Any conversation about faith will eventually have to face one very important question: What’s wrong with the world? And every faith tradition has some kind of explanation to offer. Even people who don’t claim any sort of religious belief would usually agree that the world is not as good as we would want it to be. And, if we’re honest, we are not as good as we want to be. So, what do we do about the tension we feel when there’s a gap between our behavior and our standards? And how does God respond when we fail to meet his standards?

Any conversation about faith will eventually have to face one very important question: What’s wrong with the world? And every faith tradition has some kind of explanation to offer. Even people who don’t claim any sort of religious belief would usually agree that the world is not as good as we would want it to be. And, if we’re honest, we are not as good as we want to be. So, what do we do about the tension we feel when there’s a gap between our behavior and our standards? And how does God respond when we fail to meet his standards?

Everything has a starting point, but sometimes we forget that faith has a starting point as well. Some of our faith journeys began in childhood while others may have no faith at all. Too often, our faith isn’t strong enough to withstand the pressures of adult life.



This podcast is intended to accompany the Starting Point group experience. For more information and to see how you can get connected to a Starting Point group, visit startingpoint.com

Everything has a starting point, but sometimes we forget that faith has a starting point as well. Some of our faith journeys began in childhood while others may have no faith at all. Too often, our faith isn’t strong enough to withstand the pressures of adult life.
 
This podcast is intended to accompany the Starting Point group experience. For more information and to see how you can get connected to a Starting Point group, visit startingpoint.com

Everything has a starting point, but sometimes we forget that faith has a starting point as well. Some of our faith journeys began in childhood while others may have no faith at all. Too often, our faith isn’t strong enough to withstand the pressures of adult life.

The Starting Point Podcast

Everything has a starting point, including faith. Some of us began our faith journeys in childhood but found that our faith could not withstand the pressures of adult life, while others may have no faith background at all. So, whether you're discovering faith for the first time or hoping to rediscover something you've lost sight of, this is the right place for you.

This podcast is intended to accompany the Starting Point group experience. For more information and to see how you can get connected to a Starting Point group, visit startingpoint.com

Everything has a starting point, including faith. Some of us began our faith journeys in childhood but found that our faith could not withstand the pressures of adult life, while others may have no faith background at all. So, whether you're discovering faith for the first time or hoping to rediscover something you've lost sight of, this is the right place for you.
This podcast is intended to accompany the Starting Point group experience. For more information and to see how you can get connected to a Starting Point group, visit startingpoint.com

Any conversation about faith will eventually have to face one very important question: What’s wrong with the world?

Problem

This bonus episode of the Starting Point Podcast is a recording of a live interview between Andy Stanley and Dr. John Dickson, a world-renowned author, speaker, and professor of ancient history. In this engaging conversation, Dr. Dickson offers a helpful perspective on the confusing and often conflicting history of the church.

This bonus episode of the Starting Point Podcast is a recording of a live interview between Andy Stanley and Dr. John Dickson, a world-renowned author, speaker, and professor of ancient history. In this engaging conversation, Dr. Dickson offers a helpful perspective on the confusing and often conflicting history of the church.

BONUS–Has Christianity done more harm than good?

Jesus predicted he would start a movement—the church—that would change the world. Here we are, two thousand years later, and Jesus’s church gathering is still going strong. So, what exactly is this movement called “the church”? And what could it mean for you?

Jesus predicted he would start a movement—the church—that would change the world. Here we are, two thousand years later, and Jesus’s church gathering is still going strong. So, what exactly is this movement called “the church”? And what could it mean for you?

What exactly is this movement called “the church”? And what could it mean for you?

Invitation

For many of us, our religious beliefs were not so much chosen as they were inherited—passed down to us when we were children by trusted adults. We take our beliefs about faith, on faith. But, is that all faith is? Can faith—specifically the Christian faith—stand up to investigation?

For many of us, our religious beliefs were not so much chosen as they were inherited—passed down to us when we were children by trusted adults. We take our beliefs about faith, on faith. But, is that all faith is? Can faith—specifically the Christian faith—stand up to investigation?

Can faith—specifically the Christian faith—stand up to investigation? Or are we forced to take all of our beliefs about faith, on faith.

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