Read the News Like a Christian: Part 02

07/22/20 • 72 min

Part 2 of our Episode on the News. We apply the 7 Classic Virtues to being a reader of the news: Prudence, Courage, Temperance, Justice, Faith, Hope, and Love.
Also, Andrew wades into a Saudi cultural controversy, and Bryan discusses specific news sources to read or avoid.

Previous Episode

What is News? Part 01

What news is really worth paying attention to?
What's just entertainment, or divisive, or a diversion? How can we use the news to be better Christians, rather than to give into the spirit of the age?
This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the News: What is the News?

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The Jordan Peterson Phenomenon

In this episode, we talk about Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson. Peterson rose to fame in 2016 with a resistance to progressive academic culture, lectures on the pscyhological significance of biblical stories, and the best-selling book "12 Rules for Life."
Why are young people - especially young men - drawn to a scholar like this?
We talk with Joseph, an atheist philosophy major who converted to Christianity. Joseph turned toward Christian faith, not in spite of, but because he was drawn more deeply into ideas and truth, and this path included a major influence by Peterson, who is not a Christian.
Join us for this fascinating conversation about today's campus culture, critical theory, and a great conversion story.