Episode Summary
Re-Enchantment—Everyone is talking about it these days. But, you can’t re-enchant something that always was. We are simply realizing the reality of Enchantment.In this episode of A Commitment to Reality, Fr. Stephen Freeman joins Dave Hanegraaff to remind us that the world has always been Enchanted—we have just been ignoring that reality.Secularism has caused many modern people—even Christians—to misunderstand the reality of the world we live in. Modern life has flattened our conception of reality into something purely material, neutral, and abstract. Many Christians have even made God an abstraction—something Fr. Stephen Freeman calls Christian Atheism.But, God as an abstraction is no God at all. God is everywhere, present and filling all things. This leads to a myriad of misunderstandings—including something as important as our salvation. Salvation is about being restored to reality itself: to God, to others, and to the world as it truly is.Glory to God, in all things.For more information on Fr. Freeman's book Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-everywhere-present-christianity-in-a-one-storey-universe/ Thank you for joining A Commitment to Reality, hosted by Dave Hanegraaff. Follow A Commitment to Reality wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube for full episodes + clips: https://www.youtube.com/@ACommitmenttoReality(Timestamps below.)0:00 — Intro / The Story of Fr. Stephen Freeman6:45 — Enchantment9:45 — Understanding the “one-storey universe”16:45 — Reality is a gift. Be thankful for it, in all things18:45 — The true meaning of secularism21:30 — There is no neutrality in the public square24:15 — How Marxist rhetoric is used26:25 — Secularism is heresy30:00 — God as an idea is no God at all — Christian atheism35:40 — The reality of salvation40:30 — Salvation is not a legal problem, but a problem of communion49:30 — Total depravity, the imago dei, and the goodness of creation56:00 — Modernity, materialism, and money1:00:00 — We have so much to learn from the poor1:07:25 — Did history end with the Resurrection?1:10:45 — Become a fool for Christ1:13:00 — Technology and progress are not always what they seem1:18:15 — Literalism is the enemy of reality1:20:10 — We don’t weep enough1:23:15 — Who do you hate? Your work starts there1:31:45 — What happens to a culture that can no longer name what it sees?1:33:25 — Where are we most eager to look away from reality?1:34:30 — In a world that feels increasingly unreal, what feels most real to you?1:38:25 — Glory to God in ALL things
