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Culture & Christianity: The Allen Jackson Podcast

A Life Saved vs. A Life Surrendered [Featuring Dr. Juris Shibayama]

Culture & Christianity: The Allen Jackson Podcast

Pastor Allen Jackson

Christianity, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.9884 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This episode will challenge listeners to rethink their understanding of salvation and how living out their faith in the workplace can have a profound impact on people's lives. Pastor Allen Jackson sits down with Dr. Juris Shibayama to explore his remarkable journey from being an atheist to fully yielding his life to the Lord. Driven by an unrelenting search for truth, Dr. Shibayama reveals how influential books like Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis and The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel helped confront his skepticism and pride. The pivotal moment in his journey came when he realized there is a profound difference between being "saved" and truly "surrendered" to Christ.

More Information:

Happy, Joyous, and Free: One Man’s Journey and Guide to Ultimate Spiritual Health: https://a.co/d/4QPNMLv

The Steps to Freedom in Christ: https://freedominchrist.com/new-thestepstofreedominchrist.aspx

The Case for Christ: https://www.christianbook.com/case-christ-updated-expanded-mass-market/lee-strobel/9780310350033/pd/350034?event=BRSRCG|PSEN

Mere Christianity: https://www.christianbook.com/mere-christianity-c-s-lewis/9780060652920/pd/2926X?event=BRSRCG|PSEN
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It’s up to us to bring God’s truth back into our culture. It may feel like an impossible assignment, but there’s much we can do. Join Pastor Allen Jackson as he discusses today’s issues from a biblical perspective.

Find thought-provoking insight from Pastor Allen and his guests, equipping you to lead with your faith in your home, your school, your community, and wherever God takes you.

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0:00.0

And obviously God was doing a work in my life at this point because, I mean, for me to even entertain these things or even be in a church and all this stuff. So, and I felt like Lee Stroble did. You know, Lee Strobel thought, well, I'm just going to prove that Jesus didn't exist over a weekend. And he says, you know, after two years of overwhelming evidence, the flood was just coming at me. He's like, I just have no choice but to accept this.

0:21.9

And so I went kind of on that same investigation and I came to understand and believe that

0:28.4

Jesus actually existed.

0:31.3

He was crucified, died physically, and was resurrected from the dead.

0:36.2

And the historical evidence behind that is solid

0:40.6

um you know this is a historical event you know and so it's it's it's you know christianity

0:47.6

isn't uh just a good set of ideas or a good system to live by or something that'll you know

0:53.4

help your life get better.

0:55.1

It's just the truth.

1:00.2

Well, welcome to culture and Christianity.

1:02.8

As you know, our goal is to take our faith outside the walls of the church.

1:08.0

You know, it's good to go to church.

1:09.2

I'm a pastor.

1:09.8

I spend a lot of time in church.

1:11.7

But the real test of our faith is who we are when we're not sitting in a formal worship service.

1:16.6

When we're in the marketplace or schools or homes where our life really happens so that we don't

1:21.0

live compartmentalized or segmented lives, that we integrate that faith across our lives.

1:27.1

And this podcast is really targeted towards that,

1:29.6

so I've got to introduce you to some friends and acquaintances

1:32.0

that are really living out that whole culture and Christianity idea.

1:37.9

And I'm delighted to welcome a new guest today.

1:41.8

Dr. Yeris Shibayama, welcome.

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