Why I'm Still a Christian with Russell Moore
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The last five or six years have been rough for many thoughtful faithful Christians. The embrace of Trump and Trumpism, the rise of ethnic nationalism and xenophobia, conspiracy theories and abuse scandals have rocked the church.
Many have walked away in disgust. Some have spoken out and paid the price and yet, rather than walking away, they have remained committed to Christ and his church. We wanted to sit down with a few of those who have cried out like voices in the wilderness and who have been attacked by the church they love, and yet still remain. One of those people is Russell Moore who spent his whole life in the Southern Baptist convention. After standing against Trump and then advocating for an honest assessment of sexual abuse within the SBC, Moore became a pariah among the conservative wing of the convention, ultimately leading to his departure from the SBC. I sat down with Russell Moore to hear his story and find out why through it all, he's still following Jesus.
0:00 - Theme Song
0:29 - Intro
1:37 - Moore speaking out in 2016
11:16 - How Moore’s faith has been impacted
16:32 - Sponsor - AG1
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18:03 - How Moore stays focus on Jesus
37:10 - End Credits
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, the silence of this spirit in the wakein' in the night, in the watching and the waking, you stay by my side. |
| 0:13.5 | Oh, Jesus, come and wait with me, come and wait with me. |
| 0:21.5 | La Cray, Christen Dumay, Jamar Tisby, Russell Moore. |
| 0:26.3 | Come to me. |
| 0:27.3 | Why are you still a Christian? |
| 0:29.5 | This is Phil. |
| 0:30.5 | The last five or six years have been rough for many thoughtful, faithful Christians. |
| 0:35.3 | The embrace of Trump and Trumpism, the rise of ethnic nationalism in xenophobia, conspiracy |
| 0:41.1 | theories and abuse scandals have rocked the church, many have walked away and discussed, |
| 0:46.5 | some have spoken out and paid the price, and yet rather than walking away have remained |
| 0:50.9 | committed to Christ and his church. |
| 0:53.1 | We wanted to sit down with a few of those who have cried out, like voices in the wilderness, |
| 0:57.4 | who have been attacked by the church they love, and yet still remain. |
| 1:00.9 | We wanted to ask a simple question, why are you still a Christian? |
| 1:05.1 | Russell Moore spent his whole life in the Southern Baptist Convention, ultimately as |
| 1:09.2 | the head of the Influential Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the SBC's Public Policy |
| 1:14.6 | Arm, but standing against Trump and then advocating for an honest assessment of abuse within |
| 1:20.2 | the SBC made more a pariah among the conservative wing of the Convention, ultimately leading to |
| 1:26.4 | his departure from the ERLC and the SBC. |
| 1:30.1 | I sat down with Russell Moore to hear his story and find out why, through it all, he's |
| 1:35.3 | still following Jesus. |
| 1:37.4 | This is Phil, I'm here with Russell Moore. |
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