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Lead: Religion is dying, right? Well, that’s another worldview crack we’ll get to today.
Intro: In the book of Job you will recall that there’s a bunch of back-and-forth between Job and three main friends. THEN a young guy named Elihu speaks up. He’s honored the code of letting the old and “wise” people talk first, but then he just can’t not talk (yes, that’s a purposeful double negative).
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Bible segment (read along with The Bible Project):
Passage: Job 35-37
Translation: NET (New English Translation)
Words: ~1201
Apologetics/reflections segment:
Rebecca McLaughlin points out six (which we flesh out in the show):
Lack of foundation for science and existence
Lack of grounding for human equality
Tension between secular values and religious diversity
Competing needs for objective truth and religious relativism
False assumption of increasing secularism
False assumption that less religion is good for society (1)
Wisdom segment:
Passage: Psalm 144
Translation: NET (New English Translation)
Words: ~246
The bottom line:
Watch The Bible Project’s video on Job (below) if you haven’t already.
Love you!
-R
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Sources and resources
(1) Rebecca McLaughlin, “6 Cracks in a Secular Worldview” The Gospel Coalition (blog), January 4, 2018, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/cracks-secular-worldview/. Accessed May 24, 2019.
20 Compelling Evidences That God Exists: Discover Why Believing in God Makes So Much Sense, Ken Boa & Rob Bowman on Amazon (Kindle) — 99 cents
Understanding the Faith: A Survey of Christian Apologetics (Understanding the Times) by Jeff Myers for 99 cents — that’s cheap! Amazon or Google