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Listen in as Russell Moore, director of Christianity Today’s Public Theology Project and Editor-in-Chief, talks about the latest books, cultural conversations and pressing ethical questions that point us toward the kingdom of Christ.

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The Russell Moore Show episodes:

04.17.2024
Mike Cosper on Church Hurt and Church Hope
Confusion and anxiety. Narcissistic tendencies. Spiritual abuses. As the host of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, CT’s director of media Mike Cosper explored how these themes can wreak havoc in a church. Now, he’s sharing his own experiences with...
04.10.2024
Nancy French on Love, Trauma, and Partisan Politics
"God is never going to betray you—even if the church does.” So says Nancy French, best-selling author and investigative journalist, on this episode of The Russell Moore Show. French, who is known for her groundbreaking reporting on abuse at one of America’s...
04.03.2024
An Update to The Anxious Generation with Jonathan Haidt
Ever since Jonathan Haidt joined us on The Russell Moore Show, listeners have been sending in questions for him. So, on this episode, Russell Moore welcomes Haidt back to the show for a discussion of his new book titled The...
03.27.2024
’90s CCM, Slogans, and Joy: What We’re Reading
It’s time for the quarterly books episode of The Russell Moore Show! Tune in as Russell and producer Ashley Hales talk about their recent reads ranging from politics to poetry. The two discuss a variety of topics including Augustine’s argument in...
03.20.2024
Marvin Olasky on a Better Moral Vision
It was November 1, 1973, and Marvin Olasky—a then self-proclaimed atheist and communist—was reading an essay by Vladimir Lenin. Suddenly, Olasky began to have thoughts he couldn’t shake. What if this is all wrong? What if there really is a God? Within eight...
03.13.2024
Marilynne Robinson Reads Genesis as a Story of Grace
Author Marilynne Robinson has long brought layered characters and powerful plots to the page. It is perhaps no wonder, then, that she is looking to a book of Scripture that abounds with both. On this episode of The Russell Moore Show,...
03.06.2024
Q+A: Reasons for Christian Hope in an Election Year
Is the term evangelical worth holding on to anymore? Is it imperative that Christians participate in elections? What is the way forward for families that have been fractured by political disagreements? These are some of the listener questions that Russell and producer Ashley...
02.28.2024
Jennie Allen’s Help For Tangled Emotions
If Russell Moore’s inbox is any indication, listeners of this podcast want to talk about emotions. If you’re among them, this episode with Bible teacher, bestselling author, and founder of IF: Gathering Jennie Allen is for you. Moore and Allen discuss...
02.26.2024
Bonus Episode: Should You Watch 'The Chosen'?
Welcome to a special bonus episode of The Russell Moore Show! Peter Wehner returns for a conversation about the television drama The Chosen, which began its fourth season on February 1, 2024. Wehner expounds on his recent article in The Atlantic,...
02.21.2024
Michael Wear's Solution to Political Captivity
After all of the arguments and severed relationships that resulted from the elections of 2016 and 2020, here we are, doing it all over again. For all who are weary of the modern political climate, today’s episode with Michael Wear...
02.14.2024
Seth Kaplan's Answer to Our Collective Problem
As Seth Kaplan has worked in 35 countries around the world, one thing has made itself clear: healthy relationships are the key to community stability. “When I go to any place, whether it’s a neighborhood or country,” says Kaplan on this...
02.07.2024
Christian Wiman's Work Against Despair
I love the Lord and he loves me. I will not forget, and neither will he. That was the poem that a seven-year-old Christian Wiman handed his pastor—during the altar call, no less. The young Wiman didn’t wait for a response or...
01.31.2024
Kate Bowler Tells Us Where We're Wrong on Suffering
For historian Kate Bowler, grief and suffering are more than just a topic of interest. She’s intimately acquainted with pain herself as someone who was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, faced a small chance of survival, and lives with chronic...
01.24.2024
Tom Holland on the Price of Peace
While answers to the question “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” range from “daily” to “just about never,” Ancient Rome has a considerable impact on the lives of people in the West. On this episode, Russell Moore...
01.17.2024
Tender Questions on Parenting, Adoption, and Sexuality
How can parents guard against viewing their children’s behavior as solely a statement about their success or failure in parenting? What does it look like for churches to embrace people with cognitive differences? Why is it important to support adopted...
01.10.2024
Jen Wilkin on Women in the Church
What does it say about the state of the evangelical church that 83 percent of women’s ministry leaders are not compensated? That’s the question that Russell Moore and Jen Wilkin, an author and Bible teacher, pose at the beginning of...
01.03.2024
David Brooks on How to Know a Person
“People are dying to tell you their life story. They just need to be asked.” So says author, columnist at The New York Times, and writer at The Atlantic David Brooks on a new episode of The Russell Moore Show. Moore...
12.20.2023
Best of Books 2023
The year is coming to an end, which means it’s time to reflect on our favorite reads! On this episode, Russell Moore and producer Ashley Hales discuss the books that have stuck with them this year. Their conversation touches on...
12.13.2023
Building Trust with Gen Z with Kara Powell
You’ve heard of the nones: the agnostic or atheist-adjacent young people who profess no religious faith. But what about the ums: those who, when asked, “Do you go to church?” are likely to respond with “um” or “not really” or...
12.06.2023
Tim Alberta on the White Evangelical Crisis
When journalist Tim Alberta attended his father’s funeral, he expected people to speak words of comfort. What he didn’t expect was a confrontation. And yet, just a short walk away from the casket, someone approached a grieving Alberta to critique his writing...
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 some...
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 The...
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 Russell...
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 an...
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 this...
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 to...
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 in...
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. On a...
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 thoughtful...
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 the allegations emerged.On...
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. This week, Moore welcomes his good...
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 here! Learn...
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 shelf....
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 Russell...
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 ability...
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 member at Duke...

What's The Russell Moore Show about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Russell Moore Show episodes:

Mike Cosper on Church Hurt and Church Hope

Nancy French on Love, Trauma, and Partisan Politics

An Update to The Anxious Generation with Jonathan Haidt

’90s CCM, Slogans, and Joy: What We’re Reading

Marvin Olasky on a Better Moral Vision

Marilynne Robinson Reads Genesis as a Story of Grace

Q+A: Reasons for Christian Hope in an Election Year

Jennie Allen’s Help For Tangled Emotions

Bonus Episode: Should You Watch 'The Chosen'?

Michael Wear's Solution to Political Captivity

Seth Kaplan's Answer to Our Collective Problem

Christian Wiman's Work Against Despair

Kate Bowler Tells Us Where We're Wrong on Suffering

Tom Holland on the Price of Peace

Tender Questions on Parenting, Adoption, and Sexuality

Jen Wilkin on Women in the Church

David Brooks on How to Know a Person

Best of Books 2023

Building Trust with Gen Z with Kara Powell

Tim Alberta on the White Evangelical Crisis

N.T. Wright on the Bible's Most Misunderstood Verse

Your Questions on Partisan Politics, Panic, and Power

Jonathan Haidt's Way Forward for an Anxious Generation

Tech Surveillance and Genocide with Nury Turkel

Christine Caine Tells Me Where I'm Wrong on the Holy Spirit

Christianity's Being Co-opted with Tobias Cremer

Hope for High Conflict with Amanda Ripley

Skye Jethani Tells Us Where We're Wrong on Heaven

Yascha Mounk's Answer to the Identity Trap

Meaning, Money, and Affection: What We're Reading

Be Afraid - Trailer

Bridging Generational Divides with Jean Twenge

Jake Tapper Says Reality Is Stranger than Fiction

Sharing in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream Now

Losing Our Religion: Beth Moore and Russell Moore in Conversation

Losing Our Religion: Beth Moore and Russell Moore Take Your Questions

Losing Our Religion: David Brooks on the Allure of Tribalism

Losing Our Religion: Credibility Gaps with Sam Allberry

Losing Our Religion: Jackie Hill Perry on Revival

Losing Our Religion: Evangelical Imagination with Karen Swallow Prior

Losing Our Religion: Russell Moore's Hope

Upcoming LIVE event with Beth Moore!

Your Questions on Apologetics, Politics, and Johnny Cash

How Bodies Believe with David Taylor

Russell's Desert Island Bookshelf

Benjamin Watson’s Fight for Life

Justin Giboney on Juneteenth, Pluralism, and the Gospel

Your Questions on Guns, AI, and Abortion

John Starke’s Antidote for Performance Faith

Curtis Chang Says Anxiety Is Opportunity