Are You a Jew by Definition?

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There's been quite a few rabbis and other people of religious influence in Israel who have been found to be undercover, Pentecostal or from the Jews for Jesus movement missionaries. Another cut that I have seen made in the last few decades is along the lines of to what extent it's your job as a Christian to take care of the poor. And so I gather Pentecostals lean more toward doing both. They want to be active in the world as well as the next life.

Shermer and Hardy discuss: Hardy’s religious journey (raised Catholic, now agnostic) • origin of Pentecostalism and its biblical basis Pentecostalism in Korea North and South, and Israel • the structure of the Pentecostal church and how it differs from other churches • Seven Mountain Mandate • how religions grow • pentecostalism and politics • the psychology of the believer • dispensationalism and the Rapture • prophecy • glossolalia • snake handling • eschatology and end-times theology • sin and redemption • prostitution • Jordan Peterson and secular religion.

Elle Hardy is a journalist and foreign correspondent who has reported from the United States, the former USSR and North Korea, among a long list of places. Her work has appeared in GQ, Lonely Planet, Foreign Policy and Business Insider, and on ABC Australia. Her new book is Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World.