Episodes

https://www.facebook.com/CrossPolitic/videos/852660794906854/ Special episode tonight live on Facebook at 7pm Pacific time. Tune in here! Don't worry if you miss us live--you'll still be able to download the show on your favorite podcast platform. We are so grateful...

Live on Facebook Sunday nights at 7pm Pacific time. Tune in now here! Don't worry if you miss us live--you'll still be able to download the show on your favorite podcast platform. A couple housekeeping items. First, we already had a couple of listeners purchase us...

Live on Facebook Sunday nights at 7pm Pacific time. Tune in now here! Don't worry if you miss us live--you'll still be able to download the show on your favorite podcast platform. A couple housekeeping items. First, we are hosting our first ever comedy special at the...

On Monday night April 2nd, CrossPolitic hosted the current Republican candidates for the Idaho Lieutenant Gubernatorial election at the historic Nuart Theater in Downtown Moscow, Idaho. Three candidates in the race—Steve Yates, Bob Nonini, and Janice McGeachin— joined...

Folks- no live show tonight (although the podcast will still drop), because we have a special live show at the Nuart Theater tomorrow night (Monday) at 7:30pm. We will be hosting  three of the candidates running for Lt. Governor in Idaho. The event is free and open to...

Surprise! We have a special show coming at you live 7pm PAC time, sponsored by Wrath and Grace. Tune in now over at Wrath and Grace's facebook page here! Don't worry if you miss us live--you'll still be able to download the show on your favorite podcast platform. For...

Live on Facebook at 7pm Pacific time. Tune in now here! Don't worry if you miss us live--you'll still be able to download the show on your favorite podcast platform. A couple housekeeping items. First, we have a live show coming up on April 2nd, which includes three...

Live on Facebook at 7pm Pacific time. Tune in now here! Don't worry if you miss us live--you'll still be able to download the show on your favorite podcast platform. A couple housekeeping items. First, we have a live show coming up on April 2nd, so stay tuned for...

Live on Facebook at 7pm Pacific time. Tune in now here! Don't worry if you miss us live--you'll still be able to download the show on your favorite podcast platform. A couple housekeeping items. First, we have a special live show coming up on April 2nd, so stay tuned...

Live on Facebook at 7pm Pacific time. Tune in now here! Don't worry if you miss us live--you'll still be able to download the show on your favorite podcast platform. Folks, there are two conferences coming up that we want you to be aware of: First, we are so excited...

Folks, a couple things to note up front. If y'all haven't heard about New Saint Andrews College, visit their website at www.nsa.edu. The priority application deadline is February 15th. You can also visit the college during Prospective Student Weekends, coming up March...

Folks, a couple things to note up front. First, Pastor Toby Sumpter will be at the 2018 Shepherds' Conference in February. For more details, see our upcoming events below. Secondly, Gabe will be in Dallas/Forth Worth and will be at a pub at 8pm on Monday the 22nd:...

Merry Christmas from the CP Crew. We are out playing in the snow and cleaning up wrapping paper, so enjoy three minutes of Choc Knox, all by himself, wishing you a Merry Christmas. As always, you can stream live from our website here, or you can find our newest...

Folks, for the month of December, we invite you to celebrate advent with us by joining our club membership! If you sign up as a club member during December, and as supplies last, we will send you a CrossPolitic magnetic bumper sticker and a CrossPolitic special...

Folks, during the month of December, we invite you to celebrate advent with us by joining our club membership! If you sign up as a club member during December, while supplies last, we will send you a CrossPolitic magnetic bumpersticker and a CrossPolitic special...

Happy Thanksgiving! and sorry for dropping the podcast on Monday night. Don't worry, it should be worth it. Gender reassignment surgeries are on the rise in our country. In 2014, Medicare removed a decades-long ban on coverage for the surgery. This has led to...

The Apologia crew joins us in the studio to discuss the Idaho governors race, and the changes brewing since our live governor's show back at the beginning of September. We also talk about Apologia's upcoming church plant in Kauai. Please check out their website and if...

This week we're joined by David Wheaton, nationally syndicated radio host and 1991 winner of the Grand Slam Cup, to discuss the spiritual crisis on university campuses. As many as fifty percent of Christian students say they've lost their faith by the time they...

Hopeful future governor of Oklahoma, Dan Fisher, makes a campaign stop to join us on the show. Dan is running on the ASAP platform: Abolish abortion, State sovereignty, Audit everything, and Proper government. We recommend you check him out and support him, even if...

Movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein, found his way into Hollywood's moral buzzsaw this last week, and we can't figure out what moral code they are operating off of. Weinstein's ways have been known in Hollywood for years, and given enough public pressure, apparently anybody...

The Vegas shooting was tragic and an awful display of man's depravity. We should mourn with those who mourn, but this was not the liberal response. It did not take long before liberals, like Hillary Clinton, seized the moment to push a political agenda. How we respond...

What does the NFL protest have to do with worship? Is it anti-patriotic to protest our nation's failures, or does the current protest show something deeper going on in our society? Pastor Toby tweeted this week: "Don't miss the fact that football stadiums are the...

We are back on our regular schedule, and had the privilege of interviewing Jason Elmore, sales leader and author of Elite Execution. Sales books are a dime in a dozen, but we think Jason has some real value to add to this discussion. This is particularly the case when...

Folks- thanks for enduring our month off. We hope the reruns were still a blessing. Don't worry though, we did not waste the month of August. We had the the honor of having Lt. Governor Brad Little and Dr. Tommy Ahlquist joined us on CrossPolitic live, at the historic...

Folks thanks for enduring some reruns for the month of August. We are excited to get back in the studio, and we kick it off this Friday night with the candidates running for governor in Idaho. This will be a live show at the historic Nuart Theatre in Downtown Moscow,...

Folks we truly thank you for listening, sharing, purchasing our merch, and all your support. Our podcast is less than a year old, and has grown from a measly several hundred downloads per month to about 20,000 downloads per month. We thank God for this, and for the...

Announcement: Folks we have been busy this August and finally can fill you in on the details. We have booked a live show with the candidates running for Governor in Idaho. Below is the press release to fill you in on the details. Please be praying for this event and...

Folks we truly thank you for listening, sharing, purchasing our merch, and all your support. Our podcast is less than a year old, and has grown from a measly several hundred downloads per month to about 20,000 downloads per month. We thank God for this, and for the...

Dr. Michael Brown, author, speaker, and host of the nationally syndicated talk radio show Line of Fire, joins us to discuss how to help Jews find Jesus in the Tora.  We also dive into Dr. Brown's conversion out of the Jewish tradition and a drug life, and into the...

Trigger Warning:  We discuss Teen Vogue's article attempting to educate teens on anal sex.  Every topic needs the light of the gospel and at the same time we don't want to be crass, so hopefully we address this issue with biblical wisdom.  We address this issue in the...

Ben Shapiro, syndicated columnist, host of "The Ben Shapiro Show," National Review, NYT bestseller, joins us to discuss why he makes such a big deal of traditional family, faith, and freedom.  We also get into the challenges of arguing with liberals and even modern...

Pastor Tim Bayly, of Clearnote Church in Bloomington, joins us to discuss fatherhood, biblical ministry to homosexuals, and the sin of soft men.  Check out his book Daddy Tried, and also check out the pastor's conference where Pastor Bayly goes deeper into the issues...

This last year, Idaho Senator Dan Foreman, proposed end abortion legislation in Idaho.  This legislation went nowhere because Republican Senate Chair Jeff Siddoway refused to allow the bill into committee.  Jeff joins us to discuss Idaho politics, why the end abortion...

Dustin Messer, teacher of Theology and Worldview at Legacy Christian Academy, Senior Fellow of Theology and Culture at The Center for Cultural Leadership, and the Pastoral Associate at Christ Church (PCA) in Carolton, TX, joins us to discuss Rod Dreher's Benedict...

Stephen Yates, former Whitehouse official and current frontrunner for Lieutenant Governor in Idaho, joins us to discuss the James Comey interview, the Bernie Sanders litmus test, and why in the world Stephen got involved in politics in the first place.  In the last...

Occasionally we have no agenda and no interviews, it is just Pastor Toby, Choc Knox, and the Waterboy bringing a little freestyle to keep us all on our toes. In this episode we cover everything from Kathy Griffin's victim status to the Prophets' hard words and use of...

This week Matt Walsh joins us to discuss his new book Unholy Trinity.  Unholy Trinity exposes liberal hypocrisy concerning abortion, gay marriage, and the redefinition of what it means to be a man or a woman. But what drove all this, what gave opportunity for the...

We had the privilege of visiting with Jim Wilson at his house in Moscow, Idaho, and so we thought we would bring this to the podcast.  Jim is the father to Pastor Doug Wilson, and the spiritual father to so many whom he has evangelized throughout the world.  In this...

This week we have winemaker Gino Cuneo from Gino Cuneo Cellars, and Pastor Joe Rigney from Cities Church in Minneapolis join us in the studio to discuss the pink hair culture-connection to the transabled, and why it ultimately rejects truth, beauty, and goodness.  We...

Idaho Senator Dan Foreman joins us in this weeks mid-week five minute fix to discuss the problem of government involvement in social services.

Idaho is known as one of the most conservative states in the Union, but as we have preached in the past, politics is no savior.  This episode highlights this fact.  Senator Dan Foreman represents our 5th District here in Idaho and introduced an end abortion bill...

Mitch Stokes is a Senior Fellow of Philosophy at New St. Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho.  He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Notre Dame under the direction of Alvin Plantinga and Peter van Inwagen.  At Yale, he earned an M.A. in religion under the direction of...

What does the bible say about sustainability and what do our sins have to do with the health of the natural environment that surrounds us?  Dr. Gordon Wilson, Senior Fellow of Natural History at New Saint Andrews College, joins us to tackle these subjects.  Dr. Gordon...

Just a fun little discussion where the Chocolate Knox ends up on the losing side.

Christian Hip Hop artist Sho Baraka joins us to discuss why his recent CD, The Narrative, was removed from LifeWay Christian Stores, and where Christian Hip Hop is going.  In CrossPolitic News we discuss sales tax in Idaho, free college education in New York, and the...

Everything we do is to be done for God's glory.  All of Christ, for all of life, for all the world.  Don't separate your faith from your business.  Lean into it.

This past weekend was the Grace Agenda conference in our home town. Pastors flew in from all over, and three of them were bold enough to join us in the studio.  Pastor Joost Nixon from Training Leaders International in Minnesota, Pastor Virgil Hurt from Providence...

Amazon kindly decided to start charging sales tax in the sate of Idaho.  No law requiring them to do this, they just decided out of the goodness of their heart after a discussion with the government in bed, that they would start charging sales tax.  It is like they...

Jason Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of Please Stop Helping Us, joins us to discuss how liberals make it harder for blacks to succeed.  In CrossPolitic news we also discuss Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearing and why Christians might be...

Is the rapture biblical and do our views of the end times matter?  Gary DeMar, author of countless essays, news articles, and more than 30 books, and former president of American Vision, joins us to discuss why the last days matter.  In CrossPolitic news we dive into...

If you are new to our show and podcast, you can find out more about Pastor Toby Sumpter, Chocolate Knox, and Gabriel Rench here.  This latest episode, Christ Church Executive Pastor Ben Zornes and Christian Rapper Aaron Ventura, join us to discuss Trump's latest...

Voddie Baucham subs for us this week.  We have been podcasting for about five months now, and this is our week off. But don't worry, we did not leave you empty handed.  Voddie Baucham gave a series of lectures at Trinity Reformed Church (Pastor Toby Sumpter's church)....

Author Andrew Klavan joins us to discuss how God transformed his life from an agnostic Jewish-intellectual to baptized Christian. We tackle his autobiography The Good Great Thing, which tells how his troubled childhood caused him to live inside the stories in his head...

This past week Betsy DeVos became our 11th U.S. Secretary of Education.  This week also included Congressman Thomas Massie introduction of a bill to abolish the federal Department of Education. Should the federal government be involved in education, regulating...

We have a new president and lots of prayers were offered up at the inauguration.  If you were offered the chance to pray at Trump's inauguration, would you accept? And if so, what would you pray? Also Matt Gray, College Pastor at Christ Church, joins us to discuss...

How should the church respond to a Trump Administration?  A Hillary Administration would require courage, and a Trump Administration requires what?  We also interview author and social critic Os Guinness regarding his book on apologetics- Fool's Talk (On Amazon...

Since 1973 America has killed over 50 million babies on the altar of convenience and sexual freedom. We have blood on our hands, and that blood will only be washed by the blood of Jesus. Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr., joins us to discuss the lie of...