What, if anything, is wrong with publishing a Bible with a leather cover and slick, thin pages, along with the US Constitution and other secular documents? Rev. Steven D. Martin raises questions that might not be as obvious as may seem.
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In today’s episode of The Altar and the Eagle, we take a somber look back at the Rwandan Genocide—a tragic event that claimed around 800,000 lives due to deep-seated ethnic tensions. We examine the destructive role of propaganda and how media fueled a massacre that unfolded with frightening speed and brutality. We discuss the shocking…
Welcome to “The Altar and the Eagle: Spiritual Authority and Moral Compromise in the Third Reich.” Listen for an overview of this podcast and why it’s so important to remember this history.
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We’re launching a new feature of this podcast. In addition to the longer-form episodes, we’re releasing a short, weekly recording that addresses an important historical or current-day topic or event. In this episode of “The Altar and the Eagle,” host Steven Martin dives into a controversial topic: Hitler’s speeches. He discusses the unsettling experience of…
Stop for a minute and think: what is baptism? What does it mean to you? Does it include some people and exclude others? Or is it a sign of something more universal, more human? Learn the horrifying ways the Nazis classified people according to their race, and learn how Christian baptism played a role in…
Our journey begins with the Weimar government, grievance politics, extremism, and scapegoating in Germany in the 1920s.
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Every pastor I know struggles with the Sunday that follows July 4. There is often a push to celebrate this patriotic holiday in a way that diminishes the reign of Christ, and Chris Warrington, Director of Music at Bethesda United Methodist Church in Bethesda, Maryland, finds this especially true in the hymns we sing on…