Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing — and What We Can Do About It with John West

Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing — and What We Can Do About It with John West

Author: The Christian Research Institute May 1, 2025 Duration: 2:12:56
What if American culture isn’t collapsing because of crusading secularists? What if it’s failing because many leading Christians identify more with secular elites than with their fellow believers? Dr. John West joins Hank Hanegraaff to discuss how he wrote Stockholm Syndrome Christianity as a warning to the body of Christ—a warning not to capitulate to the culture, but to transform the culture.To receive Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing — and What We Can Do About It  for your partnering gift, please click here
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Topics discussed include: 
  • What is Stockholm Syndrome Christianity? (5:00)
  • Seattle Pacific University as an example of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity (7:45)
  • How can parents be sure of where to send their kids to school?  (11:30)
  • Andy Stanley says that the Old Testament is obsolete—is he right? (15:00)
  • Is it necessary to call out Christian leaders by name? (24:10)
  • The ongoing Battle for the Bible—from Robert Gundry to Mike Licona (26:50)
  • Francis Collins and the problems with secularism influencing scientific inquiry (35:15)
  • Can Neo-Darwinism and Christianity co-exist? (43:45)
  • Is theistic evolution the worst of all possibilities for Christians? (47:30)
  • How the evolutionary paradigm is foundational for many of the other problematic “-isms” (50:50)
  • Sexual suicide—how the devaluation of marriage within churches came before the culture (55:50)
  • Is Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy an example of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity? (1:00:50)
  • The slippery slope for individuals (1:06:00)
  • When is “anti-racism” actually racist? (1:06:30)
  • How did Stockholm Syndrome Christians abandon religious liberty? (1:17:15)
  • The importance of discernment when it comes to the entertainment we consume (1:31:30)
  • The problems with simply “following the science” (1:34:20)
  • The dangers of celebrity culture—even within the church (1:38:15)
  • The problem with trying to please the wrong people (1:43:00)
  • A story of standing for truth (1:46:45)
  • The importance of Christian governance—people must support the mission of Christianity (1:55:50)
  • A call to faithfulness as opposed to worldly success (2:01:25)
  • What is the state of The Discovery Institute and the Intelligent Design movement? (2:05:55)


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