ
Dave Johnson's books are also available on Amazon, including "The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse": https://a.co/d/d17eDNy

Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Guest Dave Johnson discusses Intro to "The Violent Take it by Force" by Matthew Taylor
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Recorded in February, 2025.
This is one of the most important books of the year. It studies the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) - and exposes some of the links between that movement and the MAGA movement, including their involvement in the Jan 6 riot.
Dave Johnson and Pat Kahnke will discuss it chapter by chapter.
Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon: "A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny
"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ
Dave Johnson's books are also available on Amazon, including "The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse": https://a.co/d/d17eDNy

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Guest Adam Swenson: Fighting back against the echo chambers.
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Adam Swenson writes at https://substack.com/@friendlyneighborhoodphilosopher
Pat Kahnke's books are available on Amazon: "A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny
"MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ