TMR 299 : Is Satan Woke? (With Rev Phill Sacre and Julian Charles)

Published: July 19, 2023, 5:31 p.m.

b'We are joined once again by Rev Phill Sacre\\u2014an ordained minister (Church of England) and host of the YouTube channel "Sacred Musings"\\u2014for another thought-provoking and wide-ranging "post-covid" conversation in the series: "Following Christ in the New Old Normal". Strange as it might seem\\u2014given that Phill\'s ordained, and I\'m a Methodist lay preacher\\u2014this time we centre our conversation in the character of "Satan", or "The Satan" (to be more precise). Reflecting upon the clear manifestation of Evil in the world (particularly over the last three years)\\u2014and trying to make sense of the strange, seemingly ubiquitous eruption of (what one might call) "woke" sensibilities in recent times\\u2014we discuss questions such as: Who, or what, is "The Satan"? What does "he" do? What sort of influence does "he" have in the world? Where did "he" come from? Has "he" always been this way? What is that "serpent" in the Garden of Eden narrative anyway? Just a snake? Or have we been missing something deeper\\u2014that perhaps the prophets Ezekiel and Isaiah hint at\\u2014that might tell us something about "his" origins? (Phill is a Christian minister. Ordained in the Church of England, he formerly served in a parish on the Essex coast, but now leads an independent housechurch. He also runs the online ministries, "Understand the Bible" and "Sacred Musings : Building on Christian Foundations" (on YouTube).) [For show notes please visit https://themindrenewed.com]'