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581: How Evangelicalism Lost Its Way with Russell Moore

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Release Date: 09/06/2023

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0:00 - Intro

 

1:31 - Show starts

 

3:54 - Theme Song

 

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5:29 - Shotgun Riding Bull

 

12:28 - Owen Strachan calls out white nationalist theobros

 

33:33 - New report says marriage makes you happier

 

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46:45 - Interview Intro

Russell Moore

 

49:46 - Market Driven Christianity

 

55:57 - Authoritarianism 

 

1:08:08 - Fear Driven Evangelicalism

 

1:31:44 - End Credits



Links mentioned in news segment:

 

Norfolk police pull over man with bull riding shotgun

https://northeast.newschannelnebraska.com/story/49572004/norfolk-police-pull-over-man-and-bull-riding-shotgun

 

Calvinist activist warns that white nationalism is invading Reformed churches

https://religionnews.com/2023/08/23/calvinist-author-and-professor-warns-that-white-nationalism-is-invading-reformed-churches-owen-strachan/

 

The best predictor of happiness in America? Marriage

https://unherd.com/thepost/the-best-predictor-of-happiness-in-america-marriage/

 

Stop Swiping. Start Settling.

https://www.thefp.com/p/dating-apps-decline-of-marriage

 

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Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America by Russell Moore

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