Can Music Lead Someone to God? (TGC Talks)
TGC Podcast
English - August 18, 2023 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 1K ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality tgc the gospel coalition gospel coalition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The Secular Longing (TGC Talks)
Next Episode: Rethink the Self (TGC Talks)
Gavin Ortlund—writer and pastor at First Baptist Church of Ojai (California)—ponders the question, why do we feel a sense of transcendence when we listen to beautiful music? Where does that feeling come from? What's the best explanation for it? Ortlund compares the naturalistic and theistic answers to these questions, ultimately concluding that music is not a distraction from reality but a window into reality—and that the theistic framework gives a much more satisfying explanation for why it moves us emotionally.
For more videos like this, subscribe to Gavin Ortlund’s YouTube Channel.