And exploring his Twitter, I’ve learned that he gets flak from the worst Evangelical Christian assholes for not being hateful or judgmental enough for their tastes.
Seriously, he posted a comment about how Christianity is supposed to be about loving others above all else, and someone angrily replied that he didn’t understand what God’s love really meant and it wasn’t supposed to include “them” (not sure who the “them” was supposed to be, but probably LGBTQIA+).
He's a conservative Christian, and he has a podcast (
The Holy Post) that talks about Christian issues. He's pro-Life, anti-homosexuality, trends Republican for voting, etc.
BUT he's anti-Trump, anti-Christian nationalism, anti-war, has humility about many of his beliefs, actively promotes understanding that black Christians (and other minorities) have a different experience in America than white Christians, frequently has women on his podcast (including pastors and theology students), and actually talks about the complexity of issues.
I disagree with him often, but I can also respect a lot of what he's trying to do. His podcast's coverage of issues is far from unbiased; it may have a relative diversity of Christian opinions, but it's still mostly conservative, and really drops the ball sometimes when covering secular viewpoints. (Their coverage of secular views on sexuality is particularly lacking.) I don't listen to it regularly, but sometimes I like to be reminded that there are a minority of white Christians who are at least trying to understand viewpoints that aren't their own.