Abortion, Threats to the Church, and Depicting Jesus
Life and Books and Everything
Clearly Reformed
4.6 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2021
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Kevin and Justin take a long, hard look at abortion in America. With the new law in Texas making news, and a potential challenge to Roe v. Wade, they help us get back to basics with practical resources for changing hearts and minds regarding abortion. They also ask where the primary threat to the American church is coming from. Is it secularism from outside, or corruption and sin inside? And in a moment of light disagreement, they discuss the pro and cons of depicting Jesus in media like The Chosen. Plus, the book recommendations that are not at the top of everyone’s mind.
Life and Books and Everything is sponsored by Crossway, publisher of The Death of Porn, by Ray Ortlund.
In The Death of Porn, Ray Ortlund writes six personal letters, as from a father to his son. Ideal for individuals and small groups, it will give hope to men who have been misled by porn into devaluing themselves and others.
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Timestamps:
Eradicate Porn [0:00 – 2:30]
Nebraska vs. Michigan State [2:30 – 6:06]
Abortion [6:06 – 32:12]
Is the greatest threat to the Church internal or external? [32:12 – 50:26]
Problems with Depicting Jesus in The Chosen [50:26 – 1:03:01]
Non-Top-Ten Book Recommendations [1:03:01 – 1:11:55]
Books and Everything:
Resources on Abortion:
The Case for Life, by Scott Klusen dorf
SLED argument against abortion
Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice , by Francis Beckwith
Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade , by Clarke Forsythe
Eternal Perspectives Ministries , with Randy Alcorn
Robert P. George and Patrick Lee
Marvin Olasky, book on abortion forthcoming from Crossway
Non-Top-Ten Book Recommendations:
- From Justin:
Commentary on the New Testament, by Robert Gundry
Wrestling with an Angel: A Story of Love, Disability and the Lessons of Grace , by Greg Lucas
Know the Truth: A Handbook of Christian Belief, by Bruce Milne
- From Kevin:
True Devotion: In Search of Authentic Spirituality, by Allan Chapple
Wisdom in Leadership, by Craig Hamilton
The Book of the Dun Cow, by Walter Wangerin, J r.
The Everlasting Man
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and salutations, listeners, good to have you with us. |
| 0:11.9 | This is Life and Books and Everything. |
| 0:14.6 | I'm Kevin DeYoung, joined with Justin Taylor. |
| 0:18.7 | Colin is out and about, |
| 0:21.1 | uh, |
| 0:22.1 | mourning the wildcats defeat the hands of Duke, |
| 0:26.8 | perhaps, |
| 0:27.5 | uh, |
| 0:27.7 | lighting a candle for the rest of Alabama's season since they almost lost to |
| 0:32.1 | Florida. |
| 0:32.4 | But we do have two thirds of the three musketeeteers here and good to be back with you after a |
| 0:40.6 | few weeks off the schedule hopefully for the rest of this year is to release a new episode |
| 0:50.0 | about every other week so good to be with you here. And you can subscribe, hopefully, and get these at least twice a month. |
| 0:59.5 | That at least keeps us sane. |
| 1:01.5 | And if you're hanging on our every episode, then you need to listen to some other podcasts. |
| 1:08.0 | No, glad to have you with us and glad to have you listening and glad to have Crossway sponsoring, |
| 1:13.5 | Life and Books and Everything. Ray Ortland's new book, it has a very Ray sort of title. It's good, |
| 1:25.9 | the death of porn. And Justin, what is Ray talking about? What's he |
| 1:30.7 | trying to do in this book? Is it just, I don't want to say just another, but my impression is it's |
| 1:35.6 | more than a sexual purity book. It's that, but there's other elements to it. Yeah, I think that's |
| 1:41.6 | right. Obviously, sexual purity is at the heart of it, but Ray is writing to men in particular |
| 1:48.0 | and with his fatherly voice addressing the next generation and calling men to be noble men to |
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