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Ideas have consequences. Join Mitch Friedman as he discusses the cultural ideas of our day and runs them through a biblical grid to find out if the idea is true, or if its "nose is growing." New episodes every Monday and Friday.

Mitch Friedman


    • Jul 6, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 82 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from The Pinocchio Project

    DINKing Ourselves Into Oblivion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 30:12


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

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    The Cornerstone of Adulting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 18:52


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Climate Change and a Mother's Grief

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 25:42


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    A Matrix of Ideas and a Heart of Wisdom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 28:31


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    The Worker's Beautiful Burden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 33:48


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    The Ultimate Irony of Transhumanism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 35:15


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Celebrating the Resurrection

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 21:34


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    From "Least Likely" to "Most Certainly"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 12:04


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Worldview Lessons From Pinocchio Himself

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 29:03


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Rolling Over in the Clover

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 23:42


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    The Joy of Agony

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 27:53


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Whistling Past the Maternity Ward

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 40:58


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

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    Can Technology Save Us?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 46:23


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    One Is The Loneliest Number

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 39:44


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Buzzkill

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 27:45


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Civil War

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 30:34


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    How's The Weather?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 32:32


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Of Vice and Virtue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 21:38


    New episodes weekly!We'd love to hear from you:YouTube: youtube.com/@pinocchioprojectFacebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    A Tale Of Two Doctors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 19:48


    A New Venture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2023 24:08


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    Another Christmas Bonus Episode!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 17:38


    Mitch discusses Mary.

    Bonus Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 21:01


    A Christmas gift from Mitch to you.

    Privilege and Ingratitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 24:06


    Mitch ends season two by looking at the connection between privilege and ingratitude.Season three drops 1/9/2023New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    It Pays To Increase Your Word Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2022 19:54


    In this episode, Mitch take a look at a bunch of words and phrases.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    As A Matter Of Fact, Image Is Everything: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2022 14:53


    In this episode, Mitch continues his discussion about the imago Dei.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    As A Matter Of Fact, Image Is Everything: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 18:10


    In this episode, Mitch talks about the imago Dei.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Deep Cuts With Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 16:54


    In this episode, Mitch goes beyond Jesus' greatest hits and discusses some of the more challenging things the Son of God has told us in scripture.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Public Policy: Root Or Fruit?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022 23:18


    In this episode, Mitch discusses the root of public policy.Richard Neuhaus died 2009: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_John_NeuhausFirst Things Magazine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_ThingsNew episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    The Successful Christian Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 23:16


    In this episode, Mitch looks at three voices: the martyr, the marketer, and the Master.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Holocausts: Blatant & Hidden

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 14:27


    In this episode, Mitch talks about a recent vacation with his wife, and voting with biblical convictions.Resources mentioned:Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    The Multiverse...Turns Out It Does Exist

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 16:18


    In this episode, Mitch looks at some results from the recent state of theology survey conducted by the Barna Group.The State Of Theology SurveyNew episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    What Part Of, "it's not for you to understand," Don't You Understand?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 18:06


    In this episode, Mitch admits he does not know something.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Yours, Mine, and Ours

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 18:02


    In this episode, Mitch tries to wrap his head around how to live his truth.New episodes every Monday and Friday.Books ReferencedAlisa Childers - Live Your Truth and Other LiesCarl Trueman - The Rise and Triumph of the Modern SelfWe'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Molech In The Modern World

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 22:23


    In this episode, Mitch reviews a recent speech by President Biden.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Vote Not The Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 24:54


    In this episode, Mitch discusses the upcoming elections and using your biblical grid to make the best decisions when choosing candidates.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Jesus Is My Copilot, Y'all

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 21:28


    In this episode, Mitch takes a look at some christian titles on the NYT books best seller list.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    The Good Life, Grammatically Speaking

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 19:24


    In this episode, Mitch nerds out on the biblical text. Words are important!New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

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    Deep Cuts With Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 15:24


    In this episode, Mitch goes beyond Jesus' greatest hits and discusses some of the more challenging things the Son of God has told us in scripture.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Of Lullabies and Sovereignty

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 20:38


    In this episode, Mitch talks (sings?) about the siren song of the state, and our own small but powerful spheres of influence.Alexis de TocquevilleAbraham KuyperNew episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 15:44


    In this episode, Mitch ends a three episode series on limits. How do you feel about limits? Are they oppressive and unfair, or are they an invitation to flourishing?  New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Limits: When Invitation Became Injustice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 20:50


    In this episode, Mitch starts a three episode series on limits. How do you feel about limits? Are they oppressive and unfair, or are they an invitation to flourishing?  New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Limits: The Invitation in Creation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 18:18


    In this episode, Mitch starts a three episode series on limits. How do you feel about limits? Are they oppressive and unfair, or are they an invitation to flourishing?  New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    How To Start A Fire...Even With Wet Wood

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 19:34


    New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Theology, Politics, and the Mushy Middle

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 25:32


    In this episode, Mitch challenges Christians in America to reconsider the responsibility God has required of us to be involved in the "polis."New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    The Purpose of a Sponge

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 19:50


    In this episode, Mitch talks about discipling children and examines some bad ideas parents often have.First Things Magazine link: https://www.firstthings.comScripture Reference: Deut: 6, Prov: 22, Col: 3, Eph: 6New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Facebook: facebook.com/pinocchioprojectpodcastEmail: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Destinations 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 19:30


    In this episode Mitch completes our series of discussions on Worldview by focusing on the question of restoration (where is all of this going?). New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Email: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Destinations 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 19:56


    In this episode Mitch continues a series of discussions on Worldview by focusing on the question of destinations (where is all of this going?). Part two of restoration will drop on Friday and will conclude our series on building a Biblical Worldview. New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Email: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Solutions

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 26:34


    In this episode Mitch continues a series of discussions on Worldview by focusing on the question of solutions (how can I be saved?). Short answer from the Biblical text: Jesus.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Email: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Problems

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 22:08


    In this episode Mitch continues a series of discussions on Worldview by focusing on the question of problems (what's wrong with this place?). Short answer from the Biblical text: Sin.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Email: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Origins

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 22:10


    In this episode Mitch continues a series of discussions on Worldview by focusing on the question of origins and looking at the biblical text that provides the answers.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Email: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

    Lenses

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 12:57


    In this episode Mitch continues a series of discussions on Worldview. He makes the case that everyone everywhere has a set of lenses they look through that determines how they see and understand the world around them.New episodes every Monday and Friday.We'd love to hear from you!Email: pinocchioprojectpod@gmail.comTwitter: @PinocchioPod

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