Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke

Former evangelical pastor Pat Kahnke on Jon Ossoff, Christian nationalism, white evangelicals and Donald Trump — why despair is a luxury we can't afford in this MAGA politics marathon one month before the midterms.

Was Charlie Kirk worse in context? After 6 years tracking Turning Point USA, Tim Whitaker says yes — more hateful, more bigoted, and more dehumanizing in context than in isolated clips. In this conversation, Pat and Tim walk through Kirk's own words and show why this isn't about a few "mean tweets," but about rhetoric in service to a movement and worldview.

In this clip from Tuesday night's live stream with Ken Napzok, Pat and Ken discuss the controversy surrounding Life Surge, Tim Tebow, and other celebrities who are involved with this organization. Pat contends that while Tim Tebow might not have been fully aware of financial malfeasance being allegedly committed by Life Surge, he IS responsible for a grift of a higher sort -- preaching the prosperity gospel.

Fox News' Jessica Tarlov joins ex-evangelical pastor Pat Kahnke to ask: can you actually talk to Trump supporters and love your MAGA family while telling the truth? This Raging Moderates collaboration dives into her new book I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends.

Tarlov, Democratic strategist and co-host of The Five, shares her playbook for winning arguments without losing friends — how to debate family in the MAGA echo chamber, why "when you're being criticized on style, you have won on the substance," and how to be ruthless and kind, sharp but not cruel. Pat responds from his journey out of evangelical Republicanism after 2016, plus what he’s learning about corruption, cruelty, and the 2026 midterms with candidates like Jon Ossoff, James Talarico and Rob Sand.

Jack Smith's explosive Senate hearing exposed the crisis of MAGA Christians and Christian nationalism as Senators Eric Schmitt and John Kennedy grilled the former special counsel to defend Donald Trump. Pat argues this moment revealed exactly who they are — and why we must never forget what they did when they had the power — even if Trump-era political power fades.