Ep. 216: Ben Sasse, The Desecration of Man, & The Value of Church Tradition

About this episode

The episode discusses the desecration of man, the value of church tradition, and the challenges of difficult conversations across generations.

Intro: Life updates: touring, gardens, chickens, JR’s bald again, update on injured house chicken. 13:35: Ben Sasse’s podcast, Not Dead Yet 20:54: AI and degradation of humanity, The Way of Medicine , and conversations around difficult conversations. 24:20: Observations on difficult conversations with those of other generations. 28:00: Everyone has to wrestle with what it means to be human. 33:01: The Desecration of Man and What We Can’t Not Talk About 36:50: The spiritual side of desecration and abortion as a sacrament. 39:36: Consecration, liturgies and church practices 44:26: Things in our lives that shape our worship, cathedrals of consumerism and You Are What You Worship. 47:20: Truman on the attraction of tradition and orthodoxy 49:37: Holy Spirit leading people in heresy. “ That’s modalism Patrick!” 52:37: LISTENER REQUEST! 55:56: The Abolition of Man and other edifying historical documents to understand the historical roots of the Christian faith. 59:01: Musings about the value of university and higher education and one of our kids is a natural academic. 1:06:17: IQ vs. EQ 1:03:55: Show Close Get full access to Too Busy to Flush at www.toobusytoflush.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Hosts: JR, Molly

Guest: Ben Sasse

Topics covered

• church tradition
• humanity
• difficult conversations
• spirituality
• education
• consumerism

Keywords

• Ben Sasse
• church tradition
• humanity
• spirituality
• education
• consumerism
• difficult conversations
• The Desecration of Man

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Not Dead Yet, The Way of Medicine, The Desecration of Man, The Abolition of Man

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