Philip Yancey Survived the Bible Belt

The Russell Moore Show

Russell Moore

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Russell Moore is joined by Philip Yancey, author and former journalist, to discuss his new memoir, Where the Light Fell. Yancey and Moore have a lot in common, including their Bible Belt upbringings and even a shared distant ancestor. In this episode, Yancey speaks of his childhood faith and the fear that shook it, which eventually led him to discover the Jesus he never knew. He and Moore talk about the toxic ideas that arise when churches paint a false picture of who God is. Finally, they discuss the eye-opening, true nature of God and how, ultimately, his love should cast out fear. “The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today Chief Creative Officer: Erik Petrik Executive Producer and Host: Russell Moore Director of Podcasts: Mike Cosper Production Assistance: CoreMedia Coordinator: Beth Grabenkort Producer and Audio Mixing: Kevin Duthu Administrators: Christine Kolb and Pam Vodenova Theme Song: “Dusty Delta Day” by Lennon Hutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:24.8	And before I get to my guest, I want to remind you to send your questions in for once a month
1:30.3	we have the listener questions addition and I'm eager to answer
1:36.1	whatever questions you may have about anything and so send that to me at
1:40.2	questions at Russellmore.com and I'm really excited about this episode
1:46.6	because I'm talking to someone who was of immense influence on my life at a really strategic time when I was a teenager, some of you know, I've talked
1:56.5	about this here before and going through a real crisis with Bible Belt Christianity and wondering what's real, what's true, what's out there,
2:10.0	and do I have to give up a mind and a soul in order to be a follower of Jesus?
2:18.0	And one of the places that I found Hope was in the writings of Philippianci. I was I think directed toward him.
2:29.1	I think he was referenced in some way in C. C.M. magazine, about the contemporary Christian
2:35.8	music industry. And that took me over to Campus Life magazine where he was writing and
2:42.2	also over at Christianity today and then
2:45.5	started to read his books and found somebody who was able to make sense and
2:52.0	somebody who was able to actually grapple with the issues that I was grappling with.
2:56.0	And, fell a PeeNC, thanks for being on the show today. It's an honor for me.
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