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One Thing You Missed: Terrorism and the Power of Words

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Week of August 9

This past week saw people reeling from the mass shootings that occurred in El Paso and Dayton. On this week’s episode of One Thing You Missed, I talk about the power of words and the rhetoric that so often lies behind these horrendous tragedies. Whether it is hate-fueled White Nationalism or some other noxious ideology, Christians must be ready to confront such things and speak a better word—in this case the very words of life.

Here’s the article I referenced in the video: White Nationalist Terrorism and the Gospel

Only when we see how lost we are, we can find our way again. Only when we bury what’s dead can we experience life again. Only when we lose our religion can we be amazed by grace again.

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About Russell Moore

Russell Moore is Editor in Chief of Christianity Today and is the author of the forthcoming book Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America (Penguin Random House).

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