Dr. John West: Breaking Free from Cultural Compromise in the Church on Exploring the Marketplace (S:5 - Ep: 7)

Exploring the Marketplace

Charisma Podcast Network

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

🎙️ Today on Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson, we’re joined by Dr. John West—Vice President of Discovery Institute and co-founder of its Center for Science and Culture. An award-winning author, filmmaker, and former Chair of Political Science at Seattle Pacific University, Dr. West brings incredible depth of insight into faith, culture, and truth.

Through his new book Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, he exposes how secular ideologies have subtly infiltrated the Church—shaping beliefs and fueling cultural compromise. Like Stockholm Syndrome victims, many Christians have unknowingly aligned themselves with the very ideas undermining their faith.

Dr. West shares a clear call to action: reclaim your foundation in God’s Word, shed cultural compromises, and rediscover the uncompromised truth of Christianity.

🔥 In this episode:

What is “Stockholm Syndrome Christianity”?
How secular culture is shaping Christian beliefs.
Why cultural collapse is connected to compromise in the Church.
Practical steps to stand firm in biblical truth.

This conversation will challenge, encourage, and equip you to see culture—and your faith—through a sharper, biblical lens.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Explore the Marketplace, a podcast all about how faith impacts our guest careers and lives.
0:05.2	I'm Sean Bowles here with my co-host.
0:06.7	I'm Bob Hastin, and we're here to bring you unfiltered, powerful conversations with industry leaders,
0:12.1	entrepreneurs, and culture shapers for living out their faith in extraordinary ways.
0:16.5	From a billion-dollar boardrooms to creative industries, we reveal how God is moving through
0:21.2	everyday ordinary people just like you.
0:24.2	And this podcast will give you courage, which is our goal.
0:27.1	Yeah, these are the stories you don't get to hear on Sundays.
0:29.1	Plus, we get to dive deep in the latest trends in business, finance, entertainment, and politics,
0:34.0	giving you real insight from a kingdom and biblical perspective.
0:37.0	This is where faith meets influence.
0:38.9	This is exploring the marketplace.
0:45.3	Well, here we go, Sean.
0:46.7	This is going to be a great episode.
0:48.9	Talk to me.
0:49.7	Let us know what we're doing.
0:50.7	Well, we've got a couple of really good things coming out.
0:52.6	The first one is a real talk with you and I. We're going to go after identity distortion, which may not be a term people are familiar with, but it's basically the trap of comparison or imposter syndrome, or even spiritual pressure that leads people to build their own version of their career and company that was never God's design. We're seeing a lot of people who are trying to break out of like wow I built this thing for 15 years I don't like it although I'm successful or
0:55.2	mediocrely successful. seeing a lot of people who are trying to break out of like wow I built this thing for 15 years I don't
1:11.7	like it although I'm successful or mediocrely successful I want something new and it's not
1:16.9	necessarily they want a new career but people all over the place are saying I want something new
1:22.0	or different I think it's a cry for help to say I want gods I want what God has for me in my career that's my
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