Paganism
196Greek Life
17 Jun 2024
7:29¶ 20
“The pagan world was convinced of a number of things. First, all is one, so divinity is a thing and we’re all part of…”
4:53¶ 16
“So as we track of these what we would call Greek settlers moving westward to Asia Minor and then across to the Greek mainland,…”
6:38¶ 19
“So when we look back through history, archeology, and the ancient writers, it’s a mixed bag. Some Christians in their eagerness to find that…”
134The Virgin Shall Conceive
5 Sep 2022
46:44¶ 155
“Now, over against that the view of the pagan world is – first of all, there is no creation. There’s just reality or whatever…”
47:31¶ 157
“The pagan world was ready for a virgin birth, if that meant that nature just poofed out something brand new out of its own…”
47:12¶ 156
“The philosophers from Mars Hill when they heard Paul talk about the resurrection thought, “Oh, that’s what he’s talking about, some weird new thing.…”
133Of Contracts and Covenants (Part 5) - By What Other Standard?
29 Aug 2022
6:04¶ 16
“That’s the best of pagan society. We can look at the pagan world and we see polygamy, chattel slavery, pedophilia, infanticide, and abortion, not…”
6:45¶ 18
“Yes, but not just institutionalized – institutionalized as a form of worship to the gods, which is one step even worse. So we look…”
7:02¶ 19
“By what standard now are we going to look at a pagan world that existed for 4,000 years, and in some respects still percolates…”
116Jezebel
2 May 2022
10:53¶ 36
“The problem is that nature by nature is chaotic, and the gods such as they are don’t necessarily get along. It’s the job of…”
15:01¶ 45
“Ever since the ‘60s there’s been this myth that paganism is kinder, gentler, sweeter, tamer, closer to nature, and it’s not true.”
15:16¶ 47
“No. In that they’re used to it and they’re terrified to do anything else, yeah sure, but it’s a horrific way to live, and…”
90An Unlikely Hero - Throwing Out a Fleece
1 Nov 2021
11:46¶ 34
“So here’s Gideon. He’s grown up in this environment where to get at nature there’s magic you do, or science if you will, ways…”
12:38¶ 36
“You try to scare nature into doing what you want. That’s what Gideon was used to, and yet here comes a personal God, as…”
10:50¶ 31
“It was. They gender stereotyped a lot because they didn’t have a Christian balance that said, “Hey, women actually are significant.” The ancient world…”
37Image and Word (part 1)
13 Sep 2020
20:50¶ 68
“As I said, next time we’ll come back and talk about that. We’ll talk about how you use the Lord’s name. But this use…”
15:58¶ 51
“Okay, but that’s been the logic of paganism from the beginning. It’s embarrassing when some strains of supposed Christianity come in and use that…”
18:50¶ 62
“Pagan religion – the heroine keeps calling it, “Oh, this is what is holy,” and she recognizes the stench of the blood and the…”
15The Babylon Project
12 Apr 2020
11:34¶ 41
“This is simply paganism, from Satan’s come-on in the Garden of Eden forward, “You shall be as gods, deciding for yourself good and evil.”…”
13:00¶ 45
“First, he knows he’s not, and all the demons in his army know he’s not, so that would be kind of dumb. But he’s…”
18:55¶ 58
“We’ve been lied to left and right about the Greeks and about the pagan world in general. A good source to turn to here,…”