Inside the Evangelical Movement that Failed a Generation with Guest Jon Ward

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this bonus episode of White Horse Inn, Michael Horton interviews Jon Ward about his new book Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Failed a Generation, which discusses his experience in the Evangelical church and his takeaways after stepping out of it. (Episode SP012)

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0:00.0	You're attending a black church near you now.
0:04.7	Why do you think it's important to live the Christian life in a community that is different
0:12.6	from what might make you feel comfortable, what might make you feel like this is, well,
0:18.8	this is what I know, this is what I'm familiar with.
0:21.6	Why do you think that's important for the Christian life?
0:23.8	I think it's important in two different ways.
0:27.2	I mean, I think more generally than just Christianity, I think in an age of the great
0:33.2	sort and polarization where people are pulling apart from people who are not like them,
0:38.4	people increasingly don't have physical proximity to people who are different from them
0:43.8	in many different ways.
0:45.1	It could be race, religion.
0:48.1	It could be sexuality.
0:50.2	It could be class is a huge one.
0:52.7	I think the lack of proximity between those with wealth and those without it cuts across
1:00.6	ideology and politics.
1:03.2	People on the left are usually just as guilty as those on the right of living in class
1:09.9	bubbles.
1:11.9	I think it's really important to be intentional and seek out regular ongoing interactions,
1:20.8	conversations, living next to and with people who are different than us.
1:25.1	I just think that's like walk to church if you can.
1:28.1	I think that's a good, practical step.
1:42.0	Applying the riches of a reformation to the modern church.
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