{"id":1115,"date":"2022-01-31T15:12:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unenlightenment\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2022-01-31T15:12:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:12:35","slug":"a-conversation-with-dr-david-fitch-about-the-church-evangelicalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unenlightenment\/2022\/01\/a-conversation-with-dr-david-fitch-about-the-church-evangelicalism\/","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation with Dr. David Fitch about the Church &#038; Evangelicalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1118\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/1381\/2022\/01\/David-Fitch-BW2.png\" alt=\"David E. Fitch\" width=\"688\" height=\"512\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. David Fitch who is a Professor of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary in Chicago. Kierkegaard once said that when Christianity became legal it ceased to be Christianity. Although Kierkegaard was mostly writing hyperbole when he said this, Dave Fitch is very serious when he argues that the Church changed in a significant way once Constantine began to influence the Church. In this conversation, the historical nature of the evolving Church and the problems associated with contemporary evangelicalism are discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Click the links below to view or listen to the podcast.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eric English has a Conversation with Dr. David Fitch about the Church and Evangelicalism\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kS4yQRoXK2I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/share\/pb-pfzge-1193c8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Listen on Podbean<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Church-Does-Exist-Jesus\/dp\/1513805703\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=C0PFP7PR38NV&amp;keywords=david+fitch+church&amp;qid=1643657085&amp;sprefix=david%2Caps%2C2226&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Click Here to purchase Dave Fitch\u2019s book What is the Church and Why does it Exist?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. David Fitch who is a Professor of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary in Chicago. 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