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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

The Art of Christian Persuasion (with Os Guinness)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Christianity, Church, Scott Rae, Biola, Religion & Spirituality, Sean Mcdowell, Culture, Christian, Talbot, Think Biblically

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In the midst of an alarming loss of civility in discussing debated and controversial issues, what’s needed is a restoration of the art of persuasion and reasoned argument. This applies both to the discussion of controversial issues, but also to the gospel message itself. In this second half of a two-part interview, Sean McDowell and Scott Rae talk to Os Guinness about his book Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion. Dr. Guinness is an internationally known author and lecturer...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the podcast Think Biblically, conversations on faith and culture.

0:10.4

I'm your host Sean McDowell, an author, speaker, and apologetics professor here at Biola

0:16.1

University.

0:17.1

And I'm your co-host, Professor Scott Ray, Professor of Christian Ethics at Talbot School

0:21.4

of Theology.

0:22.4

Today's episode is part two of our two-part Christian ethics at Talbot School of Theology.

0:22.6

Today's episode is part two of our two-part series

0:25.3

with Dr. Oz Guinness.

0:28.9

Oz is a long, long term, a very insightful author, speaker, and commentator on the intersection of Christian

0:37.9

faith, culture, and public policy. Oz is one of the most insightful people I know on that particular intersection.

0:47.0

So Oz, thank you for being with us.

0:48.6

We look forward to our conversation.

0:51.0

So you've watched the immigration debate both in this country and in Europe.

0:55.0

How would you envision a civil debate over immigration?

1:00.0

Because I think for a lot of people they look at immigration and civility as being

1:05.1

almost mutually exclusive. Well they become that way because people don't think.

1:09.5

For example immigration there are various levels of discussion. The bottom level is security, and that's right.

1:17.0

And so notions like the wall and so on are important. You've got to have security. A person needs boundaries.

1:25.0

Someone who doesn't have personal boundaries is in trouble. He or she will become a

1:29.0

doormat to everyone else. Everyone needs boundaries. You've got to have boundaries. That's the security issue.

1:35.9

Then you move higher, we're talking about the ordering of society with all this differences.

1:40.3

Highest of all, we're talking about individual freedom and justice. Now the trouble

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