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

The Russell Moore Show

Christianity Today, Russell Moore

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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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 City of God , how theological convictions become slogans, and the world of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). Their conversation considers what true joy looks like, why it’s okay not to understand everything we read (even in the Bible), and how books can give us words for our most deeply felt human experiences. Books mentioned in this episode include: God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music by Leah Payne City of God by Augustine God's Rascal: J. Frank Norris and the Beginnings of Southern Fundamentalism (America's Baptists) by Barry Hankins Joy: 100 Poems by Christian Wiman Zero at the Bone by Christian Wiman Four Quartets: A Poem by T.S. Eliot Lutheran Slogans: Use and Abuse by Robert W. Jenson A Shining by Jon Fosse The Inferno by Dante Alighieri The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy The Maytrees: A Novel by Annie Dillard Additional resources mentioned in this episode include: Petra Amy Grant Rich Mullins “Christian Wiman’s Work Against Despair” George M. Marsden Eugene Peterson Music & Meaning with Charlie Peacock Owen Barfield C.S. Lewis J.R.R. Tolkien Do you have a question for Russell Moore? Send it to [email protected]. Special offer for listeners: Russell Moore will join friends David French and Curtis Chang in Washington, DC for The After Party LIVE! on April 19. As a faithful listener to the podcast, we'd love for you to join us and use this $20 off offer just for listeners! The After Party is a free six-part video curriculum designed for people & pastors alike, and offers "a better way" for Christians to engage in politics. Learn more and buy tickets here — we've saved a seat for you! Click here for a trial membership at Christianity Today. “The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today Executive Producers: Erik Petrik, Russell Moore, and Mike Cosper Host: Russell Moore Producer: Ashley Hales Associate Producers: Abby Perry and McKenzie Hill Director of Operations for CT Media: Matt Stevens Audio engineering by Dan Phelps Video producer: Abby Egan Theme Song: “Dusty Delta Day” by Lennon Hutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.0	dot o'rg. Oh, Welcome to the Russell Moore Show. I am Ashley Hales, the producer of the Russell Moore Show and every
1:07.5	quarter we love to sit down and talk books Russell and I do together. So Russell Russell I'm excited to chat about some of the
1:15.5	religious and political and poetic themes that we've got going on today in your
1:20.0	book list. I am too. I don't even remember what I told you we ought to talk about so
1:26.4	that's okay. It'll be a surprise. Thankfully you're good at speaking on your
1:31.8	feet so we will we will be just fine.
1:34.1	You know as we think about our reading habits we always get questions about the
1:39.9	amount of books you get through I know for me I am actually giving up social media
1:45.0	for Lent and so I have found myself finishing novels at an astonishingly
1:49.2	quicker pace. Is there any habits that you could recommend to our listeners as far as making your way through some of the books that you've been reading and what that looks like?
1:59.0	Well, I think the main thing is wanting to read what you're reading.
2:05.6	I mean, I think that if you feel an obligation to read something, that's going to be a slog.
2:14.0	And so for me, I read stuff that I want to read unless it's something that I feel like I don't really want to read this but I have to
2:26.3	for some for some reason I mean even the things that I am reading because I'm going to
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