The Phil Vischer Podcast: Ep 10- The State of Christian Retail & Current Events

Should you be thanking Rupert Murdoch for your bible?

Skye and Christian are back to join Phil for this week’s podcast. They talk about Phil’s trip to the International Christian Retail Show, the current state of Christian retail and how most Christian companies are subsidiaries of large secular ones. They discuss the tragic shooting in Aurora, Colorado and the NCAA punishments for Penn State. The crew also responds to questions from the podcast on dreams and calling.

If you have comments or questions for Phil, Christian, & Skye you can post them here in the comments. They might answer you in an upcoming podcast.

Listen to episode 10 here.

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