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Welcome to my Patreon account. My name is John Harris and I'm producing content at worldviewconversation .com.

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That's the Conversations That Matter blog. Sometimes it'll be a post, other times a video, more often than not a podcast.

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And you can go there and find out all about the social media links that I have up if you want to know more.

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But I want to take this opportunity to explain a little bit about what I do and who I am. So for those who don't know, lately

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I've been producing content regarding the social justice movement infiltrating the church. And I seek to do that in an original way, approaching it from an angle that I do not see other responses approaching it from.

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And that, I guess, is a good segue into a little bit about myself. Because the angle at which

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I approach it is, I attribute it at least, to my understanding of presuppositional apologetics, history, and theology.

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I have a presuppositional apologetics curriculum that I've created that I like to teach at churches and college groups.

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I was in college ministry for many years, did debates there, formal debates with an atheist group.

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I'm the kind of weird guy, I guess, who likes to go up to protesters and talk to them about what they're protesting and get into interesting conversations.

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And so an environment of opposition does not necessarily bother me. And apologetics is a passion of mine.

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And so you're going to find that angle coming out in, when I talk about even a social issue, I'm going to bring that perspective to bear.

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I also have a degree in history. I am pursuing another degree, a graduate degree in history.

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So I'm a little bit of a history nerd, and I like to look at examples from the past. I also think neo -Marxism has made so many inroads to the discipline of history that I like to point those things out at times.

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But I also have an MDiv, and I enjoy looking at scripture from a grammatical, historical lens.

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I apply that hermeneutic, and I like to exegete scripture.

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And so all these things, I think, come together to give me the perspective that I have.

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I'm interested in the root assumptions. I'm interested in really getting at those deeper ideas.

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And I think not having a surface -level discussion about issues is important to me.

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And so if you're someone who wants to go a little deeper, perhaps, and look at things from a more philosophical, more theological perspective, then hopefully you enjoy the content that I have out there.

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Now, not all of it is on the social justice movement. I just think right now that's a key issue.

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I remember years ago there was a friend of mine who went to the same church as me, and he was a little bit upset that people in the church—I'm not saying the church universally.

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I'm not saying this is a church problem, but the church that we went to—he thought, you know, they're not really that concerned about losing their right to bear arms, for instance.

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And he was passionate about this. And one of the things I remember saying to him was, I said, you know, I don't think—I think you should talk about those things.

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I think it's important for Christians to be conservatives, and I think it's important for conservatives to be Christians. And I still believe that.

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I think the intellectually fulfilled conservative is a Christian, and the intellectually fulfilled Christian is a conservative.

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I just—I think there's a problem when we separate the two, because they're not really that separate. The principles of conservatism really flow from that Christian understanding.

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And so I seek to—I am a conservative, I am a Christian, and I seek to show how that is true.

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Now, if you are a Christian, I'm hopefully giving you some apologetics to think about and use, and I'm passionate about that, thinking rightly.

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But if you're not a Christian, hopefully some of the content that I'm putting out there can help persuade you that the truths of Christianity are real, and they are true.

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And, of course, the most important decision, the most important issue is whether or not you will be in a right relationship with God.

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And so repenting of sin, putting one's faith in Jesus Christ is the number one thing.

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It is the most important thing to me. But the lordship of Christ does mean that his law applies to everything.

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And so that's what I'm doing. That's some of the content that I'm creating.

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And if you want to know more, then you can go on those social media websites.

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You can find them at worldviewconversation .com. If you are thinking of supporting me, then—I haven't worked all this out yet, but you will have greater access to me.

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So if you want to suggest an idea for an episode, I'm all ears. If you want to be part of what

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I'm thinking I'm going to do, which is a monthly chat with supporters, like a video conference where we'll discuss a topic and take questions or something, then you will have the opportunity to do that.

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But there will be some special privileges for supporters in due course. So that would be,

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I guess, your advantage if you wanted to be closer,

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I guess, to me and to what I'm thinking.

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It will also—this is probably more important—it will also benefit, hopefully, more than just those who are supporters for you to support.

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The reason for that is I am a graduate student. I don't have a lot of time on my hands, but I do have a lot of things.

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I'm not worried about running out of content because I have a lot of things I'd like to get to. I have a long list. In fact, there's a cult right now that I'd like to address that has not really been addressed by other apologetics ministries.

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And I do have guests. I do try to get experts. I do already have something lined up as I make this video for tomorrow, which

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I'm really excited about. So I want to provide helpful information to everyone.

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And time is money. So if you would like to support what I'm doing, that will enable me to make more content.

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And so I'd appreciate that. If not, if you just are here and you just want to enjoy some of the things that I put out there, then praise

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God. I'm glad you're stopping by. And leave me a comment or something. I'd love to hear from you.

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So that's really, I guess, all I had to say. If you have any questions for me,

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I would suggest, I don't know when I would get to them. I would suggest becoming a fan and supporting me because you'll have more access.

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But if you don't and you still have a question or something, you can find me on YouTube and on Facebook and Twitter and all the other platforms.

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Go to worldviewconversation .com and check those out. So God bless and thank you for listening.