Welcome to the Church & Culture podcast, a weekly discussion with James Emery White on the latest trends happening in culture, and where and how the church should respond.
In this week’s conversation between Dr. James Emery White and co-host Alexis Drye, they discuss the fact that as culture becomes less and less rooted in Christianity, and people (sadly) have more and more encounters with Christians who are not very Christlike, misconceptions and caricatures of the Christian faith seem to be growing. Today’s discussion, which was a listener-submitted topic, will walk through four of the most common caricatures in today’s culture.
Episode Links
Here are some series given by Dr. White at Mecklenburg Community Church related to the caricatures covered in today’s discussion that you may be interested in taking a look at:
“Astrophysics… for People Who Are Open to God”
“Don’t Check Your Brains at the Door”
“Why?”
And then here are a few past podcast episodes that you can go back and listen to in case you missed them that may add to today’s discussion:
CCP103: On the Sudden Rise of LGBTQ
CCP92: On Challenges to Believing the Bible
CCP63: On Why Christians Are So Mean
Finally, here are two books that were mentioned in the conversation for you:
A Mind for God by James Emery White
The Gift of Pain: Why We Hurt and What We Can Do About It by Philip Yancey and Paul Brand
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