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Good Faith
Join host Curtis Chang and his friends as they follow Jesus and make sense of the world. With expertise, thoughtfulness, and humor, they discuss how Christian faith intersects with culture, politics, work, entertainment, and other aspects of life. Good Faith is produced by Redeeming Babel. Good Faith is ranked in the top .5 percent of all podcasts.
Episodes
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Adam Kinzinger: Where Are the Good Candidates?
Why Does Politics Reward the Wrong People? Former Congressman Adam Kinzinger joins Curtis Chang on the Good Faith podcast to discuss the 2026 midterm…
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Alister McGrath: Does It Matter if Christianity Is Rational?
Can We Speak About Jesus's Transforming Power Without Reducing It To a Consumer Product? You can believe Christianity is true and still wonder what difference…
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David French: What Christians Should Want on Election Night
Will the Midterms Be a Tourniquet, a Cure, or Something Else Entirely? Does who wins Congress matter? What happens to American democracy after the midterms may…
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John Mark Comer: Does the Church Need a Quiet Revolution?
Escaping the Digital Age Where Noise Is Our Destiny What if the noise filling your life is drowning out God's voice? John Mark Comer joins Curtis Chang to…
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Sharon McMahon: Democracy Starts at Home
Can the Next Generation Do Politics Better Than We Have? Being angry on the internet isn't activism. So what actually makes a difference? Sharon McMahon…
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David French: Can We Trust the Supreme Court?
What Happens When Power, Politics, and Judges Collide? (Spoiler: It's Complicated) Host Curtis Chang and New York Times columnist David French ask how much…
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Andy Crouch: Why Is AI Coming for My College Degree?
Your "Safe" College Major May Be an AI Dead End Could AI make your college degree obsolete while making your plumber more valuable? Curtis Chang and Andy…
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The Homeland Security Trap? with Russell Moore & Elizabeth Neumann
What America Learned, Feared, and Forgot After 9/11 Former Trump White House security expert Elizabeth Neumann and theologian Russell Moore join Curtis Chang…
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Has the Modern Slave Trade Met Its Match? with Gary Haugen
Miracles, Heartbreak, and the Fight Against Human Trafficking Nearly 50 million people remain trapped in modern slavery—but International Justice Mission…
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What the Heck Is a Democratic Socialist? with David French
Untangling America's Socialist Fever and Fear Host Curtis Chang and Good Faith "founding friend" David French ask whether democratic socialism is your…
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What Loneliness Is Trying to Tell You with Dr. Alison Cook
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…
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Andy Crouch: Defending the Human Mind in an AI World
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…
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When Mental Health Goes Too Far with Matthew Loftus
How Does Therapy Culture Undermine True Healing? Host Curtis Chang talks with physician and author Matthew Loftus about how therapeutic language can distort…
Good FaithThe Real Thing Driving American Politics from No Small Endeavor
Bridging Two Worlds: An American Immigrant's Story of Faith, Anxiety, and Political Calling Today, we are sharing a conversation between Curtis Chang and Lee…
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David French on How the Confederacy Still Shapes America
What Does the Confederacy's Legacy Mean for the Modern South and Christian America? Host Curtis Chang and New York Times columnist, and Good Faith podcast…
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When Protestant Curiosity Meets Catholic Wisdom with Pete Wehner
What can Protestants learn from the Catholic tradition? Host Curtis Chang and The Atlantic writer and former White House staffer Pete Wehner explore how…
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Christopher Nolan's Odyssey: What If the Hero Is Lying? with Jessica Hooten Wilson
The Odyssey Isn't About Monsters. It's About Trust. Before Christopher Nolan brings The Odyssey to the big screen, Curtis Chang and Jessica Hooten Wilson…
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David French & Russell Moore: America at 250 - When Founding Fathers Meet Modern Faith
What Does America's 250th Birthday Mean for Its Future and Our Faith? To celebrate America's 250th birthday, Curtis Chang is joined by his The After Party…
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Pete Wehner on Pope Leo, Trump, and Protestant America
How Are Protestants Navigating a Moral and Spiritual Vacuum in Evangelicalism? Host Curtis Chang talks with former White House staffer and Atlantic columnist…
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Is America's Promise of Freedom Still Unfinished? with Angel Adams Parham
How Can Freedom, Faith, and the Fight Beyond A Holiday Shape Us? Host Curtis Chang talks with sociologist Dr. Angel Adams Parham about the history of…
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Nicholas Carr: Superbloom or Social Doom? The Tech Rewiring of Our Minds and Humanity
What does it mean to stay fully human in the age of AI? Host Curtis Chang sits down with Pulitzer Prize finalist and acclaimed technology critic Nicholas Carr…
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Molly Worthen: Is College Killing Christian Faith or Awakening It?
Have You Ever Met a Secular Professor Who Became a Christian? In this episode of Good Faith, Curtis Chang talks with historian and UNC professor Molly Worthen…
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Andy Crouch: If UFOs Reveal Alien Life, Would Christians Be Ready?
Are Aliens Demons, Our Cosmic Neighbors, or Something Stranger? Host Curtis Chang and author Andy Crouch explore the theological implications of UFOs…
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Dan Allender on Why Getting Older Could Make You More Alive
Is Mortality the Enemy of a Meaningful Life? Curtis Chang sits down with psychologist Dr. Dan Allender for a searching conversation about aging, mortality…
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Tish Harrison Warren: When Weariness Drains Your Soul, Don't Escape—Go Deeper
What Is Spiritual Weariness and How Can We Find Renewal? In this episode of The Good Faith Podcast, Curtis Chang chats with Tish Harrison Warren—Anglican…
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Malcolm Guite pt. 2: When Doubt Meets Divine Beauty and Nightingales Lead to a Grail
What Can Lead a Weary Soul to the Divine in a Post-Christian World? Malcolm Guite is back for part two of our chat with him, and this time we go from atheism…
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David French on Ukraine and America's Moral Retreat
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…
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Feasting on Hope in a Starving Culture with Hannah Miller King
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…
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Malcolm Guite pt. 1: Does Theology Need an Imaginative Spark to Grasp God's Mystery?
Imagination Combined with Reason Can Build a Sturdier Faith. Malcolm Guite invites us to recover a "baptized imagination," showing how poetry can do real…
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David Thomas on Parenting Without Panic in an Age of Anxiety
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…
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What Christians Need To Sing Amidst Our Crazy Times with Matt Maher
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…
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N.T. Wright: How To Study the Bible For Yourself
Why Relying on One Bible Teacher Isn't Enough—and What to Do About It In this Good Faith Podcast bonus short, N.T. Wright shares practical, accessible guidance…
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Pete Wehner on Pete Hegseth, Iran, and Dangerous Biblical Interpretation
Are Violent Bible Passages Being Used to Justify War? Pete Wehner, former White House official and writer for The Atlantic, joins Curtis Chang to examine how…
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Andy Crouch: Will AI Be Friend, Foe, or False Substitute?
Is AI Helping Us Flourish or Making Us Less Human? Andy Crouch joins Curtis Chang for a timely conversation on AI, Christianity, human flourishing, and the…
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Jim's Campfire Story: Connection in the Face of Dementia
The Power of Presence: How Connection Transcends Cognitive Loss Show Notes: Good Faith's series of Campfire Stories invites listeners to hear how ordinary…
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Katelyn Beaty on Celebrity Culture, AI, and the Risks of Disembodied Faith
Are Megachurches, Christian Influencers, and Artificial Intelligence Breaking the Church? This week on the Good Faith podcast, Katelyn Beaty joins host Curtis…
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Francis Collins & Kristine Torjesen on The Fight for Public Health: Science, Faith, and What's at Stake?
From Breakthroughs to Budget Cuts: The Rollercoaster of Modern Medical Research What happens when politics wages war on science—and Christians get caught in…
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Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson on Leif Enger's Apocalypse & What Matters at the End of the World? (Reading to Make Sense of the World)
Refusing Despair Amidst Cultural Darkness What does it look like to cheerfully refuse a collapsing culture without giving in to cynicism, fear, or despair?…
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David French on The Iran War: If It's Illegal, Is It Just?
The Intersection of Trump, Iran, and the Moral Limits of War What should Christians think about the U.S. war with Iran, Israel's role in the conflict, and the…
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Dave Evans: Designing and Living a Meaningful Life Now
What Does Radical Acceptance Look Like in Real Life? In this Good Faith Podcast episode, Curtis Chang sits down with Dave Evans (co-founder of the Stanford…
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Can We Pray Together? with Curtis Chang & DT Slouffman
Prayers of the People: The Power of Prayer in Difficult Times The Good Faith Podcast host Curtis Chang and producer DT Slouffman guide listeners through a…
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Brian Webb's Stubborn Optimism: A Christian Case for Climate Action
Can Missionaries, Not Politics, Depolarize Climate Change for Christians? Climate change isn't a partisan talking point—it's a discipleship test, and Brian…
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Tuvalu Is Disappearing: Life at Ground Zero of the Climate Crisis
Vanishing Coastlines, Dying Reefs, and the Future of an Island Nation In this short Good Faith podcast story, Taualo Penivao, General Secretary of the…
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N.T. Wright: Heaven Isn't the Endgame — New Creation and God's Homecoming
Is The Greatest Shift in Christian Theology Going From Heaven to Earth? Heaven isn't the point of the gospel—and N.T. Wright challenges the "accept Jesus and…
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Sara Groves' Borrowed Courage: Bearing Witness to ICE in Minnesota and the Gospel
Disappearing Neighbors, Upended Constitutional Norms, and an Artist's Response to ICE Curtis Chang talks with singer-songwriter and Twin Cities resident Sara…
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Dr. Lee Warren on Self-Brain Surgery: Renewing the Mind with Faith and Neuroscience
Can You Really Change Your Brain by Changing Your Thoughts? Neurosurgeon, Iraq War vet, and author Dr. Lee Warren shows Curtis Chang how to perform "self brain…
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Protest and Prayer: Resisting ICE in Minnesota with Rev. Mariah Tollgaard
Responding To The Minnesota Surge Leads To A Pastor's Arrest! Curtis Chang sits down with Rev. Mariah Tollgaard for an on-the-ground look at ICE raids and…
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Dr. Jonathan Moo: Loving God, Neighbor, and the Natural World
How Can Christians Turn Groans into Growth By Responding to Ecological Grief? In this episode of the Good Faith Podcast, host Curtis Chang talks with Dr…
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David French: Dual State America and Authoritarianism - Renee Good and the Trump Administration
What Can Christians Do and Will It Work? In this episode of the Good Faith Podcast, Curtis Chang and David French name what's happening to American democracy…
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The Vanishing Church and Why It's Hurting American Democracy with Ryan Burge
The Rise of the "Nones" and the Politics Driving People Out of Church In this episode of the Good Faith Podcast, Ryan Burge joins Curtis Chang to explore The…
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Pete Wehner: What Happens When Morality Leaves U.S. Foreign Policy? Venezuela, Greenland, and "Might Makes Right"
Can Christian Americans Resist Authoritarian Drift? Pete Wehner—The Atlantic columnist and former Reagan and Bush administration staff member—joins host Curtis…
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Katharine Hayhoe: Talking About Christian Climate Action Is a Gospel Issue
From Pews to Planet: Faith-Based Steps to Better Creation Stewardship In this episode of the Good Faith Podcast, host Curtis Chang and guest Dr. Katherine…
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Nancy French's Joyful Grandparenting Lessons & Living Like Tomorrow Isn't Guaranteed
How Do We Shape Future Generations Well? Nancy French returns to The Good Faith Podcast with host Curtis Chang for a heartfelt, funny, and surprisingly…
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Sandra McCracken on Navigating the Space Between: Reflections on Christmas Hope
Can a Poetic Pause Help us Embrace the In-Between Moments of the Season? On this special Christmas Day episode of the Good Faith Podcast, host Curtis Chang and…
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What's David French Thankful For? Finding Hope and Joy in Ordinary Things
From C.S. Lewis to Luka Dončić: Celebrating Joy in Unexpected Places On this Christmas-season Good Faith episode, host Curtis Chang welcomes back "founding…
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Sandra McCracken on Christmas Songs That Hold Joy and Sorrow: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
What Do Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Johnny Cash Have in Common? Singer-songwriter Sandra McCracken joins Good Faith for a short bonus episode on the…
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Is the Border Really in Crisis? Crime, Fentanyl & the Facts - with Jennie Murray
Can We Welcome the Stranger and Uphold the Law? How should Christians think about immigration, the border crisis, and refugees—without getting trapped in…
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N.T. Wright Explains Ephesians: The Church, Christian Nationalism, and the Armor of God
Christianity Isn't a Nation and The Church Isn't a National Movement Host Curtis Chang sits down with N.T. Wright to explore the explosive themes of Ephesians…
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Andy Crouch on True Rest vs. Leisure: How Sabbath Breaks the Idols of Work and Technology
Can Sabbath Rest Be a Circuit Breaker for Idolatry? Host Curtis Chang and Good Faith podcast regular Andy Crouch explore how practicing true Sabbath rest can…
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Kathleen Norris: A Sister's Reflection on Faith, Disability, and Love
How Does Kathleen Norris Show Disability Shaping Love, Lament, and Christian Faith? Bestselling writer Kathleen Norris joins host Curtis Chang on the Good…