• 637: Your Church is Too American with Steve Bezner

  • Oct 2 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
  • Podcast

637: Your Church is Too American with Steve Bezner

  • Summary

  • Steve Bezner, a pastor in Houston, had a troubling realization—his people were being shaped more by social media, YouTube, and cable news than by the Bible, and their views of money, sex, and power looked more American than Christian. He talks with Kaitlyn about his new book, “Your Jesus Is Too American,” and how being more relational than organizational may be the first step toward healing our churches. Also this week, are American evangelicals going through the five stages of grief? If so, what does it mean to accept our loss of cultural influence? For the first time, new data says Gen Z men are more religious than Gen Z women. Why are young women leaving the church and why are young men coming? Plus, now even gorillas are addicted to smartphones.

    0:00 - Intro

    1:46 - Show Starts

    2:52 - Theme Song

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    5:20 - Kohl’s Makes Decisions Easier

    6:28 - Gorillas Getting Too Much Screentime at the Zoo!

    11:42 - Accepting Lost Evangelical Influence

    18:07 - Collaborating as Political Minorities

    31:42 - Are Young Men Taking Over the Church?

    51:39 - Sponsor - The National Association of Evangelicals - Listen to the Difficult to explore how Christians can become peacemakers. Go to https://www.nae.org/introduction-difficult-conversations-podcast-series/ to check it out!

    53:37- Interview

    59:10 - How We’ve Failed to Disciple People About Sex

    1:06:48 - Prophetic Politics

    1:13:50 - Church Pain

    1:19:36 - Community Service in the Church

    1:28:38 - End Credits

    Links Mentioned in the News Segment:

    Gorillas and Screen Time

    https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/zoos-gorillas-screen-time-phones-videos-e88531a7

    The Acceptance Stage of Lost Evangelical Influence

    https://www.christianitytoday.com/2024/09/the-acceptance-stage-lost-influence-evangelicals-diverse-democracy/

    America’s Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind

    https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/young-american-men-lost-c1d799f7

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