You've heard it before: "I'm spiritual, not religious." This week, Steve and the gang chat with Michael Horton about the surprisingly deep roots of this idea. Michael's new book is called "Shaman And Sage: The Roots of 'Spiritual But Not Religious' In Antiquity" https://amzn.to/3YaFWzn – ‪@EerdmansPublishing‬

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Michael Horton is J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California. He is also the founder of Sola Media (‪@solamediaorg‬) and its various projects including the White Horse Inn radio show. Michael’s new book is called Shaman And Sage: The Roots of “Spiritual But Not Religious” In Antiquity.


00:00 - Intro
03:12 - Meet Michael Horton
07:00 - What inspired Michael to write this enormous book?
10:34 - Where does 'Spiritual, But Not Religious' come from?
13:00 - The 6th century BC shift from APPEASING 'gods' to BEING 'gods'
17:30 - The Gnostics - more dangerous to Christianity than Roman persecution?
24:28 - We tailor 95% of our apologetics to 4% of the population who claim to be atheists..."
30:04 - Some hard news about new ageism and the church
38:34 - Steve's closing thoughts
39:59 - Next week's guest is...

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