S1 E12. The Christian Revolution: Why the cross changed the world

The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God

Justin Brierley

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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The early Christian claim that the God-man Jesus had been crucified for the sake of the world was 'foolishness' to the Greco-Roman world. Yet this countercultural belief in a God of sacrificial love ended up reshaping our instincts about human value, equality and compassion. Justin resumes his conversation with Tom Holland alongside other historians and thinkers on how early Christianity contributed to the end of child exposure, the rise of adoption, hospitals and healthcare, and a path towards the abolition of slavery. Holland also shares how an experience in a ruined church in Iraq left a profound impact on him. More info, book & newsletter: https://justinbrierley.com/surprisingrebirth/ Support via Patreon for early access to new episodes: https://www.patreon.com/justinbrierley/membership Support via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/brierleyjustin Support via Tax-deductible (USA): https://defendersmedia.com/portfolio/justin-brierley/ Buy the book or get a signed copy: https://justinbrierley.com/the-surprising-rebirth-of-belief-in-god/ Ep 12 show notes: https://justinbrierley.com/surprisingrebirth/episode-12-the-christian-revolution-why-the-cross-changed-the-world-the-surprising-rebirth-of-belief-in-god-podcast/ Also, check out our show ‘Uncommon Ground’ for discussion and debates: ⁠⁠https://justinbrierley.com/uncommon-ground-podcast/⁠⁠ The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God is a production of Think Faith in partnership with Genexis, and support from The Jerusalem Trust & the Christian Evidence Society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, we were not prepared for this. The venue is full. However, the mission is bigger than the room. You can still join us. Due to the incredible uptake, our responding to the Rebirth Conference will now be live streamed. Book your online pass now at rebirthconference.net. You may not be in the room, but you can still be part of the
0:22.5	response from anywhere in the world on Saturday the 22nd of November. On the live stream,
0:28.5	you'll get full access to all keynote sessions, panels and interviews with guests, including
0:33.6	John Lennox, Paul Kingsnorth, Elizabeth Oldfield and Al Gordon. You can take part in the
0:38.9	Q&A. You'll get to take home recordings of all of the sessions and get a front row seat to what God is doing.
0:45.7	A rebirth is happening. Let's respond together wherever we are. Book your live dream pass at
0:52.0	rebirthconference.net.
0:56.4	Please be aware today's show contains descriptions of violence and bloodshed that some listeners may find distressing.
1:09.7	This is Sinjar, 80 miles west of the monastery.
1:13.6	ISIS came here in August 2014.
1:21.6	By the time they left, five months later, 5,000 men had been massacred, women and children carried off.
1:36.7	This is historian Tom Holland in 2016, walking through the shattered remains of a town in northern Iraq during the filming of a television documentary,
1:47.0	ISIS, the origins of violence.
1:50.0	Sinjar had only recently been liberated by Kurdish forces from Islamic radicals,
1:56.0	whose front line was still only a couple of miles away. Sponge pant, it's a bulb.
2:03.6	It's the quality of nightmare.
2:07.6	Walking through absolutely shattered city and you see
2:10.6	a cartoon character.
2:26.3	These markers of everyday life sat alongside more distressing items, hair and even body parts poking out from the rubble that lined the streets. This had once been the heartland of Syriac and Armenian Christian communities going back centuries and living in relative peace alongside other religious
2:35.6	minorities. Now they were gone. The blown out doorways daubed with the graffiti emblems that
2:42.1	showed that Christians or Yazidis had once lived there. These were the homes of fathers and sons
2:48.6	who had been rounded up to be shot, mothers and
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