Life and Books and Everything: Moving Past Despair
When you consider the prospects for Christians right now, you might think they would be in despair. And you might be right. There is a lot of evidence that things are not going well.
In the newest episode of Life and Books and Everything, Collin, Justin, and I look at several specific phenomena that would cause despair. And then what we can do now to move from that despair and into hope. Plus, there are some great book recommendations!
Timestamps:Have you heard of Michael Reeves? [0:00 – 3:56]
Life & Football & Everything [3:56 – 7:22]
How’s COVID-19 going? [7:22 – 25:41]
Reasons for Current Earthly Despair [25:41 – 44:54]
Declining Fertility RateDeclining Church Membership RateCultural Institutions Aligned Against ChristianityThe Speed of the CollapseRace Relations Getting WorseNow what do we do? [44:54 – 1:01:56]
Books & Everything [1:01:56 – 1:15:29]
Books and Everything:Uprooted: Recovering the Legacy of the Places We’ve Left Behind, by Grace
Olmstead
A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War,
by James Byrd
Churchill: Walking with Destiny, by Andrew Roberts
Surviving Religion 101, by Michael Kruger
The Life of John Murray, by Iain H. Murray
Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest, by Crawford Gribben
The Soul of Abraham Lincoln, by William Eleazar Barton
Gilead, by Marilyn Robinson
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001, by
Garrett M. Graff
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I started listening to your podcast about 3-4 weeks ago and I'm almost up to date and I feel both happy and sad. Happy because I've learned so much from you guys and I genuinely enjoy the atmosphere you create. But also sad because I just want there to be a ton more episodes in the future which I'll have to wait for.
As I listen to your podcast while driving you have been with me through some very difficult times in this stage of my life and in a matter of minutes you never fail to, first, make me laugh and have a good time while learning, but more importantly you help me to enjoy God forever and read a good book.
May God continue to bless your ministry,
Daniel Hernandez