Do you ever feel like people attack your faith, but you don't have much to say, you don't

know how to respond, you don't know what Christianity is accomplished in how it's changed

the world, where if that's you, stick around, you're going to learn today why Christianity

really matters.

Thanks for listening to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

Living on the Edge is an international discipleship ministry featuring the daily Bible teaching

of Chip Ingram.

We're so grateful you joined us as we continue our new series, Jesus Loves Me, Essentials

of the Christian Faith, taught by our guest speaker, John Dickerson.

He's an author and lead pastor at Connection Point Christian Church.

Well, in just a minute, he'll pick up where he left off last time in his message, why

Christianity matters.

And as a quick reminder, if you happen to miss any part of this program, the Chip Ingram

map is an easy way to catch up and to listen to Living on the Edge anytime, anywhere.

Well, with that, let's get to John for the second half of his talk as he begins by stressing

the impact Christianity has had on history and our world today.

Whether or not you believe in Jesus or God or the Bible, if you care about the women in

your life, you want them to grow up in a Christian influence society.

If you care about your kids and you want them to grow up to be educated and have good jobs,

you want them to grow up in a Christian influence society.

These universities became what I call seed universities.

That is their graduates went out and started other universities like IU.

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