Rick Pidcock
@rickpidcock
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Religion writer, Baptist News Global | Author, "Weapons of Worship," Broadleaf Books, 2026 | Host, "Highest Power: Church + State" | Stay at home dad | He/him
Greenville, SC
Joined January 2011
I sporadically get new followers. So I figured I’d introduce myself in a thread. I’m a stay at home dad for five kids ages 5-13 and a religion writer with pieces for Baptist News Global, the American Academy of Religion, BioLogos, Patheos, and the Center for Christogenesis. 1/10
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CURRENT HEADLINES CNN: "Trump says he and Hegseth didn’t know about second strike" MSNOW: "Trump backs Hegseth as strike fallout grows" FOXNEWS: "White House hits back hard after Sabrina Carpenter slams ICE for using her song"
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For tonight's episode of "Highest Power: Church + State," I look at the Miller, Trump, and Leavitt families to discuss immigration hypocrisy, demonic puppetry, and how we respond to family members who are okay with violence against us.
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Podcast Episode · Highest Power: Church + State · 12/01/2025 · 25m
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How does thankfulness get redefined in systems of hierarchy? Check out Ep. 78 of "Highest Power: Church + State"! https://t.co/yo7e3jf4J7
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"Solomon Ray isn’t Black. Ray also isn’t a man. In fact, Ray isn’t even human. Instead, Ray and the music that rose to the top spot on the Christian charts are created by artificial intelligence." https://t.co/AasLHkEsgb
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As Thanksgiving dinner dishes clink and clatter this Thursday afternoon, millions of Americans will open their phones and begin playing Christmas music. One of the EP’s they’ll likely see is “A...
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The top song on the Christian charts right now is from a fake AI artist created by a MAGA rapper who promotes violence. Here’s my latest piece! https://t.co/vG1aHWjUea
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As Thanksgiving dinner dishes clink and clatter this Thursday afternoon, millions of Americans will open their phones and begin playing Christmas music. One of the EP’s they’ll likely see is “A...
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Meet the "transvestigators': a group of conservative conspiracy theorists who posit that Erika Kirk and other public figures are secretly transgender. https://t.co/bxTggkUY2m
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Erika Kirk has been no stranger to online scrutiny in the months since her husband, Charlie, was murdered. When she appeared on “The Charlie Kirk Show” just five days after his memorial service,...
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Listen now to HIGHEST POWER Episode 76: How Our Allegiance to Political Teams Leads Us to Excuse Sexual Abuse. https://t.co/O5nhcT4fUv
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On tonight's episode of "Highest Power: Church + State," I talk about how our allegiance to political teams leads us to excuse sexual abuse. https://t.co/qundjA7a30
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I have a new piece out tonight where I defend Erika Kirk, of all people, from the attacks of ... conservatives who are claiming she's transgender. https://t.co/pD5yQz1KiY
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Erika Kirk has been no stranger to online scrutiny in the months since her husband, Charlie, was murdered. When she appeared on “The Charlie Kirk Show” just five days after his memorial service,...
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"The excuse-making & the blame-shifting & the changing of terms that they do within their churches & denominations are now being played out in our nation's politics." A don't-miss episode from @rickpidcock... and in it, he reads my letter to #MegynKelly. ⬇️ #EpsteinFiles
On tonight's episode of "Highest Power: Church + State," I discuss the Epstein coverup and how rightwing pundits are minimizing sexual abuse. https://t.co/f7bMjY9fZa
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On tonight's episode of "Highest Power: Church + State," I discuss the Epstein coverup and how rightwing pundits are minimizing sexual abuse. https://t.co/f7bMjY9fZa
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Since the U.S. Government is now chasing Christians into the woods during church events, I'll share this one again. It's my apology to white evangelicals. They were right. I was wrong. https://t.co/aYQYBTvPKD
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I need to offer a full apology to white evangelicals. I was wrong. You were right. I make no excuses and offer no explanations or caveats. I wish I would have listened to you and taken your...
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I talked about how the internal battles our two parties have within themselves reveal their values. Then after I submitted the episode to my producer, I heard what Megyn Kelly said about Epstein, pedophiles, and 15 year olds. So ... as I was saying. https://t.co/bi4hC90v4D
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There is no wholeness in hierarchy because there is no wholeness in putting people in their place by telling them they must remain perpetually beneath you.
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If conservative evangelicals are correct, then God originally came up with quantum physics and then followed it up with the sequel of male headship. That's a worse letdown than The Return of Jafar.
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Nate Schlomann: "The left does not care about immigrants as people. They care about importing favorable voting demographics...Love your neighbor by supporting the deportation / remigration of 50 million." https://t.co/HKFPyi8F4X
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While white evangelicals like to brand their churches to their neighbors as cool and kind, their behavior toward their neighbors often is cruel. I recently came across a perfect example of this...
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You can't be a Christian nationalist and embody the fruit of the Spirit.
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I have a new piece out tonight about how a church is attempting to brand themselves as kind, when their pastor is behaving with cruelty toward immigrants as a result of being formed by their church's cruel beliefs. https://t.co/B4Xr6t7oFN
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While white evangelicals like to brand their churches to their neighbors as cool and kind, their behavior toward their neighbors often is cruel. I recently came across a perfect example of this...
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