Living Out the Gospel in a Secular Age (audio)

Examining Charles Taylor’s assertions about living in the 21st century provides insights about how disciples must healthily navigate this secular age. This pathway scrutinizes how our journey shouldn’t be seen as a battle. Instead, we should recognize all the persistent longings for transcendence that characterize our secular age. To proclaim the gospel in such a context is not a matter of guarding some fortress; it’s an opportunity to invite our friends and neighbors to meet the One they didn’t even realize they’d been longing for.

Led by Randy Harris, this mini-pathway took place in ACU’s Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.

Recordings

Christians in a Secular Age (Randy Harris)

What does it mean to say we live in a secular world? Charles Taylor’s landmark book A Secular Age provides a monumental history and analysis of what it means for us to live in our post-Christian present, a pluralist world of competing beliefs and growing unbelief. This session asserts that no person can tolerate living in a world without meaning.

Belief and Unbelief in a Secular Age (Randy Harris)

This session provides a roadmap of belief and unbelief in post-modernity, moving from descriptive observations to proposing ways in which to journey as disciples of Jesus. The session provides self-understanding and clarity in getting one’s bearing in today’s secular culture.

Speaker

RANDY HARRIS

Randy Harris is spiritual director for the College of Biblical Studies and Siburt Institute for Church Ministry, where he leads the Contemplative Ministers’ Initiative. As a professor in the Department of Bible, Missions, and Ministry at ACU, he has earned numerous faculty awards. He previously taught at Lipscomb University, and he holds degrees from Harding University, Harding Graduate School of Theology, and Syracuse University. His areas of expertise are modern theology and ethics. He was the preaching minister for 10 years at the Donelson Church of Christ in Nashville, and for two years at South 11th and Willis Church of Christ in Abilene. Randy has authored three books, God Work, Soul Work, and Living Jesus. He is a spiritual director trained and certified by the Shalem Institute.