What the Words of the Year Tell Us About The State of Culture and Anti-Intellectual Christianity in the Digital Age

On this episode, Pastors Josh, Judah, and Brian look at the "Words of the Year" from Cambridge Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary, and Dictionary.com and consider what those words tell us about what's going on culturally. 

Then, they discuss an article arguing that digital platforms are fostering an anti-intellectual Christianity that is more about talking points and winning arguments than the deep work of spiritual formation. Then talk about how we can resist this trend and why it matters. 

They end the episode with another round of Blessed of Stressed! 

Links

"Dictionary.com's 2025 Word of the Year is..."

"Oxford Word of the Year 2025"

"'Parasocial' is Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year 2025"

"Anti-Intellectual Christianity in the Digital Age" from Juicy Ecumenicism