In December of 2023, journalist and author Tim Alberta joined Russell Moore to discuss the ways that politics have invaded the white evangelical church in recent years. He returns to talk about the election and inauguration of President Donald Trump that have happened since—and to consider what those events mean about the state of American culture.
Alberta and Moore talk about numbness, hopelessness, and the lack of persuadability in many Americans. They discuss the effect of social media on righteous indignation and judgmentalism as well as the political exhaustion among wide swaths of Americans. They talk about President Trump’s executive orders, cabinet members, and the possibility of mass deportations.
Moore and Alberta describe their reasons for hope and consider what it may look like to build godly community in a time of division.
Resources mentioned in this episode or recommended by the guest include:
- Tim Alberta
- “Tim Alberta on the White Evangelical Crisis”
- The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta
- “The Most Revealing Moment of a Trump Rally”
- “Why Democrats Are Losing Hispanic Voters”
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