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The Russell Moore Show

Q+A: Christian Rootedness in an Age of Anxiety

The Russell Moore Show

Christianity Today, Russell Moore

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 914 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

It’s a frenzy out there. As America draws closer to the presidential election, the cultural sense of division and disquiet only grows. On this episode, Russell Moore and producer Ashley Hales respond to listener questions, exploring how Christians can stay grounded in tumultuous times. Questions addressed in this episode include: What practices or rules ground Russell personally and communally? How can Christians compassionately engage with people who hold a conspiratorial worldview? How might church leaders guard themselves against lust for power? What has Russell reflected upon since his episode with Ryan Burge about the future of the American church?What does it look like to teach people—especially children—to think well? What can the church do to provide young men with a meaningful place and voice? How might a Christian respond to unethical behavior in the workplace? How can Christians be more confident that heaven is real? Resources mentioned in this episode include: Inside Out 2 Daniel Patterson “Predictions About the Future of the Christian Church” How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds by Alan Jacobs Frederick Buechner“ A Christian Response to Gen Z’s Mental Health Crisis” The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis Do you have a question for Russell Moore? Send it to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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producing the Russell Moore show and today we are bringing you our questions and answers episode with Russell and

1:25.4

we're gonna talk about what does it look like to live well in an anxious age.

1:30.6

So recently I just saw the new movie Inside Out 2 and besides the whole idea

1:39.8

of sense of self being ridiculously incorrect, which was that your emotions then actually

1:46.4

choose kind of your sense of self, and this is all kind of internally construed.

1:51.3

So besides that premise being totally wrong, it was an enjoyable movie.

1:55.2

And what was interesting about it was in these teenage emotions that come up and inside out too.

2:01.5

What really takes a stage is anxiety. And there's the scene in the movie where

2:06.4

anxiety is kind of running the show in this girl's brain and there's like this whirling dervish of activity as well as she's

2:16.4

totally paralyzed and still anxiety is and I think that's such a pretty perfect image of what it feels like to experience anxiety individually,

2:26.5

but I think it's also a pretty perfect image to think about anxiety in a system, right?

2:30.6

There's both kind of this frantic activity and this kind of

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