The Shock Absorber

Tim, Stu and Joel were able to reconvene in the Third Space Studio and continue the discussion on the evangelical line through history, in particular the rise of Christian fundamentalism from the 1960s to the 1980s and how it set the stage for how we evangelise today.

That's not bad audio you can hear either, just the heavy rain on the roof of Soul Revival Church!

01:20 We're Not Gonna Take It, by Twisted Sister
14:36 How the '60s set the stage
26:34 Where the Jesus Movement fit within American culture and the Homogeneous Unit Principle
32:48 Christians being politically active
34:12 The leftovers from Christendom within America
39:13 1970s and Christian countries
45:30 Evangelism and fundamentalism
49:09 Prioritising Jesus over political engagement
56:55 Francis Schaeffer

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DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

Rock Censorship: Big Brother Meets Twisted Sister
Parents Music Resource Center
MTV
PMRC’s ‘Filthy 15’: Where Are They Now?
Twisted Sister
Dee Snider
Dee Snider's PMRC Senate Hearing Speech
Unit, by Regurgitator
TIME's Is God Dead? at 50
The Great American Novel, by Larry Norman
Roe v Wade
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks about faith
Jerry Falwell
Rage Against The Machine Protest “PMRC” Naked On Stage
Roman Exposure of Infants

CONTACT US

Email: joel@shockabsorber.com.au
Discord: https://discord.gg/jTD5KNAYVE
Website: shockabsorber.com.au

What is The Shock Absorber?

Thinking and doing church a little differently...