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I've been listening to The Bulletin for a couple of months now, trying to remain objective. However, I've found that the hosts are liberal-leaning and primarily promote liberal talking points. When they have guests, they are either from known liberal organizations or are supposed conservative Republicans, often referred to as RINOs. The hosts attempt to sound intelligent by giving long-winded answers, using big words, and presenting questionable facts about historical events. The show would be much better if they included some opposing viewpoints or guests to challenge them, but I have yet to see that happen. It seems life is easier when everyone agrees with you and you go unchallenged. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect is that they talk very little about Christianity and how to bring others to Christ. I don't think they are bad people, but they project their liberal views onto the audience, making it seem like all Christians should share their viewpoint. The show can be fun to listen to for a good laugh and to see what liberals are talking about.

This podcast helps me stay sane as I try to understand what is going on with the church. I am baffled the majority of the time. Listening to people I trust, even though I may not agree with each opinion 100% of the time, helps me understand our current day reality.

I have really grown to enjoy and respect this podcast. Mike and Russell and the others on this podcast are very thoughtful, even wise people, and they invite a wide variety of guests. Not all of it, or even most of it, is about Christian topics specifically, so even those without a religious conviction may enjoy this podcast.

I recently unfollowed despite enjoying what Russell Moore, Nicole Martin, and Clarissa Moll have to say. I couldn’t listen to another episode in which Mike Cosper praises just about everything the Netanyahu government has done in the Middle East. Cosper has another podcast where he expounds on this topic. Why does he keep discussing it on The Bulletin?

Handel’s Messiah has always been my favorite. Shared that one on Facebook and it got some likes from other classical music friends.

I learn so much with every listen! Check it out!

I’ve listened to the Bulletin since the beginning a couple years back. It presents insightful and clarifying stories that are consistent with the historic Christian confession “Jesus is Lord.” The show has taken a significant step forward since Clarissa Moll took over in terms of organization and objectivity. Mike Cosper is the most insightful person involved in evangelical spaces at the moment, can’t get enough of his stuff. I got to listen to Russell Moore at the CPT conference a couple years back. He is just as powerful and funny here as there. This show has helped me navigate current issues as a campus minister (Cru) seeking to keep one eye on the Word and the other on the newspaper! Long live CT!

Including Daniel Penny in a list of NYC “bad guys” without discussing his case is journalistic malpractice. This man likely saved lives. The appeasing of the secular left by once thoughtful Christian leaders is nauseating. This podcast has lost a long time listener.

When I started listening to The Bulletin, I really enjoyed and learned from Dr. Moore and the others on the podcast about what was going on in the world today from a Christian worldview. It seems that there’s much more opinion to the podcast now than there used to be.

A friend forwarded this to me and I was eager to listen. But I was very disappointed, it was more self-righteous and progressive views than it was Christian views. I thought I was listening to MSNBC. I’m not a fan of that or Fox News. I like independent and deep thinking and felt like I got neither.

I recently listened to episode 122 with Roger Berkowitz and was disappointed by the clear bias displayed by both the speaker and host against Trump. If you believe the ‘34 felony charges’ don’t reveal the political weaponization of the legal system, if you dismiss extreme leftist policies as mere vote-seeking missteps rather than genuine errors lacking common sense, and if you overlook the two serious assassination attempts on Trump, then writing numerous books won’t bring you any closer to understanding the frustration felt by tens of millions of Americans who voted for him. In this context, calls for unity or peace risk sounding hollow and even cynical. Moreover, framing Trump supporters as mere victims of a movement while ignoring the real issues at hand only deepens this divide. I expected CT to offer a more balanced perspective.

Have listened from the beginning and think the recent interviews with different voting perspectives have been some of the best episodes, thank you. Russell and many of the guests will quote Scripture as examples of how to think biblically but Cosper prefers to quote authors, movies, or modern day figures and it shows. Both he and Nikole Martin have had some of the weakest emotionally based statements that reflect their infatuation with the present rather than their faith in the eternal. Disappointing since both have claimed pastoral titles on their resume. Clarissa has been a great addition as she focuses segments back on thinking biblically.

I will begin by saying, I am more conservative than the hosts of this podcast but was looking to challenge my views with someone’s opinions and objectivity I could trust. I respect Russel Moore. I thought this podcast would be that. It is not. I was especially excited for the recent podcasts on voting. Mike repeatedly states “we do not endorse any candidate” and yet there is a very plain bias. The language towards one candidate versus the other makes this obvious. The pushback to what was said by the Republican voter versus the agreement, encouragement even!, of that of the Democratic voter was anything but objective. Your disingenuous claim of objectivity is disappointing and misleading.

Sad, clearly CT is an anti-Trump apologist. Grateful for other episodes that are not as sad.

The Bulletin is a tremendous asset to those of us who are seeking clarity in the current cultural and political landscape. I appreciate the courage of Mike, Russell and other hosts to stand up and be a voice for what is just. The recent interview with Eric Teetsel was infuriating. Mike did a good job navigating the conversation, as Mr Teetsel is an example that there’s no hate quite like Christian love.

I really tried to listen to him with an open mind and open heart. I came away with the feeling that any horror can be justified if you try hard enough. I’m from southwest Kansas and that part of the state would be nothing without immigrant labor. Wow! Donald Trump knows absolutely nothing about the average American!

I really appreciate the work of this team to deeply interrogate the happenings of our time through a faithful Christian lens, and to try and do so in a way that’s not confined to one Christian tradition but rather brings to bear the gifts and wisdom of the Church at large.

My first time listening was Episode 115 on third party voting was very informative and engaging. Thank you for providing these perspectives for Christians who are wrestling with how they will vote in 2024. I really enjoyed this podcast.

I love this show but, Clarissa! Oh no! Don’t bash kintsugi! That illustration is a part of Makoto Fujimura’s ministry, he talks about it in several interviews and in his book “Art and Faith” and it’s such an important illustration for sooo many people! Once you hear him you may still disagree but please don’t throw it under the bus.

The voices at Christianity Today provide a reasoned, orthodox, and thoughtful perspective on today’s issues. So thankful for their commitment to integrity.

I have been listening to this podcast since its inception. I just listened to the newest episode with Francis Collins. It was just so so good. As someone who did not question things during the pandemic and still trust my doctors and the credentialed people, it was so interesting to hear how much the questioning and the mistrust greatly affected the leaders trying their hardest to do right by the people. I am going to read his new book, and I actually think he has others books that I was unaware of that I am going to read. Being a Christian that is so disenchanted with the church handing the mantle to individuals like Donald Trump, it is so so so refreshing to hear Russell and Mike present the Christian stances that are evident in the Bible.

But I do miss Nicole Martin and hope that she will be back. As much as I enjoy the other hosts, it’s important to have a racially diverse viewpoint.

I know this review will not make any sort of an impact to Christianity Today’s production but I feel like I need to say something before I walk away. I’ve been listening every week since the first episode. I actually started by listening to Mike Cosper in the Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. I knew right away that the shows hosts and producers, particularly Russell Moore, were left leaning/liberal in their views but reasoned to myself that it was good balance to hear non-conservative viewpoints especially since this is a “Christian” organization. However, I can no longer listen, I have had enough. Each and every week it’s just more of the same negativity towards anything Trump or Republicans. The takeaway each week is to shame me into voting the way you want me to. I mean at least tell me how I can biblically vote for the most pro-abortion Democrat ticket that the US has ever seen. Produce a podcast to show me how it is morally right to vote for policies like that. After all this time invested in your podcast regret and frustration is all that I’m left with, what a shame.

I love this podcast, and look forward to hearing conversations that are both provocative and nuanced, and also biblically grounded.

Long time listener, and really enjoy the show. But since the recent format change Nicole has very noticeably not been featured. Really hoping this is due to maybe scheduling conflicts, and doesn’t signal a departure from having her as a panelist. I find her perspective and insight into various topics very informative and is highly appreciated and MISSED!

I am a long time reader and listener and I have unfollowed and considering canceling my subscription. The political analysis is very poor and obviously subject to popular narrative that don’t bear out. I don’t turn to Christianity Today for political analysis. It’s not their strong suit. With such a large focus on politics, I am uninterested in spending time listening.

Enjoy this program so much that I subscribed to CT magazine. The daily emails linking current events with the Christian faith have encouraged me to be more thoughtful.

This podcast was recommended to me as a Christian, neutral, and non-partisan platform. However, after listening to several episodes, it's evident that it leans left, often promoting leftist policies under the guise of Christian views. The content consistently criticizes Republicans and right-leaning perspectives while overlooking the shortcomings of the left, especially in the context of Christianity. I found this quite disappointing.

I like the hosts ability to engage guests in topics of the day from a Christian perspective. I have not found a podcast that engage such a variety of topics from politics to Dr. Ruth and Richard Simmons to Christian education. I appreciate Christianity Today moving us toward discernment and away from divisive judgment.

I enjoy your show because, to be honest, it stretches me and helps keep me balanced. So thank you. But I want to encourage Dr. Russell Moore to not let his utter disdain for Trump completely blind him from what he was seeing in the President during the debate. I understand that hurt you have experienced from the ‘alt-right’ extremes, but to assert that President Biden is capable leading the free world in navigating a global crisis is to deny what we all saw. I am no fan of Trump, but in my view, you have become blinded by your pain and your disgust at an alarming level that makes me call into question your ability to see issues clearly and communicate them fairly.

Thank you!! Thank you for addressing the issues with absolute clarity and no equivocation --without any evidence or ties of emotional entanglement that would confuse the appropriate actions, expectations, and responses. We have not been members for several years but my children were raised in this church. We sat in the sanctuary and listened to the sermons which were simply masterfully recrafted lies about the repeated abuse and rape of a 12 year old child entangled with Kingdom Truths as Morris discussed as "When I was a young man, I had an inappropriate relationship with a young lady…" over and over and over again over years. Processing that. Thank you for the clarity.

Where is Mike Cosper?

Hello! I don’t normally write podcast reviews, but I wanted to humbly offer up a response to last week’s episode on campus protests. For years I’ve so deeply appreciated CT’s efforts towards examining complicated stories in good faith, especially in such a culturally fractured moment in the US. You’ve taken risks in your reporting and editorial decisions that I so admire, whether or not I agree with them. Yet I was disheartened by the attitude of disdain and the narrowness of the supporting interviews offered about the student protests. There is already a glut of editorial takes on the protest that are generally, “as adults in the room, we find these student silly and misguided.” I wonder who these takes are written for. With that tone of disdain, it would be difficult to claim that this opinion is offered as nourishment and guidance for young people in a painfully contentious time. Someone on the podcast asked if the protests signifies a failure of discipleship. How could a young person let themselves to be discipled by adults to talk about them like this? When I was in college and electrified by new ideas, I often found myself either dismissed by adults or being recruited by adults to be used for their own movements. Now in my 30s, I look back and wish that an adult had instead offered to care for me through that moment of transformation. I wonder what the good people at CT think of this. Hope to hear more thoughtful discussions soon.

I love the idea of this podcast, and I wanted it to be a “go to” for me. Sadly, it didn't hold up. I did enjoy it at first. I loved the back and forth on topics and the effort to take a reasoned approach to current events within the context of history and Christianity. I didn't always agree with the thoughts presented, but I liked that—being pushed to think in different ways. At that time, I felt like discussions where handled well and were thoughtful, intelligent, and respectful. However, the hosts started to express clearly biased content regarding Israel and dismissive comments about Palestine. I just couldn’t listen anymore. Some of the comments made were thoughtless, uninformed, unproductive, and just unprofessional. Btw, referring to someone who took their life as “evil” is not helpful to anyone. I don’t know what you think you can provide to a discussion with such a comment, but it certainly came off as cold and reductive. Disappointing because all this tarnished what respect I’d previously had for CT.

I like your show - the savvy, the principles, the humor. That’s why I was appalled at the recent review of Cowboy Carter. Mind you I’m not a fan of country music and I’m mostly agnostic about Beyoncé’s music. I checked out her new album, based on glowing comments from Nicole Martin, Charlie Peacock, and Mike Cosper. Nicole had even used the word “brilliant”. Twice. But I was appalled. Several songs are pornographic, with descriptions of explicit sexual activity, replete with f-bombs. Is this “Christianity Today”? It’s one thing to endorse the product, it’s another to endorse the product with no caveat whatsoever. I’m still in disbelief that this could happen on The Bulletin. Another non sequitur was Charlie Peacock comparing Beyonce’s album to John Coltrane’s “spiritual” album “A Love Supreme”, with “liner notes that read like a Bible study”. Sorry, Charlie. Coltrane’s notes could have been read aloud in a mosque. No mention of Christ or the gospel - just “spirituality”. As a jazz musician I am still in awe of Coltrane’s work with Miles Davis and beyond, but to my knowledge he never embraced the exclusive claims of Christ or any biblical convictions. So, shilling for Beyoncé on The Bulletin? How the mighty have fallen.

I love this show. It’s thought-provoking and defies political polarization. I really appreciate how each topic is looked at for its own sake, from all sides with serious & thoughtful discussion instead of jokey political one-liners & self-righteous naval-gazing like so many shows these days.

I downloaded this podcast as it was recommended by another great podcast. I was looking for a Christian but neutral view of the current events. I am not sure I found either. The podcast seems to weekly spend a good portion of time attacking ex president Trump. I am not a Trump fan, his behavior and treatment of others is nothing I like, but to hear them spend a good portion of some shows bashing Trump and even more so, those who support him leaves me disgusted. Again, I do not support Trump, but I have some sincere Christian friends who do and are not blind idiots that CT makes them out to be. I have listened to over 6 episodes and have not heard one negative comment about the left or the corrupt Biden family. Give Trump his due criticism but please keep it balanced. The hosts seem to be stuck in their hate for Trump with no love in their tone or speech. I will listen no more.

This is such an engaging and informative podcast. Not to be missed each week! Takes complex news, church and cultural stories and presents them in a clear and understandable way. Highly recommended

Christianity Today has been a voice in the wilderness for me. The christian Nationalist movement has left me as a Jesus follower behind. I am so grateful for Russell Moore’s leadership in this magazine and podcast. It is well worth a listen here. The Mars Hill story was particularly well done!

The show is a voice that cuts through confusion and handles the complex issues of the day rightly and with the dignity of all people in mind. I have a hard time finding thoughtful discussions on the day’s issues with the goal being to glorify Jesus and serve others. This show accomplishes that. I’m thankful for the ministry of Mike Cosper, Dr. Nicole Martin and Dr. Russell Moore.

I appreciate the podcast and gain insight and perspective in the listening. This particular episode (Reproach Carefully) got my attention in hearing the discussion about the resignation of Harvard’s president. I am so glad Nicole expressed her perspective and experience of POC having the added burden to “do twice as much to get half as far” (my words, not hers exactly). I’m so glad she stood firm on her belief that the probe into Claudine Gay’s plagiarism was racially motivated. I respect that Nicole respectfully did not back off her very valid assessment of the whole matter. I was disappointed that Mike and Dr. Moore, whom I have gained great respect for over the course of listening to the Bulletin, offered so little affirmation and respect of Nicole’s lived experience and expertise in this area. A little humility and deference goes a long way, gentlemen, especially when you are hearing from the only qualified person at the table to offer an adequate valuation of the full story. Additionally, I would have expected the Bulletin to present a broader perspective of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as has been the case with other current events and big issues. There are Christian Palestinian scholars, theologians and experts who have relevant knowledge and perspective that the Church is in dire need of hearing and learning from. The Bulletin, in my opinion, has a responsibility to give voice to the aforementioned rather than doubling down on simply taking the side of Israel.

The pretense of this podcast is that it is based on Christian beliefs. I’m not sure how you can claim that when one of the hosts isn’t even a Christian. The hosts don’t hold tightly to a Christian worldview and “Christianity Today” should not be willing to offer their platform to this show. Better yet, Christian Today should more appropriately change their name to society today.

*Generally*, the show is really thoughtful and the discussions are nuanced and respectful. Definitely worthy of listening to. No disrespect in this next statement: adding Nicole Martin, I believe, has led to substantive decrease in the quality of the discussions. For as often as she emphasizes the need for nuance in sensitive conversations….her contributions in the conversations lack…nuance. There’s not much depth to her input which is probably the only thing that tempts me to skip the episode. Stay for Russell and Mike for nuance. Stay for Nicole if you want identity politics that’s irrelevant to the discussion.

I enjoy the Bulletin pod and find the mix of Mike, Nicole and Russell a good one. I find each one thoughtful and enjoy the discussions. I particularly enjoyed the last “Ready For It” episode. I’m not generally a fan of typical year-end reviews/new-year talk but this was really good and gave me some ideas to consider as I do a new year reset. I think what I liked most about this episode is the calm tone while discussing serious matters. That is indicative of the podcast as a whole. Thanks CT

I look forward to every episode produced by The Bulletin because I know it will be researched and that the discussion will be nuanced, compassionate and as objective as possible. Mike, Russel and Nicole bring perspective to the hot topics rocking our world today and their approach is refreshingly respectful of different opinions without hesitating to state theirs. In a world of chaos where so many Christians have lost all credibility I can count on the Bulletin to give me hope. Mike just hearing your voice helps settle my anxious thoughts! Thank you so much.

I can’t stop updating my review to this show. I friggin love it! So dang interesting and insightful. Nicole Martin is a great addition.

Finally! A reasonable source of Christian thought that won’t be governed by political poisons and positions from either the right or the left. The CT staff offers much worthy conversation about faith-relevant news for consideration by today’s Christian. It’s so refreshing that this source of thought and perspective does not reverberate any agenda but the one that Jesus trumpets. The Bulletin is necessary detox from today’s politics-first popular Christian perspective and great therapy for minds that honestly seek Christ.

These are the discussions I have been so longing to have but unsure how begin in my community and church family.

This has become a must listen for me.