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Is Ukraine's Fight Against Tyranny Already America's Failure?
 
New York Times opinion writer and Iraq War veteran David French joins Curtis Chang on the Good Faith podcast to explain why Ukraine may be the world-changing war Americans are ignoring. David argues that Ukraine's resistance to Russia has exposed America's retreat from moral leadership, transformed the global balance of power, and elevated Zelensky as one of the most consequential leaders of our time. From Trump's impact on NATO to Europe's growing defense buildup, Curtis and David explore what Ukraine reveals about U.S. power, Christian responsibility, global justice, and the fight against tyranny.
 
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02:41 - A Shift in the Balance of Power
08:51 - Ukraine's Rise as a World Power
10:03 - The "Trump Effect" on Germany, France, & Japan 
16:30 - A Response to the Left's "Good Riddance to America" Argument
19:40 - Is the U.S. an unreliable partner?
25:41 - Why Americans Should Care About Global Affairs
30:00 - Who Is My Global Neighbor?
32:03 - Evangelicals' Narrow Political Focus
38:18 - Zelensky The Unlikely Hero
45:27 - Are There Virtues to Emulate from Zelensky?
 
Mentioned in This Episode:
David French's article Meet the New Leader of the Free World
Canadian P. M. Mark Carney's speech "middle powers must act together"
President Zelensky's February 24, 2022 address to Ukraine
Jeffrey A. Friedman: The Myth of a Bipartisan Golden Age for U.S. Foreign Policy: The Truman-Eisenhower Consensus Remains
Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
 
Scriptures:
The Good Samaritan Luke 10:24-37 (ESV)
Matthew 10:16-23 (ESV)
 
More From David French:
David French's New York Times pieces HERE
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Is There a Hidden Power of Communion in a Hopeless Age?
 
Hannah Miller King joins Curtis Chang on the Good Faith podcast to discuss her book Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness and why communion is more than a symbolic church ritual. Together, they explore the Lord's Supper, Christian hope, embodied worship, and how the table of God forms Christians to resist consumer culture and carry resurrection-shaped love into a hopeless world. They discuss why this embodied practice connects believers to Christ's past sacrifice, present grace, and future return and show how the practice retrains our loves and sends us outward in mission.
 
02:28 - What Does Union with Christ Look Like Across All Traditions?
05:04 - The Differences: Symbolic vs. Sacramental Views
12:13 - Does the Lord's Supper Connect to Daily Life?
15:40 - Is It a Means of Hope in a Hopeless World?
26:40 - Is The Richness In "Remembering" Christ's Past, Present, and Future?
29:50 - Detaching From Worldly Loves to Re-Attach to God
33:10 - The Power of Routine Practice
35:09 - A Commission to Welcome Others
 
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Mentioned In This Episode:
Hannah Miller King's book — Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness
 
Scriptures Referenced:
Luke 22:19 (ESV)
The Last Supper / Institution of Communion:
Luke 22:14–20 (ESV), Matthew 26:26–29 (ESV), or Mark 14:22–25 (ESV)
1 Corinthians 11:23–26 (ESV)
Revelation 19:6–9 (ESV)
Exodus 12 (ESV)
 
More from Hannah Miller King:
Hannah Miller King's article at Christianity Today
Hannah Miller King's website
 
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Imagination Combined with Reason Can Build a Sturdier Faith.
 
Malcolm Guite invites us to recover a "baptized imagination," showing how poetry can do real theological work by carrying truth through image, beauty, sacrament, and story. Rather than replacing reason, imagination helps us perceive meaning—opening Scripture, creation, and the mystery of Christ in ways analysis alone cannot reach.
 
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Mentioned In This Episode:
Malcolm Guite's Galahad in the Grail
Malcolm Guite's Parable and Paradox
William Shakespoeare's Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
George Herbert's poem The Agonie
C.S. Lewis's Bluspels and Flalansferes
C.S. Lewis on Imagination and Reason in Christian Apologetics
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Biographia Literaria
Scriptures Referenced In This Episode:
1 Corinthians 2 (ESV)
Luke 22:19-20 (NJKV)
Luke 10:27 (NKJV)
John 1:1 (NIV)
Psalm 19:1 (KJV)
 
More from Malcolm Guite:
Malcolm Guite's website and blog
Malcolm Guite's Youtube channel
Malcolm Guite's books
 
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How Can We Raise Capable Kids Without Rescuing Them?
 
David Thomas, co-executive director of Daystar Counseling and co-author of Capable, joins Curtis Chang for a timely conversation on Christian parenting, kids' mental health, and raising resilient children in an age of anxiety. They explore why today's parenting culture can accidentally make kids less capable—and how faith, courage, and emotional resilience can help families face struggle without fear. If you're raising kids in this world shaped by stress, screens, and social pressure, this episode offers grounded, practical wisdom.
 
02:32 - It's Been a Decade of Youth Mental Health Crisis and Parental Stress
06:10 - Distinctively Christian Parenting vs. Secular Approaches
11:06 - Parenting as Spiritual Formation
16:31 - Has Language Inflation Made Parental Modeling More Important?
19:26 - How Do Some Parental Practices Undermine Capability?
25:39 - Managing Parental Discomfort and Allowing Growth
30:59 - Parenting as a Context for Parental Growth
32:02 - Death to Self and Parenting Young Adults
34:34 - Empathy and Questions: A Parental Script
36:43 - How Do Empathy and Agency Image God in Parenting?
38:17- Encouragement for Exhausted and Stuck Parents
 
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Mentioned In This Episode:
David Thomas & Sissy Goff's Capable: How to Teach Your Kids the Strengths, Skills, and Strategies to Build Resilience
David's co-author Sissy Goff
Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt's substack After Babel
Katherine and Jay Wolf's Hope Heals
 
Scriptures Referenced:
John 16:33 (ESV)
2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV)
Romans 8:29 (ESV)
Genesis 4:26 (ESV)
 
More from David Thomas:
Listen to David's podcast: Raising Boys & Girls (with Sissy Goff, David Thomas, and Melissa Trevathan)
Explore Daystar Counseling in Nashville, Tennessee
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Other books by David Thomas
 
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How Does the Church Sings Through Suffering and Why Do the Songs Matter?
 
Grammy Award nominee and Dove Award winner Matt Maher joins the Good Faith podcast for a conversation about the power of songs and church music to tell the truth about suffering. Reflecting on protest, justice, prophetic art, ecumenism, and even Rich Mullins, Maher explores how the church can hold lament and praise together while still pointing people to the hope and holiness of God. Drawing on Psalm 22 and Jesus' cry of abandonment on the cross, he argues that the church, like Jesus, must sing honestly about pain and abandonment without losing sight of the worship and honor God deserves.
 
*This episode was recorded live at the Illuminate Arts + Faith Conference
 
00:00:00  - Tease: The Duality of Abandonment and Praise
00:01:00 - Introduction from Curtis Chang
05:31 - Conversion and the Impact of Catholic Liturgy on His Faith
08:13 - Theology in Songwriting and Collaboration
09:57- Can Ecumenism Expand Your Perspective?
13:06 - John 17 and Praying for Church Unity 
14:35 - Prophetic Calling Comforts the Afflicted and Challenges the Comfortable
16:38 - Protest Themes and the Burden of Truth
20:30 - Holding Space for Both Praise and Lament
21:55 - Christian Justice Movements and Prophetic Action
24:02 - The After Party Album and Amos's Call to Justice
24:11 - That He Will Overcome (musical insert)
26:29 - The Toppling of Empire Lyrics as Inspired by Dr. Mika Edmonson
29:04 - The Neurological and Physical Impact of Music on Memory and Community
34:03 - Personal Storytelling and Lament To Work Out Hard Things
40:00 - Rich Mullins' Influence and Legacy
41:24 - What Is The Song the Church Needs Now, In These Crazy Times?
43:48 - A Warning From Nazi Germany Against Ignoring Suffering
 
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Mentioned In This Episode:
The Nicene Creed and the History of the Council of Nicaea
Matt Maher's Echoes album (Spotify)
Matt Maher's Your Grace Is Enough
Matt Maher's The Stories I Tell Myself
Matt Maher's The Stories I Tell Myself (Acoustic video)
Matt Maher, DOE, Dee Wilson, & The Porter's Gate's That We Might Overcome
Listen to the album The Kingdom of Jesus: Songs For The After Party
Rich Mullins' Canticle of The Plains (full album on Youtube)
Rich Mullins' The Joy of Jesus (feat. Matt Maher, Mac Powell, & Ellie Holcomb)
More about Francis Chan
 
Scriptures Referenced:
Psalm 22 (ESV)
John 17 (ESV)
John 14:6 (ESV)
Amos 5-6 (ESV)
 
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