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Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke

Pat Kahnke

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From Prophetic Words to Political Violence: MAGA's Holy War (with Tihomir Kukolja)
07/03/2026 | 14 mins.
When a church that claims to be persecuted gains political power, who does it persecute first? We examine how the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) — the prophetic wing of the Christian nationalist movement — is weaponizing spiritual language to justify real-world political violence: from Paula White summoning angels from Africa to maintain Trump's presidency, to NAR prophets declaring spiritual curses over Trump's opponents in the 2018 midterms — curses whose physical expression arrived on January 6th.
ESSAY: Fired! Kristi Noem's Reign of Cruelty is Over
06/03/2026 | 12 mins.
Kristi Noem was fired by Donald Trump — via Truth Social — while she was on stage praising him. Tonight I'm asking the question the Bible actually raises: is it wrong to celebrate when the wicked fall? And more importantly — is this justice, or just the beginning of it?
How This Preacher's Kid Became MAGA's Funniest Nightmare (with April Ajoy)
05/03/2026 | 29 mins.
She grew up singing Christian nationalist anthems on a bus at 17. She watched her own church members storm the Capitol on January 6th. Now, April Ajoy is using comedy and theology to tear the whole thing down — and thousands of people are watching. In this interview, April Ajoy — author of Star Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith — shares her journey from preacher's kid raised in MAGA Christianity to one of the most fearless voices exposing Christian nationalism on social media. We dig into toxic empathy, the dog whistles your pastor might be using, and why humor might be the most powerful weapon against the MAGA church.
LIVE, Episode 14: The Many Unanswered Questions about Trump's War with Iran
04/03/2026 | 1h 6 mins.
The President of the United States has led the country into a war with Iran. There are many questions to ask, but will the answers ever be made clear? Pat and Ken Napzok talk about that and more on an all-new episode of Culture, Faith, and Politics live!
ESSAY: Trump - The Most Dangerous Man Alive - Has a Button
03/03/2026 | 10 mins.
Six Americans are dead. Congress wasn't consulted. NATO says they're not coming. And the nuclear program Trump said he "obliterated" in June is the reason we're at war in March. There's a button on the Resolute Desk — when Trump pushes it, someone brings him a Diet Coke. That's real. And I think that button explains his entire approach to governing: Iran, Venezuela, tariffs, TikTok. Complex problems. Push-button solutions. None of them solved. In this episode, I trace the pattern — from the first Iran strikes that didn't work, to the Maduro extraction that changed nothing, to the tariffs that made the trade deficit worse — and explain why applying that same instinct to a war with Iran, without Congress, without allies, is the most dangerous thing an American president has done in a generation.

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About Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke

Pat Kahnke has written two books, from a pastoral perspective, to reject Donald Trump and his MAGA movement: A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (2024) MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience (2020) He was an evangelical church planter and pastor for twenty years before retiring from church ministry in 2016. Planted a church in the inner city of St. Paul, MN - part of the Baptist General Conference (Converge) and Alliance for Renewal Churches. A lifelong conservative Republican until the party left him in 2016. Now a political independent, he has written off the Republican party until it completes 40 years in the wilderness for its capitulation to the MAGA movement.This podcast contains political and social commentary related to issues at the intersection of culture, faith, and politics.

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