Preventing Churches as Illusions

Russell and Leslie meander through the 2025 podcast episodes and share some of their favorite moments.

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Episodes referenced:

• David Brooks on Moral Courage for a Soulless Age
• Joni Eareckson Tada on When God Shows Up in the Breaking
• Molly Worthen on Being Spellbinding
• Michael Luo on Strangers in the Land
• Paul Kingsnorth on the Dark Powers Behind AI
• Christine Emba on the Fantasy of Porn’s Harmlessness
• Jonathan Haidt’s Newest Thoughts on Technology, Anxiety, and the War for Our Attention
• A Poet and a Preacher: A Conversation with David Whyte
• Beth Moore on All Manner of Good Things
• Beth Moore on Falling in Love with Ecclesiastes
• Sho Baraka on Matters of the Soul Post-2020
• Recovering Christian Vocabulary: A Conversation with Stanley Hauerwas
• Tim Keller on Hope in Times in Fear (Re-air)

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