So, Hey everybody Mike here. Mike here. I am privileged.

Hey everybody, Mike here.

Welcome to the Vox Podcast podcast I am privileged to be joined from the

great state of Texas from my new friend Austin hello, how are you? I'm doing very well man. Thanks

so much for having me on the podcast. Absolutely. Now how did we how did we

get connected? Was it through the Young Restless and No Longer Reform book? Is that what happened?

Yeah, I think I was cheering you on Twitter. Yeah, through that first book and so I've been a fan from a distance for a while

And so I'm grateful to finally get some

screen to screen.

And you see now why I don't video podcast.

Now you can see.

Come on. Okay, Austin, well thank you. I have very much enjoyed

your work and in this book I want to talk about a new book you have out called Faith in the Shadows, Finding Christ in the

midst of doubt, which for our audience is a very timely, relevant, big topic as many

of us are undergoing something that has been called

reconstruction which is hey you know the Christianity we were handed it

either isn't right or doesn't fit the world that we're seeing around us.

And so anyway, I thought your book was fantastic.

When you initially set out to write it, what did you hope would happen?

Like what was the dream behind the book of what would it would accomplish in people?

Yeah, so similar to the first book, it's really a narration of a journey that I went on.

I think most good theology, and I'm borrowing this phrase from someone, but most good theology and I'm borrowing this phrase from someone but most good

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