It’s in the Code Ep. 33: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
If the notion that “God helps those who help themselves” isn’t in the Bible, why does it still figure so prominently in the experience of American evangelicals? What is the sentiment behind this notion, and where does it come from? In this episode, Dan explores these issues and argues that while the phrase itself may […]
Charismatic Revival Fury, Ep. 5 Part I: Dutch Sheets Appeals to Heaven
Eight days before the Capitol Insurrection, on December 29, 2020, a group of 15 apostles and prophets, including Dutch Sheets and Becca Greenwood, two of the members of Peter Wagner’s Eagles Vision Apostolic Team, toured around Washington, DC doing spiritual warfare at different monuments. That afternoon, they had a more than 2-hour meeting with high-level […]
Charismatic Revival Fury, Ep 5 Part II: Dutch Sheets and the NAR Go to Battle on J6
The NAR Apostles were at the heart of the Christian Trumpism of the J6 Insurrection. If you’ve looked at any images of the crowds surrounding the Capitol that day, one of the overlooked and under-analyzed details is how many of those “Appeal to Heaven” flags there were in the crowd. They’re easy to identify because […]
Monster in the Mirror: Ep 5: The Sheepdog, The Wolf, And The Warlock
Rudyard Kipling is best known for his children’s classic The Jungle Book. But the creator of boy-hero Mowgli also created copaganda for his Nineties – the 1890’s. In his recurring character Adam Strickland, Kipling fashioned an officer who elicits scorn for his unconventional methods, but who always gets his man. In the story we’re going […]
It’s In the Code Ep. 32: The War on Christmas
We’ve all heard the rhetoric about the so-called “war on Christmas.” But why, exactly, do some Christians talk this way? Why do they get so angry? What are they so afraid of? And is there more going on with this rhetoric than might appear on the surface? In this episode, Dan decodes the “war on […]
Charismatic Revival Fury, Ep 4 Part I: Michael Flynn – Spiritual Warfare General
Michael Flynn was raised Catholic. But in recent years his spiritual identity has shifted – or expanded. He talks often about spiritual warfare and the need for any army of God’s warriors to do battle. It is one thing to hear pastors or even worship leaders talk about spiritual warfare and “expanding spiritual territory,” but […]
Charismatic Revival Fury, Ep 4 Part II: Cindy Jacobs – General of Spiritual Warfare
Cindy Jacobs is one of the most influential independent charismatic apostles on the planet. And almost no one outside of charismatic circles has any idea who she is or what she does. It was through Cindy Jacobs that C. Peter Wagner came to believe that Christian prayer could be mobilized on a grand scale to […]
Weekly Roundup: End of Year Tax Season
Brad and Dan begin by discussing a litany of stories related to the 45th president – the releasing of his tax returns, the criminal referrals to the DOJ by the J6 Select Committee, and the silence from the GOP. They then get into a column at the New York Times that bemoans how Americans have […]
It’s In the Code Ep. 31: Remember the Reason for the Season
We’ve likely all heard someone tell us to “remember the reason for the season.” But what exactly does that mean? What are Christians doing when they say that? In this episode, we find that there never has been a single “reason for the season” and decode the demand that we nevertheless “remember” the reason for […]
Charismatic Revival Fury, Ep 3 Part II: Lance Wallnau and Spiritual Memes
There are two phenomena that we hear a lot about these days in connection to the NAR: The Seven Mountains Mandate and Sean Feucht. The former is a theology, or ideology, or brand depending on who you ask. It proposes that Christians have a call to dominate every sphere, or mountain, of earthly existence–from the […]