Welcome to the podcast Think Biblically, Conversations on Faith and Culture.

I'm your host Sean McDowell, Professor of Apologetics at Talbot School Theology

Biola University.

And I'm your co-host Scott Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty, and Professor of Christian Ethics, also

at tablet School of Theology here at Biola University.

Today we're here with a friend of Biola who has a new book that has skyrocketed to the top of many lists on Amazon, including the apologetics

list. Her name is Elisa Childers. She's a wife, a mom, an author, a speaker, a former worship leader from the group Zoe

girl you might recognize, but has written a fantastic new book called Another Gospel.

A lifelong Christian seeks truth in response to

progressive Christianity. Elisa, thanks so much for coming on.

Hey guys, thanks for having me. Let me start by asking, this book is kind of centered

on your crisis of faith from being a worship leader in the church

and then all of a sudden really doubting your faith

kind of drives this book.

Would you share the crisis of faith that kind of motivated the story behind this book?

Yeah, so I grew up in a Christian home with a wonderful Christian parents who really gave me a holistic faith.

They gave me the gospel. I regularly saw my parents reading their Bibles.

They read their Bibles with us. Just all kinds of just really organic

Christian life feeding the homeless and doing street ministry. And so I had a fairly good experience with Christianity growing up and I think that might be why I never

had a good reason to doubt what I believed about God and Jesus. I love Jesus as far back as I can remember.

And then as you mentioned, I spent some time in Zoe girl traveling the country and

getting to perform in amazing venues and really trying to reach young

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