# #94 - Larry Taunton and John Zmirak

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Podcast: [The Eric Metaxas Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-eric-metaxas-show-522820)
Published: 2026-04-10T22:31:09+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-eric-metaxas-show20/episodes/94---Larry-Taunton-and-John-Zmirak-e3hnqvk
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## Resource

Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Eric talks with Larry Taunton about Tucker Carlson’s defense of Islam, his attack on the Book of Esther, and why false teaching becomes dangerous when it is dressed up as Christian commentary. Later, Eric speaks with John Zmirak about Baptist Press, Christian morality in public life, the lie of secular neutrality, and why America’s founding was rooted in truths far deeper than modern leftist institutions want to admit. Subscribe for clips from The Eric Metaxas Show to hear politics and culture from a Christian perspective.

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