The Aaron Renn Show

Why Evangelicals Are Not Leaders in Our Society

Dec 19, 2022

43:16

Highlights

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Episode notes

How Did Jim Brainerd Transform Sprawlberg?

02:22

Common Grace and God's Design

03:20

Set the Direction for the Evangelical Church in the 21st Century

02:43

Introduction

2min

What Are You Looking Forward to This Year?

2min

How Did Jim Brainerd Transform Sprawlberg?

2min

Is There a Middle Class Mindset?

2min

Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia

3min

The Implications of Calling

3min

I've Been Blessed to Have a Certain Level of Influence and Impact in the Church

2min

Set the Direction for the Evangelical Church in the 21st Century

3min

Is There a Weak Sensation of Calling?

2min

10.

The Implications of Grace for the Christian

3min

11.

Common Grace and God's Design

3min

12.

You Should Love Your Own Children More Than Other People's Children

2min

13.

The Law of Gravity Didn't End When the Fall Happened

2min

14.

Faith and Work

3min

15.

George Bailey and the Great Depression

3min

16.

Is There a Deficit in the Church?

3min

17.

The Faith and Work Movement Needs to Be Rebuilt

3min

Returning to the theme of deficits in the American leadership and elite classes, I will examine some of the reasons why evangelicals in particular seem not be high impact leaders in our institutions and in society. In particular, I will discuss evangelicalism's weak sense of "calling" and it's low view of the created order.