Christian Hip Hop’s Oldest Argument Is Still Going Strong

Christian Hip Hop’s Oldest Argument Is Still ...

Up next

The Case for Hope in a Year of Despair

There’s not a lot making Americans hopeful these days. More than half of the country told pollsters last year that they were “extremely worried” about the direction of the country. One in 4 said that “nothing made them hopeful.” Their anxieties: politics, the pandemic, and inflat ...  Show more

There's No Good Plan to Stop 100,000 Opioid Deaths a Year

100,000 Americans died from April 2020 to April 2021 due to opioids, according to numbers released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The majority of the deaths have come via fentanyl, which accounted for more than 75 percent of all fatalities. Most of ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

The Truth About Christian Music in 2025 | Brandon Lake & the Debate Over Modern Worship
Heaven & Healing Podcast

Is modern Christian music too worldly… or are we just uncomfortable with God moving through a sound we don’t control? In this video, I unpack why I actually love artists like Brandon Lake, Forrest Frank, and TAYA, and share my own story of being delivered from secular music. From ...  Show more

Bully Pulpit: Why Does the Devil Have All the Good Music?
Mortification of Spin

Is anything biblically wrong with enjoying secular music … for the glory of God? Perhaps you're a (closet) secular music junkie drumming to The Who, but it’s all King’s College and Sandra McCracken on Sunday mornings. Certainly we know there’s a line, but it can be hard discernin ...  Show more

#879 - The Gospel and Battle Rap: Street Hymns
Theology in the Raw

Street Hymns is an Christian, artist, musician, leader, and a member an elite Battle Rap team called The IV Horseman. In this episode, we discuss how Street’s been able to embody the gospel in Battle Rap, reaching a culture where the gosp ...

  Show more

Kanye West’s ‘Jesus Is King,’ From the Gospel Perspective
Popcast

Gospel music insiders on the rapper’s turn to religious music and how his album relates to contemporary holy hip-hop. Guests: Root's Hasan James and The Journal of Gospel Music's Robert Marovich. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can al ...  Show more