The Fourth Estate

Todd Littleton, host of the /pa-theo-logical/ podcast joins me today on this crossover episode. We are discussing the use of language in the public arena (for most of my listeners) and in the church (for many of his). We use a Peggy Noonan article for the launch pad. I hope you will subscribe to /patheological/: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Share our podcasts if you find it helpful. Rating and reviewing them in iTunes is a great help. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for September 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes None Recommended Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips When Heaven and Earth Collide, Alan Cross

Electioneering by Reality TV? (And, yes, I know I was on I-40 W regardless of what I said.) Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for September 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Donald Trump Is Going To Be Elected, HuffPo More Clinton emails including currying favor via the Clinton Foundation, WAPO Nigeria Claims Boko Haram Leader Killed in Airstrike, VOA Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips When Heaven and Earth Collide, Alan Cross

Welfare, ISIS, Deportation. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for September 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes The ISIS war has a new commander, Military Times John Kasich: 20 Years After Reform, Welfare Is Still Broken, NYT Who’s the Real Deporter-In-Chief: Bush or Obama?, New Republic Deportation 2013, Pew Research 2016 Dems turn on Obama admin over reported deportation raid plans, FOX Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Whose plan differs from Obama’s? Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for September 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Trump’s foreign policy speech, BBC The Anti-terror strategy, WSJ 15 released from GITMO, NYT 4,000 ISIS militants killed in Manbij, AraNews Defense officials see gains against ISIS, CNN MSF hospital bombed in Yemen, Newsweek Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

What in the world is Evan McMullin doing? Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for September 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Kasich will not vote for Trump, CDN Ryan wins GOP primary, NYT Evan McMullin and 3rd Party ballot access, Reason How Evan McMullin Decided to Run for President, ABC News Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

No nation of liberty and law will ever be 100% from threat of terrorism. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for August 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes German Interior Minister: ‘No Constitutional State Can Prevent Every Crime’, Spiegel U.S. Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIS in Libya, NYT We’re American Jewish Historians. This Is Why We’ve Left Zionism Behind, Haaretz Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Is GWB the last Republican president? He thinks it could be true. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for August 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes George W. Bush worried he’ll be ‘the last Republican president’, CNBC Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

More thoughts on why to consider a 3rd party or Independent candidate for president.. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for August 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Ross Perot didn’t cost Bush the election in 1992, Spectator The Ralph Nader Myth, Daily Kos Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Journalist assassinated, Turkey in turmoil, North Korea acting out. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for August 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Car Bomb Kills Prominent Journalist in Ukraine’s Capital, Bloomberg Turkey coup attempt: Crackdown toll passes 50,000, BBC War On Korean Peninsula?, IBT This Year’s Record Arctic Melt Is a Problem For Everybody, Gizmodo Scientists Report The Planet Was Hotter Than Ever In The First Half Of 2016, NPR Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Why is it so hard to talk about race? Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for August 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes None. Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Thoughts on speculation about the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for July 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Coming soon Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

California rally fight, Brexit and Fallujah. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for July 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes California neo-Nazi demonstration destroyed, CNN To Brexit or Regrexit? A Dis-United Kingdom Ponders Turmoil of EU Divorce, Reuters People are really, really hoping this theory about David Cameron and Brexit is true, Indy 100 The English have placed a bomb under the Irish peace process, The Guardian Iraqi commander: Fallujah ‘fully liberated’ from ISIS, Fox Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Gun bills go down in flames, Trump doesn’t seem to campaign. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for June 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Senate rejects series of gun measures, CNN A divided Senate answers Orlando with gridlock on gun curbs, WAPO Obama Finally Owns Up to Drone War Dead, The Daily Beast Why the DOJ [omitted] ISIS, Mediaite Trump campaign finances, The Daily Beast Trump fires campaign manager, NYT Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Terrorism is down, Iran isn’t helping, Stanford rape case. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for June 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes State Department report finds Iran is top state sponsor of terror, CNN The World’s Most Prolific Terrorists: The Taliban, The Atlantic Country Reports on Terrorism 2015, State Department ISIS kills dozens of its own in hunt for spies, Fox News Outrage growing over judge’s sentencing in Stanford sex assault, SF Gate Stanford / Brock Turner rape victim’s statement, Buzzfeed Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips

Fallujah surrounded, ISIS struggling, Snowden. Subscribe via iTunes • Subscribe via RSS • Subscribe via Stitcher Sponsors Sponsor/advertiser slots for June 2016 are available. Contact me via the contact form for rates. If you enjoy T4E Drive Time, or the full length podcasts, consider a positive rate and review on iTunes! Thanks for reading and sharing. Don’t forget to subscribe to email alerts at the top of the sidebar. Your gift to help underwrite the publishing of Kingdom in the Midst can be made via PayPal button in the sidebar. No PayPal account necessary. Episode Notes Iraqi forces surround Falluja, military says, CNN 2003-2016: The never-ending battle for Falluja, Rudaw ISIL may be in crisis, but so is the coalition, Al Jazeera Snowden leaks were “public service,” says former US Attorney General, CSM Attempted North Korea missile launch fails, Asia One Is a new candidate going to enter the presidential race?, CBS News Podcasts Patheological podcast, Todd Littleton Ryan and Phillip’s Conversation Rules, Ryan Abernathy and Phillip Larsen God’s Revolution, Mark Kelly enNovo Radio, David Phillips