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To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”If pride is the root of all sin (and therefore death), then humility is the root of all that leads to life. But what does it actually look like to be humble? Where do we begin a journey towards humility? Should we be willing to ‘consider others better than yourselves’? Must we deny our own abilities or needs? Joel explores all of this and shows that ‘humility is not so much a grace or virtue along with others; it is the root of all…’.For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”In December 2021 a significant and tragic milestone was reached: 10 million abortions took place in the UK since the UK Abortion Act was passed in 1967. How have we got to such a milestone? What are some of the consequences for us as a society? What developments are ahead? And what can we do?For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”This lecture reflects on the ways we represent reality and how it expresses what it means to be human in one hand, and how, on the other hand, that can go wrong, leading us to reduce reality, losing the meanings given to humanity by the Creator. Josué explores questions such as: What is a representation? How different dimensions of reality can be represented? Are there things that cannot be represented? And finally, in the background of this reflection he analyses the current growing rating culture and its implication for how we live our lives.For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discuss

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To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”The concept of worldview has become widely used by many of us and certainly within L’Abri. In this lecture, Josué looks at the origins of this concept and some of the critiques of its uses, attempting to respond to them, reassessing how and why we employ this term, especially as we engage with culture.For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”Jim looks at visions of the new creation in art and literature as a way of helping us imagine the good life, both now and not yet.You can view the slides for this lecture here: https://bit.ly/3EtMFYJFor more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”Our culture views power and authority with the greatest of suspicion. Exploring The Divine Comedy, Romance of the Rose and The Consolation of Philosophy by way of Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, Caleb Woodbridge look at how Lewis in The Discarded Image and the medieval tradition can help us not simply assert the truth of a Biblical view of authority, but see and live out its beauty and goodness.For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”In Part 1, Joel defined and unpacked what maturity looks like through the lenses of relationship and responsibility. This lecture offers a new model of growth in Christ - ‘The Abiding Apprenticeship’ and tries to answer three basic questions:    Why do we have trouble getting started on the road to maturity?What in life does push us towards maturity?What are our primary barriers to maturity? For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”Sociologist Philip Rieff said ‘No culture has ever preserved itself where there is not a registration of sacred order’. What does that mean for 21st Century Western culture? What do we call ’sacred’ and what kind of culture, if any, are we cultivating?For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”In part I, Marsh described how we become cynical or romantic to avoid the pain of reality. In part II we will ask how we get beyond cynicism and romanticism to begin the journey to encounter the real.For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”When we think about our faith, it is easy to reflect on how it is relevant for our souls, our hearts and even our intellect. But what does it mean to our bodies? What does the faith in the Incarnated God have to say about our physical selves?For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”Do you struggle with commitment phobia? Whether the choice is for a spouse, a job, a community or even what to watch on Netflix, modern people frequently find themselves overwhelmed by possibility. This is a new cultural phenomenon rooted in a revolution in our understanding of freedom. In this lecture, we’ll trace that revolution and see how an older, richer and deeper understanding of freedom offers a cure for our anxiety.For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”In the 1966 film Alfie, the hedonistic anti-hero confronts mortality and betrayal, and asks "What's it all about?”. A perennial question. Douglas Adams’ computer famously gave the answer: 42. In 2004, Julian Baggini gave a humanist’s response in his eponymous book “What’s it all about?: philosophy and the meaning of life”.  But long before Baggini or Adams, Christians had reflected on this question. This lecture will focus on the answers given in the English Non-Conformist tradition, answers which remain relevant in the contemporary world.For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expre

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”More than a year on from the murder of George Floyd, many in the UK church are still grappling with how to make progress in the area of racial reconciliation. Jason Roach reflects on a biblical perspective in the light of his personal experience as pastor of a multi-ethnic church on an estate in West London and co-chair of the Racial Justice Priority Group in the Diocese of London.We apologise for the poor audio quality during some sections of this lecture.For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at engl

Both Francis and Edith Schaeffer believed passionately that all human persons are made in the image of God, and thus have a glory inherent in who they are. This conviction impacted everything they taught, including what they taught about how we are to communicate the gospel to people who are not-yet believers in Jesus.  Even more clearly, this conviction of the dignity of all persons impacted the way they treated people, both believers and unbelievers, and it shaped very deeply the manner in which they shared the gospel of Christ with people.You can read the article Jerram mentions in the lecture, A Review of A Review by Francis Schaeffer. Also, here are links to more resources from Jerram on the topic of evangelism and the work of Francis and Edith Schaeffer.Books by JerramThe Heart of EvangelismLearning Evangelism From JesusFree Courses from Covenant SeminaryFrancis Schaeffer: The Early YearsFrancis Schaeffer: The Later Years Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”To desire is part of human experience. We often try to escape our desires or indulge them. But desire is a God-given force that, when ordered rightly, can bring us to Him. We will look at the purpose of desire and how it can be put to its proper use.For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”Critical Theory is a powerful force of influence in modern culture, but many do not understand its sources or the ways it has exerted an influence on modern society. This lecture will attempt to outline the main points developed by Critical Theory and trace its development to the modern-day. Listen to Part 1 of this lecture here. For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”The popular and controversial Franciscan priest and Christian mystic, Father Richard Rohr, has become an elder statesman for disenfranchised evangelicals and spiritual seekers of every stripe. He presents a version of Christianity that syncs with modern progressive values, but changes the meaning of almost every central Christian teaching. His unique theological mashup of Christian elements with Buddhism, New Age thinking, and modern intuitions has proved to be a “theology for the modern era” and many people find what he has to say both attractive and personally helpful. This lecture will survey and critique both his approach to Christianity and the places where his views diverge from an orthodox understanding of the faith.For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the realit

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”Critical Theory is a powerful force of influence in modern culture, but many do not understand its sources or the ways it has exerted an influence on modern society. This lecture will attempt to outline the main points developed by Critical Theory and trace its development to the modern-day. For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com

To download this lecture on your mobile device, click “Listen in podcast app.”In a world of turmoil, art matters more than ever. Art reminds us of the things that really matter; it lifts our eyes to eternity and shows us the importance of the here and now.  We will look at the importance of art for all, not just the professionals and how creativity helps humans to flourish and reflect the character of a creative God. For more lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library at labriideaslibrary.org. The library contains over one thousand lectures and discussions that explore questions about the reality and relevance of Christianity. We ask you to respect the copyright for this audio file which belongs to L’Abri Fellowship. Please note that views expressed in the lecture and discussion times do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship. Subscribe at englishlabri.substack.com