Were you an evangelical kid in the 1970s, 80s, or 90s? Then you may be suffering from the lingering affects of “rapture anxiety.” Why did rapture theology feature so prominently in the American church, where did it come from, and why does it seem so bizarre to Christians today? Then, Russell Moore has a new article on the heresy of Christian Nationalism accusing it of doing to conservatives what the Social Gospel did to progressives a century ago.
Skye then talks to Silicon Valley pastor, Jay Y. Kim, about his book “Analog Christian: Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age.” Kim says social media is designed to produce the opposite of the Fruit of the Spirit in us, and argues we need to “linger longer” in non-digital, incarnate spaces and relationships to combat its affects. Plus, don’t take a raccoon into a bar, and one tough Turkish toddler.
Bonus Patreon Interview with Jay Y. Kim - https://www.patreon.com/posts/72887200
News Segment
00:00 - Intro
2:08- Animal news
9:39 - Rapture anxiety
25:08 - Russell Moore on Christian nationalism
Interview with Jay Y. Kim
“Analog Christian: Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age” - https://amzn.to/3e3vaXk
39:51 - Interview intro
43:04 - Technology and cigarette analogy
46:41 - Spiritual formation in Silicon Valley
51:18 - Are mediums really neutral?
56:20 - Love vs. self-centric despair
1:06:04 - Lingering longer
Links from news segment:
“Woman who brought raccoon to North Dakota bar is charged” (ABC News) - https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/woman-brought-raccoon-north-dakota-bar-charged-90326390
“Toddler Bites Snake to Death after It Sunk Its Fangs into Her Lip” (Newsweek) - https://www.newsweek.com/toddler-snake-bite-kills-snake-1733553
“For some Christians, ‘rapture anxiety’ can take a lifetime to heal” (CNN) - https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/27/us/rapture-anxiety-evangelical-exvangelical-christianity-cec/index.html
“Christian Nationalism Cannot Save the World” by Russell Moore (Moore to the Point newsletter) - https://christianitytoday.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=0224cd598e48c5041c7947fd5cb20d53.10884&s=c0745eb8366dc94946b6b980d936ad22
Resources from interview:
“Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid” by Jonathan Haidt (The Atlantic) - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/
“When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth-Century America” by Jeanne Halgren Kilde - https://amzn.to/3Rzr9Yn
“Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age” by Jay Y. Kim - https://amzn.to/3SAqHu9
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579: How the Bible is Used & Abused in Politics with Kaitlyn Schiess
578: How America Got Mean & Why We Misread the Bible with John Walton
577: How Church Became Theater & the Evangelical Imagination with Karen Swallow Prior
576:Christian A.I., Church Dropouts, & Fixing Men with Christine Emba
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575: Barbie, Slavery, and the Image of God with Carmen Imes
574: Non-Toxic Masculinity & Lessons from the Black Church with Justin Giboney
573: The Supreme Court Rules on Affirmative Action, Discrimination, & Free Speech
572: Christian Nationalist Hospitality & Atheists Get Political with Ryan Burge
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571: TV, Authoritarianism, & the Formative Power of Reading with Jessica Hooten Wilson
570: Hello AI Sermons, Goodbye Saddleback, & Happy Juneteenth with Rasool Berry
569: Shiny Happy Certainty & How Women Led in the Early Church with Nijay Gupta
568: Oh, Boycotts! & What Happened to Humility? with Richard Foster & Brenda Quinn
567: Christian Nationalism Roundup & the Doctrine of Hell
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566: Tim Keller, American Poverty, & the Legacy of Rich Mullins with James Bryan Smith
565: The Vegan Bible, Loveless Christianity, & Spiritual Narcissism with Rainn Wilson
564: How Rapture Theology Shaped America (Part 2)
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