The Russell Moore Show

53:42

Emilee Hackney on Appalachia, Faith, and What the...

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/10/07

What would we learn if we listened to the people who have left our churches?⁠Watch this conversation on YouTube Emilee Hackney had never written a book before. She doesn’t have a substack or a social media following, nor does she write op-eds for the New York Times or The Atlantic. But her debut memoir, All That’s Unseen, has become a New York Times bestseller, was named a finalist for the 2026 Southern Book Prize, and had feature reviews in the Wall Street Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus,

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49:32

John Mark Comer on Why We Need to Get Quiet

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/09/30

Maybe the way to speak with clarity into a loud and angry age starts with learning when not to speak at all.⁠⁠Watch this conversation on YouTube⁠ Most of us know what it is to feel overwhelmed by noise…not just the literal kind, but the pings and alerts, the demands and arguments, the constant sense that something somewhere requires our attention right now. John Mark Comer, author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, returns to talk with Russell about his new book, Into the Quiet: Following

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15:24

Scary, Angry Churches Make Scared, Angered Christians

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/09/28

From the Moore to the Point newsletter: A system that scares you can sometimes keep you compliant, but whatever can ultimately direct your life is your god.Watch the episode here. Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Subscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here

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58:39

Russ Ramsey on What Facing Death Teaches Us About...

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/09/23

How do you learn the lessons of mortality before mortality forces you to?⁠Watch this conversation on YouTube⁠. After Wendell Berry’s death, Russell Moore gathered with friends to talk about Berry’s life and work. During that conversation, pastor and author Russ Ramsey brought up Remembering, Berry’s novel about Andy Catlett, a farmer who loses his right hand—and, with it, his old way of holding on to the world. Years earlier, Ramsey had nearly died from a bacterial infection that required

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18:16

AI, Surrender All

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/09/21

From the Moore to the Point newsletter: AI tech bros seem like awful, broken people. And they might be telling us the truth.Watch the episode here. Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Subscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here for 25% off a

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49:08

Michael Keller on The Stories We Live By

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/09/16

Tim Keller’s son on the new book they co-wrote together.⁠Watch this conversation on YouTube Russell talks with Michael Keller about his new book, The Stories We Live By (co-written with Tim Keller), and the cultural myths that promise to make sense of our lives before ultimately falling apart. Michael and Russell talk about why suffering has a way of exposing the stories we actually believe, why forgiveness becomes almost impossible when everything is reduced to a struggle for power, and why a

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12:35

Trump-Era Laughter at Immigrant Suffering Is...

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/09/14

From the Moore to the Point newsletter: The Joker Is Our Spiritual Director NowWatch the episode here. Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Subscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here for 25% off a subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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45:08

What Wendell Berry Can Teach Us About Christian...

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/09/09

How can Wendell Berry’s novels help us understand love of country and community without stumbling into idolatry?⁠Watch this episode on YouTube In 2021, Russell did a talk at The Rabbit Room’s virtual conference, Hutchmoot: Homebound. Given in the main room of North Wind Manor, Russell shared how Berry’s fiction can help us see something underneath our political arguments, revealing the human longing to belong somewhere. Drawing from Jayber Crow, Hannah Coulter, and other works by Berry,

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23:35

What Wendell Berry Taught Me About Heaven

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/09/07

From the Moore to the Point newsletter: Reflections on Wendell Berry.Watch the episode here.Some of Russell’s Writings on Wendell Berry over the Years "Why You Should Read Hannah Coulter" "7 Books That Changed My Life" "My Favorite Books of 2019" On It All Turns on Affection On Life Is a Miracle "Faith, Fiction, and Christian Nationalism" My Library of America tribute to Wendell Berry on his 90th birthday "Good Riddance to the Robert E. Lee Statue"

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48:17

Charlie Dates on What American Christianity Gets...

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/09/02

What happens when Christians separate righteousness from justice?⁠Watch this conversation on YouTube. In American Christianity, questions of personal morality and public justice are often treated as though they belong in different categories. Christians may speak confidently about some moral issues while dismissing others as distractions from the gospel or as politics the church should avoid. Charlie Dates’ new book, What Hath Justice to Do with Righteousness?, challenges that distinction

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18:46

Goodbye, Dolly

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/08/31

From the Moore to the Point newsletter: Dolly Parton didn’t need you to love her (and that’s why most of us did)Watch the episode here. Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Subscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here for 25% off a subscription. Learn more

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61:06

BEST OF: A Conversation with Beth Moore

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/08/26

Our most listened-to episode of all time.⁠Watch this conversation on YouTube We’re finishing our “Best Of” series with the most listened to, most engaged with, most OUTSTANDING listener favorite episode of all time: Russell’s conversation with Beth Moore from 2021. The topic of the conversation was supposed to be “lessons in leaving and staying,” as they had both recently gone through leaving the beloved denomination they were raised in, but as it often goes…the conversation went much further

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23:06

How to Forgive Someone Who Isn’t Sorry

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/08/24

From the Moore to the Point newsletter: God knows forgiveness is hard for us. It is not hard for him.Watch the video of this episode on The Russell Moore Show YouTube Playlist here. Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Subscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here

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22:33

BEST OF: A Conversation with Andrew Peterson

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/08/19

An early conversation with one of our favorite guests.This “Best of” episode is from the first few years of this show’s existence–back when it was called Signposts–with a guest we’ve had on many times since, Andrew Peterson. The conversation was recorded in 2016 (without cameras, so you won’t be able to watch this one on YouTube) in front of a live audience. You’ll hear shifting in seats, coughing, and even the sound of soda cans being opened. The conversation wasn’t centered on a new book or

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13:30

Christian Nationalist Doublespeak

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/08/17

From the Moore to the Point newsletter: A state that can define who is in or out of the kingdom of God is a state that has the power to do anything. Watch the video of this episode on YouTube here. Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Subscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here for 25% off a

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25:47

BEST OF: A Conversation with Marilynne Robinson

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/08/12

One of the great American novelists on her little-explored Theological foundationsOver the next few weeks, the Russell Moore Show is digging into the archives and bringing back some of our favorite episodes, like this one from 2021 (before the show included video!) with great American novelist, Marilynne Robinson. On the occasion of her new novel, Jack, Russell welcomed Marilynne to explore some of her Theological foundations that no one asks (but he wished someone would). They talk about the

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20:44

Your Brain Does Not Belong to You

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/08/10

From the Moore to the Point newsletter: How you can protect yourself from brain rot—and why it matters to the rest of us. Find the David Brooks episode here.Watch the video of this episode on The Russell Moore Show YouTube Playlist here. Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Subscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer

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49:37

BEST OF: A Conversation with Rainn Wilson

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/08/05

Russell’s conversation with Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute). Watch this conversation on YouTube. Over the next few weeks, the Russell Moore Show is digging into the archives and bringing back some of our favorite conversations. This inaugural “best of” episode from May of 2023 is with Rainn Wilson, best known as Dwight Schrute from the TV series, The Office, who utters this phrase: “Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ And if they would, I do not do that

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51:58

David Brooks on Thriving in the AI Age

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/07/29

Do you have what it takes to thrive in the era of AI?Watch the video of this episode on YouTube Playlist We talk a lot about AI on this show. And at a time when everyone is questioning the ethics of it all, David Brooks is more interested in what kind of people we should be no matter what happens with AI. His latest for The Atlantic, “The People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age” starts with a comforting bit of research: AI is not necessarily taking our jobs or lessening our workloads. Instead, it’s

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14:57

Why Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey Haunts Us Right Now

The Russell Moore Show ·

2026/07/27

From the Moore to the Point newsletter: No matter which way we turn, we don’t know what home is. That’s why Homer still rings true, even in the era of IMAX and SpaceX.Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Subscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here for 25% off a

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