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
562: Fox Fires Tucker, Toxic Gun Culture, & Rethinking Revivals with Derwin Gray
561: How the Evangelical Movement Failed a Generation with Jon Ward
560: The Rise of Retaliation Politics & How to Suffer Well with Alan Noble
559: The Nashville Shooting & Preaching to a Divided Nation with Matthew Kim & Paul Hoffman
French Friday: Transgenderism & Parental Rights
558: Saddleback vs the SBC & Misusing the Marriage Metaphor with Beth Felker Jones & Amy Peeler
557: The Rise of Christian Nashville-ism & What Christians Must Do with Claude Alexander
556: Teen Mental Health Revisited & Digital Discipleship with Nona Jones
555: “The Article” & Biblical Critical Theory with Christopher Watkin
554 Teenage Girls in Crisis & Rethinking Revelation with Scot McKnight
French Friday: The Real Masculinity Crisis
553: Revival Tourism & Christ vs Christians with Beth Moore
552 Jesus Gets Us & We Get Data on Christian Nationalists with Kristin Kobes Du Mez Vu
551 Power, Pacifism, & Being Consistently Pro-Life with Shane Claiborne
550 Demons, Democrats, & Dominionists, Oh My!
549 MLK, Black Voices & A New Book on Lent w/Esau McCaulley
548 Andy Stanley, Spirit Warriors & The Greatest Threat To Christianity
547 French Friday: Selling Out, Gay Wedding Websites, & How People Change
546 England’s Same-Sex Marriage Compromise & Brazil’s January 6th
545 What Story is the Bible Telling? with Timothy Gombis
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