Recently, there’s been deep concern expressed by some Christian commentators about my new film, “Am I Racist.” Thee pundits are troubled by the film because, they say, we used deceptive tactics to capture the footage. This is profoundly problematic, they say. They are disturbed. A Christian has made a movie that is interesting and funny and effective and that appeals to a wide audience — and this of course is a cause for great alarm among the sorts of Christians who want to make sure that we never do anything interesting, funny, or effective, especially if it appeals to a wide audience. No, what they want, always, are things that are lame, boring, redundant and insular.
I’ve already addressed the arguments these people have made. I don’t need to address it again. And yet here we are. I happened to see a clip posted to Twitter by the account Woke Preacher Clips. This is a conversation on a podcast called “Holy Post,” hosted by Phil Vischer, best known as one of the creators of “Veggie Tales.” Vischer has gone woke in recent years — or maybe always was, I don’t know. But it’s no great surprise that he is apparently not a fan of mine. He’s joined on this episode by Pastor Mike Erre and Skye Jethani, who is now a Christian speaker and was once, I believe, also a pastor. These three brilliant minds came together to talk about the film — a film that, as far as I can tell, none of them have seen. Listen:
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