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Not 1976, Not 1826: Faithful discipleship for 2026

The books on the podcast studio shelf sparked a wide-ranging conversations on the Shock Absorber this week. John Stott's Issues Facing Christians Today (the 1984 edition, the same one Tim read as a teenager) and Winky Prattney's Revival set the scene for the discussion on revolution.

Joel, Stu and Tim work through why John Stott mattered so much to a generation of evangelicals who'd been told they had to choose between preaching the gospel and caring about social issues. Why Stu gave up his first PhD at a Winky Prattney rally. What Billy Graham sitting on a rock has to do with everything. And…

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