Riots, Looting, Death Threats, and the Gospel in Dark Places with Russell Johnson

Chiseled and Called

Brittany Dawn Nelson

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity, Personal Journals

3.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Do you find it hard to be courageous as a Christian in the times we're living in? More and more people are bowing to the opinions of others and to woke-culture instead of bowing to the cross. I get that standing up and using your voice makes you vulnerable to backlash, but guess what? Jesus Himself said, "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you." With that topic in mind, I cannot think of a more perfect guest to have on for today's episode than Pastor Russell Johnson.

Pastor Russell Johnson was born and raised in Seattle and though he spent the first part of his adult-life working in politics, God had other plans. In the summer of 2014, Pastor Russell and his wife, Marija, stepped out in faith to start The Pursuit. Their church started in a barn with no indoor plumbing, no heat, and broken windows, but God was up to something.

In 2018, Pastor Russell and Marija purchased a former department store building and began a full-scale remodel, converting the space into a multi-use church, preschool/childcare facility, and outreach center. The Pursuit is a place where anyone can belong, everyone can contribute, and anything can happen.

In this episode, Pastor Russell Johnson and I talk about how the pandemic exposed backwards values, that cancel culture is only going to get worse, and how a little courage goes a long way.

Here are a few reasons to listen to the entire episode with Pastor Russell Johnson:

being courageous as a christian in today's culture
fighting back against cultural pressure
how God is working in churches around the world

Connect with Pastor Russell Johnson:

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0:00.0	You're listening to Chiseled and called with Brittany Don, a podcast about finding freedom
0:07.3	in imperfection and peace in your broken pieces through Jesus.
0:13.1	Our prayers that today's message will bless you, embolden you, and fix your gaze on
0:18.0	the King, that it will stir up the calling God has placed within you.
0:23.2	Without further ado, here's your host, Brittany Don.
0:31.0	Welcome to the Chiseled and called podcast.
0:34.0	My name is Brittany Don and I am so excited about today's episode.
0:38.3	I have a very special guest with me in person today to discuss being courageous as a Christian
0:44.9	and today's icky, uncomfortable, cancel culture because that's the times we're living in.
0:49.7	We are living in a time where people are bowing to culture, they're bowing to wokeness,
0:56.7	they're bowing to the opinions of other people, what society says that we should do or not
1:01.9	do instead of bowing to the cross, instead of bowing to what God's word says, the living
1:08.2	word of God.
1:09.6	And I cannot think of a more perfect special guest to have on today than Pastor Russell
1:15.5	Johnson himself.
1:16.6	It's an absolute honor.
1:19.2	My husband and I actually came across Jordan.
1:21.4	I don't know why I said my husband that was weird.
1:23.7	Jordan and I came across his church per suit Northwest during the height of the pandemic
1:29.1	actually when they were standing up against being shut down and just the way that they
1:35.3	carried themselves, the way that they handled it with grace and with biblical truth.
1:41.6	It just won us over so quickly we've heard him speak and preach in person and he is just
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