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The Living Waters Podcast

Ep. 370 - Virtue Signaling vs. True Virtue

The Living Waters Podcast

Living Waters

Evangelism, Apologetics, Jesus, Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Gospel, Creation, Religion & Spirituality, Salvation, Prolife, Faith, Witnessing, Theology

4.93K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

True virtue becomes visible only when the desire to walk faithfully before God outweighs the instinct to manage appearances for others. Ray, E.Z., Mark, and Oscar examine how virtue signaling has become a modern way of seeking approval, noting that the human urge to belong often pressures believers to display moral outrage or spiritual discipline without genuine conviction. The guys explain that people have always looked for safety in groups, and that this instinct can quietly influence the h...

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You would never, I hope, give medical or tax advice

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without actually having the important, you know,

0:10.0

education and credentials to do that.

0:13.0

You wouldn't lead people astray in that way.

0:15.0

And yet so many of us are willing to give shallow spiritual advice.

0:19.0

And I mean, I think about Ezekiel 34, which is,

0:22.5

there's these false shepherds of Israel who are looking like leaders, but aren't actually

0:30.2

caring for the flock. And that's what we do when we virtue signal in the way that we do online

0:36.8

for the sake of engagement and likes

0:39.3

and follows. And so the ultimate takeaway here is I think that we all need to value deep

0:47.8

spiritual thoughtfulness, deep spiritual engagement. Because just to use one other metaphor here,

0:57.0

and I know the golden rule of not switching metaphors,

0:59.0

I'm definitely breaking it.

1:00.0

But when we perceive, when we give this perception

1:04.0

that we have deep thoughtfulness,

1:06.0

we're inviting people to dive head first

1:08.0

into the shallowness of the pool.

1:12.2

We need depth.

1:17.0

We need leaders who care more about virtue than vibes.

1:19.6

I think it's, I think we just, we simply like that.

1:20.2

And we've seen it.

1:25.5

Like we've all talked about that guy who's online, who has a mass following,

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