Navigating Incivility and Conflict

“Civility is not the whole story in life,” Richard Mouw said. “But we often take incivility much too far.” 

Online, in face-to-face relationships, and even at church, this statement has proven true time and again in recent years. Mouw—author, theologian, and former president of Fuller Seminary—says that in a world of ridicule, Christians can still be people who honor the humanity of others.

Mouw and Moore discuss political division, patriotism in worship services, and the powerful draw of specific candidates to certain demographics. They talk about the rise in female leadership, the sense of lostness many men feel amid cultural shifts, and the idea that bitterness and anger are often forms of grief. Mouw and Moore talk about what Calvinism can bring to the church today, whether they believe they’ll be surprised by the faces they see in eternity, and how to live in light of the kingdom.

Resources mentioned in this episode or recommended by the guest include:

• Richard J. Mouw
• Uncommon Decency: Christian Civility in an Uncivilized World by Richard J. Mouw
• Divine Generosity: The Scope of Salvation in Reformed Theology by Richard J. Mouw
• Wendell Berry on the providence of God
• Nicholas Wolterstorff
• “Sphere Sovereignty” by Abraham Kuyper
• James E. Bradley
• “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”

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