Church Soup ***CHRISTMAS SPECIAL***

Welcome back to Church Soup, the greatest evangelical news show in the history of the internet. I'm your host,

Keith Foskey, the Harbor Freight Doug Wilson, King of the Amillennialists, and little known fact, the

Polka King of the Midwest. Here at Church Soup, we take all the evangelical news, mix it together into a hilarious stew, and serve it to you in about 10 minutes.

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I want to kick things off quickly this week with an amazing claim from self -proclaimed prophet Joshua Holmes, who along with stating he cannot get sick, also says that he has god -like powers over his environment.

And so I don't have no sickness or disease in my body. I'm anti -sickness. I am a god to every environment

I go into. Hmm. I've heard this before. I'm a god. Holmes also makes a claim which to me seems like something only a child would brag about.

Often times I eat without washing my hands. Bragging about not washing your hands does not make you more god -like.

It just means you nasty. By the way, is it just me, or does Holmes look like he is the lost member of Milli Vanilli?

Girl, you know it's true. I do have one question. If you're really a prophet from God, how are you still rocking an

AOL .com email address? That's like listening to the latest music on 8 -track tapes. As a prophet, you'd think you would have seen that one coming.

Also it's ironic that Holmes claims no lack when it comes to health and dominion, but he sure does seem to have a financial deficiency, indicated by the multiple on -screen reminders that he has both

PayPal and Zelle options for donations. Just remember folks, the only way health and wealth preachers can keep up their ruse is by having people foolish enough to send them money.

So if you're sending money to Holmes, just STOP IT. Moving on. Thanksgiving was just a few weeks ago, and in a sermon at Jackson Revival Center Church, an analogy was made between fried foods and the work of the

Holy Spirit. You're gonna fry some chicken, you're gonna need some oil. You're gonna fry some fish, you're gonna need some oil.

You're gonna fry some vegetables, you're gonna need some oil. You're gonna fry some bacon, you're gonna need some oil.

Uh -uh. You don't need no oil when you fry bacon, because what? Bacon has its own oil!

The irony of this video is that you have a person who the Bible doesn't permit, making a point the

Bible doesn't support, using a food that two -thirds of the Bible doesn't allow. That's like a foolishness trifecta.

And listen, when it comes to preaching about food, you can try all you want, but you ain't never gonna beat this lady.

I got beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, lamb, rams, hogs, dogs, chicken, turkeys, rats.

You name it! That's how it's done. At Christmastime, we often see a literal explosion of bad messages which try to contort the story of the

Incarnation into some kind of social gospel mold. Well, no one seems to have done this more egregiously than this

United Church of Christ minister who uses the Annunciation of Mary as a call for pro -choice rights.

Mary gets to choose. And Mary chooses to carry the

Messiah. Mary says, let it be in the story, which means that Mary is afforded a choice that so many people in our society today are no longer afforded.

Seriously? That's what you get from the story? Are you serious? It takes a creatively warped mind to compare the joyful response of Mary to the news of the

Christ child to a person deciding on whether to allow their already conceived and unborn child the right to live.

Using that logic, we could totally reinterpret the actions of Herod. He wasn't wrong for killing the children of Bethlehem.

He was just trying to liberate all the moms so that they could break free of their patriarchal suppression and go get jobs at the local market.

Speaking of terrible interpretations of the Nativity story, Netflix premiered a new movie about Mary just in time for the

Christmas season because, of course, and it contains a wild assortment of unbiblical nonsense because, of course.

Which is surprising as it was produced by none other than the bastion of biblical interpretation himself,

Joel Osteen, who posted online, See Mary as you've never seen her before. Here's the thing,

Joel, we don't want that. Every person who tries to retell these stories thinks they have to add in a thousand unbiblical subplots from Noah's rock monsters to now

Mary being drugged and seduced by Satan. Thanks all the same, but listen, you can keep your weird

Nephilim rock monsters, your girl power Mary movie, and whatever the latest thing Dallas Jenkins is up to.

If there was ever a time when the phrase, the book was better, applies, it's any time people try to make a

Bible movie. Churches throughout the United States always try to outdo themselves by ramping up their seasonal festivities.

Like this church which did a How the Grinch Stole Christmas themed worship service where a person dressed as the

Grinch keeps interrupting the speaker. That Grinch, bye, he'll be out there taking pictures with everybody after service.

The Grinch, some of you are looking at us like we're the worst people on the planet for showing that you need to lighten up, that was funny.

Okay, don't be a self -righteous parent. Hi, I'm Keith, part -time humorist.

There's a basic rule when it comes to humor. If you have to tell someone that something is funny, it probably isn't.

Unless you're Larry the Cable Guy. I don't care who you are, that's funny right there. And if you have to chastise your audience because of their discomfort during your nonsensical stage banter which you're pretending is a worship service, perhaps it's time to grow up and stop trying to do

VBS for adults. The holiday season is a time when a lot of people take stock of their life and make plans as they approach the new year.

For some people that means starting a new diet or exercise program, for others maybe a new Bible reading outline.

And for at least one preacher, it's the decision that he needs to get married. And it doesn't really matter to whom.

I believe that God told me that my wife was here. And yeah, so whoever was planning on approaching me tonight, yeah,

I'm ready. You know what? Shoot your shot, fella. Do what you gotta do. What's the worst that could happen?

It's obvious you're not going to make it on Charisma and Charm, so maybe you're right to think that varsity level cringe is the way to go.

You never know who's in the audience. Also, and this is important, I definitely need a follow -up video to see if anyone took him up on this offer.

Because if so, I need that entire story on my desk in the form of a documentary by next week.

Pastorette Jordan Busey of Asylum Hill Congregational Church recently claimed that sexual binaries are a colonial tool, which has perpetuated violence and hatred.

We need to be very clear about something. Binaries are a colonial tool.

Please take note that the church literally has the word asylum in the name. It's called

Asylum Hill because apparently Mount Crazy Church was just too on the nose.

Over the past few years, I've made dozens of videos where I joke about denominations, and one in particular

I've teased a bit has been the United Methodist Church. Fingers crossed. Well, it seems even my character with his obvious effeminance and exaggerated lisp is nothing compared to what is actually happening in some

UMC churches. Case in point, meet Russian Kimble of Broadway United Methodist Church in Orlando, Florida.

My name is Russian Kimble. My pronouns are he, him, his. I have the privilege of serving as the pastor of Broadway United Methodist Church in downtown

Orlando. Also, my drag name is still a work in progress. So if you have any ideas, just please let me know.

Well, since you're asking, I think your drag name should be Blasphemy. Because it's certainly a blasphemy.

Now for a new segment, news about the news. Mainstream media is losing its mind over Elon Musk declaring that X, formerly

Twitter, is the new media, and that old media outlets are becoming obsolete. Their frustration was verbalized at the

National Press Club when Axios CEO Jim Vanderhyde said this. My message to Elon Musk is bulls**t.

You're not the media. MSNBC then echoed Vanderhyde with a tirade of self -congratulatory reminders.

What the New York Times does matters. What the Wall Street Journal does matters.

What church soup does matters. And don't you forget it. Greatest evangelical news show in the history of the internet.

Also, it amazes me that he was also willing to say this. Are social media people lying every day, every hour, every minute?

Of course, we all know it's only people on social media who lie. The mainstream media would never mislead us.

But keep in mind, this is the same man who just weeks before Biden dropped out of the presidential race said this.

He's far beyond cogent. In fact, I think he's better than he's ever been.

Sir, if you were a wooden puppet, your nose would be long enough to have a bird's nest in it by now. Finally, in political news, to no one's surprise, and even after repeatedly saying he wouldn't,

Joe Biden has announced that one of his last acts as president will be to pardon his son

Hunter after a litany of criminal allegations have surrounded him for over a decade. But as generous as Biden is being as he prepares to exit the

White House, we all know at least one person who will not be receiving a presidential pardon. And Corn Pop was a bad dude.

Oh, Corn Pop, you're going to live forever. Thank you for watching Church Soup. I appreciate everyone who has contributed to this show by tagging me and sending me material throughout the month.

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