"Dear Christianity..."
The number of persons that identify as "practicing Christians" as been reduced by half since 2000. This podcast and its website (DearChristianity.net) are framed by three BIG ideas:
1. Christianity has an obvious and serious problem - a crisis that will be written about in future history books -
2. Owing to a widespread and fundamental misunderstanding re the essence of Christianity (that it's merely a lifestyle),
3. And the solution is simple and extravagantly good.
1. Christianity has an obvious and serious problem - a crisis that will be written about in future history books -
2. Owing to a widespread and fundamental misunderstanding re the essence of Christianity (that it's merely a lifestyle),
3. And the solution is simple and extravagantly good.
This is a weekly place to help listeners think more deeply about three essential ingredients for life: faith, hope, and love.
Episodes
16 episodes
Dr Devin Brown & Lessons from CS Lewis' Narnia
Podcast discussion with Dr Devin Brown of Asbury College. We discuss Lewis' Narnia and his love of fairy stories.
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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37:16
Greg Curtis discussion about growing churches in an age of dramatic decline
Discussion with my friend Greg Curtis of Eastside Church in Anaheim about his approach to helping churches grow by thoughtfully engaging with visitors by treating them like humans with grace and kindness. Greg's website: www.assimilayas.com
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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39:10
The Great Good Friday
Good Friday sermon: It is finished - The last words of Jesus
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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8:45
S2E5 CS Lewis: Why make requests of God if He knows what we need?
CS Lewis essay re prayer - he wrote very much on prayer, including his final book before his death, Letters to Malcolm, Chiefly on Prayer.
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9:57
CS Lewis Essay: Does Prayer Work?
Essay from CS Lewis, "Does Prayer Work?"
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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17:15
"What's wrong with Christianity?"
Comparing contemporary Christianity with scripture, logic, and personal experience.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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27:13
The Great Good Friday
Good Friday sermon: It is finished - The last words of Jesus
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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8:45
Season One Finale: My "Dear Christianity..." letter
My letter to contemporary Christianity
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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12:00
Discussion with Justyn Terry - Vice Principal at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University
Truly delightful conversation with Justun Terry of Oxford's Wycliife Hall. He responds to the data regarding the crisis of Christianity's decline in the US, and he also shares how to preach the gospel to real human persons.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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37:58
The unChurching and DeChristianing of America
Data regarding the mass exodus of persons in the US leaving either Christianity or the church - in historic numbers since the mid-1990s
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Episode 5
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15:37
Map of the whole Bible through a Preface?
Preface of Martin Luther's Commentary on Romans
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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20:18
Is Christian growth moral progress?
A look at the consequence of presuming that Christian maturity is the same as moral progress.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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21:07