Irresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Once upon a time there was a version of our faith that was practically . . . irresistible. But that was then. Today we preach, teach, write, and communicate as if nothing has changed. As if “The Bible says it,” still settles it. It’s time to hit pause on much of what we’re doing and consider the faith modeled by our first-century brothers and sisters who had no official Bible, no status, and humanly speaking, little chance of survival. What did they know that we don’t? What made their faith so compelling, so defensible, so irresistible? Buckle up . . . you’re about to find out! Frank interviews Andy Stanly about his new book Irresistible. Here's what Frank had to say about the book: "“Warning: This book will set you and your ministry back—back to the first century and the approach to advancing the gospel modeled by Jesus and the apostles. Andy reminds us that the resurrection was at the center of the first-century apologetic. Then he challenges twenty-first century believers to reclaim it as the center of ours as well. I agree with Andy—this approach changed the world once. I’m convinced it could do so again. Read and apply now!”—Frank Turek

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0:00.0	Does truth exist?
0:03.0	Because you have faith, does that make this book cool?
0:06.0	Does God exist?
0:07.0	So when someone says there is no truth, if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?
0:13.0	Is that true?
0:15.0	They don't think Christianity is true.
0:18.0	They're talked out of it.
0:20.0	You know why they're talked out of it?
0:22.0	Because they've never been talked into it.
0:24.0	Cross-exemining skeptical and atheistic views.
0:28.0	Welcome to Cross-exemining with Dr. Frank Turek.
0:33.0	Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever asked yourself, why don't more people go to church?
0:37.0	Why doesn't everybody in America go to church?
0:40.0	And how much of the Old Testament is applicable to a Christian's life today?
0:44.0	What does the New Testament say about that question?
0:48.0	And why did Jesus come at all?
0:50.0	What was new that Jesus brought to the world?
0:53.0	And how did the apostles evangelize non-Jews?
0:59.0	Because those questions are questions that are addressed in a brand new book coming out September 18th.
1:06.0	By my friend Andy Stanley, it's called Irresistible, reclaiming the new that Jesus unleashed for the world.
1:14.0	And in this book, Andy answers those questions and exposes one of the biggest myths that I think both Christians and non-Christians,
1:21.0	even atheists believe about the Bible and Christianity.
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