Is There Such a Thing as Judeo-Christianity?
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2025
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Examining the philosophical and worldview relationship, past and present.
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| 1:01.2 | Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging |
| 1:05.7 | truth. For the Colson Center, I'm Timothy Padgett. A common phrase in Christian circles is Judeo-Christianity, |
| 1:13.1 | the idea that there is a meaningful connection between Jewish and Christian thought, culture, and |
| 1:17.4 | history. It's that, beyond the differences, there are genuine shared ideals. But, perhaps |
| 1:22.6 | influenced by Israel's response in Gaza to the October 7th attacks, some Christians have recently been |
| 1:27.7 | questioning the relationship between the two more than ever, to the point of deconstructing |
| 1:32.0 | what they'd been raised to believe. To engage all this fairly, Christians must acknowledge |
| 1:36.7 | the legacy of anti-Semitism in the history of the church. From the church fathers to Martin Luther |
| 1:41.6 | to the disturbingly recent past, |
| 1:47.3 | followers of the king of the Jews have at times failed miserably to recognize their neighbors among his ethnic kin. |
| 1:50.9 | Sadly, believers have often been at the forefront of those calling Jews and Judaism uniquely pernicious. |
| 1:57.1 | Over the centuries, Jews have been repeatedly and consistently persecuted by people claiming Christ. |
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