Providing Hope to a Doubting Culture
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Justin Brierley is a Christian apologist, popular author and podcaster in the U.K., reaching thousands as he shares from a Christian worldview. He believes there is a growing wave of faith in the culture, including among skeptics and atheists, and believers have a great opportunity to share the gospel. Based on his book Why I’m Still a Christian, Justin shares how science and other disciplines point to our Creator. Reaching beyond intellect, he also addresses heart issues that are drawing people in the culture to search for truth.
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| 0:00.0 | Your church comes to you each week to fill their cup. But when the crowd leaves, who's filling yours? |
| 0:07.3 | That's exactly what I'm here to do with my new podcast from Focus on the Family. It's called |
| 0:12.1 | Pastor to Pastor with Dave Stone. I'm so excited to help you navigate the unique challenges |
| 0:17.7 | that pastors face in their ministry journey, both personally and professionally. |
| 0:22.8 | So I invite you to listen and subscribe to pastor to pastor wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.8 | You have to be honest. Coming to faith can absolutely an intellectual component that is often |
| 0:36.3 | very important for people. But there's also |
| 0:38.6 | a spiritual component where you have to let your guard down and you have to open yourself up to |
| 0:43.4 | the possibility that God may be the thing you were looking for along. And when that happens, |
| 0:48.1 | when the head and the heart meets, that can be just the most extraordinary thing. That's Justin |
| 0:52.6 | Briarley. He's a popular writer and podcaster in the |
| 0:55.4 | UK, and he's convinced that we're witnessing a growing wave of Christian faith, replacing the |
| 1:01.0 | secularism in the culture. The question is, are we ready for it? Welcome to Focus on the |
| 1:06.1 | Family with Jim Daly. I'm John Fuller. John, I visited with Justin on my podcast, Refocus with Jim |
| 1:12.3 | Daily, and we had a great conversation about what he's observing in the culture. That's kind of |
| 1:16.9 | the theme of the podcast, his culture. And also what he's observing among agnostics and atheists. |
| 1:24.0 | There is quite a wave, I think, occurring. There's been some notable atheists now that have |
| 1:29.3 | come to the Christian perspective, Christian faith. And like Justin, I believe we have an amazing |
| 1:35.4 | opportunity to share the gospel right now. And that's what we talked about during our visit. |
| 1:41.2 | I first met Justin in London when we were promoting our new documentary film, |
| 1:46.2 | Truth Rising, produced with the Colson Center, which fits right into the discussion today. |
| 1:51.7 | We also have a free four-part study to help equip you to reach others for Christ in this critical |
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