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11.29.2023

Many evangelicals are taught to share the gospel according to “The Romans Road,” which charts a path through the book to explain the path to salvation. But English theologian and prolific author N.T. Wright says that while anything that highlights ...

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11.29.2023 N.T. Wright on the Bible's Most Misunderstood Verse Many evangelicals are taught to share the gospel according to “The Romans Road,” which charts a path through the book to explain the path to salvation. But English theologian and prolific author N.T. Wright says that while anything that highlights ...
11.22.2023 Your Questions on Partisan Politics, Panic, and Power Are modern Christians focusing too much on identity or not enough? How should Christians think about injecting their beliefs into civic leadership? What are some words of wisdom for church leaders who are asked questions about public policy? These are ...
11.15.2023 Jonathan Haidt's Way Forward for an Anxious Generation When it comes to building communities that nurture the next generation, it's hard to identify a universal standard for success. But as social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt looks at the trends among today’s children, he sees both common concerns ...
11.08.2023 Tech Surveillance and Genocide with Nury Turkel World news is hard to watch. It’s full of horror and tragedy, much of which is happening thousands and thousands of miles away. While these stories are difficult to consume, they can be easy to ignore as we imagine ourselves ...
11.01.2023 Christine Caine Tells Me Where I'm Wrong on the Holy Spirit Does baptism with the Holy Spirit happen to everyone when they believe the gospel or does it occur later? Has the gift of prophecy ended in the modern era? What does speaking in tongues really mean? On this episode of ...
10.25.2023 Christianity's Being Co-opted with Tobias Cremer When Russell Moore saw footage of a “Jesus saves” sign during the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the United States Capitol, he wasn’t just angered by the assault on democracy. He was horrified by what he saw as a blasphemous ...
10.18.2023 Hope for High Conflict with Amanda Ripley “Our church lived through the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections divided. Our church lived through Black Lives Matter protests divided. Our church lived through COVID divided. How are we going to get through 2024?” That’s one of the questions that ...
10.11.2023 Skye Jethani Tells Us Where We're Wrong on Heaven “She’s in a better place.” Statements like this tend to pop up at funerals and in Facebook comment threads memorializing a lost loved one. But do people really mean what they’re saying? Is cultural commentary on life after death merely ...
10.04.2023 Yascha Mounk's Answer to the Identity Trap “Part of the beauty of America is that we all have roots in all kinds of parts of the world, and we bring that cultural richness—and the aspect of cultural diversity—with us to this country.” So says Yascha Mounk on ...
09.27.2023 Meaning, Money, and Affection: What We're Reading Welcome back to the quarterly books episode of The Russell Moore Show! Listen in as Russell and producer Ashley Hales talk about the bookstores, newsletters, and reviews that help them find great reads. The two discuss everything from classic stories ...
09.22.2023 Be Afraid - Trailer Hosted by Dr. Kutter Callaway, Be Afraid is an exploration of fear, faith, and stories that scare the hell out of us. You’ll hear from filmmakers, film critics, psychological scientists, and even an exorcist or two, each of whom shares ...
09.20.2023 Bridging Generational Divides with Jean Twenge What can be done with generational fractures that feel irreparable? If there’s any question Russell Moore hears regularly, it’s that one. On today’s episode of The Russell Moore Show, he and psychologist Jean Twenge consider what the answer may be ...
09.13.2023 Jake Tapper Says Reality Is Stranger than Fiction One might think working as a CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent would have Jake Tapper spending his spare minutes doing anything but working with words. His recently published third novel, All the Demons Are Here, would beg to differ. ...
09.06.2023 Sharing in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream Now On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the unforgettable “I Have a Dream Speech.” Sixty years later, two men have a dream of their own: to share the life and teachings of Dr. King for the good of ...
08.30.2023 Losing Our Religion: Beth Moore and Russell Moore in Conversation Welcome to the first episode of the two-part Losing Our Religion special series finale! This episode and the one to follow were recorded at a special live event with Bible teacher and author Beth Moore and Russell Moore in Houston ...
08.30.2023 Losing Our Religion: Beth Moore and Russell Moore Take Your Questions On the final episode of the Losing Our Religion special series, Russell Moore and Beth Moore answer listener questions as a continuation of the August 9th live event in the prior episode. Tune in for their answers to these 11 ...
08.23.2023 Losing Our Religion: David Brooks on the Allure of Tribalism What happens when we see truth as “a means to tribal belonging rather than as a reality that exists outside of us,” asks Russell Moore in his new book Losing Our Religion? That question is at the heart of today’s ...
08.16.2023 Losing Our Religion: Credibility Gaps with Sam Allberry When the news broke that world-famous apologist Ravi Zacharias had perpetrated years of abuse, many evangelicals felt like their world had been flipped outside-down. Sam Allberry knows the feeling—he was a staff apologist at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) when ...
08.09.2023 Losing Our Religion: Jackie Hill Perry on Revival What does it look like to practice revival and holiness in our personal lives? What should we do if we feel jaded about the idea of revival? And how can we imagine God’s law as a way for us to ...
08.02.2023 Losing Our Religion: Evangelical Imagination with Karen Swallow Prior Welcome back to the Losing Our Religion series of The Russell Moore Podcast! This special series of episodes around Russell Moore’s newest book, Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America, explores navigating the Christian faith in confusing times. ...
07.26.2023 Losing Our Religion: Russell Moore's Hope A few years ago, the faith community Russell Moore loved—and the country he respected—seemed to be becoming unrecognizable. As Moore looked at his surroundings, a metaphor from The Lord of the Rings came to mind. Had The Shire, the place ...
07.19.2023 Upcoming LIVE event with Beth Moore! Join us in Houston, TX on August 9th for a LIVE podcast recording and an evening of conversation hosted by Beth Moore in celebration of Russell's book: Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America. For more info, click ...
07.12.2023 Your Questions on Apologetics, Politics, and Johnny Cash Welcome to the latest Q&A episode of The Russell Moore Show, which addresses a question we all want answered: is every question submitted to the show theological or political? As it turns out, the answer is no! Our first question ...
07.05.2023 How Bodies Believe with David Taylor When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, our times of worship changed in measurable ways. What did we learn about God and ourselves through that disembodied experience? How does the sensory affect our spirituality? Why did God create human bodies to be ...
06.28.2023 Russell's Desert Island Bookshelf It’s time for the quarterly books episode of The Russell Moore Show! On this episode, Russell shares the books on his desert island bookshelf. He and producer Ashley Hales discuss what it takes for a title to belong on that ...
06.21.2023 Benjamin Watson’s Fight for Life When Roe vs. Wade was overturned, Benjamin Watson was happy. But he also felt acutely aware of a complicated truth: millions of people felt devastated by the decision. And so the question became: what’s next? On today’s episode of The ...
06.14.2023 Justin Giboney on Juneteenth, Pluralism, and the Gospel On June 19, 2023, the United States of America will celebrate its newest federal holiday: Juneteenth, which marks the anniversary of some slaves in Texas being told that they were free. But this is far from the first time that ...
06.07.2023 Your Questions on Guns, AI, and Abortion Does the body of Christ have a moral obligation to call for gun reform? Why does the Far Right fight the idea of critical race theory (CRT)? How will the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) affect the way people read ...
05.31.2023 John Starke’s Antidote for Performance Faith When John Starke, an author and the pastor of Apostles Church Uptown, moved to New York City, he quickly realized that he wasn’t all that impressive to his neighbors. It didn’t feel great at first. But now, he sees the ...
05.24.2023 Curtis Chang Says Anxiety Is Opportunity Anxiety is having a moment. Compared to prepandemic rates, for example, anxiety has doubled in young people. The increase feels daunting and downright scary at times as Christians struggle to determine how to help. Enter Curtis Chang, theologian, consulting faculty ...
05.22.2023 Bonus Episode: Tim Keller's Heavenly Hope “He was always shot through with gratitude.” So says Russell Moore of pastor, theologian, and author Tim Keller, who died on Friday, May 19, 2023. Husband to Kathy and father of three, Keller was the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian ...
05.17.2023 Rainn Wilson Tells Me Where I'm Wrong on Spirituality “Whenever I'm about to do something, I think 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, I do not do that thing.” - Dwight Schrute, The Office In an age of cultural division and religious disagreement, many people feel ...
05.10.2023 A Road Map for Christian Unity From disagreements about baptism to a tendency toward tribalism, it’s easy to feel like the state of American Christianity is best summed up in the word division. But does that have to be the case? On this episode of The ...
05.03.2023 Esau McCaulley Makes Grace Plausible What is the most racist thing you’ve ever experienced? That’s the question that was posed to Esau McCaulley, an author, assistant professor, and contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, as he sat on a panel in front of ...
04.26.2023 Hope for Grief and Accountability When people look at the American church today, many perceive instability and division. But what if some of the fragmentation they see is actually God’s work? On this episode of The Russell Moore Show, Russell and producer Ashley Hales respond ...
04.19.2023 David Platt Wasn’t Radical Enough "I am convinced that it’s not just an American Dream that has been consuming our lives. There’s actually an American gospel that’s hijacked our hearts.” So says David Platt, pastor and author of three New York Times bestsellers, on today’s ...
04.12.2023 Developing a Biblical Framework with Christopher Watkin When Russell Moore first heard the title of Christopher Watkin’s new book, Biblical Critical Theory, his mind immediately went to the controversy around critical race theory. But, as this episode’s conversation with Watkin—a professor and senior lecturer at Monash University ...
04.05.2023 Elves, Boomers, and Influencers: What We’re Reading Welcome to a new quarterly feature of The Russell Moore Show: all about books! The enthusiastic listener response to the “Best of Books 2022” episode encouraged Russell and producer Ashley Hales to share their recent reads more often. Tune in ...
03.29.2023 Fleming Rutledge on the Cross How do people who have devoted their lives to ministry know that Christianity is true? What can believers do to address the cultural loss of biblical literacy? How should we think about the social unrest we see in everything from ...
03.22.2023 Beth Moore Speaks Out “I’ve had both a great time and a terrifying time on this planet. Lord, somewhere in the middle of that is my real life." So says Beth Moore, our returning guest on this episode of The Russell Moore Show. Reflecting ...
03.15.2023 Jesus Encounters Us in Scripture What is the biblical and historical evidence for the resurrection? What does it mean when Scripture says we carry around the death of Jesus in our bodies? How can Christians be deeply committed to interpreting the Bible faithfully while also ...
03.08.2023 Rick Warren Reflects on His Legacy Rick Warren needs very little introduction. The planter and pastor of Saddleback Church in Orange County, California for 43 years, Warren is widely considered one of the most influential spiritual leaders in America. His book The Purpose-Driven Life has been ...
03.01.2023 Are We Miracle or Machine? How should Christians think about evolving technology? What does it look like to engage in conversations about ChatGPT or the Bing AI bot that recently tried to persuade a New York Times reporter to leave his spouse for the bot? ...
02.22.2023 Evangelicalism's Failure with Jon Ward “What can people do about the fact that things are so tense with their families, especially when it comes to politics?” This is one of the pressing questions that Russell Moore poses to Jon Ward, Chief National Correspondent for Yahoo ...
02.15.2023 Church: It’s Complicated Just one in three of today’s pastors say that they are healthy. By 2050, less than half of the US population may identify as Christian. At the same time, 61 percent of millennials who attended church before the pandemic still ...
02.08.2023 Yuval Levin on What Christians Can Learn from Religious Minorities Why has there been a rise in antisemitic tropes, speech, and acts in recent years? Why have cultural moments of change in the West often led to the emergence of violence against Jewish people? And how might the Jewish American ...
02.01.2023 Senator Coons’ Prayer Across the Aisles Are events like the National Prayer Breakfast merely displays of civil religion? What does it look like for Christian political leaders to unite during such a divided time in American life? And what is the role of the government when ...
01.25.2023 Ross Douthat on American Religion and Where Martin Luther was Right and Wrong On this episode, New York Times Opinion columnist Ross Douthat tells Russell Moore where he's wrong on Catholicism and American culture. Kind of. Douthat and Moore consider what it looks like for Christians to engage civically without surrendering to the ...
01.18.2023 Malcolm Guite's Hope for Hurt Christians What does hope look like for the American church as political polarization sparks division and many evangelicals are leaving the pews? It might be found in the words of the British “Poet for ‘Bruised Evangelicals,’” Malcolm Guite. The poet, priest, ...
01.11.2023 Your Questions on Sex, Teens and Marital Prospects “Just wait until you get married, you’ll drive each other crazy.” “Just wait until that baby is a toddler throwing tantrums, you’ll long for the sleepless newborn nights!” “Just wait until your energetic third-grader is a surly teenager, you’ll crave ...

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