July 12, 2022

3. Naiveties and Pain Points

31 minutes

What shapes the background of belief? In this episode we explore elements of our contemporary world view which mean that belief today cannot be the same as belief 500 years ago. Ideas covered include:

Distinctions such as natural/supernatural, immanent/transcendent, theist/atheist

Assumptions we might have about people who sit in a different stance to us

Pain points of the modern stances of unbelief

Reflections:

Take an element of today's discussion into conversation. What intrigued you? How does it fit with the world and people around you?

Who is the most unlikely person in your life to come to faith? How would the marketing world abuse their pain points? Spend some time with God wondering about how the Gospel speaks into these pain points and pray for that

References:

Pages of A Secular Age, Charles Taylor: (8-12)

Cartoons: https://sites.google.com/view/contemplatingculture

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