30. Surprised by God: 3 ways to welcome the returning tide of faith

If the 'Sea Of Faith' is coming in again, how can the church lean in to the 'Surprising Rebirth' phenomenon?
In this Season 1 finale, Justin presents three ways to welcome the tide, drawing on lessons from the Jesus Revolution and the imaginative work of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien.
Justin speaks to secular and Christian thinkers such as Tom Holland, Douglas Murray and Carol Tomlin about 'Keeping Christianity Weird'. Elizabeth Oldfield, Jo Frost and Glen Scrivener on a church community that counters cancel culture. And Nick Cave, Michael Ward and Holly Ordway explain why imagination, storytelling, mystery and music can help today's seekers find their way to Christ.
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[@Simargo]

Hi Justin. I really enjoyed the episodes you did with Michael Ward and Holly Ordway on another channel. They were really helpful in understanding the Christian elements of Lewis' and Tolkien's works. In a similar vein, I think it could be really interesting to see/hear you have a discussion with John Granger, specifically on the topic of Christian symbolism in the Harry Potter series.

[@RonCopperman]

1:41:30 Martin Shaw, Paul Kingsnorth and Malcolm Guite deal brilliantly with the "imaginal".

[@michelangelope830]

You are infinitely important because you are witness. If you understand you are infinitely important. I want you to understand the meaning of my words and reflect on whether what I am saying is truth or lie. My truth is atheists, christians and other religious groups refuse to ask for proof that the Quran was memorized. Do you refuse to ask for proof that the Quran was memorized? Attention, people are dying!. Emergency, people are dying!. To not waste this loving poem I say atheism is a logical fallacy that assumes God is the religious idea of the creator of the creation to conclude wrongly no creator exists because a particular idea of God doesn’t exist. Did you understand the atheist logical fallacy? Atheism is a logical fallacy that assumes God is "sky daddy" to conclude wrongly no creator exists because a particular idea of God doesn’t exist. Spinoza was right and nobody listened. Thank you.