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Positive World, Negative World, and Christian Nationalism with Justin Taylor and Collin Hansen

Life and Books and Everything — Clearly Reformed

Positive World, Negative World, and Christian Nationalism with Justin Taylor and Collin Hansen

November 8, 2022
Life and Books and Everything
Life and Books and EverythingClearly Reformed

The three amigos enter into a meandering conversation about Christian Nationalism and try to discern the level of the world’s hostility to the church in this cultural moment. They also make some political predictions and (most importantly) encourage Christian leaders that, whatever the winds blowing against us, the fundamental realities of ministry have not changed.

Timestamps:

Intro and Sponsor [0:00-1:30]

Sports Banter [1:31-2:51]

Election Predictions [2:52-10:35]

Christian Nationalism [10:36-33:12]

How Bad Are Things? [33:13-1:05:23]

Book Recommendations [1:05:24-1:13:44]

Books and Everything:

ESV Expositor's Commentary https://www.crossway.org/articles/introducing-the-esv-expository-commentary-series/

Ask Pastor John https://www.desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john

Psalms Two Volume Set: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary (EBTC) https://a.co/d/d8zYc8m

ESV Expository Commentary: Psalms–Song of Solomon Volume 5 https://www.crossway.org/books/esv-expository-commentary-premiumhc-5/

Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas (America: a cultural history, Volume III) https://a.co/d/eWuCXan

Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture https://a.co/d/aX6nKPZ

The Case Against the Sexual Revolution https://a.co/d/8f8LjBF

The War on the West https://a.co/d/8DA8NKv

Albion's Seed (text only) illustrated edition edition by D. H. Fischer https://a.co/d/3ZAT9Qv

The Origins of American Religious Nationalism (Religion in America) https://a.co/d/cUmSZVq

The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate https://a.co/d/5U3SoF9

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