The Petty Prophet Podcast

The Petty Prophet Podcast

The Petty Prophet is your source for culture, politics, satire, and news from a Christian worldview! Each week we release one episode of satire and op-ed, and one episode of group discussions on everything to theology, current politics, pop-culture, and family. Make us a part of your weekly routine and you are sure to come away encouraged and enriched. For more info, visit www.thepettyprophet.com or write to me at contact@thepettyprophet.com

Episodes

October 13, 2020 69 mins

Bear with us, we're trying here! As Joel adjusts to his new role as Managing Editor of The Babylon Bee, we're working to get back into a rhythm with this podcast. Never fear! We aren't going anywhere! 

This week:

  • Small talk 
  • Trump's recovery
  • Masculinity and Femininity: is it cultural? is it innate? Let's talk about it. 
  • More small talk 

We're working to get back on a schedule with these. T...

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Finally, we're together again! It's about time! Listen as three rusty podcast hosts meander through some sort of conversation and talk about stuff. Give us a break- we need to get warmed up! 

  • John MacArthur defies Governor Newsom
  • The riots
  • The RNC
  • Donald Trump, the new Emperor of America?
  • Prep for an ultra marathon
  • Homeschooling
  • Update on the Babylon Bee
  • Other stuff
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August 25, 2020 86 mins

Joel is out! (He will be returning soon) but in his absence, Aaron and Sam have courageously stepped up to record an episode. In this one, we talk about mental health, the Church, and why social media should be banned for everyone under 18.

  • "pop" mental health
  • Identity and social media
  • Two ways the Church gets it wrong
  • What Christ offers

All three of us will be back soon! 

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The Berry brothers sit down for another discussion on Paul David Tripp's recent woke "coming out" video. We also respond to Phil Vischer's video on systemic racism, Eric Mason's book Woke Church, and Nick Cannon's canceling. 

  • Sam's baby is on the way and still healthy! 
  • Responding to Paul David Tripp
  • Eric Mason's Woke Church
  • Nick Cannon and Black Nationalism
  • What if Obi-Wan was voiced by Donal...
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This week, I talk about Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories, and why some of today's relentlessly dark entertainment fails to measure up. 

  • Is escapism a fool's errand?
  • The bleakness of Game of Thrones and The Last of Us Part 2
  • The jail cell of materialism
  • The eucatastrophe
  • The fairy tale that is actually real 

Article Link: "In The Age of Trump, Escapist Entertainment Has Become An Impossibility"

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July 16, 2020 3 mins

No man hug this week! (sad face.) Here's a quick update though.  Love y'all! 

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I still need time to polish my next essay, but I still need to get some content out! What to do? Hm... let's pull up the news for some unscripted commentary! 

  • Washington Redskins
  • COVID masks (please don't hate me!)
  • Back to school and lockdowns
  • Racist statues
  • BLM Hypocrisy 
  • Suicide epidemic in the military

Thanks for listening! We'll get back on track next week! 


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This week, each of the Berry brothers brought one thing they wanted to talk about.

Aaron

  • Sharing the gospel with your woke friend
  • Where should the line of separation be within the church over this issue?
  • Is "defunding the police" an issue the church needs to speak into?

Joel

  • How do we fix the horrific state of our education system?
  • Homeschooling
  • Joel's libertarian dictatorship laws
  • Youth pastors and can...
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July 7, 2020 17 mins

In this episode, I share some thoughts about mainstream American Evangelicalism. I think we are all headed towards a reckoning where we will all be asked to die on the hill of Biblical Christianity or follow the culture in its downward spiral. How will it end? 

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It's the weekly Man-Hug! As our culture, our government, and our leaders crumble all around us, we find reasons to laugh and reasons to hope. 

  • It's a girl!!! We give Sam more fatherhood advice
  • The now-famous couple who defended their home with guns
  • Riots and violence
  • Where is the church in all this?
  • Should pastors vocally and clearly condemn the BLM movement? 
  • Disappointment in Trump
  • The latest Supreme Court decision
  • The upco...
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June 23, 2020 11 mins

All around the country we are seeing statues and symbols torn down. We are seeing people canceled, their lives destroyed. This is nothing new. It can be traced back to an ancient guilt ritual over 5,000 years old. 

Christ was the fulfillment of that ritual and the sacrifice for that guilt, and our country has forgotten Him. 

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This week, video games! Why? Because we love them, that's why!

  • Our first 1-star troll review
  • The new country of CHAZ
  • Spongebob is gay? huh?
  • The Berry Brothers favorite memories around video games
  • Why aren’t there Christian video games? We look up a few examples and found out why...
  • Our top three games of all time
  • Why the 'Despicable Me' franchise is trash
  • Aaron's spiritual edification corner
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June 16, 2020 14 mins

When the "woke left" fights racism, they always become what they are fighting against. In this episode, I make a case for the much-derided, highly unpopular phrase "all lives matter." Why would I do something so insensitive and tone-deaf? Hear me out. 

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The Man Hug is back at it and we have a lot to talk about!

Cold Open: The Minneapolis Community Justice Sensitive Crisis Intervention Response Team

Current events

  • Awana decides not to sue the Babylon Bee
  • The Dems taking a knee in masks and African scarves
  • Um... so is COVID not a thing anymore? 

Topic of the day: Fatherhood!!!! 

  • One of us has a major announcement
  • Joel and Aaron give their sage, expert father...
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This week I talk with Leonydus Johnson, a renaissance man and Libertarian Twitter influencer.  

  • The psychological warfare around George Floyd
  • The real statistics on systematic police racism
  • The difficulty of speaking truth to hurting people without looking like a jerk
  • Unity and de-emphasizing race in the church
  • Diversity that matters
  • Raising kids without a racial identity
  • Psychological phenomena around race  

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Why did racism and segregation against black Americans persist so long after the end of slavery? The answer is pretty shocking and disturbing, at least to me. Let's talk about it. 

In this episode:

  • Why has racism persisted?
  • Why I'm skeptical of "settled science" 
  • Polygenism v Monogenism
  • Darwin enters the scene
  • The Eugenics movement is born
  • Human Zoos in America and the story of Ota Benga
  • The eugenicists wh...
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June 2, 2020 9 mins

Racism. Police Brutality. Rioting. Looting. Media Lies. (sigh...) Here's my obligatory response.   

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May 28, 2020 57 mins

The Weekly Man-Hug is here! In this episode, let's talk about a most unpleasant yet essential subject: Hell.  

  • What is the orthodox view of hell? 
  • Is that view being abandoned? 
  • Why is this doctrine important?
  • What does it teach us? 
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May 26, 2020 11 mins

Atheists look at the universe and see vast, arbitrary, cold emptiness. I see something different. Here's why. 

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May 21, 2020 64 mins

It's the weekly Man Hug! This week the Berry brothers talk about different types of meditation as a means for focusing on God and His word. This includes things like centering prayer and contemplative prayer. Is this stuff legit? Is it useful to the Christian? 

Some links to another podcast we make reference to in the episode:
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