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The Disarming Leviathan Podcast features interviews with Christian leaders, authors and scholars that will give you a better understanding of American Christian Nationalism and equip you with tools to reach Christian Nationalists as a mission field.
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The Narrative Beneath Christian Nationalism w/ Soong-Chan Rah (opens the original)
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Note: We experienced some technical difficulties during this recording. We cleaned it up as best we could, but you may hear an occasional echo. What happens after Christian nationalism begins to lose its grip? In this episode, Soong-Chan Rah argues that defeating a political movement is not enough because the deeper narratives that gave it life can simply take new forms. Drawing on theology, history, and pastoral wisdom, we explore how stories shape our imaginations, how Christian practices can
Biblical Violence & Political Violence w/Charlie Trimm (opens the original)
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Why does the Old Testament contain so much violence, and what does it reveal about the character of God? In this episode, Charlie Trimm helps us wrestle with some of Scripture’s most difficult passages, from Joshua’s conquest of Canaan to the prophetic calls for justice. Rather than presenting a God driven by wrath alone, Charlie shows how these texts consistently portray a God committed to justice, opposed to idolatry and oppression, and equally willing to judge his own people when they abandon
Disarming Revelation w/ David Mathewson (opens the original)
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The book of Revelation is often treated as a roadmap for the end times, a justification for violence, or a source of fear. But what if its central message is something entirely different? In this episode, David Mathewson helps us read Revelation through its own imagery, showing how the slain Lamb, not the beast, stands at the center of the story. Together we explore divine justice, the symbolic nature of Revelation's battle scenes, why Babylon continues to speak to every age, and how the book ca
Understanding Violence in the Bible w/ Andy Judd (opens the original)
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Violence in the Bible often leaves believers disoriented—how do we reconcile the raw, gritty realism of biblical stories with our understanding of a loving God? Andy Judd unpacks the genre, history, and cultural context behind biblically violent moments, revealing that these accounts depict a world that's "not the way it’s meant to be." He explains how the Bible’s violence reflects real-world conflict, highlighting God's perseverance and love amid chaos, and urges us to see Scripture through the
How Biblical Conquest Stories Shaped America’s National Myth w/ Dan Hawk (opens the original)
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In this conversation, Dan Hawk explores the history and theology behind Manifest Destiny—and why its legacy still shapes American identity today. Drawing a sharp connection between U.S. expansion narratives and the conquest themes of Scripture, Dan argues that confronting the painful truths of colonization, dispossession, and white supremacy is essential to justice and reconciliation. This episode invites listeners to rethink familiar national myths, tell the truth about the past, and consider h
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