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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.
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Saturday Aug 10, 2024
Saturday Aug 10, 2024
‘Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitefield were the three most prominent early evangelicals – and all three were deeply compromised on the issue of slavery. Edwards and Whitefield kept slaves themselves, and Wesley failed to speak out against slavery until near the end of his life’.
Brent talks with Sean McGever the author of a new IVP book called ‘Ownership: The Evangelical Legacy of Slavery in Edwards, Wesley and Whitefield’. Sean tells the true story of these men’s relationships to slavery: a story that has often been passed over or buried in scholarly literature.
Sean is an area director of Young Life in Phoenix, Arizona, and adjunct faculty at Grand Canyon University. He’s the author of several books.
- (1:20) Sean’s involvement with the book project;
- (4:25) The foundation of American evangelicalism;
- (9:25) Wesley and slavery;
- (12:15) Whitefield;
- (15:15) Edwards and slavery;
- (21:10) How does the Bible deal with slavery?
- (27:00) English Christians and slavery in the 18th century;
- (29:45) The Homilies;
- (32:45) Wesley’s first encounter with slavery;
- (35:15) Whitefield enslaving people;
- (37:30) Edwards’ writings on slavery;
- (40:45) Wesley’s abolitionism;
- (43:30) How do we own white evangelical Christian history?
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Ownership-Evangelical-Slavery-Edwards-Whitefield-ebook/dp/B0CQV8G9V6
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