Propaganda and The War For Your Mind [CrossPolitic Show]

Propaganda isn't coming for your mind someday. It's already at the door. 🔥

Live from the Fight Laugh Feast Conference 2026 in Nashville, Gabe "Waterboy" Rench sits down with Pastor Toby Sumpter, Choc Knox, Bubu Jarmulak and Doug TenNapel to talk about the holy war over what you believe. Where the word "propaganda" came from and why Christians shouldn't surrender the tool, what COVID revealed about the church, why real church beats online content, and why the real fight has always been over your children. Plus live audience Q&A on revivalism, multitasking, discernment for kids and whether Christians should be creating content.

In this episode:

18:54 Where "propaganda" came from and why Christians should take it back

27:20 COVID: the Christians who refused to fold

29:06 "Caesar is Lord," 1984 and the faithful who stand

40:17 Confront people, not just content: why the church gathered matters

43:32 Movie theaters, church and the most uninterrupted hour in America

52:52 When singing praise became "dangerous"

57:43 The fight is over your children (and it always has been)

62:01 Audience Q&A: the anxious bench, multitasking, discernment for kids and creating content

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