The Hallmark Channel is now producing Christmas movies with LGBTQ characters and relationships leading the network’s former CEO to launch a new holiday movie channel with straight relationships only. The Holy Post crew discusses the role of representation in entertainment, and why a number of recent LGBTQ-centric movies have bombed at the box office. Then, Al Mohler attacked David French for not opposing civil same-sex marriages leading Phil to ask whether Mohler is more interested in defending Christianity or just conservatism. And Skye talks with Josh Packard from Springtide Research about the mental health of Gen Z. New data says young people who engage in spiritual practices experience greater mental health, but they’re not the practices most congregations promote.
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News Segment
00:00 - Intro and updates
5:19 - The war over Christmas movies
34:42 - David French and Al Mohler
Interview with Josh Packard
Springtide Research Institute: Gen Z and Mental Health - https://www.springtideresearch.org/gen-z-mental-health
51:31 - Interview intro
52:35 - Big takeaways from recent findings
55:12 - Creating healthy environments
58:33 - Gen Z and spiritual practices
1:05:30 - Safety in faith communities
1:08:37 - Challenge vs despair
1:11:32 - Loneliness and connection
1:23:53 - Further resources
1:26:45 - Credits
Other links mentioned:
“The parable of David French” by R. Albert Mohler Jr. (World) - https://wng.org/opinions/the-parable-of-david-french-1669034447
“Candace Cameron Bure Wants to Put Christianity Back in Christmas Moves” (Wall Street Journal) - https://www.wsj.com/articles/candace-cameron-bure-great-american-family-11668205295
Holy Post Episode 529: Rapture Anxiety & Why Analog Discipleship is Better with Jay Y. Kim - https://www.holypost.com/post/episode-529-rapture-anxiety-why-analog-discipleship-is-better-with-jay-y-kim
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Holy Post Episode 483: Faith, Science, and the Covid Vaccines with Francis Collins
Episode 482: Truth, Lies, and Spiritual Imagination with John Mark Comer
Episode 481: Admitting the Skeletons in Christianity’s Closet with John Dickson
FRENCH FRIDAY: The Great American Divorce
Episode 480: The Myth of the Religious Right with Randall Balmer
Episode 479: Everything Doesn’t Happen For a Reason with Kate Bowler
Episode 478: Foreign Policy, Adoption, & Race with Esau McCaulley & Jamie Ivey
Episode 477: Rethinking the Lord's Prayer with Derwin Gray
Episode 476: Suffering & Grace with Philip Yancey
French Friday - “Buckets of Evangelicals”
Episode 475: Mammoths, McDowell, & Making Sense of White Supremacy with Robert P. Jones
Episode 474: You Are Not Your Own with Alan Noble
Episode 473: Did Texas End Abortion? & Drug War Casualties with Christina Dent
Episode 472: The “Sin of Empathy” & Spotting Toxic Leaders with Jamin Goggin & Kyle Strobel
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Holy Post Episode 471: Oreos, Ethics, & Afghanistan with Matthew Soerens
Episode 470: The Happiest Countries & Childlike Faith with Mandy Smith
Episode 469: Fighting Animals, Individualism, & Engaging Teens with Kara Powell
Holy Post 468: Lessons from the Rise & Fall of Mars Hill with Mike Cosper
Episode 467: “Reparations,” the Review & the Response with Gregory Thompson
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