Hope in Darkness | The Russell Moore Show

[@bunabear]

This interview showed so much Grace to those who struggle. Thank you.

[@annvanhemert2694]

Thankful for this. The beginning parts were difficult to get through. It took me three tries to finally listen to the whole thing and then "rewound" to catch some important portions. I had never registered the term "moral scrupulosity" before this podcast. That combined with some of the unrealistic expectations women put on themselves in church/christian culture from books, other people, our their own studies and thinking as discussed towards the end made for some really helpful food for thought.

[@goat8477]

Great conversation. Thank you both! I just have the impulse to ask about something you said around minute 40. As you stated that men ought to assume a role of a 'protector'. It does sound wonderful and many women will swoon about such a statement. I just wonder what man can protect me (60 year old woman) from things that really can do a number on us aging ladies. Like mental, emotional and physical exhaustion while being the sole caregiver for aging frail parents. Or poverty because women still earn less than men. Or being overlooked when it comes to promotions. Or potential dictatorships that could strip the remaining securities beyond bare bones, especially for women. Protecting from what? What if the husband keeps his wife from finishing her education with the promise "i care for you' and then he keels over at 55 from a heart attack being burnt out himself. 'Protecting the woman' is such a medieval concept as chivalry was en vogue. But the reality for many women is quite different - even WITH an man at her side who thinks he 'protects' her. Sorry for the rant, but when I hear the 'protecting-the-woman' thing, I get goose bumps. And not the good kind...

[@s1lvert1tan]

These are such good points. Great food for meditation!

[@TheParadoxDestroyer]

Let's see if I got this right. You start your intro with the need to have warning labels on social media due to potential mental health challenges, and you bring on a guest with an English degree... Got it.

[@harrisrosenberg7992]

Awful... Listening to this I have to turn it off. I have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder by several professional psychiatrists. I've been in outpatient psychiatric therapy as well as psychotherapy and counseling as well as DBT therapy for my mental illness also admitted. I I am born again through faith in Jesus death blood and resurrection. Listening to this was extremely discouraging. I started to wonder do I have mental illness or not while I was listening to this. Meanwhile the government has been paying my rent for two decades, and I get professional help at a mental health clinic, and I'm Arizona title 19 SMI mental health diagnosis. Listening to people discuss whether somebody has a mental illness or not I have heard that my whole life I've had people questioned me to my face and tell me I was not mentally ill then why is the government paying my rent for two decades why did a brother from church buy me a car and why is the government sending me disability checks and why did I get examined by a government psychiatrist to get those checks why did the United States Marine corps give me an honorable discharge back in 1982 based on a psychiatric diagnosis I'm shutting off your show you're taking mental illness and turning it into a lab experiment I thought this was Christianity