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Breakpoint

Is "Worldview" the Right Word? A Conversation with Dr. Carl Trueman

Breakpoint

Colson Center

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, Culture, Christianity, Currentevents, Worldview, News

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey Breakpoint listeners, Maria Bear here.

0:04.4

So normally, John Stone Street and I would be sitting down right about now for a conversation

0:08.8

about the week's news from a Christian perspective.

0:11.3

But this week we wanted to share something a little different with you.

0:14.4

John recently sat down with Dr. Carl Truman, a friend of the Coulson Center and Professor

0:19.3

of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College.

0:22.4

He's also a fellow at the

0:23.6

ethics and Public Policy Center and a brilliant thinker, author, and speaker.

0:28.1

John and Dr. Truman were speaking personally a few weeks ago and realized they had

0:32.1

a bit of a difference of opinion

0:33.7

about the term worldview which you may have guessed means a lot to us here at the

0:38.9

Coulson Center for Christian worldview so the two sat down this week to have it out. Is the term worldview a good one?

0:45.8

Is it trying to do too much? Is it well understood? Is there a better term to

0:50.9

describe looking at the world through a biblical lens. It is a real

0:55.1

clash of the Titans you guys although I do think Dr Truman has an unfair

0:59.7

advantage and that his British Scottish hybrid sort of accent just makes everything sound a little bit better, don't you think?

1:06.8

Well, I'll leave it to you to decide.

1:08.4

Next week, John and I will be back with our normal conversation, this week please enjoy this special

1:14.2

friendly debate between two truly brilliant thinkers take it away John and

1:19.4

Dr. Truman. Well welcome to a special edition of Breakpoint this week. I'm John Stone Street.

1:27.0

This week, rather than having a conversation about the things that have happened this week, like we typically

1:31.7

do, Maria and I, I wanted to invite a good friend, someone

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