About the show
Bible scholar Dr. Ben Witherington often says that we live in a “biblically illiterate, Jesus haunted culture.” Though we have retained some vague notions about Jesus and Christianity, the decline of biblical literacy along with education in general and critical thinking in particular has made us easy prey for the constant barrage of false ideas that press in on us from every angle. This is true even for many of us in the Church—we have succumbed to the spirit of the age being more influenced by Hollywood and social media than by Scripture, reason, and common sense. We often find ourselves at a loss for how to respond to cultural hot topics in everything from sexual morality to politics to science etc. Thus, our purpose at Freemind is to provide a thoughtful analysis of these topics as they arise utilizing the tools of biblical theology and philosophy.
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Episodes and Blog Entries
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How We Lost the Culture (Part 1)
Episode | February 7th, 2022 | Season 3 | 42 mins 53 secs
In this episode Seth and Nirva discuss how Pietism contributed to American evangelicals' neglect of shaping society, which in turn led to the marginalization of the church and our loss of influence on culture.
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Evangelical "Elites" Consistently Miss the Real Dangers
Episode | January 24th, 2022 | Season 3 | 43 mins 10 secs
In this episode, Seth and Nirva discuss Doug Wilson's presentation on the way in which the evangelical elites/establishment (folks such as Tim Keller, David French, Russell Moore, and Al Mohler) consistently warn of the wrong dangers and fail to raise the alarm on the issues that the evangelical church really needs to confront.
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Where Do We Go From Here
Episode | January 17th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 2 mins
In this episode, Seth and Nirva discuss Jared Longshore's presentation of the 3 broad options that Evangelicals will tend to choose from in the future as we respond to our present cultural moment. He labels these three "separatist pietism," "defensive evangelicalism," and "reformed Kuyperianism."
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Taylor Swift, Can We Calmly Disagree?
Article | June 19th, 2019
It’s Pride month, most companies have adorned their social media accounts with some version of the LGBT flag, and now Taylor Swift has written a new song and produced an entire music video for the occasion. But more than celebrating Pride, this new music video clearly reveals what Swift and many other LGBT supporters think of those with different convictions.
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Response to ThinkProgress Chick-fil-A Article
Article | March 21st, 2019
By Seth Ready