Show Notes
What does it mean when a “clean” and “family friendly” comedian supports the UFC Freedom 250 fight, rubbing shoulders with unethical and greedy billionaires?
This isn’t really about Nate Bargatze. It's about all of us and the selective moral lines we draw. This week on The Subtext, Lee and Savannah wrestle with questions of public witness, private relationships, power, and consistency, looking to Jesus' encounters with both the oppressed and the powerful. In a world where every public act seems to communicate something, how do we live with integrity while practicing a morality that refuses to leave anyone behind?
Things we mentioned in this episode:
Scandalous Witness by Lee C. Camp
Who Is My Enemy? by Lee C. Camp
Mere Discipleship by Lee C. Camp
Missing Me by Ayana Lage
Biological War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen (episode out on No Small Endeavor July 27th!)
Savannah's Substack article: "The toothless, selective moralism of a Nate Bargatze Christianity"
Musa al-Gharbi on No Small Endeavor
Brother to a Dragonfly by Will Campbell
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone
Loretta Ross on No Small Endeavor
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