Borrowed Beliefs: How Detractors Depend on Christian Doctrine | Glen Scrivener

Описание: In this interview, John sits down with author, minister and director of Speak Life, Glen Scrivener for a conversation on how the Christian worldview has shaped our society. Glen does a fantastic job communicating how thoroughly the Christian ethic has shaped and still continues to shape our culture today. Most remarkably, Glen highlights how even many of the arguments of Christianity’s biggest detractors are based on presuppositions that are fundamentally Christian in nature.

Glen Scrivener is an ordained minister in the Church of England and an evangelist who preaches Christ through writing, speaking, and online media. He also directs the evangelistic ministry Speak Life. He has written several books including, The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality (The Good Book Company, 2022) and 3-2-1: The Story of God, the World, and You (10Publishing, 2014).
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0:00 - Introduction
0:44 - Introducing Glen Scrivener
1:31 - Who is Jesus?
4:01 - People no longer know what is in the Bible. Is this a problem if we are to understand our culture?
6:21 - The Bible and science
10:04 - Science gives us 'what' and 'how' questions
10:15 - Is Christianity antiquated and oppressive?
13:26 - A lack of hope in the future
15:31 - Decline in people thinking children are important
18:04 - People have gone from being the 'good guys' to being the problem on the issue of sexuality and gender
23:54 - Is Christianity about being submissive to men, though?
27:21 - Modern freedom kills real freedom
32:41 - Racism and Christianity
34:39 - Secularism is a Christian concept
40:59 - What about all the bad stuff that Christians have done?
47:21 - The old medieval concept of sin
52:35 - Cosmic child abuse
56:05 - But doesn't science tell us that the resurrection is impossible?
1:01:41 - Who are we?
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