Defending Your Faith In a Secular Culture
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Natasha Crain outlines the four pillars of secularism that are pervasive in the culture and challenges the church to recommit to a biblical foundation so we can effectively reach hearts and minds for Christ.
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| 0:00.0 | In those early years, when I came to know the Lord, he and his family were so |
| 0:07.3 | against it that they actually advised him to divorce me. |
| 0:12.5 | Joyce spent many lonely years trying to trust God and love her husband well. |
| 0:17.2 | Thankfully, she found the support and encouragement she needed. |
| 0:21.0 | I think that God just really used to focus on the family and your guys' ministry to |
| 0:26.0 | grow me and prepare me and guide my heart to live out in front of my husband what it means to follow Christ. |
| 0:35.8 | In the best news of all is that Joyce Husband also became a follower of Jesus. |
| 0:40.8 | I'm Jim Daley. When we work together, we can strengthen more marriages like Joyce and give |
| 0:46.2 | families hope. Please call 800 the letter A in the word family or donate at focusonthefamily.com |
| 0:53.0 | slash hope and your gift will be doubled. |
| 1:02.6 | Well, I think that's what's happening for a lot of Christians. The pressures are coming in |
| 1:06.3 | and we're not even realizing it because we don't understand the nature of the culture. |
| 1:09.8 | We don't understand ultimately what secularisms all about and how these messages are in great |
| 1:14.7 | conflict with the biblical worldview. A sobering glimpse of American Christianity today and how so |
| 1:21.2 | many of us are caving into what the world says instead of what God says. This is focusonthefamily |
| 1:26.9 | and we'll be diving deeper into that topic today. Our guest is Natasha Crane and she'll be sharing |
| 1:32.6 | about how to defend your faith in this culture as you serve as an ambassador for Christ. |
| 1:38.7 | Your host is focus president and author Jim Daley and I'm John Fuller. |
| 1:42.9 | A John, I think it's clear that while many profess to be Christians in our country, |
| 1:48.2 | those of us who are Christians need to be better informed about what the word of God says. |
| 1:52.5 | What's the heart of God for us in this culture? And today's culture is so hostile to true Christianity |
| 2:00.0 | and many believers are afraid to speak the truth of the gospel for fear of being silenced or |
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