Viva La Joy: The Podcast

Carmen loves Mike Winger and watches his videos. He posted a short video speculating about why authoritarian governments target Christians since Christians are called to "be submissive" and "obey the government," and Carmen made a comment on the vid that got a lot of attention. You can watch Mike's video here: (Mike's words, you can watch the video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Ozp-MKcLl/) Carmen's comment: "Christians are a threat to authoritarian governments because Christ commands his followers to pursue goodness and justice and those governments work to undermine both of those things. Sadly, most governments expand and become authoritarian over time, so Christians almost always find themselves in the difficult position of having to make significant relational/political sacrifices in the short-term or be persecuted in the long-term." In a longer video (dropping tonight!) Carmen and Ian discuss why authoritarian governments hate Christianity, as well as wh