Speak Life with Glen Scrivener and Paul Feesey

In this interview, Glen Scrivener talks to Dr Diane Langberg, psychologist and author of 'Redeeming Power' who has worked for the past 45 years with people suffering from trauma. They discuss the trauma associated with sexual and spiritual abuse within Christian ministry, especially the Ravi Zacharias and Jonathan Fletcher scandals.All of Speak Life's videos responding to the latest abuse scandals can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuOoXZ6RSPg&list=PL4zD5797LHdeSKbVtM7_AzOO-4miUyRQoSpeak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world. Learn more about us here: https://speaklife.org.uk/Join our internship programme here: https://speaklifefoundry.com/Subscribe to Speak Life and get our regular videos: http://tiny.cc/ecjbgzSocial Mediafacebook.com/speakLifeuk/twitter.com/speaklifeuk/instagram.com/speaklifeuk/#ChurchAbuse #JonathanFletcher #RaviZachariasSupport the show (https://speaklife.org.uk/give/)

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Greg Locke

On this episode of OnPoint with Pastor Greg Locke, Andy Stanley gets called out, the treachery of Ravi Zacharias is discussed, and Pastor Locke discusses his stance on.... Well, you'll just have to listen to find out. One thing is for sure though, you won't want to miss this action-packed episode of OnPoint.

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Tim Byron

One of the most popular Christian Apologists died recently and left multiple victims of abuse.  This caused great distress in the Evangelical Community.  Amidst all the book burning we look at his legacy and try to understand the tradition he came out of. 

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The Cats

In this episode we talk to two of our own pastors. We ask them about  what we should think of the ministry, books and teaching of those - such as Ravi Zacharias -  who have had a very public and shameful fall from grace. Should we burn all their books and try out hardest to forget any of the teachings that have been impactful, or should we give them the benefit of the doubt?We consider if ever we should offer opinions on public allegations of abuse, whether we really should support parachurch organisations (we also accurately define what these are), and The Cats nail the art of asking 16 small questions and try to pass them off as 1. We take the opportunity to try and get to know our pastors a bit better and hit them with a classic Plumbline quickfire.We mention recent events at a local church to us, Crowded House. You can read the full report here.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/theplumblinepodcast )

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Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

Brad talks with Adrian Gibbs, co-host of the Dirty Rotten Church Kids and an ex-evangelical of Filipino descent, about the connections between Ravi Zacharias' abuse of spa workers of Asian descent and the killing of six Asian women of Asian descent at day spas near Atlanta next week. They discuss the themes of misogyny, racial otherness, and purity culture as ways to understand why both cases involve Evangelical men carrying out violence against women of color. 

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Following The Fire

Nathan shares his thoughts on how misunderstanding "Good Guys vs. Bad Guys" can lead to an inverted gospel of moral superiority, and how it contributes to the problem of "Us Against Them." And, along the way, Nathan realizes that he's not the Jedi he thought, but he was the Sith the whole time.

Book Club! - 0:00

“With” by Skye Jethani

Intro - 2:52

Good guys vs. Bad guys - 4:30

The Empire Strikes Back

Darkwing Duck

Rescuers Down Under

How to know if someone’s a bad guy

Smokes cigarettes

They’re ugly

Foreign accent (Russian or German, but the worst is British)

OT “heroes” are very flawed people

We’re not necessarily supposed to emulate the heroes at all times

Noah had a dark ending (Genesis 9)

Abraham lying about his wife being his wife (Genesis 20)

David & Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11)

Jacob & Esau (Genesis 25)

Judah & Tamar (Genesis 38)

We read ourselves into the best parts of the story

Going to church = I’m a good guy

The G.O.D. Club (sorry Jodie)

We associate being a Christian with moral superiority

The natural response to meeting God is not “I’m so great”

The Gospel of Moral Superiority - 4:30

The need to feel “good enough” to become a Christian

Focusing so much on right vs. wrong that we miss the forest

Fear of morality outside Christianity

We are skeptical of things not written by people we always agree with

We should also be skeptical of those we think we do agree with

Leads us to hide any darkness we find inside ourselves

We then hide the shortcomings of our leaders

Ravi Zacharias scandal

Us Against Them -

We should be the salt of the earth not the starch of the vest (Matthew 5:13)

Today means: authentic, guard down, not worried about perceptions

Book: “Unchristian” by Gabe Lyons and David Kinnaman

Rethinking how we measure ourselves

Jesus came to the “in group” and reached out to the “outsider”

Thought experiment: Tell yourself the “Good Samaritan” story and substitute the person you can’t stand as the Samaritan

God leaves no room for someone we’re NOT supposed to love

“Jesus the Pharisee” - Joseph Shulam

There is no outsider! There is no “us vs them”

Love actively

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00:02:52 Intro

00:04:30 Good Guys vs Bad Guys

00:30:05 The Gospel of Moral Superiority

00:45:50 Us Against Them

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Chris Perry

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H.L. Rosario

Join H.L. Rosario as he discusses scandals that have shaken the Christian Community these last couple of months. Listen in on how he gracefully discusses Dr. Ravi Zacharias and Former Pastor of Hillsong Church, Carl Lentz; our response and our expectations as Christians in... Scandals. 

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Warren Smith and Natasha Smith

Here at MinistryWatch we bring you news about Christian ministries, as well as the latest in charity and philanthropy, all designed to help us become better stewards of the resources God has entrusted to us.

Regular listeners to the program know that these “MinistryWatch Extra” episodes are a chance for us to “go deep” with some of our editorial partners.  But today, I’m bringing you something a bit different, because the guest today is not one of our editorial partners, but someone who has become a “go-to-guy” for me when I want to talk about issues of leadership, branding, and the general state of the evangelical church, and that is Phil Cooke.

Phil Cooke got his start in media working on the television program of Oral Roberts while he was still a student at Oral Roberts University.  Over the years Cooke has become one of the nation’s experts on the use of media in a Christian context.  He has also been outspoken on the need for men and women of integrity in Christian ministries.  He has been critical of televangelists.  And even though he is a media and marketing expert, he says that evangelical Christianity doesn’t have a marketing problem.  It has a character problem.

I think he’s right. And in the light of the recent scandal involving Christian leaders such as Ravi Zacharias, James MacDonald, Bill Hybels, and Jerry Falwell Jr., not to mention the way evangelical leaders have glibly dismissed the character questions that have dogged President Trump and other political leaders, I thought it was time to have him back on the program to have a heart-to-heart discussion about some of these matters.

Phil Cooke is a working producer in Hollywood who also has a Ph. D. in theology.  He’s the author of a half-dozen books on media and marketing and has been a contributor to Fast Company, Forbes, and The Huffington Post.  He is also a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as well as the Producer’s Guild of America.

To find out more about MinistryWatch, go to MinistryWatch.com and hit “About Us” at the top of the page.  We’ve recently added some new material there, including our latest financial statements, and our statement of faith.

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