3.53 Stephen Wellum, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “What Evangelicals Must Learn from the Last Decades of American Politics”

3.53 – Wellum Interview Show Notes

Timestamps

• 00:43 – Intro
• 03:50 – What Is Dr. Wellum Attempting to Do With This Piece?
• 06:14 – How Do We Understand What an Evangelical is in This Political Age?
• 10:38 – Is Being Defined by the Bebbington Quadrilateral Enough for Evangelicals?
• 13:58 – Cultural Accommodations
• 19:54 – Being Quiet and Unclear
• 22:58 – The Need to Be ‘Cool’ in Today’s Evangelicalism
• 29:08 – David Wells and His Cultural Critique
• 36:57 – Dr. Wellum’s List
• 39:30 – Being Faithful to Preach the Word of God in Private and Public Matters
• 46:29 – Evangelicals Taking for Granted their Freedoms and Liberties
• 58:20 – Personal Peace and Affluence, and Not Being ‘Lulled to Sleep’
• 1:05:37 – Encouragements for Congregations in this Season
• 1:09:07 – Outro

Resources to Click

• Till Kingdom Come Conference at Christ Bible Church
• “The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism” – Aaron Renn
• Quote from Ronald Reagan’s “Encroaching Control” Speech
• “Baptist Press Initial Reporting on Roe v. Wade” – Trevin Wax
• “American Psychological Association Reiterates Support for Same-Sex Marriage” – APA
• “Resolution 9 and the Southern Baptist Convention” – Tom Ascol
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Life in the Negative World – Aaron Renn
• Democracy in America – Alexis de Tocqueville
• No Place For Truth: or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology – David F. Wells
• God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams – David F. Wells
• Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision – David F. Wells
• Above All Earthly Pow’rs: Christ in a Postmodern World – David F. Wells
• The Courage to Be Protestant: Reformation Faith in Today’s World – David F. Wells
• A Secular Age – Charles Taylor