Is Christianity credible? A conversation with John S. Dickerson, author of "Jesus Skeptic"
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this bonus episode of The Daily Article Podcast, Dr. Jim Denison interviews John S. Dickerson, author of Jesus Skeptic.
Dickerson, the lead pastor at Connection Pointe Christian Church in the Indianapolis area, has a journalism degree and worked as a newspaper reporter while he was attending seminary.
In Jesus Skeptic: A Journalist Explores the Credibility and Impact of Christianity, he uses the techniques of an investigative reporter while addressing fundamental questions about Jesus’ existence and the impact of the movement he created.
“What became clear to me in my research is that Jesus not only lived, but also that he is without a doubt among the most influential humans to ever live, period,” Dickerson writes.
In concluding the book, he notes that his relationship with Jesus “has brought me consistent identity, security, purpose, fulfillment, peace and joy that I never experienced anywhere else in this world.”
Jesus Skeptic will answer many of the key questions posed by seekers who have not yet accepted Christ as their savior.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to a bonus episode of the Daily Article podcast, presented by the Denison |
| 0:07.6 | Forum and featuring Dr. Jim Denison, discussing a culturally relevant topic with a thought-provoking |
| 0:14.9 | communicator. Now, here's Dr. Denison. I'm Jim Denison with Denison Forum, and I am delighted to be on a podcast today with John Dickerson. |
| 0:23.6 | John, thank you so much for joining us today. |
| 0:26.1 | John serves as lead pastor, Connection Point Christian Church, and the Indianapolis area, |
| 0:29.9 | where he lives with his wife and his children. |
| 0:31.9 | Previously, he served as teaching pastor at Ventura Christian Church in Los Gatos, California, |
| 0:36.6 | alongside senior pastor and national |
| 0:38.6 | radio communicator, Chip Ingram. I've worked with Chip over the years and so grateful for his |
| 0:43.2 | ministry and his clarity, and I absolutely see that in John's as well. It's interesting that John's |
| 0:48.1 | father and grandfather were both pastors. In 2003, John graduated from Bob Jones University with a |
| 0:53.7 | BA in journalism, a minor in counseling, |
| 0:56.4 | emphases in Bible, the New Testament Greek, moved to Arizona in 2004 to pursue a Master of Divinity degree at Phoenix Seminary, |
| 1:03.5 | worked as a journalist there and served with two churches. |
| 1:06.4 | This is especially interesting to me. |
| 1:08.2 | He's a prize-winning journalist. |
| 1:10.3 | His writing has appeared in the New York Times and USA Today, among others. |
| 1:14.1 | In 2009, John was honored by Tom Brocah, Charles Gibson of ABC News, and Anna Quinn |
| 1:19.4 | and Newsweek, who named his investigative reporting the best in the nation when he received |
| 1:24.8 | the Livingston Award for Young Journal journalists. He's published three terrific |
| 1:28.5 | books previous to the one that we're discussing today. And John, I am just so grateful for your |
| 1:32.9 | intellect and your heart and the privilege of being with you. How are you today? Jim, I'm doing |
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