The Shock Absorber

It's time to delve into one of Stu's favourite eras: the nineties! Joel and Stu walk through experiences of the time and how many people found hope and meaning when you were supposed to not care and never sell out. They also continue to trace the evangelical line and how it lead to fresh ministry ideas such as the incarnational approach and the youth ministry discussions. While skateboarding and grunge music defined a generation, the priority was still to never sell out the gospel.

01:17 Cultural Artefact - Skateboards
05:25 The 1990s
17:36 Tracing the evangelical line
30:43 Ministry ideas of 1990s and inviting a response
44:44 Are fresh ideas a marker of an evangelical?
54:40 Youth Ministry discussions in 1990s and not selling out the gospel

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DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

Episode with Andy Stephenson
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Time's Preceding with Caution article
Kurt Cobain
Penny Loafer
The Nineties: A Book, by Chuck Klosterman
Seinfeld
Friends
Tall Poppy Syndrome
Generation X
Grunge music
Christian Coalition of America
Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
Scopes Monkey Trial
Losing My Religion, by R.E.M.
Spice Girls
The Coming Revolution in Youth Ministry, by Mark Senter
Pantera

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What is The Shock Absorber?

Thinking and doing church a little differently...