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This week we walk through Chapter 9 (The Seculosity of Politics), Chapter 10 (The Seculosity of Jesusland), and the Conclusion of David Zahl's book, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It Resources to Dig Deeper Creedal Faith in the Age of Seculosity: Dave Zahl Discussion with David Zahl of Mockingbird Ministries The Only Message Left (David Zahl)

This week we walk through Chapter 6 (The Seculosity of Leisure), Chapter 7 (The Seculosity of Fandom) and Chapter 8 (The Seculosity of Food) of David Zahl's book, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It Resources to Dig Deeper Seculosity: Ministry In The Era Of Secular Religion, with David Zahl (Ep 37) Rooted Podcast: David Zahl on Where Teenagers Find Their Enoughness, If Not at Church  

This week we walk through Chapter 3 (The Seculosity of Parenting), Chapter 4 (The Seculosity of Technology), and Chapter 5 (The Seculosity of Work) of David Zahl's book, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It Resources to Dig Deeper David Zahl : Seculosity Performancism with David Zahl The Seculosity of Parenting by Kristen Hatton

This week we walk through the Introduction, Chapter 1 (The Seculosity of Busyness), and Chapter 2 (The Seculosity of Romance) of David Zahl's book, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It Resources to Dig Deeper The Way Home: David Zahl on why everyone is religious, especially online Seculosity and the Future of Guilt Management    

Sermon from Sunday, July 16, 2023 Speaker: Rev. Doug de Graffenried Scripture: Acts 17:22-31

Karl Vaters interviews David Zahl, author of Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It. In this episode, Karl and David have a wide-ranging conversation about how the religious landscape has changed in our culture, but not in the ways you may have thought. According to David, we haven't become less religious, but the objects of our worship and the rituals and rules around that worship have changed from vertical to horizontal. If you are a church leader, this episode will help you get a handle on some of the confusing shifts in attitude and behavior that may be frustrating you as you attempt to lead a congregation. In this episode, we narrow in on the subjects of: • Busyness • Parenting • Politics • Jesusland and how each of them may be playing themselves out in disruptive but subconscious ways in our lives and congregations. Mockingbird The Mockingcast Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself) For a Transcript of this episode visit the Pivot Blog  Support This Work: Visit the Website Subscribe to weekly Newsletter Contribute financially at KarlVaters.com/support Visit our Youtube Channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Karl Vaters interviews David Zahl, author of Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It. In this episode, Karl and David have a wide-ranging conversation about how the religious landscape has changed in our culture, but not in the ways you may have thought. According to David, we haven't become less religious, but the objects of our worship and the rituals and rules around that worship have changed from vertical to horizontal. If you are a church leader, this episode will help you get a handle on some of the confusing shifts in attitude and behavior that may be frustrating you as you attempt to lead a congregation. In this episode, we narrow in on the subjects of: • Busyness • Parenting • Politics • Jesusland and how each of them may be playing themselves out in disruptive but subconscious ways in our lives and congregations. Mockingbird The Mockingcast Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself) For a Transcript of this episode visit the Pivot Blog  Support This Work: Visit the Website Subscribe to weekly Newsletter Contribute financially at KarlVaters.com/support Visit our Youtube Channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tuesday, August 9, 2022 Today Point of View‘s host is Kerby Anderson! In the first hour, his guest is David Zahl from Mockingbird Ministries. He brings us his new book, “Seculosity.” In the second hour, Kerby talks with Dr. James Merritt. Dr. Merritt also has a new book that we all need to read, “Character Still Counts: […]

Righteousness and Justification. You can't get much bigger in heavyweight theological themes in Romans. For most Christians, to even mention these subjects is to induce a catatonic state. How can some of Paul's favourite themes be rescued from irrelevancy? In this talk, we bring together Paul's first century Roman context with some important observations made by David Zahl in his recent book, Seculosity.

Gretchen and Katie talk about love and forgiveness, particularly when it comes to marriage. They talk about what forgiveness does and doesn't do, and how forgivness enables us to be our honest selves with our spouse. Forgiveness is something that does not come from inside us, but from God himself. Forgiving is not saying what happened is ok--quite the opposite. It means when we forgive, we are pointing the other person to the work of Christ that is done on their behalf. Sources cited: Seculosity by David Zahl "Grace for When You Can't Forgive" by Gretchen Ronnevik Support the ministry of 1517

Giving credit where it's due:  I'm indebted to David Zahl (author of "Seculosity"), Zack Eswine (author of "Recovering Eden"), and Matt Howell (former RUF CM at UT Knoxville) for key insights I gleaned from them regarding this passage.

Monday, September 6, 2021 Today Point of View‘s host is Kerby Anderson! His guests are Paul Chamberlain & Chris Price. They have a new book to share, “Everyday Apologetics.” In the final hour David Zahl -The Mockingbird Journal, brings us his new book, “Seculosity.” Please call or contact us with your perspective, call 800-351-1212 or you […]

Join in on our conversation of mental health; the importance of getting rest, seeking help and finding ways to better our mental health. Seculosity by David Zahl Betterhelp DM us through: Trending Up Instagram page Trending Up Facebook page Edgar IG Sebastian IG

In which John and David get excited about an outrageous parable of Grace. We're so convinced that things we do make us more loveable to God, yet God loves us despite all our efforts. If you need convincing, you're going to love the parable of the vineyard workers.Click Here to read the text from Matthew 20:1-16Click Here to see some of Robert Farrar Capon's Kingdom, Grace and Judgment  which we know we mention in every episode!Click Here for David Zahl's fantastic book Seculosity. It is really worth a read if there's any part of your life in which you think you're not "enough".Click Here and please get yourself a copy of this little book Paul and the Subversive Power of Grace by John Barclay. It will help you understand this huge biblical theme in just a few short pages.Episode 12 of the Two Texts Podcast | Parables of Jesus Series 12If you want to get in touch about something in the podcast you can reach out on podcast@twotexts.com or by liking and following the Two Texts podcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. We're also on YouTube. If you enjoy the podcast, we'd love it if you left a review or comment where you're listening from – and if you really enjoyed it, why not share it with a friend?Music by Woodford Music (c) 2021Support the show

Welcome to the Grow. Love. Live. Podcast! Weekly content and conversations aimed to inspire and equip you to GROW in the GOSPEL, LOVE like FAMILY, and LIVE on MISSION in the everyday stuff of life. In today's episode, Matt and Dom have the most *righteous* conversation about righteousness! It's a doozy. Join in as we seek to bring clarity around what the gospel is and what it does. Enjoy the good news! Questions for Discussion: 1) Where are you struggling to agree with God and His definition of you? 2) Where are you currently experiencing the feeling of not being enough and how is that manifesting in your behavior? 3) How does my understanding of righteousness inform my living, my work, and play? What was that book we mentioned? Seculosity by David Zahl Get it on Amazon! Matt's 2-word review of Seculosity: "So good!"

In the final episode of the first season, the brothers talk about their all-time favorite word, what John calls "a pool that's shallow enough that babies can wade into it and deep enough that elephants can swim." Recommended and Referenced Resources include: Quotations: Mockingbird glossary entry for Grace (https://mbird.com/glossary/grace/), Dorothy Martyn on Beyond Deserving (https://mbird.com/2011/10/dorothy-martyn-explains-what-she-means-by-beyond-deserving/) Articles: "My Priceless, Worthless Baseball Cards" (https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29143131/150000-worthless-baseball-cards-coronavirus) by Ryan Hockensmith Books: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (musical too); The Brothers Karamazov (first 80 pages) by Fyodor Dostoyevksky; The Horse and his Boy by CS Lewis; Kingdom, Grace, Judgment by Robert Capon; Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle, Seculosity by David Zahl Movies: Soul, Little Miss Sunshine, About a Boy, The Best Years of Our Lives Songs: "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" by The Pet Shop Boys, "You Know I Couldn't Last" by Morrissey, "Grace Under Pressure" by Elbow, “Our Park by Night” by Craft Spells, "Super Freak" by Rick James, "You Still Believe in Me" by The Beach Boys, "Endless Race" by Wally Badarou, "Living Without Your Love" by The Imperials, "Airport of Love" by Love International Click here (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1avwpuAHwUIVqM2BaNtMQ4?si=euSMGQIgQhiKb0l8vYXgWA) to listen to a playlist of the available tracks on Spotify.

Caleb and Scott are joined by Dave Zahl to talk about the religious side of COVID. Zahl is the executive director of Mockingbird Ministries and the author of Seculosity. Zahl defines Seculosity as secular religiosity. On this episode we talk about how secular phenomena open up a new world of works righteousness. Show Notes: Support the Show HWSS videos Register for HWSS 2021 Seculosity

In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk school reopenings, comparative suffering, digital hygiene, and the crisis of capacity. Also, RJ decides to invest in some outdated (but comfortable!) furniture. Click here (https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/your-school-districts-reopening-survey) to read Your School District's Reopening Survey on McSweeney's. Click here (https://mbird.com/2020/08/love-compassion-and-the-relative-suffering-of-christ-on-the-cross-intimations-by-zadie-smith/) to read Zadie Smith's thoughts on "Suffering Like Mel Gibson"--and see the meme we mention. Click here (https://www.wired.com/story/cloud-support-why-do-i-keep-refusing-os-updates/) to read Meghan O'Gieblyn's response on Wired to the question of "Why Do I Keep Refusing to Install OS Updates?" Click here (https://unherd.com/thepost/watch-the-christian-case-against-morality/) to watch Giles Fraser's talk on "Christianity and Morality: The Story of an Uneasy Relationship." Oh and click here (https://amzn.to/30Xihot) to order the expanded paperback edition of Seculosity.

Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Today Point of View‘s host is Kerby Anderson! Kerby’s first guest is Luke Norsworthy will be on air to talk about his newest book, “Befriending Your Monsters.” His next guests are Paul Chamberlain & Chris Price. They have a new book to share, “Everyday Apologetics.” In the final hour David Zahl -The Mockingbird Journal, brings us his new book, “Seculosity.” Please call or … Read More →

Listen in as David Zahl, director of Mockingbird Ministries, speaks on the topic of Seculosity. This podcast was recorded during Camp Arcadia's Family Week 8, August 10-16, 2019, and is part of a four part series. Arcadiacast is brought to you by Camp Arcadia, a Lutheran resort and retreat center on the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan. For more content and information please visit www.Camp-Arcadia.com.For more information on David and Mockingbird head over to www.mbird.com.

Listen in as David Zahl, director of Mockingbird Ministries, speaks on the topic of Seculosity. This podcast was recorded during Camp Arcadia's Family Week 8, August 10-16, 2019, and is part of a four part series. Arcadiacast is brought to you by Camp Arcadia, a Lutheran resort and retreat center on the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan. For more content and information please visit www.Camp-Arcadia.com.For more information on David and Mockingbird head over to www.mbird.com.

Listen in as David Zahl, director of Mockingbird Ministries, speaks on the topic of Seculosity. This podcast was recorded during Camp Arcadia's Family Week 8, August 10-16, 2019, and is part of a four part series. Arcadiacast is brought to you by Camp Arcadia, a Lutheran resort and retreat center on the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan. For more content and information please visit www.Camp-Arcadia.com.For more information on David and Mockingbird head over to www.mbird.com.

Listen in as David Zahl, director of Mockingbird Ministries, speaks on the topic of Seculosity. This podcast was recorded during Camp Arcadia's Family Week 8, August 10-16, 2019, and is part of a four part series. Arcadiacast is brought to you by Camp Arcadia, a Lutheran resort and retreat center on the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan. For more content and information please visit www.Camp-Arcadia.com.For more information on David and Mockingbird head over to www.mbird.com.

Michial Farmer talks with David Zahl about his recent book "Seculosity."

Michial Farmer talks with David Zahl about his recent book "Seculosity."

Michial Farmer talks with David Zahl about his recent book "Seculosity."

This week, continuing in our Lent series, we discuss the top 3 most obvious sins and idols that show up in our lives- Sex, Money and Power. We honestly talk about some of our own struggles with these idols and dig deeper into the motivations under the surface of our worship of them. Most of what we discuss this week comes from our study of Tim Keller's book, Counterfeit Gods. We also discuss Seculosity (and will be referencing it more over the next few weeks) by David Zahl.  --------------------------------- Live in the Atlanta area? Want to attend a Live Recording of Woven? We are having a party and Woven Live Recording on Thursday, April 30th at 6:00pm to celebrate our 100th episode! Mark your calendars and look for more details to come!

This conversation features David Zahl, director of Mockingbird Ministries and editor-in-chief of the Mockingbird Blog. We go deep into his newly published book, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It. RECOMMENDED CONFERENCE ON MARCH 21st, 2020!Church Innovations Conference https://www.churchinnovations.org/How-Change-Comes-To-Your-Church For feedback or guest recommendations, reach out to me at chanspam82@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/gospelbeautiful)

In his book, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Have Become our New Religion, author David Zahl suggests that this should come as no surprise to us. “Politics is well on the way to becoming the most entrenched and impermeable social divide in America, surpassing religion, income bracket, and even race. Each passing year we retreat further into ideological echo chambers.” Zahl continues, “Politics has become today’s most popular replacement religion, certainly the one with the most forward momentum and cultural currency. For many, its substitution for religion has seamless, hardly noticeable.”If Zahl is correct, and I suspect he is, then how do we go about being church together? How do we eschew the divisions that St. Paul addresses in I Corinthians 1, and work for the greater cause of the Gospel?

St. James Parish, located in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, is pleased present, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What To Do About It as presented by David Zahl. According to Zahl, Americans may be going to church less, but we’re more religious than ever. At the heart of our current moment lies a universal yearning, writes Zahl, not to be happy or respected so much as enough—what religions call “righteous.” To fill the void left by religion, we look to all sorts of everyday activities—from eating and parenting to dating and voting—for the identity, purpose, and meaning once provided on Sunday morning. Seculosity takes a thoughtful yet entertaining tour of American “performancism.” Ultimately, Zahl brings us to a fresh appreciation for the grace of God in all its countercultural wonder. David Zahl is the founder and director of Mockingbird Ministries, editor-in-chief of the popular Mockingbird website (mbird.com), and co-host of The Mockingcast. He and his family live in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he also serves on the staff of Christ Episcopal Church. Zahl is the author of A Mess of Help: From the Crucified Soul of Rock N’ Roll and coauthor of Law and Gospel: A Theology for Sinners (and Saints). His most recent book, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What To Do About It, appeared in 2019 from Fortress Press. This presentation is part of the St. James Parish Lecture Series that brings a variety of guest speakers to the area to discuss important matters of faith, family, and community.

In today's podcast, we confront one of the biggest obstacles in our culture. It has become the new way we measure success: our busyness. Our society has turned from Christianity at an alarming rate, but they are not turning away from religion. Replacement religions--our politics, our kids, our health, the types of food we eat--have become a moral stomping ground where we strive to get ahead and gain credibility in our comparison culture. Resource: "Seculosity" by David Zahl

We finish our semester with a 2-part sermon series based on David Zahl's book, "Seculosity." We often try to find value and meaning in horizontal, earthly things, rather than vertical, heavenly things. We will look at busyness and romance. "You complete me." Tom Cruise's iconic phrase from Jerry McGuire is the anthem of our culture's belief regarding romance. But is it possible to find one person who will complete us? This week we look at the longing we have for romance, the dangers of romance, and the God of romance in the story between Jacob, his two wives (Leah and Rachel), and the crazy road to creating their family. Get ready: this section of Scripture is unfiltered and intense - just like romance. TEXT: Genesis 29:30 - 30:24

Pastor Jeff Smith preaches on Luke 7:18-23; 33-35, "Seculosity: Jesusland" (part of the Seculosity sermon series). https://www.facebook.com/StAndrewsPres/videos/720092085176870/

We finish our semester with a 2-part sermon series based on David Zahl's book, "Seculosity." We often try to find value and meaning in horizontal, earthly things, rather than vertical, heavenly things. We will look at busyness and romance. "How are you?" You get asked that multiple times a day. Most likely, you respond with some form of "Well, busy as always." But is this the way we are supposed to live our lives? Jesus offers us a way out. Martha is busy and stressed. Mary sits at Jesus' feet. Jesus commends Mary. In this episode we look at the expectations our culture places on us to live stressed-out, busy lives, it's devastating effects on us, and how we can receive the rest of Jesus in our busyness. TEXT: Luke 10:38-42

Pastor Jeff Smith preaches on Romans 3: 21-24, "Seculosity: Politics" (part of the Seculosity sermon series).

The Thinking Fellows sit down with Dave Zahl to talk about his new book. Dave explains the concept of Seculosity and how people create systems of self-justification. Sit back, relax, grab a drink, and enjoy the show. Show Notes: HWSS 2020 Mockingbird Seculosity

Message from Jordan Griesbeck on Nov 3, 2019

Pastor Jeff Smith preaches on Psalm 127:1-2, "Seculosity: Work" (part of the Seculosity sermon series). https://www.facebook.com/StAndrewsPres/videos/735861000246740/

Pastor Jeff preaches on Matthew 9:35-38, "Seculosity: Leisure". https://www.facebook.com/StAndrewsPres/videos/532351264165303/

Pastor Jeff Smith preaches on Luke 10:38-42 , "Seculosity: Technology" (part of the Seculosity sermon series). https://www.facebook.com/StAndrewsPres/videos/631271387614380/

In this episode of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I was privileged to sit down with the author of Seculosity and the director of Mockingbird himself, David Zahl. We discuss Dave's book, Seculosity and its resonant influence along with the impact the book tour has had on Dave personally. Connect with the show: https://graceupongrace.net/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

To do good work, we need a good definition of power. This is part 3 of the Creative Power event, where speakers reflected on power through the lens of leadership, judgment, and secular religion to see that power that is good, beautiful, and true is Creative Power. This is David Zahl on Creative Power and Secular Religions.    Follow David Zahl Here: Website: www.mbird.com Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mockingcast/id1224964658 Seculosity Book: https://www.amazon.com/Seculosity-Parenting-Technology-Politics-Religion/dp/1506449433/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=seculosity&qid=1560290413&s=gateway&sr=8-1   http://www.crossofchristoc.com/       

David Zahl's recent book, Seculosity, is a reminder that our constantly busy lives are not necessarily the "life of abundance" that Jesus promised to believers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Storment returns to the show to discuss Bishop Curry, our Christian Make Atheist sermon series vs. Seculosity, politics, and all things June from the podcast For more on this episode’s sponsor, ACU’s Graduate School of Theology, click here.

Jon interviews David Zahl on his new book, "Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It. Helpful conversation on self-justification in our culture and how it contrasts the reality of the gospel. UNFILTERED: Jon asks some fun and interesting questions about David you will not want to miss.

Get Your tickets to the Creative Power Event here:   crtvpwr.com   David Zahl is the director of Mockingbird Ministries and editor-in-chief of the Mockingbird blog. Born in New York City and brought up elsewhere, David graduated from Georgetown University in 2001, and then worked for several years as a youth minister in New England. In 2007 he founded Mockingbird in NYC. Today David and his wife Cate reside in Charlottesville, VA with their three boys, where David also serves on the staff of Christ Episcopal Church. He is the author of A Mess of Help: From the Crucified Soul of Rock N’ Roll, Law and Gospel: A Theology for Sinners (and Saints), and most recently, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It.   Follow David Zahl Here: Website: www.mbird.com Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mockingcast/id1224964658 Seculosity Book: https://www.amazon.com/Seculosity-Parenting-Technology-Politics-Religion/dp/1506449433/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=seculosity&qid=1560290413&s=gateway&sr=8-1         

David Zahl joins the show to discuss Crossfit, righteousness, riptides, technology, religion of grace, and his new book   For more on this month’s sponsor, Down to Earth Book, click here.

Seculosity is a new way of looking at religions like Romance, Technology and Politics. It will all be explained on The God Show

Recorded at the 12th Annual Mockingbird Conference in New York City, which took place at St. George's Episcopal Church, April 25-27th, 2019. Property of Mockingbird Ministries, all rights reserved (www.mbird.com).

Calvin said the human heart is an idol factory. Augustine said our hearts are restless until they find rest in God. DZ of Mockingbird Ministries and the author of the new book, Seculosity, says we’re more religious than ever before we’re church “in church” in different ways (love, politics, parenting, technology, fitness) searching for “enoughness” from gods that, without the promise of grace, cannot bestow it. Check out his work at www.mbird.com and grab a copy of his book over at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

In Episode 15 I sit down with author and speaker, David Zahl. We discuss his new book Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, And Romance Became Our New Religion And What To Do About It, his writing process, and his ministry with Mockingbird. To learn more about David and the work the work he is involved with you can follow Mockingbird on twitter, facebook, or instagram, or join him on the Seculosity Tour. THE GUEST SUGGESTS A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole ”Triptych” by Roxy Music ALSO REFERENCEDLaw & Gospel: A Theology for Sinners (and Saints)”Workism is Making Americans Miserable” by Derek Thompson Music in this episode is by The Orange Effect.

Calvin said the human heart is an idol factory. Augustine said our hearts are restless until they find rest in God. DZ of Mockingbird Ministries and the author of the new book, Seculosity, says we’re more religious than ever before we’re church “in church” in different ways (love, politics, parenting, technology, fitness) searching for “enoughness” from gods that, without the promise of grace, cannot bestow it. Check out his work at www.mbird.com and grab a copy of his book over at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

by David Zahl

Are you spiritual but not religious? Maybe you are religious but not spiritual. What do those categories even mean? Are we always going to find ourselves in an Inigo Montoya moment, “You keep using that word . . . “ Religion observers and Christian leaders have for some time … Continue reading The post Seculosity: When Religion Leaves the Building, A Conversation with David Zahl appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh Pride and Prejudice – Thoughts from the Edge

This week, Gillespie and Riley interview David Zahl about his forthcoming book, “Seculosity.” Text: Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It – by David Zahl  Show Notes:  Biography Mockingbird Ministries King of Kong (2007) Moralistic Therapeutic Deism Beowulf - Sheamus Heaney Mockingbird NYC 2019 Here We Still Stand 2019 — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at BannedBooks@1517legacy.com. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show in Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books-podcast/id1370993639?mt=2. We’re proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content through weekly, monthly, and seasonal audio platforms. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Find out more at 1517. And as always, don't forget Gillespie's coffee for your caffeinated needs and especially the 1517 Reformation Roast

My guest is David Zahl. His newest book is Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It (https://www.amazon.com/Seculosity-Parenting-Technology-Politics-Religion/dp/1506449433/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=seculosity&qid=1553607902&s=gateway&sr=8-1). At the heart of our current moment lies a universal yearning, writes David Zahl, not to be happy or respected so much as enough--what religions call "righteous." To fill the void left by religion, we look to all sorts of everyday activities--from eating and parenting to dating and voting--for the identity, purpose, and meaning once provided on Sunday morning. In our striving, we are chasing a sense of enoughness. But it remains ever out of reach, and the effort and anxiety are burning us out. Seculosity takes a thoughtful yet entertaining tour of American "performancism" and its cousins, highlighting both their ingenuity and mercilessness, all while challenging the conventional narrative of religious decline. Zahl unmasks the competing pieties around which so much of our lives revolve, and he does so in a way that's at points playful, personal, and incisive. Ultimately he brings us to a fresh appreciation for the grace of God in all its countercultural wonder. Special Guest: David Zahl.

Our good friend Dave Zahl from Mockingbird joins us to talk about music, television, and his latest book Seculosity. He is one of our favorite smart guys. Then he closes us out with a devotional on Luke 3. 

David Zahl leads Mockingbird Ministries and has a forthcoming book about secular religion and self-righteousness in America. We talk virtue signaling, popular music, Bob Dylan's Christian era, and Charlottesville, VA. Pre-order Dave's book ! virtueinthewasteland.com