Can Cultural Christianity Save the Culture?

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Glen Scrivener discuss the three options Tom Holland sees confronting us as he chooses to engage the Christian roots of Western culture. Glen asks the question: can we use Christianity to save culture? Some have accused Ayaan Hirsi Ali of doing just that. Glen examines the dangers and points to the real power of real Christianity.
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@aidanya1336 9 ай бұрын

Gotta give credit. As an atheist i found this not only interesting. I also found really fair and balanced take.

@elizabethgriffiths6673 9 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right, however these people have a huge following and it is possible that many will turn to the church to find answers. We the church need to be ready

@PixelVoyager-m4z 9 ай бұрын

This is a goldmine 👌

@jeanbrown4736 9 ай бұрын

Speak Life showed me Jesus through a book and videos

@dennistoufexis5790 9 ай бұрын

Glen, you're doing a great job. One of the few voices of reason out there.

@benisbrave5290 7 ай бұрын

Fascinating video Glen, thank you for your ministry!

@OceanRoadbyTonyBaker 9 ай бұрын

This had been on my mind and is well laid out here. Thank you, sir.

@ianandersongray 9 ай бұрын

Wow, this video blew my mind. Thanks so much, Glen. It brought together a lot of things I've been thinking about recently.

@alandinsmore1186 9 ай бұрын

A good analogy from an Indian pastor "people only throw stones at a mango tree when it's bearing fruit"

@littlelights6798 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for this 👍🙏

@iwanrobb7865 9 ай бұрын

So so helpful, thank you!

@thepasswordisrhubarb 9 ай бұрын

People need to be brought to Christ somehow. Do we need to criticize the manner in which people have their eyes opened? Can we just not welcome our fellow man on to the path? My eye keep getting opened and re-opened. More eyes need to be here.

@philippbrogli779 6 ай бұрын

We should not criticize the manner in which people have their eyes opened. But we should point out that cultural Christianity is not the endpoint as it is a house built on sand not on the rock which is Jesus Christ.

@quistian 9 ай бұрын

I recommend the recent book: Cultural Intelligence, but Darrell Bock for some pointed comments on this topic.

@donalfoley2412 9 ай бұрын

The ‘booster rockets’ is a great metaphor.

@pweinbrenner 9 ай бұрын

Good commentary on cultural issue. I was wondering when you would go back to the Nancy Pearcey interview & then you did! At least two types of evangelical; the theological (church going) one and the social/political (declares oneself evangelical but rarely if ever goes into a church. New word for Christendom) one. We humans are powerful and can run on 10 of 12 cylinders (USA examples); 1) we have corporations producing products at the same time delving into DEI, wokeness & ESG 2) we have unnecessary governmental restrictions on companies but they still produce, such as fossil fuel industry 3) we create segregated school settings such as the southern states and now we have a legacy in which now to have a black college (HBCU) next to a formally all white college, but we continue along in this inefficient system unable to resolve the inefficiency. In conclusion, I see the option of us continuing along in Enlightenment and power while using Christianity enough so we don’t go off the rail completely.

@philipbenjamin4720 9 ай бұрын

The question which is the title of this video is absolutely the right question to be asking - however I do not believe that either the host - in his decision to remain in the Church of England and not to publicly address the failure of its leaders (this while he acts as someone choosing to engage publicly on other issues affecting the world church) - or his interviewee here Tom Holland - should be turned to for insight AT THIS MOMENT into this question. (Things may change - I am only commenting on how things stand now). The host's choices that I mentioned are his choosing to adhere to a form of cultural Christianity. As regards Tom Holland - while he says that he believes that there is no Christianity without Christian beliefs - no practices without "the rocket fuel" - in this interview he reveals that he doesn't in fact currently believe this. In responding to a question about the possible ways forward for the West from here - now that it has adopted a kind of cultural Christianity - Tom says of societies where he believes either the strong have failed to protect the weak - or will: "And people who want to defend that" (that being human rights - equality - the strong caring for the weak) "will have to start looking at the origins of these things - and that may lead them to come back to the church. That is certainly the path that I have been on". Note those words "come back to the church". To come back to the church (instead of to turn to God) is to choose another form of cultural Christianity (this time linking oneself with people who in greater percentage than the world profess a faith - but who may in many or even most cases are at best fellow proponents of cultural Christianity - instead of to be a Christian).

@sebastiangaete7479 9 ай бұрын

I wrote a book called "God or Babylon". It seems that you are saying, in effect, "Christ or Fascism".

@OneWay4D73 9 ай бұрын

Returning to the first love

@kamilziemian995 9 ай бұрын

Only God can save us. We need obey Him as He wants, not as we wants. At the same time I hope that we can bring Ayaan Hirsi Ali closer to God, using her current place in life.

@oliverjamito9902 9 ай бұрын

What is salt? Unto the "i" Am. What is creation without the..."i" Am? Heirs and our Beautiful will say, Who sitteth under a SHADE OF A WELL ROOTED TREE! Our little precious treasures surrounding HIM! Which ye all once from Here! Bring all old minds nor the wise of this world will say DIFFER? I'LL WAIT RIGHT HERE. Along with all my Angels who persevere and Heirs Hosts! Let all the Mouths to come forth! Keep watch!

@digitalnomad9985 9 ай бұрын

(Before having watched and just reacting to the title) It seems to me that Cultural Christianity and saving the culture are two different words for the same thing, and it would be hard to do that thing without saving SOMEBODY. Yeah, sane cultural standards are a temporal good and believers and the Church are supposed to be in favor of temporal good. So the question is not whether doing one will do the other, but whether you can do it without an increase in saving faith.

@SpeakLifeMedia 9 ай бұрын

Good point on the need to distinguish. Cultural Christianity is completely inevitable and is not to be lamented in itself (it can be, in fact, a gateway for many to real faith and can also have a leavening effect on a culture). BUT when it's sought as something to be exploited for ends other than faith (eg political ends) it can be pernicious indeed.

@TimBitts649 9 ай бұрын

No, real Christianity can save the culture. Not fake Christianity. About 80% of Christian families, the kids when they grow up, retain the faith. Christians need to have more kids. Or we're done.

@andrewmiles2370 8 ай бұрын

All correct. But what a missed opportunity to declare the gospel and the necessity of the new birth! You must be born again, you must believe on Jesus, the Christ!

@simoncordingley3122 9 ай бұрын

I agree with this. I’m a little unsure of using a New York Times opinion piece as evidential support for your argument though. Unless, that is, you seriously agree with the current mainstream media’s united push to instil fear into the U.S. voting public by portraying Trump as a fascist? I’m not American, so it doesn’t immediately affect me, but it seems to me if anyone comes close to being fascist, it’s the current administration. Certainly, they’re the most undemocratic.

@oliverjamito9902 9 ай бұрын

What Christian, Muslim, Jewish, religion, and all thy feet resting upon WHO'S FOOTSTOOL? An innocents little ones will say, Thy shared I AM. All in front of thee exist! What is who am I? Indeed needed to be reminded. Remember my HEIRS commanded to provide space, room, and came with time given from the True Owner. Heirs and our Beautiful will say from here grows! Nevertheless...who will visit!

@peachnehi7340 9 ай бұрын

All cultures need Christ

@paulthiele3102 9 ай бұрын

So what version is Ali?

@nonymousse4107 9 ай бұрын

Super interesting video. Abit heavy on the mouth sounds😬

@joannamccullagh5465 9 ай бұрын

No it can’t, only the Holy Spirit can really lead us to bring the kingdom to earth. Philosophies alone will not do it can be used to define who the ‘other’ is. There is no dehumanisation against anyone if true Christianity is practised.

@christophekeating21 9 ай бұрын

The closest thing to an official song the H youth had was Vorwärts! Vorwärts! Forward! Forward! And it has none of that in it But the song in question was cited in the Nuremberg trials as having been sung in 1934.

@edwardbrowncross 9 ай бұрын

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXfCl62woNSWo6s The original video

@joanhuffman2166 9 ай бұрын

0:15 Christ can save the West, but he's not a tool for saving cultures. We can not use him and worship culture. That won't work.

@allanhutton1123 9 ай бұрын

Nominal cultural Christianity did not save the 1940 nor 1950 culture.. So no but there is value in telling people God's way is better in every way compared to man's stupid devices.