Voice Over Exit: Aaron Renn on Re-Building Protestant Institutions in the Negative World
Description
Aaron Renn from @TheAaronRennShow joins Christian Baxter to chart a post-Keller, post-Driscoll landscape. We dissect Renn’s Negative World thesis, his call to “use your voice, not the exit,” why Redeemed Zoomer’s “Silicon-Valley-tier ambition” ruffles feathers, and how America’s reflex to exit rather than reform shapes churches, cities, and schools.
Key topics:
• Why the Young-Restless-Reformed moment cooled off
• Mainline “Operation Reconquista” vs. endless schisms
• Masculinity, the Manosphere, and evangelical blind spots
• Act 60 school consolidation, civic health, & rural revitalization
• Jordan Peterson “eating the church’s lunch” and what pastors can learn
Chapters
00:00 Intro & Renn bio
05:12 Young-Restless-Reformed post-mortem
17:45 Voice vs Exit—Hirschman’s frame
32:10 Redeemed Zoomer & Reconquista playbook
44:55 Masculinity, servant-leadership reconsidered
56:40 Jordan Peterson, AI trust & digital frontiers
1:08:15 Rural schools, Act 60 & civic renewal
1:19:00 Hope index for 2050
1:25:40 Rapid-fire close & resources
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Mentioned: Tim Keller, Mark Driscoll, Redeemed Zoomer, Jordan Peterson, Paul VanderKlay, Bethel McGrew, Albert Hirschman.
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