Negative World News Today

When I first moved to Washington, I lived in a townhouse on Capitol Hill with 10 other Christian men. We frequently hosted guests for dinner and, one night, Aaron Renn was kind enough to join us. Several of my friends and I had been reading his newsletter for years. Our conversation focused on the challenges facing America's evangelical churches, the main theme of Renn's new book Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in Anti-Christian Culture.

Aaron M. Renn joins the podcast to discuss his new book Life in the Negative World.

A new book argues that the hostility evangelical Christians face is something most were unprepared for, having lived through times when the faith was either viewed positively or at least neutrally. So how does one survive a “negative world”? And is it really all that negative?

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The Dodgers' capitulation to the LGBT lobby demonstrates yet again that Christians have lost the culture war.

We have reached a crossroads in our country. Either biblical Christianity or sexual degeneracy will be tolerated. One will be eradicated by the other. This will not be the last time Christians will be martyred by mentally ill leftist freaks. Will you have the courage to take a stand for righteousnes

For motivation and courage in your public faith, read Stephen Wolfe's book, 'The Case for Christian Nationalism.'

Christianity is in evacuating in the West. A prominent pastor says that Ancient Near East gods are rushing in to fill the void

Forced resignation of Andrew Thorburn because he attends a 'bigot' church shows futility of Christian winsomeness