Can the Sun Rise on the West Again? | Vishal Mangalwadi

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Vishal Mangalwadi returns to challenge the pessimistic theology that has sidelined the Western church for decades. He argues that the West’s decline politically and culturally stems from bad theology. We pray, “His Kingdom come and His will be done on earth,” but simultaneously, we as the church in America have retreated from leading in the culture.

To move forward, Mangalwadi proposes a bold vision that begins with education reform, calling churches to reclaim their position as centers of discipleship and cultural formation. Drawing from his global experience and biblical conviction, he offers a hopeful roadmap for restoring truth and rebuilding broken nations.

Main Topics:

  1. Why Western Christianity adopted a pessimistic eschatology—and the cultural cost
  2. How the church turned to a private faith and ceded culture to secularism
  3. Mangalwadi’s plan to renew culture through biblically rooted education

Join us to explore how the church can recover its cultural voice and help replant biblical roots in today’s world.

Special Guest
Special Guest

Vishal Mangalwadi is a social reformer, political columnist, Indian Christian philosopher, writer, and lecturer. He is the author of 20 books, including The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization. He is also a long-term friend of the DNA and one of the thought leaders at the birth of our organization.

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"Ideas have consequences, truth bears fruit, that’s the heart of [Christian] optimism.”

Vishal Mangalwadi [19:20]

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The Bible and the Making of Modern India

By Vishal Mangalwadi

Some politicians want to change the name “India.” They are embarrassed by the fact that the name and the idea of “India” came from the Bible.

In 1492, Columbus sailed and failed to find the sea route to “India.” Vasco da Gama reached Calicut (Kerala) in 1497 to learn that no native called his land India. The British and the Dutch established their East India Companies in 1600 and 1602 in order to trade with Indonesia [Indian Asia]! Back then, not even the Europeans thought of the Mogul Empire as “India.”

This book is first in a series that explains how the Bible created modern India. That fact is as unpalatable to Hindu politicians as to secular historians. They consider the Bible to be discarded childish stories: How could it possibly create, build and sustain great nations?

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