Andy Crouch: Political Crisis, Contempt, & the Fruit of the Spirit Good Faith 2025-04-24 | How should Christians engage with political power in a divided world?Contributor Andy Crouch joins Curtis Chang to trace a path from the courage of early believers under Caesar to today’s crisis-driven politics and the ruling class. Together, they dive into the rise of emergency powers, growing contempt, and the breakdown of civil discourse—and offer a hopeful vision for how the Fruit of the Spirit can reshape both Christian posture and a public life rooted in love, gentleness, and faithfulness.Resources mentioned in this episode:Explaining The Land of Israel Under Roman Rule: myjewishlearning.com/article/palestine-under-roman-ruleMatthew 22:21 - "Render therefore unto Caesar..." (multiple versions and explanation): bibleref.com/Matthew/22/Matthew-22-21.htmlExplaining The Majesty of Herod’s Temple: israelmyglory.org/article/the-majesty-of-herods-templeAugustus Caesar and the the title Divi filius, “son of a god” (audio): learn.ligonier.org/podcasts/5-minutes-in-church-history-with-stephen-nichols/augustus-caesarThe Holy Roman Empire: The Rise of Medieval Europe (video): youtube.com/watch?v=Hahox99jRasTish Harrison Warren’s Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep: amazon.com/Prayer-Night-Those-Work-Watch/dp/0830846794/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3dPJZMgV4JzXRoP0rlAyx9EvHYPM6OEEeKpvwiOsOMaMv7a6J0PAVojdfQ7bTSn74GX03O3461HTyyiL25ACILO-tLuFjl8bZLR-sk2dLJJFntP62OnJiyoClYa5JT9Yc2PWbWHB2Ot-LcYPsslhq0k7G820KEkv7OMJTs6satmqbRJZNVovZFdE_diHFkvBhAa9K9tYaALRpamSvbq5HKPjZ8XwrtfxR8SgAzY3Ff4.KrG6sN-4kbu1rZRsg-Nd3fRoAI_uAdfKjqfoh8-ZyFA&dib_tag=se&hvbmt=%7BBidMatchType%7D&hvdev=c&keywords=prayer+in+the+night+by+tish+harrison+warren&qid=1745409322&s=books&sr=1-1Fact sheet about PEPFAR: kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-u-s-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief-pepfarWendell Berry’s The Hidden Wound: amazon.com/Hidden-Wound-Wendell-Berry/dp/1582434867Wendell Berry’s ‘The Hidden Wound’ at Fifty (article from 2020): commonwealmagazine.org/race-anti-fragilityGalatians 5:22 - Fruit of the Spirit (multiple versions and explanation): bibleref.com/Galatians/5/Galatians-5-22.htmlMore from Andy Crouch:Interact with Andy’s website: andy-crouch.comCheck out Andy’s work at Praxis: praxislabs.org/people/andy-crouchRead Andy’s book: The Life We're Looking For: amazon.com/Life-Were-Looking-Relationship-Technological/dp/059323734XRead Andy’s book: The Tech-Wise Family: amazon.com/Tech-Wise-Family-Everyday-Putting-Technology/dp/0801018668/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VF23TPLO3SY1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9L7_aR7hLVysABn84eiisk3JHiKgUTthpD28RUUt0md2iljvc_CbXF7HwQlYCAsIh9YRnOidYyT1vRTvzxtdXgV-GtNn8WtNR4ddMXeHgCMntixrjlAmPu7MYfRvFEXjeASC1ZEYeZ2EpLFtp6o2FrWezdHiOCiU_jxB4_pYwUQAKmn--t6uoP-rzquREejgA5wgdrzbF0YIYpXJAM2yJ-TWpobBCH3d5QJtGkfWINs.jV8NS84BjbThioDtPo0M2THrmJ1UXxI6KQzZaTo8XM0&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+tech-wise+family&qid=1736971271&sprefix=the+tech-wise+family%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-1Good Faith Live “Watch Party”Russell Moore, David French, & Curtis Chang: Trump's First 100 Days: https://lu.ma/cld3kvs7Follow Us:Good Faith on Instagram: instagram.com/thegoodfaithpodGood Faith on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/thegoodfaithpodGood Faith on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564071909319Sign up for the Redeeming Babel Newsletter: redeemingbabel.org/subscribe
Is College Worth It Anymore? Good Faith 2026-09-20 | AI didn't break American higher education. Andy Crouch thinks it was already breaking.The upheaval coming for colleges would have arrived without ChatGPT, he told us, because of an elite-driven ideology that quietly taught a whole country you're only a worthwhile human being if you have a degree. Follow that premise far enough and you get student debt for an education that was never that good, and a generation measuring their worth by a credential.The full conversation with Andy Crouch on AI, college, and what a degree is actually for is out now, wherever you get your podcasts.If not a diploma, what actually taught you your worth?#HigherEducation #CollegeDegree #AndyCrouch #GoodFaith #ArtificialIntelligence
Is Plumbing a Better Bet Than College? Good Faith 2026-09-19 | Andy Crouch can't afford a house on the shore. His plumber has one.He told us that if our kids went into plumbing he would personally co-sign the loan on their boat, and then came the serious version of the joke: the plumbers are all retiring, the population is still growing, and the need for that work hasn't shrunk at all. Robotics will keep improving, and he doesn't think it crosses into embodied skill the way language did.The full conversation with Andy Crouch on AI, college, and the trades is out now, wherever you get your podcasts.What's the skill you wish someone had told you to learn?#SkilledTrades #Plumbing #AndyCrouch #GoodFaith #TradeSchool
Andy Crouch on What AI Therapy Cant Do Good Faith 2026-09-18 | 93% of young people who asked AI for mental health advice said it helped. Andy Crouch believes them.He also thinks that's the beginning of the answer and not the end of it, because underneath almost everything we bring to a chatbot are only three things: I'm afraid, I'm ashamed, I'm guilty. AI can give you real help with the first layer, and it still cannot sit with you in the thing you fear, see the worst of you and stay, or tell you in the name of Jesus Christ that you are forgiven.The full conversation with Andy Crouch on AI, therapy, and what only people can give is out now, wherever you get your podcasts.Who would you actually want in the room for the hardest thing?#AITherapy #AndyCrouch #MentalHealth #GoodFaith #HumanConnection
Andy Crouch: Why Is AI Coming for My College Degree? Good Faith 2026-09-17 | Your “Safe” College Major May Be an AI Dead EndCould AI make your college degree obsolete while making your plumber more valuable? Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch explore how artificial intelligence is disrupting higher education and the future of work—and why skilled trades and embodied human abilities may be safer bets. They also examine the rise of AI therapy and explain why chatbots can offer useful advice but can never replace human connection, spiritual community, and forgiveness.02:36 - Declaring Personal Educational Backgrounds13:26 - The Risk of "Cutting Edge" Education 15:37 - Computer Science: A Good Bet Turned Bad?19:49 - Advice for Today's College Students27:11 - The Role of a Teacher in the AI Age30:54 - What About First-Generation American Students35:27 - The Value of Skilled Trades38:08 - The Intellectual Life of the Working Class42:38 - The Real-World Value of Skilled Professionals44:26 - What About AI as a Mental Health Tool?47:35 - The Limits of AI in Providing Human ConnectionApply to be Good Faith's next Director of Marketing: goodfaith.org/were-hiring-director-of-marketingSign up for The After Party course: goodfaith.org/the-after-party/free-course/workshopMentioned in This Episode:Notre Dame’s DELTA: Human Formation in the Age of AI: https://ethics.nd.edu/programs/delta/Jean Lee Latham’s Carry On, Mr. Bowditch: amazon.com/dp/0812428250?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallbackJonathan Rose’s The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes: amazon.com/Intellectual-Life-British-Working-Classes/dp/0300257848/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LV53RMSDL94M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LhPoIscckiJw77wxvjwR2xrLT6oRnwgvkw3ZvLA5Rcod7QB6b-hQRUlbR_2jh1jL.UthxEPn1TDdZ3xH6HkrtcEZ7zFYPyqV4LzFJoxHMKZ0&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jonathan+Rose%E2%80%99s+The+Intellectual+Life+of+the+British+Working+Classes&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1788371712&s=books&sprefix=jonathan+rose%27s+the+intellectual+life+of+the+british+working+classes%2Cstripbooks%2C227&sr=1-1Matthew Loftus’ Resisting Therapy Culture: amazon.com/dp/1514012685?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallbackGood Faith episode 245: When Mental Health Goes Too Far with Matthew Loftus: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-faith/id1594454747?i=1000780205641RAND study: Use of Generative AI for Mental Health Advice Among US Adolescents and Young Adults: rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP71039.htmlRonald Heifetz’s adaptive-leadership framework: nationalacademies.org/cdn/materials/9fba11f5-5b05-4f1a-ac17-50fa03ea654eMore From Andy Crouch:Check out Andy’s website: andy-crouch.comCheck out Andy’s work at Praxis: praxislabs.org/people/andy-crouchRead Andy’s book: The Life We're Looking For: amazon.com/Life-Were-Looking-Relationship-Technological/dp/059323734XRead Andy’s book The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place: amazon.com/Tech-Wise-Family-Everyday-Putting-Technology/dp/0801018668/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=186568884939&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.f4MlpIMCWx-rVSs74EvQmwNWu2Td2a_nKfDwBeZj3x0GW-bETMlXQSqOh2-Ef8Lu2zkuZkl86TeT2s0nbdkM4d9MUmGUKTE-4DpvVmMYM1UlIK3W70BeDJ4pwqPxeIz2qjKYXnA2M9Z5UvLIOY14FeTOkmsn1cS5gAJ_of9g-w2QxLS3aSJjfAjQSqCDlEoGqLtFeKqc1Oa48a1aibpHuZvxLEzrUTPy0pdmt6WkBag.UgWknEZ_yaWkKWHgwq13NdUSyqvZIjMdxKwWpucE1bs&dib_tag=se&hvadid=779551046775&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9013114&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=9049064256487583365--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9049064256487583365&hvtargid=kwd-297782882774&hydadcr=8920_13572549_26938&keywords=the+tech-wise+family&mcid=dc7dfb0c5ed932be9fee12c7d65ad1b0&qid=1786152238&s=books&sr=1-1Follow Us:Good Faith on Instagram: instagram.com/goodfaithnetworkGood Faith on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/_good_faithGood Faith on Facebook: facebook.com/goodfaithpodThe Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.
Is a STEM Degree Still Worth It Now? Good Faith 2026-09-17 | The safest major in America may now be the riskiest one.Andy Crouch told us he wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of a STEM bet right now, because almost everything we train people to do in STEM, AI is going to do pretty well. His advice isn't to skip chemical engineering, it's to refuse a program where the professors can teach you the reactions and nothing about the human dimensions of what you're building.The full conversation with Andy Crouch on AI and the future of college is out now, wherever you get your podcasts.If you were picking a major this fall, what would you pick?#STEM #AndyCrouch #ArtificialIntelligence #GoodFaith #CollegeMajor
The Homeland Security Trap? with Russell Moore & Elizabeth Neumann Good Faith 2026-09-10 | What America Learned, Feared, and Forgot After 9/11Former Trump White House security expert Elizabeth Neumann and theologian Russell Moore join Curtis Chang to consider whether America is safer—or simply more afraid—25 years after 9/11. They examine the war with Iran, immigration enforcement, domestic extremism, government overreach, and the church’s complicity in fear-driven efforts. Together, they ask how Christians can confront legitimate threats without surrendering to fear, offering civic engagement, moral courage, and faithful “small refusals” to conform as a way forward.03:14 - A 25-Year Review of Homeland Security06:22 - A Theological View on "Homeland Security"09:55 - How Do We Evaluate the War with Iran?19:34 - Should Christians Trust the State?24:01 - The Public's Disengagement from Government28:54 - The Church's Role in Local Justice33:59 - The Rise of Domestic Terrorism40:52 - Is the Church Complicit in Fear Mongering?42:29- Russell’s Counsel for Pastors: Small Refusals44:39 - The Personal Cost of Opposing Government Overreach48:22 - When Lament and Hope Are the Same ThingApply to be Good Faith’s next Director of Marketing: goodfaith.org/were-hiring-director-of-marketingRegister for Calvin University’s Wisdom in the Age of AI Conference 2026: https://calvin.edu/faith-and-technology/faith-and-ai-conferenceSign up for The After Party course: goodfaith.org/the-after-party/free-course/workshopMentioned in This Episode:Elizabeth Neumann’s Kingdom of Rage: The Rise of Christian Extremism and the Path Back to Peace: amazon.com/Kingdom-Rage-Christian-Extremism-Peace/dp/1546002057/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3G5HFBD2XP4FC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NlTQfGDHS8fxTLv0OuamFPFGHMBxqqTteVvdj1zi0o1Rv_Z1zBf3CRX6hllohcpR1YkOIcyT8Clu2MRK6rGs-ToDxoG7ZTu1c_b3aLfOli4CQErp6-bIO6dNgL3O2xDFBADJQLZCMQJPQPRC0wMszNQAXY0zLYL8_8Tvx5jfBLhSce68FA7V7pU9ih_xzte4iisRl3p-rVUZ14-6I0u-8hNbsFgcwlydY85djdmEkcs.ek5Gyh8TOJN88NRrxNkeTPipeHhvlsRnF00MvdJoXyo&dib_tag=se&keywords=kingdom+of+rage&qid=1788980683&sprefix=kingdom+of+rage%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Marking the 25th Anniversary: 911memorial.org/marking-25th-anniversaryGeorge W. Bush White House’s the Department of Homeland Security executive Summary: georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/deptofhomeland/sect1.htmlMore about National Immigration Forum: immigrationforum.orgWendell Berry’s “A Statement Against the War in Vietnam” from The Long-Legged House: wist.info/berry-wendell/79516/?utm_source=chatgpt.comScriptures:Hebrews 11:13–16 ESV: http://www.esv.org/verses/Hebrews+11:13–16Jeremiah 29:7 ESV: esv.org/verses/Jeremiah+29:71 Samuel 8 ESV: esv.org/1+Samuel+8Romans 12–13 ESV: esv.org/verses/Romans+12%E2%80%9313Isaiah 8:11–13 ESV: esv.org/verses/Isaiah+8:11%E2%80%9317Romans 8:24–27 ESV: esv.org/Romans+8More From Elizabeth Neumann:Elizabeth Neumann’s website: elizabethneumann.orgMore From Russell Moore:Russell Moore’s Substack: russellmoore879758.substack.comRead Russell Moore’s article The Trump-Era Laughter at Immigrant Suffering Is Deforming Our Souls: https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/09/trump-memes-laughter-tps-immigrant-deportation/?utm_medium=widgetsocial___.YXAzOmdvb2RmYWl0aDphOmc6M2E5ZTc0ZWIxYzNlMmMwM2NjYmQ0N2ZkYWRhMDBiMzQ6Nzo2ZDY1OjJmZGIxZGZmZGEzYTA3ODAzZTRiNGU1MzUxNzZlMjgwN2I0MzJjN2U3NmMyMmI4NGNjYTZhZDI2M2ZlNTNjNGE6aDpUOkYSign up for Russell Moore’s weekly newsletter Moore to the Point: pages.christianitytoday.com/moore-to-the-pointFollow Us:Good Faith on Instagram: instagram.com/goodfaithnetworkGood Faith on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/_good_faithGood Faith on Facebook: facebook.com/goodfaithpodThe Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.
Who Are the Real Heroes in the Kingdom of Heaven? Good Faith 2026-09-09 | The praying women in South African churches got no recognition at all. International Justice Mission founder Gary Haugen believes they rank higher in the kingdom of heaven than the leaders he and the rest of us were tempted to idolize. On Christian celebrity and the hierarchy that gets flipped. Listen to the full episode of Good Faith wherever you get your podcasts.#GaryHaugen #ChristianCelebrity #Faith #IJM #GoodFaithPodcast
Gary Haugen: Where Is God When the Evil Doesnt Stop? Good Faith 2026-09-08 | Moses asks God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?" God never answers it. He just says, "I'm going to go with you." International Justice Mission founder Gary Haugen on where God is when you're staring at violence you can't fix. Listen to the full episode of Good Faith wherever you get your podcasts.#GaryHaugen #Moses #Faith #HumanTrafficking #IJM #GoodFaithPodcast
Gary Haugen: Why IJM Stops Working to Pray Every Day Good Faith 2026-09-07 | An hour a day, every day. International Justice Mission founder Gary Haugen on the prayer rhythm behind 30 years of rescue work, and why what looks from the outside like smart, brave people doing their jobs looks like something else entirely from the inside. Listen to the full episode of Good Faith wherever you get your podcasts.#GaryHaugen #Prayer #HumanTrafficking #IJM #GoodFaithPodcast
Gary Haugen: The Dream That Changed How He Prays Good Faith 2026-09-06 | His investigator couldn't sleep. Gary Haugen couldn't stop asking God why some children were rescued and others weren't. Then the founder of International Justice Mission had a dream about the kids they did get out. Listen to the full episode of Good Faith wherever you get your podcasts.#GaryHaugen #UnansweredPrayer #HumanTrafficking #IJM #GoodFaithPodcast
Why Church Must Change for an Age of Anxiety and Distraction Good Faith 2026-09-05 | Most Christians are too busy to have much of a spiritual life.What if the pastor's real job now isn't to stir you up — but to help you slow down enough to hear God at all?🎧 Watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=4lHOPp3avao 🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodIn this clip from Good Faith, Curtis Chang talks with author and pastor John Mark Comer about a church built for a world that no longer exists — one where the problem was apathy, not the anxiety and distraction most of us live with now. Drawing on Henri Nouwen's The Way of the Heart and the desert fathers, Comer argues that the theology doesn't need to change, but its application does: he makes the case for silence and lectio divina in Sunday gatherings, a "rule of life" that includes Sabbath and praying the Psalms, and even guided meditation — remembering the church planter whose most common question was simply, "Is it okay for a Christian to meditate?" A hopeful vision of a church that would slow your life down instead of speeding it up.#GoodFaith #JohnMarkComer #SpiritualFormation #Silence #Faith #Distraction
Gary Haugen: The 2 Things That End Modern Slavery Good Faith 2026-09-05 | Enforce the law. Take care of survivors. International Justice Mission founder Gary Haugen says when a local justice system does those two things, most of the slavery in that place disappears. Listen to the full episode of Good Faith wherever you get your podcasts.#GaryHaugen #ModernSlavery #HumanTrafficking #IJM #GoodFaithPodcast
Gary Haugen: Why You Cant Fight Injustice Alone Good Faith 2026-09-04 | Caring about human trafficking in the abstract rarely goes anywhere. International Justice Mission founder Gary Haugen on why the work has to start with actual hurting people, and why almost nothing done Lone Ranger style ends well. Listen to the full episode of Good Faith wherever you get your podcasts.#GaryHaugen #HumanTrafficking #ModernSlavery #IJM #GoodFaithPodcast
Why Worship Is a Political Act in an Authoritarian Age Good Faith 2026-09-04 | American Christians have persevered through far worse than this — and not that long ago.So how do you live faithfully when you're out of power, with no real prospect of getting it back?🎧 Watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=Mgxz4CmRuEs 🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodIn this clip from Good Faith, Curtis Chang and David French sit with a question most "save the world" gatherings skip: how do followers of Jesus live faithfully when they don't have power and can't expect to regain it? They look to the living memory of vibrant Black American Christianity under Jim Crow before the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and French walks through the concentric-circles approach he and his family are living right now — a solid family core, then grounding friends free to speak honestly into his life, then moving out into a hostile public square. Underneath it all is a simple conviction: "We can go through a lot if we're loved." A grounding word on locating your community without hiding inside it.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #Christianity #Faith #CivilRights
Has the Modern Slave Trade Met Its Match? with Gary Haugen Good Faith 2026-09-03 | Miracles, Heartbreak, and the Fight Against Human TraffickingNearly 50 million people remain trapped in modern slavery—but International Justice Mission founder Gary Haugen believes it could end in our lifetime. He joins host Curtis Chang to explore how IJM fights human trafficking by transforming broken justice systems, where God is amid horrific evil and patient prayer, and how Christians can stop watching from the sidelines and join the fight.02:23 - The Evolution of IJM's Strategy of Strengthening Local Justice Systems 08:30 - US Complicity in Global Slavery13:48 - The Impact of Unpredictable US Government Action 18:24 - Is Their a Contradiction in Evangelical Support?24:23 - The Role of Miracles in Fighting Evil28:56 - Waiting For Prayers to Be Answered 33:51 - The Dangers of Christian Hero Worship45:26 - A Call to Action Against Modern Day SlaveryTo give to Good Faith: goodfaith.org/donate Mentioned in This Episode:Gary Haugen’s biography: ijm.org/people/gary-a-haugenIJM’s work fighting trafficking and slavery: ijm.org/our-work/trafficking-slaveryIJM’s response to the State Department funding pause: ijm.org/news/ijm-calls-for-timely-review-grants-following-state-department-funding-pauseU.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report: state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-reportGlobal Estimates of Modern Slavery: ctdatacollaborative.org/story/gems2022#no-backChild trafficking and forced labor on Ghana’s Lake Volta: cnn.com/interactive/2019/02/africa/ghana-child-slaves-intlGood Faith episode 224: Francis Collins and Kristine Torjesen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-faith/id1594454747?i=1000756107820Scriptures:Matthew 5:16 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Matthew+5:16Matthew 25:14–30 (ESV): esv.org/Matthew+25:14%E2%80%9330;Luke+10:29%E2%80%9337International Justice Mission:Get involved with IJM: ijm.org/get-involvedPray with IJM: ijm.org/get-involved/praySupport IJM’s advocacy work: ijm.org/get-involved/advocacyIJM resources for churches: ijm.org/get-involved/churchesFollow Us:Good Faith on Instagram: instagram.com/goodfaithnetworkGood Faith on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/_good_faithGood Faith on Facebook: facebook.com/goodfaithpodThe Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.
What Should Matter Most When Choosing a Candidate? Good Faith 2026-09-03 | "God doesn't see in election cycles."So how do you keep your footing when the news refuses to stop and your side just lost?🎧 Watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=OaGdTTUtmK8 🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodIn this clip from Good Faith, Curtis Chang and former congressman Adam Kinzinger trade honest confessions about staying grounded after a bruising election. Curtis admits he keeps himself deliberately under-informed — feeding his imagination with history, poetry, and a reread of the Narnia Chronicles (where Aslan wins in the end) instead of one more news take — and leans into silence and solitude so "the spaciousness of God" sets the true weight of the headlines. Kinzinger names attention as the most finite thing we have, and together they land on why the right conversations matter: to remember that evil is still evil, good is still good. A grounding word on curating your attention toward what actually nourishes you.#GoodFaith #AdamKinzinger #Faith #Politics #Attention
Gary Haugen: How to Actually Fight Human Trafficking Good Faith 2026-09-03 | How do you fight human trafficking when you're not an investigator or a prosecutor? International Justice Mission founder Gary Haugen says the first move is the one most people skip, and it's what separates a passing burden from a real calling.#GaryHaugen #HumanTrafficking #ModernSlavery #IJM #GoodFaithPodcast
Why Caring About the Problem Isnt the Same as Fixing It Good Faith 2026-09-02 | Wanting affordable healthcare and housing is the easy part. David French on the harder question: once you know a policy won't do what you hoped, how do you actually pursue the same values in a way that works, and why good economics can be morally necessary.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #Faith #Politics #Economics
How Democratic Is Democratic Socialism, Really? Good Faith 2026-09-01 | The label "democratic socialist" stretches from "let's be more like Norway" all the way to praising the Castro regime. David French and Curtis Chang on the tension inside the term, and how much the "democratic" part actually holds.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #Faith #Politics #DemocraticSocialism
Contempt: The Shield Against Shame That Destroys Relationships Good Faith 2026-09-01 | The number one killer of a marriage isn't money or sex — it's contempt.And the same thing quietly ending marriages is tearing apart our politics.🎧 Watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=cJGrGUiP1Es 🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodIn this clip from Good Faith, Curtis Chang talks with counselor and author Dan Allender about the force the Gottmans identified as the single greatest predictor of divorce — contempt — and why no marriage on earth escapes it. Allender reframes contempt as a shield against shame (judgment minus compassion and curiosity), traces how the "blame and disdain" that corrodes a marriage is the very same posture poisoning our public life, and then turns toward suffering: Paul's "light and momentary affliction," the grief marriage surfaces, and the Beatitudes' promise that the kindness of God — not condemnation — is what actually leads to repentance. A searching conversation about what love, and a country, require of us.#GoodFaith #DanAllender #Marriage #Contempt #FaithAndPolitics
David French on Democratic Socialism, the DSA, and the MAGA Left Good Faith 2026-08-31 | Democratic socialism's real threat isn't its platform — it's a "radical temperament" spreading from right to left.When most people say "socialist," it turns out they mean Norway. So what's actually worth worrying about?🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodDavid French sits down with Curtis Chang to untangle a phrase everyone throws around and few define: What is a democratic socialist? Together they separate the actual Democratic Socialists of America — a movement with almost no traction in Congress — from the far larger "DSA-sympathetic" mood on the left, and ask whether that mood is really the mirror image of MAGA. David makes the case that the danger is temperamental, not substantive: most self-described socialists aren't after Cuba, they're after Norway and Denmark, capitalist democracies with generous safety nets and real tradeoffs. But the same label stretches to cover a press release praising the Castro regime — and that's where things get complicated. A clarifying, non-partisan look at what's actually happening on the American left.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #DemocraticSocialism #MAGA #Politics #Faith
Theyre Not Poor. So Why Do They Feel Left Behind? Good Faith 2026-08-31 | A lot of people who look like they're doing well still feel the economy isn't built for them. David French on why that frustration is real, and why the movements on the far left and far right are the ones speaking to it.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #Faith #Politics #Economy
David French on What Democratic Socialists Really Mean Good Faith 2026-08-30 | When a lot of Americans say "socialism," what they actually picture is Norway or Denmark, which are capitalist democracies with generous safety nets. David French on what's really being debated, and the trade-offs those countries have chosen.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #Faith #Politics #Socialism
David French on Christian Power and the Pursuit of Justice Good Faith 2026-08-30 | The greatest expression of Christian influence in American history came not from power — but from a public demonstration of powerlessness.David French on why chasing power to "fix" injustice usually ends up killing the justice.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodIn this clip, David French and Curtis Chang draw a sharp line between power and justice — and argue that Christians can move a nation toward justice without holding much power at all. David points to the civil rights movement as the greatest expression of Christian influence in American history precisely because of its public demonstration of powerlessness in the face of Bull Connor's dogs and fire hoses. Together they explore how the reflex to "get power first, then fix injustice" ends up eclipsing justice altogether, why "timidity is habit forming — and so is courage," and why the gap between every institution (and every human heart) and God is the strongest reason Christians should defend democracy. Drawing on Madison's Federalist — "angels do not rule over men" — they make the case for democracy as a humble, self-aware form of government.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #Democracy #CivilRights #FaithAndPolitics #CurtisChang
David French on Countercultural Fearlessness in a Fearful Age Good Faith 2026-08-29 | The church was supposed to be countercultural. Instead, it's leading the cultural wave of alarmism.David French and Curtis Chang on the one test for which Christian voices to actually trust — and it's not where they land on the issues.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodIn this clip, David French and Curtis Chang argue that Christianity is countercultural not just in its morality but in its temperament — and that the evangelical church has become one of the most fear-driven, alarmed segments of American society, leading the cultural wave of alarmism instead of resisting it. Anchored in Psalm 46 ("God is our refuge and strength… therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way"), they offer a strikingly practical test for Christian public life: if a voice is trying to stoke your fear, turn away — that matters more than where it lands on any given issue. Curtis then contrasts Kipling's "If—," with its call to stoic self-mastery, against the gospel: Christianity isn't about self-mastery, but faithfulness to the Master who is still in control and will one day make wars cease, break the bow, and bring peace.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #Psalm46 #FaithNotFear #ChristianAnxiety #CurtisChang
Is the Left Headed for Its Own Tea Party Moment? Good Faith 2026-08-29 | More than a decade ago, the Tea Party's anger remade the Republican Party. David French sees the same kind of rage building on the left, and warns where it could lead if Democrats turn against the establishment on every front.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #Faith #Politics #Democrats
David French: Your Grandchildren Will Ask What You Did Good Faith 2026-08-28 | One day your grandchildren will ask how you responded to this moment. David French on why "I checked out because it was all too unpleasant" can't be the answer, and what's lost when good people go quiet.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #Faith #Politics #Engagement
Caleb Campbell on Celebrating Diversity and Conflict in the Church Good Faith 2026-08-28 | The nasty email your pastor gets after mentioning politics isn't really about politics. It's someone saying, "I don't feel safe in my own church anymore."What if the way through a divided congregation is formation before conversation?🎧 Watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=IqPC9Je-bQc🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodIn this clip, Curtis Chang and Pastor Caleb Campbell offer a hopeful alternative to white-knuckling your way through silence on politics. Their core insight: the conflict in your congregation usually isn't about policy at all — it's about safety, belonging, and purpose, because our positions have hardened into tribalized identities. So the move is formation before conversation. Together they explore why the "nasty Monday-morning inbox" is really an untrained response to an unmet need, how to paint a vivid picture of the church as a collection of misfits — zealots and tax collectors seated at Jesus's own table — bound together not by affinity but by Jesus, and how tools like Pete Scazzero's Emotionally Healthy Spirituality and The After Party help people practice the fruit of the Spirit around a real table. Get the how right, and you often won't even need to fight about the what.#GoodFaith #TheAfterParty #PoliticsInChurch #SpiritualFormation #CalebCampbell #CurtisChang
What the Heck Is a Democratic Socialist? with David French Good Faith 2026-08-27 | Untangling America’s Socialist Fever and FearHost Curtis Chang and Good Faith “founding friend” David French ask whether democratic socialism is your grandparents’ socialism, the left’s answer to MAGA, or something more sinister. They unpack what Christians should make of its growing influence by exploring the DSA, economic inequality, America’s national debt, the influence of Big Tech, and why Christians who feel politically homeless still have an obligation to stay engaged.00:44 - Introduction to Democratic Socialism02:19 - Can We Define a Democratic Socialist?04:04 - Should Socialism Scare Us?08:39 - Is the DSA the Left's MAGA?17:38 - The Electoral Risk of Extremism21:21 - Is There a Theological Take on Socialism?25:19 - Has Debt Seized the Means of Production?28:45 - Policy Must Be Effective, Not Just Well-Intentioned33:13 - The Role of Economics in Moral Reasoning34:19 - The Homeless Political Middle36:43 - The Legitimate Grievances Fueling Extremism 42:08 - Socialism and the Threat of Big Tech43:52 - The Presumption of Socialism and Economic Freedom47:13 - Encouragement for the Politically HomelessTo give to Good Faith: goodfaith.org/donate Mentioned in This Episode:Ten Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Arguments for Socialism and Why They’re Wrong (CATO Institute): cato.org/blog/ten-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-arguments-socialism-why-theyre-wrongHasan Piker: What You Need to Know (Anti-Defamation League): adl.org/resources/article/hasan-piker-what-you-need-knowPope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum (the basis for solidarity and subsidiarity): https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.htmlCongressional Budget Office: the federal debt / long-term budget outlook: cbo.gov/publication/62105What is the Federal Debt right now? (Peter G. Peterson Foundation): pgpf.org/national-debt-clockNoah Smith: No one knows how much the government can borrow: https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/no-one-knows-how-much-the-governmentDavid French’s How Can America Be So Miserable When It’s So Rich? nytimes.com/2026/03/26/opinion/economy-attitudes-republicans-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8VA.n8uA.IPQdcc7rbf-E&smid=url-shareStarlink in the Russian-Ukrainian war: bbc.com/news/articles/c0q3ndj7052oMore about labor leader Eugene Debs: pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/wilson-eugene-debsMore about 20th Century economist Friedrich August Hayek: econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Hayek.htmlScriptures:Proverbs 22:7 (ESV): esv.org/Proverbs+221 Kings 19:18 (ESV): esv.org/1+Kings+19Romans 11:4 (ESV): esv.org/Romans+11More From David French:David French’s New York Times pieces: nytimes.com/by/david-frenchFollow David French on Threads: threads.net/@davidfrenchjag?hl=enFollow Us:Good Faith on Instagram: instagram.com/goodfaithnetworkGood Faith on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/_good_faithGood Faith on Facebook: facebook.com/goodfaithpodThe Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.
Is There a Faithful Way to Vote for the Least Bad Option? Good Faith 2026-08-27 | New York voters had three flawed choices and no clean option. David French on what it actually looks like to vote with a clear conscience when nobody on the ballot deserves your full trust.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #Faith #Politics #Voting
Steve Cuss: How Do We Stay Sane When Everything Feels Urgent? Good Faith 2026-08-27 | The opposite of anxiety isn't calm. It's curiosity.We're not anxious because we don't care — we're anxious because there are too many legitimate things to care about, and a news cycle built to keep us reacting to a new "straw man" every six months.🎧 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/lEJMgpmA6wA 🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodIn this clip from Good Faith, Steve Cuss and DT Slouffman get honest about why so many of us feel stuck and exhausted — and what actually helps. Steve makes the case that the way out isn't caring less, but focusing on what you can genuinely affect: your family, your immediate relationships, the people right in front of you. He unpacks "connected presence" — the idea that calm is just as contagious as anxiety — why anxiety tricks us into "getting into each other's brains" and assuming the worst, and how asking three to five curious questions can defuse even a combative conversation (and expose a troll if that's what you're dealing with). A grounding, practical conversation about staying present when everything feels urgent.#GoodFaith #Anxiety #ConnectedPresence #Curiosity #Faith #MentalHealth
The One Thing Children Need That Isnt Physical Good Faith 2026-08-26 | A child needs more than a home and food. Dr. Alison Cook says they need something you can't put on a grocery list.They need a loving presence, mirrored back to them — the thing that teaches a baby's nervous system, and their soul, that they are not alone in the world. Psychology names the mechanism: our earliest caregivers train our bodies what it feels like to be safe. Alison adds the part psychology usually leaves out — that this is a deeply spiritual experience.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodPsychologist Dr. Alison Cook joins Curtis Chang to explore how our earliest bonds shape whether we ever feel truly connected — to each other, and to God.#GoodFaith #AlisonCook #Attachment #Parenting #Faith #MentalHealth
Andy Crouch: How Should Christians Respond to This Political Moment? Good Faith 2026-08-26 | It takes about two minutes a day to be adequately informed. Everything after that is just doomscrolling.So what if the real answer to this political moment isn't a program to join — but a person to become?🎧 Watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=s7-twPbIV5Q🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodIn this clip, Andy Crouch and Curtis Chang push back on the assumption that the answer to a political crisis is some large-scale program we all sign onto before we've been changed ourselves. Andy makes the case that the deeper work is spiritual formation — becoming, one person at a time, someone who actually bears the fruit of the Spirit, with humility as the "pearl of great price." Together they explore why two minutes of headlines a day is plenty and the rest is doomscrolling, what it means to be a "redemptive presence" in your own circle of influence rather than in Washington, and the civil rights movement as the model — the church-basement spiritual disciplines (documented by Charles Marsh) where leaders practiced forgiving and loving their enemies before the marches ever began. The real affliction the church must wrestle with, they suggest, is imperfect spiritual formation.#GoodFaith #AndyCrouch #SpiritualFormation #Doomscrolling #FaithAndPolitics #CurtisChang
David French: Is It Harder to Be a Christian Today Than in the Past? Good Faith 2026-08-25 | Is liberal democracy the child of Christianity — or its prodigal son? David French and Curtis Chang make the case that human dignity, rights, and self-government trace back to the Bible. 🎧 Full episode: youtu.be/Ud-ovPMJ400?si=vzU-bfuiyGDQ3y1_| Subscribe for more Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpod/featured In this clip from Good Faith, Curtis Chang and David French trace liberal democracy back to an unlikely source: Christians trying to stop Christians from killing each other. Together they explore how the religious wars of the 15th–17th centuries drove thinkers like John Locke and Hugo Grotius toward the principles of self-government, how the Genesis claim that humans bear the image of God became the foundation for inalienable rights, and why French pushes back on the idea (via Scott Alexander) that liberalism is just a "machine" — arguing it's a living, organic inheritance that can flourish or fall apart. A conversation about where our freedoms came from, and what it takes to keep them.#GoodFaith #DavidFrench #LiberalDemocracy #Christianity #Faith #Politics
If You Cant Feel God, Nothing Is Wrong With You Good Faith 2026-08-25 | If you've never really felt God's presence — there's nothing wrong with you.Dr. Alison Cook says the capacity to feel "someone bigger is with me" is something the nervous system builds, and for some of us it just never got fully built. So the way back to God might not start in the mind at all. A deep breath. Somatic work. An embodied, "bottom-up" approach. Prayer, she says, doesn't have to mean "I feel it, therefore it is."🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodPsychologist Dr. Alison Cook joins Curtis Chang to reframe what it means to connect with God when feeling has always come hard — and why the body might be the doorway you didn't know to try.#GoodFaith #AlisonCook #Faith #Prayer #Somatic #MentalHealth
What To Do When You Dont Feel Like Praying? Good Faith 2026-08-24 | "A part of me doesn't like God very much." That's the honest line Dr. Alison Cook opens her book with — and she means it as a starting point, not a confession.Her whole practice boils down to two words: recognize and return. Notice what's actually true right now — I don't want to pray, I'm anxious, I'm scrolling — and then return to the one thing that's still true underneath it: I am loved even here. Even if you can't feel it.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodPsychologist Dr. Alison Cook joins Curtis Chang to share a practice for the days faith feels far — one that doesn't ask you to fix yourself before you come back.#GoodFaith #AlisonCook #Prayer #Faith #Anxiety #Grace
Why You Cant Feel God Good Faith 2026-08-23 | When you can't feel God, you probably blame yourself. Dr. Alison Cook says the problem might be somewhere else entirely.Research suggests our earliest caregivers map directly onto how we experience God — because love and connection are first felt in the body before they're ever believed in the mind. So sometimes a distant-feeling faith isn't a spiritual failure. It's a nervous system that never learned what secure connection feels like.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodPsychologist Dr. Alison Cook joins Curtis Chang to explore how attachment wounds shape our relationship with God — and why healing the body might be part of how we come home to faith.#GoodFaith #AlisonCook #Faith #Attachment #Prayer #MentalHealth
Why Is It So Hard to Just Say Im Lonely? Good Faith 2026-08-22 | "I'm feeling a little lonely." Notice how we always soften it?Dr. Alison Cook says there are two reasons we pull the punch on our own loneliness — one is fear, and one is that we're genuinely confused by our own inner complexity. A part of us has a full life. A part of us feels alone. Both are true.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodPsychologist Dr. Alison Cook joins Curtis Chang to name the things most of us feel about loneliness but rarely say plainly — why honesty about disconnection is so hard, and why telling the truth about it is the first step toward healing.#GoodFaith #AlisonCook #Loneliness #Honesty #Faith #MentalHealth
Tiny Moments That Pull You Out of Loneliness Good Faith 2026-08-21 | A barista caught her eye across a store — and her whole body exhaled.Dr. Alison Cook calls these "attachment tethers": the tiny, almost invisible moments of connection that ground us. A kid laughing. A stranger who sees you. They don't have to be huge. They can be tiny — and she believes they originate in the heart of God.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodPsychologist Dr. Alison Cook joins Curtis Chang to talk about loneliness, anxiety, and the small practices that reconnect us — to ourselves, to each other, and to God. Here she names the everyday tethers most of us scroll right past, and why noticing them might be more spiritual than we think.#GoodFaith #AlisonCook #Loneliness #Anxiety #Faith #Connection
What Loneliness Is Trying to Tell You with Dr. Alison Cook Good Faith 2026-08-20 | Why Are We So Lonely Even When We’re Not Alone?Host Curtis Chang talks with psychologist and podcaster Dr. Alison Cook about why America’s loneliness epidemic can’t be solved by simply adding more people to our lives. They explore how attachment wounds, anxiety, distraction, and modern life leave us disconnected—and how solitude and honest prayer can become paths toward healing. Dr. Cook offers a practice for loneliness: “recognize and return”—name what you feel, then remember, “I am loved even here.”02:46 - Why Do We Minimize Loneliness?05:12 - What Is Attachment Theory?10:31 - Childhood Wounds and Cultural Context13:42 - Where God Enters the Healing Process16:14 - The Inner Dialogue with God20:44 - The Importance of Solitude27:20 - The Modern Epidemic of Loneliness35:16 - Loneliness as a Holy Longing39:22 - Spiritual Practices for a Healthy Inner LifeTo give to Good Faith: goodfaith.org/donate Mentioned in This Episode:Dr. Cook’s The Secure Soul: Finding Inner Strength and Connection When Trust Doesn’t Come Easy: amazon.com/dp/1400352606?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallbackThe U.S. Surgeon General’s report: Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/reports-and-publications/connection/index.htmlProfessor Irvin D. Yalom’s Existential Psychotherapy: amazon.com/dp/0465021476?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallbackDietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together: amazon.com/Life-Together-Exploration-Christian-Community/dp/B0FHWWH7Y2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OWR3C6M47KAW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Qx3JgvO73Tzze35KUzjdebiNFlvyZ2UsBf3TTriQFQSRYzX6e9pJ6JtKfxviHDFerkBuf5ECyG2Xf8Udj2korBMGnvMFjPnkVEPbsqG8fvQ6epQxHwg96vNynMzpz2jy9VJ4aysu87R1-4es6uYu7ylskK2Me_LlZsVvGN93Dop02yet4qHpFdBKsKdxjE6gbxG9pzAHCfus6KfPWHZd44LK1Mkc8bPy26wL4URHgCo.hVNZGD62qtYf_411-IA4_nwQRwafwqKLQMOClpjfIQs&dib_tag=se&keywords=Dietrich+Bonhoeffer%E2%80%99s+Life+Together&qid=1786983096&s=books&sprefix=dietrich+bonhoeffer%27s+life+together%2Cstripbooks%2C209&sr=1-1Scriptures:Psalm 42 (ESV): esv.org/Psalm+42Psalm 131 (ESV): esv.org/Psalm+131Psalm 139 (ESV): esv.org/Psalm+139Genesis 2 (ESV): esv.org/Genesis+2Romans 8 (ESV): esv.org/Romans+8More From Alison Cook:Dr. Alison Cook’s Website: dralisoncook.comDr. Cook’s The Best of You Every Day Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-of-you/id1620059010Follow Us:Good Faith on Instagram: instagram.com/goodfaithnetworkGood Faith on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/_good_faithGood Faith on Facebook: facebook.com/goodfaithpodThe Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.
Can Solitude Actually Cure Loneliness? Good Faith 2026-08-20 | The least lonely people are the ones who've learned to be alone.It sounds backwards — but Dr. Alison Cook explains why the work of being with yourself is what makes you whole enough to actually connect with everyone else.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodPsychologist Dr. Alison Cook joins Curtis Chang to untangle America's loneliness epidemic — the difference between circumstantial loneliness, old attachment wounds, and the existential kind none of us escape. Here she names the paradox at the center of it: solitude isn't the opposite of connection, it's the ground for it. When you know how you show up, how to ask for what you need, and what actually nourishes you, you stop asking the people you love to be something they were never meant to be.#GoodFaith #AlisonCook #Loneliness #Solitude #Faith #MentalHealth
Andy Crouch: The Gift of Just Being There Good Faith 2026-08-19 | "Things happen in silence that can't happen any other way."At the hardest moments — when words genuinely fail — the most loving thing may be to stop reaching for the right thing to say. Andy Crouch on the ministry of presence.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodHost Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch talk about a capacity most of us never practice: being fully present to another person without offering or requiring a single word. In the biggest moments of life, Andy says, we scramble for something adequate to say — and there often isn't anything. What we can do instead is stay, suppress the urge to fix it with words, and let our presence say, "I am not leaving you. I'm trusting God with you, even here." It's true with each other, and it's true with God.#GoodFaith #AndyCrouch #Grief #Presence #Faith #shorts
AI Cant Make You Wonder Good Faith 2026-08-18 | "Having ChatGPT draw you a thousand waterfalls doesn't create wonder at all. It's an exercise of power."Standing before a real waterfall, you didn't make it — you received it. Andy Crouch and Curtis Chang on the difference between wonder and power.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodHost Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch draw a line most of us feel but can't name. Come across a waterfall and you raise your hands — gorilla or human, it's worship: you've met something you didn't make and somehow sense was made for love. Ask AI to generate endless versions of that waterfall and you get something else entirely: power, not wonder. The mind, Andy argues, was made first to behold — and wonder, it turns out, is a part of love.#GoodFaith #AndyCrouch #AI #Wonder #Faith #shorts
What Gen Z Really Thinks About AI Good Faith 2026-08-17 | "Apparently, among the kids, 'AI' has become shorthand for crappy. Slang for bad."Every other technology, we cheered. This one made us stop and ask what we're actually for. Andy Crouch on why that might be a good sign.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodHost Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch land on a surprisingly hopeful note. The railroad, the steam engine, the computer — every previous technology was greeted as proof of human magnificence. AI is the first one that made people flinch and say, "wait a minute." Andy argues that flinch is worth something: a dignity to being human that no achievement, not even this apex one, can sum up. He goes further, suggesting AI could be the tipping point that pushes a whole generation — including kids already using "AI" to mean "bad" — to take these questions more seriously than the West has in centuries.#GoodFaith #AndyCrouch #AI #GenZ #Faith #shorts
Why Would AI Go Better Than Social Media Did? Good Faith 2026-08-16 | "Humanity has already had first contact with AI — and we lost. We totally lost."That first contact was social media's algorithms. Andy Crouch asks why we think round two will go any better.🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodHost Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch reframe the whole AI conversation: we've done this before. The algorithmic phase of social media was our first run at inviting optimizing systems — ones better at optimizing us than we are at optimizing ourselves — into our relationships and inner lives. It did not go well. So why assume that handing even more intelligent, more interactive systems the rest of our world turns out differently? Andy's answer is sobering, and it hinges on whether we're willing to become a very different kind of people.#GoodFaith #AndyCrouch #AI #SocialMedia #Technology #shorts
Can You Sit in Silence for 15 Minutes? Good Faith 2026-08-15 | "We are losing, so fast, our ability to sit in a room where communication is neither offered nor required."A youth group was told to sit quietly for 15 minutes. For one kid it was a gift. Andy Crouch on the capacity we're quietly losing.🎧 Watch the full episode: [SOURCE EPISODE URL — please confirm]🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodHost Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch name something most of us feel but rarely say out loud: silence has started to feel unbearable. Andy tells the story of a high school retreat sent off for fifteen quiet minutes — a small gift to a kid raised on less technology, and an ordeal to nearly everyone else. Together they ask what we lose when we can no longer be still: with a book, with a Psalm, with God, or with another person, when nothing at all is being demanded of us.#GoodFaith #AndyCrouch #Silence #Faith #Technology #shorts
Antidepressants Wont Dull the Holy Spirit | Matt Loftus Good Faith 2026-08-14 | Does Taking Antidepressants Mean You Don't Trust God? 💊 | Matt Loftus on Good FaithSome Christians say that taking an antidepressant means you're not trusting God — or that medication will "dull the voice of the Holy Spirit." Dr. Matt Loftus, physician and author of Resisting Therapy Culture, isn't buying it: "The Holy Spirit still speaks." We can't mess with our brain chemistry so much that we prevent God from speaking to us. A grounded, gracious word for anyone who's felt guilty about getting the help they need.🎧 Full episode with Curtis Chang on the Good Faith podcast — link in bio / channel.#GoodFaith #CurtisChang #MattLoftus #ResistingTherapyCulture #TherapyCulture #Antidepressants #MentalHealth #HolySpirit #Faith #Christianity #TrustingGod #Medication #MentalHealthAndFaith #ChristianPodcast #FaithAndCulture #Grace #Discipleship #ChristianLiving #Shorts #Jesus
AI Is Coming for Your Soul Good Faith 2026-08-14 | "AI is coming for the whole rest of the human experience — and on the way down, it's going to feel so awesome."First machines took our strength. Then computers took our calculation. Andy Crouch on what AI is quietly coming for next.🎧 Watch the full episode: [SOURCE EPISODE URL — please confirm]🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodHost Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch trace a hundred-year story most of us never noticed: technology slowly taking over the four things Scripture says we're made to love God with — heart, soul, mind, and strength. Machines came for our strength, computers for our narrow intelligence, and now, Andy argues, AI is reaching for the rest of the human experience. The unsettling part isn't that it feels bad. It's that "cognitive offloading" feels wonderful right up until you realize what's atrophied.#GoodFaith #AndyCrouch #AI #Faith #Technology #shorts
Andy Crouch: Defending the Human Mind In an AI World Good Faith 2026-08-13 | Do friction, struggle, and silence make you fully human? AI can generate an answer, but it cannot suffer with you, worship, love a neighbor, or become wise. Host Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch, the partner for theology and culture at Praxis, explore how AI may weaken our minds, distort relationships, and tempt us to outsource the very experiences that form wisdom, wonder, and sacrificial love. From chatbot “companionship” and AI-assisted grief to medicine, spiritual counsel, and the loss of silence, Curtis and Andy ask whether convenience is quietly creating a kind of cognitive metabolic syndrome and what we can do about it. 00:01:22 - Introduction to AI's Impact on Our Minds.00:04:35 - Lessons from Social Media's Evolution00:08:26 - Cognitive Metabolic Syndrome00:18:45 - What Is the Purpose of the Human Mind?00:25:23 - Wonder vs. Power00:26:49 - Love Requires Suffering and Friction00:34:38 - The Limits of AI in Healthcare00:40:53 - The Danger of Outsourcing Life's Hardships00:51:23 - The Loss of Silence00:58:11 - The AI Forced Conversation on Being Human01:01:03 - Practical Ways to Protect Our HumanityTo give to Good Faith: goodfaith.org/donate Mentioned in This Episode:Andrew Briggs and Roger Wagner’s The Penultimate Curiosity: How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions: amazon.com/dp/0198747950?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallbackThomas Fuchs’ In Defence of the Human Being: amazon.com/DEFENCE-HUMAN-BEING-QUESTIONS-ANTHROPOLOGY/dp/0192898191/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=191142518135&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KcMYLIleQDkTi39xpVJCSSdaA3Lq4Aipqi15MPob_o0nJc2nwUMWtbHIcPO7sE5temlhfuHa8T7L6UQTg01xliBHUXAZoRhfIew8Lca5NGuLS5cBLl4gAyaa1heGKg8MKNlZKaU9AwkpdZJ1S1YtETx9ftinyAHePoi3ePX5DA9H8wCx7fg5nHKm9uae9U0hJ-A5lajiBNUGEt4ZM_oQ2p37nXxxZohDTvZOfN0GY4c.UKdzg8ooEk04Vk1IsQGE1krBgdgfwvM8iHkMsgoDKiA&dib_tag=se&hvadid=819632882850&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9013114&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=2413466253579280939--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=2413466253579280939&hvtargid=kwd-2256882172552&hydadcr=22569_13821285_9027&keywords=in+defense+of+the+human+being&mcid=25ed531c699e3042a224fb01fd4a7560&qid=1785797377&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.9fe8cbfa-bf43-43d1-a707-3f4e65a4b666Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables: amazon.com/dp/0140444300?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallbackTristan Harris on How AI Worsens Ills Caused by Social Media (The Economist): centerforhumanetechnology.substack.com/p/a-tech-ethicist-on-how-ai-worsensExplore the work of The Future of Life Institute: futureoflife.orgEmma Pearson’s I’d Rather Risk Cancer Than See AI Move This Fast (The Atlantic): theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/ai-cancer-progress/687654Scriptures:Mark 12:30–31 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Mark+12:30%E2%80%9331Matthew 22:37–39 (ESV): esv.org/Matthew+22:37%E2%80%9339;Matthew+28:19%E2%80%9320Deuteronomy 6:5 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Deuteronomy+6:5Luke 10:27 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Luke+10:27More From Andy Crouch:Check out Andy’s website: andy-crouch.comCheck out Andy’s work at Praxis: praxislabs.org/people/andy-crouchRead Andy’s book: The Life We're Looking For: amazon.com/Life-Were-Looking-Relationship-Technological/dp/059323734XRead Andy’s book The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place: amazon.com/Tech-Wise-Family-Everyday-Putting-Technology/dp/0801018668/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=186568884939&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.f4MlpIMCWx-rVSs74EvQmwNWu2Td2a_nKfDwBeZj3x0GW-bETMlXQSqOh2-Ef8Lu2zkuZkl86TeT2s0nbdkM4d9MUmGUKTE-4DpvVmMYM1UlIK3W70BeDJ4pwqPxeIz2qjKYXnA2M9Z5UvLIOY14FeTOkmsn1cS5gAJ_of9g-w2QxLS3aSJjfAjQSqCDlEoGqLtFeKqc1Oa48a1aibpHuZvxLEzrUTPy0pdmt6WkBag.UgWknEZ_yaWkKWHgwq13NdUSyqvZIjMdxKwWpucE1bs&dib_tag=se&hvadid=779551046775&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9013114&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=9049064256487583365--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9049064256487583365&hvtargid=kwd-297782882774&hydadcr=8920_13572549_26938&keywords=the+tech-wise+family&mcid=dc7dfb0c5ed932be9fee12c7d65ad1b0&qid=1786152238&s=books&sr=1-1Follow Us:Good Faith on Instagram: instagram.com/goodfaithnetworkGood Faith on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/_good_faithGood Faith on Facebook: facebook.com/goodfaithpodThe Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.
What AI Steals When You Let It Answer for You Good Faith 2026-08-13 | "Your life is there in part to make you a different person — someone able to handle whatever the next hard thing is."She used AI to know what to say to her dying sister. Andy Crouch on what that shortcut quietly costs you.🎧 Watch the full episode: [SOURCE EPISODE URL — please confirm]🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpodHost Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch sit with one of the most human questions there is: when life hands you something hard — a dying loved one, an impossible conversation, a moment you've never faced — should you reach for AI to help you through it? Andy makes the case that the hardest passages of life aren't just problems to solve; they're the very things that form us into people who can meet the next hard thing, and pass wisdom on to those who come after us.#GoodFaith #AndyCrouch #AI #Faith #Grief #shorts
