Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke

In this clip from Tuesday night's live stream with Ken Napzok, Pat and Ken refute Hegseth's use of Isaiah 6:8 as a Christian nationalist battle cry. Isaiah 6 doesn't start with "send me" — it starts with "woe is me." Isaiah's vision leads to confession, repentance, and a hard message to his own people about justice, not a crusade against external enemies.

Why are Christian women leaving evangelical churches in record numbers? In Part 2 of my interview with author Sarah Stankorb (Damned If She Does), we break down how Donald Trump endorsements, MAGA Christianity, Christian nationalism, purity culture, and church abuse cover-ups are driving women out of the pews for good.

MAGA Christians say love your neighbor, but what happens when ICE detains a church member and the church stays silent? Pat Kahnke talks with Tihomir Kukolja about the Good Samaritan, immigration, migrant injustice, and who is my neighbor.

Trump has attacked free speech. The Paul Bros speak at the Pentagon. ICE shoots a man in Texas. Lauren Boebert's ethics are called into question. Pat Kahnke discusses all this and more on Culture, Faith, and Politics live!

Why are 16 million women leaving evangelical churches? Journalist Sarah Stankorb talks about "Damned If She Does," MAGA pastors, soft patriarchy, complementarianism, and Christian nationalism driving women out of the church.

In Part 1 of this conversation on Stankorb's new book Damned If She Does, we unpack the seismic exodus of Gen Z women and older evangelical women alike — from Promise Keepers to Mark Driscoll to Charlie Kirk — and why the evangelical obsession with chasing men broke trust with women. We dig into soft vs. hard patriarchy, why soft Christian nationalism is more dangerous than you think, and how the pipeline to extremism doesn't start at the extreme.