In this podcast, I join Peter Lipsett of Donors Trust and former Christian Coalition Chair Ralph Reed to discuss Christianity’s evolving role in American politics.
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Comment by Wilson R. on August 20, 2025 at 5:28 pm
Before you convince me to listen to this podcast, you’ll have to convince me that Ralph Reed is a Christian.
His tree hasn’t born good fruit in decades.
Comment by Glenn Wheeler on August 20, 2025 at 10:54 pm
Wilson,
I would imagine he would think the same thing about you. And so we have an impasse. Both sides think they are the only “true” Christians.
Most likely neither is.
Comment by Wilson R. on August 21, 2025 at 11:37 am
I would be honored to be regarded as a heretic by Ralph Reed. My ecumenism is fairly generous. There are many “true Christians,” to use your phrase, with whom I disagree significantly on points of theology. The problem with Reed is more about poisonous fruit.
Comment by Glenn Wheeler on August 21, 2025 at 10:50 pm
Yeah Wilson, poisonous fruit is anyone who doesn’t agree with you or meet your standards. You are the most judgmental, self-righteous person who comments here.
Must be lonely at the top.
Comment by Wilson R. on August 24, 2025 at 3:38 pm
You and Ralph have fun at the bottom.
Comment by Wilson R. on August 25, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Glenn:
I’ll try a non-snarky, serious answer.
I’m not sure what you can actually profess to know about my “standards.” At best, you can only make inferences based on what I criticize. But it’s not logical or even reasonable to infer that calling out people like Ralph Reed and Douglas Wilson means that anyone who doesn’t agree with me bears “poisonous fruit.”
There are literally millions of Christians with whom I have serious disagreements on important points of doctrine (Catholics and Calvinists, for example) who are sincere disciples who bear good fruit and at whose fellowship table I would be delighted to sit despite our differences.
You don’t have to believe your view is the only correct one to condemn Ralph Reed and Douglas Wilson as false teachers, blind guides, and bleached tombstones. You only have to take the Bible seriously and measure what they say and do against that standard.
Comment by Wilson R. on August 20, 2025 at 5:28 pm
Before you convince me to listen to this podcast, you’ll have to convince me that Ralph Reed is a Christian.
His tree hasn’t born good fruit in decades.
Comment by Glenn Wheeler on August 20, 2025 at 10:54 pm
Wilson,
I would imagine he would think the same thing about you. And so we have an impasse. Both sides think they are the only “true” Christians.
Most likely neither is.
Comment by Wilson R. on August 21, 2025 at 11:37 am
I would be honored to be regarded as a heretic by Ralph Reed. My ecumenism is fairly generous. There are many “true Christians,” to use your phrase, with whom I disagree significantly on points of theology. The problem with Reed is more about poisonous fruit.
Comment by Glenn Wheeler on August 21, 2025 at 10:50 pm
Yeah Wilson, poisonous fruit is anyone who doesn’t agree with you or meet your standards. You are the most judgmental, self-righteous person who comments here.
Must be lonely at the top.
Comment by Wilson R. on August 24, 2025 at 3:38 pm
You and Ralph have fun at the bottom.
Comment by Wilson R. on August 25, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Glenn:
I’ll try a non-snarky, serious answer.
I’m not sure what you can actually profess to know about my “standards.” At best, you can only make inferences based on what I criticize. But it’s not logical or even reasonable to infer that calling out people like Ralph Reed and Douglas Wilson means that anyone who doesn’t agree with me bears “poisonous fruit.”
There are literally millions of Christians with whom I have serious disagreements on important points of doctrine (Catholics and Calvinists, for example) who are sincere disciples who bear good fruit and at whose fellowship table I would be delighted to sit despite our differences.
You don’t have to believe your view is the only correct one to condemn Ralph Reed and Douglas Wilson as false teachers, blind guides, and bleached tombstones. You only have to take the Bible seriously and measure what they say and do against that standard.