What Every Christian Needs to Know About Economics and Transgenderism with Dr. Jay Richards

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Charles Spurgeon once said that discernment is knowing the difference between right and "almost right". But when there's so much noise and confusion happening in the news and on social media these days, how can we tell the difference?As we approach the end of 2024, our friend Dr. Jay Richards (https://x.com/DrJayRichards) returns to unpack some of the essentials of economics, the Christian worldview, and social trends so that you can be informed when it comes to the issues that matter the most. Join Frank and Jay as they discuss the importance of understanding the basics of economics and how it can help Christians think clearly about government policies, healthcare, and how it can equip believers to protect the most vulnerable populations in our society. Tune in as Frank and Jay answer questions like:* Does the Bible advocate for a specific economic system?* How did the government become so bloated, and why did it get involved in housing and education?* What’s the difference between socialism and free-market capitalism?* What's the best way to help those in poverty and how do people end up trapped in the welfare system?* What did economist and philosopher Adam Smith mean by "the invisible hand"?During the second half of the program, they'll shift gears to examine the economic and cultural factors that are specifically driving the transgender movement. From the profit motives behind gender-affirming care to the resurgence of ancient Gnostic ideas, this thought-provoking conversation will shed light on how transgenderism became politicized, what's causing the major spike in gender dysphoria, and how to end child transitioning for good!Don’t miss this thought-provoking, year-end episode, and please consider making a tax-deductible donation to CrossExamined (https://donor.crossexamined.org/) so that we can continue to help Christians defend the faith and do our part to make Christ known across the globe! 100% of your donation goes to ministry, 0% to buildings!Resources mentioned during the episode:Book - 'Money, Greed, and God' by Dr. Jay Richards: https://a.co/d/46pGwlS (https://a.co/d/46pGwlS)Jay's work at The Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/staff/jay-w-richards-phd (https://www.heritage.org/staff/jay-w-richards-phd)Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine: https://segm.org/ (https://segm.org/)Biological Integrity: https://biologicalintegrity.org/ (https://biologicalintegrity.org/)Previous podcast - 'Money, Greed, and God' with Dr. Jay Richards: https://bit.ly/3DvSZn7 (https://bit.ly/3DvSZn7)

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure you've heard of the 80-20 rule that 20% of what you do can give you 80% of your outcome.
0:11.0	And there are just a few essentials that make a big difference.
0:15.0	For example, to be healthy. What are the three things you need to do?
0:19.0	Well, you got to eat right, you got to get enough sleep, and you got to exercise. And of course, then, don't do things that'll degrade your health, like drink too much or smoke, those kind of things. What do you got to do if you want to win a football game? Well, you got to block, you got to tackle, and the coach will always say, we can't turn the ball over. What are the three fundamentals of real estate? Yes, location, location, and
0:39.2	location. Well, what we try and do here on this program, as you know, is we try and give you
0:43.9	the essentials of what you need to know because I don't know about you, but we live in a world of
0:48.8	information overload. There is so much information coming at us, particularly from our iPhones and our droids,
0:55.8	that we can get just befuddled.
0:58.0	We don't know where to turn.
0:59.0	We don't know what to do.
0:59.9	We don't know what the right information is.
1:02.9	There's so much misinformation out there that you sometimes can't figure out what the right
1:07.5	thing to think is.
1:09.5	Well, today, we have a guest with us, one of our favorite
1:13.0	guests who is really good at boiling things down. He writes great academic works and popular
1:18.6	works, but he can really communicate on some very important issues, the essentials of what
1:24.9	you need to know. So here in our last couple of podcasts of
1:28.4	2024, we want to give you the benefit of my friend Dr. Jay Richards, and Jay has been on the
1:35.0	program several times before he was just on a couple of weeks ago talking about his brand new
1:39.0	updated book, Privilege Planet. But we want to cover several topics in sort of rapid fire order over this
1:48.0	podcast and maybe the next. Topics on issues that Christians may be confused over. And so Jay's
1:55.0	going to give us some essentials. We'll also recommend some books. He's written that can help
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