4 Questions for Divisive Topics

Life and Books and Everything

Clearly Reformed

Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts, Christianity

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Life and Books and Everything, Kevin shares four questions to ask regarding the most divisive topics in the church today: voting, police shootings, and Coronavirus.

Kevin also shares 4 book recommendations of some of the most recent and enjoyable titles he has read through.

This episode is sponsored by Crossway, a publisher whose goal is to publish gospel-centered, Bible-centered content that will honor our Savior and serve his Church. The Crossway title we want to highlight in this episode is Unfolding Grace: 40 Guided Readings through the Bible; discover the overarching storyline of God's Word as it is revealed through forty Scripture readings drawn from key points in the biblical narrative. Each passage, coupled with brief and accessible commentary, will help you follow God's grace as it unfolds from Genesis through Revelation. Unfolding Grace includes 40 illustrations by Peter Voth, excerpts discussing the flow of God’s plan of redemption, a single-column format, a smyth-sewn binding, and a Study guide.Timestamps:Introduction + 4 book recommendations [0:00 - 22:31]

Books mentioned:The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It) by Michael Strain

The Morality of Laughter by F. H. Buckley

The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences by Jason A. Josephson Storm

J. Gresham Machen: A Biographical Memoir by Ned B. Stonehouse - cover done by Marina Amaral

4 questions to ask when discussing voting [22:31 - 34:52]4 questions to ask when discussing police shootings [34:52 - 42:05]

4 questions to ask when discussing the Coronavirus [42:05 - 54:25]

Transcript

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0:00.0	Greetings and salutations. I am Kevin DeYoung, and I am not joined, as always, by my good friends Justin Taylor and Colin Hansen.
0:24.4	Many apologies. I am recording this on September 7 Labor Day holiday here in the United States.
0:34.6	And Colin and Justin, selfish creatures they are are are not joining me. They are doing something
0:42.3	better, no doubt. Don't worry, I am not doing this all day and I will take some time off and
0:48.8	spend some time with my family mini projects due on this beautiful day in Charlotte, but I am holding down the fort,
0:58.0	and so you are going to have a shorter life and books and everything, and it is going to be a
1:03.5	solo venture, but hopefully there will still be something that can help you pass the time
1:09.2	on your commute or mowing the lawn.
1:12.6	I ought to mention that we are sponsored again by Crossway, so grateful for their partnership
1:19.0	on the podcast, and want to mention the book, Unfolding Grace, 40 guided readings through the Bible.
1:28.9	Great book for discovering the unifying story of scripture from cover to cover through
1:33.8	40 different scripture readings.
1:36.3	Each passage with newly written introductions will enable readers to follow God's
1:42.4	redemptive plan as it develops throughout the Bible.
1:45.1	There are 40 illustrations, study guides available, unfolding grace, 40 guided readings through the Bible.
1:52.3	Thank you, Crossway, and check out that book.
1:57.7	This is going to be shorter than usual, but let's talk first about books.
2:05.6	I am always going through books, and I should hasten to add because less people give me too much credit.
2:12.6	I do read a lot of books. There's lots of other things I don't do. Reading is one of the things I
2:18.3	do, but I read books in many different ways. And so often I will read the introduction carefully.
2:27.3	I'll read a conclusion carefully, and depending on the book, I may plow through some of the middle
2:33.4	section or skim through some of the middle section.
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