It was November 1, 1973, and Marvin Olasky, then an atheist and self-proclaimed communist, was reading an essay by Vladimir Lenin. Suddenly, Olasky started having thoughts he couldn’t shake.
What if all this goes wrong?
What if God really existed?
Within eight hours, Olasky had decided that he was no longer an atheist or a communist. He became a Christian a few years later. Olasky became a leader in higher education and Christian publishing, most notably as editor of World Magazine.
On this episode of The Russell Moore Show, Olasky, author of 29 books, senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, and affiliated scholar at the Acton Institute, joins Moore to discuss religion, politics, and philosophy. They talk about two of Olasky’s latest books: Pivot points and a largely updated version Moral visionwhich includes a new foreword by Moore.
Olasky shares his thoughts on his conversion, his relationship with George W. Bush during his presidency, and the evangelical embrace of some politicians and the rejection of others. He and Moore examine the state of journalism, Christian symbolism in political movements, and the danger of echo chambers. Their conversation covers abortion and the pro-life movement, Hamas attacks, and American involvement in world politics.
Olasky encourages his listeners to live a life they will be happy to remember and offers words of wisdom to do so.
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