914: Secularism Meets Christianity: Shawn McCraney Interviews John Dehlin Pt. 2
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Heart of the Matter's Shawn McCraney sits down with John to have a discussion about:
*(Part 1) John's Mormon story,
*(Part 2) The history of Mormon Stories and how his motivation behind the podcast has transformed over time, and
*(Part 3) An interesting back-and-forth as John gives his take on Christian concepts including God, sin, redemption, and much more.
Continuing a theme this year of capturing updates from some of our most impactful past interviews, in the coming weeks John will interview Shawn again to see what life has been like since his Mormon Stories interview released February 2010!
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| 0:57.0 | Hey, we're with John DeLinus, part two, founder of warmestories, |
| 1:04.0 | PhD, CEO and co-originator of Open Stories Foundation. |
| 1:10.0 | And if you didn't see part one, you should take the time to watch it |
| 1:15.0 | because you'll see a side of John that is really fascinating |
| 1:19.0 | and it lends to a tremendous foundation of personal integrity in my estimation. |
| 1:26.0 | And that's important when you balance what he has continued to do |
| 1:30.0 | just to see how that plays into who he is. |
| 1:33.0 | So right now we want to spend some time going forward from the time that you graduated BYU, |
| 1:42.0 | married, did your time with the church for their general authority |
| 1:48.0 | and then what started to happen from there. |
| 1:52.0 | So I got my dream job, I thought, in 1997-ish, |
| 1:59.0 | I went to work for Microsoft in Seattle. |
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