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The Convocation Unscripted — 88 episodes

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TCU+Live: Your Questions on Religion and Politics Answered

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Hegseth’s Disturbing Move to Establish New Office of Religious Affairs at “Department of War”

3

Where are the Conservative Patriots?

4

The Long Shadow of 9/11

5

What Vance and Thiel's Talk of the Antichrist and End Times Really Reveals

6

The Important of Strengthening Community Ahead of the Midterms

7

The Smithsonian, the State, and the Spirit of Freedom

8

Why Steven Miller's Chilling Speech Matters

9

ICE is Killing Innocent People in Our Streets

10

The Mainstreaming of Doug Wilson, Self-Described Christian Deceiver

11

TCU+Live: Your Questions on Religion and Politics Answered

12

SCOTUS Declares Trump Not "Overtly" Racist

13

Listening to the Testimony of Women and Black Americans in the Church and the Country

14

TCU+Live: Your Questions on Religion and Politics Answered

15

Christian Nationalism, Demonization, and the End of Moral Politics

16

Rededicate 250, Selma, and the Future of American Democracy

17

The Decline of America as a Good Neighbor

18

Gerrymandering Our Way Back to Jim Crow

19

“Anti-Christian Bias” and the War on Voting Rights

20

Trump Reads the Bible, Doug Wilson Falls Flat, and Churches Step Up

21

Trump's Attacks on Pope Leo XIV, Posing as Jesus

22

Humanity vs. Brutality Amid Trump's Immigration Crackdown

23

Cesar Chavez, Reckoning, and Democratic Backsliding

24

Normalcy and Resistance Amid an Unjust War

25

TCU+LIVE: Pete Hegseth's Christian Nationalism and the War in Iran

26

It's All About the Hierarchy

27

Weaponizing White Femininity, Erasing Climate Change

28

Trump's Shameful National Prayer Breakfast Ramble

29

The Courage to Speak Up

30

The Escalating ICE Brutality and Church Protests

31

Minneapolis Clergy Standing with Immigrants against ICE, Featuring Rev. Angela Denker

32

Standing Together for Truth Amid Trump's Lies and ICE Violence in 2026

33

MAGA Vanity and Advent Humility

34

The Moment Trump’s Panic Became Visible

35

Trump’s Continued Endorsement of Violence and Christian Nationalism

36

Shutdown and Release: Dems Cave, Consequences of Epstein Files

37

The Most Important 2025 Election Result: A Reminder that an Authoritarian Future is Not Inevitable

38

"A Beautiful Year" with The Convocation Unscripted

39

The Good News Episode: Defenders of Democracy are Finding Their Footing

40

Calling Out Christian Glee Over ICE Brutality, Answering Your Questions

41

Hegseth's "Warrior Ethos" and White Evangelical Toxic Masculinity

42

Patterns from the Past, Lessons for our Future

43

Truth and Reality Amid Political Violence and Attacks on Free Speech

44

Stuck in the Cycle of Doom and Gloom?

45

Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting, CDC and Vaccines, Trump Getting into Heaven

46

The Legacy of James Dobson, Trump's DC Military Takeover

47

Trump’s Attack on Universities, Authoritarian Hierarchies vs. Christian Egalitarianism

48

Epstein and QAnon, DHS’s White Supremacists Memes, Hunger in Gaza

49

When the Warnings Come True: The Big Ugly Bill, ICE Funding

50

Israel, Iran, and End Times Prophecy

51

How the Evangelical Theology of Spiritual Warfare Set the Stage for Political Assassinations in the US

52

Empathy, Solidarity, and Resisting the Trumpian Military State

53

On Honor, Service, and other Patriotic Values

54

The Politics of Othering

55

What do we make of Pope Leo XIV, the first in history from the United States?

56

Trump’s First 100 Days: Racial and Religious Divides in America

57

The Legacy of Pope Francis and the Weaponization of "Anti-Christian Bias"

58

The Crucifixion of Jesus and our Political Moment

59

As Trump Wrecks the Economy and the Government Bans Books, the Importance of Standing Up

60

Building Resistance, The Great Digital Book Burning, and Attacks on the Keepers of Truth and History

61

Quiet and Steady Resistance: the Work of Racial Justice and Repair Continues in Local Communities

62

Finding Bright Lines, Embracing Empathy, and Taking Sides

63

Trump's State of the Union and the Season of Lent

64

Don't Lose Your Humanity

65

Money, Lies, and God

66

The Rise of Religious Resistance, MAGA DEI Hysteria, and Theological Anthropology

67

New PRRI Study on Christian Nationalism, Trump’s Redefinition of Religious Liberty, Signs of Resistance and Hope

68

Trump’s Racist Politicization of a National Tragedy, and The Stirrings of a Faith Resistance

69

Mercy vs. Power, Empathy vs. Cruelty: What Does a Faithful Response to Trump’s Return to Power Look Like?

70

The Truth Episode: Lies about Wildfires, the End of Fact Checking, and the Honesty of Jimmy Carter

71

First PRRI Post-election Poll, Normalizing Telling the Truth, and Politics Comes Home for the Holidays

72

Trump Appointments and Advent

73

The Faith & Democracy Tour, Stop #3 - The Convocation Unscripted Team Comes to Atlanta

74

Shock and Awe: One Week After the Election

75

Where do we go from here? Our First Convocation Unscripted+ LIVE Webinar

76

Our Last Conversation Before the 2024 Election: Uncertainty, Courage, and Refusing to Obey in Advance

77

Our Faith & Democracy Tour - The Convocation Unscripted Comes to Tempe, AZ

78

Vance, Walz, and the VP Debate; Project 2025 Revisited; and The Convocation Unscripted’s Road Show

79

A Test of Faith, the Christian Kindness in Truth Telling, and a preview of “For Our Daughters"

80

The Spirit of Justice, Trump and Abortion, and Church Growth

81

Godless Liberals? Faith at the Democratic National Convention

82

The Significance of Tim Walz's Midwestern Lutheran Dad Vibe

83

The Republican Carnival and the Harris Launch

84

Project 2025 and "Government Schools"

85

The Last Presidential Debate in America

86

When Your Religion Cancels You

87

Trump is a Convicted Felon. Now What?

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