121 episodes
Good Faith Curtis Chang
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
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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.
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Ghosted: An American Story (with Nancy French)
Host Curtis Chang sits down for a gripping conversation with author and frequent Good Faith guest Nancy French to discuss her compelling new memoir "Ghosted: An American Story." Nancy opens up about wrestling with dark family and church secrets, shedding light on the complexities of transracial adoption and the challenges of losing one's community. She explores the power of being truly known and finding resilience in an unexpected romance that would also show her the enduring hope found in the cross of Jesus.
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RESOURCES:
Godly Response to Abuse in a Christian Environment
Dr. Diane Langberg's books to better train abuse counselors -
How to Listen to Music (with Andy Crouch)
From Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman to Johann Sebastian Bach, host Curtis Chang engages in a captivating conversation with Good Faith contributor Andy Crouch about the profound significance of music in our everyday existence. Through insightful anecdotes and reflections, they explore how to actively listen to music and let it transcend mere entertainment to become a powerful conduit for meaning, expression, and even spiritual meditation. Join them as they harmonize on the transformative role of music and its timeless resonance in the human experience.
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Songs For The After Party: An Evening with the Porter's Gate
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MUSIC REFERENCED:
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time V: Praise to the Eternity of Jesus
Johann Sebastian Bach: The St Matthew Passion
Dianne Reeves & The Berlin Philharmonic (feat. Martin Stegner on Viola): “A Foggy Day”
Luke Combs & Tracy Chapman: "Fast Car" at the 2024 Grammys
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The After Party Edition: The Bible and The Ballot (with Kaitlyn Schiess)
Host Curtis Chang sits down with Kaitlyn Schiess, author of the thought-provoking book, "The Bible and The Ballot." Delving into the intersection of faith and politics, this conversation offers a compelling analysis of how Christians can use or abuse scripture to influence civic engagement and public policy. Drawing from her extensive research and personal experiences, Schiess discusses how Christian traditions can interpret scripture and apply its teachings more faithfully to contemporary political engagement.
Pre-order The After Party Book by Curtis Chang & Nancy French
Join us at the “Songs For The After Party” concert in Washington DC. Buy tickets here!
Songs For The After Party: An Evening with the Porter's Gate
Bring The After Party course to your church or small group!
Join David French, Russell Moore and Curtis on 4/19/24 in Washington DC for a live day-long version of our After Party course. Learn more & buy tickets here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-after-party-live-tickets-836892757767?aff=GoodFaithPod
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Order Kaitlyn Schiess’s book here: The Ballot and the Bible (available on Amazon)
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The Good Faith Podcast/The After Party Edition: What Democrats Fail to Get About Christians and Why It Matters (with David French)
Host Curtis Chang and “founding friend” David French engage in a thought-provoking discussion about the relationship between Democrats and Republican Evangelicals. With a nuanced exploration into topics like the “God Gap,” they shed light on why Democrats frequently fail to grasp the perspectives and values of Evangelicals. Also in this episode, David and Curtis address the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas and explain whether or not their views on the conflict have changed amidst the widening devastation.
Bring The After Party course to your church or small group!
Join David French, Russell Moore and Curtis on 4/19/24 in Washington DC for a live day-long version of our After Party course. Learn more & buy tickets here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-after-party-live-tickets-836892757767?aff=GoodFaithPod
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The Good Faith Podcast/The After Party Edition: Why 2024 is not "deja vu all over again" (with Russell Moore)
In this thought-provoking episode, public theologian and The After Party partner Russell Moore explores the need for pastors to equip themselves and their congregations for the distinctive challenges of a presidential election featuring repeat candidates and all new potential for national drama. Russell and Curtis also offer valuable insights into the role of faith communities in fostering both political discernment and public witness as they answer questions from pastors and church leaders.
Bring The After Party course to your church or small group!
Join David French, Russell Moore and Curtis on 4/19/24 in Washington DC for a live day-long version of our After Party course. Learn more & buy tickets here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-after-party-live-tickets-836892757767?aff=GoodFaithPod
Join the Redeeming Babel Team! https://redeemingbabel.org/we-are-hiring/
Pre-order The After Party Book by Curtis Chang & Nancy French (available on Amazon)
Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America (available on Amazon)
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The Good Faith Podcast/The After Party Edition: The Spiritual Discipline of Politics (with Michael Wear)
We tend to think of spiritual disciplines as taking us out of the world: privatized quiet times, sequestered retreats, individual Bible reading, and such. We especially disconnect spiritual disciplines from the very public world of politics. Michael Wear joins Curtis to challenge this disconnection. Together they explore how spiritual disciplines can form us for healthier politics, and also how politics can form our spiritual lives.
The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life (by Michael Wear)
Bring The After Party course to your church or small group!
Join David French, Russell Moore and Curtis on 4/19/24 in Washington DC for a live day-long version of our After Party course. Learn more & buy tickets here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-after-party-live-tickets-836892757767?aff=GoodFaithPod
Join the Redeeming Babel Team! https://redeemingbabel.org/we-are-hiring/
Pre-order The After Party Book by Curtis Chang & Nancy French (available on Amazon)
The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God (by Dallas Willard)
Customer Reviews
Grateful
I am grateful to Curtis & David for their thoughtful conversations. I am no longer affiliated with any church due to the volatility in my church at the current time. I have turned my faith inward because I did not feel supported in my church through a lot of personal loss & difficulties in my life. Add to that the “red blue paradigm “ and I no longer felt welcome. You have both given me hope. Long story short (too late) I just want to say thank you!
Provides such wise insight and needed hope
Curtis and David are thoughtful Christians who prioritize Jesus and Christlike conduct ahead of partisanship. I am so thankful for their thoughts on a wide range of topics, and their witness that not all Christians have bowed down to political interest above all else. I feel less alone when I listen.
I’ve never felt less understood in my life by fellow Christians
As a conservative Christian go held my nose voting for trump and will likely abstain from voting in 2024, I’ve never felt less heard. It’s as if if you ever voted for trump you’re an idiot and don’t deserve to be heard. The lack of understanding for why people vote is astounding. I’ve got an economy degree and I won’t vote for a democrat bc of their inability to follow simple math and pandering to votes (ie more free stuff with the inability to pay it back) at least non trump representation from state and local do some efforts (or used to) to acknowledge the financial situation decades of democrat spending has lead to. Not everyone votes on cultur some educated people in finance sees a very dangerous writing on the wall and vote for sanity at the purse. How dare you all skim over people like me who care morally about our leaders but don’t feel that can’t be the only thing to consider (bc morality and politics has been gone for 50 years…or longer Biden is not a good man either). Abortion is a net evil. Transitioning kids is a net evil, Covid lockdowns were a net evil…like the only thing that is happening is two crazy candidates???? I feel completely left out of all political Christian circles, and this podcast was an insult