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The Russell Moore Show

What the Iran War Could Do to Your Soul

The Russell Moore Show

Russell Moore

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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On the war with Iran. On occasion, we like to record audio versions of the latest from Russell’s weekly newsletter. Read this article here. Sign up for the newsletter, Moore to the Point, where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Submit a question for the show (and include a voice memo!) at questions@russellmoore.com  Watch this episode on YouTubeSubscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here for 25% off a subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Thank you. Hey, this is Russell Moore, and this is the audio version of the More to the Point newsletter, but you can get every Wednesday in your inbox for free by signing up at the link

0:56.1

in the show notes. Today, I want to talk about Iran, but I want to talk about something specific

1:03.6

about Iran. Now that the United States and Israel are at war with the Iranian regime, a lot of us have strong opinions and feelings about this.

1:15.1

I know I do, but let's put those aside for just a moment, the policy debate.

1:21.6

And there are a lot of theological and constitutional issues that are really important here.

1:27.2

How does just war theory apply to this conflict? and constitutional issues that are really important here.

1:31.5

How does just war theory apply to this conflict?

1:34.3

What does this do to Middle East strategy,

1:38.5

including to Middle East Christians and other religious minorities?

1:42.7

What about the question of constitutional authority to do this?

1:48.3

And then, of course, in this sort of nuclear world that we're in,

1:52.2

what does this have to do with the future, potentially, of the human race?

1:54.2

Those are enormous questions.

1:58.9

But I want to talk at a smaller scale in some ways.

2:04.5

I want to talk about what war can do to you and particularly to your soul. And part of that is because right now we're in this time of uncertainty because this could be

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