#174 Sharing THE truth when truth is considered hate speech, with Dr. Jeff Myers
The Alisa Childers Podcast
Alisa Childers
4.9 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Jeff Myers of Summit Ministries joins the podcast to talk about his new book, Truth Changes Everything. He shares examples of how quirky and determined Christian figures throughout history led the way in human dignity, science, art, medicine, education, politics, justice, and even the idea of meaningful work. He also discusses practical examples of how to engage a post-truth culture with the truth of the gospel.
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| 0:00.0 | It is never going to be possible to share truth fully, effectively and personally through |
| 0:10.0 | social media. |
| 0:12.3 | Social media is organized. |
| 0:15.2 | This is a claim that I'm making, but I can support it. |
| 0:18.6 | It is organized for the purpose of creating conflict and monetizing that conflict so that |
| 0:25.1 | the social media companies can make money. |
| 0:44.8 | Welcome to the Alisa Childers Podcast where we equip Christians to identify the core beliefs |
| 0:49.6 | of historic Christianity. |
| 0:51.6 | Turn its counterfeits and proclaim the gospel with clarity, kindness and truth. |
| 0:56.7 | Most Americans believe that truth is up to the individual. |
| 1:00.2 | It's relative to each person rather than it being something that you can objectively |
| 1:04.8 | know. |
| 1:05.8 | People talk about speaking my truth. |
| 1:07.5 | They're living my truth. |
| 1:09.9 | But we are faced with utter chaos in our culture, unprecedented levels of social conflict, |
| 1:17.1 | purposelessness, hopelessness. |
| 1:20.3 | These are showing people are more anxious than ever, more depressed than ever. |
| 1:24.0 | And we desperately need to know whether or not truth exists and how we can find it. |
| 1:28.0 | Well, two books have just come out, one of which, if you're a regular listener or viewer |
| 1:32.6 | of my podcast, you're already annoyed because I've brought it up so many times. |
| 1:37.0 | That's my book. |
| 1:38.2 | Live your truth and other lies, exposing popular deceptions that make us anxious, exhausted |
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