Gov. John Kasich on the Culture-Changing Power of Faith Communities

The Russell Moore Show

Christianity Today, Russell Moore

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Former governor John Kasich has been a lot of things: US presidential candidate, governor, political commentator, congressman. And throughout his career, he witnessed faith communities of all religions come together and support not only each other but also their communities at-large. His new book, Heaven Help Us, reflects his observation of this dynamic and the ways faith communities are uniquely positioned to effect change in a broken society. The former governor also shares his takes on health care reform, how losing his parents in a car accident brought him to faith, how he fared after losing the presidential candidacy, and how to quench the fear of impending political chaos. If you find yourself looking around your community or your country or the world and you think, What can one person, church, or community do to change something so overwhelming?, this conversation is for you. Resources mentioned in this episode or recommended by the guest include: Heaven Help Us: How Faith Communities Inspire Hope, Strengthen Neighborhoods, and Build the Future by John Kasich Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here for 25% off a subscription to CT magazine. “The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today Executive Producer: Clarissa Moll Host: Russell Moore Producer: Leslie Thompson Associate Producers: McKenzie Hill Senior Producer: Matt Stevens Audio engineering by Kevin Morris Video producer: Sam Cedar Theme Song: “Citizens” by Jon Guerra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.1	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion.
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0:24.6	God has given you a purpose. If it's just to be kind to your neighbor, whatever your purpose is, do it.
0:29.6	You don't have to hit a home run with men on base.
0:32.6	Just get up to the plate and swing.
0:35.6	Hello, this is Russell Moore, and this is the plate and swing.
0:43.1	Hello, this is Russell Moore, and this is the Russell Moore show brought to you by Christianity today.
0:49.7	Here, we look for signposts in a strange time by standing fast to what really matters.
0:55.0	Kingdom over culture wars, truth over tribalism, pilgrimage over partisanship, sanity over cynicism, witness over winning, and Christ over everything.
1:00.0	Today we have a conversation to do just that.
1:09.0	If I think about the most often asked questions that I get right now, one of them from you is,
1:17.2	well, what can I do?
1:19.4	You look around a situation in your community or your country or in the world and you just say,
1:24.9	well, yeah, but what can one person do or what can one church do?
1:29.1	Or what can one even community do when everything seems to be so big and overwhelming?
1:34.9	And that's why I wanted to talk to our next guest today.
1:38.1	Governor John Kasich was governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019.
1:43.1	Before that, he was a member of Congress. He was chairman of the
1:46.3	Congressional House Budget Committee. He introduced and passed the Personal Responsibility
1:51.7	and Work Opportunity Act, which was one of the most significant laws passed during the Clinton
1:57.4	administration. Following the time in the House, he hosted Heartland with John Kasich on Fox News from 2001 to 2007,
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