Go Behind Enemy Lines with Mindy Belz
Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations
The Christian Research Institute
4.9 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2017
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Topics discussed include: Belz's unique role as a female journalist going behind enemy lines in dangerous Islamic countries (2:30); Belz's perspective on how the Trump administration is handling the inevitable crisis with North Korea (6:00); the courage that the gospel provides us to feel peace in the face of danger (14:00); bias concerning perception of Christian persecution as opposed to Islamic protectionism (18:00); wearing the “noon” symbol used to represent Nazarene as a statement of solidarity with Christians persecuted in the Middle East (25:00); what Belz learned from worshiping with Eastern Christians in Iraq (29:30); when the United States should help police the world and how it would be most effective (34:30); can Sharia law and democracy coexist? (40:00); the vacuum secularism is leaving in the West and how Islam is prepared to fill it (48:00); how increased diversity can revitalize the Christian church (51:30); the gospel as the source of Mindy’s optimism (56:00); the three-pronged fork in the road of apostasy, apathy, and radicalization that Nabeel Qureshi faced as a Muslim and the example he became as he found the power of Christ (59:30).
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| 1:24.8 | This is the, well, the laid-back version of Hank. |
| 1:30.6 | This is where I'm in my study as opposed to being in my studio, at least in terms of my disposition. It's laid back. It's less didactic. And the goal of this podcast, |
| 1:39.9 | as every other podcast I do, is to bring the most interesting and influential people on the planet |
| 1:47.5 | to you so that you can listen to their perspective, learn from their perspective, |
| 1:52.6 | and so that we can all grow together and be more effective. |
| 1:57.1 | And this is particularly true for Christians listening in to the podcast. |
| 2:01.6 | We want to make a difference while there is yet time. |
| 2:05.6 | I'm staring my own mortality in the face, and as you do that, you become more aware of the fact that every moment is sacred, every moment is important. |
| 2:19.8 | And today, I'm just so glad to have Mindy Bells with us on the podcast. |
| 2:26.0 | She's influenced me in many ways. |
| 2:27.9 | I mean, I've been reading her articles for many years. |
| 2:31.7 | I've been very, very infatuated with her book. They say we are infidels on the run from |
| 2:39.4 | ISIS with persecuted Christians in the Middle East. Mindy is an extraordinary person. She's a senior |
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