Christianity is RETURNING? Tom Holland & Justin Brierley in conversation

Grew up with Christianity, walked away as a young adult, and have returned to the church as a more mature man and I'm so glad I did ✝️ Hallelujah

African American soul singer Mahalia Jackson said, "When I sing the blues, I still have the blues. When I sing gospel, I have hope."

Thank you all. God Bless you for this. I pray he richly use you all; you let your light shine bright. His grace ever overshadow you and yours. May you know his best.

I'm reminded of my grandmother, born in 1914, who very much had a Sacramental Worldview (aka the "Catholic Imagination"). She had prayers for every occasion and everything was full of grace. This was formed by the traditional liturgy of her childhood, with all of the smells abd bells and special feast days & pious practices. I work in campus ministry at a public university and the students I meet who are experiencing conversions are moving toward liturgical traditions with deep symbolism and rituals. If the Church wants to be "relevant" in the Post-Enlightenment age, it needs to become old again.

Tom Holland is spellbinding

To recognize that you are the humble recipient of an undeserved gift is the opposite of arrogance.

“If you start with all the arguments to reason and put them front and centre, than I think you’re missing a trick. You’ve got to start with the heart…”

I always love listening to Justin and Tom’s discussions.

You are right Justin. Emptying pews DOES NOT mean our faith, even in this country, UK, is dying. All it means is that Cof E, Methodist, etc etc IS NO LONGER preaching the full gospel and that is what people want. The faithful are still coming together as the body of Christ, but in different ways. Online, small house groups, other "buildings" where they can experience freely the Spirit of the Lord. There are beacons of light throughout this country.

Tom Holland, you have been touched by Virgin Mary. I believe it is not arrogance to think in this way. I have experienced Her help not once. I pray for you. Greetings from Poland ❤

We are seeing a lot of growth in our local Quaker meeting. Young people are coming in and want to know what we believe. Some had tried evangelical churches and been put off by dogma, doctrines and their position on LGBTIQ issues. Four years of growth is a trend. In 2012 the local meeting had three members, this morning they had closer to 30.

If you mentioned that Mary story to most practicing Catholics, they'd have very little problem believing she helped intervene.

Definitely a bombshell and truthful last moment from Tom Holland, greeted with "Okay before the fatigue sets in… "

Dun and Carol Richardson spent 15 years in the jungle tribe Sawi in Irian Jaya Indonesia. The Sawi were head hunters and cannibals. Don and Carol discovered a principle called redemptive analogy in their culture that pointed to Christ. By the time they left 15 years later, 70% of the tribe were Christians. In Don's second best-seller, _Eternity in Their Hearts hearts_, he found redemptive analogies in cultures around the world.

My father’s parents escaped Armenian Holocaust/genocide.

I find it also a weird coincidence that Tom Holland here had a miraculous recovery from his cancer similar to Jordan Peterson's wife both which influenced Tom and Peterson who are extremely popular figures in the pro Christian movement today

Keep up the good work Justin

I love that Tom holland and Nick Cave talk. That reference to their chat about his experience made my day.

On cultural contingency, my sister and brother-in-law had a friend from India who said that 95% of Hinduism was compatible with Christianity. What Hinduism lacked was someone to forgive their sins

One thing that gives me confidence is the more sophisticated understanding of epistemology that is emerging. I think the Covid madness also primed the mind to recognize scientism. The new atheists are naive materialists. For me I had a pre evangelization stage when I was doing a thesis in law and philosophy that had me deep diving pragmatic philosophy and scientism. When I disabused myself of that epistemic prison there was much less barriers to recognizing that the fruits of Christianity was evidence of its truth and that was enough to get me started.