Live Not by Lies

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The dynamic duo today becomes a trio, as a third pessimist—that is, a third realist—joins in. Rod Dreher is an American writer and editor, culture critic, and the author of several books, including The Benedict Option and the freshly released Live Not By Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents. Rod’s book is a wakeup call for Christians about ideas that have become prevalent in American society…notions already adopted in other countries that have proven to be a threat to civil liberties. Is there still hope to turn from what he calls “soft totalitarianism”? What’s the course of action for Christians to preserve the faith in such an intolerant society, where words and actions are becoming highly surveilled and dealt with “accordingly?” Live Not By Lies is timely and absolutely relevant for Christian dissidents. You can’t afford to miss this conversation! We’re giving away a number of copies of Live Not By Lies. Register for the opportunity to win one! The books are a complimentary gift from Sentinel, a division of Penguin Books.

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0:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by Zondervin Bibles, featuring the new NASB Journal, The Word, Reference Bible.
0:06.5	Let Scripture explain Scripture and reflect on what you learn. Listen for more at the end of today's program. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:36.1	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:41.4	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:58.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin. My name is Kyle Truman.
0:59.0	I'm Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College in beautiful Western Pennsylvania.
1:05.0	And I'm here with my usual co-host, Todd Pruitt, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia in the beautiful
1:12.9	Shenandoah Valley. And we are privileged today to have a special guest coming on to talk about
1:18.9	his latest book. I have huge respect for this guy every day at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon
1:26.1	as I'm finishing my teaching and the world is
1:29.2	looking like a bright, happy and a positive place. I get an email with the latest list of
1:35.6	this gentleman's articles on it and I only have to read the titles to have my sunny optimism
1:42.7	immediately corrected and brought back to a more realistic perspective.
1:47.1	I'm very honored that this gentleman wrote the preface for my forthcoming book, The Rise and
1:53.3	Triumph of the Modern Self. He is, of course, the famous, infamous, notorious, however you
2:00.1	like to think of him,
2:02.1	journalist at the American Conservative, author of the best-selling and very provocative,
2:08.6	Benedict Option.
2:10.0	And now, author of, it's not exactly a sequel, but it covers similar territory and has
2:16.7	some very helpful insights for Christians. His latest
2:20.2	book, Live Not by Lies, a manual for Christian dissidents. He is, of course, Rod Dreher. Welcome to the
2:26.8	program, Rod. It's great to be here. And I have to say, though, Carl, that what you said about how
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