Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing — and What We Can Do About It with John West

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Summary

What if American culture isn’t collapsing because of crusading secularists? What if it’s failing because many leading Christians identify more with secular elites than with their fellow believers? Dr. John West joins Hank Hanegraaff to discuss how he wrote Stockholm Syndrome Christianity as a warning to the body of Christ—a warning not to capitulate to the culture, but to transform the culture.To receive Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing — and What We Can Do About It for your partnering gift, please click here
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Topics discussed include:

What is Stockholm Syndrome Christianity? (5:00)
Seattle Pacific University as an example of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity (7:45)
How can parents be sure of where to send their kids to school? (11:30)
Andy Stanley says that the Old Testament is obsolete—is he right? (15:00)
Is it necessary to call out Christian leaders by name? (24:10)
The ongoing Battle for the Bible—from Robert Gundry to Mike Licona (26:50)
Francis Collins and the problems with secularism influencing scientific inquiry (35:15)
Can Neo-Darwinism and Christianity co-exist? (43:45)
Is theistic evolution the worst of all possibilities for Christians? (47:30)
How the evolutionary paradigm is foundational for many of the other problematic “-isms” (50:50)
Sexual suicide—how the devaluation of marriage within churches came before the culture (55:50)
Is Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy an example of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity? (1:00:50)
The slippery slope for individuals (1:06:00)
When is “anti-racism” actually racist? (1:06:30)
How did Stockholm Syndrome Christians abandon religious liberty? (1:17:15)
The importance of discernment when it comes to the entertainment we consume (1:31:30)
The problems with simply “following the science” (1:34:20)
The dangers of celebrity culture—even within the church (1:38:15)
The problem with trying to please the wrong people (1:43:00)
A story of standing for truth (1:46:45)
The importance of Christian governance—people must support the mission of Christianity (1:55:50)
A call to faithfulness as opposed to worldly success (2:01:25)
What is the state of The Discovery Institute and the Intelligent Design movement? (2:05:55)

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0:00.0	Welcome to another edition of the Hank Unplug podcast, a podcast that is deeply committed to bringing the most interesting, informative, and inspirational people directly to your earbuds.
0:35.8	And today will be, I say this every time,
0:39.1	probably should mix this up a little bit, but I'll just say it. Today is no exception.
0:44.1	I mean, in fact, today may be one of the most important podcasts you've ever listened to, period.
0:52.6	It's based on a book called Stockholm Syndrome Christianity. And when I was
0:57.5	thinking about this, just before I walked into the studio, I thought about something that I memorized
1:01.0	a long time ago. It's Paul's farewell addressed to the Ephesians, where he says,
1:06.9	in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will come to judge the living and the dead
1:11.8	and in view of his appearing kingdom I give you this charge preach the word be prepared in season
1:17.9	and out of season and then something else he said is and now compelled by the spirit this is an
1:25.9	Acts chapter 20 I think and now compelled by the spirit. This is an Acts chapter 20, I think, and now compelled by the
1:29.7	spirit, I'm going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in
1:35.0	every city, the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardship are facing me. However, I consider
1:40.8	my life worth nothing to me. If only I may finish the race and complete the
1:45.4	task the Lord Jesus Christ has given to me, the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.
1:51.3	Now I know that none of you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will ever
1:55.7	see me again. Therefore, I testify to you that I'm innocent of the blood of all men because I have not
2:02.8	hesitated to preach the full counsel of God and then he said take care of yourselves and
2:09.3	all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers be shepherds of the
2:14.6	Church of God which he purchased with his own blood.
2:24.3	For I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
2:28.1	Even from among your own number, men will arise and distort the truth
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