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Testimony—Part 1
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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Mar 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
You can pre-order Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation now at https://www.jonwardwrites.org/
Jon Ward (Journalist and author of Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation) joins Ron Steslow to discuss growing up in the Evangelical Church, “Christian Trumpism,” and his new memoir.
(03:28) Why Jon wrote the book
(08:10) Being a “border-stalker”
(14:36) The Jesus Movement
(21:07) Understanding the different motivations (abortion and race) for Evangelicals joining the Republican party
(23:00) The insular church community and how it impacted his worldview
(30:00) How Christian belief in the end times impacts action
(32:50) The connection between being a spiritual warrior and a political warrior
(36:15) Spiritual ecstasy as a sign of devotion to God (and the burnout it caused)
(41:41) How anti-intellectualism reinforced the social bubble
Pre-order Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation—https://www.jonwardwrites.org/
Follow Ron and Jon on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/RonSteslow
https://twitter.com/jonward11
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jon Ward (Journalist and author of Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation) joins Ron Steslow to discuss growing up in the Evangelical Church, “Christian Trumpism,” and his new memoir.
(03:28) Why Jon wrote the book
(08:10) Being a “border-stalker”
(14:36) The Jesus Movement
(21:07) Understanding the different motivations (abortion and race) for Evangelicals joining the Republican party
(23:00) The insular church community and how it impacted his worldview
(30:00) How Christian belief in the end times impacts action
(32:50) The connection between being a spiritual warrior and a political warrior
(36:15) Spiritual ecstasy as a sign of devotion to God (and the burnout it caused)
(41:41) How anti-intellectualism reinforced the social bubble
Pre-order Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation—https://www.jonwardwrites.org/
Follow Ron and Jon on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/RonSteslow
https://twitter.com/jonward11
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Mar 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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