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On this episode of Protestia Tonight for December 22nd, 2025, David walks through Kirk Cameron's response video on the pushback against his promotion of annihilationism and discusses why his response is sinful and deeply concerning.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for September 12, 2025, we discuss the connection between Charlie Kirk's assassination and the leftist and technological grounds upon which his enemy's worldview has grown in the present age.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for August 19, 2025, David explains how Alistair Begg rehashing, reframing, and revising the truth around the 2024 incident of his unbiblical advice is not about reputation-restoring spin, but about prior commitment to bad theology.

The accompanying article: https://protestia.com/2025/08/19/alistair-beggs-open-evangelism/

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for August 6th, 2025, David discusses the kerfuffle on X over the difference between marrying a repentant former prostitute and an unrepentant virgin.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for June 4, 2025, David discusses the scripture-twisting particulars of "hard shepherding" and the damage it does to the doctrines of forgiveness, discipline, and church leadership, examining the extreme example of Apologia Church.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for May 30, 2025, David explains how James White failed three necessary biblical/practical checkpoints to reach the conclusion that he should call on the internet to "dox" an anonymous social media user who said stuff he disagreed with.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for May 8, 2025, we discuss the persistence of "Jesus-juking" pastors who not only run from the cultural fights of the day, but actively market their churches against the controversial bravery of others rather than stand alongside them.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for April 23, 2025, David goes into detail about the corporate and financial ties between CCM's biggest names, CCLI, and how well-meaning churches are funneled into the CCM ecosystem by way of cozy relationships and biased tech tools.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for April 12, 2025, David explains why Mike Winger's "expose" of Todd White is no such thing and is instead another exercise in covering the rear end of charismatic spirituality, following in the footsteps of the charismatic movement's foundational inability to protect against corrupt leaders.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for March 28, 2025, David discusses John Piper's Roman Catholic-lite view of "falling away" and the damage it does to eternal security and justification.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for March 13, 2025, David and JD discuss the biblical call to forgive whether or not we think someone is repentant enough and talk about the need for a reckoning with regard to the SBC leaders and voices who allowed Russell Moore and his ilk to destroy the convention.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for February 27th, 2025, David and JD discuss the SBC's inability to enforce its supposed convictions on female "pastors," as well as the reasons leftist evangelicals overwhelmingly toe the line on the necessity of continued bloodshed in Ukraine.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for February 19, 2025, David recounts how the SBC got to the point where it is asking for churches to bail out their lawsuit expenses and why Sam Allberry's Side B Trinity is horrible and dangerous.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for February 15, 2025, David discusses fake online personalities and how our interactions and trust should match our access to online friends and foes.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for December 17, 2024, David explains the problem of online-active pastors and confused non-pastors attempting to "hard shepherd" online speech and responds to James White taking a swipe at Protestia over publishing material from JD Hall.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for November 13, 2024, David explains the changes to Protestia's patronage system, now dubbed Protestia INSIDER, and invites all INSIDER supporters to the INSIDER Roundtable.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for October 22, 2024, David hosts a live Q&A with JD Hall, discussing his life two years after leaving pastoral ministry, his plans going forward, and his future involvement with Protestia. In the PT VIP portion, we answer more sincere questions, including one about Steve Lawson.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for September 18th, 2024, we discuss the "lying vs deception" error made by Denny Burk, Wayne Grudem, and many other ivory tower theologians. In the PT VIP (Patreon only), we ask questions about the apparent feud between Apologia pastors and Christian Nationalist conference organizers.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for September 3, 2024, we're discussing the trouble with using the Crusades as an analog to our culture wars, Trump's stupid IVF position, and Bart Barber's terrible defense of the SBC's "Ministry Check" website. In the PT VIP, we discuss what to do with the unbelievers in your church.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for August 13, 2024, we discuss JD Greear's dissatisfaction with the relatively easy treatment he received in Megan Basham's Shepherds for Sale and how whining about little things has caused all the receipts to come out. In the PT VIP, we talk about our friends discerning by platform and personality rather than by truth.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for July 30th, 2024, we discuss Megan Basham's new book and do some polemics work on Big Eva's chosen "line of fortification" in trying to discredit the book, sacred cow Tim Keller.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for July 23, 2024, we discuss the debacle of the ERLC "firing" Brent Leatherwood, only to end up retracting the next day. In the PT VIP, we discuss the responsibility of Christians to fulfill their civil magistrate duties with their vote.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for July 9, 2024, we discuss Andy Stanley ripping SBC messengers for faithfully applying scripture to his buddy Rick Warren's disobedience. In the PT VIP, we explain the challenge political shows like the Blaze's Steve Deace have with discernment ministries being particular about theology.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for June 18, 2024, we discuss the fundamental gospel error committed by pragmatists in evangelicalism as demonstrated by SBC EC President Jeff Iorg, and talk about former ARITF chair Marshall Blalock's unequal weights and measures on the issue of justice and sex abuse reform.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for May 21, 2024, we delve into the concerns with Jason Whitlock's "Roll Call 2.0" Conference, including commentary from Jason's show by Spencer Smith, Virgil Walker, and Anthony Walker. In the PT VIP, we show perhaps the clearest demonstration of the SBC's woman pastor problem.

On this audio-only episode of Protestia Tonight for April 18th, 2024, we take issue with Christians who don't understand and/or apply the Bible's instruction to mark and avoid false teachers, specifically as it applies to the air being given to Mark Driscoll.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for March 26, 2024, David takes issue with the postmodern subjectivism of the charismatic movement by discussing clips from a recent roundtable with Sam Storms, Michael Brown, Jim Osman, and Justin Peters.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for March 13, 2023, David discusses the three overarching reasons to avoid Dallas Jenkins' TV series. In the PT VIP, we discuss John Piper's scripture-twisting, erotic love for Jesus he expects of all believers.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for March 7, 2024, we discuss the DOJ closing its probe into the Southern Baptist Convention's abuse "scandal." In the PT VIP, we talk about the phenomenon of respectable pastors riding in after the pew sitters are shot full of arrows fighting the latest cultural battle.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for February 28, 2024, we discuss how the "Law Amendment" to change the SBC Constitution to ban woman pastors will only be successful if we return to a biblical definition of "pastor." In the PT VIP, we discuss how John MacArthur's application of jurisdictional authority remains incomplete.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for February 21, 2024, David encourages pastors to preach the gospel on Easter rather than entertain the goats. In the PT VIP, we discuss John MacArthur's full response to Alistair Begg's bad advice, Karen Prior partnering with cultists and proving how right JD Hall was the whole time and Al Mohler's response to the Pressler scandal being twisted by Dee Parsons at the Wartburg Watch.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for February 8th, 2024, David talks with Seth Dunn of the Christian Commute about the tendency for public ministers to use unequal weights and measures when addressing disqualifying public teaching of similarly popular pastors. In the PT VIP, David and Seth answer sincere questions about secession versus separation and Freemasonry.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for January 30th. 2024, David talks with Pastor Jared Moore about his book "The Lust of the Flesh" and the errors of the "Side B" movement, as well as how Bart Barber threw SBC churches under the bus by allowing them to be smeared as a bunch of sex abusers. In the PT VIP segment, we discuss the ecclesiological source of Alistair Begg's lady preacher approval and how reason intersects with Christian life and practice.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for January 24th, 2024, David discusses the particulars of why he has chosen to fight a legal battle for the free speech of military members.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for January 8th, 2024, David discusses the principle of casting votes within a federalist, representative system, and what really happens when we vote 3rd party or decline to vote. In the PT VIP, we talk about ESS/EFS. (Eternal Submission of the Son / Eternal Functional Submission).

On this audio-only episode of Protestia Tonight for December 30th, 2023, David calls out pastors and institutional leaders who were not discerning or brave enough to call out Beth Moore, Russell Moore, or Tim Keller when discernment ministries had rightly marked them, yet now want to lead the surging anti-woke conversation in evangelicalism.

On this special episode of Protestia Tonight for December 17th, 2023, David makes the biblical and logical case for why the destruction of the Satanic Temple display was not a Christian response. In the PT VIP, he talks about some of the accusations he faced from friends for taking this position.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for December 12, 2023, we're discussing the "breaking" news that First Baptist Church Orlando has been flaunting God's standards for marriage and sexuality, yet the SBC Credentials Committee seems perfectly fine with it. In the PT VIP, we answer sincere questions about secular Christmas and church governance.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for November 28th, 2023, David reviews Kevin DeYoung's article about Doug Wilson and the "Moscow mood." In the PT VIP, we respond to Tom Buck's take on DeYoung's hypocrisy in calling our Wilson while remaining associated with the Gospel Coalition.

In this audio-only episode of Protestia Tonight for November 15, 2023, David discusses the duplicitousness of SBC President Bart Barber "secretly" donating to an abortion-allied opponent of conservative SBC pastor Dusty Deevers in a state he doesn't even live in. We also discuss whether or not Rosaria Butterfield sinned by teaching scripture while speaking at a recent Liberty University convocation.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for November 7, 2023, David breaks down his concerns with the actions and statements of ERLC president Brent Leatherwood in response to the release of three pages of the Nashville shooter's writings.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for October 31, 2023, David breaks down the legal particulars of the "scandalous" SBC amicus brief to the Kentucky Supreme Court, including why it was the right thing to do despite Bart Barber's mea culpa. In the PT VIP, we answer questions about church discipline and why God would describe a tribulation we won't even be around for.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for October 3, 2023, we discuss the methodological and doctrinal characteristics of evangelical churches that wind up where Andy Stanley's North Point church has landed. In the PT VIP, we identify some of the small characteristics in solid churches that lead to the downgrade seen at North Point.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for September 26th, we go live to discuss the fallout from the G3 Conference and answer sincere questions about the state of the anti-woke schism occurring on the issue of Christian Nationalism.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for September 19, 2023, David reveals and discusses the similarity between the debate over church closures happening in 2020 and the current debate over Christian Nationalism. In the PT VIP, we discuss the doctrinally agnostic shenanigans being pulled by Bart Barber and the SBC platform insiders.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for August 22, 2023, David discusses the phenomenon that is Oliver Anthony's "Rich Men North of Richmond" from a polemical perspective. In the PT VIP, we discuss the dumpster fire that is Jonathan Howe being appointed new SBC Executive Committee interim president.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for August 8, 2023, David gives a brief explanation and overview of what it means when a supposed Christian deconstructs. In the PT VIP, he opinionates on the response to JD Hall given by Phil Johnson, Justin Peters, and Chris Rosebrough last year and the approach Protestia tends to take with other online discernment/polemics ministries.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for July 27, 2023, David does a "pre-review" of the movie The Essential Church and discusses some of the underlying theological specifics of what happened back in 2020. Full movie review coming! 

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for July 11, 2023, we discuss the virtue-signaling pronoun ban in Michigan, Andy Stanley's continued minimization of the Bible, and Dan Darling finger-wagging at the Babylon Bee for satirizing Biden. In the PT VIP, we discuss the times women can preach, starting locally with our reforms and the most obvious evidence that James Merritt should not be trusted.

On this episode of Protestia Tonight for June 27th, 2023, we discuss a co-pastrix claiming the "gift of pastoring," and how the SBC made it less confusing to determine what a pastor is. In the PT VIP, David answers questions about Sabbatarianism and state Baptist conventions.