Post Woke America: Truth, Grace, and the Christian Response

About this episode

Neil Shenvi discusses how Christians can engage with a post-Christian culture through truth and compassion.

Neil Shenvi, a Christian apologist, discusses how believers can engage a post-Christian culture with both truth and compassion. Drawing from Scripture and his experience as a former non-believer, Shenvi explains how to build meaningful relationships, point people to Christ, and avoid self-righteousness or fear. The conversation traces critical theory and "wokeness" to Marxist ideas about oppression and power, examining how concepts like equity, inclusion, and lived experience have been culturally redefined. They also tackle gender ideology, preferred pronouns, racial narratives, and the tension between biblical and "poetic" truth — modeling how Christians can hold firm convictions while showing Christlike love to family, coworkers, and those who strongly disagree.   Get a copy of Neil's book, Post Woke: Asserting a Biblical Vision of Race, Gender, and Sexuality, for a gift of any amount.   Dr. Shelby Steele addresses racial division in America, examining the civil rights movement of the 1960s and comparing it to the campaign for social justice today. He reminds us of the importance of strong marriages and families as the solution to many societal ills.   The…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Daly

Guest: Neil Shenvi

Topics covered

• Christian response to culture
• truth and compassion
• critical theory
• wokeness
• gender ideology
• racial narratives
• biblical truth

Keywords

• Christianity
• culture
• truth
• wokeness
• gender
• race
• compassion
• relationships

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Focus on the Family

Books & works: Post Woke: Asserting a Biblical Vision of Race, Gender, and Sexuality, ReFOCUS!, Truth Rising

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