Orthodoxy

Is Gavin Ortlund A Liberal? Yes.

Episode Summary

In this episode I respond to a video that was released by Gavin Ortlund yesterday in which he explains why he thinks that he is not a liberal. Gavin says that there are three reasons why people call him a liberal, but I argue that it’s not that Gavin has three liberal views, but rather that Gavin has an entire framework of thinking that is indistinguishable from liberalism. All of my sources are below. I hope you enjoy!

Episode Notes

In this episode I respond to a video that was released by Gavin Ortlund yesterday in which he explains why he thinks that he is not a liberal. Gavin says that there are three reasons why people call him a liberal, but I argue that it’s not that Gavin has three liberal views, but rather that Gavin has an entire framework of thinking that is indistinguishable from liberalism. All of my sources are below. I hope you enjoy!

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Sources:

Gavin’s video

Fundamentalism and the Word of God - J.I. Packer

Exegetical Fallacies - D.A. Carson

Christianity and Liberalism - J. Gresham Machen

Positive and Negative Liberty defined by Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Gavin’s Article on abortion from 2008

CDC Stats on Abortion in America

WHO and Guttmacher stats on abortions worldwide

NASA on the the Earth being 20% greener in the past 20 years

Jordan Peterson on the problems with Climate Change