Best Philip Keller Podcasts (2025)

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From Death to Life. Christian Lindsay's Lazarus Moment. - TBH 391 27:15

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"The Harley Davidson rider had hit a dog and was thrown from his bike. My dad did CPR on the guy for more than ten minutes. There was still no pulse, no breathing. That's when I remembered the story of Lazarus." ---------- In this episode, I sit down with 18-year-old Christian Lindsay, who didn't turn toward God until just two years ago. Christian …

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David French on Faith, Fear, and the Future of the Church 47:00

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David French checks in on a potpourri of important subjects. Watch the full conversation on YouTube For longtime friends Russell Moore and David French, talking about what’s happening and where things are going is virtually an everyday occurrence. This time, though, they decided to let us listen in. RDM refused to write notes to plan out this conve…

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Gil Neil & Phil discuss Mawson Antarctica 1976-77 40:03

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Send us a text Living in Antarctica 49 years ago was a special experience. This account describes that experience from three different perspectives. In August 2025 Phil met with Gil Barton and Neil MacDonald to revive memories of the year they spent at Mawson Base, Antarctica throughout 1976 and the summer of 1977.…

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Listener Question: Should Communion Be Open to All Believers? 16:02

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Russell takes a listener's question about church membership and the Communion table. Watch the video of this episode on YouTube here. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questi…

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Wildlife Around Mawson 26:59

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Send us a text Around September to October as spring begins, life returns to the Antarctic continent. Adelie Penguins appear on the islands, seal holes appear on the fast decaying sea ice. The wildlife returns. Phil discusses witnessing this annual transformation in 1976 with Peter Niblett. This experience inspired the production of a children’s bo…

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They Thought People were Faking Miracles - Then God Healed Sandra's Brain Cancer in Medjugorje - TBH 390 28:02

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"I'm a miracle healing. I am a living testimony of Medjugorje. I was healed there." ---------- Elizabeth and I just returned from two and a half weeks of incredible pilgrimages — first with some of our Touched by Heaven listeners in Medjugorje, and then with our parish in Italy. I literally just walked in the door, and what better time to revisit o…

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JD Greear on What Culture Wars Are Doing to Us 48:55

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What if the real radicals right now are the ones who refuse to join the outrage mobs? Watch the full conversation on YouTube Russell Moore talks with pastor and author J.D. Greear about his new book Everyday Revolutionary and the surprising power of grace in an age addicted to “courage” and “clarity.” Starting with the story of how J.D. befriended …

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Listener Question: How Can I Make Time for Writing? 15:11

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Russell answers a listener’s question about making time to be a better writer Watch the video of this episode on YouTube here. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, of…

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Chased Down by Miracles - The Tim Francis Story TBH 389 32:59

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"I had three questions. Is it real? If it is real, is it from God? If it is from God, what does it mean?" ---------- Arguments about faith can sound a lot like the Genesis song "That's All" — "Well, I could say day, you'd say night. Tell me it's black when I know that it's white." We debate Eucharist, Church authority, and who's "right," but God's …

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Beth Moore on Falling in Love with Ecclesiastes 57:03

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If you’ve ever wondered what a conversation about Ecclesiastes between Tigger and Eeyore sounds like, it’s your lucky day. Watch the full conversation on YouTube In a recent episode, Sho Baraka became the first guest to choose the book of Ecclesiastes for his Desert Island, “5 Books of the Bible” challenge we sometimes end our show with. So it seem…

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Listener Question: Should We Call Christian MAGA ‘Christian’? 11:56

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Russell takes a listener's question about what we should call religious participants in the MAGA movement. Watch the video of this episode on YouTube here. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtf…

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"I've Been to Heaven" - Steve Boyls' Astonishing Near-Death Journey - TBH 388` 49:24

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"We were walking across a field in heaven, when a little boy walked up to me, said, 'Hi, my name is Daniel. I think that you're my dad.' He told me that he had been here for a long, long time. I've grown up here with a bunch of others, since we were little babies. Indeed, many years before, my wife had a miscarriage of a baby that we were going to …

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Ben Watson and Russell Moore on The Just Life 50:05

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Retired NFL player Benjamin Watson has been on this show several times over the years, and he’s recently released his own podcast, The Just Life. Russell was a guest on the show, and together they talked about Russell’s background along with matters of justice, gospel-centered living, and faithful action. Check out Ben’s show here. Resources mentio…

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Listener Question: Why Aren’t Christians Engaging in Humanitarian Aid? 15:36

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Russell answers a listener’s question regarding why Christians are not stepping in to help with the humanitarian aid crisis, and what needs to change. Watch the video of this episode on YouTube here. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the wee…

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God's Hand Over Jamie: Three Miraculous Escapes - TBH 387 36:26

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"The wind changed direction, and I was caught in this massive fire. I screamed out to God to save me. My face was on fire, and somehow I was suddenly lifted, and floating." ---------- Jamie's life has been miraculously spared more than once. At just fifteen he was caught in a raging fire — but instead of dying, he was mysteriously floated to safety…

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BONUS: Lecrae on Reconstruction After Disillusionment 36:34

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Lecrae joins Russell Moore to talk about reconstructing faith after crises of disillusionment. Watch the full conversation on YouTube Originally aired live on September 24th, Russell hosted a conversation for Christianity Today subscribers with Lecrae regarding his recent Christianity Today article, “An Exhortation to the Exhausted Black Christian.…

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Paul Kingsnorth on the Dark Powers Behind AI 1:01:22

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What if the world’s brightest engineers aren’t just building smarter tools—but opening a door to something older, darker, and more sinister? In this episode of The Russell Moore Show, RDM sits down with Paul Kingsnorth—novelist, essayist, and former pagan turned Orthodox Christian—to talk about his searing new book Against the Machine: On the Unmak…

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Heaven, Pets, and a Father's Message from the Afterlife - TBH 386 30:53

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"I took his cell phone into the bathroom, locked the door, and said to God, 'If you want me away from this guy, you're going to have to help me break the password code and see what's in here.' I hit a bunch of keys, and I was in!" ---------- Samantha came to God with raw and painful questions. Through tears she asked if her dog was in heaven. She p…

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Tim Keller on Hope in Times in Fear (re-air) 36:21

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A conversation with Tim Keller from 2021, in honor of his birthday. Watch the full conversation on YouTube. Tim Keller would have turned 75 years old this week (September 23rd). To mark this, we are bringing back an episode from early in 2021 (back when the show was called Signposts). At the time of the conversation, Keller was a few months removed…

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30 Things for 30 Years in Ministry 46:30

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Russell shares 30 things he’s learned in his 30 years of ordained ministry. Watch the full episode on YouTube This was originally shared in the Moore to the Point newsletter (sign up here), but Russell received so much feedback that it deserved its own episode. Have feedback? Email [email protected]. We’ll look forward to hearing from you.…

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Addiction, Blindness, and the Prayer that Saved Josh - TBH 385 32:36

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"In my battle with alcohol, I felt like there was something with barbed hooks attached to my chest. I cried out to God, "please don't let me die." ---------- Josh just wanted to make music. As a kid, the dream was to be in a band. But then life collapsed — his parents split, alcohol took over, and older women pulled him further off course. Along wi…

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Books about Digital Resistance with Ashley Hales: The New Wendell Berry Novel, Jon Haidt, David Zahl, and More 49:15

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Another quarterly conversation on books with Christianity Today’s Editorial Director, Ashley Hales, on the subject of resisting the digital era. Watch the full conversation on YouTube What’s the role of reading in a screen-saturated, distracted, AI world? Russell is joined once again by Ashley Hales, print editor at Christianity Today, to explore h…

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Listener Question: Is Screentime with Grandparents Dangerous for My Children? With Jon Haidt 7:47

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Russell is joined by Jon Haidt to answer a listener's question: “Is screentime with grandparents dangerous for my children?” Listen to the full interview with John HERE, and (ironically) watch the video of this conversation on YouTube here. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! …

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A Glimpse Beyond the Last Breath - TBH 384 29:34

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"My mom hadn't spoken in four years. But when my dad passed away, she let go of his hand, her head shot upward, she began pointing straight up—and then the play-by-play began." ---------- Sometimes heaven breaks through in the most unexpected ways. Heather's parents had faced years of suffering—cancer, strokes, and decline. Her mom, weighed down by…

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Jonathan Haidt’s Newest Thoughts on Technology, Anxiety, and the War for Our Attention 44:39

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It’s odd that one of our listeners’ favorite frequent guests is an atheist: Jonathan Haidt. And yet, it’s not really that unusual because Haidt, though not a believer, is perhaps the world’s foremost thinker on issues Christians face every day: the digital war on our attention spans, how technology is making us anxious, how removing obstacles and p…

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Listener Question: How Can I Have Friendships With Atheists? 19:56

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Russell answers a listener's question: How can I be friends with atheists? Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends…

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The Prayer that Stopped the Bleeding, a Delivery Room Miracle - TBH 383 30:41

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"The baby was delivered via C-section. but my wife was hemorrhaging, 2 Liters of blood, and the doctors didn't know from where. Her blood pressure was down to 52/38, and she was losing consciousness." ---------- I asked Johnny, " How did you pray differently?" This week on Touched by Heaven, we meet musician, Johnny Hall, whose life took a dramatic…

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Philip Yancey on the Problem of Pain and Suffering 42:35

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You may know Philip Yancey as the bestselling author of What’s So Amazing About Grace?, Where Is God When It Hurts?, and The Jesus I Never Knew. We’ve even had him on the show a few times to talk about these books and more. For decades, his writing has guided Christians who are wrestling with disappointment, doubt, and suffering. But in recent year…

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An Open Letter to Donald Trump 16:43

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A reading of the latest from Russell’s weekly newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter, Moore to the Point, where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Submit a question for the show (and include a voice memo!) at [email protected] Subscribe to …

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Mary Calls, Vickie Answers - TBH 382 36:10

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"I was in the middle of a massive migraine when I heard a woman's voice saying, 'Go to a Catholic church.' I walked into the nearest one, sat in the pew, looked around, and said, OK, I am here. Now what?" ---------- This Labor Day weekend, I'm reminded of the words: "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few." One of those laborers is Vick…

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Sho Baraka on Matters of the Soul Post-2020 47:15

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Today we put the “Sho” in the Russell Moore Show with Sho Baraka, Christianity Today’s director of the Big Tent Initiative. Five years after the murder of George Floyd, many wondered if the United States—and the church—was headed toward lasting change. Talk of a “racial reckoning” filled headlines, pulpits, and boardrooms. But where do things stand…

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Listener Question: Should Church Leaders Be Transparent About Finances? 15:33

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Russell answers a listener's question: Should church leaders be transparent about finances? Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on lif…

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The Day God Fixed Ginny's Eyes - TBH 381 42:23

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The doctor said, "The vision in your bad eye has gone from 20/100 to 20/10. And the other eye has gone from 20/40 to 20/20." Stunned, he asked, "How did this happen?" ---------- I've known Ginny Pippin for nearly 20 years, but nothing prepared me for the story she shares in this episode. While attending a training class at the Encounter School of M…

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General Stanley McChrystal on Character 51:25

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What does it mean to have character in a world that doesn’t care? Or even worse: platforms and incentivizes a LACK of character? If anyone should know, it’s a retired four-star General whose career ended in resignation. In this episode, Russell talks with General Stanley McChrystal, former commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan and a…

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Listener Question: Where Are All the Mature Christian Single Men? 8:09

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Russell answers a listener's question: Where Are All the mature, single christian men? Listen to the recent episode with Christine Emba about porn’s contribution to relational intimacy. Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter…

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Nature's Sermon from 130,000 Preaching, Buzzing, Honeybees - TBH 380 42:26

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"In my hives are nurse bees, worker bees, drones, the queen, funeral bees that cart out the dead, and guard bees, that make sure bees from other hives don't get in. No, I don't think this is all random." ---------- I've heard it said that nature is a silent sermon. If that's true, then my friend, Tom Kennish, has 130,000 preachers buzzing in his ba…

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Christine Emba on the Fantasy of Porn’s Harmlessness 49:33

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Even where nobody talks about it, porn is everywhere--so much so that many, even those who think it's immoral, have concluded that it's an inextricable part of 21st century digital culture. But what if that attitude is leading us to levels of brokenness we never even imagined? In this episode, Christine Emba joins Russell to talk about what she cal…

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Listener Question: Am I Disciplined—or Just Legalistic? 25:32

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Russell answers a listener's question: Am I Being Disciplined—or Just Legalistic? Submit your own question for the show! Email [email protected] — and remember: attach a voice memo! Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and rec…