Cranial Candy for the Soul with Larry Johnston

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

The Christian Research Institute

Education, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2017

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Hank is joined on Hank Unplugged by the eminently quotable Larry Johnston, a friend and colleague of nearly 40 years, for a wide-ranging conversation certain to send you searching for a dictionary. You can’t miss this cranial candy dealing with Christ, conversion experiences and conversation.

Topics discussed include: An understanding of their ages and their desire to make the biggest impact for ministry while yet on the planet (6:00); Their interwoven journey’s in ministry over the past 40 years (12:00); The battle for the mind in an age when evidence is seemingly trumped by authority (19:30); Apologetics as antidote to the atheistic ambush in educational institutions today (28:00); The false conflictions concerning science and religion (34:00); Larry’s testimony as a “Road to Damascus” soteriological experience (39:00); Observations of the obvious effects of uncreated energy on the rewiring of cerebral circuits and the soul (47:00); Apprehensive allowance for faithful mysteries to remain mysterious (59:00); Why the Christian Research Institute changed their moniker to “because life and truth matter” to embrace the necessity of balance (1:03:00); Their passion for podcasts as a vehicle to think deeper and reignite the art of dialogue (1:08:00).

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0:00.0	And welcome to another episode of Hank Unplugged.
0:27.4	This is an absolutely fantastic forum.
0:32.4	I've been doing broadcast for 30 years.
0:34.5	I am so excited about doing podcast. I didn't even know what a podcast was,
0:41.3	not all that long ago. Now we've got five or six of them already out and available. You can
0:48.5	subscribe on iTunes. You can also go to our website at the Christian Research Institute at equip.org, and you can
0:58.9	subscribe there. And when you do, make sure you share what you've heard with friends. That's one of the
1:07.4	ways you can stand shoulder to shoulder with us in the battle for life and truth.
1:12.4	One of the promises of the podcast is that we bring some of the brightest minds in the Christian world right to your doorstep, as it were.
1:22.8	I have conversations and you are listening into conversations that, well, quite frankly,
1:30.3	have been transformational.
1:33.0	And this is no exception.
1:36.1	Today I talk to a friend, a friend for almost 40 years.
1:42.3	In fact, this is a friend that introduced me through his partner to the whole realm
1:50.4	of Christian ministry, not long after I became a Christian myself. Back in 1979, Bill McConkey,
1:58.8	and I'm going to be interviewing in just a moment as a member of our staff,
2:03.4	but he is also a partner in McConkey Johnston.
2:08.0	It is a firm that has been making a difference with Christian organizations for, well,
2:15.0	maybe over 40 years now, but Bill McConkey was the first person to hire me into
2:20.7	Christian ministry. So this is going to be a lively discussion. Larry is a, he's a braniac.
2:27.1	He is a person that never ceases to stimulate me. Whenever I'm with him, I feel like I'm with a lifter as opposed to a leaner.
2:40.2	You know, some people you're with and you're not getting a whole lot out of the conversation or interaction.
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