October 23, 2024

Christianity & Politics: Social Conservatism (Or Christless Conservatism?) ft. Jeff Durbin | Podcast for Cultural Reformation

52 minutes

In this episode of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, Pastor Nate Wright and Dr. Michael Thiessen are joined by Pastor & Ezra Fellow for Evangelism & Apologetics Jeff Durbin of Apologia Church & Studios and End Abortion Now to discuss the upcoming American election, Social Conservatism, and the need to root conservative principles in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Episode Resources: Apologia Church: ; Apologia Studios: https://apologiastudios.com/; End Abortion Now: https://endabortionnow.com/; ReformCon '25: https://reformcon.org/.

Think Christianly about politics with the help of Dr. Boot’s latest book “Ruler of Kings”: https://ezrapress.ca/products/ruler-of-kings-toward-a-christian-vision-of-government;

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Opening

00:27 Intro

00:47 Welcome

01:28 Homelife & Adoption

05:51 Conversation Set-up

07:31 How Jeff is Thinking About the Upcoming Election

14:57 Social Conservatism is NOT Enough

16:33 Christless Conservatism CANNOT Save Us

23:21 How Can an Abolitionist Vote for Trump?

38:33 What are Christians To Do When the Conservative Foundations are Destroyed? GO LOCAL!

47:30 "We've Got a Lot of [Exciting] Work Ahead of Us!"

48:43 God's Law Word at the Heart of All of Society

49:13 Thinking Christianly & Other Upcoming Conferences

51:47 Conclusion

52:10 Outro

UPCOMING CONFERENCES:

Join us this October 31- November 2 @ The Presence of Christ Conference at Trinity Bible Chapel in Kitchener/Waterloo: https://mytrinitybiblechapel.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2343549;

The Mission of God Conferences:

UK | Sat, 2 Nov 2024 10:00 – 17:30 GMT @ Birmingham City Centre: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mission-of-god-conference-2024-tickets-932486039847; Canada – Ontario | Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, 9:00 EST @ Harvest Bible Church Windsor: https://brushfire.com/ezrainstitute/missionofgod2024-ontario/587020/details; Alberta | Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, 9:00 MST@ Fairview Baptist Church: https://brushfire.com/ezrainstitute/missionofgod2024-alberta/587306.

REFORMCON '25 | "Out of the Ashes" | April 24-26, 2025 @ Tucson, AZ: https://reformcon.org/

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