Two Ways to Find Peace in an Anxious World (TGC Talks)

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Gospel Coalition, Religion, The Gospel Coalition, 608017, Christianity, Tgc, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In this episode from TGC Talks, Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra discusses some of the reasons anxiety is on the rise and how Christians can find peace in two seemingly contradictory ways: by thinking big, and by thinking small.

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Good Book Company, publisher of Future Proof by Steven McAlpine.
0:05.7	Steven McAlpine is an Australian writer and speaker who specializes in cultural engagement
0:11.4	and the church. In his new book Future Proof, coming February 2024, Steven encourages readers
0:17.8	that we have been given everything we need in Christ to thrive in a post-Christian cultural landscape.
0:23.2	Visit thegoodbook.com slash post-podcast to find this book and other resources that will help you
0:29.4	engage with the culture in a thoughtful and biblical way and use code post at checkout to receive
0:35.6	25% off. That's the Good Book.com slash post podcast.
0:45.8	Welcome to the Gospel Coalition podcast. In 2021, the Gospel Coalition released a short form video
0:52.4	series called TGC Talks. In these videos, Christian thought leaders help us think
0:56.8	biblically and timely about important cultural issues. And now we're bringing these talks to you
1:01.9	right here on TGC podcast. Today, you'll hear from Sarah Zalstra as she discusses some of the reasons
1:08.0	why anxiety is on the rise and how Christians can find peace into seemingly contradictory ways
1:14.7	by thinking big and by thinking small. If you're feeling anxious, I get it. There's a lot to be anxious
1:21.5	about. We're coming out of you where we juggled a pandemic with sheltering in place, online
1:27.3	schooling, wearing masks, standing in line for groceries sometimes. And then George Floyd,
1:33.8	racial tensions and rioting, and then a contested election on January 6. A lot has happened in
1:40.8	the last year. And actually, America's anxiety has been rising since the 1990s. That's when studies
1:48.6	show that high school students started feeling less likely to sleep and having a harder time
1:54.4	thinking college students started reporting feeling more overwhelmed and adults started scoring
1:59.8	higher in depression surveys. Between 1999 and 2017, America's suicide rate rose 33%.
2:09.3	And if you're a Christian, there's another layer on top of that. Back in the 1990s,
2:14.8	is when America's faith started to slip. Before that, belief in America was what Tim Keller would
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