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Andrew Klavan: How Reading about Murder Led Me to Christ

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Society & Culture, Philosophy, Christian Faith, Remnant Radio, Apologetics Podcast, Theology Podcast, The Remnant Radio, Religion & Spirituality, Gifts Of The Spirit, Christianity, Culture

4.7 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

What happens when a crime novelist steeped in atheism starts asking hard questions about good, evil, and the meaning of life? In this episode of Remnant Radio, @AndrewKlavan —bestselling author, Daily Wire host, and former atheist—reveals how reading some of the darkest literature in Western history unexpectedly paved his road to Christ. From Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment to the disturbing philosophies of the Marquis de Sade, Klavan shares how the reality of evil pointed him t...

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Joshua Lewis here with Remnant Radio, and I'll tell you about Rimcon this spring in San Diego, California.

0:06.8

The dates are February 5th through the 7th, and the subject of the conference is growing in the Gifts of the Spirit.

0:12.3

You can join us there in person or via live stream, and what you're going to get out of that conference is some serious theological training on the gifts of the Spirit.

0:22.6

What are they? How do they operate?

0:28.1

There's also going to be opportunities to break out and practice spiritual gifts in a kind of biblical,

0:33.9

safe, and orderly way. We've got lectures from myself, Michael Miller, Michael Roundtry, John Mark Baker, from the Minor Prophets, and Dr. Sam Storms. So if you're looking to move beyond just

0:38.9

the theoretical and learning the theology of spiritual guests, but you're actually wanting to start

0:42.8

practicing them for yourself, I'd encourage you to come out and hang out with us February 5th

0:48.3

through the 7th there in San Diego, California. Hey, everybody, welcome back to the wonderful world

0:53.7

of remnant radio.

0:54.7

I've got Andrew Claven with us, and we're talking about the Kingdom of Kane. It's going to be an exciting program. You guys, stay tuned. Hey, everybody. Thank you so much for jumping back into the program with us. We've got guest Andrew Claven with us, who's written a phenomenal book on the Kingdom of Kane. and we'll give him in a second to kind of describe what that is and unpack that for us.

1:13.9

But before we dive into the program, let me remind you, subscribe to the channel, like the video. It helps us in the YouTube algorithms and all that fun stuff. Let me turn it over to my co-host, my partner in crime, Michael Roundtree. How are you doing over there in Oklahoma City? Doing really well. Beautiful weather here in

1:28.4

OKC and excited about this interview with Andrew Claven. Josh was talking before the show.

1:33.6

It's interesting to just have you on our podcast. We've seen you on the daily wire before.

1:37.5

But man, excited to talk about this, about this content. And man, you're wrestling with various kind of literature and uh and all kinds of

1:49.6

just cultural creations and how that interacts with the biblical story and kind of what we

1:53.3

learn from all of that it's going to be a deep thinking podcast so you guys put on your

1:57.4

thinking caps for a little bit it's going to be really exciting shows so

2:01.9

uh Andrew if you could maybe just introduce us to yourself and a little bit about your book

2:06.9

yeah my I'm my as as Josh said I'm have a podcast on the daily wire but I've been a novelist

2:15.2

most of my life and write crime stories and mystery stories

2:18.9

they've been made into films and uh and they've been you know awarded gotten the the mystery

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