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We hear these terms like critical theory or intersectionality and sometimes we let them go

in one ear and out the other, but they really do these ideas, these world views really do have

an impact on our everyday lives. They are in our schools. They are in the workplace and they're

not just they're floating around. They're being implemented. You hear about someone losing their

job because they won't take part in a diversity equity and inclusion seminar. Well, that's critical

theory. That's the result of ideas and world views like intersectionality. Welcome back to issues

et cetera. I'm Todd Wilkin. Dr. Peter Scherer joins us to discuss critical theory and intersectionality.

He's professor of New Testament and chairman of the Department of Exigenical Theology

at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He's authored a column for the Concordia

Theological Quarterly titled Critical Theory and Intersectionality. Peter, welcome back.

Yeah, good to be with you Todd. The Apostle Paul describes what he calls a strong delusion as part

of the downward spiral of sin. What was he talking about? Yeah, I mean our Lord is the way the truth

in the life and the fall into sin begins with deception and the end of our existence here on earth,

the end of the world when our Lord comes in judgment. We are told by Paul that there will be a great

or strong delusion. So it's a great deception that captures the hearts and minds and even closes the

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