Why Peacemaking Needs Objective Moral Truth

Join our monthly book club and keep thinking deeply about faith, culture, and truth: 🔗 https://pxllnk.co/bookclubpod Considering college? Explore Augustine College, a one-year classical Christian program in Ottawa that prepares students to think and live faithfully in a secular age: 🔗 https://pxllnk.co/augustinepodcast In this episode, Dr. John Patrick explores why peacemaking is impossible without an agreed standard of objective moral truth, drawing on Peter Kreeft's A Refutation of Moral Relativism and Arthur Leff's essay on justice to illustrate the dangers of moral relativism in universities, politics, and interfaith relations. He discusses the erosion of academic integrity under DEI policies, the troubling naivety of British politicians and church leaders regarding Islam and Sharia law, and references Douglas Murray's predictions about Islam's future. Dr. John Patrick then reflects on a personal experiment in taking a Sabbath from screens, recounting how revisiting a Martin Lloyd-Jones sermon on "girding up the loins of the mind" renewed his spiritual discipline and deep reading habits. He closes with reflections on family, demographic decline in the West and China, and his practice of reading eight to ten chapters of Scripture daily, encouraging listeners to try a similar screen fast and rediscover sustained, disciplined thought. 🎬 Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/9pfcnAQx2bA // LINKS // Website: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ Podcast: https://doctorjohnpatrick.podbean.com/ Biblical Literacy Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/ Recommended Reading list: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/book-list/ Ask Doctor John: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ask/ LINKS: https://beacons.ai/doctorjohnpatrick