Wesley Huff

you know, fill out the little tick box and say, I'm a Christian, I go to church on Sunday. How many of them were doing so because it was just par for the course for their culture and the culture shifted and they weren't really necessarily convictionally Christian then And they were following the stream of the flow of the culture and the stream of the flow shifted.

you know, fill out the little tick box and say, I'm a Christian, I go to church on Sunday. How many of them were doing so because it was just par for the course for their culture and the culture shifted and they weren't really necessarily convictionally Christian then And they were following the stream of the flow of the culture and the stream of the flow shifted.

And so now it's just more culturally accepted to not go to church. And so I wonder whether the people who are going to church now are actually those that choose to go to church convictionally and are what you would refer to as the actual Christians that feel that conviction now. that Jesus is their Lord and Savior.

And so now it's just more culturally accepted to not go to church. And so I wonder whether the people who are going to church now are actually those that choose to go to church convictionally and are what you would refer to as the actual Christians that feel that conviction now. that Jesus is their Lord and Savior.

Yeah, I mean, I think what we see globally is that we're seeing a shift in the demographics in that for a long time, the Western world was Christianized. Maybe it wasn't necessarily Christian, but it was Christianized. And I actually think we're seeing a shift statistically in that's moving to the global south.

Yeah, I mean, I think what we see globally is that we're seeing a shift in the demographics in that for a long time, the Western world was Christianized. Maybe it wasn't necessarily Christian, but it was Christianized. And I actually think we're seeing a shift statistically in that's moving to the global south.

that if you look at the continents of Africa and Asia, that the church is growing at a rapid rate in those countries. And I think there are various reasons for that, but I think we are genuinely seeing that. Can I give a rebuttal to that? Sure.

that if you look at the continents of Africa and Asia, that the church is growing at a rapid rate in those countries. And I think there are various reasons for that, but I think we are genuinely seeing that. Can I give a rebuttal to that? Sure.

Yeah, I'm going to back up. I'm going to answer that question, but I'm going to back up and say that to the kind of rebuttal of, well, we're introducing Christianity into those places. I would actually say that Christianity was there long before it was ever in the West, in that North Africa was where a lot of the major church historians come from.

Yeah, I'm going to back up. I'm going to answer that question, but I'm going to back up and say that to the kind of rebuttal of, well, we're introducing Christianity into those places. I would actually say that Christianity was there long before it was ever in the West, in that North Africa was where a lot of the major church historians come from.

Apart from the Apostle Paul, you have individuals like Athanasius of Alexandria. These are people who are Augustine. St. Augustine was a North African. Some of the most prominent individuals within early church history were from the Middle East, were from Africa. And Christianity was in Asia and Africa long before it was anywhere else.

Apart from the Apostle Paul, you have individuals like Athanasius of Alexandria. These are people who are Augustine. St. Augustine was a North African. Some of the most prominent individuals within early church history were from the Middle East, were from Africa. And Christianity was in Asia and Africa long before it was anywhere else.

remotely close to places like north america and so i think what we're seeing actually is not an introduction but the revival of a lot of those countries i think that's that's a fair and i think it would be both right because some places it is a revival hey let's revive right let's get the

remotely close to places like north america and so i think what we're seeing actually is not an introduction but the revival of a lot of those countries i think that's that's a fair and i think it would be both right because some places it is a revival hey let's revive right let's get the

Yeah. I think there have been a number of things that have happened in the West in the last few decades. I think we want to hold on to the fruit of our Judeo-Christian values, but we want to ignore the roots that actually grew that fruit. And so I think you can look at individuals like there's a historian named Tom Holland. He's not the Spider-Man actor. That guy is also named Tom Holland.

Yeah. I think there have been a number of things that have happened in the West in the last few decades. I think we want to hold on to the fruit of our Judeo-Christian values, but we want to ignore the roots that actually grew that fruit. And so I think you can look at individuals like there's a historian named Tom Holland. He's not the Spider-Man actor. That guy is also named Tom Holland.

Not this Tom Holland. He wrote a book called Dominion. He's out in the UK. Now he's agnostic, but he, this giant like brick of a book, Dominion, and talks about the fact that

Not this Tom Holland. He wrote a book called Dominion. He's out in the UK. Now he's agnostic, but he, this giant like brick of a book, Dominion, and talks about the fact that

a lot of the things that we assume within our society that we consider good, even things like just the idea that humans have intrinsic worth by nature of being human, that that is fundamentally a Christian value because it comes from the biblical testimony of humans being created in the image of God.

a lot of the things that we assume within our society that we consider good, even things like just the idea that humans have intrinsic worth by nature of being human, that that is fundamentally a Christian value because it comes from the biblical testimony of humans being created in the image of God.