The “Enlightenment” of the Western World

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Some thinkers claim that by casting God out of its thinking, the Western world has finally entered maturity. Today, R.C. Sproul shows that our culture is actually in a state of juvenile rebellion. Listen on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice.

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0:00.0	Where we are, you see, in terms of Western culture is described by philosophers today as Western civilization
0:07.0	or Western man's having come of age.
0:11.0	No longer dependent on the authority of God.
0:18.0	We've reached the Enlightenment. God is no longer necessary.
0:25.6	You see, from my perspective as a Christian, I view our society in the progress of history,
0:31.6	not of coming to the age of maturity, but as coming to the age of adolescence.
0:36.6	And what we're going through now is a pimply acne rebellion that is based not so much
0:44.9	on a discovery of the untrustworthiness of the teaching of God or of the teaching of Christ
0:50.2	as it is based on a conflict of interests between the commands of Christ and the desires of our unbridled
1:01.5	wills.
1:02.5	Thank you for listening to Ultimately with R. C. Sprole. Dr. Sprole founded Liginear Ministries to proclaim the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible.
1:17.1	To learn more about our holy God, request a free booklet by Dr. Sprole when you visit Ultimatelypodcast.com slash holy.

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