This podcast is from Jim W. Wallace of Please Convince Me. (H/T John Barron)

Topic:

Do people choose their religion based on the country of their birth, or based on peer pressure from their local community, or based on pressure from their family?

The MP3 file is here. (31 Mb, 67 minutes)

Summary:

• people in the early church did not become Christians because of peer pressure
• Christianity thrived in an environment of hardship and persecution
• even today, Christianity is thriving in China, in a hostile environment
• Christianity is actually growing the fastest in non-Christian countries
• in America, the two fastest growing religions are Islam and “No religion”
• the entertainment industry, mainstream media and university are anti-Christian
• many people become Christians on their own, which no family/community pressure

If you listen to his read e-mails, he mentions my post on the hiddenness of God and plugs my blog! Wow!