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The Russell Moore Show

Signposts: What I Learned From Congressman Gene Taylor

The Russell Moore Show

Christianity Today, Russell Moore

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8914 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2016

⏱️ 17 minutes

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On this episode of Signposts I reflect on life lessons I learned from serving Congressman Gene Taylor, and how a politician modeled integrity and conscience for me that made a lasting impact. Listen below, and subscribe to Signposts to receive new episodes automatically. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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P.pondcast. Please and see apply. You know this week I was thinking about the fact that it was the anniversary of the day that my old boss was elected to the United States Congress and I tend to on that date every year reflect on him and what

1:17.4

I learned from him and I can tell you that I learned a lot about life and leadership from a politician in a way that I think might be surprising to some people who tend to think of politicians in a really cynical and

1:35.0

negative way. But I, when I think of this man, I have this sense of great

1:41.8

gratitude that I was able to learn from him.

1:45.8

Our fifth son, Taylor, is named after him.

1:49.6

He's Taylor Eugene Moore, precisely because of the sense of gratitude that I have for him.

1:54.0

And, you know, I started out working for this guy at a really, really young age

2:01.1

and he invested in me at a time when as I look at it now I think he took

2:08.3

a risk on me in a way that I've never seen another politician do and if I were advising someone I would say

2:17.2

this is crazy.

2:18.4

I started out as a high school student sort of stuffing envelopes for him in a congressional race

2:24.8

that he was running that he lost but he lost that election by a narrower

2:29.6

margin than what many people were predicting.

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