Uncommontary: Recent Episodes
Marty Duren
Andrea Burke joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation about gardening, God, and growth.
Journalist and author Tim Alberta joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation about Christians in an American age of extremism.
Pastor and author Eric Costanzo talks to Uncommontary host Marty Duren about how marginalized Kingdom voices can help the church in America.
Catherine Mansell of Coffee Bean Corral joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation that's all about coffee.
Matthew Heise joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation about persecution of Lutheran Christians in the early days of the Soviet Union.
João Chavez joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation about post-Confederacy Southern Baptist missions in South America.
Veteran "Godbeat" journalist Bob Smietana joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to discuss his observations on religion in America.
Professor Paul D. Miller joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation about the danger of Christian Nationalism.
Historian and author Tracy McKenzie joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation about non-virtuous Americans.
Public Theologian, Dr. Russell Moore, joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to talk about the present and possible future states of American Evangelicalism.
Dr. Lisa Bowens joins host Marty Duren in a conversation ranging from slavery to the Civil Rights Movement as African American preachers engaged Paul.
Journalist and author Tony Messenger joins host Marty Duren for a troubling look at how poverty is criminalized and exploited for municipal gain.
Art historian and professor, Matt Milliner, joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about G.K. Chesterton, Native American art, and the wonder of God.
Attorney Matt Martens joins host Marty Duren on this episode to talk about systemic injustices in the US legal system.
Marina Palenyy, formerly of Donbass, Ukraine, joins host Marty Duren to talk about the ongoing war and Ukrainian resilience in the face of it.
Social internet consultant and author Chris Martin joins host Marty Duren to talk about how to recognize what social media is doing to us.
Attorney and author Jeffrey Haas joins host Marty Duren to discuss Haas' investigation into the assassination of Black Panther Chairman, Fred Hampton.
Pastor and author Isaac Adams joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about how the gospel of Jesus can redeem our conversations about race.
Christian Community Developer Kurt Rietema joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about Kingdom economics based on a Twitter thread.
Pastor Adam Wyatt joins host Marty Duren in a timely conversation about biblical patriotism and Christian Nationalism.
Myles Werntz and David Cramer join host Marty Duren to discuss theories of Christian non-violence.
Award winning author Philip Yancey joins host Marty Duren to talk about his memoir, Where the Light Fell.
Dominique Gilliard joins host Marty Duren in an insightful discussion about the Bible and privilege.
Lauren Turek joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in an exploration of the impact evangelicalism has had on U.S. foreign policy.
David C. Kirkpatrick joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about global evangelicalism and social Christian theology.
Matthew Soerens of World Relief joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about Afghanistan, the refugee vetting process, and how Christians can welcome them.
Pastor/theologian Todd Littleton joins host Marty Duren for an impromptu conversation about Christian Americans attitudes about war.
Heather Thompson Day joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about what to do when you have to wait for your dreams.
Dr. Mark Noll joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about American Evangelicalism, CRT, scandal, and more.
Alan Noble joins host Marty Duren in a freewheeling conversation about human dignity and biblical humanity.
Pastor and author Derwin Gray joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about multiethnic Christianity and multiethnic churches.
Dr. Hal Poe joins host Marty Duren (and guest co-host Aaron Earls) in a conversation covering the middle portion of C.S. Lewis's life, including his conversation to Jesus Christ.
Bob Roberts Jr, pastor, author, and man of peace, joins Marty Duren for a historical and contextual conversation about the recent violence between Hamas and Israel.
Korin Reid, CEO of Ellison Labs, joins host Marty Duren to talk about the capabilities and limitations of artificial intelligence.
Three pastors—Trey Ferguson, Jon Kelly, and James Roberson, from Miami, Chicago, and Brooklyn—join host Marty Duren in a conversation about American evangelicalism.
Robert Fuller of Bradly University joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about American's historical obsession with the Antichrist.
Bible study authors Beth and Melissa Moore join host Marty Duren in a conversation about their recent study on Galatians, and current evangelical challenges.
Jack Jenkins, journalist and national reporter for RNS, joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about religion reporting, media bias, and faith.
Shane Burchfiel, a west Tennessee commercial farmer, joins host Marty Duren in a lively conversation about modern farming.
Historian James P Byrd of Vanderbilt University joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about how the Bible was used to support both North and South in the Civil War.
Anthropologist and aid expert Tim Schwartz joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about good efforts going bad in the world of humanitarian aid.
Public theologian Bruce Ashford joins Marty Duren in a conversation about how to do theology in the public square.
Author Melvin Edwards joins host Marty Duren in a lively conversation about his family's history, genealogies, and messing with Texas.
Matthew Kaemingk joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation about work, worship, and how they are related.
Vanessa Otero, creator of the original Media Bias Chart, joins host Marty Duren to discuss the role of bias in news reporting and how perceptions of Left, Right, and the middle change.
Retired Brigadier General Ty Seidule joins host Marty Duren for a conversation about Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy, and the religion of the Lost Cause.
On this episode of Uncommontary, former missionary and New Testament scholar, Randy Richards, joins host Marty Duren in a fascinating look at how individualism causes some people to misunderstand the Bible.
Social media trends expert Chris Martin joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about the dangers and divisions of social media and the companies that control it.
On this episode of Uncommontary, Brian Kalt, Professor of Law and The Harold Norris Faculty Scholar at Michigan State University, joins host Marty Duren to discuss the application and limitations of the 25th Amendment.
Barnabas Piper joins host Marty Duren to talk about finding the elusive reality that is happiness.
Aaron Griffith joins host Marty Duren to discuss the history of evangelicalism and "law and order" politics.
Author Kristin Kobes Du Mez joins host Marty Duren for a discussion about her provocative and informative book Jesus and John Wayne.
Pastor/author Scott Sauls joins host Marty Duren to discuss how to respond well in a cantankerous age.
Walter Strickland joins host Marty Duren in this conversation about how diversity brings strength in God's kingdom.
Professor Scott Coley joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about systemic injustice and systemic racism.
On this episode of Uncommontary, I talk about some life experiences and how I came to love justice.
Seminarian and writer Kathryn Freeman and author Barnabas Piper join host Marty Duren in a discussion about injustice, riots, and seeking to understand each other.
Author and theologian Aimee Byrd joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about men, women, the Bible, and the Church.
Dr. Kevin Smith joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a broad conversation about being black in America, Ahmaud Arbery, and biblical justice.
Brunswick, Georgia native and Baptist pastor John C. Richards Jr. joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about pursuing justice for Ahmaud Arbery.
Jay Kim joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to challenge churches to embrace analog discipleship in a digital world.
Ethicist Spence Spencer joins host Marty Duren for an enlightening discussion about Christians and Earth Day.
On this episode of Uncommontary, Dr. Katie McCoy joins host Marty Duren to talk about some biblical implications of gender.
John Dyer joins host Marty Duren in a discussion about technology's largely unrealized influence on our spiritual lives.
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Michael Saag joins host Marty Duren to talk about the urgency of acting now to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Judy Dominick joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to talk about the coronavirus threat and how Christians can respond.
Sociologist Andrew Whitehead joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to talk about the influence of Christian Nationalism on the American Right and Left.
Journalist Beth Shelburne joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about the necessity of prison and sentencing reforms.
Matthew Arbo joins host Marty Duren on this episode to discuss how a theological document written to repudiate Nazism remains relevant.
Holocaust historian Robert Ericksen joins host Marty Duren to talk about how German nationalism affected Christian theologians and churches.
Pastor and theologian Thabiti Anyabwile joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation about the importance of Black History Month.
Legendary investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell joins host Marty Duren to discuss his pursuing justice for civil-rights era murder victims.
Cathleen Falsani joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to talk about the reality of ending world hunger in the next ten years.
Historian Jeffrey A. Engel joins host Marty Duren to talk about American presidential impeachments and the potential impeachment of Donald Trump.
Climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about the moral dilemma posed by a changing climate.
Author and Bible teacher Kelly Minter joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to discuss the role of food and meals in relationships and discipleship.
From Tokyo, Dr. Hidetaka Hirota joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to discuss the history of immigration in America.
Noah Toly joins Uncommontary Host Marty Duren to examine what it means for people to engage the environment.
Michael Rhodes joins Marty Duren to discuss how economic discipleship should form Christians' views of possessions and generosity.
On this episode, author K. B. Hoyle joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to talk about fiction and the real world.
Artist Gavin Snider joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation about art on the street.
Columnist Dana McCain joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a discussion about being a Christian write in today's American media context.
Dr. Heath Carter joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren discussing evangelical origins in the American labor movement.
Pawel Sawicki of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to discuss the infamous death camp and the Holocaust.
Julian Zelizer joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation about one of the most significant years in American history: 1968.
Nashville-based recording artist Andy Gullahorn joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to talk the music biz, stories, and deserted islands.
Alan Cross joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren in a conversation about how the Bible informs Christians' thinking on immigration.
What is transhumanism? Author/professor Jacob Shatzer explains it and its possible impact on Christian discipleship.
Yousef AlKhouri, a Palestinian Christian and Bible teacher, joins host Marty Duren to talk about an oft overlooked part of the global church.
Dominique Gilliard joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren for a conversation about justice that restores and reconciles.
Hussein Ibish joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren for a conversation about today's tumultuous Middle East.
Lori Anne Thompson joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about the surviving and healing after sexual trauma.
Kevin Gannon joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to discuss racial issues outside the southern United States.
Michael Wear joins Marty Duren on this episode to discuss the current direction of the Democratic Party on abortion.
Leadership expert Todd Adkins joins host Marty Duren to look at how the speed of change affects personal and organizational effectivness.
Journalist Sarah Smith joins host Marty Duren to discuss her exposé on sexual abuse in the Independent Fundamental Baptist church movement.
Robert Downen of the Houston Chronicle joins host Marty Duren to peel back the layers on the Southern Baptist sexual abuse.
Dr. Bruce Ashford joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to discuss how the news media makes disciples and Evangelicals in the public square.
Brooklyn, NY public defender, Scott Hechinger, joins host Marty Duren for a look into the justice system, the trouble with cash bail, and the poor.
What is "biblical justice"? Pastor/theologian Thabiti Anyabwile joins Marty Duren to discuss this timely, crucial concept.
Raleigh Sadler joins host Marty Duren discussing how vulnerability enables human trafficking and how to combat both.
Kaitlin Curtice, Native American poet and author, joins host Marty Duren to talk about Christian missions vs colonization.
National Review Senior Writer, David French, joins host Marty Duren in a conversation covering Trump-infused conservatism, the challenges of being in the press, and what happens when a family member is threatened over online commentary.
On this episode of Uncommontary, English professor Karen Swallow Prior talks about the importance of reading books.
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