Alistair Begg on Life in a Post-Christian World

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🗓️ 26 December 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In our increasingly secular culture, Christians are beginning to feel like strangers and aliens in their own land. Perhaps, however, we’ve felt much too at home in this world in the first place. As it becomes more apparent that we live in Babylon, confusing the gospel with the American dream may become less plausible. But will we be able to stand if and when our faith is tested? On this episode, Shane Rosenthal talks with Alistair Begg about the insights into these issues he has gleaned from his study of the book of Daniel. Alistair recently published a book on this topic titled Brave by Faith: God-sized Confidence in a Post-Christian World.

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0:00.0	We need to remind ourselves that when Jesus makes those statements concerning what it means to take up our cross and follow him,
0:08.6	why then would we be surprised at the crushing impact of a world that regards us as foolish or weak,
0:16.0	when an actual fact is exactly their view of Jesus.
0:19.0	I think for the first time maybe in the life of the American Christian, we're discovering what it actually begins to feel like to be a stranger.
0:27.0	We are actually living in Babylon.
0:29.0	America is not uniquely Babylon, but it is Babylon.
0:36.0	Five centuries ago in taverns and public houses across Europe,
0:40.0	the masses would gather for discussion and debate over the latest ideas sweeping the land.
0:46.6	From one such meeting place, a small Cambridge inn called the Whitehorse, the Reformation
0:51.7	came to the English-speaking world.
0:54.6	Carrying on the tradition, welcome to the White Horse Inn.
0:58.0	Hello and welcome to another edition of the White Horse Inn. I'm Shane Rosenthal and my guest for this program is Alistair Begg,
1:07.0	who is the senior pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio,
1:10.0	and the voice of the National Daily Radio show Truth for Life.
1:14.0	Alistair has also written a number of super helpful books including what angels
1:18.2	wished they knew, the basics of true Christianity, and preaching for God's glory.
1:23.6	For the purposes of this program, we'll be talking about a book he released a few months back,
1:27.2	titled Brave by Faith, God-sized confidence in a post-Christian world. So Alster Begg, thanks so much for joining me for this
1:34.3	edition of the White Horse Inn. Thanks for the opportunity. So right off the bat, you
1:38.6	framed your new book around the themes that come up in the first seven chapters of the book of Daniel.
1:43.2	Why do you think this book of the Bible is particularly helpful for us as we consider
1:48.2	the implications of being genuinely Christian in an increasingly secular age?
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