Welcome to the podcast Think Physically, Conversations on Faith and Culture.

I'm your host Sean McDowell, Professor of Apologetics at Talbot School Theology,

Biola University.

And I'm your co-host Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics, also

at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.

Today we have on a guest who's got a recent book that's coming out

that's both interesting, provocative, and I think even timely.

Glenn Stanton has worked for the past 25 years as a full-time researcher, writer, speaker, on a number of topics and works as the director of global family formation studies at Focus on the Family.

And he has a recent book that's just coming out called The Myth of the Dying Church

that I can't wait to get into.

But first, Glenn, thanks so much for joining us. Hey Sean you bet and Scott good to be with you guys.

We've written a book and you've called it the myth of the dying church.

What exactly is the myth you're debunking and why choose to write a book on this topic now?

Well, interestingly, I mean, it's a myth that so many people take as just absolute concrete fact, and that is that the church is shrinking and

particularly that we hear the phrase young people are leaving the church in

droves and some people have even radically said that Christianity is

declining at such a rate that there may not even be a church in the next 10-15

years and so what I'm church in the next 10, 15 years.

And so what I'm doing is just very strongly

and unapologetically debunking that myth.

Not only is it not true, but the best parts of Christianity are growing

within the United States and growing through most parts of the world in a wonderful way where we could say that even today is

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