George Grant

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It's Friday, November 6th.

The judge refused to let him remain free on bail, viewing him as a flight risk.

Sentencing is scheduled for Monday.

I'm Kent Covington, and straight ahead, Johnstone Street joins us for Culture Friday, and later, Wordplay with George Grant.

This is The World and Everything In It.

They've just forgotten who blazed the trail.

Dr. George Grant, my mentor, made this observation again in 1993 saying, with the publication of his instant bestseller, Grand Illusions.

And he notes that there was a time when responsible meant reliable.

You know, someone who could be trusted to keep promises and discharge his duties faithfully.

But today, in the lexicon of Planned Parenthood, responsibility has been reduced to the tactical use of contraception during immoral sexual encounters, right? Have you ever heard, like, have you ever seen this in sitcoms? Like a mom who's okay with her daughter having premarital sex is like, were you responsible? It's like, whoa, we've really changed that word.

Or how about George Grant says chastity once carried the meaning of purity.

But now, according to our culture's revised vocabulary, chastity is merely a phase.

It's an adolescent limitation destined to be outgrown.

But we're talking like the 1730s.

And he mentors a guy who mentors a guy who mentors a guy who mentors a guy who mentors a guy who mentors Francis Schaeffer R.C. Sproul, who mentored Dr. George Grant and Dr. Nancy Peercy, both of who are in the film.

And Dr. George Grant's my mentor here in Franklin, Tennessee.

But why do I even say that? Because right after the chaos of the French Revolution and after the chaos of the Napoleonic years, the church starts to remember who they are.

They start to reclaim that heritage of what? resistance and reformation you can't have reformation without having resistance to evil you can't just have an andy stanley rick warren tim keller cute little gospel that says go plant churches but don't do anything to be salt and light in your communities preach the gospel but don't resist evil you can't have that and and the church is the only one with the divine mandate of truth a divine mandate to protect the young the babies the vulnerable When we don't do that, Christ, or chaos, everything goes to hell in a handbasket really, really fast.

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George Grant.

Yeah.

George Grant's got that great book.

Great biography.

Carrie Big Stick, I think.

which called for unity in the movement and the church towards fighting and working towards criminalizing abortion, giving that baby in the womb the same full-blown legal protection that an infant has.

And it was signed by Jack Hibbs, Ali Beth Stuckey, Steve Dace, Alex Clark, Frank Turek, Riley Gaines, Abby Johnson, Ray Comfort, Mike Winger, Pastor George Grant.

I mean, the list just goes on and on and on.

We have actually, if you want to check out our White Rose Equal Protection Statement and add your name, go to thewhiterose.life forward slash statement, thewhiterose.life forward slash statement, and add your name.

and later three books that shaped a leader's understanding of leadership.

George Grant has Quest for October.

It's Friday, October 23rd.

This is The World and Everything in It.

And I'm Erna Brown.

Time now for Quest, conversations with thoughtful leaders about three books that have shaped their thinking.

George Grant joins us now for this month's discussion.

Today, I'm speaking with author, pastor, professor, and my friend, John Currie.

Matt Adams and Spinn are both on our planning team.

And of course, George Grant, who's one of our speakers, is on the permanent committee.

So we were already talking about what do we do next?

I can't speak to George, but you really should find some better people for your committee if those are going to be the guys.

Yeah.

My, um, pastor George Grant said they're planning on coming to p- his church as well-

Yeah, right

... to, to perish on Sunday.

Yeah.

My kids are reading George Grant's bio.

I think it's Roosevelt.

Carry a big stick.