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A lot of us want institutions to be clean, brave, and instantly fixed and then we join one, try to lead, and discover the painful math of limited power, limited time, and real people. We take that tension head-on by talking about what we’re calling the “Elijah syndrome”: the outsider’s sense that the whole system is compromised and that faithfulness can only exist at a distance.
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- 0:00New Mirror Orthodoxy Website Perks
- 1:28Book Of The Month Discount
- 1:51Why Institutions Feel So Broken
- 3:14Elijah, Obadiah, And False Loneliness
- 5:52Compromise Versus Moral Compromise
- 10:52Outsiders, Incentives, And Social Media
- 21:51Beeson Divinity Full Tuition Scholarships
- 23:02Reform Without Burning It Down
- 28:25Protestant Disruption And Purity Spirals
- 34:29Private Correction Versus Public Performance
- 38:49Trust Between Activists And Insiders
- 43:07Suspicion, Transparency, And Coalition Work
- 46:33Courage, Misunderstanding, And Closing