Why I'm Still a Christian with Kristin Du Mez
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The last five or six years have been rough for many thoughtful faithful Christians. The embrace of Trump and Trumpism, the rise of ethnic nationalism and xenophobia, conspiracy theories and abuse scandals have rocked the church. Many have walked away in disgust. Some have spoken out and paid the price and yet, rather than walking away, they have remained committed to Christ and his church. One of those people is Kristen Du Mez, a New York Times best selling author and professor of History at Calvin University. Her book, "Jesus and John Wayne" made headlines by examining how toxic masculinity and misogyny within white evangelicalism has affected American history and culture. The reaction to Du Mez's book within White Evangelicalism was swift and ugly. Skye sat down with Kristin Du Mez to hear her story and find out why, through it all, she's still following Jesus.
0:00 - Theme Song
0:29 - Intro
1:37 - How Kristin became a Christian
7:38 - Kristin's thoughts on Evangelicalism
22:04 - Sponsor - AG1
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23:33 - What's helping Kristin remain a Christian today
37:10 - End Credits
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, the silence of this spirit in the way keyed in the night, in the watching and the way you stand by my side. |
| 0:13.5 | Oh, Jesus, come and wait with me, come and wait with me. |
| 0:21.7 | Lecret, Christen Dumet, Jamar Tisby, Russell Moore. |
| 0:26.3 | Come to me. |
| 0:27.3 | Why are you still a Christian? |
| 0:29.5 | This is Phil. |
| 0:30.5 | The last five or six years have been rough for many thoughtful, faithful Christians. |
| 0:35.3 | The embrace of Trump and Trumpism, the rise of ethnic nationalism in xenophobia, conspiracy |
| 0:41.1 | theories and abuse scandals have rocked the church, many have walked away and discussed, |
| 0:46.5 | some have spoken out and paid the price, and yet rather than walking away have remained |
| 0:50.9 | committed to Christ and his church. |
| 0:53.1 | We wanted to sit down with a few of those who have cried out, like voices in the wilderness, |
| 0:57.4 | who have been attacked by the church they love and yet still remain. |
| 1:00.9 | We wanted to ask a simple question, why are you still a Christian? |
| 1:05.2 | Christen Dumet is a New York Times bestselling author and professor of history at Calvin |
| 1:09.6 | University. |
| 1:10.6 | Her book, Jesus and John Wayne, made headlines by examining how toxic masculinity and misogyny |
| 1:16.9 | within white evangelicalism has affected American history and culture. |
| 1:22.1 | The reaction to Dumet's book within white evangelicalism was swift and ugly. |
| 1:27.6 | Sky sat down with Christen Dumet to hear her story and find out why, through it all, |
| 1:33.1 | she's still following Jesus. |
| 1:37.4 | Christen Cobbets Dumet, welcome back. |
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