The New Christian Approach to Anxiety

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Anxiety is at a massive upswing. This is the new pandemic that we're in. It's a mental health epidemic. In 2011, when they surveyed college students for whether they were suffering from significant anxiety struggles, that figure was one in 10 back in 2011. The CDC just recently released a report, something like one in three teenage girls are suffering from severe anxiety, depression, or some other mental health disorder. There's a lot going on. A leading hypothesis advanced by Jonathan Hight is that smartphone and smartphone addiction is at least a very strong culprit.

Host Curtis Chang and regular guest David French discuss what young Christians need to be formed for thriving. In this far ranging conversation, they explore negative partisanship, the fruits of the spirit, the revival at Asbury, and how Christians should best interact with the world through politics. Also, Curtis describes how anxiety is a surprising underlying cause of the political acrimony and divisiveness that plagues our culture today. This special Good Faith podcast was recorded in front of a live audience at The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, a higher education association of more than 185 Christian institutions around the world.

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