Viral Jesus
Viral Jesus is a podcast from Christianity Today about digital communication and the power of social connections. Join author and communication scholar Heather Thompson Day as she dives deep with ministry leaders, content creators, and social media influencers to find out how they're starting important conversations, building community, and sharing their faith in digital spaces.
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Mike Planeta: Faith, Sex, and ‘The Bachelorette’
A former reality-TV contestant on the challenge of being a Christlike influencer on an often shaky national stage.
40 min
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The Power of Showing Up
Why we need more street sweepers and fewer hired hands.
10 min
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Aaron Armstrong: I’m a Christian. Now What?
A handbook for new believers and those who are called to disciple them.
44 min
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Barefooted Faith
A word of hope for the Christian who feels naked and afraid that their prayers are not getting through.
9 min
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My Shepherd, My Lord
A Psalm for those who don’t know what happens next.
10 min
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From Petition to Praise
What happens to our worship when we start with gratitude?
9 min
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Dorcas Cheng-Tozun: Social Justice for the Sens...
Christian activism isn’t just for the brash and outspoken. There’s room for quiet and introverted personalities, too.
46 min
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In the Meantime
Lessons from the waiting period between David’s anointing and his appointing.
10 min
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Brady Shearer: Shepherding Churches Through Dig...
On his way to becoming a pastor, Brady Shearer discovered his true call: help church leaders navigate the rapidly changing worlds of technology and social media.
50 min
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Making the Invisible Visible
God shows up in the gestures and actions of his church.
8 min
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Taylor Lorenz: Extremely Online
Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz on digital creators, influencer culture, and how women disrupted the internet.
41 min
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Let Us Pray Anyway
Although sometimes delayed or denied, our prayers always matter.
7 min
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Scot McKnight: Rereading Revelation
The New Testament scholar wants to help us see the Book of Revelation for what it really is—a call to radical discipleship.
45 min
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The Wisdom of Backward Design
In God’s purpose for your life, sometimes reverse is the best way forward.
7 min
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Karen Swallow Prior: Christian Culture in Crisis
Are weak and impaired imaginations at the heart of evangelicalism’s identity problems?
47 min
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Jesus, Our King
A brief meditation on remaining faithful after a door has been closed.
7 min
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Esau McCaulley: Are We There Yet?
In ‘How Far to the Promised Land’ theologian Esau McCaulley traces his family’s epic journey of faith, humanity, and redemption.
45 min
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God Is Not Superficial
He is with us even in the tensions of injustice.
8 min
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Hosanna Wong: ‘You Have a New Name’
With her viral messages, this spoken-word artist wants us to know who we are in Christ—and then to live like it.
57 min
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Little by Little
A brief meditation on the gradual ways of God.
9 min
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Your Brain Is Not Broken
University chaplain José Bourget’s adult ADHD diagnosis helped him see himself—and his God—in a different light.
45 min
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Disrupting the Sanitized Savior
Rapper Kevin “KB” Burgess on why we should spend more time getting to know “Dangerous Jesus.”
55 min
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How Did the Bible Become a Political Prop?
Kaitlyn Schiess traces the misuse of Scripture in American politics and encourages us to bring deeper discipleship to our political engagement.
51 min
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When Did White People Become White People?
TikTok professor Garrison Hayes opens our “Disrupting American gods” series with a brief history of race, racism, and identity politics.
46 min
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Disrupting Hollywood with ‘Sound of Freedom’
Angel Studios cofounder Jeffrey Harmon on the making and marketing of “The Chosen” and of the summer’s biggest film not named Barbie or Oppenheimer.
56 min