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Warren Kinghorn: Loving the Hopeless During the Holidays

Christ and Culture Podcast | December 09, 2022
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In the Christ and Culture podcast with Ken Keathley and Benjamin Quinn, we explore how the Christian faith intersects all avenues of today’s culture through conversations with leading thinkers.

Today’s Episode:

Dr. Warren Kinghorn of Duke Divinity School returns to the podcast to discuss Christmas. Why is the season so hard for many of us? How can we serve people? What can churches do? What are helpful (and unhelpful) things to say and do? And how does this conversation tie into a recovery of Advent?

Plus, in “Headlines,” we discuss the fact that Christmas falls on a Sunday this year. How should churches deal with pressure to alter their worship schedules for Christmas? Dr. Keathley, Dr. Quinn, and Nathaniel Williams have a playful discussion on how their churches are addressing this issue. In “On My Bookshelf,” Drs. Keathley and Quinn guess each other’s favorite Christmas books and movies.

Timestamps:

  • “Headlines” on how churches navigate Christmas falling on a Sunday (1:27)
  • “Christ & Culture Conversation” with Warren Kinghorn (9:56)
  • “On My Bookshelf” with Ken Keathley and Benjamin Quinn (29:47)

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People need to be seen and known amidst the holiday busyness.

Highlights

  • “Before there’s the feast, there’s the fast. Before the celebration, there’s the expectation, and the waiting, and the longing.”
  • “The things that are unhealthy at Christmas are the things that are unhealthy all the time, but just get accentuated at Christmas.”
  • “People need to be seen and known amidst the holiday busyness.”
  • “Right now God loves you and is with you. There’s hope for you. And there’s people that care about you. Seek in the best way you can that connection, and know that you’re not alone.”
  • “Celebrating Advent is a way of re-Christianizing the holiday in some ways. The Advent and Christmas season is a time of longing and satisfaction. It’s a time of fasting and feasting.”

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