Carl Medearis - Jesus vs. Christianity? (N58)
Nomad Podcast
Tim Nash
4.7 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2013
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Carl Medearis worked as a missionary for many years in Beirut, Lebanon and as a result is recognised as an international expert in Muslim-Christian relations. Carl has some fascinating insights into cross-cultural mission from his years of working with Muslims, and he believes these principles are just as relevant in our Western context. I'll give you a hint, it's all about Jesus! Definitely an episode worth listening to (even if we do say so ourselves!).
“I’m not a fan of Christianity...I think Karl Marx actually was right – it drugs people; it is the ‘opiate of the masses.’ It makes people think that they’re in something that they’re not actually in. So, in that sense, Christianity has been fooling people for 2000 years...So, I’m not a fan of it – that’s true. I’m a fan of Jesus.” - Carl Medearis
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| 0:00.0 | I think religion is stupid. |
| 0:02.1 | I think Karl Marx actually was right. |
| 0:04.1 | It drugs people. |
| 0:05.2 | It is the opiate of the masses. |
| 0:07.1 | It makes people think that they're in something that they're not actually in. |
| 0:10.5 | So in that sense, Christianity has been fooling people for 2,000 years. |
| 0:25.3 | Nomad, Christian community, mission, and the future of the church. |
| 0:27.9 | So Timbo, here we are again. |
| 0:29.3 | Nomad podcast. |
| 0:30.5 | Back again. |
| 0:30.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:32.9 | Every month's a month after month, isn't it? |
| 0:35.3 | Just four years have been doing this. |
| 0:36.6 | Well, you haven't actually, have you? |
| 0:38.8 | No, I've just, I'm a new boy. I've been doing it for. Is it you haven't actually, have you? No, I've just, I mean, you've been doing it for. |
| 0:40.2 | Is it two years now? |
| 0:41.2 | Is it, no? |
| 0:43.7 | No, two years in the summer, I think. |
| 0:45.4 | Yeah, two years in August it will be. |
| 0:47.0 | So about 18 months, maybe. |
| 0:49.1 | Time flies when you're having fun, isn't it? |
| 0:54.6 | It certainly does feel like I'm an old hat at you now. I'm not going to lie to you, Ward. I'm a little bit disappointed. Why is that? |
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