Thanks to your questions, Good Faith listeners are the guests of this episode that’s meant to spark spiritual insights and challenge church norms.

From queries about navigating belief in a politically toxic climate to finding community after deconstruction, Curtis answers your questions with thoughtfulness, wisdom, and compassion. Whether you’re wrestling with faith, curious about theology, or just want to know what’s on Curtis’ playlist, this episode delivers the answers that inquiring minds wanted to know.

Curtis addresses:

How can someone who has deconstructed find meaningful, Christ-centered community?
What role should the church play when professed followers of Jesus undermine the gospel?
What does it mean that God "removes kings and sets up kings"?
How can we love fellow church members who politically diverge from us?
Is The After Party project truly nonpartisan—and how was it funded?
Will artificial intelligence reshape sermon preparation?
What will life be like in the new heavens and new earth?

Plus: Curtis reveals his five favorite musical artists and the name of the song that opens every Good Faith episode.

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Resources or references mentioned in this episode:

Patrick Schreiner: Recovering the Forgotten Doctrine of Christ’s Ascension
N.T. Wright: the Ascension of Jesus and Heaven
N.T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
The Thin Places of Fantasy
The Nicene Creed
The Lord's Prayer
Philippians 3:18-21 (New Living Translation)
Foreign Aid Is Retreating. The Church Must Not
Judge: Musk and Trump’s effort to disband USAID is likely unconstitutional
Daniel 2:21 (English Standard Version)
33 Evil Kings of the Old Testament
I Samuel 8 (Israel asks for a king) (New Living Translation)
Explore The After Party with Russell Moore, David French, & Curtis Chang
Answers to questions about The After Party
Judah & the Lion’s Beautiful Anyway (official music video)
Judah & the Lion’s website
Wendell Kimborough’s website
Sandra McCraken’s website
Andrew Peterson’s website
Dave Brubeck’s Time Out album (including Take Five)
Dave Brubeck’s Fight Against Racism
Herbie Hancock’s Watermelon Man
Herbie Hancock’s Rockit

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