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#476 Racism and Sola Scriptura - Don Johnson

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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American racism was given the power of religious fervor by those who thought the Bible alone provided the rule of faith. Don Johnson, author of “Twisted Unto Destruction: How ‘Bible Alone’ Theology Made the World a Worse Place,” explains. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I am Cy Kellett, your host, and delighted to welcome Don Johnson to the program this time to talk about racism, and sola scriptura, and how those two things go together. And maybe you think, “Could t…

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Hello, and welcome to Focus. The Catholic Cancer's podcast with Living, Understanding, and Defending

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Your Catholic Faith. I am Sy Kelly at your hosts and delighted to welcome Don Johnson to the

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program this time to talk about racism and solar scriptura and how those two things go together.

0:23.6

And maybe you think, could they possibly go together? Well, then you haven't read his

0:28.7

very fine book, Don Johnson's very fine book, Twisted Under Destruction. How Bible-Alone Theology

0:34.8

made the world a worse place. Don is an evangelist. You can find him at DonJohnsonministries.org,

0:42.3

and a filmmaker. He's made wonderful films, the most recent of which you see it. If you haven't

0:47.7

seen it, you got to see it. Disconnected, the real story behind the transgender explosion.

0:53.9

Don, thanks for being here with us. Hey, good to talk to you, Sy.

0:58.0

Very good to talk with you. It's always good to talk with you, Don. I always have fun when I talk

1:01.2

to you. Maybe it'll be less fun because the topic is harder today. It's not a fun topic, but

1:10.0

first of all, if you'll take a minute to just give us the lay of the land as far as the book

1:17.2

Twisted Under Destruction, and then I want to talk with you in detail about the relationship

1:22.2

between a certain kind of Bible-Alone Christianity and modern racism.

1:28.6

Sure. Twisted Under Destruction, the basic premise is that Soul Scriptura, the idea that,

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hey, we live by the Bible alone. The Bible is our soul, source of morals, and authority for

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living, which is what I grew up in. I grew up in a very Bible-centered home, memorized thousands

1:49.7

of Bible verses, went to Bible school, went to Bible study on Wednesday night. I mean,

1:57.0

that premise, as good as it was for me growing up as far as being Bible saturated,

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I ultimately came to the conclusion that it simply isn't enough, not only is it not enough

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to provide a basis for, well, we all know it's not enough to provide a basis for doctrine.

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Anybody who listening to Catholic answers knows that, breaks into many different

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