The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case about a public high school football coach who prays on the field. Is he violating the First Amendment because he’s a state-funded employee engaging in religious activity on the job? Or, is his religious expression protected by the First Amendment? David French explains the court’s history on public school teachers and free speech, why he thinks the coach is likely to win, and why religious liberty protections have never been stronger. Then, French talks about his first encounter with Critical Race Theory as a law student at Harvard 30 years ago. Skye asks, if CRT has been around for so long, why is it only now being seen as a threat to both America and Christianity? French explains how the definition of CRT has changed, how it’s been leveraged by media voices on the political right since 2020, and why the issue of race may be leading to a new schism in the American church.
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Football Prayer “Why We Fight About Football Prayers” - https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/april-web-only/scouts-football-prayers-kennedy-bremerton-first-amendment.html
31:07 - CRT hysteria “How the Fight Over Critical Race Theory Became a Religious War” - https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/how-the-fight-over-critical-race?s=r
“Racial Compromise and Complicity at Grove City College” - https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/racial-compromise-and-complicity?r=dfab0&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
1:04:05 - Credits
602: When Vischer Met Reiner
French Friday: Why D.E.I. is the New C.R.T.
601: Never Church Evangelicals and Hopeful Politics with Michael Wear
600: Not Debating Trump & Being Like Jesus with John Mark Comer
599: Paganism Returns & a New New Testament with Scot McKnight
598: Mailbag: Picking Churches, Candidates, & Careers
French Friday: Why Fundamentalism is Growing
597: Holy Post Live!
596: The Surprising Origins of Christmas in America with W. David O. Taylor
595: Iowa’s Satanic Panic & Finding Faith Amid Bad Religion with Todd Hunter
Are the Kids Alright? EPISODE 6: Tenx10 and the Importance of Relational Discipleship with Ray Chang
594: How Fear & Greed Corrupted American Evangelicalism with Tim Alberta
French Friday: The 14th Amendment & the Evangelical Approach to Politics
593: Pro-Israeli, Pro-Palestinian, Pro-Peace with Todd Deatherage
Are the Kids Alright? EPISODE 5: How to Walk Alongside Gen Z with Tanita Maddox
592: The Evangelical Bro Code & Debriefing America’s Border Crisis with Matthew Soerens and Carmen Imes
Are the Kids Alright? EPISODE 4: Why Gen Z is Leaving the Church with Ryan Burge
591: The Social Gospel Strikes Back & Plodding Through Life with Drew Dyck
Are the Kids Alright? EPISODE 3: How Technology is Forming Young People with Felicia Song
590: Who’s the Most Pro-Life? & the Bible on Immigration with M. Daniel Carroll
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