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Jan 2024
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The Betrayal of the Evangelical Elites

The Theology Pugcast
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Have you ever wondered why evangelical elites when they get a platform in The New York Times, or The Atlantic Monthly never have anything good to say about their fellow evangelicals? We have too. Turns out Andrew T. Walker, Opinions Page Editor at World Magazine is wondering why too. So, he wrote about it in National Review. Andrew is one of the editors that Chris works with regularly, and Andrew has asked him to write about it as well. So these two things led the Pugs to think aloud about it. Join them as they do.


Some audio issues on this episode. Still worth a listen!


National Review Article: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/can-evangelical-journalists-say-anything-good-about-evangelicals/


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