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Greg Laurie Podcast

Elon Musk Is a Cultural Christian? Let’s Talk About That.

Greg Laurie Podcast

Greg Laurie

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

What is a "cultural Christian"? Is it the same as being a true follower of Jesus Christ? Get Pastor Greg Laurie's answer in this culturally relevant episode.

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0:00.0

Hey there, thanks for listening to the Greg Lorry Podcast, a ministry supported by Harvest Partners.

0:06.0

I'm Greg Lorry encouraging you.

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If you want to find out more about Harvest Ministries and learn more about how to become a Harvest

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partner, just go to

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Harvest.org. Recently Jordan Peterson interviewed Elon Musk and they came to

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the topic of faith.

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And Elon Musk made a really amazing,

0:26.0

and I might say surprising statement.

0:28.6

Right, I would say I'm probably a cultural Christian.

0:31.4

Okay, so.

0:32.1

He identified himself as a cultural Christian. Okay, so. He identified himself as a cultural Christian.

0:34.8

And that is interesting because not long ago,

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well-known atheist Richard Dawkins said pretty much the same thing.

0:41.7

An atheist identified himself as a cultural

0:44.7

Christian. So what does that mean? These men are acknowledging the positive

0:49.0

effect that Christianity has had in the world, the positive effect that Christianity has on a nation and the

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has on a nation and the positive effect that Christianity has on a person.

1:00.6

So in a way, it's an acknowledgement of the reality of the truth of the Christian message, the truth of the biblical message, the truth of the biblical message, the truth of Christ.

1:12.4

Now of course to be a real Christian you must call out to

1:15.8

Jesus Christ and ask him to be your Savior and your Lord and admit you're a

1:20.9

sinner. But when someone says they're a cultural Christian,

1:23.6

especially in a bout atheists like Dawkins or a man of such great influence and

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