They all have to do with women and girls and things that we strive for, or think that we have to have so that our lives can have meaning or freedom or be ultimately just relevant. And then the fifth idol that I talk about is sort of the hidden one in the church and it's that of purity or marriage or motherhood. And the fourth is the spectrum of LGBTQIA identities. The third is the idol or counterfeit of abortion.
The first one is our bodies, meaning our outward beauty and ability. They look so good, but what I have seen over and over is that when women give themselves over to these idols, it causes just incredible harm. And again, having been in women's ministry and in the lives of my daughters now for over two decades, these were just the five that I saw causing the most harm or the five that were the most pernicious or sneaky. There's just five cultural counterfeits that I chose. Jen Oshman: Yeah, the book could have been so much longer. Scott Rae: So Jen, which cultural counterfeits are you calling out? And then, how did you pick the ones to address? And so I just want to encourage women that we were made for so much more and here it is. and we will not be well, it will not go well with us to ignore that or to refuse it. We have a good God who designed us and he designed us in a good way. And so as I saw the damage and the harm and the wounds that these cultural counterfeits were causing, it just compelled me to go ahead and put pen to paper and seek to draw back the veil on them and expose them for what they really are.īecause the truth is, Jesus is the word of life. Or, "Pursue this for freedom." But really it delivers enslavement.
Do this to enjoy life." But really they deliver death. They're the things that our culture says, "You've got to have this. You might call them empty promises of our age. I have seen so much harm and shrapnel at the hands of cultural counterfeits, or you might call them idols. But having been in women's ministry now for over 20 years, as well as being the mother of four daughters and just really invested in women's ministry in the lives of women. That's a great first question and I asked myself that question very many times as I was writing the book, "Why bother doing this?" Because it was a taxing project, stressful project, for sure. Jen, we want to jump right into your excellent book and I'm curious, the title, why you call it Cultural Counterfeits and why you bother to call out certain counterfeits? Aren't you afraid that you might offend some people? Sean McDowell: And this is Think Biblically from Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. Sean McDowell: What are some of the biggest cultural counterfeits today? What are some of the top empty promises of our age that Christians need to understand, identify and avoid? These are some of the questions we are going to explore today with our guest, Jen Oshman, author of Cultural Counterfeits.
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