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The Real Life Podcast

what the enormous decline in American spirituality means for us.

The Real Life Podcast

Jefferson Bethke

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week Alyssa and I chat about obvious and recent trends to the spiritual landscape of America the last 20 years.

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0:18.4

I don't think we are an apologetic culture anymore meaning I feel like there's way

0:26.6

less ROI on that yeah so I think in the 90s we were a highly legal forensic intellectual atmosphere.

0:36.4

Now I think that is not the currency of our culture.

0:39.9

Like we have not, because it's not just 20 years has gone by but it's 20 years with the

0:43.0

internet and the smartphone so like a hundred and or 200 years has gone by like we're we don't

0:47.6

realize 30 years now yeah but I'm just saying like there's a

0:50.0

revel they call it the internet and digital revolution for a reason.

0:53.1

Like it is we are living in a different world.

0:55.4

Hey guys, welcome to the real life podcast where we talk about exactly that every single week, real life.

1:05.7

Which means some episodes might be about a fight we just had, some episodes might be about

1:10.0

potty training since we have two toddlers and some might be about

1:13.0

eschatological realism because I love thinking and talking about deep

1:16.4

theological things and maybe we'll talk about all three of those in one episode but

1:20.7

we hope the show feels like hanging out in our living room with us drinking a cup of

1:24.7

coffee as we discuss faith and family and culture and Jesus. Me and my lovely wife

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