In 2024, about 8 in 10 white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. Among Black Protestants, some of the most religious Americans, about 15% did. Same Bible. Opposite votes. So which Christians do we mean when we talk about "the Christian vote"?

In this episode, Dennis Kramer turns to the Christian voters who rarely make the headlines: the Black church and its long tradition of faith and justice, Catholics as America's swing vote, and Hispanic Christians, whose faith and voting are both changing fast. Then we put the data side by side and ask what really shapes how Christians vote.

0:00 Cold Open

1:22 Introducing the Host

2:07 Welcome

3:36 The Black Church

7:41 Catholics, the Swing Vote

12:00 Hispanic Christians on the Move

15:09 By the Numbers

17:58 The Case Each Side Makes

19:30 Closing

"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities." Romans 13 has been quoted to defend the American Revolution's opponents, the Fugitive Slave Act, and apartheid, and in 2018 to defend separating families at the border. So what did Paul actually mean?

In this episode, Dennis Kramer goes back to Nero's Rome to read Romans 13 in its setting, alongside the verses around it that often get left out. We look at the data on how Americans think about authority, Scripture, and law today, trace how the chapter has been used and misused through history, and hear the strongest case from each side.

0:00 Cold Open

1:32 Introducing the Host

2:17 Welcome

3:34 Rome, Around AD 57

6:05 Reading the Whole Passage

10:43 By the Numbers

14:16 Romans 13 on Trial

18:37 The Case Each Side Makes

20:44 Closing