The Ride Home with John and Kathy: Recent Episodes
John & Kathy
Join John and Kathy for their daily mix of conversation, news, and laughs -- all through the lens of faith.
Today's Guests:
Chris Martin - Author (Guest co-host)
Byron Borger: Owner of Hearts and Minds Bookstore
Jerry Bergman: Award winning professor and author
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Owner of Hearts and Minds Bookstore in Dallastown, PA
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Author, journalist, and senior editor at The Gospel Coalition
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Today's Guests:
Richard Mouw - Professor of Faith and Public Life, past President at Fuller Theological Seminary, and author
Lauren Lintner - "What to Watch"
Paul McNulty - Previously an attorney in public service/private practice, Deputy of Attorney General, and President at Grove City College
Dean Weaver - Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and co-founder/former president of EduNations ("Week in Review" special guest)
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Senior scholar, author, and founder of Reasons to Believe
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Today's Guests:
Scott Wilder - "Making Sense of the News"
Sy Garte - Biochemist, professor, and author
Joe Klimchak - PNC Park In-Game Host
Jeff Bilbro - Professor, editor-in-chief, and author
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The daughter of two Holocaust survivors
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Today's Guests:
Chris Martin - Author
Dean Weaver - Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and co-founder/former president of EduNations
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Contemporary Christian Music Artist
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Today's Guests:
Dr. Karen Swallow Prior - Author and co-editor
Alan Noble - Associate Professor of English, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Christ and Pop Culture, advisor for the (&)Campaign, and author
Dr. Derek Schuurman - Professor of Computer Science and author/co-author
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Associate Professor of English, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Christ and Pop Culture, advisor for the (&)Campaign, and author
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Today's Guests:
Chris Martin - Guest co-host
Kathy Keller - Works for Gospel in Life and is the Editor of the Quarterly Life in the Gospel
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Today's Guests:
Kurk Bjorklund - Lead Pastor at Orchard Hill Church
Dr. Hugh Ross - Astrophysicist and Author
Chris Martin - Author (Week In Review Special Guest)
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Today's Guests:
Scott Wilder - News of the Day
Amy Peeler - Professor of New testament, Associate Rector, and Author
Bruce Antkowiak - Professor of Law and Attorney
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Today's Guests:
Debbie Leuchter Stueber - Daughter of two Holocaust survivors
Dr. Curt Thompson - Psychiatrist and Author
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Today's Guests:
Angel Perez - Addiction Counselor - Focus on the Family
Dr. Hugh Ross - Founder of Reasons to Believe
Amy Grant - Contemporary Christian Music Artist
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Today's Guests:
Rich Engler - Local Concert Promoter
Rev. Martin Blocki - Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Pastor Terry Timm - Christ Community Church of the South Hills
Anne Kennedy - Author & Blogger
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Anger in America … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood
GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contempla tions on a Distilled Doxology,” and the most recent, “Beyond Evolution: How New Discoveries in the Science of Life point to God”
Exodus: 3 myths … GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes … Assoc professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters” and the most recent, “Becoming God's Family: Why the Church Still Matters”
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Engaging our Imagination: Getting Unstuck … GUEST Dorothy Littel Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... author of “For the Love of Women: Uprooting and healing Misogyny in America,” "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
Christian Courage Is More Than Suffering Bravely: An excerpt from “The Pursuit of Character: Recovering the Virtues” … GUEST Matthew Arbo … ethicist and policy adviser in Washington DC.
Is it is good to practice "silence" in prayer?… GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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GUEST Matthew Lee Anderson … coming to Pgh: Trinity Seminary June 10.
Summer Reading … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as ass't dir of communications for Redeemer Presby Church in NYC ... author of "Jesus,Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment w the Wisdom of God” … new book based on Tim’s sermons is “What Is Wrong with the World?: The Surprising, Hopeful Answer to the Question We Cannot Avoid”
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The Pope's Encyclical on AI … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof at the Catholic Univ of America in the nation’s capitol … Charlie taught at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine and in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY.
Summer movies and new streaming… GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com (she’s from Kansas City) … author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”
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Faith, Freedom and Family: A Timely Call to Action -- In an era marked by deep political polarization and societal fragmentation, a compelling new voice emerges, urging a return to foundational values … GUEST Timothy Goeglein … former 8-year Special Assistant to President G W Bush and VP of Govt and External Relations at Focus on the Family … author of “What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family”
On Discipleship ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … The Kenneth T Wessner Chair in Biblical Studies and Prof of New Testament at Wheaton College … also Assoc Rector at St Mark’s Epis Church, Geneva, IL … author of “Women and the Gender of God”
Ethical issues criminal defense attorneys face: how you and Kathy would handle them.… GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … Senior Counsel to the College & Archabbey, Past Chair of the Criminology Dept and Professor of Law at Saint Vincent College.
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Scripture calls us to rest but why? And is there a difference between recreation and leisure? … GUEST Josh Brown … Lead Pastor, Bellefield Presbyterian Church.
The Pope and AI… GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
4 Ways to Grow Yourself This Summer … … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Former Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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A thumbnail sketch of Pope Leo’s Magnificent Humanity,… GUEST Myles Werntz … Director of Baptist Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, Abilene Christian Univ … his substack is Taking off and Landing: explorations of the Moral Life.
Was Humanity Meant to Discover the Cosmos? …... GUEST Astro- physicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communi- cates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet” … his latest is “Noah's Flood Revisited: New Depths of Insight from Science and Scripture”
Conspiracy Theories Acc to the Gospel: why ideas like flat earth, no moon landing and who is in the Epstein files proliferate when we drift away from the biblical vision for humanity … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … St Thomas Anglican, Church, Gibsonia.
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Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark: Mysticism, Art and the Path of Unknowing … GUEST Guest: Dr James KA Smith … professor of philosophy at Calvin Univ … author of “How (not) to be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor,” “You are what you Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit,” and “On the Road w St Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts”
Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in-chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” … also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”
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Gardening in a cool spring (Time to plant but there’s no hurry … + … grow disease free tomatoes and an interesting horizontal planting technique … + … Tips for planting containers … + … seed the lawn … + … Growing herbs with Kathy … + … free plant swap and tomato/ pepper plant giveaway @ Soergels.… GUEST Doug Oster … Editor, Gardening with Doug.
On Patriotism & Memorial Day … GUEST Daniel Darling … author of several books, including ”Th Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle (newest book)” … writes at ‘One Little Word’ on substack
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The voice of condemnation and the voice of conviction … GUEST Kurt Bjorklund … Lead pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
Just War debates reveal our Moral Poverty … GUEST Myles Werntz … Director of Baptist Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, Abilene Christian Univ … his substack is Taking off and Landing: explorations of the Moral Life.
The Importance of the Christian Family … GUEST Dr Josh Howard … joins us from New Covenant Presby- Church in Monroeville ... visiting lecturer at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
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Life in major league baseball ... GUEST Michael McHenry ... former catcher of the Pgh Pirates and current studio analyst on the team's pre- and postgame shows.
We are a resurrection people: Darkness, despair, death do not have the final word.… GUEST Keith Kondrich … permanent Deacon for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pgh, formerly an Allegheny County Jail chaplain for The Foundation of HOPE, a local faith-based nonprofit helping men and women successfully re-enter their communities and reconnect with their families after being incarcerated.
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Feasting on Hope (How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness) … GUEST Hannah Miller King … priest & writer in the Anglican Church in North America … Associate Rector at The Vine Anglican Church in Western NC … Her writing has appeared in CT, The Living Church, and other outlets.
The mortification of sin - John Owen’s book… GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as ass't dir of communications for Redeemer Presby Church in NYC ... author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment w the Wisdom of God” … new book based on Tim’s sermons is “What Is Wrong with the World?: The Surprising, Hopeful Answer to the Question We Cannot Avoid”
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The Christian DNA of suspected White House Correspondents’ dinner gunman and Why Hillsdale? The Christian liberal arts school hosting Erika Kirk for commencement… GUEST Kathryn Post … Pittsburgh-based reporter for RNS covering topics such as Gen Z spirituality, pop culture and abuse in religious contexts … her writing has appeared in the WashPost, Sojourners, the Christian Century, Broadview Magazine and more.
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius - The spiritual exercises 101. Who was Ignatius? What happened? What are the exercises? Foundation and Principles? Disordered? What happens? What’s a desired outcome? Kathy Yarzebinski … spiritual director, Pneuma Center.
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Slothfulness … Searching for the perfect Lamb … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
All life shows purpose, agency & cognition (even bacteria) … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the most recent, “Beyond Evolution: How New Discoveries in the Science of Life point to God”
Hope for troubled hearts: Reflections from John 14 … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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Mother’s Day: what could the Church do to provide tangible support to moms? Also, the US has one of the highest maternal mortality rates of any top income producing country: what does that point to? … GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
Let the Lord handle it … GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” … and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead” … his substack is chrismartinfyi … Chris lives outside Nashville w his family
Ascension Day (coming up May 14) … GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
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The danger of “Magical Prayers:” Rethinking our prayer life … + …also I just finished editing a book entitled, “The Heart of Civility: Restoring Kindness and Respect into an Age of Outrage”… GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Prof of Communication at Biola Univ & Sr Director of the Winsome Conviction Project ... author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” (winner of the Award of Merit in CT’s Best Books of 2022) … and “Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post- Christian World," (CT Book of the Year in the category of evangelism/apologetics, 2019)
PA’s 2026 Birding Cup … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co- boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person.
The latest Comey indictment and DOJ independence… GUEST Paul J McNulty ... spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Paul McNulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees … he’s also just finished his tenure as the 9th president of Grove City College
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The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity… GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman … professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center … His most recent book is “Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity”
GUEST Amy Julia Becker … helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture at amyjuliabecker.com …author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” … guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast.
Welcome Back, Church Plantings… GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra … senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
Edith Stein — A Sure Way: Following Truth in a World on Fire (new book) … GUEST Carolyn Beard.
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The NFL Draft: Jim is at the Steelers’ offices… GUEST Jim Wexell … is in his 30th season covering the Pgh Steelers and has spent more than 40 yrs covering Pgh sports (since graduating from Pitt in 1983) … his latest book is “Pittsburgh Steelers: An Illustrated Timeline” … other works include “Polamalu,” “On the Clock,” and “Steeler Nation,” and has covered the team in 4 SuperBowls www.steelcityinsider.com
Sin: approaching it as a believer … GUEST Kurt Bjorklund … Lead pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
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Festival of Faith & Writing: biennial festival at Calvin Univ (Gr Rapids, MI) … GUEST Dr Nadya Williams … Books Editor at Mere Orthodoxy, Interim Director of the MFA in Creative Writing at Ashland University … author of 3 books, incl “Christians Reading Classics”
The Pittsburgh Christian Prom … GUEST Lemuel Wilson.
The President v the Pope… GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof at the Catholic Univ of America in the nation’s capitol … Charlie taught at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine and in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY.
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NFL draft and trafficking ... GUEST Joe Sweeney, founder and CEO of The Asservo Project ... Joe is a former SWAT operator, Bomb Squad Commander, & US govt Explosive Security Specialist ... also: The mission of The Asservo Project is to combat global human trafficking and sexual predators, support the recovery of victims, and aid in the imprisonment of perpetrators.
Living overseas and returning Home … GUEST Myles Werntz … Director of Baptist Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, Abilene Christian Univ … his substack is Taking off and Landing: explorations of the Moral Life.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Iran war … + … House GOP blocks surveillance act … + … Trump to attend WH Correspondent’s Dinner Sat for 1st time ever)… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Celebrating God our Founder at America’s 250th Birthday (new book) & Natl Day of Prayer at Christ Church at Gr Farm (May 7, 6:30pm … GUEST Cynthia Scott … has led prayer initiatives across Pgh and beyond and has written numerous prayer guides.
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Beth Moore on life after the SBC: and why she never could quit Jesus … GUEST Bob Smietana … national reporter for RNS based near Chicago, covering evangelicals, weird religion and the changing religious landscape … author of “Reorganized Religion: The Reshaping of the American Church and Why It Matters”
The Quiet Absurdity of Modern Day Baby Showers … Katie Noble … author of the new book, “Motherhood and the Good Life: Building a Gospel Narrative for Early Motherhood in the Modern Age”
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Between Hurry and Heaven: Recovering Purpose and Presence in a Distracted Age … GUEST A. Trevor Sutton is a pastor, professor, speaker, and author of “Redeeming Technology: A Christian Approach to Healthy Digital Habits”
The resurrection of Christ as the Beginning of the End of this world …. GUEST Rev Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rocks.
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Why don’t people say what’s really going on inside them, but often they speak about symptoms instead and a documentary I have co- created about black evangelicals … GUEST Dr. Vincent Bacote … internationally recognized scholar, speaker, and author, as well as Professor of Theology and Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College.
Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity … GUEST Matthew Avery Sutton … Distinguished Prof and Dept chair in History at Washington State Univ … author of several books on the history of American Christianity, incl “Double Crossed,” and “American Apocalypse” … he lives in Pullman WA.
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Sin: approaching it as a believer … GUEST Kurt Bjorklund … Lead pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
The Faith Community in Pgh … GUEST Rev Liddy Barlow … Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest PA.
Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith … GUEST Ericka Andersen … freelance writer, podcast host and owner of Pitch and Publish Writing Company … author of "Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church & the Church Needs Women" and "Leaving Cloud 9: The True Story of a Life Resurrected From the Ashes of Poverty, Trauma and Mental Illness” … she’s a weekly columnist at WORLD Magazine and a freelance reporter for Christianity Today.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
When the Journey Hurts: Finding Healing in Suffering for Heart, Mind and Soul (new book) … GUEST Dr Kelly Kapic … Professor of Theological Studies at Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA.
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Sitting around the Table: A family practice … GUEST Amy Julia Becker … helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture at amyjuliabecker.com author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” … guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast.
Right Now in your Garden: too early for tender crops … + … get the garden in shape now for May planting … planting things now … + … What to do about wild violets … + … Time to start working on the lawn … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor, Gardening with Doug.
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Edith Stein — A Sure Way: Following Truth in a World on Fire (new book) … GUEST Carolyn Beard.
Artemis II… GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person.
The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity… GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman … professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center … His most recent book is “Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity”
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Supreme Court rescinds Colorado’s ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban in 8-1 Decision … GUEST: Jeff Johnston … culture and policy analyst for Focus on the Family and a staff writer for the Daily Citizen.
The levels of honest response to “How are you?”… GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award- winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies,” and her newest “Start with a Word: On the Craft and Adventure of Writing”
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Welcome Back, Church Plantings… GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra … senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
Truth Rising, Speaking topic at the Friends of the Family Banquet … GUEST John Stonestreet … author and speaker, and President of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview and host of BreakPoint, a nationally syndicated Christian worldview radio program founded by Chuck Colson … his work focuses on faith, culture, theology, worldview, education, and apologetics and has co-authored books such as "A Practical Guide to Culture"
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I Am Barrabbas: At the heart of Easter is the story of the innocent dying for the guilty… GUEST Daniel Darling … author of several books, including ”The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle (newest book)” … writes at ‘One Little Word’ on substack.
Searching for the perfect Lamb … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Iran in a Lyft … GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes … Assoc professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author of “Becoming God’s Family: why the Church still Matters,” (new book) and “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters” .… GUEST Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”
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“Immersive Attention:” Learning to fix a sustained gaze on Jesus during Holy Week … GUEST Josh Brown … Lead Pastor, Bellefield Presbyterian Church.
Suffering: Teacher of wisdom … GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
Pascha: coming up the week after Easter (worshipping from midnight to 2:30 or 3am then feasting till dawn. Every Christian should do Pascha at least once in their life) … GUEST Frederica Mathewes- Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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Noah’s flood: fact or fiction? ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”
Are we losing our ability to Mourn? How secularism erodes the Church’s observing of the death & resurrection of Christ … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
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Considering Sparrows: What Birds teach us about Who we Are, Where we’re Going, and the Joy of Following Jesus ... GUEST Kevin Burrell ... is a pastor and an orni-theologist — a word penned by the theologian & birder John Stott … Kevin is convinced that every one of us should make an effort to attend toward some aspect of God's creation; and he has chosen birds … he lives in NC.
Time and eternity and "it is finished" … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God” … new book based on Tim’s sermons is coming out, “What Is Wrong with the World?: The Surprising, Hopeful Answer to the Question We Cannot Avoid.
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Time and eternity and "it is finished" … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God” … new book based on Tim’s sermons is coming out, “What Is Wrong with the World?: The Surprising, Hopeful Answer to the Question We Cannot Avoid”
Meta and YouTube must pay millions in damages to a 20-year-old woman after a jury decided the social media giant and video streamer designed their platforms to hook young users without concern for their well being. … GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at St Vincent College.
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Getting started w your Spring garden (St. Paddy’s day pea planting with the grand kids … + … planting outdoors now, dangers of starting too early … + … indoor seed starting … + … planning now for fall planting? … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor, Gardening with Doug.
Considering Sparrows: What Birds teach us about Who we Are, Where we’re Going, and the Joy of Following Jesus (new book) ... GUEST Kevin Burrell ... is a pastor and an orni-theologist — a word penned by the theologian & birder John Stott … Kevin is convinced that every one of us should make an effort to attend toward some aspect of God's creation; and he has chosen birds … he lives in NC.
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4:10 PM - This week in the Nation’s Capital (Iran … + … ICE officers deployed to airports … + … Trump celebrates Robert Mueller’s death … + … SCOTUS hears mail-in ballots case) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
5:10 PM - Death has a Jesus problem … GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”.
5:35 PM - Tips for relational spring cleaning … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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3 Reformed institutions eject leader Stephen Nichols, as turmoil from church spreads … GUEST Daniel Silliman … senior reporter/editor at The Roys Report … Dan began his two decades in journalism covering crime in Atlanta and has since led major investigations into abuse and misconduct in Christian contexts.
Anthropic fight w the Pentagon amid Iran war put Ethics of AI warfare in focus … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof at the Catholic University of America in the nation’s capitol … author of 7 books, incl “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY … He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016.
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Pneuma Spiritual Direction and Leadership Program … GUEST Kathy Yarzebinski … spiritual director, Pneuma Center.
Thru the Bible is a fiveyear journey through the entire Bible, featuring the verse-by-verse teaching of Dr J Vernon McGee (next month, the cycle begins again as the program returns to Genesis & reairs Dr. McGee’s teaching from the very beginning) … GUEST Host Steve Schwetz.
Feasting on Hope (How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness) … GUEST Hannah Miller King … priest & writer in the Anglican Church in North America … Associate Rector at The Vine Anglican Church
in Western NC … Her writing has appeared in Christianity Today, The Living Church, and other outlets … She lives w her husband and 3 children.
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Agriculture: Called to Relationship … GUEST Steve Montgomery … Along w his wife & 4 kids, Steve started Lamppost Farm in Columbiana OH w a mission to use agriculture to reach/teach others … they practice regenerative agriculture and invite people to find out where their food comes … In 2025, he started a company called Fireberry to plant farms as a means of providing the highest quality food to members of communities.
The Oscars are Sunday … GUEST Abby Olcese (ol-CHESS-ee)… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com (she’s from Kansas City) … author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”
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Influence … GUEST Bruce Herman … painter, writer, and speaker … His art has been exhibited internationally and is in public and private collections worldwide … He taught studio art for nearly four decades at Gordon College, where he held the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts … author of “Makers By Nature: Letters from a Master Painter on Faith, Hope, and Art”.
Spiritual Practices …
GUEST Amy Frykholm … her novel High Hawk has been long-listed for the PEN Hemingway Award (her 1st novel) … she also has a little book out on creative/spiritual contemplative practices called “Journey to the Wild Heart” … she’s working on a 2nd novel and translation of Julian of Norwich's “A Revelation of Love,” and on an audio book of “Wild Woman: A Footnote, the Desert, & My Quest for an Elusive Saint Runaway”.
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This week in the Nation’s Capital (Iran … + … oil/gas prices … + … shutdown TSA delays … + … all this great news) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Normative vs. Regulative Principles of Worship … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund … lead pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
War: Just and Unjust… GUEST Robert Royal … author of “The Martyrs of the New Millennium: The Global Persecution of Christians in the Twenty-First Century.”
Being an Influencer … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... Professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
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Being human in an age of AI & biotechnology … GUEST Biochemist Dr “Fuz” Rana … president, CEO, and senior scholar at Reasons to Believe (RTB), an organization that exists to open people to the gospel by revealing God in science… His books include “Humans 2.0,” “Fit for a Purpose,” and “Dinosaur Blood and the Age of the Earth”
Remember the Poor: Cultivating a Heart of Generosity (new book) … GUEST Pete Smith … pastor, Covenant Fellowship Reformed Presbyterian Church.
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Blessed are the peacemakers… GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
On Church Shopping … GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes … Assoc professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters” and the most recent, “Becoming God's Family: Why the Church Still Matters”
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Epstein, Epstein, Epstein .… GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
Beware the current events man... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” … and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead” … his substack is chrismartinfyi … Chris lives outside Nashville w his family.
In the world but not of the world … GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
Feast Day Mar 26 remembers The Angel Gabriel coming to the Virgin Mary: “Let it be to me according to your word” … GUEST Frederica Mathewes- Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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Where Gen Z Is Finding Jesus … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra … senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
Ambassador Football … GUEST Matt Major … Area Director, Pittsburgh’s Ambassador Football
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This week in the nation’s capital (US attacks Iran) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
GUEST Banafsheh Zand … veteran journalist with longstanding ties to Iran… Substack is Iran So Far Away.
GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God” … new book based on Tim’s sermons is coming out, “What Is Wrong with the World?: The Surprising, Hopeful Answer to the Question We Cannot Avoid”
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2 American Universities talk over the Hard Questions … GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Prof of Communication at Biola Univ & Sr Director of the Winsome Conviction Project ... author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” (winner of the Award of Merit in CT’s Best Books of 2022) … and “Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World".
GUEST Mischa Willett … author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches at Arizona Christian University.... Follow his work at mischawillett.com
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What Kind Of Christian Are You? (Patheos) … GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson … Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ … author of over 20 books incl “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”.
How Trump raced past the Supreme Ct (WashPo)** … GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at St Vincent College.
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Deut 29:29: things we can say about God with confidence and also when we have to say “I don’t know” … GUEST Rev Josh Brown … Lead pastor, Bellefield Presbyterian Church.
The first Sunday of Lent: Eve, Adam, Satan and Jesus … He Died For Our Sins… GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
Fear modulation … GUEST Dr Curt Thompson … psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community"
The “Dating Recession” among young adults… … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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Tonight’s State of the Union address … GUES Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Hobby Tunneling … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co- boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person.
GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
EU Parliament Says Men Are Women And Anyone Can Get Pregnant … GUEST Glenn Stanton … Director, Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family.
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Friday’s Supreme Ct Tariff ruling … GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at St Vincent College.
Fear & Anxiety … GUEST Matthew Everhard … pastor of Gospel Fellowship PCA in Valencia, PA and an Adjunct Professor, Reformed Pgh Theological Seminary.
In the Wilderness with Jesus: Reflections on Matthew 4 … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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The Lenten rite of Forgiveness … GUEST Frederica Mathewes- Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
Christian Nationalism … GUEST Daniel Darling … author of several books, including ”The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle (newest book)” … writes at ‘One Little Word’ on substack.
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Nervous Systems: Spiritual practices to calm Anxiety in your Body, the Church, and Politics (new book) … GUEST Sara Billups … writer and cultural commentator w bylines in NYT, and CT … writes “Bitter Scroll” on substack and cohosts the podcast That’s the Spirit … she lives in Seattle w her family.
Ash Wednesday … GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies”
Ash Wednesday … GUEST DJ (Dan) Marotta … priest and the founder of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA and author of the new book “Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era and Place” and “Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age”
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A Movie About America Broke My Heart (NYT) … GUEST David French … Opinion columnist for the NYT where he writes about law, culture, religion and armed conflict … author of “Divided we Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore our Nation” … David a Harvard Law grad and a veteran of the war in Iraq.
Come Away and Rest: A Guide to Personal Spiritual Retreats … GUEST Alyson Pryor … trained marriage & family therapist and a certified spiritual director … currently serves as a staff spiritual director and adjunct faculty member at Biola Univ.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Mini-govt shutdown affecting only DHS … + … Rubio tries to reassure worried western allies … + … Obama says aliens have not made contact with Earth) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Nervous Systems: Spiritual practices to calm Anxiety in your Body, the Church, and Politics (new book) … GUEST Sara Billups … writer and cultural commentator w bylines in NYT, and CT … writes “Bitter Scroll” on substack and cohosts the podcast That’s the Spirit … she lives in Seattle w her family.
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Inside the NYC Date Night for AI Lovers: EVA AI created a pop-up romantic date night at a Manhattan wine bar to help in making AI-human relationships a “new normal”… GUEST Drew Dyck … acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers … author of “Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)” & “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church… & how to Bring Them Back”.
Great Rom-Coms for Valentine’s Day … GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com (she’s from Kansas City) … author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”
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As Springfield's 15,000 Haitians brace for deportations, local churches train to resist ICE … GUEST Kathryn Post … Pittsburgh-based reporter for RNS covering topics such as Gen Z spirituality, pop culture and abuse in religious contexts (Before joining RNS, she earned a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale, interned at RNS in 2020 and has degrees in writing/ political science from Calvin Univ … her writing has appeared in the WashPost, Sojourners, the Christian Century)
Knowing and Being Known: Hope for All Our Intimate Relationships (Jubilee) … GUEST Rev. Erin Moniz (DMin, Trinity School for Ministry) … deacon in the Anglican Church in North America and associate chaplain and director for chapel at Baylor Univ … she is a trained conciliator, mediator, and conflict coach … she enjoys content creation, playing music, being outdoors, and narrating the inner monologue of her two cats.
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Brentwood man remains in ICE custody after hospital stay, 1st hearing … GUEST Megan Swift … reporter, Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
Abortion and America's Churches … GUEST Daniel Williams.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Fallout from Trump’s social media post about the Obamas … + … Trump v Bad Bunny and Puerto Rico … + … Trump v US olympians … + … another shutdown this Fri? … GUEST Greg Clugston.
From Creation Care to Creation Justice (Jubilee guest) … GUEST Derrick Weston … Director of Theological Education and Formation at Creation Justice Ministries, focusing on the intersection of faith and food justice. He is also a writer, podcaster, and the co-author of the book "The Just Kitchen."
AI Romance is Perverse … GUEST A. Trevor Sutton is a pastor, professor, speaker, and author of Redeeming Technology: A Christian Approach to Healthy Digital Habits.
Biblical Justice(Jubilee Guest) … GUEST Dr. Vincent Bacote … internationally recognized scholar, speaker, and author, as well as Professor of Theology and Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College.
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Christianity at the Super Bowl defies a Trend (WashPo) … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... Professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
”The Rest of Christ:” Matthew 11:28-30… GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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This post is a surprise And if you read it, you'll learn to surprise those whom you love … GUEST Bruce Barron … has had a varied career that included investigating the charismatic movement, dominion theology, political campaigning and public policy … he was a communications aide for the World Evangelical Alliancee and exec editor of their theological journal .. now he directs editorial services for the Society of Christian Scholars and writes regularly at his substack.
GUEST Terry Wirginis, the third- generation owner and President & Owner of the Gateway Clipper Fleet.
A new way to see evidence for God's existence. … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the most recent, “Beyond Evolution: How New Discoveries in the Science of Life point to God”.
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Epstein Files and its adjacent to misogyny.… GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/ retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
Life’s coming at us Fast: how to avoid discouragement, disengagement and anger … GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
Perpetua and Felicity: two North African martyrs from AD 203 … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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How to Fight for Life When Abortions Are Invisible... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
Life is Beautiful: God created nature, culture, human beings & relationships to be beautiful (Jubilee guest) … GUEST Drew Hyun … Founder and Lead Pastor of Hope Church NYC, a diverse church with three locations in NYC … author of “Beautiful, Disappointing, Hopeful: How Gratitude, Grief and Grace reflect the Christian Story”
The Good Place Institute & the theology of work (Jubilee guest) … GUEST Chris Young … President of The Good Place Institute
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Partial Gov’t Shutdown after Trump and Senate Dems strike deal on ICE … + … Iran military action? … + … Trump to close Kennedy Center for 2-year renovations … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
How to Be Indebted to Friends ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in-chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” … also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”
The Meaning of Marriage: self-centered-ness in the way … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co- author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God” … new book based on Tim’s sermons is coming out, “What Is Wrong with the World?: The Surprising, Hopeful Answer to the Question We Cannot Avoid”.
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Safety: how to navigate a dangerous world … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
Ordinary Time: The Season of Growth (new book) … GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God”
Protest: what’s lawful and what isn’t lawful from ICE (or the police) and the protestors (or professional agitators)… GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at St Vincent College.
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This week’s snowstorm and Proverbs 16:9: “The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps” … GUEST Rev Josh Brown … lead pastor, Bellefield Church in the Oakland district of Pgh … Bellefield.org
He Died For Our Sins… GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
9 functions of the middle prefrontal cortex: the part of the brain that, at the end of the day, make us uniquely human … GUEST Dr Curt Thompson … psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community"
Tips for dating online in 2026 … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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Agriculture: Called to Relationship" … GUEST Steve Montgomery … Along w his wife & 4 kids, Steve started Lamppost Farm in Columbiana OH w a mission to use agriculture to reach/ teach others … they practice regenerative agriculture and invite people to find out where their food comes … In 2025, he started a company called Fireberry to plant farms as a means of providing the highest quality food to members of communities.
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Agriculture: Called to Relationship" … GUEST Steve Montgomery … Along w his wife & 4 kids, Steve started Lamppost Farm in Columbiana OH w a mission to use agriculture to reach/ teach others … they practice regenerative agriculture and invite people to find out where their food comes … In 2025, he started a company called Fireberry to plant farms as a means of providing the highest quality food to members of communities.
The Oscars noms are out… GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com… author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”.
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GUEST Robert Royal ... author of "The Martyrs of the New Millennium: The Global Persecution of Christians in the Twenty-First Century."
The Future Is Human: And Our Art Should Reflect It ... GUEST Ryan Peter ... writer, ghostwriter, writing coach, Indie author & journalist ... ryanpeterwrites.com.
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Where did the Apostles preach the gospel after Pentecost? Did they really go into "all the world"? And what happened after they died? Do we know anything about the 1st few centuries of the church? … GUEST Fr Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rocks.
Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith … GUEST Ericka Andersen … freelance writer, podcast host and owner of Pitch and Publish Writing Company … author of "Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church & the Church Needs Women" and "Leaving Cloud 9: The True Story of a Life Resurrected From the Ashes of Poverty, Trauma and Mental Illness” … she’s a weekly columnist at WORLD Magazine and a freelance reporter for Christianity Today.
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Profanity in public life: 3 reasons it’s become normative … GUEST Paul J McNulty ... spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Paul McNulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees … he’s also just finished his tenure as the 9th president of Grove City College.
From two midwives in Egypt to Martin Luther King… GUEST Jeff Jacoby … Op-Ed Columnist and Assoc Editor, The Boston Globe.
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MLK Day ... GUEST Eddie Jones … co-founder of Wilkinsburg's "Eternal City" Church.
On fasting … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
Reading Black Books: How African American Literature can make our Faith more Whole & Just… GUEST Claude Atcho … is pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesville, VA ... he’s taught AfrAmer lit at the college level and is a regular writer & podcast contributor for “Think Christian” … he’s also written for Christ & Pop Culture, the Gospel Coalition and “The Witness: A Black Christian Collective”.
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Getting your kids into Scripture … GUEST Drew Dyck … acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers … author of “Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)” & “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church… & how to Bring Them Back”
If Jesus Wasn't Enough for Philip Yancey, Is He Enough for Me? ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in- chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” … also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Minnesota/ICE … + … Venezuela, Greenland … + … DOJ opens criminal probe into Fed Chair Powell … + … Iran protests … + … Impeachment references removed from Trump exhibit at Smithsonian) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Tonight’s playoff game at Acrisure v the Texans… GUEST Jim Wexell … is in his 30th season covering the Pgh Steelers and has spent more than 40 yrs covering Pgh sports (since graduating from Pitt in 1983) … his latest book is “Pittsburgh Steelers: An Illustrated Timeline” … other works include “Polamalu,” “On the Clock,” and “Steeler Nation,” and has covered the team in 4 SuperBowls www.steelcityinsider.com.
The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our Future and Shape Our World … GUEST Joel Miller … former publishing executive with a twenty five year career in writing and editorial … chief content officer of Full Focus … His substack is Miller’s Book Review.
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Winter sowing: planting seeds in container with lids made from milk/ water jugs, clamshell containers … preparing the garden for spring, adding compost and mulch … + … Planning for the season by ordering seeds … tomato seeds bred by a late WVU professor when he was 100 years old … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor, Gardening with Doug.
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Have you been captured by a cause?… GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Becoming Part of God’s Family.… GUEST Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”
Taking Religion Seriously (new book) … GUEST Charles Murray … is a policy analyst educated at Harvard and MIT, who has, over his long and distinguished career, been a best-selling author and social scientist … Among his many books are “The Bell Curve, “Human Accomplishment,” and “Coming Apart” … he is currently the Hayek Emeritus Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
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For the Love of Women … GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
AI generated content becoming much more difficult to detect. Will be a big theme of 2026 I think.... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” … and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead” … his substack is chrismartinfyi … Chris lives outside Nashville w his family.
The tangled legal web of
U.S. v Maduro.… GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak… law professor at St Vincent College.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent.
Meet the Gen Z Pastor… GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra … senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
Venezuela … GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Associate Prof and Chair, Department of Political Science and Assistant Director, Center for Faith & Flourishing, John Brown University.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (-Military targets Venezuela / oil tankers … + … Trump puts name on DC’s Kennedy Center … + … Congress leaves town without extending healthcare subsidies … + … Trump to ramp up domestic travel & economic speeches in 2026) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent.
Why the Creator Entered His Creation at Christmas ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
ChatGPT & the Savior of the World (substack) … GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”.
Come Home for Christmas … GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … The Kenneth T Wessner Chair in Biblical Studies and Prof of New Testament at Wheaton College … also Assoc Rector at St Mark’s Epis Church, Geneva, IL … author of “Women and the Gender of God”
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Loose connections … GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Prof of Communication at Biola Univ ... author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list … Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was CT Book of the Year in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019.
Christmas and New Babies… GUEST Mischa Willett … author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches at Arizona Christian University.... Follow his work at mischawillett.com
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The Vanishing Church: How the hollowing out of moderate congregations is hurting democracy, faith, & Us (new book soon to be released)… GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … Prof of Practice at Washington Univ in St Louis at the John C Danforth Center on Religion & Politics … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America,””The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going,” and co-author of “The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?”… His newest book is “The American Religious Landscape: Facts, Trends & the Future” … substack: Graphs About Religion and he tweets at @ryanburge.
Gov of NY signs assisted suicide bill … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof at the Catholic Univ of America in the nation’s capitol … Charlie taught at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine and in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY.
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4:10 PM - Nativity scenes by governments, Establishment clause stuff .… GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at St Vincent College.
4:35 PM - The joy I didn’t expect on a Saturday morning … GUEST Amy Julia Becker … helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture at amyjuliabecker.com …author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” … guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast.
5:10 PM - The Gospel acc to Scrooge … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
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4:10 PM - Christmas on the screen … GUEST Abby Olcese (ol-CHESS-ee)… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com (she’s from Kansas City) … author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”
5:10 PM - Focus on the Family Year End Giving … GUEST John Fuller … cohost of the Focus on the Family broadcast heard by million around the country … also heard on Focus on the Family Minute, Focus on the Family Marriage podcast and Focus parenting podcast … author of “First-time Dad: the stuff you Really need to Know”
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Amid Holiday Busyness, Remember How God Worked This Year … GUEST Jared Kennedy … managing editor for books and curriculum for The Gospel Coalition … also series editor for TGC’s Hard Questions series and author of books like “The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible” and “The Story of Martin Luther”
Skillet Christmas single gets controversy-driven Billboard boost … GUEST Kathryn Post … Pittsburgh-based reporter for RNS covering topics such as Gen Z spirituality, pop culture and abuse in religious contexts … her writing has appeared in the WashPost, Sojourners, the Christian Century, Broadview Magazine and more.
Conquering the Lion in the Streets: Getting the victory over excuses that keep us from our God-given Potential (new book) … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
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Goodbye “Big Eva,” Hello “Gig Eva” (from First Things) … GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman … professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center … His most recent book is “Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity.
The first week of the spiritual exercises: God loves me … GUEST Marina Berzins McCoy … professor at Boston College, where she teaches philosophy and in the BC PULSE service-learning program … author of “The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness.
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The Church in Ukraine: one pastor’s perspective… GUEST Pastor Zhenya.
M Egypt’s redemption and Ours… GUEST Myles Werntz … Director of Baptist Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, Abilene Christian Univ … his substack is Taking off and Landing: explorations of the Moral Life.
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A Christmas Message for Those Sore Afraid: the intimidating Santa in my kdg classroom whispered an important part of the Christmas message: 'Do not be afraid.'… GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... Professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
Singing Christmas Songs During Advent is Bad for Our Spiritual Health … GIEST David O Taylor … theologian, author, speaker, priest, & Assoc Prof of Theology & Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary … author of “Prayers for the Pilgrimage: A Book of Collects for All of Life,” “Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life ,” and the upcoming “To Set the World Aflame: How Artists Bear Witness to the Fullness of God's Creation”
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Practical Engineering: Hurricane v Tiny House … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person.
The Family of Abraham: Ch 1 of Becoming God’s Family: Why the Church still matters (new book)… GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes … Assoc professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”
How to drive and survive in Pgh this Winter … GUEST Yasmeen Manyisha … Penn Dot Safety Press Officer, District 11.
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For the Love of Women: Uprooting and healing Misogyny in America … GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
The Night Everything Didn’t Change.... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” … and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead” … his substack is chrismartinfyi … Chris lives outside Nashville w his family.
When Grief like Sea Billows Roll Through Your Holidays… GUEST Daniel Darling … author of several books, including ”The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle (newest book)”
GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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It’s Here: Gen-Z Revival Hits Campuses This Fall ... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World.
Advent & the 12 days of Christmas: How keeping those two separate provides numerous spiritual and practical benefits ... GUEST Cap Stewart ... author of the curriculum 'Personal Purity Isn’t Enough: The Long-Forgotten Secret to Making Scriptural Entertainment Choices' ... he writes at Unpop Culture.
The Pope and patriarch in Turkey … GUEST Fr Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rock.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent.
How Should the Church Approach Third-Wayism? … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
The Incarnation: the beginning of the Passion of Christ … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and coauthor with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God” … new book based on Tim’s sermons is coming out, “What Is Wrong with the World?: The Surprising, Hopeful Answer to the Question We Cannot Avoid”
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4:10 PM - Advent: adopting new intentional rhythms to focus our hearts and minds on the Lord … GUEST Rev Josh Brown … Pastor, Bellefield Presby Church, Oakland.
4:35 PM - New faces at the Thanksgiving table … GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”.
5:10 PM to 5:25 PM Time for Gratitude: and how we humans occupy time … + … the influence paying attention to both can have on transforming us into Jesus' likeness … … GUEST Dr Curt Thompson … psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community".
5:35 PM - How to spend time with family and have loving, multi-generational convos during holiday gatherings without dishing out guilt trips, political treatises, unsolicited advice, etc? … GUEST Lisa
Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Ukraine Peace Plan … + … Head- spinning politics [Mamdani & Marjorie Taylor Greene … + … Dems video to military about “illegal orders”) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent.
“Whodunnit? Who Killed Jesus?” based on Acts (1. those who plotted his death, 2. the ones who executed Christ, 3. the people that Jesus died for, and 4. God who ordained this plan … GUEST Dr Barry York … Professor of Pastoral Theology and Dean of Faculty at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary … In 2018, he also became RPTS President.
Thanksgiving, Advent and Living Jubilee … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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Cookies and Cancer: What a Party… GUEST Diana Thomi … is a nurse and medical professional who began helping her mom after her cancer diagnosis … her experiences led to the founding of Victory in the Valley, Inc, a nonprofit comprehensive cancer support organization that provides free support services to over 100,000 cancer patients and families across Kansas each year … GUEST Janet Eldridge … Executive Assistant at Lewis & Associates.
Putting the Garden to Bed: still planting trees, shrubs, bulbs … + … How houseplants clean the air … + … Amaryllis and paperwhites … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor, Gardening with Doug
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Political acrimony in DC … GUEST Paul J McNulty ... spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Paul McNulty to the position of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees … he’s also just finished his tenure as the 9th president of Grove City College.
75 Vintage Songs to Help You Savor the Joy of the Season… GUEST Brett McCracken … senior editor & director of communications at The Gospel Coalition … author of “The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding your soul in a post truth world” - and - “Uncomfortable: the awkward and essential challenge of Christian community”
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Gender: in politics, trans identities, marketing, clothing, food, and dating … GUEST Dr Fellipe Do Vale … Tutor in Theology and Lead Tutor for Academic Inclusion, Trinity College Bristol .. author of the upcoming, “Living a theology of gender: how to love our gendered world”
The Art of Asking Better Questions: Pursuing strong relationships, healthier leadership, and Deeper Faith… GUEST J.R. Briggs … founder of Kairos Partnerships and serves on staff with the Ecclesia Network and Fresh Expressions … his books include “The Sacred Overlap,” and “Eldership and the Mission of God”
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Jimmy Kimmel's wife opens up about 'lost' relationships with Trump-supporting families … GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Prof of Communication at Biola Univ & Sr Director of the Winsome Conviction Project ... author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,”
The Locust Years… GUEST Paul Pastor is a poet, writer, & editor from OR … His work uncovers the inner life of the world, as experienced in nature, literature, and the rich traditions of historic Christian spirituality … author of several books, including “Bower Lodge: Poems,” “A Kids Book About God,” The Listening Day series, and “The Face of the Deep”
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Living and Dying Well … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof at the Catholic University of America in the nation’s capitol … author of 7 books, incl “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY.
Makers By Nature: Letters from a master painter on faith, hope, and art… GUEST Bruce Herman … painter, writer, and speaker … His art has been exhibited internationally and is in public and private collections worldwide … He taught studio art for nearly four decades at Gordon College, where he held the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Shutdown update … + … shutdown impact … + … Trump threatens to sue BBC … + … Trump attends NFL game & Greg was in the press booth) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent.
Food and food insecurity in the holiday season: biblical focus on food as metaphor, sacrament, and daily necessity … GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies”
Nervous Systems: Spiritual practices to calm Anxiety in your Body, the Church, and Politics (new book) … GUEST Sara Billups … writer and cultural commentator w bylines in NYT, and CT … writes “Bitter Scroll” on substack and cohosts the podcast That’s the Spirit.
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How do we look at death? … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... Professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
What’s good to watch?… GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com (she’s from Kansas City) … author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”
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The Beatitudes … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
The inherent spirituality of Science… GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the most recent, “Beyond Evolution: How New Discoveries in the Science of Life point to God”
Does the Church still matter in our Modern World? … GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters” … her new book drops later this month, “Becoming Gods Family: Why the Church still matters (new book)… GUEST Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”
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For the Love of Women: Uprooting and healing Misogyny in America (new) … GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
How we are to steward our lives, and how social media makes that more difficult.... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” … and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead” … his substack is chrismartinfyi … Chris lives outside Nashville w his family.
Just back from Ireland - The Irish and The Troubles: hard and ongoing work of reconciliation and peacemaking … GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co- founder and former president of EduNations.
Saturday is the Feast of the Archangels: the three biblical archangels, Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.… GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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Young Men, Sports Gambling, and a Better Way to Play … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
AI and Grief - the development and promotion of "griefbots" to simulate your lost loved one and why that is not a good idea from a Christian perspective. I wrote a little about it here:… GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman … Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ … author of “Shaping a Digital World,“ and co-author of “A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers & Designers”
How to be thankful. Confessions on how unthankful I've spent most of my life being focusing on how hard my life seemed to me to be rather than all of the grace that God had poured out. Ways to pray thankfully, how to find time to be thankful in the midst of relatives and cooking and cleaning and cooking and cooking and cooking.. Guest:Kathy Keller.
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The Death of Halloween … GUEST Justin Lee … writer, First Things.
On Halloween … GUEST Drew Dyck … acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers … author of “Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)” & “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self- Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church… & how to Bring Them Back”
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Southern Poverty Law Center's Hate List and Charlie Kirk… GUEST Jerry Bowyer … Pres of Bowyer Research, host of the Meeting of Minds podcast on the Salem Podcast Network, and author of “The Maker Versus the Takers, What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice & Economics”
On All Saints Day… GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … The Kenneth T. Wessner Chair in Biblical Studies assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God”
What does it takes to libel or slander someone? … GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at St Vincent College.
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How Parents Can Cope When Children Shut Them Out … GUEST Glenn Lutjens … Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who’s been on the Focus counseling team for more than 30 yrs.
UFOs, the Paranormal, & Christian Worldview ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
Is there really such a thing as righteous anger? How to survive outrage culture and live like Jesus … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
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Will There Be a Christian Super Bowl Halftime Show? … GUEST Kelsey Kramer McGinnis … worship correspondent for Christianity Today … coauthor of “The Myth of Good Christian Parenting” and writes broadly on Christian music and the intersection of American Christianity and popular culture.
A Biblical Response to the Immigration Crisis … GUEST Dr Richard Gamble … professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (RPTS), Point Breeze.
The Way of the Prophet … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Community Church of the South Hills
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Hurdle-isms: Wit and Wisdom from a Lifetime in Baseball… GUEST Clint Hurdle … former Pirate manager, and MLB player and coach … was named Sporting News National Manager of the Year along with the Baseball Writers Association National League Manager of the Year … continues to be a significant presence in the world of baseball.
Sometimes we see what we dream for … GUEST Amy Julia Becker … helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture at amyjuliabecker.com …author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” … guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast.
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Why I Changed My Mind About Dressing Up for Church … GUEST Daniel Stegman.
The Story of the 10-Mile Valley Community Prayer Gathering … GUEST Pat O’Brien … GUEST Jaelyn DeWit … 15 yrs old, HS student.
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The fragile Middle East peace deal … GUEST Jeff Jacoby … Op-Ed Columnist and Assoc Editor, The Boston Globe.
The Silent Consequence of IVF That Fertility Doctors Keep From Women: Lack of informed consent and a moral reckoning … GUEST Ericka Andersen … freelance writer living in Indianapolis, and author of “Leaving Cloud 9” and “Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women” … upcoming book is “Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith”
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Considering Sparrows What Birds teach us about Who we Are, Where we’re Going, and the Joy of Following Jesus ... GUEST Kevin Burrell ... is a pastor and an orni-theologist — a word penned by the theologian & birder John Stott … Kevin is convinced that every one of us should make an effort to attend toward some aspect of God's creation; and he has chosen birds.
No Kings: what’s the best way to stop Executive Overreach? … GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … Senior Counsel to the College & Archabbey, Past Chair of the Criminology Dept and Professor of Law at Saint Vincent College.
The Christian Immigration Advocacy Center-Glenn Hannah ACAC and Amber Blair Pres. of CIAC.
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5:10 PM - The conversion of Young Men in America … GUEST Fr Jason Charron … Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA … (For if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? [1 Cor 14:8] - We are living at a time in history when millions of young men in their 30s/40s are undergoing great conversions, but unless the churches of God get their messaging and their preaching and their teaching clear then this spiritual rebirth will be a stillborn death. The churches of God need to proclaim Christ and him crucified, not a watered-down gospel that is palpable to secularism)
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At last, the world is noticing the persecution of Christians: Violence against Christians merits U.S. pressure on Nigeria’s government for strong countermeasures … GUEST Robert Royal … author of “The Martyrs of the New Millennium: The Global Persecution of Christians in the Twenty-First Century”
Isaiah 43 … GUEST Fr Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rocks.
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In Dallas, 6,700 women rally for culture war battles after Kirk’s death… GUEST Kathryn Post … Pittsburgh- based reporter for RNS covering topics such as Gen Z spirituality, pop culture and abuse in religious contexts. Before joining RNS, she earned a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale, interned at RNS in 2020 and has degrees in writing and political science from Calvin University in Grand Rapids MI … her writing has appeared in the WashPost, Sojourners, the Christian Century, Broadview Magazine and more.
At last, the world is noticing the persecution of Christians: Violence against Christians merits U.S. pressure on Nigeria’s government for strong countermeasures … GUEST Robert Royal … author of “The Martyrs of the New Millennium: The Global Persecution of Christians in the Twenty-First Century.”
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Gaza ceasefire/hostages released … + … Peace talks in Egypt … + … Gov’t shutdown)… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN White House correspondent.
Death of Diane Keaton … +… “Last Days:” new film about John Alan Chau… + … “The Lowdown,” streaming … + … “One Battle after Another” (DiCaprio) … + … Halloween movies … GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com … author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”
Gardening + … Putting the garden to bed, but leaving plants up to help pollinators … + … How to store garden tomatoes to enjoy through Nov … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor, Gardening with Doug.
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How important is the President’s faith? Would we ever elect an atheist President? … GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … Prof of Practice at Washington Univ in St Louis at the John C Danforth Center on Religion & Politics … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America,””The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going,” and coauthor of “The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?”… His newest book is “The American Religious Landscape: Facts, Trends & the Future” … substack: Graphs About Religion and he tweets at @ryanburge
Humble Worldviewing… GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... Professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
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Celebrating the Jewish holidays in light of peace talks between Israel and Hamas … GUEST Noah Schoen …
Patriotism v Christian Nationalism … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church
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Whatever became of original sin?… GUEST Steve Bateman … has been senior pastor of First Bible Church in North Alabama for over 30 yrs and is author of “Brothers, Stand Firm! Seven Things Every Man Should Know, Practice, and Invest in the Next Generation”
How does praying the same words used for centuries connect you to the wider Church? … GUEST Julie Lane-Gay … writer and editor who teaches at Regent College and also edits the college's journal.
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Can you trust AI for theology? … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith- &-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
Physician-Assisted Suicide … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof at the Catholic University of America in the nation’s capitol … author of 7 books, incl “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY … He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016.
On Regret & Apologies in Marriage … GUEST Chris Fogle … works in manufacturing procurement in Southern CA … His passion is connecting Jesus and the Bible to pop culture.
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4:35 PM - Combatting sex trafficking in Pgh: Her Safe Haven celebrates 2nd anniversary ... GUEST Linda Kricher ... Acting Executive Director, Her Safe Haven.
5:10 PM - Live from NYC at the site of the original Redeemer Church … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC.
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Patriotism v Christian Nationalism … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ...
He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the most recent, “Beyond Evolution: How New Discoveries in the Science of Life point to God”
Does the Church still matter in our Modern World? … GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters” … her new book drops later this month, “Becoming Gods Family: Why the Church still matters”
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GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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Texas flood ... GUEST Ralph Crewe ... Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh... a generally curious person
Noah's Flood Revisited... GUEST Dr. Hugh Ross ... Astrophysicist, author, and senior scholar of Reasons to Believe, an organization the researches and communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize with the words of the Bible.
What do Karens and Assassins have in common - biblical reflections on Hubris and how to recover humility in an out of control age... GUEST Rev. Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church in Gibsonia.
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Sin, Confess, Repent … GUEST Rev Martin Blocki .. teaches at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary and is associate pastor at the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North Hills.
The Dangerous Distortion of Fear: When we let fear be our ruler, it twists our perceptions, narrows our vision, and turns us away from the love of God and neighbor … GUEST Edward Song …Herbert Hoover Endowed Chair of Faith and Public Life at George Fox Univ, Newberg, OR.
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GUEST Jerry Bowyer … Pres of Bowyer Research, host of the Meeting of Minds podcast on the Salem Podcast Network, and author of “The Maker Versus the Takers, What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice & Economics”
GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God”.
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Erika Kirk and Jen Hatmaker… GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
We are not in Control … GUEST Dr Kelly Kapic … Professor of Theological Studies at Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA.
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National Singles Week and National Singles Day Sat Sept 27 … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
The Art of Asking Better Questions: Pursuing strong relationships, healthier leadership, and Deeper Faith (new book) … GUEST J.R. Briggs … founder of Kairos Partnerships and serves on staff with the Ecclesia Network and Fresh Expressions … his books include “The Sacred Overlap,” and “Eldership and the Mission of God”.
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This Week in the Nation’s capitol (Charlie Kirk memorial … + … Trump orders DOJ to prosecute political enemies … + … -Govt shutdown? … + … UN speech tomorrow as allies support Palestinian Statehood … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent.
The Faith Community in Pgh … GUEST Rev Liddy Barlow … Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest PA.
Curiosity as an Act of Belonging… GUEST Amy Julia Becker … helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture at amyjuliabecker.com …author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” … guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast.
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Filling a Charlie Kirk-size hole in our discourse about the gospel (RNS) … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof at the Catholic University of America in the nation’s capitol.
Drought: everything on hold til we get some rain … + … time to plant trees, shrubs, perennials, cool weather veggies/flowers and bulbs … + … dormant lawns … + … right way & wrong way to water … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor of Gardening with Doug.
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Higher education and the rise of political violence … GUEST Paul J McNulty ... spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Paul McNulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees … he’s also just finished his tenure as the 9th president of Grove City College.
The spirituality of Recovery … GUESTS Drs Olivia M Matthews & Eric Kocian … Dr Eric Kocian Associate Prof and Chair of the Criminology, Law, and Society Department at Saint Vincent College … Kocian is a prior service United States Marine Corps Reservist and was trained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2012 … Dr. Olivia Matthews … has been serving on the frontlines of the drug and alcohol addiction epidemic for ten years in several professional capacities; from an inpatient Christian D&A therapist to a chairperson of a non-profit Christ-centered addiction recovery ministry … she has a PhD in criminal justice.
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Should Christians pray for Parking spots? (Luke 11) … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
What is the Tree of Life? … GUEST Fr Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rocks.
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Holy Ghost Mama: 21 Old School Lessons that Saved my Life … GUEST Sherri Lynn …. nationally syndicated radio co-host of the Brant Hansen Show and co-creator of the Brant & Sherry Oddcast, but still is a native Pittsburgher … w a background in comedy, playwriting, and podcast production, Sherri brings her trademark humor and authenticity to every medium.
The Gospel After Christendom: An Introduction to Cultural Apologetics … GUEST Skyler Flowers … Assoc Pastor as Grace Bible Church in Oxford Miss and the assoc program director at The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (VP Vance hosts the Charlie Kirk show today … + … Trump blames left for political violence … + … Fed Reserve week … + … Trump/UK visit this week)… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Weekend to Remember … GUESTS Tony & Lymari Navarro, Speakers @ Weekend to Remember … Pgh Marriott North, Nov 7-9, 2025.
On Kneeling … GUEST Heidie Senseman … MFA candidate in the Univ of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program … Her essays have previously appeared in Vita Poetica, Dappled Things, and Plough.
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Charlie Kirk’s Obituary … GUEST Daniel Silliman … News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith" and his latest, “One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation”.
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A special edition of This Week in the Nation’s Capitol: the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the 24th anniv of 9/11 … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
The murder of Charlie Kirk ... GUEST Dr Paul Kengor ... Senior Director and Chief Academic Fellow for the Center for Vision and Values, and Professor of Political Science at Grove City College ... author of over a dozen books, including the NYT bestseller “God and Ronald Reagan” ... his latest is “Reagan’s Legacy in a World Transformed (which he co-authored with Jeffrey Chidester) and "The Divine Plan".
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Why read a poem at a time like this?… GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies”.
GUEST Kathryn Post … Pittsburgh-based reporter for RNS covering topics such as Gen Z spirituality, pop culture and abuse in religious contexts (Before joining RNS, she earned a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale, interned at RNS in 2020 and has degrees in writing and political science from Calvin University in Grand Rapids MI … her writing has appeared in the WashPost, Sojourners, the Christian Century, Broadview Magazine and more.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump addresses his religious liberty commission at The Museum of the Bible … + … Trump’s apocalyptic meme aimed at Chicago … + … Hyundai plant raid= Trump’s investment policies vs immigration policies)… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
What’s good to watch?… GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com … author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”
GUEST Father Lou Vallone ... was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pgh in 1973 ... Since his ordination, Fr. Lou has shepherded the faith communities of 9 diff parishes, 6 of them as pastor ... Now retired as a Pastor & Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University, he spends his time as a Charter Member and Master Coach for the Human Formation Coalition and gives retreats, days of recollections and missions for clergy & parishes, as well as consulting & lecturing in Canon Law as an Advocate.
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Truth Rising: Focus on the Family and The Colson Center announce the premiere of a groundbreaking documentary called (the docu explores the crisis facing Western civilization & showcases stories of ordinary Christians to galvanize others to choose courage at this pivotal crossroad in time … GUEST John Stonestreet … president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview and an author and speaker on areas of faith and culture, theology, worldview, education and apologetics … the daily voice of Breakpoint, the nationally syndicated commentary on the culture, founded by the late Chuck Colson … also the voice of The Point, a daily one-minute feature on worldview, apologetics, and cultural issues.
Day on the Lawn … GUEST Rev. Derek Davenport, Senior Pastor at Sewickley Presbyterian Church
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The bitter antagonism within the Church over biblical interpretation
and the role of Science … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the upcoming “Beyond Evolution”.
Bible colleges close, but their legacies live on: as the graduate of a defunct school, I know what isn’t lost.… GUEST Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”.
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When to get help for your Marriage… GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
When will Meta stop trying to hurt Children? GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” … and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead” … his substack is chrismartinfyi.
GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green … author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church".
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How AI Is Changing Job Opportunities for New College Grads … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
Taylor’s engaged … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
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James Dobson, Cracker Barrel, and if there’s time Magnolia … GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
Why the Heavens Declare God’s Glory More Than Ever: Psalm 19 and cutting-edge astronomical discoveries ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr. Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
What the Amish can teach us about navigating AI … GUEST Rev JaySlocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump’s DC crackdown … + … other US cities … + … flag-burning ban … + … conservative editorial board concerned about Trump’s 2nd term vendettas) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Confession of Sin in Worship … GUEST Dr Barry York … Professor of Pastoral Theology and Dean of Faculty at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary … In 2018, he also became RPTS President.
Change: Transitions and opportunities to experience Gods grace … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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Haiti: the latest report … GUEST Rhonda Smith .. Executive Director of Haiti H2O: Hope to Opportunity … and … GUEST Max Touloute …. New Assoc Director
My Religion Is Something Else … The Plateau is Real … GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America,””The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going,” and co-author of “The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?”… His newest book is “The American Religious Landscape: Facts, Trends & the Future” … substack: Graphs About Religion and he tweets at @ryanburge
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Appeal by the KY clerk who refused to give marriage licenses to single-sex couples (asked the court to take the case, overturn the prior decision on same- sex marriages. The court hasn’t decided to take the case yet but it’s stirring up controversy … GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … Senior Counsel to the College & Archabbey, Past Chair of the Criminology Dept and Professor of Law at Saint Vincent College.
When Putin’s in Town Alaska’s Slavic Christians keep Praying for Peace (CT) … GUEST Anna Broadway … has written for The NYT, WSJ, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Christianity Today … author of “Sexless in the City: A Memoir of Reluctant Chastity” and … “Solo Planet: How Singles Help the Church Recover Our Calling”… annabroadway.com
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What’s good about a Love Song? … GUEST Ryan Peter … writer, ghostwriter, writing coach, Indie author & journalist.
Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work… GUEST Dr Arianna Molloy … Assoc prof of Organizational Communication at Biola Univ,, where she researches meaningful work, work as a calling, and the connection between humility and burnout in the workplace.
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4:10 PM - This Week in the Nation’s Capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House
Correspondent.
4:35 PM - Beyond Evolution: How New Discoveries in the Science of Life Point to God (new book): the role of books in Christian publishing … Christian Unity Even With Disagreements … GUEST Dr Sy Garte.
5:10 PM - Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing (new book) … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof at the Catholic University of America in the nation’s capitol.
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4:35 PM - The Nature of Rest … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church
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4:10 PM - What’s good to watch?… GUEST Abby Olcese (ol-CHESS-ee)… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com (she’s from Kansas City) … author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”.
5:10 PM - End of Summer Reading … GUEST Byron Borger … owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA.
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4:10 PM - Hope (a new kitten and King David’s hope after his infant son died) … GUEST Chris Fogle … works in manufacturing procurement in Southern CA … His passion is connecting Jesus and the Bible to pop culture.
5:10 PM - On being a Good Person … GUEST Steve Bateman … has been senior pastor of First Bible Church in North Alabama for over 30 yrs and is author of “Brothers, Stand Firm! Seven Things Every Man Should Know, Practice, and Invest in the Next Generation”.
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You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... author of “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues”
Tim Keller on the Christian Life: the Transforming Power of the Gospel … GUEST Matt Smethurst … lead pastor as River City Baptist Church in Richmond VA … author of several books including “Before you Open Your Bible,” “Before you Share your Faith,” and is the cohost of The Everyday pastor podcast from TGC.
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4:10 PM - Paradox: Jesus used the literary device & it’s a feature of all wisdom traditions … GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith.
4:50 PM - Pittsburgh Restaurant Week (Hanadi’s, Springfield Grille, Pusadee’s Garden*
5:10 PM - How the Second Great Awakening Helped Make America: The religious movement shaped individuals’ lives & helped build communities (Dispatch) … GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd … Yeats chair of Baptist Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary … author of many books.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Mercy, Attentiveness, and Alyosha Against AI’s forces of privation… GUEST Dr Joshua Heavin …curate at an Anglican Church in the North Dallas area and adjunct professor at Houston Christian Univ, Wycliffe College, and West Texas A&M Univ … also the book reviews editor for the journal Pro Ecclesia of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology.
Adventures in Training with a Purpose: a Christian non-profit organization focused on serving civilians, veterans and 1st responders by providing physical & mental health services to drastically improve quality of life … GUEST Jon Kolb … is a former Pgh Steeler and 4-time Super Bowl champ who played as an All-Pro offensive lineman for 13 seasons … Jon protected quarterback Bradshaw’s blindside from his left tackle position and on the field for the Immaculate Reception … after his retirement, he worked as a defensive line, and a strength & conditioning coach for the Steelers … He was also an occasional strongman competitor in some of the World's Strongest Man contests … Jon is the founder of ATP.
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National Book Week … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
Who created God? ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”
It’s So Unfair … GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”.
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How the Second Great Awakening Helped Make America: The religious movement shaped individuals’ lives & helped build communities ... GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd … Yeats chair of Baptist Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary … author of many books including “Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh” … currently writing a book on the Second Great Awakening for Yale Univ Press.
Preparing for a new school year: what it means to support and educate kids toward healthy views of citizenship and politics… GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Assoc Prof of Political Science, John Brown Univ and Director, Center for Faith & Flourishing … author of “Uneasy Citizenship: Embracing the Tension in Faith & Politics”.
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GUEST Dorothy Littel Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/ retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
How Social Media shortens your Life ... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” … and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead”.
The Feast of Christ's Transfiguration … GUEST Frederica Mathewes- Green … author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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‘Night and Day Difference’: The Growth of Good Publishing in Egypt … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra... senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
PRISM and the Garage Giveaway … GUEST Scott Boyd ... Director of PRISM, Pgh Region International Student Ministry.
GUEST Father Jason Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump fires labor/jobs statistician after dismal job report … + … tariff dividend checks for Americans? … + … TX Dems revolt over Trump/GOP redistricting plan) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
The media’s willing enablers of Hamas: It’s revealing the errors in reporting on the Israel-Hamas war always benefit one side … GUEST Daniel Darling … author of several books, including ”The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle (newest book)”.
Discovering the Gospel in Every Book of the Bible … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".
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What the Bible says about the administration of Justice: Why Christians should care about career prosecutor being fired at the DOJ … GUEST Paul J McNulty ... spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Mcnulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees … he’s also just finished his tenure as the 9th president of Grove City College.
Strategies/approaches to Bible reading and personal prayer… GUEST Michael Betrus [“Bee-tris”] … lawyer who lives in Fort Worth TX … He formerly co-hosted the Radically Normal podcast.
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The Riches of Your Grace: Living in the Book of Common Prayer (new book) … GUEST Julie Lane-Gay … writer and editor … she teaches at Regent College and also edits the college's journal … lives with her husband in Vancouver, BC and is active in her local Anglican Church.
Hosea: abandoned by God?… GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God”
Trump Sees Emergencies Everywhere. Judges Are Considering Whether to Rein Him In (WSJ) .… GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at Saint Vincent College.
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Resting from our Work or Working from our Rest? Establishing Sabbath rhythms … GUEST Rev Josh Brown … lead pastor, Bellefield Church in the Oakland district of Pgh … Bellefield.org
This Present Boredom … GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”.
What Is A Best Friend? … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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Late summer Gardening (What to plant and add to the garden once the weather breaks … + … Watering the right way … + … Spotted Lanterfly … + … fertilizing containers … + … still planting with bargains … + … Enjoying the therapeutic nature of gardening) … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor, Gardening with Doug.
Black Holes, Wormholes, and Heaven: Is There a Portal to Eternity? … GUEST Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink … research scholar at Reasons to Believe … PhD in astrophysics from Iowa State Univ … author of “Escaping the Beginning?,” “Is There Life Out There?,” and “Who’s Afraid of the Multiverse?,” and coauthor of the Impact Events student devotional series … Jeff is a project scientist at UCLA.
Should Christians pray for Parking spots? (Luke 11) … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
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Church in a time of Brain Rot: Technologies that promised mutual understanding have instead fomented confusion and fraud. Christians can model a better way … GUEST Dr Jeffrey Bilbro … author, associate professor of English at Grove City College, and editor in chief at the Front Porch Republic … author of, “The Liberating Arts: Why We Need Liberal Arts Education,” and most recently “Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News”
The Benefits and Dangers of Online Education and AI … GUEST Dr Barry York … Professor of Pastoral Theology and Dean of Faculty at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary … In 2018, he also became RPTS President.
Productivity or Fruitfulness: Reflections from John 15 … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Community Church of the South Hills … christcommunitychurch.me
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Scottie’s Secret… GUEST Daniel Darling … author of several books, including ”The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle (newest book)”
Selfless self preservation for mental health … GUEST O. Alan Noble
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Meet the Christian Engineers Helping to Shape AI Guest:Emily Belz is a senior staff writer at CT.
What brings us happiness, joy, contentment? Guest:Tom Soroka
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The death of Rev John MacArthur … GUEST Daniel Silliman … News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith" and his latest, “One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation”
Gospel Sunday: closing day of Pgh’s Northside Music Festival … GUEST Rev Christian Ballenger … he’s head of the worship team at Allegheny Center Alliance Church and the primary organizer of the Gospel Sunday event
The Silent Struggle of US Veterans … GUEST Adam F Jones … former US Army Black Hawk pilot, senior management consultant, and the founder of Kingdom Operatives … author of “Weapons of Mass Deception: Detect and Defeat the Four Weapons Destroying Your Peace, Purpose, and Power” … kingdomoperatives.com … YouTube @LeadWithAdam
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump/NATO/Ukraine … + … Trump to Russia warning … + … Biden defends use of auto pen … + … FEMA still intact for now … + … Congress tries to unwind spending) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Surprise IRS move: political endorsements leave faith leaders and legal experts divided … GUEST Phillip Hackney … Univ of Pittsburgh law professor who studies the relationship between churches and tax authority.
You Were Never Meant to Do it All… GUEST Kelly Kapic … Professor of Theological Studies at Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
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Assumptions without curiosity … GUEST Amy Julia Becker … helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture at amyjuliabecker.com …author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” … guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast … (Princeton Univ & Princeton Theo Seminary grad who lives with her husband & 3 kids in western CT)
Rest, time luxurious, kids and sun, lemonade and cherries: Two poems on summer and the surf … GUEST Mischa Willet … Director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at Whitworth University in Spokane, WA … author of “The Elegy Beta” and “Phases”
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The Velvet Sundown & The Day Music Became Dust On the Wind … GUEST Ryan Peter … writer, ghostwriter, writing coach, Indie author & journalist … https://ryanpeterwrites.com/
The Saint said (who said what & why they said it) … GUEST DJ Marotta … priest and the founder of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA and author of the new book “Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era and Place” and “Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age”.
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How Distinctive Are Evangelicals, Really? GUEST Ryan Burge.
On baptism … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies - Guest: Bruce Antkowiak
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-Texas tragedy -Trump signs his big bill -Mixed messages on migrant farm workers -Trump is sending more weapons to Ukraine - Guest:Greg Clugston
Why and How to Begin Scripture Writing Guest: Rebekah Matt
… GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms"
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God’s Viewpoint about Complaining… GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Christian Unity Even With Disagreements … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the upcoming “Beyond Evolution”.
Rest Is Gods Idea… GUEST Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters” .
How to Be a Patriotic Christian… GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
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GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine … Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision”.
Thinking - and the mastery of your thought’s through prayer … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
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The prosperity gospel vs. the actual gospel in Southern Africa, and how the actual gospel is gaining a teeny bit of ground.GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
What is the heart according to the scriptures? GUEST Fr Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rocks.
The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century - GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com… author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”.
Since the inception of the Winsome Conviction Project--whose goal is to reintroduce compassion, civility and gentleness--into our disagreements, the single biggest objection has been: What about Jesus overturning tables? He didn't seem very winsome, did he? Good question: What should we we adopt--if anything--from Jesus' overturning of tables?… GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Prof of Communication at Biola Univ ... author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list … Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was CT Book of the Year in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol: GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN White House Correspondent.
GUEST George Palombo.
GUEST Rev Terry Timm… Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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the Screwtape Letters coming to Pgh … GUEST Max McLean … award-winning actor and founder/artistic director of NYC-based Fellowship for Performing Arts, which produces theatre & film from a Christian worldview meant to engage diverse audiences.
**Developing a reading habit: there’s some interesting research about how who‘s reading and not … GUEST Joel Miller … Chief Product Officer for FullFocus (they create books, podcasts, articles, courses, & the Full Focus Planner) and host of the substack Miller’s Book Reviews.
Drafts and trades in professional sports … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... Professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
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SCOTUS and Trans Children .… GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at Saint Vincent College.
Gardening w Doug … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor of Gardening with Doug.
.. GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church,, Gibsonia.
Who created God? ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol: The US strikes Iran … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN White House Correspndent.
It’s So Unfair … GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
What makes a church a church and not just a social club or community organization? At the time of the Reformation, this was a pressing question—and they began to speak of the “marks” of the Church … GUEST Rev Josh Brown … Lead Pastor, Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland.
Freedom (the Gerasene demoniac in Mt 8, Mark 5, Luke 8)… GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God”.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN White House Correspndent.
Living and Dying Well - In light of the American Medical Association and the New York vote as news hooks… GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine … Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision”.
We are a resurrection people: Darkness, despair, death do not have the final word.… GUEST Keith Kondrich … permanent Deacon for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pgh, formerly an Allegheny County Jail chaplain for The Foundation of HOPE, a local faith-based nonprofit helping men and women successfully re-enter their communities and reconnect with their families after being incarcerated.
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Empowered to witness for Christ … GUEST Rev Alan Hannah … Lead Pastor, Allegheny Center Alliance Church, North Side of Pgh.
The Faith Community in Pgh … GUEST Rev Liddy Barlow … Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest PA.
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Imagination: how it can help us to better read and live out Scripture … GUEST Lanta Davis … Professor of Humanities and Literature, John Wesley Honors College … author of “Becoming by Beholding: The Power of the Imagination in Spiritual Formation” .
Fortitude ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in-chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” … also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”.
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We’re asking the Wrong Tech Question: The consideration is not “How can we use this technology redemptively?” but rather “Should we use this technology at all?”(CT) … GUEST Mitchell East adult education and small groups minister at Memorial Road Church of Christ in Edmond, OK … writes about the Bible and theology at his Substack, East of Eden.
I recovered from my yearslong bout with anorexia and bulimia. Many others aren’t so lucky … GUEST Ericka Andersen … freelance writer living in Indianapolis, and author of “Leaving Cloud 9” and “Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women” … upcoming book is “Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith”.
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What gets in the way of Christians finding out more about Judaism? … GUEST Noah Schoen … Manager of Community Engagement for the Holocaust Center of Pgh.
… GUEST Father Jason Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (LA violence … + … Musk vs Trump … + … US China trade talks … + … ABC News reporter suspended for anti-Trump administration social post) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN White House Correspndent.
Fortitude ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in-chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” … also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”.
Summer Reading … GUEST Byron Borger … owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA.
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The theology of 30 heartbeats a minute … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... Professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
My commencement address: "Packing Your Purpose" and 5 practical ways to live with godly purpose … GUEST Paul J McNulty … recently retired president of Grove City College ... spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Mcnulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees … (1. Be rooted in the word; 2. Treat everyone with respect; 3. Communicate like Christ; 4. Don't grow weary in doing good; 5. Always be hopeful.).
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What Does It Mean When We Say God Is Our Help?… GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Last week Stanley Hauerwas said, “Celebrate the Eucharist as often as you can,” from The Riches of Your Grace: Living in the Book of Common Prayer (new book) … GUEST Julie Lane-Gay … writer and editor … she teaches at Regent College and also edits the college's journal … lives with her husband in Vancouver, BC and is active in her local Anglican Church.
Why are Smokestacks so Tall? … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person.
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Female caregiver: devalued in our society? … GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
Is social media like music? ... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” … and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead” … his substack is chrismartinfyi … Chris lives outside Nashville w his family.
The Eucharist … GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters” … her opening work (Oct 25) is “Becoming God’s Family: Why the Church still Matters”.
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A plane crash that happened two years ago -- five guys on board, all members or pastors at Harvest Church in Memphis. No chance of survival … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra … senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
Church History: its integration with discipleship in local churches… GUEST Michael Betrus [“Bee-tris”] … lawyer who lives in Fort Worth TX … He formerly co-hosted the Radically Normal podcast.
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Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work… GUEST Dr Arianna Molloy … Assoc prof of Organizational Communication at Biola Univ,, where she researches meaningful work, work as a calling, and the connection between humility and burnout in the workplace.
Church History: its integration with discipleship in local churches… GUEST Michael Betrus… lawyer who lives in Fort Worth TX … He formerly co-hosted the Radically Normal podcast/
Everybody Still Worships: 20 Years of “This is Water”… GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Associate Prof and Chair, Department of Political Science and Assistant Director, Center for Faith & Flourishing, John Brown University.
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The Day When the (Christian) Music Died: What happened to the CCM “Revolution”? … GUEST Ryan Peter … writer and his substack is Just One Beautiful Thing … (he lives in Austin TX but is from South Africa.
Gardening w Doug … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor of Gardening with Doug (Tricks for growing healthy tomatoes … + … Container gardening … + … gardening with kids … + … when to prune azaleas and rhododendrons … + … Basic lawn tips … + … Battling deer and slimy slugs too!)
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4:10 PM - Focus on the Family a ‘hate group’? SPLC's designation is ‘dangerous and reckless,’ ministry says. Guest: Glenn T. Stanton is the director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family. He debates and lectures extensively on the issues of gender, sexuality, marriage and parenting at universities and churches around the world. Stanton also served the George W. Bush administration for many years as a consultant on increasing fatherhood involvement in the Head Start program. Stanton is the author of nine books and is senior contributor to the Federalist blog. His latest book is “The Myth of the Dying Church: How Christianity is Actually Thriving in America and the World.”
5:35 PM – Kathy has been doing a lot of reading on one of the most mysterious parts of the Constitution, the Ninth Amendment. It tells us that we have rights in addition to those in the first 8 Amendments, but it does not say what they are, where or how they may be found, or if it is the job of the USSC to find them. It’s a mess.… GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at Saint Vincent College … (received his law degree from Harvard magna cum laude, served as federal prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, and prof of law at Duquesne Law School, where he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the grad class in both 2011 and 2007, and was named Duquesne Law School’s 2007 Teacher of the Year by the Association of American Law Schools … author of two major works on criminal law and has published 11 law review articles in various journals across the country)
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Thursday is Ascension Day: Christians are familiar w what Christ accomplished in his death & resurrection, but less so w an ascended Lord … GUEST Rev Josh Brown … Lead pastor, Bellefield Presby Church, Oakland.
What About the Wedding? GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
"Time for Gratitude:” time (and how we humans occupy it) and gratitude, and the influence paying attention to both can have on transforming us into Jesus' likeness. … … GUEST Dr Curt Thompson … psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community".
Going to weddings solo as a single person … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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Jesus Changes Everything: A New World made Possible… GUEST Stanley Hauerwas … theologian and Christian ethicist and prof emeritus of theological ethics and of law at Duke University … author or editor of more than 50 books including “Resdient Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony”
PA State Summit: Help end Child Exploitation & Trafficking (June 7, 8:30am-5:30pm, Christ Church at Grove Farm, free admission but registration required … GUEST Mary Flynn O’Neill .. Executive Director of America’s Future, Inc … Mary has decades of experience working in leadership positions in the nonprofit and private sectors and is certified in the rescue of trafficked and exploited victims … serves as the Florida Republican Assembly Anti-Human Trafficking Chair, Advisor, and Vice President … AND .. GUEST Joe Sweeney, founder and CEO of The Asservo Project ... Joe is a former SWAT operator, Bomb Squad Commander, & US govt Explosive Security Specialist ... also: The mission of The Asservo Project is to combat global human trafficking and sexual predators, support the recovery of victims, and aid in the imprisonment of perpetrators.
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Drawn by Beauty: Awe and wonder in the Christian Life… GUEST Matt Capps … senior pastor, Fairview Baptist Church, Apex, NC.
What’s good to watch?… GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com (she’s from Kansas City) … author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”
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On AI Pastors & Ministries: A warning on why the work of the church must remain human … GUEST O. Alan Noble.
The New Pope from an Orthodox perspective… GUEST Fr Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rocks.
Half-Price Tuition … GUEST Jennifer Szlembarski, Portersvlle Christian School.
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4:10 PM - Leo XIV is the new Pope… GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine.
5:10 PM - Downsizing: Letting Go of Evangelicalism’s Nonessentials (new book)… GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma".
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
The Soul … Thinking Through Bible Translations … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
A Long Letting Go: Meditations on losing someone you love (2015 book) … GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies”.
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Through the Bible … GUEST Steve Shwetz is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thru the Bible, and a volunteer host of the program since the early 1990s.
The Nature of Rest … GUEST Eryn Lynum … certified master naturalist and Bible teacher … podcast host of Nat Theo: Nature Lessons Rooted In the Bible … Eryn Lynum.com.
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Reporting on Religion: How I find quirky, surprising and hope-filled religion stories while also tackling investigations … GUEST Kathryn Post … Pittsburgh-based reporter for RNS covering topics such as Gen Z spirituality, pop culture and abuse in religious contexts.
Developing a reading habit: there’s some interesting research about how who‘s reading and not … GUEST Joel Miller … Chief Product Officer for FullFocus and host of the substack Miller’s Book Reviews.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (US/China pause tariffs … + … American-Israeli hostage released … + … Admin seeks lower drug prices … + … Trump defends Quatar jumbo jet gift) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Surrogacy … GUEST Katy Faust … Founder & President of Them Before Us.
My Walmart Evangelism Wasn’t Working:The Good News didn’t sound so good when I ambushed people in the chip aisle … GUEST Heidie Senseman … MFA candidate in the Univ of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program … Her essays have previously appeared in Vita Poetica, Dappled Things, and Plough.
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4:10 PM - Tomorrow is the Big Day ... GUEST Kevin Burrell ... is a pastor and an orni-theologist — a word penned by the theologian & birder John Stott … Kevin is convinced that every one of us should make an effort to attend toward some aspect of God's creation; and he has chosen birds … he lives in NC
5:10 PM - Spring Gardening … GUEST Doug Oster … Editor, Gardening with Doug … (Too early to plant tomatoes/peppers, soon for bean/cucumber/squash seeds … + … Still planting cold weather veggies … + … Good time to plant perennials, trees and shrubs … + … Start working on the lawn … + …What to replace storm damaged plants with … + … Azaleas in full bloom rhododendron next … + … Tips for a great lawn … + … Fun shopping at nurseries, don’t bring a significant other who doesn’t want to be there)
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4:10 PM - Reckoning with Antisemitism … GUEST Noah Schoen … Community Outreach Associate from the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh
5:10 PM - GUEST Michael Geer … founding President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Family Institute, a non-profit family policy council focused on promoting the sanctity of life, religious freedom and building stronger marriages and families as the basic building blocks of society.
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4:10 PM - Greed’s pull and how to resist it… GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
4:40 PM - GUEST Chris Martin, author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” … and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead” … his Substack is chrismartinfyi … Chris lives outside Nashville w his family.
5:10 PM - GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
5:40 PM - GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
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The first classical school on Capitol Hill … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
Meet the Orb: The futuristic device that verifies you’re human in the age of AI… GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman … Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ … author of “Shaping a Digital World,“ and co-author of “A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers & Designers”.
The Last Romantic: CS Lewis, English Literature and Modern Theology (new book) … GUEST Jeffrey Barbeau … theologian, literary critic, historian and professor of theology at Wheaton College.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Graduation and hope… GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
Jesus slain before the foundation of the world and our names written in the Book of Life before Time began … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".
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God Chose Moms to Carry Out His Plans… GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God”
Farewell to Paul events and GCC graduation … GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City College ... Prior to returning to his alma mater McNulty spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Mcnulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees.
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How to Decide the Will of God in the Gray Areas? … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze … Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
The Reasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in Biological Science" which includes the "Consciousness, Chemicals and Code Dilemma” … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the upcoming “Beyond Evolution,” which is now available for pre-order.
Tips for reading an Old Testament passage … GUEST Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”.
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RFK and the Autism investigation … GUEST Amy Julia Becker … helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture at amyjuliabecker.com …author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” … guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast.
A Hot Accessory at the intersection of Faith & Culture … GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
Forgiveness… GUEST Dr Curt Thompson … psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community".
Boundaries between parents and adult children … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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On Saints … GUEST DJ Marotta … priest and the founder of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA and author of “Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age” and the forthcoming “Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era & Place”
The Shroud of Turin ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”
How to increase your happiness:friendship, focus, and faithful limits. I recently took a survey about happiness and it got me thinking about this. One of the key indicators of happiness is our connection to others: do we eat alone or with others, do we play with others...… GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church,, Gibsonia.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Jesus as the master Preacher … GUEST Dr Barry York … Professor of Pastoral Theology and Dean of Faculty at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary … In 2018, he also became RPTS President.
The power of lament … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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4:10 PM - A bit of legal ethics. Can a lawyer defend a client he knows to be guilty? What must a lawyer do if he comes into possession of physical evidence
5:10 PM - The legacy of Pope Francis - Guest: Charles Camosy
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Being Maundy Thursday: why is it so hard to love one another and why does it matter? … GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
Did Jesus institute a new priesthood at the Last Supper? … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine … Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY … He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016.
Look Full in His wonderful Face … GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack “Demotivations w Anne”... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
Thursday night service in the Orthodox Church … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
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What lessons can we learn from Judas betrayal of Jesus? The Soul … GUEST Fr Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rocks.
I really Believe This (substack)… GUEST Daniel Darling … author of several books, including ”The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle (newest book)”
The Bucs in tough times (plus Faith Night) ... GUEST Joe Klimchak ... PNC Park In-Game Host.
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Top 3 Benefits of hard-core Holy Week participants … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church,, Gibsonia.
Live Music … GUESTS Greg & Rebecca Sparks … Pgh-based recording artists.
We are a resurrection people: Darkness, despair, death do not have the final word.… GUEST Keith Kondrich … permanent Deacon for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pgh, formerly an Allegheny County Jail chaplain for The Foundation of HOPE, a local faith-based nonprofit helping men and women successfully re-enter their communities and reconnect with their families after being incarcerated.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent (Went to FL in the press pool w the Pres this weekend … + … El Salvador prison/MD man … + … deporting criminals … + … tariff confusion/financial markets … + … Trump physical exam)
The journey ahead, Holy Week begins … Thinking Through Bible Translations … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
The Bible: Global History (new book) … GUEST Dr Bruce Gordon … Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School … previously taught at the Univ of St Andrews in Scotland, where he was professor of modern history and deputy director of the St Andrews Reformation Studies Institute … specializes in late-medieval and early modern religious culture.
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O Death, where is Your Pod? (CT) … GUEST A. Trevor Sutton … pastor, author, speaker, & professor … author of several books, including “Redeeming Technology: A Christian Approach to Healthy Digital Habits”
The Plateau is Real … GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America,””The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going,” and co-author of “The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?”… His newest book is “The American Religious Landscape: Facts, Trends & the Future” … substack: Graphs About Religion and he tweets at @ryanburge
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Palms and Passion … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Pastors Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
On Mental Health Relapses ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in-chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” … also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”.
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Ten Mile Community Leaders Prayer Breakfast (Sat Sept 7) … GUESTS Pat O’Brien, Sr Vice President, Dollar Bank and Pastor John Thomas, founder & pastor of the Calvary Chapel and Calvary Chapel Christian School.
How Should We React When God Doesn’t Listen? … GUEST Zachary Mettler … staff writer and communications liaison for The Daily Citizen at Focus on the Family, where he writes about current political issues, US history, political philosophy, and culture.
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Immigration on the street in Pgh … GUEST Pastor Frank Rondon … pastor of Iglesia Sion (Zion Church), a hispanic church in Pgh since 2012 with locations in Greentree, East Liberty, and New Castle … Iglesia Sion is a church where more than 12 countries are represented, united by a heavenly culture and a desire that all may come to know, love, and serve Jesus Christ.
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On Prayer … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
Opening Day: the cycle of the season, tradition, family, and all things new … GUEST Mischa Willett … author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches at Arizona Christian University.... Follow his work at mischawillett.com
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Global Markets continue to slide after tariff announcement … + … Trump doubles down on trade policy … + … Legal dispute of MD man deported to El Salvador … + … Israel’s Netanyahu at WH today but meeting and Press conferences will be later in the day) … GUEST Greg Clugston, SRN News White House Correspondent.
Case Files: Murder and Meaning (new graphic novel) … GUEST J. Warner Wallace … Dateline featured Cold-Case Detective, Author, Speaker, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, & Adjunct Prof of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and Southern Evangelical Seminary … newest book, “Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World That Rejects the Bible”
Adulting on the Spectrum: An Insider’s Guide for Navigating Life w Autism (new book) … GUEST Ron Sandison … works full-time in the medical field and is professor of theology at Destiny School of Ministry … he has a MDiv from Oral Robert’s Univ and is author of “A Parent’s Guide to Autism” and “Views from the Spectrum” … he and his fam live in Rochester Hills MI … spectruminclusion.com
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Why Christians should refer to Easter as Resurrection Sunday … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Christian unity, as related to science and faith, and how important Christian unity is in these turbulent times all over the world. No politics, (if possible), just about the science … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the upcoming “Beyond Evolution”.
Paula White gets Passover wrong (CT)** … GUEST Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”.
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Observations from spending time in Spain… GUEST Dorothy Littel Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
The Most Valuable Class I Ever Had. A crucible of curiosity and creativity… The govt knows AGI is coming (NYT)**… GUEST Chris Martin … director of content at Moody Radio … author of two books about social media: “The Wolf in Their Pockets” and “Terms of Service”.
ICE & who is my neighbor … GUEST The Rev. Daniel Behrens, Missionary in Residence, Church of the Ascension Pittsburgh.
St Mary of Egypt … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
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For God So Loved This Anxious Generation: Signs of Revival on Campus… GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
The Day When the (Christian) Music Died: What happened to the CCM “Revolution”? … GUEST Ryan Peter … writer and his substack is Just One Beautiful Thing.
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Flourishing marriages: what’s the most important question a couple can ask?… GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list … Tim’s “Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was also selected by ChrToday as Book of the Yr in evangelism/apologetics in 2019.
Trump administration cutting off funding to universities over antisemitism and transgender policies .… GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City College ... Prior to returning to his alma mater McNulty spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Mcnulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump escalates fight w judges … + … Court orders fired workers be re-hired … + … concerns raised about Soc Sec changes) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News WH Correspondent.
Prayer & Painting (from Makers By Nature: Letters from a master painter on faith, hope, and art)… GUEST Bruce Herman … painter, writer, and speaker … His art has been exhibited internationally and is in public and private collections worldwide … He taught studio art for nearly four decades at Gordon College, where he held the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts.
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Christianity’s Decline appears to have Halted (NYT)… GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America,””The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going,” and co-author of “The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?”… His newest book is “The American Religious Landscape: Facts, Trends & the Future” … substack: Graphs About Religion and he tweets at @ryanburge
Severance and Pop Culture Visions of Hell… GUEST Brett McCracken … senior editor & director of communications at The Gospel Coalition … author of “The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding your soul in a post truth world” - and - “Uncomfortable: the akward and essential challenge of Christian community”
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My Walmart Evangelism Wasn’t Working:The Good News didn’t sound so good when I ambushed people in the chip aisle … GUEST Heidie Senseman … MFA candidate in the Univ of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program … Her essays have previously appeared in Vita Poetica, Dappled Things, and Plough.
Presidential powers and the courts … GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … Senior Counsel to the College & Archabbey, Past Chair of the Criminology Dept and Professor of Law at Saint Vincent College.
The Women of Luke 8 … GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God”.
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The purpose of Lent (2 Corinthians 7:10) is repentance: not self-criticism or guilt-induced behavior modification … GUEST Rev Josh Brown … Lead pastor, Bellefield Presby Church, Oakland.
Pastors, Wives & Girlbosses … GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs most days at her substack ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
Young adults feeling “behind:” Career, Finances, Marriage, and just general “growing up” … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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The Day When the (Christian) Music Died: What happened to the CCM “Revolution”? … GUEST Ryan Peter … writer and his substack is Just One Beautiful Thing.
Before You Cut Off Your Parents: 3 Principles to Consider … GUEST Beth Claes … director of counseling at New Heights Church in Vancouver, WA … She has a doctorate in psychology and practiced from a traditional psychological perspective for 10 years before shifting to a gospel-centered counseling approach.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump & Putin to talk tomorrow … + … US warns Iran … + … White House tried to calm Wall St jitters … + … Govt shutdown averted … + … Senate Dem leader Chuck Schumer under heavy criticism from Dems) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News WH Correspondent.
PRISM and internationals in Pittsburgh … GUESTS Scott Boyd ... Director of PRISM, Pgh Region International Student Ministry.
The Soul … GUEST Fr Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rocks.
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Getting the garden in shape for planting. Early planting tips and tricks. Peas go in St.Patty’s Day. Getting tools ready. Getting lawnmower ready. Come see Doug at the Home And Garden Show all weekend. Guest: Doug Oster.
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I Cried out to the Name Demons Fear Most (from CT) … GUEST Jennifer Nizza .. a speaker living in Long Island NY … author of “From Psychic to Saved”
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Thinking Through Bible Translations … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
Severance and Pop Culture Visions of Hell… GUEST Brett McCracken … senior editor & director of communications at The Gospel Coalition … author of “The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding your soul in a post truth world” - and - “Uncomfortable: the akward and essential challenge of Christian community”
I turned to New Age psychedelics for Salvation … GUEST Ashley Lande … writer and artist from rural KS, where she lives w her husband and 4 children … author of the memoir “The Thing that makes Everything OK forever: Transcendence, Psychedelics and Jesus Christ”
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The life of Craig Wolfley … GUEST Jon Kolb … is a former Pgh Steeler and 4-time Super Bowl champ who played as an All-Pro offensive lineman for 13 seasons … Jon protected quarterback Bradshaw’s blindside from his left tackle position and on the field for the Immaculate Reception … after his retirement, he worked as a defensive line, and a strength & conditioning coach for the Steelers … He was also an occasional strongman competitor in some of the World's Strongest Man contests … Jon is the founder of ATP.
Wikipedia Founder Larry Sanger comes to faith … GUEST Paul Battura … VP of Communications for Focus on the Family … Editor in Chief of The Daily Citizen .. been w Focus since 1998 … author of several books including “Chosen for Greatness: How Adoption changes the World,” and “Good Day: The Paul Harvey Story” … also host of Salem Media’s What a Life: Lessons from Legends radio show and podcast.
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This Week in the Nation’s capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent.
Pittsburgh’s 3rd annual Christian Prom … GUEST Lem Woodson … pastor and a youth leader in the Pgh area.
The truth in the Us-Ukraine-Russian situation … GUEST Father Jason Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA.
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He gave a Name to what Many Christians Feel (NYT) … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
What we give up Makes us who We Are (NYT) … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy
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There’s Something different about Life … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the upcoming “Beyond Evolution”
Hebrews 11: Not the heroes you hoped for … GUEST Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”
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The govt knows AGI is coming (NYT)**… GUEST Chris Martin … director of content at Moody Radio … author of two books about social media: “The Wolf in Their Pockets” and “Terms of Service”.
Vitriol … GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
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Relying on God, Not America: A Report from the Church in Ukraine (TGC)… GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
Christianity’s Decline appears to have Halted (NYT))… GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America,””The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going,” and co-author of “The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?”… His research appears on his substack called Graphs About Religion and he tweets at @ryanburge .
On Losing my Granddaughter… GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
A Bit of Earth: A year in the garden with God… GUEST Andrea Burke … director of women’s ministry at Grace Road Church.
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This Week in the Nation’s capitol (Friday’s Oval Office altercation between Trump/Zelenskyy/Vance … + … Trump addresses joint session of Congress tomorrow evening … + … Threatened tariffs to take effect tomorrow … + … 2 wks til the next govt shutdown deadline) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent.
Forensic evidence: How reliable is DNA, fingerprints, etc… GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … Senior Counsel to the College & Archabbey, Past Chair of the Criminology Dept and Professor of Law at Saint Vincent College … (Harvard law degree magna cum laude, served as fed prosecutor, crim defense atty, & prof of law at Duquesne Law Schl, where he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the grad class in both ‘11 & ‘07, and was named Duq Law School’s ‘07 Teacher of the Yr by the Assoc of Am Law Schools … author of 2 major works on criminal law & 11 law review articles in journals across the country)
… GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms"
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5 Reasons to Write in Your Books … GUEST Joel Miller … Chief Product Officer for FullFocus (they create books, podcasts, articles, courses, & the Full Focus Planner) and host of the substack Miller’s Book Reviews.
The False Battle between Justice & Mercy (Dispatch Faith) … GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... author of “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues”
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Hidden Idols: uncovering what’s in our hearts (! John 5:21)... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh
GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest
Rupture & Repair … GUEST Dr Curt Thompson … psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community".
Dating today is pretty Tough: barriers between people getting to know each other ... GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church,, Gibsonia.
What was going on w the UAPs? … GUEST Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink … research scholar at Reasons to Believe … PhD in astrophysics from Iowa State Univ … author of “Escaping the Beginning?,” “Is There Life Out There?,” and “Who’s Afraid of the Multiverse?,” and coauthor of the Impact Events student devotional series … Jeff is a project scientist at UCL.
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The first month of the Trump presidency… GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Assoc Prof of Political Science, John Brown Univ and Director, Center for Faith & Flourishing … author of “Uneasy Citizenship: Embracing the Tension in Faith & Politics”
Parenting: The Importance of the Church … GUEST Rev Martin Blocki .. teaches at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary and is associate pastor at the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North Hills.
Everyday Contemplatives … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Pastors Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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Science & Faith … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the upcoming “Beyond Evolution”
You’re Only Human… GUEST Dr Kelly Kapic … Professor of Theological Studies at Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA.
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Makers By Nature: Letters from a master painter on faith, hope, and art… GUEST Bruce Herman … painter, writer, and speaker … His art has been exhibited internationally and is in public and private collections worldwide … He taught studio art for nearly four decades at Gordon College, where he held the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts.
A Bit of Earth: A year in the garden with God… GUEST Andrea Burke … director of women’s ministry at Grace Road Church.
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This Week in the Nation’s capitol: Ongoing federal worker firings … + … questions about Elon Musk team’s access to sensitive data … + … Trump admin to meet with Russian officials re: Ukraine war … + … Trump limo takes lap at Daytona 500 … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent.
Citizenship Without Illusions … GUEST David Koyzis … affiliated with Global Scholars Canada and is engaged in an international academic ministry of writing, researching, lecturing, and conversing with readers of his books … author of “Political Visions and Illusions” and “We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God”
The Last Romantic: CS Lewis, English Literature and Modern Theology (new book) … GUEST Jeffrey Barbeau … theologian, literary critic, historian and professor of theology at Wheaton College.
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You’re Only Human… GUEST Dr Kelly Kapic … Professor of Theological Studies at Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA.
What’s good to watch?… GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com… author of “Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies”
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The Fix: How the 12 Steps offer a surprising path of transformation for the well adjusted, the down and out, and everyone in between (new book) … GUEST Ian Morgan Cron … bestselling author, psychotherapist, Enneagram teacher, Episcopal priest and host of the podcast “Typology” … author of “The Road back to You,” “Chasing Francis,” and “Jesus, My father, and the CIA”
Hurdle-isms: Wit and Wisdom from a Lifetime in Baseball (new book) …. GUEST Clint Hurdle … Pirates skipper 2010-2019.
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Angels and Evil Spirits from an Orthodox perspective … Relationships across the Political Divide … GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.
Welcome Home Marc Fogel cookies … GUEST Marc Serrao, co-owner of Oakmont Bakery.
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Center for Public Justice … GUEST Mary Kathryn Daigle … Dir of Student & Early Career Engagement w the Center for Public Justice … + … Her passion for flourishing communities, especially in her hometown of Pgh drew her to public service … most recently served in the Office of Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17), w the House Committee on Administration & the Ofc of Sen Bob Casey.
Trump Appoints Paula White to Oversee Faith Office: Trump’s longtime prayer partner is back as a WH senior advisor … GUEST Kate Shellnut … senior news editor for Christianity Today.
You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful (drop Aug 2025)(Jubilee guest)… GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... author of “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues”.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Judge blocks some of Trump’s early actions … + … Christian relief agencies hurt by Trump’s USAID cuts … + … Trump’s Gaza takeover … + … Trump’s poll numbers better than in his 1st term) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent
Forgiveness vespers coming up March 2 … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
How to navigate the pressures of modern family life … GUEST Amy Julia Becker … helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture …author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” … guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast … (Princeton Univ & Princeton Theo Seminary grad who lives with her husband & 3 kids in western CT)
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One man’s story of the LA wildfires … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
Sunday is The Super Bowl … GUEST Jim Wexell … is in his 30th season covering the Pgh Steelers and has spent more than 40 yrs covering Pgh sports (since graduating from Pitt in 1983) … his latest book is “Pittsburgh Steelers: An Illustrated Timeline” … other works include “Polamalu,” “On the Clock,” and “Steeler Nation,” and has covered the team in 4 SuperBowls.
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You can’t Hustle your way to Holiness … GUEST Alexander Sosler … assoc professor of Bible and ministry at Montreat College and an assisting priest at Redeemer Anglican Church, Asheville, NC … author of “A Short Guide to Spiritual Formation: Finding Life in Truth, Goodness, Beauty, & Community,” the 2024 winner of Christianity Today’s Christian Living Book of the Year.
Race, Science & Christianity … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the upcoming “Beyond Evolution”
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On Losing my Granddaughter… GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
About a quarter of US teens have used ChatGPT for schoolwork: double the share in 2023… GUEST Chris Martin … director of content at Moody Radio … author of two books about social media: “The Wolf in Their Pockets” and “Terms of Service” … He lives outside Nashville, TN w his fam.
Intergenerational communication ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
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California’s End of Life Option: ‘An Awful Way to … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra (eeek-hoff zial-stra)… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
The Asservo Project update and the new administration help... GUEST Joe Sweeney, founder and CEO of The Asservo Project ... Joe is a former SWAT operator, Bomb Squad Commander, & US govt Explosive Security Specialist ... also: The mission of The Asservo Project is to combat global human trafficking and sexual predators, support the recovery of victims, and aid in the imprisonment of perpetrators.
Curiosity morphs into a YouTube channel … GUEST Ralph Crewe.
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The selection of Juries … GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … Senior Counsel to the College & Archabbey, Past Chair of the Criminology Dept and Professor of Law at Saint Vincent College.
Jesus slain before the foundation of the world … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".
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... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh.
... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
The last chapter of The Deepest Place, Full Circle. GUEST Dr Curt Thompson .. psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, Virginia … author of, “ the soul of shame, “and “the soul of desire “
Embracing singleness during February … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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Midwinter Light… GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies” … (recently left full-time teaching to spend more time writing)(when a Church seeks a new pastor, an interesting process when the people in the pews are invited to reflect on what matters to them most; a values-clarification process … + … also reflecting on what we hope for when we listen to a sermon might be fun and/or useful.
Importance of community amidst disasters. Guest: Astrophysicist and author Hugh Ross is founder and senior scholar of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches and communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize with the words of the Bible. His books include The Creator and the Cosmos, Why the Universe Is the Way It Is, Improbable Planet, and Designed.
How are comfortable routines keep us from making the changes God wants for us to make in 2025. Reflections on Luke 4… GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
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GUEST Greg Clugston … White House Correspondent.
Hitting the Marks: Restoring the Essential Identity of the Church - Guest:Dr. Barry York After more than two decades in church planting, Barry York became the Professor of Pastoral Theology and Dean of Faculty at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. In 2018, he became RPTS President. He serves as an elder in the RPCNA, writes regularly for the blog Gentle Reformation, co-hosts the podcast 3GT, and is the general editor of the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Journal.
Lord Teach Me To Pray Guest:Terry Timm.
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School Board candidate training for new candidates Feb 10, 6:30-8:30pm … GUEST Cynthia Scott … volunteer in the Pgh area.
The Good Book for Baby Names: Americans are less religious than ever. But we’re still a nation of Noahs and Elizabeths … GUEST Daniel Silliman … News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith" and his latest, “One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation”.
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How the Epiphany season and its gospel readings ask and answer the essential question about Jesus: "Who can this be? What sort of man is this?" (Mt 8:27) … GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland.
Suffering is…gift?… GUEST Caleb Davis … founding and lead pastor of True Life Church in Arvada, CO … He blogs at Biblical Help and his own website pastorcaleb.org .
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New Year’s Resolutions: how liturgy shapes us from the outside in … GUEST DJ Marotta … priest and the founder of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA and author of the new book “Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era and Place” and “Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age”.
Actively consume good news: a day with Ethel … GUEST Randy Loubier … pastor of Chestnut Hill Chapel in New Boston, NH.
The Deadly Serious Business of Toys, Play, and Childhood Anxiety Teaching Our Kids To Play and Pray… GUEST Steve Bateman … has been senior pastor of First Bible Church in North Alabama for over 30 yrs and is author of “Brothers, Stand Firm! Seven Things Every Man Should Know, Practice, and Invest in the Next Generation”.
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An evangelical theory of labor…GUEST Adam Gustine … author of “Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom” and co-author of “Ecosystems of Jubilee: Economic Ethics for the Neighborhood” He is the associate director at the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good at the University of Notre Dame.
Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies… GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and RogerEbert.com.
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Inauguration today, from the White House booth … GUEST Greg Clugston … White House Correspondent.
Inauguration thoughts … GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Assoc Prof of Political Science, John Brown Univ and Director, Center for Faith & Flourishing … author of “Uneasy Citizenship: Embracing the Tension in Faith & Politics”
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The terrible Dejavu of an Israeli hostage deal (Boston Globe) … GUEST Jeff Jacoby … Op-Ed Columnist and Assoc Editor, The Boston Globe.
God redeems even as Wildfires spread (CT) … GUEST Kutter Callaway … William K Brehm chair of worship, theology, and the arts; associate dean of the Center for Advanced Theological Studies; and associate professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (LA fires scramble Biden, Harris’ schedules … + … Biden’s farewell address on Wed evening … + … Inauguration is 1 week from today … + … Trump cabinet confirmation hearings begin this week … + … Jimmy Carter/Gerald Ford friendship) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent.
Your Pastor Won’t Text You To Ask For Gift Cards… GUEST Anna Broadway … has written for The NYT, WSJ, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Christianity Today … author of “Sexless in the City: A Memoir of Reluctant Chastity” and … “Solo Planet” … annabroadway.com.
The Locust Years (new book) … GUEST Paul Pastor is a poet, writer, & editor from OR … His work uncovers the inner life of the world, as experienced in nature, literature, and the rich traditions of historic Christian spirituality … author of several books, including “Bower Lodge: Poems,” “A Kids Book About God,” The Listening Day series, and “The Face of the Deep”
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Non-denominationalism is the strongest force in American religion (substack)… GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” … His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge .
Jimmy Carter’s Most Perplexing Legacy: For all of his personal Christian devotion, he could not capture the hearts of white evangelicals ... GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd … research professor of church history at Midwestern Baptist Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and author of books including “Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh”
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Their Trip to Africa ... GUESTS Eddie Jones and Chris Moran, co-founders of Wilkinsburg's "Eternal City" Church.
Meet the Astronaut Who Left NASA to Help Support Healthy Churches … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra (eeek-hoff zial-stra)… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
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Trust and Not Believe? Or Believe and Not Trust? Does losing faith in institutions go hand in hand with losing faith in God?… GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion & Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, & Where They Are Going” (just went into 2nd edition) … His research appears on the site Religion in Public, he tweets at @ryanburge, and you can find his substack: graphsaboutreligion.com
Finally Transformed: From Transgender to Christian … GUEST Jonathan Gass… director of graduate programs and online content at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State Univ, where he also teaches
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Understanding Mike Johnson’s Social Conservatism… GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Assoc Prof of Political Science, John Brown Univ and Director of The Center for Faith and Flourishing … author of “Uneasy Citizenship: Embracing the Tension in Faith and Politics”.
How to read more in 2025 … GUEST Joel Miller … Chief Product Officer for FullFocus (We create books, podcasts, articles, courses, & the Full Focus Planner) and host of the substack Miller’s Book Reviews.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Winter snow, could be biggest for DC since 2016 … + … anniv of Jan 6th and election certification in Congress … + … Trump has promised clemency for Jan 6 convicts … + … state funeral observances for Jimmy Carter … + … Biden travels to New Orleans today after the New Years Day terrorist attack)… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
On a Lighter Note: plans for 2025 … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine … Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY … He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016.
Be the Kind of Person the World Needs (aaronarmstrong.co) … GUEST Aaron Armstrong … writer, podcaster and US immigrant.
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How to guard your physical (and mental) health thru the holidays GUEST Drew Dyck … acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers … author of “Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)” & “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church… & how to Bring Them Back”
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Dealing with loss with renewed hope and perspective … GUEST Doug Bursch … writer, podcaster & pastor … the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”.
God doesn't ask us to do anything that he hasn't already done himself… GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.
The star of Bethlehem and the wise men!!! Proof that science and faith do not contradict, but rather complement one another ... GUEST Father Jason Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (drone fever hits DC … + … Congress racing to avoid shutdown on Friday … + … Trump holds 1st post-election news conference … + … annual Christmas poem! )… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Combatting sex trafficking in Pgh ... GUEST Linda Kricher ... Acting Executive Director, Refuge for Women Pittsburgh refugeforwomen.org/pittsburgh/
… GUEST Amy Julia Becker … helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture …author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” … guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast.
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Why are Cooling Towers shaped like that? … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person.
Books .… GUEST Byron Borger … owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA
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Comfort in the Ashes: Explorations in the Book of Job to Support Trauma Survivors (new book) … GUEST Michelle Keener … associate research fellow with the Kirby-Laing Centre for Public Theology and the director of discipleship for a growing church in Las Vegas.
Hope in the midst of struggle … GUEST Keith Kondrich … permanent Deacon for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pgh, formerly an Allegheny County Jail chaplain for The Foundation of HOPE, a local faith-based nonprofit helping men and women successfully re-enter their communities and reconnect with their families after being incarcerated .
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4:10 PM This Week in the Nation’s Capital… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent
4:25 PM Personal priorities in public life: Restoring confidence in DOJ and FBI … GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City
5:10 PM Silence & Peace, War and rumors of War: why are our hearts are so restless? … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church
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The Theology of Christmas Carols … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
Young Evangelicals & Deconversion … GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list … Tim’s “Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World."
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Spiritual warfare … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Faith & Science: Christian unity in scientific issues (Acts 15) … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the upcoming “Beyond Evolution”.
Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work (new book) … GUEST Dr Arianna Molloy … Assoc prof of Organizational Communication at Biola Univ,, where she researches meaningful work, work as a calling, and the connection between humility and burnout in the workplace.
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Friendship: do some just die off? How to prevent this from happening? What are the causes of friendships fracturing?… GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
“Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era and Place (new book)” … GUEST DJ Marotta … priest and the founder of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA and author of “Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age”.
The real Santa … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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Youth Sports, Healthy Families, and the Future of the Church … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra (eeek-hoff zial-stra)… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
Technology: 5 questions on how it helps or hinders us … GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman … Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ … author of “Shaping a Digital World,“ and co-author of “A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers & Designers”.
Mental Illness: How it Affects Loved Ones & what to do about it ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in-chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” … also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”.
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Thankfulness (Col 3:15): why it’s difficult and how we can nurture it … GUEST Rev Josh Brown … Bellefield Presbyterian Church in the Oakland section of Pgh.
Thanksgiving ... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at her substack Demotivations with Anne ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
Hope (Ch 8 of “The Deepest Place: Suffering, and the formation of Hope”) … GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community" Guest Curt Thompson.
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A Thanksgiving Eve Worship Service of Healing & Recovery … GUEST Jerry Bowyer … Pres of Bowyer Research, host of the Meeting of Minds podcast on the Salem Podcast Network, and author of “The Maker Versus the Takers, What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice & Economics”… event details: Wed 6pm, Old St Luke’s Church , one of Western PA’s most historic churches whose origins date to 1765 when worship was held in a log stockage on the colonial frontier … going back to Colonial Times and using a service of worship that was used at the time of the birth of our country … the collection will be used to purchase a rooming house (Duffland Serenity House) for homeless men w addiction, mental illness, or suffer from the trauma of war … 330 Old Washington Pike Carnegie, PA 15106
Future of Space Flight … Solar Flares ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”
Chat GPT’s moral timeline for Thanksgiving conversation … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Jack Smith drops 2 criminal cases against Trump … + … Trump’s admin nominations are finished … + … Biden pardons the last 2 turkeys of his presidency)… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Died: Tony Campolo, Champion of ‘Red Letter’ Christianity - The Baptist pastor and sociologist argued caring for the poor was an integral part of proclaiming the gospel … GUEST Daniel Silliman … News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith"
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The Salvation Army Brass Band & Red Kettle Campaign … GUESTS Major Phili Lloyd (General Sec/Allegh County Coordinator The Salvation Army Western PA division) and Derek Lance (Bandmaster, The Salvation Army NY Staff Band).
Bonhoeffer… GUEST John Scanlon … producer and entertainment attorney representing film & tv production companies, talent, & writers on intellectual property, financing & distribution.
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Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity (new book) … GUEST Nadya Williams … homeschool Mom and book review editor at Current … author of “Cultural Christians in the Early Church”
Pendulum Swing: Defund the Police … GUEST J Warner Wallace … Dateline-featured Cold-Case Detective, Author, Speaker, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, & Adjunct Prof of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and Southern Evangelical Seminary … author of “Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World That Rejects the Bible”
Buckle Up … GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God.
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The Power of the Presidential Pardon … GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … Senior Counsel to the College & Archabbey, Past Chair of the Criminology Dept and Professor of Law at Saint Vincent College.
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Why Panentheism Is False … GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson … Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ … author of over 20 books incl “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”.
Voted for Trump? Now you need to hold him and his administration accountable … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine … Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY.
Reckoning with Antisemitism: Listening to Jewish Voices (Wed Nov 20, ‘24 • 6:30-8:30pm, John Knox Rm at PTS: 616 N Highland Ave, 15206) … GUESTS Liddy Barlow from Christian Associates of SWPA & Noah Schoen … Community Outreach Associate from the Holocaust Center of Pgh.
On gratitude … GUEST Chris Fogle … works in manufacturing procurement in Southern CA … His passion is connecting Jesus and the Bible to pop culture.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Relationships across the Political Divide … GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.
Why Am I So Spiritually Dry?… GUEST Glenna Marshall … author of “The Promise is His Presence” and “Everyday Faithfulness” … she writes regularly at GlennaMarshall.com .
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Steeler season w a Steeler great … GUEST Jon Kolb
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
How the Steelers look thru the eyes of a Hall-of-Famer … GUEST Jon Kolb … is a former Pgh Steeler and 4-time Super Bowl champ who played as an All-Pro offensive lineman for 13 seasons … Jon protected quarterback Bradshaw’s blindside from his left tackle position and on the field for the Immaculate Reception … after his retirement, he worked as a defensive line, and a strength & conditioning coach for the Steelers … He was also an occasional strongman competitor in some of the World's Strongest Man contests … Jon is the founder of ATP (Adventures in Training with a Purpose)
AI Chatbots: Should a machine to act "as if" it was human? Are there problems with interacting with machines? What does that do to our notion of personhood? How will we even know when we interact online if we are actually dealing with a person or a machine? … GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman … Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ … author of “Shaping a Digital World,“ and co-author of “A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers & Designers”
Letting go gracefully: How do we parent our adult children? … GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide
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5 Misconceptions about Sports Betting … GUEST John Dalrymple … Assoc Pastor at Grace Bible Church, Murrieta, CA.
… GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
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After the Election: Coming Together in Unity … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
The biological revolution that is pointing to God … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the upcoming “Beyond Evolution”.
The election: how alienated many Americans are … GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”.
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Election musings … GUEST Jerry Bowyer ... President of Bowyer Research, host of Meeting of Minds podcast on the Salem Podcast Networ, and Author of “The Maker Versus the Takes, What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics”.
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On Election Day, You Can Be Both Realistic & Hopeful … GUEST John Sloan … senior pastor at Capshaw Baptist Church, Huntsville, AL … before going to seminary, John worked as a TV sports reporter & anchor.
Today is Election Day … GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Associate Prof and Chair, Department of Political Science and Assistant Director, Center for Faith & Flourishing, John Brown University.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Election Day is tomorrow)… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Unity amid Division: tomorrow’s election … GUEST Jerry Bowyer ... President of Bowyer Research, host of Meeting of Minds podcast on the Salem Podcast Networ, and Author of “The Maker Versus the Takes, What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics”.
The Seventh-Day Adventist Church: revival of gospel-centered preaching which they attribute to Tim … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".
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Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies… GUEST Abby Olcese… writer on film, pop culture and faith … she’s written for Think Christian and Roger Elbert.com.
GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City College ... Prior to returning to his alma mater McNulty spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Mcnulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees.
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Fight for the Presidency: candidates call their opponent names, widespread claims of voter fraud or intimidation, and contested results in key states … GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … Professor of Law at Saint Vincent College.
Hey it’s Halloween … GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God.
Reformation Day: what is faith? … GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland.
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Reformation Day is tomorrow: the main emphases of that movement still matter… GUEST Rev Josh Brown … Bellefield Presbyterian Church in the Oakland section of Pgh.
4 Ways to Make Halloween More Fun ... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
Character: Chapter 7 of “The Deepest Place: Suffering, and the formation of Hope” … GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community".
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Lost on a Mountain in Maine… GUEST Director Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger … born/raised in Madagascar, the son of missionaries, later living in South Dakota … This is his 2nd film, produced by Sylvester Stallone and starring Caitlin FitzGerald, Paul Sparks, & newcomer Luke David Blumm.
A Scientist’s Take on Demons & Angels ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
… GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump’s rally at MSG, and associated outrage … + … Harris rallies w Beyoncé, Willie Nelson, et al … + … Biden voted today … + … Greg’s road trip through PA, Michigan, WI for the final week of campaign)… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Luther & the Reformation … GUEST Jeff Stivason … Professor of New Testament Studies, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh.
The Gift of Spiritual Direction … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Commuity Church of the South Hills.
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The Vital Necessity of Very Old Books… GUEST Joel Miller … Chief Product Officer for FullFocus and host of the substack Miller’s Book Reviews.
Eastminster Sings: A Celebration of Music honoring Nikki Porter’s 20 yrs of service (Sat evening, 6pm) … GUEST Nikki Porter.
Searching for Home… GUEST Laurel Houck … author of multiple books, newspaper and magazine articles.
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I Was Homeschooled and Turned Out Fine... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in-chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” … also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”
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Searching for Home… GUEST Laurel Houck … author of multiple books, newspaper and magazine articles.
A distinctly Christian political posture: what might it look like? … GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Associate Prof and Chair, Department of Political Science and Assistant Director, Center for Faith & Flourishing, John Brown University.
Pittsburgh Steelers: An Illustrated Timeline… GUEST Jim Wexell … is in his 30th season covering the Pgh Steelers and has spent more than 40 yrs covering Pgh sports since graduating from Pitt in 1983 … this is his 6th book, including “Polamalu,” “On the Clock,” and “Steeler Nation,” and has covered the team in 4 SuperBowl.
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Haiti: the latest report … GUEST Rhonda Smith .. Executive Director of Haiti H2O: Hope to Opportunity.
Communication between Religious Groups: A Muslim, a Jew, and Tim at Biola … GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Prof of Communication at Biola Univ ... author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list … Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was CT Book of the Year in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol ((Final 2 wks of campaign … + … Trump weekend from McD’s to vulgar story-telling … + … Harris outraises/outspends Trump … + … upgraded public WH tour)… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Who’s in favor of the Death Penalty: 1974-2022 … GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” … His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge.
What is heresy?… GUEST Dr Gavin Ortlund … president of Truth Unites and theologian-in-residence at Immanuel Nashville. … author of eight books, including “Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't”.
On Conspiracies … GUEST Wendy Alsup ... author of “I Forgive You: Finding Peace and Moving Forward When Life Really Hurts,” and “Companions in Suffering: Comfort for Times of Loss and Loneliness”.
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To the People in the Pulpits: What I hope for in Church Leadership … GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies”
The Science of Why Your Body Takes Longer to Bounce Back After 40 … GUEST Drew Dyck … acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers … author of “Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)” & “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church… & how to Bring Them Back”.
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Christian Colleges: challenges and rewards … GUEST Dr Collin Messer … Vice President for Academic Affairs, Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA … A former literature professor, he specializes in 20th-century American lit and the literature of the American South … former Asst Dean and chair of the English department at Grove City College.
Organ donation: important questions to ask … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine … Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY … He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016.
Newsboys: Worldwide Revival Nights (Sun Oct 27, 2024; Doors 6pm, Show 7pm, Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall (Munhall, PA) … GUEST Duncan Phillips.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Harris, Trump campaigning in PA today … + … New polls show race too close to call … +.. poll also shows Harris struggles compared to Biden … + … Man w guns stopped outside Trump rally in CA … + … Biden tours FL hurricanes damage) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Weekend to Remember … GUEST Tony & Venita Mitchell … Nov 15-17 @ Pittsburgh Marriott North in Cranberry Twp, PA … PROMO CODE: SAVE100 to save $100 off any regular-price couple’s registration at an upcoming non-sold out event at WeekendtoRemember.com.
How God’s People can Bring Justice Through Literacy … GUEST Tony Kriz … theologian, international speaker and writer … co-author of “Read: How God’s people can bring Justice through Literacy,” released this month in conjunction with the premier of “Sentenced,” a documentary narrated by the NBA’s Steph Curry, filmed from the POV of ethnically diverse adults & kids who’ve never learned to read.
Mission of Mercy … GUEST Keith Young, chairman, Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh … Nov 1-2, DLL Convention Ctr, free for adults and kids 2 and up, no eligibility requirements.
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Dangers of a Partisan Spirit … GUEST Doug Bursch … writer, podcaster & pastor … the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”.
Overwhelmed: how the problems of the world seem to much to take in … GUEST Wade Bearden … writer, entrepreneur, and teaching pastor just outside of Houston TX … author of “Failing Faith” and “To My Friend Who Left the Faith” … His work has also been featured on Christ and Pop Culture, Christianity Today, and RELEVANT.
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How to think about and pray for Afghanistan … GUEST Dr Len Bartlotti … is an expert on the Afghanistan region, living and working among the people for over 35 years … Len works with non-profits, and served on the Board of the largest Christian NGO in Afghanistan … He continues to consult and train workers in the language and culture of the region.
The Asservo Project ... GUEST Joe Sweeney, founder and CEO of The Asservo Project ... Joe is a former SWAT operator, Bomb Squad Commander, & US govt Explosive Security Specialist ... also: The mission of The Asservo Project is to combat global human trafficking and sexual predators, support the recovery of victims, and aid in the imprisonment of perpetrators.
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The Asservo Project ... GUEST Joe Sweeney, founder and CEO of The Asservo Project ... Joe is a former SWAT operator, Bomb Squad Commander, & US govt Explosive Security Specialist ... also: The mission of The Asservo Project is to combat global human trafficking and sexual predators, support the recovery of victims, and aid in the imprisonment of perpetrators.
Citizenship ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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Pope Francis says everyone can reach God in their own way and that Christians should be humble & not say they are the only way ... GUEST Father Lou Vallone ... was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pgh in 1973 ... Since his ordination, Fr. Lou has shepherded the faith communities of 9 diff parishes, 6 of them as pastor ... Now retired as a Pastor & Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University, he spends his time as a Charter Member and Master Coach for the Human Formation Coalition and gives retreats, days of recollections and missions for clergy & parishes, as well as consulting & lecturing in Canon Law as an Advocate .
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Jesus: the only way to God? Pope Francis says everyone can reach God in their own way and that Christians should be humble and not say they are the only way … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".
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GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at AZ Christian Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com.
GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
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The Ten Biblical Commandments of Politics for Christians … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
The biological revolution that is pointing to God … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the upcoming “Beyond Evolution”.
The Lord's Prayer: an antidote to our divided country as we approach the election … GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”.
... GUEST Dr. Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at Saint Vincent College.
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Why Church Planters Are Thriving in New England… GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
Teaching Ethics & Virtues: Engineering/computer science students should become ethical professionals - does teaching in a Christian college setting differ? .… GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman … Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ … author of “Shaping a Digital World,“ and co-author of “A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers & Designers”.
This Week in the Nation’s Capitol: tonight’s VP candidate debate … GUEST Greg Clugston, White House Correspondent, SRN News.
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Blonde Orthodoxy: What Is a Woman? It Begins with Biology … GUEST Katie McCoy … author of “To Be a Woman: The Confusion Over Female Identity & How Christians Can Respond.
Can Self-Help Books Really Help? … GUEST Hannah Anderson … author who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of VA … Her latest book, “Life Under the Sun,” considers the wisdom of Ecclesiastes.
The After Party: Toward better Christian politics — Reframing the Christian Identity (new small group course and book, co-written w David French & Russell Moore) … GUEST Curtis Chang.
Why It's Really Hard to Be Optimistic About the Mainline … GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge.
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GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
GUEST Michael Sider-Rose, PhD CEO Orthodox Volunteer Corps.
GUEST Kenneth Samples.
GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia
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Who’s in heaven?… GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson … Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ … author of over 20 books incl “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”.
5 Simple Ways to Nourish Your Mind - Guest: Joel Miller Chief Product Officer and FullFocus and host of the substack Miller’s Book Reviews.
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The Equinox... GUEST Ralph Crewe ... Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh ... a generally Curious Person.
Hezbollah: who are they, what’s their ideology, and what happened with the pager attack this week ... GUEST Dr Michael Brown ... host of the daily, nationally syndicated talk radio show, The Line of Fire, and is the author of more than 40 books and over 1,500 op-ed pieces.
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With Eyes to See Addiction, Appalachian Churches Respond to the Opioids Crisis (CT) ... GUEST Simon Dahlman ... Professor of Communications & Journalism, Milligan Univ and the author of “A Familiar Wilderness: Searching for Home on Daniel Boone’s Road”.
People Are Complex. So Is History ... GUEST Obbie Tyler Todd ... pastor of Third Baptist Church in Marion, IL and adjunct professor of theology at Luther Rice College and Seminary ... author of several books, incl “Let Men Be Free: Baptist Politics in the Early United States (1776– 1835)” and “The Beechers: America’s Most Influential Family” ... obbietylertodd.com.
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It is not best for Man to eat Alone (CT) ... GUEST Anna Broadway ... has written for The NYT, WSJ, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Christianity Today ... author of “Sexless in the City: A Memoir of Reluctant Chastity,” and most recently “Solo Planet: How Singles Help the Church”.
Traveling w the candidates in PA ... GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post; she previously wrote for The Atlantic & the Pgh Tribune Review, and now is a contributor to the Post-Gazette.
No Congregation Is an Island: How Faith Communities Navigate Opportunities & Challlenges Together ... GUEST Jennifer McClure Haraway ... associate professor of religion and sociology at Samford University in Birmingham, AL ... She also develops congregational resources with the Association of Religion Data Archives and serves as the congregational research strategist at Samford’s Center for Congregational Resources.
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Ask the Pastor … GUEST Rev Chris Marshall .
On Parenting ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in-chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” … also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”.
The Church can help end Phone-based Childhood … GUEST Emily Crouch … public policy and communications professional living and working in Alexandria, VA… She leads college student programming and the fellowship for early-career congressional leadership development at the Center for Public Justice.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Assassination attempt … + … Trump blames Dems … + … Biden calls for Secret Service resources … + … campaigns continue … + … American pastor released from detention in China) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Behind The Yoi: The Life of Myron Cope, Legendary Pittsburgh Steelers Broadcaster … GUEST Dan Joseph … a Pgh native has worked for more than 20 yrs as an editor in Voice of America’s central newsroom … author of several book including “Baseballs GreoWhat If: The Story and Tragedy of Pistol Pete Reiser”.
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Christian Formation for the ‘Tool Belt Generation:’ I always assumed my sons would go to college. When they chose the trades, it reframed my view of higher ed—and church commu- nity (CT) ... GUEST Jen Hemphill ... writer from Pittsburgh finishing up a memoir about rock climbing and motherhood ... writes at Pull-ups in the Basement on Substack.
The Anxious Genera- tion: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, by Jonathan Haidt ... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” ... and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead” ... his substack is chrismartinfyi.
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The 6 Conversations: Pathways to connecting in an Age of Isolation & Incivility (new book) ... GUEST Heather Holleman ... assoc teaching prof at Penn State, speaker, & author of “Seated With Christ: Living Freely in a Culture of Comparison,” and “Sent: Living a Life that Invites Others to Jesus” (co-written with her husband Ashley) ... She has 2 daugh- ters and 3 cats, and she blogs daily at www.HeatherHolleman.com ... her podcast is "The Verb with Heather Holleman”
Life in Flux: Navigational Skills to Guide and Ground you in an Ever- changing World (new book) ... GUEST Lisa Slayton ... is they founding partner and CEO of Tamim Partners LLC, providing coaching and consulting to executives., businesses, nonprofits and churches.
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Worth Seeing: Viewing Others Through God's Eyes ... GUEST Amy Williams ... project coordinator for IL Youth Ctr for New Life Chicagoland ... her role coordinated and brings restorative justice programming into three juvenile prisons ... Amy’s been a youth pastor,, mentor and advocate.
Why Mystery Is Crucial to Our Lives (And Why It’s Never Going Away... GUEST Chris Fogle ... works in manufacturing procurement in Southern CA ... His passion is connecting Jesus and the Bible to pop culture.
Last night’s Trump/Harris debate, live from Philadelphia ... GUEST Greg Clugston, White House Correspondent, SRN News.
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GUEST Rev Liddy Barlow ... Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest PA.
GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” ... his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” ... Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY.
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Liturgy In The Wilderness: How the Lord’s Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age ... GUEST DJ Marotta ... priest and the founder of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA and author of “Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age” and the forthcoming “Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era & Place”
Sabbath Is Not a Luxury Good: God designed weekly rest to be holy for all people, not just the economically stable ... GUEST Adam Gustine ... author of “Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom” and co-author of “Ecosystems of Jubilee: Economic Ethics for the Neighborhood” ... He works at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study.
The biological revolution that is pointing to God ... GUEST Dr Sy
Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith".
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Celebrating life: In the words of Rare Earth, “I just want to celebrate another day of living” ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
The biological revolution that is pointing to God ... GUEST Dr Sy
Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith".
Engaging Jesus with Our Senses: An Embodied Approach to the Gospels ... GUEST Jeannine Hanger ... is associate professor of New Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University ... author of “Sensing Salvation in the Gospel of John”.
Limiting cell phones in school ... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show ... (Lisa took care of her mother w dementia for 2 yrs, says caregiving was a rewarding experience, but also very challenging and emotionally draining at times).
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Letting go gracefully: How do we parent our adult children? ... GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” ... Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
5 Things I’ve learned to go Long-Term in Ministry ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
St Gregory the Illuminator, who brought the gospel to Armenia (his feast day is this month)... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
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The power of a reset: allowing our way of existence to be changed by God (Parenting, marriage, politics) ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... writer, podcaster & pastor ... the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”
Ten Mile Community Leaders Prayer Breakfast (Sat Sept 7) ... GUESTS Pat O’Brien, Sr Vice President, Dollar Bank and Pastor John Thomas, founder & pastor of the Calvary Chapel and Calvary Chapel Christian School.
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Books about work ... GUEST Byron Borger ... owner, Hearts and Minds bookstore, Dallastown, PA.
On her way to Africa ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God.
Equal Protection: our understanding has come a long way ... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College.
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4:10 PM - Why Romans 8:28 Isn’t Helping Your Anxiety … GUEST Caleb Batchelor … assistant pastor at First Baptist Church of Boynton Beach in South Florida … author of “Visible Grace: Seeing the Church the Way Jesus Does”.
4:35 PM - The rise of the Flat- Earthers … GUEST Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink … research scholar at Reasons to Believe … PhD in astrophysics from Iowa State Univ … author of “Escaping the Beginning?,” “Is There Life Out There?,” and “Who’s Afraid of the Multiverse?,” and coauthor of the Impact Events student devotional series … Jeff is a project scientist at UCL.
5:10 PM - Biblical reflections on Labor … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA.
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4:10 PM - This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Post-convention bounce … + … Debate over the debate … + … 3 yr anniversary Taliban attack on American servicemen (13 dead) at the Kabul airport) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent
4:35 PM - The Urgent Need for Church Planters … GUEST Dr Barry York … Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary
5:10 PM - Finding our rhythm in the changing seasons ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Community Church of the South Hills
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Your late Summer Garden (how to harvest for the freshest veggies ... + ... best time to work in the lawn/ re-seed ... + ... planting perennials, late season veggies like radish, spinach ... + ... coming into tree/ shrub planting time ... + ... Lots of bargains and I’m taking people to see the gardens of London next May ... + ... I’ll be making the Ultimate Garlic Seafood Alfredo today for a charity event tonight ... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor, Gardening with Doug.
Last night’s acceptance speech by Vp Kamala Harris ... GUEST Dr Amy E. Black ... Associate Professor of Political Science at Wheaton College, where her research interests include religion and politics and Congress ... author of several books, incl “Honoring God in Red or Blue: Approaching Politics with Humility, Grace, and Reason”
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Democratic National Committee update ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
In Our Anger Era: Too Many Americans Stay Enraged Rather than Seeking Help. Christian counselors wish more people would acknowledge their rage in a boiling cultural moment. GUEST Emily Belz ... staff writer for Christianity Today.
Anti-semitism in Pittsburgh ... GUEST Toby Tabachnick ... Editor, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle.
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The Church is shrinking: is there a solution? ... GUEST Toni Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor & teacher from The Gracism Task Force.
Protecting Places of Worship: United Against Hate Forum ... GUEST Pastor Glen Germany ... pastor of Jesus Dwelling Place Church, North Braddock.
Ways Faith and Film Interact ... GUEST Brett McCracken ... senior editor & director of communications at The Gospel Coalition ... author of “The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding your soul in a post truth world” - and - “Uncomfortable: the akward and essential challenge of Christian community”.
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Young adults: the importance of church membership and consistent participation with a local body of believers ... GUEST Michael Betrus... lawyer who lives in Fort Worth TX ... He formerly co-hosted the Radically Normal podcast.
Helicopter Parenting ... GUEST Drew Dyck ... acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers ... author of “Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)” & “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church... & how to Bring Them Back”.
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Life Minded: 8 Practices for Belonging to God and Each Other (new book) ... GUEST Brady Boyd ... Sr Pastor of New Life Church, Colorado Springs CO and co-hosts The Essential Church podcast ... author of “Addicted to Busy”
Does It Mean to Die with Dignity? ... GUESST Dr Kathryn Butler (MD, Columbia Univ) ... trauma surgeon turned writer & homeschooling mom ... she explores medical issues thru a Christian lens in her books “Between Life and Death” and “Glimmers of Grace” ... also author of “The Dream Keeper Saga,” a kids’ fantasy series with Christian themes.
What makes a Christian learner: courageous, curious, and contagious ... GUEST Chad C. Ashby ... Founding Head of School, The Oaks Academy, Washington PA
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Harris/Walz ticket reframes presidential campaign ... + ... Trump accepts 1 debate, proposes 2 more ... + ... abortion viewed differently by Trump and Harris ... + ... Biden to appear w Harris later this week) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Penny’s Talent Show ... GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture ...author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” ... guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast.
The beginning of Wisdom and a plan for it ... GUEST Wade Bearden ... writer, entrepreneur, and teaching pastor just outside of Houston TX ... author of “Failing Faith” and “To My Friend Who Left the Faith” ... His work has also been featured on Christ and Pop Culture, Christianity Today, and RELEVANT.
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Retirement and future of GCC ... GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City College ... Prior to returning to his alma mater McNulty spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Mcnulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees.
The Christian use of Political Power ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
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Historical Creeds v passing historical fads ... GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd ... research professor of church history at Midwestern Baptist Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and author of books including “Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh”.
GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at Seattle Pacific Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com.
Praising God Is an Act of Political Defiance: The Book of Psalms reminds us that worship demands our unequivocal devotion and allegiance .... GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes ... Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”.
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Ten-Mile Valley Community Prayer Breakfast ... GUEST Patrick O'Brien ... Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, Dollar Bank.
How to navigate social media in an Election Season ... GUEST Chris Martin ... director of content at Moody Radio ... author of two books about social media: “The Wolf in Their Pockets” and “Terms of Service”.
GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian
Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
The Transfiguration when Jesus was transformed & Peter, James, John saw him talking w Elijah & Moses ... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
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How Hellion Teenagers Sparked Revival in a Small West Virginia Town ... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
Anxiety ... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World ... GUEST Rich Villodas ... author of "Good and Beautiful and Kind (dropped 7/12/22) and the Christianity Today award- winning book "The Deeply Formed Life" ... he is the Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large, multiracial church with more than 75 countries represented in Elmhurst, Queens.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Harris to pick VP ... + .. WH race is a virtual tie ... + .. hostages freed from Russia .. + ... Economy concerns/Fed/Wall St sell off ) ... GUEST Greg Clugston, SRN News White House Correspondent.
PRISM and the Garage Giveaway ... GUESTS Scott Boyd ... Director of PRISM, Pgh Region International Student Ministry.
CS Lewis and Time’s Meaning (Mere Inkling) ... GUEST Kathy
Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co- author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".
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Why Bring the Last Supper into It?: In which I Ponder that Blasphemy at the Olympics ... GUEST Anne Kennedy ... author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest
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Trump’s acceptance speech for the Republican nomination for President ... GUEST Dr. Tracy McKenzie ... Professor of History and holds the Arthur F Holmes Chair of Faith & Learning at Wheaton College ... author of "We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy,” “The First Thanksgiving: what the Real Story tell us about Loving God & Learning from History,” and “A Little Book for New Historians”.
Why Every Church Member Matters ... GUEST Caleb Davis ... founding and lead pastor of True Life Church in Arvada, CO ... He blogs at Biblical Help and his own website pastorcaleb.org.
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The Power of Being: 5 NT keys to navigating difficult times: be accepting, hospitable, encouraging, forgiving and loving ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
Times of Trouble ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh.
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Original sin in a fallen world: what it means for our politics, Trump/ Vance and the pro-life platform ... GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” ... his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” ... Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY.
When HR is in Charge of the Sex ... GUEST Anne Kennedy ... author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
Surviving Summer and Summer Vacation ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... writer, podcaster & pastor ... the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”.
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Trump’s classified documents case thrown out ... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College ... (law degree fr Harvard magna cum laude, served as fed prosecutor, crim defense atty, & prof of law at Duquesne Law Schl, where he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the grad class in both ‘11 & ‘07, and was named Duq Law School’s ‘07 Teacher of the Yr by the Assoc of Am Law Schools ... author of 2 major works on criminal law & 11 law review articles in journals across the country)
Why Every Church Member Matters ... GUEST Caleb Davis ... founding and lead pastor of True Life Church in Arvada, CO.
Live account of the shooting in Butler PA last Saturday, conversations w for president Trump ... GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post; she previously wrote for The Atlantic & the Pgh Tribune Review, and now is a contributor to the Post-Gazette.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Saturday’s shooting & Biden response … + … RNC opens [themes, security, etc] … + … Trump VP announcement today … + .. Trump’s classified docs case dismissed today) … GUEST Greg Clugston, SRN News White House Correspondent.
The opening prayer of the campaign rally in Pennsylvania, where Trump escaped the assassination attempt, was led by a Catholic priest, Father Jason Charron.
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Creating Belonging within Families ... GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture ...author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” ... guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast.
Biden’s Press Conf at 5:30p today ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House correspondent.
Worth Seeing: Viewing Others Through God's Eyes (new book) ... GUEST Amy Williams ... project coordinator for IL Youth Ctr for New Life Chicagoland ... her role coordinated and brings restorative justice programming into three juvenile prisons ... Amy’s been a youth pastor,, mentor and advocate.
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The Case for voting 3rd Party ... GUEST Bob Stevenson ... husband, father of 4 and serves as Lead Pastor of Village Baptist Church in ? ... He writes at Medium (bobstevenson.net) and on Twitter (@bobstevenson).
The Gifts of Scarcity ... GUEST Myles Werntz ... Director of Baptist Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, Abilene Christian Univ.
What’s the Earliest Record of Jesus’s Childhood? Evaluating a New Manuscript of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas ... GUEST Dr Michael J. Kruger ,,, president of Reformed Theological Seminary’s campus in Charlotte NC where he also serves as prof of New Testament ... author of “Surviving Religion 101: Letters to a Christian Student on Keeping the Faith in College” and “Christianity at the Crossroads: How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church” ... blogs regularly at Canon Fodder.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden damage control ... + ... Dems divided ... + ... Trump VP pick soon ... + ... GOP convention begins a week from today) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House correspondent.
"What does holiness look like?" GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.
His Face like Mine: Finding God's Love in Our Wounds (new book) ... GUEST Russell Joyce ... national director of church planting for The Foursquare Church and senior pastor of Faith Center in Eugene, OR ... He planted Hope Brooklyn church in 2017 and holds a Masters in Divinity from Duke Divinity School ... co-hosts the Same Jesus podcast with his friend and colleague Dr. A.J. Swoboda, and currently lives with his wife and two sons in the Pacific Northwest.
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The Parenting Health and Wealth Gospel ... GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” ... Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/ retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
Surprising Events in Charleston ... GUEST Frederica Mathewes- Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
The Doctrines of Grace for daily living ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
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A conversation with three pastors … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
The Supreme Ct immunity decision … GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at Saint Vincent College … (law degree fr Harvard magna cum laude, served as fed prosecutor, crim defense atty, & prof of law at Duquesne Law Schl, where he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the grad class in both ‘11 & ‘07, and was named Duq Law School’s ‘07 Teacher of the Yr by the Assoc of Am Law Schools … author of 2 major works on criminal law & 11 law review articles in journals across the country.
The new law in Louisiana to post the 10 Commandments in public school .… GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters” .
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (fallout from last Thursday’s debate .. + … SCOTUS immunity ruling) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House correspondent.
GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post; she previously wrote for The Atlantic & the Pgh Tribune Review, and now is a contributor to the Post-Gazette.
GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms"
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GUEST Jerry Bowyer ... President of Bowyer Research, host of Meeting of Minds podcast on the Salem Podcast Networ, and Author of “The Maker Versus the Takes, What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics”.
The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God”.
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Summer reads ... GUEST Byron Borger ... found her an owner, hearts, and minds bookstore, Dallastown, PA.
Suffering: Chapter 5 of “The Deepest Place: suffering, and the formation of Hope ... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson .. psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, Virginia ... author of, “ the soul of shame, “and “the soul of desire".
June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month ... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Campaign calendar [debate next week ... + ... Trump sentencing 7-11 ... + ... RNC convention a month from now) ... + ... Trump VP contenders ... + ... Biden campaign goes after Trump legal troubles) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House correspondent.
Trends in US Religious Life: 5%-40% growth in evangelicals that are Non-Denominational... + ... the Fed govt and Christian advocacy from 55%-38% ... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge ... assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ ... author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” ... His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge.
Formation of Conscience .... GUEST Marilyn McEntyre ... writer, prof, speaker ... award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies".
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A technology for social miracle-making ... GUEST Dr Christine
Jeske ... professor of cultural anthropology at Wheaton College ... She is the author of 3 books, including the latest, "The Laziness Myth: Narratives of Work and the Good Life in South Africa”.
A Father’s Day reflection GUEST Drew Dyck ... acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers ... author of “Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)” & “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church... & how to Bring Them Back”.
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Why Mystery Is Crucial to Our Lives (And Why It’s Never Going Away)... GUEST Chris Fogle ... works in manufacturing procurement in Southern CA ... His passion is connecting Jesus and the Bible to pop culture.
GUEST Rev Liddy Barlow ... Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest PA.
Unwanted and Coerced Abortion ... GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” ... his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” ... Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY.
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Every Kind of Bridge explained … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person.
GUEST Keith Young ... Co-chair Vision for Life.
Combatting sex trafficking: Just back from India … GUEST Father Jason Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA.
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Christian Fight Club: How to Fight Well With Other People. ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... writer, podcaster & pastor ... the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”.
RIP Juergen Moltmann: The Last World Class Theologian ... GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson ... Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ ... author of over 20 books incl “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”.
Is Pittsburgh still stronger than hate?... GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post and a contributor to the Post-Gazette and WSJ.
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One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation ... GUEST Daniel Silliman ... News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith"
Hellbent and Heaven Forward: Break Free from Lies and live Loved ... GUEST Mona Rosene ... believer, author, speaker and leader.
Sadly, anti-Jewish hatred is a subject I know only too well ... GUEST Jeff Jacoby ... Op-Ed Columnist, The Boston Globe.
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How Jesus talked to unbelievers ... GUEST Randy Loubier ... pastor of Chestnut Hill Chapel in New Boston, NH.
Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
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On journaling... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Christian Book Publishing ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith,” and the most recent “Science and Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology”.
The global church: understand the blind spots in the Western European-American Church. Has the Church become a place for consumers, rather than members of a family whose lives are knit together? .... GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes ... Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”.
Rise of Antisemitism ... GUEST Rabbi Aaron Bisno ... holds the Frances F. & David R. Levin Senior Rabbinic Pulpit at Rodef Shalom in Squirrel Hill, and has been with the congregation since 2004 ... Rabbi Bisno is the ninth rabbi to lead the Temple since its founding in 1856.
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Why Male Friendships Are Growing in America’s Most Average Town... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
A Journey into Divine Love ... To Know Him by Name ... "Messianic Prophecy Revealed" (new book) ... Messianic Rabbi K. A. Schneider ... Host of the Discovering the Jewish Jesus program.
AI in Churches: the bad & the good ... GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman ... Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ ... author of “Shaping a Digital World,“ and co- author of “A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers & Designers".
Understanding the Metamodern Mood ... GUEST Brett McCracken ... senior editor & director of communications at The Gospel Coalition ... author of “The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding your soul in a post truth world” - and - “Uncomfortable: the akward and essential challenge of Christian community”.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump verdict ... + ... Election impact ... + ... Hunter Biden trial ... + ... Biden travels to France for DDay anniversary Thursday [80 yrs])... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
How “Evangelical” become politicized ... GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd ... research professor of church history at Midwestern Baptist Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and author of books including “Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh”.
There’s not enough Repentance: a reflection on ur tawdry political moment (substack) ... GUEST Daniel Darling ... author of several books, including ” The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle".
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"Forever Elsewhere:” The fundamental problem of presence and meaning in the modern world ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in- chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” ... also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”.
To Guard Against the Monsters in My Life, I Became a Monster Myself ... GUEST Tanya Glessner ... author of “The Light You Bring, a memoir,” and “Stand Up Eight, a collection of personal testimonies” ... She has also published several daily prayer journals & is currently at work on a daily devotional.
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GUEST Jerry Bowyer ...Host of the podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance , @Affluent_Invest . former columnist @Forbes .com.
The expansion of the Federal government: what Madison intended?... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College ... (law degree fr Harvard magna cum laude, served as fed prosecutor, crim defense atty, & prof of law at Duquesne Law Schl, where he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the grad class in both ‘11 & ‘07, and was named Duq Law School’s ‘07 Teacher of the Yr by the Assoc of Am Law Schools ... author of 2 major works on criminal law & 11 law review articles in journals across the country)
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4:10 PM - The difference between leisure and genuine biblical rest? Sort of a riff off the sermon I preached a few weeks ago. Can use Jesus’ invitation in Matt 11:28-30 to frame it ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh.
5:35 PM - Navigating wedding season as a single person. … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump trial closing arguments ... + ... Independent voters sour on the economy ... + ... Ohio Biden ballot issue ... + ... Will RFK Jr qualify for the debate? ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Solar Flares ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross ... senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible ... his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
What I learned about the Cross from a recent near-death Experience ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA.
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Inflation’s silent impact on American family businesses... GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post; she previously wrote for The Atlantic & the Pgh Tribune Review, and now is a contributor to the Post-Gazette.
Family Guidance ... GUEST Allyson Sveda ... Executive Director, Family Guidance.
The Secret Sin of ‘Mommy Juice’ Guest: Ericka Andersen is a freelance writer living in Indianapolis. She is the author of Leaving Cloud 9 and Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women.
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Sisters Celebrating Diversity & Moving in Unity ... GUEST Shelly R. Bynum ... been an educator in Pgh Public Schools for over 25 yrs ... currently Literacy Academic Coach there and is founder and president of Sisters Celebrating Diversity and Moving in Unity, which has been in existence since 2017 ... The purpose of SCD is to attack the racial, ethnic and cultural divisions within the body of Christ by providing training and education to individuals and/or organizations.
GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.
I Hated ‘Church People.’ But I Knew I Needed Them... from CT ... GUEST Randy Loubier ... pastor of Chestnut Hill Chapel in New Boston, NH
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden & Trump spent weekend reaching out to base supporters ... + ... Pres agrees to debates ... + ... Trump’s criminal trial winding down) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Ending the Stalemate Challenge ... GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Prof of Communication at Biola Univ ... author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list ... Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was CT Book of the Year in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019.
This really may be the end of an era in American religious demography ... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge ... assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ ... author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” ... His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge.
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Warblers and the Question of Gratuitous Beauty ... GUEST Kevin
Burrell ... is a pastor and an orni-theologist — a word penned by the theologian & birder John Stott ... Kevin is convinced that every one of us should make an effort to attend toward some aspect of God's creation; and he has chosen birds.
Why Mystery Is Crucial to Our Lives (And Why It’s Never Going Away) ... GUEST Chris Fogle ... works in manufacturing procurement in Southern CA ... His passion is connecting Jesus and the Bible to pop culture.
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Higher Ed’s Fragmented Morality (from The Dispatch)... GUEST Dr Jeffrey Bilbro ... associate professor of English at Grove City College and editor in chief at the Front Porch Republic ... His most recent book is “Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News”
The Expectation Gap: the tiny vast space between our beliefs and the experience of God (new book) ... GUEST Steve Cuss ... pastor and founder of Capable Life.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Cohen testifies in Trump trial ... + ... Biden/Israeli tensions persist ... + ... New Biden tariffs on Chinese goods coming) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
The Four Things Jesus Never Said .... GUEST Michael Hidalgo ... lead pastor of Denver Community Church ... author of "Unlost: Being Found by the One We are Looking For" and "Changing Faith: Questions, Doubts & Choices about an Unchanging God".
Thriving on a Riff: Jazz and the Spiritual Life (new book) ... GUEST William Carter ... dual career as a jazz pianist and Presbyterian minister ... pastor and head of staff at 1st Pres Church of Clarks Summit, PA and leader of PresbyBop quartet ... author of 11 books.
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Divine Generosity: The Scope of Salvation in Reformed Theology ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
Moms and parenting styles... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
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Fiction as a Means of Grace?... GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland.
Are a pastor and a priest the same thing? ... GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” ... his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” ... Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY.
Mike Pence teaches at GCC ... GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City College ... Prior to returning to his alma mater McNulty spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Mcnulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees.
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Grieve, Breathe, Receive: Finding a Faith strong enough to Hold Us (new book) ... GUEST Steve Carter ... pastor, author, podcast host ... former pastor of Willow Creek Church, Chicago, IL.
Three Kinds of People You Need In Your Life ... GUEST Daniel Darling ... author of several books, including ”The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle (newest book)”.
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An unequally yoked small group ... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra... senior writer and faith-&- work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
Ye of Overconfident Faith: Like the disciples, we need to learn the difference between trust in Jesus and spiritual cockiness ... GUEST Jennifer Michelle Greenberg ... author of “Defiant Joy”.
Violence in a North Braddock Church: man tried to shoot a pastor during church service but gun didn’t fire ... GUEST Pastor Glen Germany ... pastor of Jesus Dwelling Place Church, North Braddock.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Campus protests continue, Biden broke silence .. + ... Mideast Ceasefire talks struggle ... + ... another Trump fine for violating gag order, and possible jail warning ... + ... Marjorie T Green wants to oust House speaker this week) GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Your Spring Garden (still too early to plant tomatoes, peppers, impatiens & anything frost tender...TRUST ME! ... If you want to put a couple things out and then cover them, no big deal if you lose them ... + ... Lots of other things to plant: Trees, shrubs, perennial, cold tolerant flowers & veg ... + ... a few minutes out of your busy day to enjoy the spring garden: Azaleas in full bloom rhododendron next ... + ... Tips for a great lawn ... + ... Fun shopping at nurseries, don’t bring a significant other who doesn’t want to be there ... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor, Gardening with Doug.
Billy Graham Preached at His Crusades. His Singers Believed They Were Preaching Too. A late historian explores how crusade hymns told both the classic story of gospel salvation and the evolving story of evangelical worship music. - Guest: Amber Thomas Reynolds is adjunct assistant professor of history at Wheaton College.
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GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture ...author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” ... guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast.
Fulfilled Prophecy: Evidence for the Reliability of the Bible ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross ... senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible ... his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA.
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Can the Church Save Marriage? Matrimony rates decline, even among conservative Christians ... GUEST Mark Regnerus ... professor of sociology at the Univ of Texas at Austin and co-founder of the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture ... his new book is “The Future of Christian Marriage”
Amy Grant coming to town... GUEST Rich Engler.
Kathryn Kuhlman ... GUEST Bob Smietana ... Religion News Service.
Men, Are You Submissive?.. GUEST Michael J. Kruger ... president of Reformed Theological Seminary’s Charlotte, NC campus, where he also serves as professor of New Testament ... author of “Surviving Religion 101,” and “Christianity at the Crossroads: How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church” ... He blogs regularly at Canon Fodder.
The importance of Libraries ... GUEST Jordan Feagley ... Director of Information Services and Operations at RPTS (One of his chief responsibilities is overseeing the Wodrow Library at the Seminary) ... currently serves on the Board of Directors of a small public library in the Allegheny County Library Association.
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Young People who are opting out of Life + 43% of US evangelicals say they don’t believe in the divinity of Christ … GUEST Drew Dyck … acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers … author of “Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)” & “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church… & how to Bring Them Back”
is it okay to pray to the Holy Spirit" or "why does it sound strange to pray to the Holy Spirit? (evergreen)… GUEST Fred Sanders … theologian who tried to specialize in the doctrine of the Trinity, but found that everything in Christian life & thought is connected to the triune God …. As a result, he studies, teaches, and writes across the full range of Christian doctrines.
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4:10 PM - This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Democrats help GOP Speaker pass foreign aid bills … + … US and Israel silent on Israeli retaliation against Iran … + … Trump trial begins in NY) GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
4:35 PM - Dorothy Day: A Starter Kit … GUEST Myles Werntz … Director of Baptist Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, Abilene Christian Univ.
5:10 PM - Common Fallacies in an Age of Outrage … GUEST Steve Bateman … has been senior pastor of First Bible Church in North Alabama for over 30 yrs and is author of “Brothers, Stand Firm! Seven Things Every Man Should Know, Practice, and Invest in the Next Generation”
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Why Birding? … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person.
Memorizing Scripture: The Basics, Blessings & Benefits of Meditating on Gods Word (new book) … GUEST Glenna Marshall … author of “The Promise is His Presence” and “Everyday Faithfulness” … she writes regularly at GlennaMarshall.com
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Prayer ... GUEST Sarah Sanderson ... writes & speaks about faith, trauma recovery, & the beloved life ... her first book, “The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate,” dropped in Aug 2023.
What We Can Offer If We Uncircle the Wagons ... GUEST Carrie McKean ... West Texas–based writer whose work has appeared in NYT, The Atlantic, and Texas Monthly magazine ... carriemckean.com.
Can Women Ask Men Out? ... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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Receiving a Kingdom; responding in Worship ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh.
Jesus v Evangelicals: A biblical critque of a Wayward Movement ... GUEST Constantine Campbell ... Professor & Associate Research Director at Sydney College of Divinity ... He is a New Testament scholar, jazz musician, and the author of several books.
Prayer ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God”.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Iran attack on Israel ... + ... Trump NY criminal trial begins ... + ... 2024 election polls tightening ... + ... Abortion becomes even bigger topic) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
SCOTUS: rulings on the 2nd Amendment could radically change how gun laws are administered ... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College.
The Way They Should Go: How To Make It Easier For Your Child To Be A Christian ... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com.
National Poetry Month (“The Thing about Fake Flowers”) ... GUEST Joel Kurz ... parish pastor in a Missouri college town who has had poetry, essays, and reviews in various journals over the years.
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Spring Gardening (cool weather plants, pansies, violas too. Starting seeds indoors and out ... + ... Planting those Easter flowers ... + ... What to do if your daffodils are not blooming ... + ... Take pics of spring blooming bulbs so you know where to plant in the fall ... + ... Enjoying the fleeting flavoring flowers ... + ... Free garden seminar Sunday w me) ... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com.
National Poetry Month ... GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at Seattle Pacific Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com.
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Climate & Energy: the Case for Realism ... GUEST Dr Cal Beisner ... President of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, an interdisciplinary scholar in philosophy, religion, economics, the history of political thought, and environmental ethics.
Gratitude: Why Giving Thanks Is the Key to Our Well-Being ... GUEST Dr Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga ... senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich ... author of many books, incl the Christianity Today Book Award winners “Not the Way It's Supposed to Be,” “Engaging God's World,” and “Reading for Preaching, and our favorite, “Under the Wings of God”.
Science & Faith in Harmony ... GUEST Dr Sy
Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith". originally aired 2.1.24, 4:35.
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Reporting on Religion ... GUEST Ken Chitwood ... professional religion nerd, working as scholar & newswriter ... Ken is president of the Religion News Association, the premier membership association for journalists reporting on religion, also Editor of ReligionLink, Faith and Immigration Reporter for Sojourners magazine and European Correspondent for Christianity Today.
The Truth in True Crime: what investigating death teaches us about the meaning of life (new book) ... GUEST J Warner Wallace ... Dateline featured Cold-Case Detective, Author, Speaker, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, & Adjunct Prof of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and Southern Evangelical Seminary ... newest book, “Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World That Rejects the Bible”.
the Vatican’s “Dignity’s Infinita:” human dignity amidst moral & social problems ... GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” ... his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” ... Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY ... He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016.
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Beyond Ethnic Loneliness The Pain of Marginalization and the Path to Belonging-Guest: Prasanta Verma.
What Is The Tree of Life? GUEST Father Tom Soroka.
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I Skipped Church for Three Yrs: My spiritual loneliness brought me back ... GUEST Luke Helm ... writer and coach working out of Grand Rapids, Michigan
I Loved Studying Math. I Needed God to Show Me Why ... GUEST Francis Su author of “Mathematics for Human Flourishing” and a Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College
Upcoming show ... GUEST Jeff Allen
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What does it mean to Watch and Pray?... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
A truth equally upsetting: The modern theory of evolution (not neo Darwinism) supports intelligent design & biblical truth. And it shows the harmony between science & faith ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... his new book is “Science and Faith in Harmony,” and is also author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”.
Reading the Old Testament Through Ancient Egyptian Eyes: Learning abt the land of Pharaoh helps us understand the people of Israel in their context ... GUEST Carmen Joy Imes ... Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”.
Caitlin Clark & Taylor Swift are good for our national life ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, by Jonathan Haidt ... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” ... and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead” ... his substack is chrismartinfyi.
Adopting a Resurrection Identity ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co- founder and former president of EduNations.
Pascha... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green ... author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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A pastor in Israel, who is preaching the gospel, worked through his rage at Hamas and has been able to love his enemies — supporting both Israelis and Palestinian Christians ..... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&- work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
A pastor in Israel, who is preaching the gospel, worked through his rage at Hamas and has been able to love his enemies — supporting both Israelis and Palestinian Christians ..... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&- work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
GUEST Lauren Daigle.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Biden Easter/Transgender flap ... White House Easter Egg Roll ... + ... Uncommitted voters in Wisconsin's Tue Primary) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Taking a trip with your high school-aged daughter... GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... writes on personal, spiritual, & social healing ... she’s author of several books, including her latest, “To be Made Well: an invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope” ... she hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast ... a grad of Princeton Univ & Princeton Sem, she lives w her husband & 3 kids in western CT.
Isaiah 57:1,2 GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co- author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".
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This week in the nation’s capital ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Dynamics of Public Speaking ... GUEST Calvin Troup ... President of Geneva College and Adjunct Professor at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
The Misunderstood Reason Millions of Americans Stopped Going to Church: The defining problem driving people out is ... just how American life works in the 21st century ... GUEST Jake Meador ... Editor-in-Chief of Mere Orthodoxy ... author of “In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World” and “What are Christians for?: Life Together at the End of the World”.
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How Fish Survive Hydro Turbines & April 8th Eclipse... GUEST Ralph Crewe ... science writer & content creator for various outlets including “Universe Today,” “Practical Engineering,” “Veritasium,” “SciShow,” and his own curious channel “Isn’t That Something”.
Pets aren’t People... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... author of “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues”.
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Your Church Needs Your Contentment from the new book: "A Call to Contentment: Pursuing Godly Satisfaction in a Restless World ... GUEST David Kaywood ... Senior Associate Pastor, Eastside Community Church.
Festival of Homiletics: Sustaining and Nurturing the Preaching Life ... GUEST Rev Dr Karoline Lewis ... Professor and Chair of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary, St Paul Minnesota and Program Director, Festival of Homiletics.
Justice Elected: The uneven history and ethical questions of electing Pennsylvania Judges ... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College.
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10th anniversary at Christian Associates: what has she seen? ... GUEST Rev Liddy Barlow ... Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania.
Least religious cities and the loss of institutional trust.... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge ... assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ ... author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” ... His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge.
The Witness of Women Is Written on the Walls: I needed female heroes, and I found them in ancient churches ... GUEST Lanta Davis ... author of the forthcoming “Becoming by Beholding,” and teaches at the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan Univ.
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The After-effects of Abortion ... GUEST Pam Irizarry ... Exec Director for Deeper Still Pittsburgh ... provides Hope, Healing and Restoration to women and men who have experienced emotional and spiritual heartache from the aftereffects of a past abortion.
Is there a Christian call to support Israel? ... GUEST Jan Markell ... Founder/Director Olive Tree Ministries ... www.olivetreeviews.org.
Thousands of churches will likely close down. What happens to all that real estate? A new book called “Gone for Good” looks at the ways that churches could be reused for the public good in the future ... GUEST Bob Smietana... Religion News Service.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden visiting all battleground states ... + ... Trump’s legal twists and turns ... + ... Pence will not endorse Trump ... + ... Biden/ Netanyahu tensions) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN White House Correspondent.
My Body Is Not A Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church ... GUEST Dr. Amy Kenny ... is a disabled scholar and a Shakespeare lecturer whose research focuses on medical and bodily themes in literature.
The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images & Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis (new book)... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... author of “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues”. Originally aired 08.07.23, 5:10pm.
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Saint Patrick the Forgiver: The History and Legends of Ireland's Bishop (children’s book) ... GUEST Ned Bustard ... graphic designer, children’s book illustrator, author, and printmaker ... his works include, “It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God,” the “Veritas Press Legends & Leagues series”, “The Chronicles of Narnia Comprehension Guide,” and “Bigger on the Inside: Christianity and Doctor Who”.
Lent... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler (evergreen) ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God”. originally aired 02.29.24, 5:10pm.
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Visible Grace: learning to see the church as Jesus does (new book) ... GUEST Caleb Batchelor ... Boyton Beach, FL.
Liturgy In The Wilderness: How the Lord’s Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age … GUEST DJ Marotta … priest and the founder of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA and author of “Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age” and the forthcoming “Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era & Place”.
On the impulse to Jesus Juke ... GUEST Bonnie Kristian ... Editorial Director of Ideas & Books at Christianity Today ... author of "A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today" and "Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, & Corrupting Christian Community".
Food for Thought: The Theological Life of Pi —The mind-boggling discoveries of computers & what we—and God?—still may never know (CT) … GUEST Dr Russell Howell … professor of mathematics at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA … (holds degrees in mathematics & computer science) … co-editor & contributor to “Mathematics in a Postmodern Age: A Christian Perspective” and “Mathematics Through the Eyes of Faith”.
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4:10 PM - Blonde Orthodoxy: What Is a Woman? It Begins with Biology … GUEST Katie McCoy … author of “To Be a Woman: The Confusion Over Female Identity & How Christians Can Respond … PhD in Systematic Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theo Seminary (TX), where she served on faculty for 5 yrs … her research incl the patterns of justice for women in OT laws as well as the intersection of theology, gender & women's studies. She serves as Director of Women’s Ministry at Texas Baptist.
4:35 PM - Solo Planet: How Singles Help the Church (new book) … GUEST Anna Broadway … has written for The NYT, WSJ, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Christianity Today.
5:10 PM - Vocation: our various callings from God … GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland.
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4:10 PM - The Hamas attacks in Israel have a grotesque ideological history & deserve unflinching moral judgment (CT) … GUEST Mike Cosper … founder of Harbor Media & Director of Podcasting for Christianity Today … host of “Cultivated: A Podcast about Faith & Work” and the acclaimed “The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill” … author of “Faith Among the Faithless: Learning from Esther How to Live in a World Gone Mad,” “Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World,” “The Stories We Tell: How TV & Movies Long for & Echo the Truth”.
5:10 PM to 5:25 PM Generational curses: are they a real thing? … GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson … Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ … author of over 20 books incl “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”.
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4:10 PM - GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
4:35 PM - To Know Him by Name … "Messianic Prophecy Revealed" (new book) ... Messianic Rabbi K. A. Schneider ... Host of the Discovering the Jewish Jesus program.
5:10 PM - My last thought is love … GUEST Patty Scott Patricia … lives in PA with her husband and 4 sons … she combats all the testosterone in her home by pouring her heart and her remaining kidney into developing relationships with women as a women’s Bible study teacher at her church.
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4:10 PM - On premarital counseling ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
4:35 PM - The Origin of Life … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... his new book is “Science and Faith in Harmony,” and is also author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”.
5:10 PM - The process of creating a new women's study Bible (releasing Apr ‘24) … GUEST Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”.
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Paul’s Prescription for Political Anxiety in 2024 ... GUEST Steve Bateman ... has been senior pastor of First Bible Church in North Alabama for over 30 yrs and is author of “Which ‘Real’ Jesus? Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, & the Early American Roots of the Current Debate” and “Brothers, Stand Firm! Seven Things Every Man Should Know, Practice, and Invest in the Next Generation”.
A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men... GUEST Chris Martin ... a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, and communications consultant ... He writes regularly in his Substack newsletter, Terms of Service, and his new book is entitled A Wolf In Their Pockets.
GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
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4:10 PM - How a Seminary Professor Forgave His Son’s Killer… … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
4:35 PM - Vulnerable Groups Deserve Protection: That Includes Embryos "A person's a person no matter how small." … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine.
5:10 PM - “Turning Tables: Reclaiming Sacred Space” from John 2:13-23 ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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4:10 PM - This Week in the Nation’s Capitol with GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
4:35 PM - The most overlooked step in Discipleship ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... ... the host & producer of The Fairly Spiritual Show radio program & podcast ... author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It” .
5:10 PM - Counter Catechesis: You Have Heard it Said (innovative ways to illustrate how the culture presses its narrative on us in deliberate contradiction to what Jesus taught) ... GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".
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Christian Moms Feel More Pressure to Get It Right: Today’s resources aim to offer reassurance instead of adding to the weight parents already feel … GUEST Kelsey Kramer McGinnis … musicologist and educator based in Iowa … regular contributor to Christianity Today.
What does it mean to be “spiritually compatible”? … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless & Young Adults.
Lent… GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God”.
Prosecutors not disclosing favorable. information to defendants …GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at Saint Vincent College.
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Use Joel 2:12-13 to consider the difference between outward performative repentance and inward heart ‘rending’. During Lent many people do the former, but God calls us to the latter.….GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pgh.
GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com .
GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA.
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Park Street Divided… GUEST Daniel Silliman … News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith".
The mysteries of Leap Years. What they are, why they occur, and how they reveal an underlying order in our universe that points to a Creator. … GUEST Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink … research scholar at Reasons to Believe … PhD in astrophysics from Iowa State Univ … author of “Escaping the Beginning?,” “Is There Life Out There?,” and “Who’s Afraid of the Multiverse?,” and coauthor of the Impact Events student devotional series … Jeff is a project scientist at UCLA.
Unlocking the 3rd commandment. It's so much more than not cussing. It's the sentence season and millions of Christians around the world are fasting, praying and examining themselves in an attempt to be ready to celebrate Easter day and the joy of being a loved. Forgiven child of God saved by Jesus. A fresh look into the ten commandments with a particularly close look into the 3rd commandment, has this pastor understanding its meaning in New, exciting and challenging ways. GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA.
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early sprouting, deer, Doug’s free online garden classes. Getting the garden ready, organizing/ordering seeds.... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com.
The place of reverence in worship… GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.
Early Court Rulings on Preferred Pronouns in the Workplace -Guest: Rich Osborne is a Constitutional Law Fellow with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
The history of Downs - Guest: Amy Julia Becker helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture. She is the author of To Be Made Well, White Picket Fences, Small Talk, and A Good and Perfect Gift. She is a guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast. Becker is a graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv).
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GUEST Eugene Park ... associate pastor of True North Church in Palo Alto, California, and host of a podcast called “Off the Pulpit”.
Silent Revival: How silence restores us to ourselves and to Christ... GUEST Aryana Petrosky ... Senior Manager of Partnerships and Projects.
Arise and Shine: How to Be the Light That Ignites Hope in a Dark World... GUEST Allyson Golden ... is the creator of the online ministry Words Are Children, where she champions women in their faith.
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Coming to Pgh ... GUEST Jeremy Camp ... Throughout his 18-year career, Capitol CMG artist Jeremy Camp has sold over 5M albums and has crossed a billion streams across streaming services ... with 41 #1 radio hits across all formats, he was Billboard’s #2 artist of the Decade in 2010 ... 1 GRAMMY® nomination, 3 American Music Award nominations, 5 Dove Awards and 4 ASCAP “Songwriter of the Year” Awards.
Middle America is dying hard (Wash Examiner) ... GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post; she previously wrote for The Atlantic & the Pgh Tribune Review, and now is a contributor to the Post-Gazette.
Christ and Cancel Culture: A lesson from the Alistair Begg controversy (CT) ... GUEST Dr Gavin Ortlund ... president of Truth Unites and theologian- in-residence at Immanuel Nashville. ... author of eight books, including “Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't”.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Trump’s first criminal trial begins next month ... + ... Trump ordered to pay $355 million in fraud civil suit ... + ... Biden world still reeling from “elderly man with poor memory” description ... + ... Ukraine aid stalled ... + ... Alexey Navalny, Putin critic, is dead ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Can Self-Help Books Really Help? ... GUEST Hannah Anderson ... author who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of VA ... Her latest book, “Life Under the Sun,” considers the wisdom of Ecclesiastes.
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The Super Bowl washing of the feet ad from He Gets Us … GUEST Mike Cosper … founder of Harbor Media and Director of Podcasting for Christianity Today … host of “Cultivated: A Podcast about Faith & Work” and the acclaimed “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” … author of “Faith Among the Faithless: Learning from Esther How to Live in a World Gone Mad,” “Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World,” “The Stories We Tell: How TV & Movies Long for & Echo the Truth”.
Sabbath Is Not a Luxury Good: God designed weekly rest to be holy for all people, not just the economically stable… GUEST Adam Gustine … author of “Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom” and co-author of “Ecosystems of Jubilee: Economic Ethics for the Neighborhood” … He works at the Univ of Notre Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study.
Faith in the Therapy and Counseling Profession… GUEST Dr Toya Jones, LCSW, EdD … Univ of Pgh School of Social Work Assistant Prof, BASW Program Director … As a social worker and licensed therapist, her goal is to improve the quality of life for the individual, family, & community of marginalized and less privileged populations.
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CCO GUEST - Being a Person of Faith in the Therapy and Counseling Profession - Guest:Dr. Toya Jones, LCSW, EdD, is a University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work Assistant Professor, BASW Program Director, and a person of faith. As a social worker and a licensed therapist, her main goal is to improve the quality of life for the individual, family, and community of marginalized and less privileged populations.
How to Study the Bible- CCO Guest-Jacob Rodriguez is assistant professor of New Testament at Trinity School for Ministry, in Ambridge, PA, a seminary just north of Pittsburgh. Previously, he served as a teacher and pastor in Ethiopia, England, and Washington, DC. Jacob completed his doctorate in New Testament at the University of Oxford. Jacob's passion is to equip students with the life-changing power of the Gospel through studying Scripture deeply.
Taking Care of a Grateful Faith An excerpt on sanctification and conceit from theologian Cornelius Plantinga’s new book, Gratitude.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Biden / Special Counsel ... + ... Trump on NATO ... + ... Trump on Haley's husband ... + ... Defense Sec back in hospital) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Maintaining Institutional Value : what are the foundation pillars that made Redeemer thrive in NYC ... GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co- author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".
The Super Bowl washing of the feet ad from He Gets Us ... GUEST Mike Cosper ... founder of Harbor Media and Director of Podcasting for Christianity Today ... host of “Cultivated: A Podcast about Faith & Work” and the acclaimed “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” ... author of “Faith Among the Faithless: Learning from Esther How to Live in a World Gone Mad,” “Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World,” “The Stories We Tell: How TV & Movies Long for & Echo the Truth”.
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Super Bowl 2024: Chiefs v 49ers … GUEST Craig Wolfley … is a former NFL offensive linemen and played 10 seasons for the Pgh Steelers ... Craig, along with Bill Hillgrove & Max Starks, is an in-game commentator for the Pittsburgh Steeler Radio Network, and co-hosts their morning talk show, "In The Locker Room," which airs during training camp on another network.
Why faith leaders lost the battle against online sports betting: Legalized sports gambling now represents billions of dollars. Faith leaders in the few holdout states know the odds are against stopping … GUEST Bob Smietana… Religion News Service.
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Vocational ministry: How college students can be part of God's plan for leading the church of the future (Jubilee) ... GUEST Rev Carolyn V. Poteet ... Lead Pastor, Mt Lebanon Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
Redemptive Entrepreneurship (Jubilee guest) ... GUEST David Montague ... founder and Director of the Memphis Teacher Residency.
Empathy, our neighbors and the Arts ... GUEST Dr Mary McCampbell ... writer, speaker, educator .... Her publications span the worlds of literature, film, and popular music, and this interdisciplinary focus is present in her book, “Imagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy”.
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Telos: vision & purpose for each season of life ... GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” ... Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/ retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.
Meta, Snapchat, X, TikTok, and Discord grilled by bipartisan panel about addressing widespread safety concerns ... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” ... also a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, & communications consultant.
Inter-generational discipleship (2Tim 2:2) ...GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
Fool-for-Christ: a role that some prayerful people might choose to play ... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green ... author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
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A Valentine’s Story... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
Jesus Freaks in the Taylor Swift Era: Blessed are those who are weird for righteousness’ sake, not just dabbling in baseless conspiracy theories about a pop star & the NFL (from CT) ... GUEST Matthew Malec .... research assistant at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
U2 at the sphere, Grammys and the God who sings over us.... GUEST Rev Terry
Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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This week in the Nation’s Capitol (Military strikes against Iran-backed groups ... + ... Biden team bracing for classified docs report ... + ... proposed immigration bill divides Republicans ... + ... Taylor Swift, Joe Biden reelection conspiracy theory)... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Jubilee ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in- chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” ... also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”.
GUEST Father Jason Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA.
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The Importance of Eye Contact ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
Sabbath Is Not a Luxury Good: God designed weekly rest to be holy for all people, not just the economically stable ... GUEST Adam Gustine ... author of “Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom” and co-author of “Ecosystems of Jubilee: Economic Ethics for the Neighborhood” ... He works at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study.
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Enduring Hardness as a good soldier ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Science and Faith in Harmony (new book, dropping in 2 wks) ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith".
How SCOTUS decides issues: legal philosophy & other good stuff .... GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College ... received his law degree from Harvard magna cum laude, served as federal prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, and prof of law at Duquesne Law School, where he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the grad class in both 2011 and 2007, and was named Duquesne Law School’s 2007 Teacher of the Year by the Association of American Law Schools ... author of two major works on criminal law and has published 11 law review articles in various journals across the country.
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What the book of Hebrews meant when it said that Jesus is the “substance” of the Old Testament “shadows”, and how that can change the way we read and understand the Bible ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh.
Are You More Empathetic Than God?... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com.
A Wide Place to Stand: Ch 3 of “The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope”...GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, & Community".
February/Valentine’s Day as a single, and/or “Is it OK to date multiple people at once?” ... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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How to Disagree and Be Better For It … GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” … She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com.
De-Construction/De-Churching ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
Forgiveness … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital... Biden says US will retaliate after attacks on US troops in Jordan ... + ... jury orders Trump to pay more than $83M in damages in E Jean Carrol case ... + ... Republicans divided over immigration talks in Congress ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Systematic Theology: what is it? ... GUEST Dr RIchard Gamble ... Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Who Is Jesus, According To Other Religions? ... GUEST J Warner Wallace ... Dateline featured Cold-Case Detective, Author, Speaker, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, & Adjunct Prof of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and Southern Evangelical Seminary ... newest book, “Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World That Rejects the Bible”.
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Crazy trip to Israel (Feb 1-10) to study the conflict w a group of scholars ... GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Prof of Communication at Biola Univ ... author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list ... Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was CT Book of the Year in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019.
Find God’s Will with Your Feet... GUEST Drew Dyck ... acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers and a contributing editor at CTPastors.com ... author of “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self- Control from the Bible and Brain Science,” “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church... and how to Bring Them Back”.
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Paul Pressler’s Case Haunts Southern Baptist Abuse Reform: The downfall of a prominent leader of the Conservative Resurgence—a “dangerous predator” whose behavior was hidden for decades—symbolizes a wider failure to deal with sex abuse and coverup ... GUEST Bob Smietana ... Religion News Service.
Go and Do Likewise: A Call to Follow Jesus in a Life of Mercy and Mission (new book) ... GUEST Amy DiMarcangelo ... author of “A Hunger for More: Finding Satisfaction in Jesus When the Good Life Doesn't Fill You”.
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GUEST Cap Stewart … author “God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.” (Martin Luther)
Pray (Don’t Play) Politics … GUEST Brandon Cooper … senior pastor at Cityview Community Church, Elmhurst, IL … author of “A Word to the Wise: Lessons from Proverbs for Young Adults”
Paul’s Prescription for Political Anxiety in 2024 … GUEST Steve Bateman … has been senior pastor of First Bible Church in North Alabama for over 30 yrs and is author of “Which ‘Real’ Jesus?
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Taking the Long View Revolutionized My Parenting (TGC) ... GUEST Laura Spaulding ... has four children, and she shares her parenting journey on her blog and is finishing her MA in counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary.
Wrestling with Awkward Stories in the Old Testament: Cringeworthy passages can derail our yearly Bible reading plans. How do we interpret them? ... GUEST Carmen Joy Imes ... Associate Professor of Old Testament, Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.
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Is “Evangelical” Now A Political Identity? ... GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson ... Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ ... author of over 20 books incl “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”.
"The Responsibility of Grace" (Mt 22, Parable of the Wedding Feast) ... GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA
Why It's Really Hard to Be Optimistic About the Mainline ... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge ... assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University ... His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge.
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Righteous Among the Neighbors and why is Pgh a hub for ecumenical Christian gatherings? … GUEST Rev Liddy Barlow … Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania.
Long-standing disagreements … GUEST Doug Bursch … writer, podcaster & pastor … the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”.
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This week in the Nation’s Capital (Iowa caucus is today ... + ... Government shut down deadline is Friday ... + ... defense secretary Llord Austin still hospitalized ... + ... US-led military strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen tell me a story) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN White House correspondent.
MLK Day... A Cross Cultural Church...Travel to Africa ... GUESTS Pastors Eddie Jones & Chris Moran.
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Steeler wildcard contest at the Buffalo Bills (Sunday 1 pm) … GUEST Craig Wolfley … former NFL offensive linemen and played 10 seasons for the Pgh Steelers ... Craig, along with Bill Hillgrove, Max Starks, & Missy Matthews is an in-game commentator for the Pittsburgh Steeler Radio Network.
Bright Hope for Tomorrow: How Anticipating Jesus Return Gives Strength For Today ... GUEST Chris Davis ... Senior Pastor of Groveton Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA.
Jesus v Evangelicals: A biblical critque of a Wayward Movement … GUEST Constantine Campbell … Professor & Associate Research Director at Sydney College of Divinity … He is a New Testament scholar, jazz musician, and the author of several books.
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God in Moral Experience ... GUEST Paul K. Moser ... Prof of Philosophy at Loyola Univ Chicago ... author of “The Divine Goodness of Jesus,” “Understanding Religious Experience,” and “The God Relationship”.
The After Party: Toward better Christian politics — Reframing the Christian Identity (new small group course and book, co-written with David French and Russell Moore) ... GUEST Curtis Chang ... on faculty of the Duke Divinity School and Sr Fellow at Fuller Theological Seminary ... (he was also senior pastor of an evangelical covenant church in CA).
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The Blessing Board ... GUEST Rich Garland ... Executive Director The Blessing Board.
GUEST Ralph Crewe ... is a science writer and content creator for various outlets including “Universe Today,” “Practical Engineering,” “Veritasium,” “SciShow,” and his own curious channel “Isn’t That Something”.
How Christians Can Prepare for the 2024 Election ... GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett ... Associate Prof and Chair, Department of Political Science and Assistant Director, Center for Faith & Flourishing, John Brown University.
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Artificial wombs intended to save premature babies — for now … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine … Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY.
Memorizing Scripture: The Basics, Blessings & Benefits of Meditating on Gods Word … GUEST Glenna Marshall … author of “The Promise is His Presence” and “Everyday Faithfulness” … she writes regularly at GlennaMarshall.com.
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GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
GUEST John Kolb.
John Fetterman is working against type (WSJ) … GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post; she previously wrote for The Atlantic & the Pgh Tribune Review, and now is a contributor to the Post-Gazette.
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On time and the New Year... GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at Seattle Pacific Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com.
GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
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Why I stoped saying Good Luck ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Contraception... GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” ... his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” ... Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY.
Biblical Archaeology’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2023: From ancient Israelite DNA to a moat around Jerusalem, these are the discoveries that made scholars of the biblical world say “wow” this yr (CT) ... GUEST Gordon Govier ... writes about biblical archaeology for Christianity Today, hosts the archaeology radio program “The Book & The Spade,” and is the editor of “Artifax”.
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Why a Church Planter with Cancer Isn’t Giving Up ... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&- work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
The Lessons of Ebenezer Scrooge and Christmastide ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co- founder and former president of EduNations.
Epiphany ... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
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We went to the phones today! Merry Christmas!
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Single and alone on Christmas Day... GUEST Anna Broadway ... author of “Sexless in the City: A Memoir of Reluctant Chastity” ... She’s currently working on a book based on her singleness research.
Have Yourself a (Less) Scary Little Christmas: The looming new year can be anxiety-inducing—but God has all the mercy, grace, & rest we need ... GUEST Ronnie Martin ... lead pastor of Substance Church (EFCA), director of leader renewal for Harbor Network, & author of several books, including “The God Who Is With Us: 25-Day Devotional for Advent”.
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This Christmas, Let’s Remember Jesus’ Maternal Lineage: The book of Ruth’s narrative reminds us that God’s salvation isn’t simply accomplished through “heroic” men, but that women, too, play a vital role ... GUEST Dr Kaz Hayashi ... assoc prof of Old Testament at Bethel Seminary/Univ in Minnesota.
Mary Told Us What She Knew—In Song Christians have to look beyond the typical Christmas carol lineup for music that captures the deeper themes of the Magnificat ... GUEST Kelsey Kramer McGinnis ... musicologist & educator based in Iowa ... regular contributor to Christianity Today, writing and reporting on worship and church culture.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Senate seeks deal on border security/ Ukraine aid + Upcoming January crunch for Congress / potential shutdown + Vehicle smashes into presidential motorcade vehicle) plus the annual White House Christmas poem... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Jesus as the new Adam: King, priest, and prophet ... GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.
Lot’s wife... GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, and Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co- author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".
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The Anticipation of Christmas ... GUEST Kevin Hippolyte ... Director of Students at Sojourn Church Midtown.
When Grief like Sea Billows Roll Through Your Holidays: I learned how to mourn when my mom lost her mind, and then her life, to dementia ... GUEST Daniel Darling ... author of several books, including ” The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle".
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No Congregation Is an Island: How Faith Communities Navigate Opportunities & Challlenges Together. GUEST Jennifer McClure Haraway … associate professor of religion and sociology at Samford University in Birmingham, AL … She also develops congregational resources with the Association of Religion Data Archives and serves as the congregational research strategist at Samford’s Center for Congregational Resources
Saint Nicolas … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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What the Bible says about war... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Christmas as an atheist ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith"
“I get overwhelmed easily.” ... GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... writes on personal, spiritual, & social healing ... she’s author of several books, including her latest, “To be Made Well: an invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope” ... she hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast.
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Staying sane during theholidays: understanding our limitations, using a holy no, & being willing to disappoint people (& why this seems to be so difficult for women, if Kath would agree)... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys.
Pgh’s Milk Bank … GUEST Denise O’Connor … Executive Dir Mid Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank and co-director Human Milk Science Institute and Biobank.
Instagram Addicted Your Teenager Because She's Worth $270 to Them ... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” … also a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, & communications consultant.
Antidote to the Christmas Blues (& EduNations Christmas concert ) ... GUEST
Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... cofounder and former president of EduNations.
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Why Ligon Duncan Is Still Building Institutions... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.
Our Very Own Jefferson Bible: If we truly believe in the inerrancy & sufficiency of Scripture, we can't pass over the many things the Bible says about our speech ... GUEST Daniel Darling ... author of several books, including ”The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle.
Advent... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
New Book... GUEST Dr. Michael Youssef.
For All who are Far Away (from “Under the Wings of God”) ... GUEST Dr Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga ... senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich ... author of many books, incl the Christianity Today Book Award winners “Not the Way It's Supposed to Be,” “Engaging God's World,” and “Reading for Preaching”.
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How do you want Christians to treat each other in Public? ... GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list ... Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post- Christian World," was also selected by Christianity Today as Book of the Year Award in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019.
The theology of Christmas Carols ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... Professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
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Advent, Christmas, Best books of the year.... GUEST Byron Borger ... owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA
How many people teach Bible/Theology/Church History? (about 10,000+ people!) ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God
The Constitution gets bandied about a lot but no one stops to reflect on how it came about and what it was meant to achieve... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College
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When The Training Wheels Come Off … GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” … She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com
Big Bang Cosmology: what has the James Webb telescope revealed? how does it reveal the love of God? ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”
How to have a civil conversation in a world full of antagonism ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Israel Hamas ceasefire extended another 2 days … + … First American hostage released over weekend … + … Pressure on Biden from Dems and inside WH to push for end to Israeli response to Hamas … + … 2024 Iowa endorsements for DeSantis) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent
Training Missionaries for Faithful & Fruitful Service … GUEST Vince Ward … teaching-elder in the RP Church of Canada, and served for almost 10 yrs as the missionary pastor with RP Global Missions (RPGM) in South Sudan. He currently serves with RPGM training and mentoring missionaries, developing new works, and training church planters internationally through the RP Global Training Network … He is also the adjunct professor of missions at RPTS
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GUEST Rev Dr Ed Glover … Founder & Pres of Urban Impact Foundation, along w his wife Tammy, has been involved in urban ministry on Pgh’s North Side for over 20 yrs ... Urban Impact’s mission is to foster Christian community development; The way this mission is fleshed out is thru reaching one person, one family, one block at a time thru athletics, academics, performing arts & other relational ministries ... (Urban Impact’s annual Christmas show will be presented on Dec 3 & 4 at 7pm, Chr Church at Grove Farm).
GUEST Doug Bursch … writer, podcaster & pastor … the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden is 81 today + reminder of voters’ age concern … + … Trump gag order … + … Niki Haley rising in early voting states …+ … death of Rosalyn Carter … + … Biden turkey pardon) … GUEST Greg Clugston SRN News White House Correspondent
The parable of the rich fool … GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA
Live Music … GUESTS Greg & Rebecca Sparks … Pgh-based recording artists
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What My Video Game Habit Revealed About My Heart - Guest: Jay King is the director of children’s ministries at First Baptist Church Durham. He earned an MDiv in biblical counseling from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Stronger Than the Ropes: Family, Fellowship, and Local Professional Wrestling - Guest: Cole Burgett
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Prayer is wild. A vast open silence I don't quite know how to fill (from Fathom Magazine) ... GUEST Sarah Sanderson ... writes & speaks about faith, trauma recovery, & the beloved life ... her first book, "The Place We Make," is due out in August.
Confession … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine … Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, including “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY … He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016.
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This week in the Nation’s Capitol (2024 polls continue to be bad news for Biden … + … Tim Scott ends GOP presidential bid … + … Govt runs out of money Friday midnight? … + … House Speaker proposes unusual plan to avert shutdown … + … Biden to meet with China’s president this week … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent
“I was a disenchanted Deadhead who found Christ on a Greyhound Bus (from CT) … GUEST Eric Watkins … pastor of Harvest Orthodox Presbyterian Church, San Marcos CA … director for the Center for Missions and Evangelism at Mid-America Reformed Seminary
Sing! An Irish Christmas (Thurs Dec 14, 2023, 7pm, Benedum) … GUEST Keith Getty … & his wife Kristyn are known for the myriad of modern hymns and carols they’ve written and recorded … they’re musicians and parents to 4 daughters and reside in Ireland
Fellowship of Christian Athletes … GUEST Mike Kehler … longtime FCA volunteer who’s the inaugural recipient of the FCA Canada Keith & Marlys Allen Service Award, which recognizes the coach of volunteer who has demonstrated 5 or more consecutive years of faithful service to FCA
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Gratitude: the pathway to Peace.. GUEST Toni Turner ... Pittsburgh- based pastor, counselor & teacher from The Gracism Task Force
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Sojourner Truth Was a ‘Double Woman’ in More Ways than One: She championed both abolition and women’s rights. And she wasn’t afraid to challenge advocates of either cause … GUEST Obbie Tyler Todd … pastor of Third Baptist Church in Marion, IL and an adjunct professor of church history at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Amazing Grace A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn (new book) … GUEST James Walvin … Professor of History Emeritus at the Univ of York … He has published widely on slavery and modern social history, his most “A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power”
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Is the New Testament message unique? … GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson … Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ … author of over 20 books including “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”.
Mary Livingston (from Vance Christie’s website) … GUEST Vance Christie … writer and speaker … former pastor of Evangelical Free Church, Aurora NE
The Architecture of Truth (new book) … GUEST Rodger Woodworth … was the founding pastor of 2 interracial churches, an adjunct seminary prof, and the Director of Cross Cultural Ministries for the CCO … Rodger has a DMin in complex urban settings and is the author of “Playing Favorites: Overcoming Our Prejudices to Bridge the Cultural Divide,” and “Kingdom Holiness: Holy Living in a Challenging Culture”.
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Gaming alone. A Christian approach for gaming with Christian boys.… GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra … senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
AI and watermarking … GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman … Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ … author of “A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers & Designers”
Accepting God’s Invitation … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Community Church of the South Hills
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GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
Manufactured Children: the future? ... GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Dept of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... author of the new book, "Strange New World: How Thinkers & Activists Redefined Identity & the Sexual Revolution,” along with “The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, & the Road to Sexual Revolution"
Life after Tim ... GUEST Kath Keller
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Sadly, anti-Jewish hatred is a subject I know only too well... GUEST Jeff Jacoby ... Op-Ed Columnist, The Boston Globe.
The poetry of light and daylight savings ... GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at Seattle Pacific Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com
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What about cremation?... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
New books about Christianity, mine and others ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”.
Where Your Treasure Is; Thrift can help us follow Jesus teachings on money, but it can also steer our hearts off course ... GUEST Susan Mettes ... associate editor for Christianity Today magazine and a behavioral scientist with extensive experience conducting research for faith-based organizations, including Barna Group, Thrivent Financial, and World Vision ...
Sadly, anti-Jewish hatred is a subject I know only too well.. GUEST Jeff Jacoby ... Op-Ed Columnist, The Boston Globe.
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Beauty in the midst of difficulty and pain ... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... writer and photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” ... Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops and retreats, speak at conferences nationwide, and have been helping couples create and sustain healthy marriages for over 25 yrs.
Being wise about misinformation/ disinformation you see around the war in Israel/Gaza—because it ABOUNDS on social media ... GUEST Chris Martin ... a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, and communications consultant ... He writes regularly in his Substack newsletter, Terms of Service, and will publish a book of the same title appearing soon ... Chris lives outside Nashville with his family.
Mary as the early Christians viewed her ... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
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The Israel-Hamas War... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” ... She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com.
Near Death Experiences ... GUEST Kenneth Samples ... Philosopher, theologian, and research scholar at Reasons to Believe ... author of several books, including “Christianity Cross-Examined,” “Classic Christian Thinkers,” and “God Among Sages”.
If you're only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail: Why reductionist thinking is ruining secular society and how the Bible offers solutions ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia ... (the Bible gives us a toolbox full of different tools, specifically socialism, critical race theory, equity politics, radical individualism are examples ... the Bible is way more sophisticated in its approach).
Music ... GUEST Daniel Snoke ...
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The Israel/Hamas conflict: news, economic impact, is it a mandate for Christians to support Israel? ... GUEST Jerry Bowyer ...Host of the podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance , @Affluent_Invest . former columnist @Forbes .com
Tomorrow is anniversary of Tree of Life massacre ... GUEST Rev Liddy Barlow ... Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest PA ... (also All Saints Day coming up, 1 of her fav holidays ... + ... WeKirk, conf on small churches and what they bring)
Upcoming Supreme Ct Cases (SC’s effort to redistrict acc to race ... + ... Twitter suspending Trump’s account over his Jan 6th posts) ... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College
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Tables turned: Doug interviews us ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... writer, podcaster & pastor ... the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”.
Trump’s lawyers going down; Is he? ... GUEST David French ... is an Opinion columnist for The NYT and author of “Divided we Fall: America's Secession Threat & how to restore our Nation" ... David helped to launch The Dispatch and is a contributing writer at The Atlantic ... he’s a graduate of Harvard Law School, a practicing attorney, an Iraqi war vet, and the past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression.
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The genre of biblical books impacts the way we should read and interpret them ....GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pgh.
Feasting To Death: 7 Takes on Why I'm Tired of Halloween... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
A Declaration of War & Peace (Chapter 2 of “The Deepest Place: Suffering & the Formation of Hope”)... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and his latest "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, & Community".
What does it mean to be “spiritually compatible”?... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless & Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast & radio show ... (Does your significant other have to be as spiritually knowledgeable or mature as you? What if they’re a new believer? What about differences in doctrine or worship styles? Some things are negotiable, some aren’t, and some need a good amount of discussion and even compromise)
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Picturing Jesus (is “The Chosen” wrong?) ... GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.
Holy Hygge (HYOO-guh]: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow (new-ish book) ... GUEST Jamie Erickson ... former elementary school teacher turned homeschooling mother of 5 ... she can be found on The Mom to Mom Podcast or at her popular education blog TheUnlikelyHomeschool.com.
Total Solar Eclipse coming up Apr 8 2024 ... GUEST Ralph Crewe ... Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh ... a generally Curious Person.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Israeli Hamas war ... + ... Biden’s goals ... + ... Hostages ... + ... US military prep ... + ... House Speaker mess) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Don't Ignore the Countdown to Damnation (from TGC) ... GUEST Bradley Bell ... former missionary who serves as lead pastor at Antioch Church and the senior editor for The Upstream Collective. He is the author of “The Sending Church”.
Christian Moms Feel More Pressure to Get It Right: Today’s resources aim to offer reassurance instead of adding to the weight parents already feel ... GUEST Kelsey Kramer McGinnis ... musicologist and educator based in Iowa ... regular contributor to Christianity Today, writing and reporting on worship and church culture, and is adjunct professor at Grand View Univ in Des Moines
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Israel: ancient, new, geopolitical, and/or heavenly? ... GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland
My Evangelical Faith Sent Me to the Picket Line ... GUEST Rick Nowlin ... news assistant, editorial writer, and former jazz critic at The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, currently on strike
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Please Do and Please Don’t Assume ... GUEST Tim Challies ... Canadian Reformed Baptist theologian, pastor, blogger, and author.
Do Christians Belong in Southeast Asia? Pew Polled Buddhists & Muslims: New religion survey of 13,000 adults across 6 nations examines conversion, karma, & compatibility w national identity ... GUEST Angela Lu Fulton ... Southeast Asia editor for Christianity Today and has covered Asia for the past 12 yrs.
The Obscenity of War in This Present Evil Age ... GUEST Bonnie Kristian.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Israel-Hamas war ... + ... Biden on conflict ... + ... Still no House Speaker ... + ... Trump gag order) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
The Soul of the Helper: Seven Stages to Seeing the Sacred Within Yourself So You Can See It in Others (new book) ... GUEST Holly Oxhandler ... associate prof and associate dean for research & faculty development at Baylor Univ’s School of Social Work ... For over a decade, Dr. Oxhandler has developed tools to assess mental health care providers’ integration of clients’ spirituality in treatment, helping professionals’ infusion of their own faith in their work, and clients’ views toward discussing their spirituality in mental health care ... She co-hosts the weekly podcast CXMH: A Podcast on Faith and Mental Health
Revival: what they saw at Asbury University ... GUESTS Sarah Grimes and Charlie Cox ... Asbury University
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what they saw at Asbury University ... GUESTS Sarah Grimes and Charlie Cox ... Asbury University.
Roberto Clemente: A Pittsburgh hero ... GUEST Roberto Clemente, Jr
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Among the Vesper Spires:Eternally in Joy for a Day’s Exercise on the Earth (new book)… GUEST Pastor Greg Graybill … PhD from Oxford - Ordained a Presbyterian pastor in 2004 - Served two Presbyterian churches in the Burgettstown area for a number of years - Now pastoring an Anglican congregation in Iowa.
Mission of Mercy: free dental, vision & hearing clinic (October 27&28, David Lawrence Convention Ctr) ...GUEST Keith Young … Chairman, Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh.
Communion: how Catholics and Protestants differ (prerecorded)… GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine … Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY … He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016.
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I Hadn’t Committed Suicide. But I Was Spiritually Dead. The prison had ID’ed the wrong man. But the mistake was powerfully revealing (from CT) ... GUEST Hector Vega ...author of “Arrested by Grace: The True Story of Death & Resurrection from the Streets of NYC,” which he has sent to hundreds of prisons across the US.
God Speaks Science: what neurons, giant squids, & supernovae reveal about our Creator ... GUEST John Van Sloten ... Calgary-based writer, teacher & pastor who is a regular columnist with the Calgary Herald ... his books include “The Day Metallica Came to Church” and “Every Job a Parable” ... Over the past 10 yrs, he’s been awarded 3 Templeton Foundation subgrants for preaching science ... www.johnvansloten.com
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Israel at war ... + ... House speaker turmoil ... + ... RFK Jr runs for prez as Independent, not Democrat) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Just Show Up (A Guide for Exhausted Christians): How Small Acts of Faithfulness change Everything (new book) ... GUEST Drew Dyck ... acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers and a contributing editor at CTPastors.com ... author of “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church... & how to Bring Them Back”
Grieving ... GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co- author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms"
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GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
GUEST Doug Bursch … writer, podcaster & pastor … the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”
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Andrew Wilson’s Small Life... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
Show this Friday ... GUEST Jeff Allen.
Kinstugi and the Gospel” Another way to think about redemption ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Gov't shutdown averted for now ... + ... House Speaker to face ouster attempt ... + ... Dem allies unhappy with 'Bidenomics' emphasis by Biden campaign ... + ... Trump in NY court today for civil fraud case) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
The Battle for the Body... GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Department of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... author of the new book, "Strange New World: How Thinkers & Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution,” along with “The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, & the Road to Sexual Revolution"
Why Not to Be a Minimalist: Minimalism Symposium: Stories of more and less... GUEST Dr Christine Jeske ... professor of cultural anthropology at Wheaton College ... She is the author of 3 books, including the latest, "The Laziness Myth: Narratives of Work and the Good Life in South Africa”
Railroads ... GUEST Ralph Crewe ... Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh ... a generally Curious Person.
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Unify America ... GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list ... Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post- Christian World," was also selected by Christianity Today as Book of the Year Award in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019 ... (The past three days over 7000 college and high school students across the USA took part in 1 hour zoom conversations with their political opposites. The event is sponsored by UnifyAmerica and these three weeks set a record. Here's the interesting part: UnifyAmerica organizers told me that BIola (Bible Institute of Los Angeles) is one of few conservative Christian schools to take part--the vast majority say, no! Why?)
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How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South (new book) ... GUEST Dr Esau McCaulley ... assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College and a contributing opinion writer for The NYT and author of “Reading while Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope”
Helios ask ... GUEST Tim Kroll and Mike Murray
SCOTUS has been particularly supportive of religious based claims in a variety of contexts; free xxercise is truly a protected right. Let’s review a number of those cases ... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College
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The importance of rest? It’s a biblical concept, yet we’re often terrible at it (speaking for myself, at least)...GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh.
How Many Times?... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
Just Faith (ch 1, “The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope [new book]).. GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and his latest "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, & Community".
The celebration of Boundless’ 25th bday this month (15 yrs of the show), and the perspectives, experiences, & concerns of young adults and how they have changed in our culture over the past 25 yrs ... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless & Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and host of the Boundless Show weekly podcast and radio show.
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What question do you most wish you could ask God?... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of 6 books, incl her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” ... She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com
Why Didn’t God Create All Humans to Be Christians? ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross ... senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible ... his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”
Two sides of the coin: the quest for purity when everyone is a train wreck ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (US Senate ends trad dress code ... + ... NJ Dem Melendez indicted ... + ... Pro-lifers uphappy w trump’s comments ... + ... US govt headed for shutdown this weekend ... + ... Both Biden & Trump to visit striking auto workers ... + ... 2nd GOP debate Wed night (he’ll be there) ... + ... more warning signs for Biden campaign in new polls) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Revival ... GUEST Matthew Everhard ... Senior Pastor at Gospel Fellowship in Valencia PA and Adjunct Professor in Pastoral Theology at RPTS ... author of several books w sustained focus on Jonathan Edwards; his most recent entitled “Holy Living: Jonathan Edwards’s 70 Resolutions for Living the Christian Life”.
Church Attendance Used to Drive Up Trust, It Doesn't Anymore (GraphsAboutReligion.com) ... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge ... assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ ... His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge.
Water Mission ... GUEST Jan Smith ... volunteer advocate, Water Mission.
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Fall is the 2nd most important time for gardeners: planting bulbs, trees, shrubs, perennials and cool weather veggies. Best time to work in the lawn too ... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com
A near death experience? ... GUEST Rev Kevin Truman ... serving at McKeesport Alliance church since 2018 ... former chaplain for Pgh riverhounds ... staff member at BVB international academy of Pgh.
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Walking Miracle: How
Faith, Positive Thinking, & Passion for Football Brought Me Back from Paralysis...and Helped Me Find Purpose (new book co-written w Ryan Shazier) ... GUEST Larry Platt ... co- author of several books including Stuart Scott’s posthumous bestseller
Jewish high holy days start at sundown ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” ... She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com
Upcoming WORDfm Pittsburgh Pastor’s Appreciation Luncheon ... GUEST Morris Webster ... Morris is the Local Government Ministry Director for the Northeast Region, for Cap Min
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GUEST Rev Liddy Barlow ... Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania.
The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World (new book) ... GUEST Dr Michael D. Smith ... J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Information Technology & Marketing at Carnegie Mellon Univ's Heinz College of Public Policy & Management ... coauthor of the book “Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data & the Future of Entertainment”
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The Great Dechurching:Who's Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? (new book co-written with Michael Graham & Ryan Burge) … GUEST Jim Davis … teaching pastor at Orlando Grace Church … host of “As it is in Heaven” podcast on The Gospel Coalition podcast network.
Why Seminary Is Worth It for Women … GUEST Lianna Davis … student of the Word with a B.A. in Ministry to Women from Moody Bible Institute.
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National and International Christian news (Gleanings) ... GUEST Daniel Sillaman ... News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith"
Out of the Shadow of 9/11: An Inspiring Tale of Escape and Transformation (new book) ... GUEST Christina Ray Stanton ... award-winning author of “Out of the Shadow of 9/11: An Inspiring Tale of Escape and Transformation”
What is Christian Mysticism? ... GUEST Jonathan Merritt
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The importance of Biblical Archaeology ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood
Christian unity vs. uniformity related to science.... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, & Rutgers Univ ... author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”
Help for the Hungry Soul: Eight Encouragements to Grow Your Appetite for God's Word (new book) ... GUEST Kristen Wetherell ... wife, mother, and author of “Humble Moms” and “Fight Your Fears” ... she’s coauthor of the award-winning book “Hope When It Hurts,” and editor of 12 Faithful Women
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On Grieving and the Fragility of Life: How Staying Present to Loss Makes Us More Human... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... is a writer, speaker, marriage coach living near Boston ... author of “Making Marriage Beautiful,” and “Marriage in the Middle
What the Top 10 Websites Tell Us About the Internet ...GUEST Chris Martin ... a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, & communications consultant ... He's the author of "Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media," and writes regularly in his Substack newsletter, of the same name.
Finding our identity in Christ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co- founder and former president of EduNations
Frederica Mathewes-Green .. author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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Mercy on Maui: Hawaii Churches Lament and Serve ... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&- work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
Our labor in the Lord 1 Cor 15:58... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills
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China and Christianity ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
God and Time ... GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson ... Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ ... author of over 20 books incl “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”
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Parable of the pearl of great price (Matt 13:45-46) ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God”
Roe v Wade: its overturning hailed by some as a great victory but a failed methodology used by SCOTUS to overturn it is also the methodology they used to establish it in the 1st place. This means that Roe could easily be reinstated if the political balance on the Court shifts slightly ... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College
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The difference between elements & forms in worship ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh ... Scripture says we should sing (Col 3:16), but doesn’t mandate a certain style. We should hear God’s Word and pray, but there are different approaches people take. How do we know what things need to be present vs what are things we prefer?]
There is no such thing as a Christian, by deliberate choice, without a church. ... GUEST Anne Kennedy ... author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children & lives w her husband, an Anglican priest
The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope (new book)(intro) .. GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, & Community"
Is marriage irrelevant? Young adults think so.... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless & Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and host of the Boundless Show weekly podcast and radio show
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Hurricane Idalia comes ashore on Florida’s Gulf Coast... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” ... She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com
Surviving a mid life crisis ... GUEST Drew Dyck ... acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers and a contributing editor at CTPastors.com ... author of “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church... & how to Bring Them Back”.
The profane & vulgar. Is it ever OK to use swear words. What does the Bible say?... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (March 4th trial date set for Trump’s election interference case ... + ... new poll on Biden/Trump rematch ... + ... The Mugshot ... + ... Speaker McCarthy and House GOP could move forward w Biden impeachment inquiry ... + ... Trump skips 1st debate) ... GUEST Greg Clugston, SRN News White House Correspondent
The Pilgram Progress ... GUEST Jeff Stivason ... Professor of New Testament Studies, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh
Ask the Pastor ... GUEST Rev Chris Marshall ... New Life Christian Ministries, Saxonburg PA
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Cain&Abel&Jesus ... GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland
Insecurities, past hurts and trusting each other again ... GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... writes on personal, spiritual, & social healing ... she’s author of several books, including her latest, “To be Made Well: an invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope” ... she hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast ... a grad of Princeton Univ & Princeton Sem, she lives w her husband & 3 kids in western CT
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Starting over ... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church
Jesus v Evangelicals: A biblical critque of a Wayward Movement (new book) ... GUEST Constantine Campbell ... Professor & Associate Research Director at Sydney College of Divinity ... He is a New Testament scholar, jazz musician, and the author of several books
Can Theologically Conservative Christians Flourish in the Arts? (From TGC) ... GUEST Andrew Voigt ... writer, journalist, & former actor who lives near Charlotte, NC w his wife and 2 kids ... He’s ma grad student at Marshall Univ pursuing an MA in clinical mental health counseling
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Why evangelicals shouldn't be afraid of or scorn Mary and the Saints ... GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” ... his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” ... Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY ... He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016
Our Human Identity ... GUEST Grant Horner ... Professor of English, renaissance and reformation at The Masters University ... Founder and Director of The Masters University in Italy
Traits of a Healthy Family: steps you can take to grow closer, communicate better, and change the world together (new book) ... GUEST Gary Chapman ... author, speaker, counselor — number one best selling author of “The 5 Love Languages” series; his radio programs are on more than 400 stations ... 5lovelanguages.com
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Elisabeth Elliot Was a Flawed Figure God Used in Extraordinary Ways ... GUEST Thomas Kidd ... research professor of church history at Midwestern Baptist Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and author of books including “Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh”
What a Twitter Spat Reveals About Public Religion in America ... GUEST Bonnie Kristian ... columnist at Christianity Today and deputy editor at The Week ... author of "A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today" and "Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, & Corrupting Christian Community"
GUEST Rev Liddy Barlow ... Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania.
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The Week in the Nation's Capitol (Biden visits Maui today ... + ... Trump to skip Wednesday’s GOP debate and maybe more ... + ... New GOP prez poll in Iowa from Des Moines ... + ... Trump and 18 other indicted codefendants in the 2020 election interference must surrender in GA this week ... + ... Econ still a problem for Biden’s approval rating ) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
One of the most important spiritual truths we should settle with ourselves and with God before we die ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... writer, podcaster & pastor ... the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”
Capture This: How Christians Used Cameras to Expose Injustice — Photography played a key role in 19th- and 20th-century Christian outreach & missions (from CT)... GUEST Christina Ray Stanton ... award-winning author of “Out of the Shadow of 9/11: An Inspiring Tale of Escape and Transformation”
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The memorial of Tim Keller ... GUEST Scotty Smith ... planted & pastored Christ Community Church in Franklin TN for 26 yrs ... now he’s on the pastoral staff of West End Community Church as teacher- in-residence ... author of “Unveiled Hope,” w Michael Card and “Objects of His Affection: Restoring broken Things w Steven Curtis Chapman (was in a small group that met for 30 yrs w Tim Keller)
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The Fractured Kingdom ... GUEST Jean-Pierre Isbouts ... author of numerous books for “National Geographic,” and is a frequent Smithsonian lecturer ... is Prof Emeritus in Human Development at Fielding Graduate Univ.
Haiti Update ... GUEST Rhonda Smith .. Executive Director of Haiti H2O: Hope to Opportunity
Youghiogheny Appalachian River ... GUEST Tim Palmer ... author of more than 30 books about rivers, conservation, and adventure travels.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Hunter Biden special counsel ... + ... Trump’s potential 4th indictment ... + ... Trump’s legal issues not slowing him down ... + ... Hawaii fire disaster) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
The fall of a great American city: The societal and political decay that has upended Pittsburgh... GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post; she previously wrote for The Atlantic & the Pgh Tribune Review, and now is a contributor to the Post-Gazette
The Solitude of the Saints ... GUEST Myles Werntz ... Director of Baptist Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, Abilene Christian Univ
Memorizing Scripture: The Basics, Blessings & Benefits of Meditating on Gods Word (new book) ... GUEST Glenna Marshall ... author of “The Promise is His Presence” and “Everyday Faithfulness” ... she writes regularly at GlennaMarshall.com
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Why I became an American Citizen ... GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Department of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... author of the new book, "Strange New World: How Thinkers & Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution,” along with “The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, & the Road to Sexual Revolution"
Under the Wings of God: 20 Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith (new book: Ch 14) ... GUEST Dr Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga ... senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich ... author of many books, incl the Christianity Today Book Award winners “Not the Way It's Supposed to Be,” “Engaging God's World,” and “Reading for Preaching”
Don’t Execute People in Public ... GUEST Elizabeth Bruenig ... staff writer at The Atlantic ... She’s written for the Washington Post & The NY Times, and was a staff writer at The New Republic ... (born and raised in Arlington, TX ... received her MPhil in Christian theology at the Univ of Cambridge, where she studied as a Marshall Scholar ... Previously, she was an editor for the Post’s Outlook and PostEverything sections ... Her essays & reviews have appeared in The Post, The Nation, The Atlantic, The Boston Review, Jacobin Magazine, First Things, & many more ... She lives with her husband & kids in Wash DC)
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The Liberating Arts: Why we need liberal arts education (new book, co- edited w Jessica Hooten Wilson & David Henreckson)... GUEST Dr Jeff Bilbro ... assoc prof of English at Grove City College ... author of “Reading the Times: A Literary & Theological Inquiry into the News” and “Loving God’s Wildness: the Christian Roots of Ecological Ethics in American Literature”
Steelers training camp update ... GUEST Craig Wolfley ... is a former NFL offensive linemen and played 10 seasons for the Pgh Steelers ... Craig, along with Bill Hillgrove & Max Starks, is an in-game commentator for the Pittsburgh Steeler Radio Network, and co-hosts their morning talk show, "In The Locker Room," which airs during training camp on another network
When the Beatitudes Aren’t Meant for You: Learning from Impoverished Nicaraguans & a Faithful Centurion ... GUEST Dr Christine Jeske ... professor of cultural anthropology at Wheaton College ... She is the author of 3 books, including the latest, "The Laziness Myth: Narratives of Work and the Good Life in South Africa”
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The Transfiguration of Christ ... GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.
Women of Chaplaincy & Pastoral Care: a networking ministry that encourages and affirms women called to these vocations and related areas of ministry ... GUEST Chaplin Marcia Washington.
Illness: How Can the Church Better Serve those suffering ... GUEST Dena Dyer ... Executive Assistant for Wheaton's Humanitarian Disaster Institute, and an author who lives with chronic pain & fatigue due to Hashimoto's and Fibromyalgia Location.
Ten-Mile Valley Community Prayer Breakfast ... GUEST Patrick O'Brien ... Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, Dollar Bank.
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GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
Kids Need Both Affection and Authority ... GUEST Chap Bettis ... author of "The Disciple-Making Parent: A Guidebook for Raising Your Children to Love and Follow Jesus Christ” and “Parenting with Patience: Overcoming Anger in the Home” ... he is also executive director of The Apollos Project, a ministry dedicated to helping families pass the gospel to their children, and for 25 yrs, he was lead pastor of a New England church plant
The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images & Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis (new book)... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... author of “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... also co- editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues”
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“For a Moment I Felt Like I Could Believe Again, but the Feeling Went Away. But Thank You for Giving It a Try!” ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
The Barbenheimer phenomenon: what it’s says about our need for shared experiences in an increasingly segmented world ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... ... the host & producer of The Fairly Spiritual Show radio program & podcast ... author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”
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Why does God allow pain and suffering? … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Christian unity, not uniformity … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”.
Barbenheimer and perhaps Hollywood on strike … GUEST Alissa Wilkinson … critic & senior culture reporter at Vox.com … author of "Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women" and "We Tell Ourselves Stories".
Why You Should Sing in Church… GUEST Daniel Darling … author of several books, including ”The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The Characters of Easter: The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle".
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Jury delivers death sentence in Tree of Life trial ... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College
GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations
The Transfiguration ... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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Hope for Those Struggling with Adulting ... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&- work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
IoT – or the “Internet of Things:” issues and opportunities that come from connecting everything in our homes & elsewhere to the internet ... GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman ... Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ ... author of “A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers & Designers”
Rules of the Game (Colossians 2:16-23): What are some of the written/ unwritten rules of churches? Which draw us closer to Christ? Which pull us away? ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills
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Summer Digital Detox (evergreen) ... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless & Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and host of the Boundless Show weekly podcast and radio show
“The Sum of Saving Knowledge” ... GUEST Dr David Whitla ... professor of church history & director of the Theological Foundations for Youth program at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh .
Cranes everywhere! How do they work? Are they dangerous? What about the fire on a NYC construction crane last week? ... GUEST Ralph Crewe ... Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh ... a generally Curious Person
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Fed met yesterday ... GUEST Jerry Bowyer ...Host of the podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance , @Affluent_Invest . former columnist @Forbes .com
“Barbie!” ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God
The spotted lantern fly ... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com
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Time for God when life is Hectic ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh.
Tisha B’av starts today at sundown ... GUEST Jen Rosner ... affiliate assistant professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.
What makes a good marriage?... GUEST Anne Kennedy ... author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children & lives w her husband, an Anglican priest ... (Her new substack: Demotivation)
Weapon of mass deception: language God gave me to describe a threat to highly ambitious & mission-minded people affected by a culture addicted to achievement. ... GUEST Adam F. Jones ... former US Army Black Hawk pilot, senior management consultant, author of "Weapons of Mass Deception: Detect & Defeat the Four Weapons Destroying Your Peace, Purpose, & Power," and the founder of Kingdom Operatives.
Summer Digital Detox ... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless & Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and host of the Boundless Show weekly podcast and radio show
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Enjoying Life isn’t a Sin ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” ... She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com
Three Misperceptions about Doubt ... GUEST Dr Kenneth Samples ... senior research scholar at Reasons to Believe and author of several books, including “Christianity Cross-Examined,” “Classic Christian Thinkers,” and “God Among Sages” ... (1. Christian Doubt is Uncommon 2. True Believers Never Experience Doubt 3. Christian Doubt is Always Bad )
GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump awaiting possible Jan. 20th indictment --2024 GOP candidates fight for scraps --Biden pinning hopes on economy rebound) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
Generous Questions: considering how open-ended questions & compassionate curiosity may help build bridges across painful divides.... GUEST Marilyn McEntyre ... writer, prof, speaker ... award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies” ... (recently left full-time teaching to spend more time writing).
Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America (new
book) ... GUEST Russell Moore ... ... Editor in Chief of Christianity Today ... previously as President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and, before that, as the chief academic officer & dean of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also taught theology and ethics ... Dr Moore was a Fellow at the Univ of Chicago’s Institute of Politics and currently serves as Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum in Washington DC ... he hosts the weekly podcast The Russell Moore Show and is co-host of Christianity Today’s weekly news and analysis podcast, The Bulletin ... a native Mississippian, he & his wife are the parents of 5 sons and live in Nashville, where he teaches the Bible regularly at their congregation, Immanuel Church.
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Robot ‘Church Fathers’ Might Curate New Canons: Generative AI & the rise of ‘Bible GPTs’ could radically shape our engagement with Scripture ... GUEST Adam Graber ... consultant in digital theology and cohosts the ‘Device & Virtue’ podcast
Barbenheimer craze: “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”both premier today ... GUEST Robert Krantz ... is a Greek- American who graduated from USC’s film school & acted in “Back to the Future,” “Woman in Red,” “Billionaire Boys Club,” “Who’s the Boss?” & “Silver Spoons) ... he’s sold his original screenplays to Sony, 20th Cent Fox & Columbia Pictures ... Krantz produced, wrote & starred in “Faith, Hope & Love,” for which he received nominations for Best Screenplay, Picture & Actor, & won for Best Director at the Intn’l Christian Film Festival ... Krantz’s latest film is “A Marriage Made in Heaven,” which was nominated for 7 Intn’l Christian Film Festival awards, incl Best Screenplay & Director, Most Inspirational Movie, & Feature Film of the yr ... Krantz lives in SoCal w his wife & triplet sons
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Under the Wings of God: 20 Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith (new-ish book) ... GUEST Dr Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga ... senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich ... author of many books, incl the Christianity Today Book Award winners “Not the Way It's Supposed to Be,” “Engaging God's World,” and “Reading for Preaching”. Originally Aired 7/10/23 at 5:10
Homelessness and addiction. Day of Hope July 20th... GUEST Jerrel Gilliam ... Executive Director, Light of Life Mission.
3 principles of revival ... GUEST Greg Gordon ... founder of SermonIndex.net, est in 2002, from which millions of audio sermons have been distributed world-wide ... He’s also been involved in organizing 12 intern’l historic revival events ... 1) honesty before God (authenticity) 2) Dependence on God (child likeness) 3) Not touching God's glory (revival can be aborted by men's pride and arrogance)
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Summer maintenance, watering, fertilizing along with great bargains and there’s still time to plant some things too ... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com.
Prothonotary Warbler, hummingbirds and hawks... GUEST Kevin Burrell ... is a pastor and an orni-theologist — a word penned by the theologian & birder John Stott ... Kevin is convinced that every one of us should make an effort to attend toward some aspect of God's creation; and he has chosen birds ... he lives in NC.
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What Does it Mean for Us to be the 'Image of God'? ... GUEST Carmen Joy Imes ... Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”
4 Questions to Answer Before Giving Your Child a Phone ... GUEST Daniel Stegeman ... pastor of Pine Glen Alliance Church in Lewistown, PA ...author of “Help! I Want to Be a Loving Husband” and blogs at pastoral-theology.com
Don’t Forget to Care for Caregivers ... GUEST Marissa Bondurant ... author of “Who Cares for You?,” a Bible study for caregivers
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Surrogacy ... GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” ... his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” ... Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY ... He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016
Deconstruction ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... writer, podcaster & pastor ... the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”
GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA
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Faith & Belief: What Should Christians Think About The State Of Law Enforcement In America? ... GUEST J Warner Wallace ... Dateline featured Cold- Case Detective, Author, Speaker, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, & Adjunct Prof of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and Southern Evangelical Seminary ... newest book, “Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World That Rejects the Bible”
The perils and joys of moving ... GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... writes on personal, spiritual, & social healing ... she’s author of several books, including her latest, “To be Made Well: an invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope” ... she hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast ... a grad of Princeton Univ & Princeton Sem, she lives w her husband & 3 kids in western CT
Every Person an Icon: Why Creation Signifies Dignity for All (from Logos) ... GUEST Kelley Mathews ... writer & editor, and recently released her 8th co- authored book, “40 Questions about Women in Ministry” ... Find her blog at patheos.com/ blogs/theestuary
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In the News ... GUEST Daniel Silliman ... News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture & a Faith"
How Archaeology Affirmed the Historic Stature of a Biblical King: Once the House of David seemed like a folk tale. Now, the rocks testify to its historic significance ... GUEST Gordon Govier ... writes about biblical archaeology for Christianity Today, hosts the archaeology radio program “The Book & The Spade,” and is the editor of “Artifax”
Under the Wings of God: 20 Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith (new-ish book) ... GUEST Dr Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga ... senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich ... author of many books, incl the Christianity Today Book Award winners “Not the Way It's Supposed to Be,” “Engaging God's World,” and “Reading for Preaching”
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Transhumanism - a movement that advocates the use of current and emerging technologies ... GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman ... Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ ... author of “A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers & Designers”
New Atheism ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”
GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list ... Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was also selected by Christianity Today as Book of the Year Award in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019
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"You've all heard that it takes a village to raise a child which is true. Well, it also takes a village to have a successful marriage."... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... is a writer, speaker, marriage coach living near Boston ... author of “Making Marriage Beautiful,” and “Marriage in the Middle
The story of a little old lady who is changing one of the worst drugged out, violent streets in Chicago... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
can you be a disciple of Jesus apart from being in community”? ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations
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July 4th: What Founding Fathers went to Seminary?... GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd.
The Holy Trinity... GUEST Father Tom Soroka.
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End of Annual Meeting season ... GUEST Jerry Bowyer ...Host of the new podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance , @Affluent_Invest . former columnist @Forbes .comn... (Jerry attended 90 mtngs ... + ... “woke capitalism” on the defense, even before today’s SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action a violation of equal protection ... + ... the ideological agenda tearing thru these companies comes out of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion commit- ments these companies made; but “equity” (equal outcomes) as opposed to “equality” (equal treatment) is legally now on the defensive ... + ... DEI started out w a valid concern abt racial injustice, but reached its bizarre conclusion in Satanic tee-shirts, tuck bathing suits, prancing Bud Light commercials, corporate abortion pandering, and cancel culture
The book of Hebrews (she just finished her new commentary)... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God
The Supreme Court rules on two historic cases today ... GUEST John Bursch ... VP of appellate advocacy & Sr. Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom
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What the Grace of God prompts us to Do (Titus 2:11-14, Renounce ungodliness Wait with hope for Jesus’ return Be zealous for good works) ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pgh
AI, neuroscience, and faith... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and his latest "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, & Community"
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How We Stay in Church Matters as Much as Why: Spiritual abuse survivors who join a new congregation still need to heal from their hurt... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” ... She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com.
Who created sin? ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross ... senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible ... his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
July 4th: Why those who fail to remember our past face spiritual peril. ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA ... (Or, to put it positively, how remembering our past helps us to maintain spiritual health. Since we are coming up on the 4th of July and are having time to reflect during the summer, especially when on vacation I thought it would be fitting to reflect on the way remembering our past as a people, as families, as a church and our own personal history helps us to be grounded in reality, grateful to God for his Providence and to be able to cultivate love for nation, church, family and self.
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol (Weekend Russian revolt ... + ... New poll mixed results for Biden ... + ... GOP presidential candidates appear at faith-based event / abortion a major topic) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
Kids, families, smart phones, & social media ... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church
Jury in Pittsburgh Synagogue Trial to Begin Weighing Death Penalty (NYT) ... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College
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Why I Go to Church,” and I’ll read a new poem about childhood summers and perhaps another from a new poem book about parenting... GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at Seattle Pacific Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com
Bright Hope for Tomorrow: How Anticipating Jesus Return Gives Strength For Today (new book) ... GUEST Chris Davis ... Senior Pastor of Groveton Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA. Originally Aired on 9/13/22 @ 5:10pm
CS Lewis Warned Us About Close Encounters of the Evangelical Kind: If UFOs are real, exercise some humility before sharing the gospel ... GUEST Aaron Earls ... writer for Lifeway Christian Resources.
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a Biblical perspective ... GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.
Pittsburgh Fellows ... GUEST Julie McCormick.
Amazon’s ‘Shiny Happy People’ Has Lessons to Teach, If We’re Willing to Listen ... GUEST Alex Harris ... attorney and author... originally aired 6/21/23 4:35
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Creation's integrity: what theologian Herman Bavinck called its "unfathomable interrelations"... GUEST Rutledge Ethridge ... Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies Geneva College ... author of “God Breathed: Connecting Through Scripture to God, Others, the Natural World, and Yourself”
Amazon’s ‘Shiny Happy People’ Has Lessons to Teach, If We’re Willing to Listen ... GUEST Alex Harris ... attorney and author ... the son of homeschool pioneers and brother of former pastor & author Josh Harris, Alex & his twin brother, Brett, created TheRebelution.com and wrote "Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations" as teenagers ... A graduate of Harvard Law School, Alex worked as a law clerk for US Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Anthony Kennedy and was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 for law and policy
Prayer is wild. A vast open silence I don't quite know how to fill ... GUEST Sarah Sanderson ... writes & speaks about faith, trauma recovery, & the beloved life ... her first book, "The Place We Make," is due out in August
Caregiver support: why it’s crucial to mental health... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless & Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and host of the Boundless Show weekly podcast and radio show. Originally aired on 9/15/22 at 4:10
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There’s a Woman in the Pulpit ... GUEST Bronwyn Lea .... is the author of "Beyond Awkward Side Hugs: Living as Christian Brothers & Sisters in a Sex-Crazed World" and the pastor of discipleship & women at First Baptist Church of Davis
The S/spirit of our dialogue: Has your spirit been radicalized by the wrong people or the wrong things? ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... writer, podcaster & pastor ... the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”
Trump’s Indictment Demands a Distinctly Christian Response: It’s easy to celebrate or critique based on partisanship, but Christians can model a better way (CT) ... GUEST Daniel Bennett ... associate professor of political science at John Brown Univ and assistant director at the Center for Faith and Flourishing ... His forthcoming book is "Uneasy Citizenship: Embracing the Tension in Faith & Politics"
Hospitality... GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... writes on personal, spiritual, & social healing ... she’s author of several books, including her latest, “To be Made Well: an invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope” ... she hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast ... a grad of Princeton Univ & Princeton Sem, she lives w her husband & 3 kids in western CT. Originally aired 09/14/22, 4:10pm
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Kinda quiet today with the Juneteenth federal holiday ... + ... Blinken talks with China’s president in rare Beijing visit ... + ... Trump’s indictment hasn’t hurt him in the polls ... + ... Biden increases campaign activity) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
Ralph Crewe ... science writer & content creator for various outlets including “Universe Today,” “Practical Engineering,” “Veritasium,” “SciShow,” and his own curious channel “Isn’t That Something”
On Juneteenth ... GUEST Toni Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor & teacher from The Gracism Task Force
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Cults … GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson … Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ … author of over 20 books incl “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”.
Democrats abandon blue-collar worker in place of social justice warriors (WashEx) … GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post; she previously wrote for The Atlantic & the Pgh Tribune Review, and now is a contributor to the Post-Gazette.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump indictment (is there any other story?!) ... + ... -Conservatives giving Speaker McCarthy a headache ... + ... Biden root canal ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
Arts & Beauty: do they play a role in our spiritual formation? ... GUEST Bette Dickinson prophetic artist, writer, & speaker who invites audiences to connect w God through visual parables of the spiritual journey in her ministry Awakening the Soul ... Bette has an MDiv and has worked w InterVarsity & World Vision ... Bette & her husband live in Traverse City Mich w their 2 boys
Seeing God as a Perfect Father: and Seeing You as Loved, Pursued, & Secure ... GUEST Louie Giglio ... Pastor of Passion City Church and Original Visionary of the Passion movement, established in 1997. The Passion Conferences have gathered college-aged people in events across the US & around the world, most recently 700,000 people from over 150 countries online at Passion 2021 ... Louie is bestselling author of over a dozen books including “Winning the War on Worry” and “Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table” ... Atlanta native & graduate of Georgia State Univ, Louie & Shelley make their home in Atlanta
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Gardening (Ticks and Lyme disease (Doug got it this week) ... + ... How to avoid ticks, what to do if you’re bitten, importance of quick diagnosis ... + ... it's all about watering ... + ... Not too late to get the garden in, in fact, best time for tomatoes, peppers and beans to be planted ... + ... Start to look for garden bargains ... + ... Another huge year for gardening at nurseries, the trend continues after Covid) ... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com
Counterfeit Birds: The Disappointments of Birdwatching at the Movies ... GUEST Kevin Burrell ... is a pastor and an orni-theologist — a word penned by the theologian & birder John Stott ... Kevin is convinced that every one of us should make an effort to attend toward some aspect of God's creation; and he has chosen birds
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Indian Orphans with a Pgh connection ... GUEST Jan Swensen ... lawyer who’s practiced in Pittsburgh for over 50 yrs, and the Executive Director of the James Co
Hope in an age of Nay-saying ... GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Department of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... author of the new book, "Strange New World: How Thinkers & Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution,” along with “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, & the Road to Sexual Revolution"
Pitt officials violate 1st Amendment rights of conservative student groups: Univ of Pgh charges Intercollegiate Studies Institute, College Republicans $18K security fee for campus event after inciting violent mob of protestors ... GUEST Phil Sechler ... Sr Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom
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How attachment issues affect marriage... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... is a writer, speaker, marriage coach living near Boston ... author of “Making Marriage Beautiful,” and “Marriage in the Middle
What Rachel & Leah Can Teach Us About Rivalries in Leadership ... GUEST Dena Dyer ... speaker and Bible teacher, as well as the author or co-author of 12 books, incl “Wounded Women of the Bible: Finding Hope When Life Hurts,” with Tina Samples ... she’s Communications Specialist for Wheaton’s Humanitarian Disaster Institute
GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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Gospel-centered approach parents can take to social media, which I think will fit nicely with the surgeon general's warning from last week ... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
Issues in social robotics (the ethics of elder-care robots, child- minding robots, sex robots, etc) as well as some of the ways robots might be helpful... GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman, Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ
“One Anothering”... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Debt Ceiling finally lifted ... + ... 2024 GOP field grows ... + ... GOP Debate details ... + ... China’s intercepts of US military) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
Getting out of the doldrums ... GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list ... Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was also selected by Christianity Today as Book of the Year Award in the category of evangelism/ apologetics in 2019
Preventing the Poisonous Pitfalls of Politicization and Polarization ... GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland
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Believers rewards? Dealing with being rewarded for our service in Heaven based on what we do in this life. What we do here not only matters now but also in eternity... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Home- wood
Boycotts? Really? ... GUEST Drew Dyck ... acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers and a contributing editor at CTPastors.com ... author of “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science,” Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church...and how to Bring Them Back”
The newlyweds left the party early ... GUEST Father Jason
Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA
Re-Aired from May 9th: I Was the Mole in a Family of Mallets How God rescued me from a life of getting whacked. Glenn E. Pearson spent 19 years as executive vice president of the Georgia Hospital Association. He and his wife currently live outside Los Angeles.
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God's providence. Calvin once said that understanding Gods providence is the highest of blessings but ignorance of it was the chief of curses. If we know that God is working all things our for his purposes then we can approach life differently than if we think it's all random happenstance. ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pgh
GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest
We take our family wherever we go--for good or for ill and that so much of what we are doing in the world is working out the parts of our family system challenges that show up in our work, churches and marriages. We will talk about attachment, the neurobiology of memory and a couple of biblical texts: the Genesis account of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Esau; and Mark chapter 3 in which Jesus redefines family... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and his latest "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, & Community"
It’s not a matter of if your children will encounter LGBT issues, but when they will,and Christians must respond with grace, truth and courage.” Jeff Johnston, culture and policy analyst for Focus on the Family
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What is "Ordinary Time"? ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” ... She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com
Are dinosaurs men- tioned in the Bible? Guest: Astrophysicist and author Hugh Ross is founder and senior scholar of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches and communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize with the words of the Bible. His books include The Creator and the Cosmos, Why the Universe Is the Way It Is, Improbable Planet and Designed to the Core.
A theology of clothing Revisited after doing a biblical survey. You'll be surprised to see what the greatest emphasis is. In the Bible. It's not modesty.. GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA
Deacons and Mercy Ministry - Guest: Dr. Barry York RPTS. - Often much confusion over this Biblical office. What is a deacon? Why does the church need an office that focuses on mercy? What are some practical steps churches can take regarding mercy (Micah 6:8)?
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Debt ceiling Battles (parallel with Solomon’s ruling about cutting the baby in half, as a foreshadowing of dividing the nation) ... GUEST Jerry Bowyer ...Host of the new podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance , @Affluent_Invest, former columnist @Forbes .com
Just returned from Israel today... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God ... (also the problem with Christian book endorsements)
Great is my Faithlessness: My Faithfulness is nebulous and enigmatic—nondescript in a thousand ways ... GUEST S.A. Morrison ... author of “With Those Who Weep: A Theology of Tears” ... married her college sweetheart and has had the delight of partnering with her husband in ministry for the last ten years
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Unequally Yoked: how couples navigate when one attends or believes and the other isn’t interested ... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church
Milestones we can celebrate ... GUEST Anna Broadway ... author of “Sexless in the City: A Memoir of Reluctant Chastity” ... She’s currently working on a book based on her singleness research
Can You Be Born Again Without ‘Feeling’ It? ... GUEST Daniel K. Williams ... prof of history at the Univ of West Georgia and author of “Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement Before Roe v. Wade”
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4:10 PM The Week in the Nation's Capitol (Debt limit talks continue ... + ... Sen Tim Scott launches Pres bid ... + ... DeSantis could formally announce this week) ... + ... journalists on the hook w canceled travel fees after the Pres canceled Australian leg of his trip ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
4:35 PM Esther and the value of putting ourselves in ancient sandals as we read (from a Bible study she’s working on for Prov 31 Ministries) ... GUEST Rachel Booth Smith ... writes, teaches, and produces study tools. ...
5:10 PM On Tim Keller ... GUEST John Starke ... pastor of Apostles Church, Uptown in Manhattan ... author of “The Secret Place of Thunder: Trading our need to be noticed for a hidden life w Christ (new book), “The Possibility of Prayer: Finding Stillness with God in a Restless World" ... written for Christianity Today, Books & Culture, Comment Magazine, & has contributed chapters to "Our Secular Age: Ten Yrs of Reading & Applying Charles Taylor" and "Faithful Endurance: The Joy of Shepherding People for a Lifetime”
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Questions for a Pastor… GUEST Josh Weidmann … serves as senior pastor of Grace Chapel in Denver CO … He is certified with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors and is the author of “The End of Anxiety” … Josh is married and has 6 children … writes regularly at joshweidmann.com
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4:10 PM Transformed for the Demonstration (Romans 12) .. GUEST Toni Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor & teacher from The Gracism Task Force
5:10 PM How an Oklahoma Death Penalty Case Shook Up Evangelical Views on Execution ... GUEST Emily Belz ... CT News
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4:10 PM The Week in the Nation's Capitol (Debt ceiling deadline / talks ... + ... Southern border update ... + ... GOP 2024 update: names of possible hopefuls who have not announced ) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
4:35 PM Seven Secrets of the Spirit-filled Life (new book) ... GUEST Jack Levison ... internationally acclaimed scholar and award winning author of many book, incl “40 Days with the Holy Spirit: Fresh Air for Every Day,” “An Unconventional God: The Spirit according to Jesus,” “A Boundless God: The Spirit according to the Old Testament”
5:10 PM Human progress, the myth of the modern age, is increasingly in doubt ... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... Research Prof of English & Christianity & Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ... author of “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues” ... her forthcoming book (Aug 8, ‘23) is “The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images & Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis”
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4:10 PM: When Mother's Day Hurts... GUEST Joannie Debrito ... Focus on the Family counselor, contributor, & former director of parenting
5:10 PM: Eve’s Legacy Is Both Sin & Redemption: The first woman tried to get free of God. But when she aligned herself with God’s purposes, she became the ‘Mother of All the Living ... GUEST Carmen Joy Imes ... Assoc Prof of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”
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4:15: Introvert by Design: A guided Journal for living with New Confidence in who you’re Created to Be (new book) ... GUEST Holley Gerth ... WSJ bestselling author of “The Powerful Purpose of introverts,” and “What Your Mind needs for Anxious Moments” ... founded 9In)courage online community ... hosts the More than Small Talk podcast ... holleygerth.com
5:15: Can We Pray to the Holy Spirit? ... GUEST Gregg Allison ... prof of Christian theology at the Southern Baptist Theo Seminary ... he’s been w Cru for 18 years and is editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
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4:15: Why the doctrine of the Trinity is important ... GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA
4:30: Practical engineering and NerdNite stuff ... GUEST Ralph Crewe ... is a science writer & content creator for various outlets including “Universe Today,” “Practical Engineering,” “Veritasium,” “SciShow,” and his own curious channel “Isn’t That Something”
5:15: Under the Wings of God: 20 Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith (new book) ... GUEST Dr Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga ... senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich ... author of many books, incl the Christianity Today Book Award winners “Not the Way It's Supposed to Be,” “Engaging God's World,” and “Reading for Preaching”
5:30: Originally Aired on 5/9/23... Is It Wrong to Switch Jobs Just for Better Pay? ... GUEST Amy DiMarcangelo ... author of “A Hunger for More: Finding Satisfaction in Jesus When the Good Life Doesn’t Fill You” ... find her at equippedformercy.com.
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4:10 PM: Euthanasia: new Canadian survey ... GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” ... his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” ... Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY ... He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016 ... (27% think people should have access to euthanasia because of poverty (41% among the 18-34), 28% for homelessness, 43% for mental illness, and 50% for being disabled (60% among the 18-34)
4:35 PM Is It Wrong to Switch Jobs Just for Better Pay? ... GUEST Amy DiMarcangelo ... author of “A Hunger for More: Finding Satisfaction in Jesus When the Good Life Doesn’t Fill You” ... find her at equippedformercy.com.
5:10 PM I Was the Mole in a Family of Mallets How God rescued me from a life of getting whacked. Glenn E. Pearson spent 19 years as executive vice president of the Georgia Hospital Association. He and his wife currently live outside Los Angeles
5:35 PM New poems, new baby ... GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at Seattle Pacific Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com
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4:10 - Competitive sports & how competition can be a good thing for Christian’s… GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
5:10 - Faith Healing: What Is It?... GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson … Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ … author of over 20 books incl “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”.
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Is there marriage in Heaven? (What will our relationships be like with family members? Do people in Heaven know what is happening on earth? Can our loved ones come back from Heaven and speak to us? Will we know if a loved one is not in Heaven? Will we remember the bad things that happened to us on earth?) ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood
Human consciousness as a sign of God's creation... GUEST Dr Sy
Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”
Is God male, female, or neither? ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God
Is AI a threat to Hollywood’s writer? why the WGA needs to get this one right — for everybody.. GUEST Alissa Wilkinson ... is the film critic at Vox.com & been writing about film & culture since 2006 ... her work has appeared at Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Vulture, RogerEbert.com, The Atlantic, and lots of places too numerous to name ... Alissa is a member of the NY Film Critics Circle, a 2017-18 Art of Nonfiction writing fellow with the Sundance Institute, & an assoc prof of English & Humanities at The King's College in NY City .. She’s co-author, with Robert Joustra, of “How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, & Politics at the End of the World”
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Confession as a marital practice ... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... writer and photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage ," Dorothy and her husband lead marriage workshops and retreats, speak at conferences nationwide, and have been helping couples create and sustain healthy marriages for over 25 yrs
The end of the world and the last days... GUEST Doug Bursch ... writer, podcaster & pastor ... the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”
When Life seems Crappy ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co- founder and former president of EduNations
Lost city of Dura-Europos ... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity" ... (it has the oldest house church ever found, oldest space set aside for Xian worship, also a synagogue, covered inside w depictions of the OT w icons arranged like a Orthodox Church today)
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Christians on the Run in Sudan... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-and-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
ChatGPT, the online AI chatbot that has been making waves... What is it? What are the possibilities and pitfalls? What might a Christian perspective look like for AI and chatbots like ChatGPT?... GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman, Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ
Attuning with God ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills
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This Week in the Nations’ Capitol (Biden officially enters 20245 race ... + ... WH correspondent’s dinner ... + ... Trump says he may skip GOP primary debates ... + ... another bank failure) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House
Mary Harrington takes on The Machine ... GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Dept of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... Dr Trueman is the author of the new book, “Strange New World: How Thinkers & Activists Redefined Identity & Sparked the Sexual Revolution, and “The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, & the Road to Sexual Revolution"
How J. K. Rowling Played, then Lost, the Polarization Game ... GUEST Samuel James ... associate acquisitions editor at Crossway Books and writes at Insights
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Sunrise, scripture, and Thomas Merton ... GUEST Therese Borchard ... chaplain at a senior community in Annapolis MD ... writes for several publications and websites on the topic of spirituality and emotional health, as well as a blog called The Second Pilgrimage found on her website, thereseborchard.com.
The Most Important Question: Who are You? (At GCC we say, “The more you know about who you are, the more you will appreciate who we are”... GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City College ... Prior to returning to his alma mater, Pres McNulty spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice, before being appointed to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice
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Things they are a-changing … GUEST Jerry Bowyer ...Host of the new podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance, @Affluent_Invest, former columnist @Forbes .com
Remembering Dick Groat (our 2015 interview w him) … GUEST Dick Groat
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Eastertide is a time to focus on the resurrection, which is a central claim of the Christian faith, but it’s one that has always generated a range of reactions, like in Acts 17 where some mocked Paul about it, some wanted to learn more, and some believed... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pgh
Desire, shame/violence and envy, and why when it comes to human behavior, whether it's in our homes, churches, schools, businesses or on the playing field, the 10th Commandment (Thou shalt not covet...anything that belongs to your neighbor) is the one on which rest the first nine, and in many ways, is the most important.... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and his latest "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, & Community"
Christian cliches: not always accurate... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show
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What is spiritual perseverance all about? ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” ... She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com
Autism Awareness Month ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross ... senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible ... his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”
A theology of kindness... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA
Homelessness in Allegheny County: a 12-year high: how is The Commons impacting the situation? What about interactions w law enforcement? ... GUEST Jerrel Gilliam ... Eexecutive Director, Light of Life Mission
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This Week in the Nations’ Capitol (Biden to announce 2024 bid this week ... + ... New polls show country doesn’t want Biden-Trump rematch ... + ... Abortion pill access remains during litigation ... + ... House to vote this week on GOP debt ceiling plan) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
The Shadow of Christ in the Book of Lamentation (new book) ... GUEST Dr CJ Williams ... Prof of Old Testament Studies, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA ... previously was founding pastor of Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church, also in Pgh, and served there 1998-2005
Trust and Not Believe? Or Believe and Not Trust? Does losing faith in institutions go hand in hand with losing faith in God?... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge ... assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ ... author of “20 Myths about Religion & Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, & Where They Are Going” ... His research appears on the site Religion in Public, & he tweets at @ryanburge
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Friendship across genders (EVERGREEN) ... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior
Spring Gardening Update (too early to plant veggies/flowers? … clear out all the old stuff in the garden, adding compost … plant cool weather veggies … Overseeing the lawn … Pruning roses … Planting perennials … Half price Easter lilies, have to wait a year to see the blooms … start to fertilize indoor house plants? with what? … my boxwoods are in bad shape … what do you recommend for fungus gnats? … can a climbing plant like a philodendron be trained to trail, or do they have to grow upward? … if upward, what do you recommend other than a moss pole) … GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com
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Person of Interest ... GUEST J Warner Wallace ... Dateline featured Cold-Case Detective, Author, Speaker, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, & Adjunct Prof of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and Southern Evangelical Seminary ... newest book, “Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World That Rejects the Bible”
Sex: How does God create? (EVERGREEN) ... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church ... (originally aired 04.14.23)
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Died: Charles Stanley, In Touch Preacher Who Led w Stubborn Faith: First Baptist Church Atlanta pastor lived by the motto “Obey God and leave all the consequences to him” ... GUEST Daniel Sillaman ... News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith"
While our outward lives are falling apart, our inner lives can grow stronger ... GUEST Sarah J. Hauser ... writer and speaker living in the Chicago suburbs w her husband & 4 kids ... author of “All Who Are Weary: Finding True Rest by Letting Go of the Burdens You Were Never Meant to Carry”
“On getting out of Bed: the Burden and Gift of Living (new book) ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in-chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” ... He has written for the Atlantic, Vox, BuzzFeed, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, & First Things ... He is also the author of "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”
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Become a Sending Parent ... GUEST Bradley Bell ... former missionary who serves as the lead pastor at Antioch Church in Louisville, KY and senior editor at The Upstream Collective ... author of “The Sending Church Defined” and writes at BrokenMissiology.org
House keeping and Exorcism ... GUEST Toni Turner ... Pgh-based pastor, teacher and counselor
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SCOTUS abortion pill -McCarthy vs Biden on debt ceiling debate -DeSantis backers start running campaign
ads -Biden’s electric vehicle push faces public resistance - This Week in the Nation's Capitol... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
Gifts That Emerge Out of Belovedness ... GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... writes on personal, spiritual, & social healing ... she’s author of several books, including her latest, “To be Made Well: an invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope” ... she hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast ... a grad of Princeton Univ & Princeton Sem, she lives w her husband & 3 kids in western CT
Music for Spring ... GUESTS Greg and Rebecca Sparks
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Gender or Sex: How does God create?… GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church
New books ... GUEST Byron Borger ... owner, Hearts & Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA
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GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood
The miraculous nature of the resurrection, and how miracles and science interact... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, & Rutgers Univ ... author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”
Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA
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Forgiveness: we all know
we're supposed to do it but what does it really look like?... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... is a writer, speaker, marriage coach living near Boston ... author of “Making Marriage Beautiful,” and “Marriage in the Middle: embracing midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys”
Jesus was fully man and his crucifixion agony must be known ... GUEST Frank Park ... Lead pastor, TOV Church
The Way of Christ... is the Way of Suffering..... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations
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The Story of Two Schools... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
Connecting Bytes and Christian Beliefs.... GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman ... Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ
Palms and Passion... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills
Donald Trump Indicted ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Donald Trump arrives in NYC to surrender upon indictment ... + ... he flew from FL, spent night at Trump tower, courthouse tomorrow, back to FL for evening speech ... + ... polls mixed about indictment/ politics) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN NEWS White House correspondent
This Holy Week, Remember You Are Going to Die ... GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Dept of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... Dr Trueman is the author of the new book, “Strange New World: How Thinkers & Activists Redefined Identity & Sparked the Sexual Revolution, and “The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, & the Road to Sexual Revolution"
Monday of Holy Week & Jesus at the temple with deep sorrow ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of several books, including "Born to Wander: Recovering the Value of Our Pilgrim Identity," and her most recent, "Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality in Midlife"
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Spring Gardening Update
(Getting seeds started inside/out ... Don’t turn over the garden too soon ... good time to start planting perennials ... pick daffodils, don’t cut them ... use compost to plant if the garden is too wet ... how to start composting) ... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com
Show Up: How Small Acts of Kindness Change Everything-A Guide for Exhausted Christians (new book coming soon) ... GUEST Drew Dyck ... acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers and a contributing editor at CTPastors.com ... author of “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science,” Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church...and how to Bring Them Back”
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JPMorgan Chase loses SEC challenge, must allow shareholders to consider viewpoint diversity proposal: Nation’s largest bank sought to avoid shareholder transparency on politicized debanking, called upon to participate in ADF Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index (ADF) ... GUEST Jerry Bowyer ... host of the new podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice & Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance, @Affluent_Invest, former columnist @Forbes.com
A Theology of Clothing ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA
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The world feels unhinged. The cross & the empty tomb show just how deepy God is set against sin and death. ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pgh
The Only Way To Be Happy... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry & Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest
Clearly solving the problem of mass shootings is beyond us, but what is ONE THING you think would help? We opened the phones to figure it out.
Simple Ways To Boost Your Faith This Year... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast & radio show
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Agents of Grace: How to Bridge Divides and Love as Jesus Loved (new book) ... GUEST Daniel Darling ... author, pastor, and leader, recently appointed as the director of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary ... author of several books, incl “The Original Jesus,” “The Dignity Revolution”
GUEST Keith Evans ... professor of biblical counseling and director of the Biblical Counseling Institute at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Pittsburgh
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The perils of the Evangelical church: looking a lot like the downfall of the tech industry ... GUEST Eugene Park ... assoc pastor of True North Church in Palo Alto, CA, & host of a podcast called “Off the Pulpit”
What if Kids Are Sad & Stressed Because Their Parents Are?... GUEST David French ... columnist for the NYT, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law & the law of armed conflict), and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom ... He’s the author or co-author of several books incl "Divided we Fall: America's Secession Threat & how to restore our Nation" ... He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, past pres of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and co-founder of The Dispatch
The Bible’s Marriage Metaphor Doesn’t Belong In the Bedroom: We can rightly look to God as husband & God as Father without making male sexuality divine ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God
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The Anchored Life (new book) ... GUEST Rev Marvin Nelson ... has been an Alliance pastor for more than 15 yrs & serves as adjunct prof at Crown College ... author of “What Good is Jesus” ... he’s married w 3 kids
Projecting Hope Film Festival this weekend at Pgh Mills (3 days of free inspirational movies; complete lineup at WORDfm.com), feat “A Marriage Made in Heaven,” (starring Robert Krantz, Tom Arnold, Vivica Fox, Connie Sellecca, Paul Rodriguez) ... GUEST Robert Krantz ... is a Greek- American who graduated from USC’s film school & acted in “Back to the Future,” “Woman in Red,” “Billionaire Boys Club,” “Who’s the Boss?” & “Silver Spoons) ... he’s sold his original screenplays to Sony, 20th Cent Fox & Columbia Pictures ... Krantz produced, wrote & starred in “Faith, Hope & Love,” for which he received nominations for Best Screenplay, Picture & Actor, & won for Best Director at the Intn’l Christian Film Festival ... Krantz’s latest film is “A Marriage Made in Heaven,” which was nominated for 7 Intn’l Christian Film Festival awards, incl Best Screenplay & Director, Most Inspirational Movie, & Feature Film of the yr ... Krantz lives in SoCal w his wife & triplet sons
What makes you so sure the Bible’s true? ... GUEST Clare DeGraaf ... CEO for The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender
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The Secret Place of Thunder ... GUESTJohn Starke ... Pastors Apostles Church Uptown in Manhattan ... author of "The Possibility of Prayer: Finding Stillness with God in a Restless World"
Dying to the Indispensable Self: Perhaps we need to hear Jesus’ words as a command to deny our default ways of valuing & measuring the self (from CT) ... GUEST Dr Jeff Bilbro ... assoc prof of English at Grove City College ... author of “Reading the Times: A Literary & Theological Inquiry into the News” and “Loving God’s Wildness: the Christian Roots of Ecological Ethics in American Literature”
Managing Kids in our Entertainment Culture ... GUEST Adam Holz ... site director of Plugged In, Focus on the Family’s publication that looks at popular entertainment
These States Are Devouring Widows’ Houses: A recent Supreme Court case reveals the injustice of property-tax debt forfeiture ... GUEST Bonnie Kristian ... columnist at Christianity Today and deputy editor at The Week ... author of "A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today" and "Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, & Corrupting Christian Community"
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Potential Trump indictment/arrest and GOP reaction —China’s president visits Putin —American hostage released in West Africa (Not sure if you want to do anything with “Ted Lasso” cast joining the WH briefing. They met privately with Biden to talk about importance of addressing mental health.) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
To Put on the Armor of God, We Have to Take Off the ‘Armor of Me’ Thérèse of Lisieux teaches us to have childlike faith and stop protecting our vulnerabilities. Guest: J. D. Peabody is a writer and lead pastor of New Day Church in Federal Way, Washington. This essay is adapted from Perfectly Suited: The Armor of God for the Anxious Mind by J. D. Peabody. © Aspire Press, a division of Tyndale Publishing House (2022).
A strong 1st act, leads to a strong 2nd act ... GUEST Dr Kathryn (Katie) Butler (MD Columbia Univ) trained in surgery & critical care at Mass Gen Hospital & Harvard Medical School, where she then joined the faculty ... she left clinical practice in 2016 to homeschool her children, & now writes regularly for desiringGod.org, the Gospel Coalition, Story Warren, the Christian Medical & Dental Association, and other platforms on topics such as faith, medicine & the power of great stories ... author of "Between Life & Death" and "Glimmers of Grace," both books that explore medical topics from a Christian perspective, as well as "The Dream Keeper Saga," a middle-grade children's fantasy series w Christian themes
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Ascetic Superstars, Irish monks and Nuns are famous for their spiritual heroics ... GUEST Lisa M. Bitel ... Dean's Professor of Religion & Professor History, USC
Basketball is a beautiful game, but not a blueprint for society (from CT) ... GUEST Paul Emory Putz ... assistant director of the Faith&Sports Institute at Baylor University
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Jesus Is Enough: Hope for the weary, the burned out, and the broken (new book) ... GUEST Jeremy Writebol ... lead campus pastor of Woodside Bible Church, Plymouth Mich
250th anniversary of 1st Pres downtown ... GUEST Rev Tom Hall ... Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, 6th Ave downtown
Men's ministry: what it looks like, why it matters ... GUESTS : Eddie Jones and Justin Coaxum ... Eternal City Church, Wilkinsburg
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Re-examining brain death & organ harvesting ... GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” ... his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” ... Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY ... He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016
Persistent Thoughts and Fears ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... pastor and the host & producer of The Fairly Spiritual Show radio program & podcast ... author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us & What we can Do about It”
“Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936 to 1986” (new book) ... GUEST James Rosen ... reporter, historian, & bestselling author of “The Strong Man: John Mitchell & the Secrets of Watergate,” hailed by the NYT Magazine as “Pulitzer-quality biography,” and “Cheney One on One, a collection of transcripts from the 10-hour oral history Rosen conducted with former VP Dick Cheney ... With his wife, 2 sons, and 2 cats, he splits his time between Washington & the Chesapeake Bay
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In Beaver County, anxiety and uncertainty under the black cloud of a rail disaster ... GUEST Salena Zito ... author of "The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics" ... writer for the Post-Gazette and Washington Examiner
The Notre Dame Folk Choir - J.J. Wright Director
Reading for the Love of God: how to read as a spiritual practice (new book) ... GUEST Dr Jessica Hooten Wilson ... Visiting scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine Univ (Malibu CA) ... author of "The Scandal of Holiness," "Giving the Devil His Due: Demonic authority in the fiction of Flannery O'Connor & Fyodor Doestoyevsky"
Under the Wings of God: 20 Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith (new book) ... GUEST Dr Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga ... senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich ... author of many books, incl the Christianity Today Book Award winners “Not the Way It's Supposed to Be,” “Engaging God's World,” and “Reading for Preaching”
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he language of Holiness ... GUEST Marilyn McEntyre ... writer, prof, speaker ... award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies”
obscures what it means to be human ... GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... writes on personal, spiritual, & social healing ... she’s author of several books, including her latest, “To be Made Well: an invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and
Hope” ... she hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast ... a grad of Princeton Univ & Princeton Sem, she lives w her husband & 3 kids in western CT
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GUEST Frederica Matthew’s Green... author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity" .... GUEST Frederica Matthewes Green... has provided commentaries for NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,” & columns for the LA Book Review, Religion News Service, Christianity Today, & Ancient Faith Publishing ... She’s published 800 essays & 11 books, incl "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
On Asbury ... GUEST Greg Gordon ... founder of SermonIndex.net, established in 2002, from which millions of audio sermons have been distributed world- wide ... He’s also been involved in organizing 12 intern’l historic revival conference events
GUEST Alissa Wilkinson ... is a film, culture and food writer ... she’s currently the senior culture reporter at Vox.com, as well as an associate professor at The King’s College ... she was a writing fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Art of NonFiction project and has written for Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, & The Washington Post ... she lives in Brooklyn w her husband
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent(Dems upset w Biden over DC crime bill ... + ... CPAC recap ... + ... Haley, Pompeo, Trump ... + ... former Gov Hogan says no to GOP Pres run in 2024 .... + ... White House to release fed budget on Thurs)
In the quiet night ... GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at Seattle Pacific Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com
Young adult anxiety ... GUEST Joannie Debrito ... Focus on the Family counselor, contributor, & former director of parenting ... (Teen girls engulfed in violence & trauma, CDC finds (WashPo)
Faithfulness amidst failing health ... GUEST Rev Dr Bruce Bickel
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The best forms of the doctrine still disappoint those counting on God to do the right thing ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... prof of faith & public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” & the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
Words Are Holy. So Why Don’t We Talk Like They Are? Christians should cherish words in a disposable age ... GUEST Paul Pastor ... senior acquisitions editor for Zondervan & author of several books, most recently “Bower Lodge: Poems”
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Choice: overlook an offense (prov 19:11) or Forgive? ... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Sr Pastor, Orchard Hill Church
Asbury Revival ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, & Rutgers Univ ... author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”
Lori Lightfoot, Defunding the police, and a free & orderly society ... GUEST J Warner Wallace ... Dateline featured Cold-Case Detective, Author, Speaker, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, & Adjunct Prof of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and Southern Evangelical Seminary ... newest book, “Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World That Rejects the Bible”
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A mutually fulfilling Marriage: What does it take to create and sustain one? ... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... is a writer, speaker, marriage coach & pro photographer living near Boston ... author of “Making Marriage Beautiful,” and “Marriage in the Middle: embracing midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys”
Five things a pastor needs to go the distance ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder & former pres of EduNations
Getting ready for the gardening Season ... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com ... (The Home and Garden Show: go to see Doug, get in for free; starts 3/3 ... Early sprouting bulbs, what to do?... + ... cool weather crops ... + ... Planting pansies soon ... + ... Don’t dig if the soil is too wet ... + ... Sharpen and oil tools)
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Acedia: Spiritual Depression ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” ... She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com
Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross ... senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible ... his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”
Why guilt is good news this Lenten season. ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Supreme Ct hears Biden's student debt relief case tomorrow … + … 1st GOP prez primary debate will be in Aug … + … DeSantis out w a book, seen as prelude to WH bid … + … Democrat announces challenge to Biden in 2024 … GUEST Greg Clugston, SRN News White House correspondent.
How much do Americans know abt the faiths around them? And what helps us most to understand our neighbors’ faiths? … GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion & Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, & Where They Are Going” … His research appears on the site Religion in Public, & he tweets at @ryanburge
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The Hays Eagles ... GUEST Jim Bonner ... Executive Director Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania
A liberal arts education: does it matter anymore? Given the exorbitant cost of trad higher education & ongoing concerns abt progressive indoctrination/ cancel culture, is there a smarter way to prepare young adults for rewarding careers? ... GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City College ... Prior to returning to his alma mater, Pres McNulty spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice, before being appointed to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice
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Are we headed toward a debt crisis (he’s at the largest conf of Christian financial advisers) … GUEST Jerry Bowyer … host of the new podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice & Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance, @Affluent_Invest, former columnist @Forbes.com
The 1-yr anniversary of the Ukraine-Russian war … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra … senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
The perils of the Evangelical church: looking a lot like the downfall of the tech
industry … GUEST Eugene Park … associate pastor of True North Church in Palo Alto, California, and host of a podcast called “Off the Pulpit”
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Repenting: at Mt Sinai and at Calvary ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pgh ... (The former is when we repent because we see God's holiness & are terrified of judgement —the latter is when we repent because we see God's love & are overcome w gratitude)
Lent and Sin ... GUEST Anne Kennedy ... author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children & lives w her husband, an Anglican priest ... (Her new substack: Demotivation)
Lent, Grief &
Restoration ... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and his latest "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, & Community"
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Young adult anxiety ... GUEST Joannie Debrito ... Focus on the Family counselor, contributor, & former director of parenting ... (Teen girls engulfed in violence & trauma, CDC finds (WashPo)
Lent: how did it develop? and what is it’s purpose ... GUEST Father Tom Soroka. ... St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA
The Rule of St. Benedict: A Contemporary Paraphrase (new book)... GUEST Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove ... writer & preacher who serves as Assistant Director for Partnerships & Fellowships at Yale Univ’s Center for Public Theology and Public Policy ... author of “The Wisdom of Stability:
Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture” ... he lives w his family at the Rutba House, a house of hospitality in Durham, NC
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine ... + ... Trip logistics ... + ... 1-yr anniversary of Russian invasion ... + ... Jimmy Carter hospice ... + ... Search for downed objects called off) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN White House correspondent
Asbury Univ isn't the 1st campus revival ... GUEST Collin Hansen ... VP for content & editor-in-chief of The Gospel Coalition, as well as Exec Dir of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics ... hosts the Gospelbound podcast & has contributed to books, including “Timothy Keller: His Spiritual & Intellectual Formation,” and “Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential”
Revival? An eyewitness account of the Kentucky prayer service at Asbury Univ ... GUEST Rev Kevin Gourley ... Memorial Park Evangelical Presbyterian Church
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Use Your Gifts in the Local Church ... GUEST Katie Faris ... pastor’s wife & mother to 5 children ... author of “God Is Still Good: Gospel Hope and Comfort for the Unexpected Sorrows of Motherhood,” and “He Will Be Enough: How God Takes You by the Hand through Your Hardest Days”
Jude 3 Project ... GUEST Lisa Fields ... worked in the financial services industry, but then changed course into a Masters of Divinity program, before starting the Jude 3 Project to, as she writes, help the Black Christian community know what they believe and why ... (Thru the Jude 3 Project, she’s hosted conferences feat prominent Black scholars, developed apologetic curricula for churches & laypeople, curated a YouTube series called “Why I Don’t Go” addressing the pain points millennials have w the Church, led a tour answering the question “Is Christianity a White Man’s Religion?,” & curated a podcast covering everything from mental health to the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls)
Sometimes, God’s Provision Is Prozac: My battle with postpartum anxiety challenged the limits I’d placed on how God can heal us ... GUEST Katherine Lee ... poet and a mom working on a memoir about the ways her motherhood has been defined by the women in her family
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Aerial objects ... + ... Biden to visit Poland next week in support of Ukraine ... + ... Nikki Haley to launch 2024 Present bid this week) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
Jubilee ... GUEST R. York Moore ... President & CEO, CCO ... Co-Founder of the EveryCampus Movement
A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers ... GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman, Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ
Dining out alone ... GUEST Alissa Wilkinson ... critic & senior culture reporter at Vox.com .. Prof of English & Humanities at The King's College ... author of "Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women"
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Contending for the Care of your Soul in a World that wants to Commodify your Well-being ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... pastor and the host & producer of The Fairly Spiritual Show radio program & podcast ... author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”
Marriage as Common Good ... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... writer and photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage ," Dorothy and her husband lead marriage workshops and retreats, speak at conferences nationwide, and have been helping couples create and sustain healthy marriages for over 25 yrs.
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A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers ... GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman, Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ
Super Bowl Fans Don’t Need a Linebacker Jesus: Using sports to market Christ has a long history, but Sunday’s iteration might skip the muscles for heart ... GUEST Paul Emory Putz ... assistant director of the Faith & Sports Institute at Baylor Univ
Hundreds of Ukrainian Churches Damaged by Russia: One out of three buildings tallied by Institute for Religious Freedom belong to evangelicals ... GUEST Meagan Saliashvili .. Religion reporter at Christianity Today and Religion News Service
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The Mindful Grandparent - Intergenerational Conversation (from the new book “The Mindful Grandparent”) ... GUEST Marilyn McEntyre ... writer, professor, speaker ... award-winning author of multiple books on language and faith, including “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies” ... having left full-time teaching to spend more waking hours writing, she also speaks for university, church, and community groups, leads retreats and offers short courses and writing workshops
Not all who harm the church are wolves. Some are renegade sheep (RNS) ... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... Research Professor of English & Christianity & Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ... She is the author of, most recently, "On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... She is also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues," and has contributed to numerous other books
Dwell Differently ... GUEST Melody Sullivan (Jubilee sponsor) ... Social Media and Podcast Coordinator for Dwell Differently
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American Christianity is due for a Revival (from The Atlantic) ... GUESTS Tim & Kathy Keller ... Tim Keller ... founding pastor of Redeemer Presby Church in Manhattan, which he started in 1989 with his wife, Kathy, & 3 young sons ... Dr Keller’s books, including the NYT bestselling "The Reason for God" and "The Prodigal God," have sold over 2 million copies & been translated into 25 languages; his newest book is Forgive: Why Should I & How Can I?" ... GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms"
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Slowing down to Speed up: Why practicing Sabbath is still
relevant. ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills
American Christianity is due for a Revival (from The Atlantic) ... GUESTS Tim & Kathy Keller ... Tim Keller ... founding pastor of Redeemer Presby Church in Manhattan, which he started in 1989 with his wife, Kathy, & 3 young sons ... Dr Keller’s books, including the NYT bestselling "The Reason for God" and "The Prodigal God," have sold over 2 million copies & been translated into 25 languages; his newest book is Forgive: Why Should I & How Can I?" ... GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms"
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol ... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Department of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... Dr Trueman is the author of the new book, “Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution, and “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, & the Road to Sexual Revolution"
Hemingway Chased His Dreams to Their Bitter End … GUEST William Boekestein … pastor of Immanuel Fellowship Church in Kalamazoo, Mich, and author of “Stubborn Prophet,” and “Faithful God”
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Three Things I Would Tell My Younger Self ... GUEST Dr Richard
Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
Working in Science by Faith: The Laboratory of Creation ... GUEST Dr Benjamin J. McFarland ... Prof of Biochemistry, Seattle Pacific Univ (Jubliee guest)
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How to age gracefully ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood
Scientific Controversy... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”
Dining out alone ... GUEST Alissa Wilkinson ... critic and senior culture reporter at Vox and an associate professor of English and humanities at The King's College. She's the author of "Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women" (Broadleaf, 2022) and "We Tell Ourselves Stories" (Liveright, forthcoming).
Today is the Feast of the Presentation in the Temple (the day Mary/ Joseph brought baby Jesus to the Temple, made the sacrifice of doves, and the Elder Simeon took the baby in his arms.... GUEST Frederica Matthewes Green... author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
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Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters ... GUEST Dr Carmen Joy Imes ... assoc professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ ... author of “Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters,” and editor of “Praying the Psalms” with Augustine and Friends.
The Hidden Cost of Filtering Sexual Content: When Christian ethics are sabotaged by consumerist tactics ... GUEST Cap Stewart ... author of the curriculum “Personal Purity Isn’t Enough: The Long-Forgotten Secret to Making Scriptural Entertainment Choices” ... also a contributor to “Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues”
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Christian Boomers Like Me Want Change Too: Some of us are working to change the unhealthy evangelical church culture we helped create ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” ... She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com.
Is heaven above and hell below us?... GUEST Astrophysicist and author Dr Hugh Ross ... senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible ... his books include “The Creator and the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
The Good News of Complexity! How the Bible gives us complex elements of the creation like fire & water rather than simple elements like dirt or wood to help us understand Him (a trinity) and ourselves ... GUEST Rector Jay Slocum ... St. Thomas Anglican Church in Gibsonia.
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This week in the Nation’s Capitol (Classified docs [Pence, Archives] ... + ... Biden-McCarthy meeting this week ... + ... 2024 election [NH poll)]) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.
GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list ... Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was also selected by Christianity Today as Book of the Year Award in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019.
The Evolution of Sexual Ethics... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge ... assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ ... author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” ... His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge
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Why modern health obscures what it means to be human.. GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... writes on personal, spiritual, & social healing ... she’s author of several books, including her latest, “To be Made Well: an invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope” ... she hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast ... a grad of Princeton Univ & Princeton Sem, she lives w her husband & 3 kids in western CT
Has the FBI become politicized? ... GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City College ... Prior to returning to his alma mater, Pres McNulty spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice, before being appointed to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice ... He oversaw the FBI, and worked closely w the last 5 FBI directors incl Mueller, Comey and Wray.
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What Does Prayer Do? ... GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson ... Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ ... author of over 20 books incl “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”
Under the Wings of God: 20 Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith ... GUEST Dr Cornelius Plantinga ... senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich ... author of many books, incl the Christianity Today Book Award winners “Not the Way It's Supposed to Be,” “Engaging God's World,” and “Reading for Preaching”
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Modern problems, historic solutions: You can learn a lot by paying attention to previous “successes” & “failures” ....... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pgh ... exploring historic debates in the Presby Church to see 1. Most of the core debates are still the same, even if the specifics change; and 2. There are times we’ve navigated controversy well, & times we haven’t.
Why Can’t We Be Friends?.. GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
Libraries Aren’t Safe, But They Are Good: Amid controversies & threats of defunding, Christian public librarians work for the good of their communities ... GUEST Emily Belz ... Christianity Today’s news writer.
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Mom, Follow Jesus ... GUEST Katie Faris ... pastor’s wife and mother to 5 children ... author of “God Is Still Good: Gospel Hope and Comfort for the Unexpected Sorrows of Motherhood,” and “He Will Be Enough: How God Takes You by the Hand through Your Hardest Days”
When the Demons Come: Suicide ... GUEST Stephen Mansfield ... NYTimes bestselling author of “Lincoln's Battle with God,” “The Faith of Barack Obama,” “Pope Benedict XVI,” "Choosing Donald Trump," and “Never Give In: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill”
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent
Marriage as Common Good ... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... writer and photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage ," Dorothy and her husband lead marriage workshops and retreats, speak at conferences nationwide, and have been helping couples create and sustain healthy marriages for over 25 yrs
The Hymn Society ... GUEST Brian Hehn ... Director of The Center for Congregational Song
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The Teen Years: get your preteen talking about how to make great decisions & soar with confidence through these crucial years ... GUEST Dr. Daniel Huerta ... oversees Focus on the Family initiatives that equip mothers & fathers with biblical principles & counsel for raising healthy, resilient children rooted in a thriving faith.
6 Months After Dobbs, the Pro-Life Movement Is Strong ... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-and-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
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On MLK in 2023... Guests Pastor Eddie Jones &Justin Coaxum, Eternal City Church, Wilkinsburg.
The Assert Project... Guest Joe Sweeny, founder and CEO of The Assert Project... Joe is a former SWAT operator, Bomb Squad Commander, & US Govt Explosive Security Specialist... Also: The Mission of The Assert Project is to combat global human trafficking and sexual predators, support the recovery of victims, and aid in the imprisonment of perpetrators.
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Blessings and luck on Friday the 13th - Guest: Tom Hall.
The Six Conversations-Pathways to connecting in an age of isolation and incivility -Guest : Heather Holleman
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Movies! ... GUEST Alissa Wilkinson … is a film, culture and food writer … she’s currently the senior culture reporter at Vox.com, as well as an associate professor at The King’s College … she was a writing fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Art of NonFiction project and has written for Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, & The Washington Post … she lives in Brooklyn w her husband.
Gardening (what Doug’s seeing in Baltimore’s gardening trade show … + … organizing/testing old seeds … + … when to start fertilizing houseplants … + … care of indoor plants … + … planning this year’s garden) … GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com.
FOBO: Gen Z’s FOMO - Guest: Jerry Riendeau.
After Answered Prayers for Damar Hamlin, What’s Next? The faith intertwined with American football may also call us to care better for the players whose bodies bear the brunt of the sport (from CT) … GUEST Paul Emory Putz … assistant director of the Faith & Sports Institute at Baylor Univ.
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What to do when you break your resolutions? … GUEST Drew Dyck … acquisitions editor at Moody
Publishers and a contributing editor at CTPastors.com … author of “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science,” Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church…and how to Bring Them Back”.
The Teen Years: get your preteen talking about how to make great decisions and soar with confidence through these crucial years ... GUEST Dr. Daniel Huerta ... oversees Focus’on the Family initiatives that equip mothers & fathers w biblical principles & counsel for raising healthy, resilient children rooted in a thriving faith.
Broken Dreams... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol (House Speaker election ... + ... GOP majority challenges ... + ... Biden visits southern border) ... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
"Messianic Prophecy Revealed" (new book) ... Messianic Rabbi K. A. Schneider ... Host of the Discovering the Jewish Jesus program.
GUEST David French ... senior editor at The Dispatch, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law and the law of armed conflict), and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom ... He’s the author or co-author of several books including the #1 NYT bestselling “Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore” ... his newest book is "Divided we Fall: America's Secession Threat and how to restore our Nation" ... He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and the past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
Pgh Iranian Americans speak out against oppression in their homeland (PG) ... GUEST Dr Maryam Saeedi ... Asst Prof of Economics, Tapper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University.
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On Edith Stein - Guest: Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport, ”The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
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GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
The Week in Review
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Time… GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at Seattle Pacific Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com.
Why Life Exists… GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”.
To Dust We Will Return: In the New Year We must view our time through a divine lens … GUEST Jen Pollock Michel … author of 5 books, including her latest, “In Good Time: 8 Habits for Reimagining Productivity, Resisting Hurry, and Practicing Peace” (from which this piece is adapted).
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GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent
Marriage and Lawn Care-Guest: Doug Bursch
What Epiphany Reveals about God - Guest Terry Timm
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Jesus’ Incarnation: What difference does it make anyway? … GUEST Rev D Jack Gabig … Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Dir of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Trinity School for Ministry, Ambridge PA
Stories Behind the Best Loved Songs of Christmas … GUEST Ace Collins … Storyteller and writer, Ace has authored more than 70 books that have sold more than 2.5 million copies, includes novels, biographies, children’s works as well as books on history, culture and faith.
Remembering Franco … GUEST Jon Kolb … is a former Pgh Steeler and 4-time Super Bowl champ who played as an All-Pro offensive lineman for 13 seasons … Jon protected quarterback Bradshaw’s blindside from his left tackle position and on the field for the Immaculate Reception … after his retirement, he worked as a defensive line, and a strength & conditioning coach for the Steelers … He was also an occasional strongman competitor in some of the World's Strongest Man contests … Jon is the founder of ATP (Adventures in Training with a Purpose).
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Why We Need Silence What Habakkuk Teaches Us About Being Quiet - Guest: Sarah J. Hauser is a writer and speaker living in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and four kids. She shares biblical truth to help others find nourishment for their souls. She is the author of All Who Are Weary: Finding True Rest by Letting Go of the Burdens You Were Never Meant to Carry.
GUEST Toni Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor & teacher from The Gracism Task Force.
Unitarians and Episcopalians Created American Christmas But evangelicals have rightly made it more gospel centered. Guest: Daniel K. Williams is a professor of history at the University of West Georgia and the author of Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement Before Roe v. Wade.
On Franco Harris - Guest: Craig Wolfley – 12-year NFL veteran, broadcaster, Member of the game day network broadcast team.
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The Holy Family ... GUEST Charlie Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine … Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, and is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” … his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” … Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US and the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of New York … He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016.
Making Room in Advent: 25 Devotions for a Season of Wonder (new book) … GUEST Bette Dickinson … artist, writer, & speaker who invites audiences to connect with God through visual parables of the spiritual journey in her ministry Awakening the Soul.
GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list … Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was also selected by Christianity Today as Book of the Year Award in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019.
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This Week in the Nations Capitol AND The annual White House Christmas poem … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
GUEST Doug Bursch … pastor and the host & producer of The Fairly Spiritual Show radio program & podcast … author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”.
No One Took Christ Out of Christmas: Let’s dispense with our worries that Christmas as we know it isn’t Christian … GUEST Timothy Larsen … teaches at Wheaton College and is the editor of “The Oxford Handbook of Christmas”.
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Nick Stolberg, New Roots Haiti.
Christmas Grafts Us into God’s Nontraditional Family - After losing my father as a child, I learned to see the Incarnation as my true lineage. Guest: Hannah King is a priest and writer in the Anglican Church of North America. She serves as an associate pastor at Village Church in Greenville, South Carolina.
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This Week in the nation's Capitol (. )... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Not the Healthy but the Sick: The Bible’s view of health & wellness turns us outward … GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... writes on personal, spiritual, & social healing ... she’s author of several books, including her latest, “To be Made Well: an invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope” ... she hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast … a grad of Princeton Univ & Princeton Sem, she lives w her husband & 3 kids in western CT.
The Shroud of Turin ... GUEST Astrophysicist and author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator and the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
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National Embryo Donation Center- Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Keenan, President and Medical Director.
Father Ed: The Story of Bill W's Spiritual Sponsor - Guest. Dawn Eden Goldstein, S.Th.D., is the award-winning author of several books, most recently Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor. Under the pen name Dawn Eden, she wrote popular works on personal growth and spirituality, including My Peace I Give You, The Thrill of the Chaste, and Remembering God's Mercy.
It Is Okay to Simply Be.. GUEST Chris Martin ... a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, and communications consultant … He's the author of "Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media," and writes regularly in his Substack newsletter, of the same name … Chris lives outside Nashville with his family.
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Private confession & Absolution … GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland.
Troubled Not Restless … GUEST Rachel Booth Smith … writes, teaches, and produces study tools. … after her chemo appointment my daughter asked if it was ok to be restless.
Music for Advent & Christmas … GUESTS Greg and Rebecca Sparks.
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Hindrances to a powerful prayer life which included: me-centered prayer, earthly-minded prayer, dirty hands prayer, zippy prayer, kitty cat prayer, and lazy prayers. - Leslie Bennett joyfully served as a Director of Women’s Ministries at Northeast Presbyterian Church (PCA) for a dozen years prior to joining Revive Our Hearts in Women’s Ministries Initiatives. She has a passion to minister to women’s leaders in the local church so they can pour God’s truth into others.
To Be Free, You Need Self Control - Guest: Jay Kim serves as lead pastor at WestGate Church. He’s the author of Analog Church and Analog Christian.
Peace on Earth - Terry Timm – Pastor, Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Department of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... Dr Trueman is the author of the new book, “Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution, and “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution".
The Science of Giving Thanks to God … GUEST Peter Hill.
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Play Ball! (Like a Christian) ... GUEST Michael Betrus ... a student at the Texas A&M Univ School of Law ... He is interested in biblical theology & church history, and he cohosts the Radically Normal podcast ... he & his wife live in Dallas.
THIS OR THAT
THE BEST OF TWITTER THIS WEEK
GUEST Frederica Matthew’s Green... author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
THINGS TO DO IN PITTSBURGH THIS WEEKEND
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"Lessons Learned from the Songs of Fools" from Ecclesiastes 7:5. Some of the titles of sermons are: Chain of Fools What the Fool Believes I Pity the Fool Everybody Plays the Fool Sometimes Won't Be Fooled Again Shut-Up Fool Don't Want to Be a Fool … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood
Judgement and peer review… GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”.
The Respect for Marriage Act-Guest: Stanley Carlson-Thies Founder & Senior Director Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance Center for Public Justice co-author, with Steve Monsma, Free to Serve: Protecting the Religious Freedom of Faith-Based Organizations.
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Advent: Looking both Ways: we look back to remember/celebrate Jesus’ birth and we look forward to anticipating Jesus re-advent ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pittsburgh
GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
Nicole Nordeman - A self-described "wrestling poet," singer/songwriter Nichole Nordeman doesn't shy away from life’s messier realities when performing and creating her music. Unflinchingly honest her songs include "Slow Down," "This Mystery," "Holy," "Legacy" and "What If." During the formation of each song, and played out within the lyrics, Nichole explores the nuances of life, faith and theology.
Navigating the Holiday Blues … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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The way in which Scripture uses genealogies throughout, and focused more specifically on the genealogies of Jesus ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 5 books, including “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” … She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com.
Do Pets Go to Heaven? Guest: GUEST Astrophysicist and author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator and the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and “Improbable Planet”.
Why celebrating holiday traditions could keep you from being "left behind" when Jesus returns. Reflections on Christmas holidays and our spiritual well-being ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum.
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GUEST: Greg Clugston - SRN News White House Correspondent
GUEST: Guest:Marilyn McEntyre - Writer, Professor, Speaker
GUEST: James K.A. Smith - Teaches Philosophy and Theology at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI
DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?
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GUEST Toni Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor & teacher from The Gracism Task Force.
Musical Advent Devotional “Goodwill,” feat. Christopher Wu from the Pgh Symphony along w Grove Farm Worship (pre-recorded) ... GUESTS Christopher Wu, Violinist (the Pgh Symphony Orchestra), Rev Craig Gyergyo (Sr Pastor, CCGF) and Brad Lebakken (Dir of Worship Ministries, CCGF) ... The Goodwill album available on Spotify, Apple Music & YouTube .. also, a printed Advent Devotional has been produced to go w the album (Each day features a devotional about one of the Christmas carols from the album ... When using the devotional, readers can scan the QR code to listen to the album ... Each devotional also includes some history on the Christmas carol) ... no cost for the devotionals or to listen to the album.
The Holidays in Ukraine ... GUEST Father Jason Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA
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Thomas Jefferson & Thanksgiving … GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd … research professor of church history at Midwestern Baptist Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and author of books including “Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father,” and his latest “Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh”
Finding Gratitude When You’re Feeling Stuck … GUEST Clarissa Moll … award-winning writer and author of “Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving after Loss”.
Phones: Your Side Dishes for Thanksgiving
Bible League ... GUEST Michael Woolworth
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GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Bible League … GUEST Michael Woolworth
GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” … His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge.
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52 Weeks in the Word: A Companion for Reading through the Bible in a Year (new book) … GUEST Trillia Newbell … author of several books including, “A Great Cloud of Witnesses,” “Sacred Endurance,” and the children’s books, “Creative God, Colorful Us” … when she isn’t writing, she’s encouraging and supporting other writers as the Acquisitions Director at Moody Publishers.
THIS OR THAT?
THE BEST OF TWITTER THIS WEEK
On gratitude and Thanksgiving … GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at Seattle Pacific Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com.
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
THINGS TO DO IN PITTSBURGH THIS WEEKEND
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New in Advent and Christmas reading - Guest: Byron Borger owner Hearts & Minds Bookstore Dallastown PA.
Church attendance still short of pre-pandemic levels although most have reopened: survey (Chr Post)**
GUEST Doug Bursch is a writer, podcaster and minister, the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”.
Is this vegetable healthier raw or cooked (NYT)
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John and Kathy speak with Michael Woolworth from Bible League International.
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John and Kathy speak with Michael Woolworth from Bible League International
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GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women - Guest: Ericka Andersen is a freelance writer, podcast host and consultant for The Steamboat Institute. She previously wrote for, and was the Digital Director at, National Review magazine. Prior to that, she was the Digital Manager at the Heritage Foundation and worked in communications for Vice President Mike Pence at the GOP Conference.
Forgive- Why Should I And How Can I? ... GUESTS Tim & Kathy Keller ... Tim Keller ... is the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, which he started in 1989 with his wife, Kathy, and 3 young sons ... for 28 yrs Tim led a diverse congregation of young professionals that grew to a weekly attendance of over 5,000 ... Dr Keller’s books, including the NYT bestselling "The Reason for God" and "The Prodigal God," have sold over 2 million copies and been translated into 25 languages ... Tim's latest book is "Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter" ... GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".
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Abiding Dependence: Living Moment by Moment in the Love of God / Guest: RON BLOCK has been a banjoist guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for Alison Krauss & Union Station since 1991. He wrote many of the band's gospel songs: "There is a Reason," "In the Palm of Your Hand," "Jesus, Help Me to Stand," and his playing has been featured on albums by Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley, Fernando Ortega, and others. He's received 14 Grammy Awards for his work with Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, and the O Brother, Where Are Thou soundtrack, and received a Dove Award for his song "A Living Prayer." He has also written on spiritual and musical topics for the Rabbit Room website since its inception in 2007, rabbitroom.com. He married Sandra in 1988 and they live in rural Tennessee. They have two grown children, Ethan and Erica.
The Bible Keeps Record of Trauma. But Is It Trauma Informed? A Christian counselor on how Scripture keeps score—and the help we find beyond its pages. Nate Brooks serves as an assistant professor of Christian counseling at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, and counsels at Courage Christian Counseling.
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The Six Conversations-Pathways to connecting in an age of isolation and incivility -Guest : Heather Holleman
Am I Resting or Just Being Lazy? Guest: Amy DiMarcangelo is the author of A Hunger for More: Finding Satisfaction in Jesus When the Good Life Doesn’t Fill You (TGC/Crossway, May 2022) and a regular contributor to The Gospel Coalition.
Enjoying the Bible - Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures - Guest: Matthew Mullins is associate professor of English and history of ideas at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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3 Principles for Settling Political Spats in the Church When we see civic engagement as a limited strategy rather than a source of moral identity, we’re better equipped to reach across the partisan aisle. Guest: Daniel K. Williams is a professor of history at the University of West Georgia and the author of Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement Before Roe v. Wade.
GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.
Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community - Bonnie Kristian is the author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). As a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief at The Week, Bonnie writes and edits opinion pieces on foreign policy, religion, criminal justice, urbanism, civil liberties, electoral politics, and more. Her column, "The Lesser Kingdom," appears in print and online at Christianity Today. Her work has also been published at outlets including USA Today, Defense One, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, Politico, Time, Reason, National Interest, and The American Conservative. A graduate of Bethel Seminary, she lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and twin sons.
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GUEST David French ... senior editor at The Dispatch, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law and the law of armed conflict), and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom ... He’s the author or co-author of several books including the #1 NYT bestselling “Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore” ... his newest book is "Divided we Fall: America's Secession Threat and how to restore our Nation" ... He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and the past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
How To Be Gracious When Haters Gonna Hate … GUEST Mark Ward (PhD, Bob Jones University) is the editor of Bible Study Magazine and author of its back-page column, Word Nerd: Language and the Bible. He is the author of Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible (Lexham Press, 2018), which became a Faithlife infotainment documentary. He is also the host of the Bible Study Magazine Podcast and is an active YouTuber.
When Children Come Out: A Guide for Christian Parents - Guest: Mark A. Yarhouse (PsyD, Wheaton College) is the Dr. Arthur P. Rech & Mrs. Jean May Rech Endowed Chair and professor of psychology at Wheaton College, where he directs the Sexual and Gender Identity (SGI) Institute and serves as a core faculty member in the doctoral program in clinical psychology. He is a licensed clinical psychologist. Yarhouse has published over eighty peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and is author or coauthor of several books, including Understanding Gender Dysphoria, Modern Psychopathologies, Understanding Sexual Identity, Sexuality and Sex Therapy, and Family Therapies.
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Rich Mullins: The Sparrow Watcher … GUEST Kevin Burrell Kevin Burrell Pastor of Preaching and Connections at Stone Bridge Church Community and dedicated ornithologist.
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Mental health in the Bible … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Caring for the (Violent) Stranger - What if we applied Christian imagination to protecting our children? Guest: Jen Pollock Michel is the author of five books including In Good Time: 8 Habits for Reimagining Productivity, Resisting Hurry, and Practicing Peace.
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On turning 32... GUEST Chris Martin ... a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, and communications consultant … He's the author of "Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media," and writes regularly in his Substack newsletter, of the same name … Chris lives outside Nashville with his family.
On turning 70 and losing your hearing from COVID... GUEST Frederica Matthew’s Green... author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"
Small church pastors and the struggle to move forward .. GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
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“Seeds of the Kingdom?” Jesus and two parables from Mark 4:21-33 ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
Part 2: Halloween Is for Heroes, Not Ghosts (E MacAuley, NYT) ... GUEST Rev Tery Timm.
Bag-gate: Cornhole goes pro (WSJ)
Food prices soar; so do company’s profits — shrinkflation at last night’s Halloween (DNYUZ.com)
From The Reformation to Katherine Kuhlman: it’s not the denomination but Christ alone … GUEST Toni Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor & teacher from The Gracism Task Force.
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In the Political Talk Show Race, Outrage Is Winning (NYT)
MLK Jr paid hospital bill when Julia Roberts was born (WashPo)
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GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent
17 Things More Likely to Happen to You Than Winning the Lottery (GoBankingRates)
The importance of the reformation … GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Department of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... Dr Trueman is the author of the new book, “Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution, and “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution".
Leviathan, Behemoth, and other monsters lurk in the Bible—demonic horrors and other assorted beasts. Monsters and the Bible -Guest: The Very Rev. Dr. Stephen De Young is Pastor of Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Lafayette, Louisiana. He is also the host of the Whole Counsel of God podcast from Ancient Faith and author of the Whole Counsel Blog, as well as co-host of the Lord of Spirits podcast. Fr. Stephen holds a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Amridge University.
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Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul (new book) … GUEST Deanna Witkowski … professional jazz pianist, composer, & liturgical musician … She is the winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition and most recently, a featured performer with the Pittsburgh Symphony … As a noted Williams scholar, Witkowski is dedicated to bringing the pioneering jazz pianist-composer Mary Lou Williams’s soulful legacy to communities across the United States.
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Jeffrey Dahmer & Killing Our True Crime Obsession: When serial killer stories rank among the country’s top shows, we’re guilty of fueling a dark trend … GUEST Meredith Sell, freelance writer, Christianity Today.
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GUEST Jerry Bowyer … host of the new podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance, @Affluent_Invest, former columnist @Forbes.com.
Trinity School for Ministry -Guest: The Rev. Cn. Dr. Bryan C. Hollon, Ph.D., as the new and eighth Dean President.
The Power of Swearing: How obscene words influence your mind, body and relationships (Conversation)
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GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pittsburgh.
GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry & Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest.
On perseverance... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... his new book is "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community" (to be released Oct 2021).
It doesn’t matter what age you are — making friends can be hard. How do you build friendships that not only last, but are filled with depth and intentionality? … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.
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On Becoming A Prodigal Parent: if a prodigal is wastefully extravagant or lavish, then how can parents of prodigals become prodigals themselves? … GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 5 books, including “Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma," "Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” and “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity" … She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com.
The Soul of the Helper: Seven Stages to Seeing the Sacred Within Yourself So You Can See It in Others (new book) … GUEST Holly Oxhandler … associate prof and associate dean for research & faculty development at Baylor Univ’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work … For over a decade, Dr. Oxhandler has developed tools to assess mental health care providers’ integration of clients’ spirituality in treatment, helping professionals’ infusion of their own faith in their work, and clients’ views toward discussing their spirituality in mental health care … She co-hosts the weekly podcast CXMH: A Podcast on Faith and Mental Health … lives in Waco, TX w her husband & 2 kids.
The three iterations of Halloween from Samhain to Secularism ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum.
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Did the pandemic change people’s personalities? (Vice)
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GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
Supporting adoption in a post-Dobbs America - Guest: GUEST Dr Charlie Camosy … Professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University ... He is the author of 5 books, including, most recently, "Losing our Dignity: How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality … also “Resisting Throwaway Culture: How a consistent Life Ethic can unite a Fractured People"... He is the father of 4 children, 3 of whom were adopted from the Philippines.
Global Links, The Blessing Board Launch New Collaboration to Make Home Healthcare Items Available to Individuals in Need at No Cost - Guest: Angela Garcia.
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The myths and mysteries of Pittsburgh’s famous Allegheny Arsenal… GUEST Andy Masich ... President and CEO of the Senator John Heinz History Center in association with the Smithsonian Institution.
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GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post; she previously wrote for The Atlantic & the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, and now is a contributor to the Post-Gazette
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Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church. GUEST Michael J. Kruger (President and the Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC)
Citywide Prayer for the Election (Christ Church at Grove Farm, Thur. Oct 27, 6:30pm) … GUEST Cynthia Scott
Learn to like the most annoying person in your life (Based on an article in the Wall Street Journal)
Can the Church Save Marriage? Matrimony rates decline, even among conservative Christians … GUEST Mark Regnerus
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GUEST Rev Tom Hall ... Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, 6th Ave downtown.
Breaking Open: How Your Pain Becomes the Path to Living Again (new book) … GUEST Jacob Armstrong … pastor of Providence Church in Mt. Juliet, TN.
Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest: From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again (new book) … GUEST Ruth Haley Barton … founding president of the Transforming Center, a spiritual formation ministry to pastors & Christian leaders … A trained spiritual director, teacher, and retreat leader, she is the author of “Invitation to Solitude and Silence,” “Sacred Rhythms,” and “Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership”.
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Pittsburgh Refugee Ministry … GUEST Daniel Behrens … Ascension Missionary in Residence.
International Church News: 3D model made of Shroud of Turin image (The Sun)… LINK to story: https://www.the-sun.com/news/6461300/incredible-model-jesus-christ-hyper-realistic-sculpture-shroud/
Kaufmann's: The Family That Built Pittsburgh’s Famed Department Store (new book) … GUEST Marylynne Pitz … journalist covering art, architecture, books, & history … She was a member of the news team that won the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Tree of Life shooting in 2018 … GUEST Laura Malt Schneiderman … journalist and web developer.
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol- AP poll shows voter dissatisfaction with politics but motivated to vote. - NYT/Siena College poll showing Republicans regaining the upper hand in midterm election polling. - Congress is in recess. Political focus is on the midterms..... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World: Christian Nonviolence for Communal Flourishing - Guest: Marlena Graves (MDiv, Northeastern Seminary) is a writer and adjunct professor at Winebrenner Theological Seminary. She is the author of The Way Up Is Down, Forty Days on Being a Nine, and A Beautiful Disaster.
Nursing Homes Still Haven’t Recovered from the Pandemic ... GUEST Emily Belz.
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Can the Church Save Marriage? Matrimony rates are in decline, even among conservative Christians. Here’s what that means for the future. Guest- Mark Regnerus is a professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and co-founder of the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture. His new book, The Future of Christian Marriage (Oxford University Press), releases on September 1.
Christianity & the Arts ... GUEST Tim Hartman, native Pittsburgher, & has been professionally acting, singing, writing, cartooning & storytelling since '82 ... Tho known primarily for his work on the stage, (Broadway in 'A Tale of 2 Cities' & the Tony-nominated 'Finian's Rainbow) Tim’s favorite job is telling stories to children & family audiences for the Children’s Museum of Pgh, where it is estimated he has performed for over 2 million children over a 40-yr period ... Other favorite roles include CS Lewis in the Pgh premier of ‘Shadowlands,' Don Quixote in ‘The Man of La Mancha,' & Daddy Warbucks in ‘Annie' ... Film roles include ‘Silence of the Lambs,' ‘The Mothman Prophecies,' ‘The Mysteries of Pittsburgh,' & ‘The Fault in our Stars’ w/ Laura Dern & Willem DeFoe ...Tim is also an award-winning cartoonist, w/ work in magazines, books & newspapers across America.
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital. GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.
The scourge of sex trafficking in Pgh ... GUEST Theresa Golden ... Executive Director, Refuge for Women Pittsburgh. refugeforwomen.org/pittsburgh/
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GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.
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Autumn in the Garden (how to get 5 harvests from one planting of garlic. … + … putting the garden to bed … + … leaving perennials up these days … + … still time to plant trees, shrubs, perennials … + … bulb planting begins too … GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com.
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Mental Health in the Bible… GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.
Science and Theology: It's perfectly fine to admit to Being Wrong… GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”.
Are There Different Degrees of Reward in Heaven?Person of Interest: How history was aligned by God to prepare for the appearance of Jesus ... GUEST J. Warner Wallace ... Dateline-featured Cold-Case Detective, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, Adjunct Professor of Apologetics at Biola, Author of “Cold-Case Christianity,” “God’s Crime Scene,” “Forensic Faith,” and Creator of the Case Makers Academy for Kids".
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Ask This Question…Even if It Scares You ... GUEST Chris Martin ... a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, and communications consultant … He's the author of "Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media," and writes regularly in his Substack newsletter, of the same name … Chris lives outside Nashville with his family.
The story of St Gregory of Armenia - Frederica Matthews-Green. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity.
GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.
GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church.
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The National Faith and Blue Weekend- National Faith & Blue Weekend facilitates safer and stronger communities by engaging law enforcement officers and local residents through the connections of faith-based organizations. Guest: Zanetta L. Wingfield - Gospel Recording Artist. Pastor. Teacher. Caregiver.
GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list … Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was also selected by Christianity Today as Book of the Year Award in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019.
A Look at the Peace Prayer of St. Francis - Guest: Terry Timm Pastor of Christ Community Church of the South Hills.
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Raise a juice box to the temperance movement … GUEST Jennifer Woodruff Tait … managing editor of Christian History and author of “The Poisoned Chalice: Eucharistic Grape Juice and Common-Sense Realism in Victorian Methodism”.
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Who's Raising Your Kids? Battling for the hearts and minds of your children. Hillary Morgan Ferrer is the founder and Mama-Bear-in-Chief of Mama Bear Apologetics. Saturday October 29th Harvest Church in Kittaning - Register:http://harvestpa.org/events
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The season change from a poet’s perspective … GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at Seattle Pacific Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com
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GUEST Jerry Bowyer ...Host of the new podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance , @Affluent_Invest . former columnist @Forbes .com
Death of the Daily News - Guest: Andrew Contefounded the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, which serves as a laboratory for the present and future of local journalism. He previously worked as an investigative journalist, and he has authored several nonfiction books.
GUEST: Dr. Robert Jeffress, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas and Fox News Contributor.
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What makes a church a church? ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pittsburgh
Anne’s summer travels, the Queen of England, International Daughters & Sons Day. ... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest
Practicing for Heaven... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and his upcoming "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community" (to be released Oct 2021)
The WORD-FM Pastor Appreciation Lunch - Guest:Pastor Paul Shepherd senior pastor of Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Mountain View, CA host of Destined for Victory heard daily on WORD-FM
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Appropriating Jewish Religious Symbols May Not Communicate What Christians Think It Does ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 5 books, including “Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma," "Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” and “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity" … She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com
How going to church can bring healing to your body at the cellular level. Reflections on contentment, dopamine and serotonin. Or how the 4 cs of connection, contribution, coping and cooking can make us better followers of Jesus ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum, Church of Ascension, Shadyside
NASA hopes to hit an asteroid now in case we may need to hit one away later ... Meteor Shower and other Nerdist Stuff … GUEST Ralph Crewe … science writer & content creator for various outlets including “Universe Today,” “Practical Engineering,” “Veritasium,” “SciShow,” and his own curious channel “Isn’t That Something”
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Four Out of Five Victims Don’t Report Sexual Assault. Can Christian Colleges Do Better? Title IX coordinators look for ways to combat silence and shame. Guest- HANNAH MCCLELLAN
Is the church better at teaching people politics than theology - Guest: Drew Dyck
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The last day of summer - change is constant … GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA
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The scandal of evangelical Christian friendship (RNS) … GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... Research Professor of English & Christianity & Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ... She is the author of, most recently, "On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... She is also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues," and has contributed to numerous other books
Why it is awesome that your brain can experience awe Experiencing awe is associated with lower stress and inflammation levels, and a higher sense of meaning and connection, research shows wash app
A post-Roe World ... GUEST Amy Scheuring ... Executive Director, Womens Choice Network
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4:15 Caregiver support: why it's crucial to Mental Health ... GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show ... (isa Anderson, who took care of her mother with dementia for two years, says caregiving was a rewarding experience, but also very challenging and emotionally draining at times)
4:35 Roger Federer announces his retirement
4:40 GUEST Toni Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor & teacher from The Gracism Task Force
4:55 New Words in the Dictionary (AP)
5:05 Big Number for the NFL’s opening weekend (Trib) ... + ... Thursday Night Football on Amazon premieres tonight (WashPo)**
5:15 ... GUESTS Tim & Kathy Keller ... Tim Keller ... is the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, which he started in 1989 with his wife, Kathy, and 3 young sons ... for 28 yrs Tim led a diverse congregation of young professionals that grew to a weekly attendance of over 5,000 ... Dr Keller’s books, including the NYT bestselling "The Reason for God" and "The Prodigal God," have sold over 2 million copies and been translated into 25 languages ... GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, and Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms"
5:35 Part 2 … GUEST Tim & Kathy Keller
5:40 How sitting all day can cause health problems — even if you exercise (WashPo)
5:55 Roberto Clemente Day in MLB ...+ ... Today is Natl Double Cheeseburger Day. On this day we pay tribute to the genius who decided to double down on the cheeseburger. In 1937, Robert Wian created his signature 2-story cheeseburger at a five-stool lunch counter in Glendale, CA and along with it-gave birth to a new roadside icon. Bob's Pantry in Glendale would later become the restaurant chain we know as Big Boy
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4:15 ... GUEST Anna Broadway … author of “Sexless in the City: A Memoir of Reluctant Chastity” … She’s currently working on a book based on her singleness research
4:35 Weekend to Remember … GUESTS Bruce and Julie Boyd
4:40 GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... writes on personal, spiritual, & social healing ... she’s author of several books, including her latest, “To be Made Well: an invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope” ... she hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast … a grad of Princeton Univ & Princeton Sem, she lives w her husband & 3 kids in western CT
4:55 Remembering the Queen: sense of humor
5:15 It's a Big Country: moving from the Northeast to the Midwest ... GUEST Rev Dave Moore .. Pastor at Big Springs Baptist Church, Alcester (that's "Al-sest-er"), SD .. He has 5 children with his wife Jen, and has served as a pastor & executive director for over twenty years throughout the Northeast and Midwest
5:40 New Cancer Drug Beats Chemotherapy in Study: Amgen’s Lumakras targets a mutation called KRAS that is common among many cancers (WSJ)
5:55 The time of day you eat could make a difference to your mental health (ScienceAlert)
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4:15 GUEST Dr Charlie Camosy … Professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University ... He is the author of 5 books, including, most recently, "Losing our Dignity: How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality … also “Resisting Throwaway Culture: How a consistent Life Ethic can unite a Fractured People"... He is the father of 4 children, 3 of whom were adopted from the Philippines
4:40 The LGBTQ issue: getting our theology and our tone right … GUEST Clare DeGraaf … CEO for The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender … (a lot of parents she talks to question even talking about the topic, thinking it’s a slippery slope that ends in San Fransisco! But most younger Christians are making how the Church treats LGBTQ people the litmus test of whether they even want to be part of any church)
5:15 Bright Hope for Tomorrow-How Anticipating Jesus Return Gives Strength For Today ... GUEST Chris Davis ... Senior Pastor of Groveton Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA
5:40 Sex Scandals and the Evangelical Mind ... GUEST Bronwyn Lea .... is the author of Beyond Awkward Side Hugs: Living as Christian Brothers and Sisters in a Sex-Crazed World and the pastor of discipleship and women at First Baptist Church of Davis, CA
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4:15 ... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent
4:40 Allegheny County is currently experiencing a 12-year high in homelessness, are tiny houses on city land a temporary solution?…Guest: Jerrel Gilliam, Executive Director, Light of Life Mission
5:15 Fall lawn jobs, planting trees, shrubs, perennials. How to make tomatoes ripen.-Guest: Doug Oster, Emmy Award-winning producer, television host and garden writer
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The life and death of Queen Elizabeth II … GUEST Stephen Mansfield ... NYTimes bestselling author of “Lincoln's Battle with God,” “The Faith of Barack Obama,” “Pope Benedict XVI,” "Choosing Donald Trump," and “Never Give In: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill”
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Making a Life in Music ... GUEST Kenny Stockard
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THINGS TO DO IN PITTSBURGH THIS WEEKEND
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John Hall and Kathy Emmons talk with Anitra Parmele and Paul Jacobs from Food for the poor.
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John and Kathy talk with Anitra Parmele and Paul Jacobs from Food for The Poor.
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4:15 … GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list … Tim’s ”Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World," was also selected by Christianity Today as Book of the Year Award in the category of evangelism/apologetics in 2019
4:40 ... GUEST Chris Martin ... a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, and communications consultant … He's the author of "Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media," and writes regularly in his Substack newsletter, of the same name … Chris lives outside Nashville with his family
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4:05 TOP 4 AT 4
4:15 GUEST: Richard Mouw
4:35 THIS OR THAT?
4:40 THE BEST OF TWITTER THIS WEEK
5:15 Moonshot Museum - Guest: Sam Moore, Executive Dir, Moonshot Museum
5:35 DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?
5:40 THE WEEK IN REVIEW
5:55 THINGS TO DO IN PITTSBURGH THIS WEEKEND
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4:15 The ministry of Angels in the life of the believer… GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood
4:40 Mu own plans for pursuing science connected to my faith, including a new book (just signed a contract), and some articles and plans for research … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”
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4:15 ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pittsburgh
5:15 Inquire - Chapter 9... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... Author and Psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and his upcoming "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community" (to be released Oct 2021)
5:35 DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?
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4:15 Honoring The Wishes of Those Who Didn't Want a Funeral ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 5 books, including “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” … She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com
4:40 The Marvel Universe and Jesus … GUEST Dr Fuz Rana … president, CEO, and senior scholar at Reasons to Believe … a biochemist and author of books which include “Humans 2.0,” “The Cell’s Design,” and “Fit for a Purpose”
5:35 DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?
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4:15 GUEST: Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent
5:15 GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” … His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge
5:35 *** DOES THIS MAKE SENSE: Malls? Toupes?
5:40 GUEST Jeffrey Bilbro … is Assoc Professor of English at Grove City College, an editor at Front Porch Republic, and author of "Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News"
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4:15 The impact of the late David McCullough … GUEST Andy Masich ... President and CEO of the Senator John Heinz History Center in association with the Smithsonian Institution
5:15 Peacemaking as a distinctive of a Christian educational community ('22 convocation address) ... GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City College ... Prior to returning to his alma mater McNulty spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice ... In 2005, the US Senate unanimously confirmed Mcnulty to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice, and the Chief Operating Officer of the department’s 100,000 employees.
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Student Loan Forgiveness- GUEST Jerry Bowyer
Domestic Abuse Was Worse than Death Row GUEST Nagameh Panahi
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Phones: How are you working (home v office) (Apple employees protest company’s 3-day/week policy [WSJ])**
Water Mission and the Walk for Water ... Jan Smith
My Body Is Not A Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church ... GUEST Dr. Amy Kenny
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden to ramp up mid-term political push … + … DOJ abortion ban challenge in Idaho … + … will recent legislative abilities be enough for Dems? … + … Fauci to retire in Dec … + … world leaders concerned about bombings near Ukraine nuclear power plant) ... GUEST Greg Clugston
Seamless Pastoral Transition: 3 Imperatives: 6 Pitfalls (new book) ... GUEST Lee Kricher
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"Why it makes sense that nothing makes sense anymore"? or, "Believe it or not, things make more sense today than they have in quite a while..." … GUEST Rutledge Ethridge
Contending for shared experiences in the digital age: We are all using different devices and streaming different things. How do we connect when we are all connecting with different things?… GUEST Doug Bursch
Contending for shared experiences in the digital age: We are all using different devices and streaming different things. How do we connect when we are all connecting with different things?… GUEST Doug Bursch
Gun Violence GUEST Dr Luke Bobo
Living with your parents — intentionally — can be life-giving: Multigenerational living doesn’t have to mean living in the basement … GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol... GUEST Greg Clugston
Harvesting basics, garden bargains, planting perennials, fall veggie planting, cool heirloom bulbs on sale. GUEST Doug Oster
New theories and laws in biology that point to God - Guest: Sy Garte -
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Meteor Shower and other Nerdist Stuff … GUEST Ralph Crewe
God’s work in Central Africa … GUEST Wendy Alsup
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4:15 - People will let you down. Expect it. Accept it. Show mercy. Move on … GUEST Paul Prather … columnist, author and pastor of Bethesda Church in Kentucky.
5:15 - The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022 -Guest: Leah Savas reports on abortion for WORLD News Group, where she writes the weekly Vitals roundup and newsletter of pro-life news.
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This Week from the Nation’s Capitol GUEST Greg Clugston
To My Friend Who Left the Faith: A Letter to a Prodigal from a Prodigal ... GUEST Wade Bearden
How falling off a roof and a cancer diagnosis shook my world ... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund
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When Faith Meets Therapy: Find Hope and a Practical Path to Emotional, Spiritual, and Relational Healing (new book) ... GUESTS Anthony Evans, Jr and therapist Stacy Kaiser
Mary: the commemoration of her death is Aug 15, so we Orthodox are in the "Dormition Fast"… GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green
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Doubt or Unbelief… GUEST Father Tom Soroka
Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking & Living from Revolutionary Women (new book) ... GUEST Alissa Wilkinson
Coming to Pgh this Sunday at Stage AE (pre-recorded) … GUEST Jon Foreman, lead singer/guitarist, Switchfoot
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Is Social Media Losing Credibility? ... GUEST Chris Martin
Fear and worry… GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver
Dealing with your past … GUEST Eugene Park
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It’s Never Too Early: (new book) … GUEST Martha Daniel
Free Dental Clinic... GUEST Keith Young
“The Hands of God: Finding God in Creation (some Psalm 8 stuff)... GUEST Rev Terry Timm
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This week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden COVID round 2 … + … possible Pelosi trip to Taiwan … + … Manchin supports smaller climate and tax deal) … GUEST Greg Clugston
The Myth of the Modern Self … GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman
Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World (new book) ... GUEST Rich Villodas
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GUEST Jerry Bowyer
Big Trouble Ahead: A Real Plan for Flourishing in a Time of Fear and Deception” (new book) ... GUEST Rev Allen Jackson
The Madness of the Occult: a Journey you can‘t reverse alone ... GUEST Heath Adamson
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To Gaze... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson
"I’m your friend and I’m giving your sister one of my kidneys" … GUEST Lisa Anderson
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Loss in the Shadows: My primary loss colored the way I approached my relationships within the church ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon
Answering questions about Reincarnation ... GUEST Astrophysicist and author Dr Hugh Ross
The gift of presence in an age of distraction ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum
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This week in the nation’s capitol… GUEST Greg Clugston
What is the greatest threat to our disagreements? Anger? Passion? Differing views? No. Contempt is what is tearing us apart. Let's define it and talk about how to deal with it… GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff
Young women are more likely to be nones than young men in 2021. That wasn't the case in 2008. In 2008, men born in 1980 were just as likely to be nones as those born in 1990. Now, men born in 2000 are a bit less likely to be nones than those born in 1990.... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge
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King of the Blues: The Rise & Reign of BB King (new book)… GUEST Daniel de Visé
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol GUEST Greg Clugston
GUEST Deb Haarsma, President, BioLogos
Most white evangelicals say society has gone ‘too far’ in accepting transgender people, poll finds 87 percent of white evangelicals believe a person’s gender cannot be different from their sex assigned at birth, compared with 42 percent of non-religious Americans. - Guest: Jeff Johnston
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The prayer practice of Examen … GUEST Amy Julia Becker
When Suffering Doesn’t Make Sense … GUEST Vaneetha Risner
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President & CEO for the Coalition for Christian Outreach GUEST R. York Moore
God Wanted Me When the Foster-Care System Didn’t: I bounced from home to home before finding the Father my heart yearned for … GUEST Tori Hope Petersen
The James Webb Telescope: first images ... GUEST Astrophysicist and author Dr Hugh Ross
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4:10 ... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent
4:35 Money and Christian witness: Tough economic times provide powerful gospel opportunities … GUEST Brad Littlejohn … founder & president of the Davenant Institute, and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center .. he’s taught at Moody Bible Institute–Spokane, Bethlehem College & Seminary, and Patrick Henry College
5:10 Should I Let My Kids Watch This? 10 Tips for Discerning Parents … GUEST Brett McCracken … senior editor & director of communications at The Gospel Coalition … author of “The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World,” and “Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community,” among others
5:30 DOES THIS MAKE SENSE
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4:10 The Race-Wise Family: 10 Postures to becoming households of Healing & Hope (new book) … GUEST Helen Lee … director of product innovation at InterVarsity Press … An award-winning writer, she covers issues of race, ethnicity, & identity in her articles & books which include “The Missional Mom” and “Growing Healthy Asian American Churches” … Helen is the producer of several podcasts including “Get in The Word with Truth’s Table”
4:30 This or That?
4:35 The Best of Twitter this week
5:40 The Week in Review
5:55 **Things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend”
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4:10 Gods Economy ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood
4:35 The necessity of friendship - Guest: Jason Charon
5:10 tbd ... GUEST Alissa Wilkinson ... film critic at Vox.com & been writing about film & culture since 2006 ... Alissa is a member of the NY Film Critics Circle, a 2017-18 Art of Nonfiction writing fellow with the Sundance Institute, & an Assoc professor of English & Humanities at The King's College in NY City .. co-author, with Robert Joustra, of “How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, & Politics at the End of the World”
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GUEST Chris Martin ... a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, and communications consultant … He's the author of "Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media," and writes regularly in his Substack newsletter, of the same name … Chris lives outside Nashville with his family.
Pittsburgh Prays (coming up this Sunday at Heinz Field) ... GUEST Matt Geppert ... President, South East Asia Prayer Center (SEAPC)
GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA
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4:10 ... GUEST David French ... senior editor at The Dispatch, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law and the law of armed conflict), and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom
4:35 Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age - Guest: Jay Y. Kim serves as lead pastor at WestGate Church in the Silicon Valley of CA and as teacher-in-residence at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Crz, CA
5:10 GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills
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St Mark and his Gospel: an oral story written down (the testimony Peter used to give that Mark wrote down); he’s John Mark of the epistles … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green
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Babies are not bad for business. And cubicles are not better than wombs … GUEST Jerry Bowyer
Belief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low ... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge
Post Roe: How Christians & the pro-life movement can move forward … GUEST Nicole Hunt
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Homesick (Eccl 3:11, Phil 3:20-21) ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown
Dwell (Chapter 7) ... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson
What Actually Happened in ‘Dobbs’? A Short Explanation ... GUEST Bruce Hausknecht
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We are the Scribes and Pharisees in Matthew 23... GUEST Michelle Van Loon
Ghosting and the Pain it Causes … GUEST Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink
How marriage acts as a safeguard for men, women, and babies, and the ways that the sexual revolution, in jettisoning the traditional family of man, women and child dismantled the common good. ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol (Roe v Wade overturn ... + ... Trend of conservative majority SCOTUS in recent cases … + … Biden overseas at 2 global summits … + … Jan 6 committee adds unscheduled hearing for tomorrow based on “new evidence”)... GUEST Greg Clugston
A compassionate response to the overturning of Roe … GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff
Dating When is it exclusive? ... GUEST Kait Warman
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"He Gets Us:” a new $100M campaign to de-mystify & de-politicize Jesus … GUEST Jason Vanderground
Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade ... GUEST Dr Charlie Camosy
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol...GUEST Greg Clugston
On Juneteenth ... GUEST Toni Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor & teacher from The Gracism Task Force
American decimation: On the front lines of the tearing of our social fabric ... GUEST Salena Zito
Voice of the Martyrs ... GUEST Todd Nettleton
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Southern Baptists agree to keep list of accused sex abusers … GUEST Peter Smith
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Forgiveness: The prodigal son and Luke 15... GUEST Pastor Eric Andrae
Ask the Pastor ... GUEST Rev Chris Marshall
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What I learned about lust and beauty from a Flickr Voyeur ... GUEST Alan Noble
The Image of God: Every single human being … GUEST Rebekah Eklund
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Churches Are Putting the ‘Hospital’ Back in Hospitality: COVID-era congregations are finding better ways to minister to their grieving parishioners & neighbors … GUEST Clarissa Moll
Prolife Centers Under Attack … GUEST Ericka Andersen
American Workman: The Life and Art of John Kane (new book and exhibition at the John Heinz History Museum, Strip District) ... GUEST Maxwell King
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol (Jan 6 committee hearings ... + ... Compromise gun legislation ... + ... growing Dem discontent with Biden) ... GUEST Greg Clugston
God, Sex, and Your Marriage (new book) … GUEST Dr. Juli Slattery
To Put on the Armor of God: We Have to Take Off the ‘Armor of Me:’ Thérèse of Lisieux teaches us to have childlike faith and stop protecting our vulnerabilities … GUEST JD Peabody
EVERGREEN: The Great Resignation… GUEST Stephen Mansfield
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Surrender GUEST Doug Bursch
An Open Letter to Thoughtlessly-Named Birds ... GUEST Kevin Burrell
Week in Review
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Pittsburgh Prays ... GUEST Matt Geppert
Napalm Girl at 50: "Fire Road: The Napalm Girl’s Journey through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, & Peace" ... GUEST "Napalm girl” Kim Phuc (Girl in the Picture)
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A hurried Life: is it causing us to become moral weaklings? What taking it slowly can teach us about hope, patience & self-control ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum
Checking in with the Kellers ... GUESTS Tim & Kathy Keller
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Throwaway culture in secularized medicine ... GUEST Dr Charlie Camosy
Becoming Pentecost People ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol (Will Congress pass any gun-related bills? … + … Biden polls stay low amid crises: inflation, formula shortage, etc … + … Jan 6 committee to begin public hearings this week) GUEST Greg Clugston
Against Gun Idolatry ... GUEST David French
Summer Reading List … GUEST Byron Borger
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Significance: of the earth and of people … GUEST Dr Sy Garte
Now is the perfect time to plant your garden … GUEST Doug Oster
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Man Up… GUEST Rev Dr Ed Glover
Should Christians listen to secular music?
Why Christ’s Ascension is Essential: Jesus’ return to heaven was not an awkward stage exit but the climax of our redemption story … GUEST Matthew Burden
Three Rivers Leadership" Radio Show & Podcast … GUEST Kevin Trout
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On Fearing the Silent Places: It's okay to mourn in the cemeteries of the past... GUEST Chris Martin
Book of Revelation... GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson
What Chris Martin and Roger Olson said... GUEST Rev Dr. Dean Weaver
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Blessed are the caregivers-Guest Michelle Van Loon
The mystery of light and the Light of the world - Guest Hugh Ross
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The new John Kane exhibit … GUEST Andy Masich
This or That
Twitter Likes this week
How to Talk to Your Kids About Mass Shootings … GUEST Josh Weidmann
Week in Review
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Part 1: Annual meetings, abortion and corporations GUEST Jerry Bowyer
Part 2: recent stock market collapse
Part 3: Twitter and Musk
Faith Night GUEST Chris Jamison
Bible League ... GUEST Michael Woolworth
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We do not grieve as others grieve who have no hope (1 Thess 4:13): Glib spiritual platitudes in the face of grief is not the right response (Proverbs 25:20) … GUEST Rev Josh Brown
GUEST Anne Kennedy
Imagine That: Looking at What We Don't Yet See (Ch 6 of “The Soul of Desire)... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson
What does it look like for parents and those in the church to invest in boys’ spiritual, relational and emotional growth? GUEST Lisa Anderson
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Faith Night GUEST Zach Thompson ... Pirate starting pitcher
Bible League ... GUEST Michael Woolworth
Southern Baptists Refused to Act on Abuse, Despite Secret List of Pastors Investigation: SBC Executive Committee staff saw advocates’ cries for help as a distraction from evangelism and a legal liability, stonewalling their reports and resisting calls for reform … GUEST Kate Shellnut
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A Better Theology of Singleness & Relationship: Do Singles need it? Does the churh? As two recent books demonstrate, the answer is both—together. (And not only for singles) ... GUEST Anna Broadway
Parents, Bring Your Children to Worship … GUEST William Boekestein
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Bible League International Campaign
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Election Day: Christians are held to the transcendent standard of scripture, not political party lines. We could all benefit from biblically-based objectivity today … GUEST Rutledge Ethridge
Arabic Christian Church of Pittsburgh … GUEST Dr. Reda Ibrahim ... Pastor
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This Week in Nation’s Capitol GUEST Greg Clugston
David & Goliath: an update from Ukraine … GUEST Jason Charron
Dr Luke Bobo … Chief Program Officer for Arrabon, an organization that offers a biblical and pastoral framework for reconciliation (arrabon.com)
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Roe v Wade: what the discussion’s been like since the leak ... GUEST Dr Charlie Camosy
Understanding the Times w Jan Markell … GUEST Jan Markell
A Better Theology of Singleness & Relationship: Do Singles need it? Does the churh? As two recent books demonstrate, the answer is both—together. (And not only for singles) ... GUEST Anna Broadway
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Living with your parents — intentionally — can be life-giving: Multigenerational living doesn’t have to mean living in the basement … GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior
Salvation Came to My Iranian Household: When a relative arrived at our door to proclaim Jesus as Lord, her words had an unexpected power (from CT) … GUEST Nathan Rostampour
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The Asservo Project ... GUEST Joe Sweeney
Roe v Wade ... GUEST Toni Turner
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol (SCOTUS abortion fallout … + … GOP primaries/Trump recap … + … Jill Biden visits Ukraine … + … 2-faced economy: low unemployment but high inflation … + … new WH press secretary next week) ... GUEST Greg Clugston
Finding Joy in the Empty Nest (new book) … GUEST Jim Burns
The Supreme Ct and Roe v Wade … GUEST Daniel Darling
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Leaked Supreme Court draft ... GUEST David French
Growing up with Piercing the Darkness ... GUEST Alissa Wilkinson
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Mortgages for Mothers GUEST Judith Mason
Consciousness: or conscious of thinking? GUEST Dr Sy Garte
Babies and the Supreme Court ... GUEST Nicole Hunt
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The Helpers: Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic GUEST Kathy Gilsinan
Roe soon to be overturned?? On the Supreme Court leak … GUEST Chelsea Sobolik
Jesus’ resurrection: what does it reveal about our bodies? ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm
National Day of Prayer ... GUEST Marcia Jones Washington
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol (Biden Polls … + … OH Indiana GOP primaries tomorrow could test trumps endorsement powers … + … VP Covid … + … White House correspondents dinner (I did not attend this year but watched Biden’s and Trevor Noah’s speeches) ... GUEST Greg Clugston
Do I teach at a Woke School? What A Tangled Web… GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman
ssues related to Jewish evangelism … GUEST Jen Rosner
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Ulysses S Grant (this week his 200th bday) and Pgh Civil War connections AND next week is Cinco de Mayo, a holiday about much more than margaritas and tortilla chips GUEST Andy Masich
Formed by War: Combat wounds the soul, but the gospel offers hope ... GUEST Adam Tietje
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The importance of showing up for church: Why should you drag yourself out of bed and go to church … GUEST Drew Dyck
Is Sabbath-breaking the biggest ecological threat of our day? Pgh marathon coming up on Sunday and most city churches will be impacted ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum
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Eastertide: how to maintain focus on the resurrection in a 24-hour news world … GUEST Rev Josh Brown
Shoe Shopping ... GUEST Anne Kennedy
Confessional Communities: Telling Our Stories More Truly ... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson
Cultivating bold relationships: friends can keep us accountable … GUEST Lisa Anderson
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The gifts and challenges for midlife women and beyond... GUEST Michelle Van Loon
Scientists hope to broadcast DNA and Earth’s location for curious aliens: Beacon of Galaxy message could be sent into heart of Milky Way, where life is deemed most likely to exist ... GUEST Astronomer Hugh Ross
Whose Children Are They?, new film now available for streaming at SalemNow … GUEST Rebecca Friedrichs
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Gleanings: May 2022 News from Christians around the world … GUEST Daniel Silliman
How an unknown high school football coach landed in the center of a Supreme Court religious liberty case … GUEST Logan Spena
How America’s youth lost its religion in the 90s: We're living in the aftermath of one of the most dramatic demographic shifts in American history ...GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge
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The Booze-Filled Business Trip That Made Me a Christian: I was on the verge of making a fortune, but I couldn’t stop dwelling on a conversation about religion … GUEST Stu Fuhlendorf
Mom, Jesus Is Praying for You … GUEST Kristen Wetherell
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Cross International Donor Campaign
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Cross International Donor Campaign Guest Tom Lewis
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John and Kathy's full interview with comedian, Chad Thornsberry
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Maundy Thursday readings
Thoughts on Holy Week ... GUESTS Tim & Kathy Keller
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Peter's threefold (and your) failure... GUEST Pastor Eric Andrae
In the Wilderness ... GUEST Sheridan Voysey
Jesus on Trial ... GUEST Dr David Skeel
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The disciples abandon Jesus: when do we do the same? ... GUEST Dr Charlie Camosy
Father forgive them for they know not what they do … GUEST Marina Berzins McCoy
Films to watch during Holy Week ... GUEST Alissa Wilkinson
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol... GUEST Greg Clugston
Thin Discipleship ... GUEST Bob Stevenson
Monday of Holy Week & Jesus at the temple with deep sorrow (evergreen) ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon
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Finding Peace during War … GUEST Father Tom Soroka
Protecting Children From Sextortion ... GUEST Sarah Harding
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Dealing with a spirit of bitterness… GUEST Rev Bill Glaze
Why Rejoice? GUEST Sy Garte
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Elon Musk & Twitter: Free Speech & the Oligarchs ... GUEST Chris Martin
Minneapolis mosque to broadcast call to prayer year-round (Star Tribune) ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver
Friendship: What is it? Alone in the garden and in need of relationship … GUEST Eugene Park
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“The Gap Decade: When you’re technically an adult but don’t feel like it”... GUEST Katie Schnack
Jesus as the Broken-hearted King (his weeping over Jerusalem, Luke 19:41-44) ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm
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This Week in the Nation's Capitol (Biden calls Putin a war criminal / wants a war trial … + … Supreme Court nominee vote this week … + … Biden taps oil stockpile … + … Jen Psaki to leave WH) ... GUEST Greg Clugston
What A Tangled Web… GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman
Christ Conquered Death. He Didn’t Cancel It: Like a burial garment, life & death are interwoven ( this article from CT is based on Jen’s forthcoming book -Finding Messiah: A Journey into the Jewishness of the Gospel)… GUEST Jen Rosner
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National Poetry Month Kickoff! … GUEST Mischa Willett
April fools and what it means for Jesus to be the light of the worldGUEST Doug Bursch
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The tongue is a fire: The outburst at the Oscars showed America coming apart at the seams … GUEST Jerry Bowyer
Corporate America marks another milestone against morality | Make a baby or murder one, Citigroup has you covered … GUEST Ericka Andersen
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Psalm 46: How we often miss the full force of its most famous verse (“be still and know that I am God”) ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown
Two Hundred People Left Our Small Church: we called our missing sheep, & found 4 main reasons that suggest 4 actions … GUEST Benjamin Vrbicek
Resuscitating Civil Discourse … GUEST Lisa Anderson
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Six Ways to Support and Challenge Those Who Leave Church: How churchgoers can journey with their “done” brothers & sisters. ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon
Did God Create Evil? ... GUEST Astronomer Hugh Ross
Overcoming Apathy: Gospel Hope for Those Who Struggle to Care … GUEST Uche Anizor
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden/Putin remarks …+ … Europe trip … + Biden budget … + Trump / Jan 6 update) … GUEST Greg Clugston
Joe Biden & Will Smith: How can the communication principle of "feedforward" help us think before we send a heated email, or voice our opinion? … GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff
When the Congregation Leaves Town, Should the Building Follow? How churches survive “spiritual gentrification” ... GUEST Kara Bettis
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Women’s History Month: Nellie Bly, Rosie the Riveter, & Mary Lou Williams and Rachel Carson … GUEST Andy Masich
My 30-Second Sermon as We Prepared for a Crash Landing (re-broadcast) … GUEST Kyle Donn
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Safety third. What the parable of the talents can teach us about Christianity's top priorities. ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum
Sexual Harassment Went Unchecked at Christianity Today: Women reported two top leaders’ inappropriate behavior for more than 12 years. Nothing happened. … GUEST Daniel Silliman
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol GUEST Greg Clugston
To be Made Well: an invitation to wholeness, healing, and hope GUEST Amy Julia Becker
Tweet series on Christ... GUESTS Tim & Kathy Keller
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The Silencing of the Lambs: The Ominous Rise of Cancel Culture and How We Can Overcome It... GUEST Dr Michael Brown
Looking ahead to your Garden in Spring … GUEST Doug Oster
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Reading Black Books: How African American Literature can make our Faith more Whole & Just (new book) … GUEST Claude Atcho
The LGBTQ issue: getting our theology and our tone right … GUEST Clare DeGraaf
Sexual Harassment Went Unchecked at Christianity Today: Why can’t Men & Women agree on what’s appropriate and what’s not? … GUEST Doug Bursch
Nothing Wasted: God Uses the Stuff You Wouldn’t (evergreen) ... GUEST Kasey Van Norman
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Look up: how paying attention to nature helps us read our Bibles & know God better ... GUEST Hannah Anderson
There’s No Christian Case for Abortion … GUEST Shane Morris
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol GUEST Greg Clugston
War in Ukraine: A village pastor’s on-the-ground perspective 35 miles from Kyiv … GUEST Pastor Zhenya
Dimming the Day: Evening Meditations for Quiet Wonder (new book) ... GUEST Jennifer Grant
Wise Woman Managing Money … GUEST Valerie Neff Hogan
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4:10 PM TV dinners ... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church
4:35 PM The Best of Twitter this week
4:50 PM $100M ad campaign aims to make Jesus the biggest brand in your city (CT)
5:10 PM War in Ukraine: A village pastor’s on-the-ground perspective 35 miles from Kyiv … GUEST Pastor Jenya
5:25 PM How to stay on track as clocks spring forward this weekend (NYT)
5:35 PM **The Week in Review: ...
5:50 PM Things to do in Pgh this weekend
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"The Grace Message" ... GUEST Andrew Farley
PRISM... GUESTS Scott Boyd & Abdu Murray
Joe Rogan and the Search for Transcendence ... GUEST Phil Cotnoir
Russia's War on Ukraine has some Christians wondering: Is this the end of the world?… GUEST Sarah Pulliam Bailey
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Playing Favorites: Overcoming Our Prejudices to Bridge the Cultural Divide (new book) … GUEST Rodger Woodworth
On the Enduring Power of Malevolent Leaders Why there will always be Vladimir Putins in our midst ... GUEST David French
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Ukraine ... GUESTS Jennifer & Oleksandr (Alex) Kyyashko
Ukraine: just back from the Border ... GUEST Father Jason Charron
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol GUEST Greg Clugston
Psalm31.org Guest:Dave Moore
Our Plastic World—And Plastic Selves GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman
How does the election of Israel informs the biblical narrative? GUEST Jen Rosner
Ukraine GUEST Father Tom Soroka
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Her son’s prayer GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green
Finding Jesus in the stormy seas of life GUEST Doug Bursch
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War in Our Pockets: What is war, today, if not compelling content? ... GUEST Chris Martin
Ukraine: during Sunday’s siege, Ukraine’s churches persevere (CT) … GUEST Kate Shellnut
Ash Wednesday: What is Prayer & Fasting? ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver .
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Epistemology: How do we know the truth in science, theology, law etc? … GUEST Dr Sy Garte
The House of Pain: How to deal with painful experiences in life GUEST Rev Bill Glaze
Feasting and Fasting ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm
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This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Ukraine-Russia … + … SCOTUS nominee … + CPAC / Trump … + … State of the Union) ... GUEST Greg Clugston
God’s reaction to War: With daily images of devastation, it's fair to ask — What is he doing, if anything, to address it?… GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff
Talking about Ukraine and Russia … GUEST Jeff Evensen
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Russia invasion of Ukraine ... GUEST Father Jason Charron
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment ... GUEST Paul J. McNulty
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On Ukraine - Guest: Jason Charon
GUEST Jerry Bowyer
Intentions of the heart.. GUEST Rev Dr Bruce Bickel
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The Grammar of the Gospel: not if/then, but because/therefore ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown
Family life GUEST Anne Kennedy
Trauma and Shame: A People of Grief ("The Soul of Desire" Chapter 4 - Trauma and shame - a people of grief) ... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson
Suicide & Alive to Thrive from Focus on the Family ... GUEST Dr Joannie DeBrito
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"Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma" .. GUEST Michelle Van Loon
Lent: is it really necessary? GUEST Rev Jay Slocum
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How can I know if I’m wasting my life?… GUEST Chad Ashby
The Great Backyard Bird Count ... GUEST Kevin Burrell
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Lifewise Academy ... GUEST Joel Penton
Who is David French? ... GUEST David French
"The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding" ... GUEST Ryan S. Walters
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Ukraine crisis .. + … inflation continues … + .. WH lags behind states in easing Covid restrictions .. + … Bible verse on display in WH Valentine message) ... GUEST Greg Clugston
Don’t Diss the Early-Marrieds: Recent research suggests that young couples are doing fine, despite the stereotypes … GUEST Brad Wilcox
Children Who Belong ... GUEST Hannah Anderson
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Looking ahead to your Garden in Spring… GUEST Doug Oster
On the 2022 Super Bowl ... GUEST Craig Wolfley
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When politics replaces heroes ... GUEST Salena Zito
Oscar nominations for best picture.. GUEST Alissa Wilkinson
Checking in with the Kellers ... GUESTS Tim & Kathy Keller
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Edith & Francis Schaeffer’s Ministry to Children … GUEST Cindy Fischer
Kindness as a virtue … GUEST Matt Smethurst
Oppression and the Olympics … GUEST Chelsea Patterson Sobolik
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Blessed Are Those Who Embody the Beatitudes: As we search for meaning in the “blessings,” we must let them transform us … GUEST Rebekah Eklund
A Life in Ministry: What was right, good, odd, or regrettable ... GUEST Father Lou Vallone
Miracles Don’t Violate the Laws of Nature: The ideas of a Scottish skeptic explain why some Westerners struggle to embrace signs and wonders … GUEST Craig Keener
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GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent
The “priestly caste” of America’s artistic elite Carl R. Trueman | Whoopi Goldberg’s missteps show how celebrity hypocrisy works… GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman
GUEST Jen Rosner … affiliate assistant professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA
Arrogance and Humility in science… GUEST Dr Sy Garte
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4:00 PM to 4:10 PM The Top 4 at 4
4:10 PM (EST) Christians in Hollywood ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”
4:25 PM This or That
4:35 PM The Believer’s Rewards: What we do now matters in eternity. … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood
4:50 PM Raspberries for cauliflower? The weird world of online grocery store substitutions (WSJ)
5:00 PM The ice-storm that lived up to its billing
5:10 PM The Growth of Christianity in the World’s First Atheist Country … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra … senior writer and faith-and-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … She is also the coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age”
5:25 PM One in Three Americans Worry About Social Media’s Impact on Mental Health Nearly Half Say It Has Hurt Society at Large (Am Psychiatric society) … + … Facebook reports its first-ever decline in daily active users
5:35 PM **The Week in Review
5:50 PM to 6:00 PM We're taking a break from our picks because it's the All-Star Break for the NHL and the off-week for the NFL, but what are the standings? … Things to do in Pgh this weekend
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The Hope in Our Developing Digital Dystopia ... GUEST Chris Martin
Men, Are You Submissive? GUEST Michael J. Kruger
Submission GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver
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The 5 Apology Languages: The Secret to Healthy Relationships ... GUEST Jennifer Thomas
Western PA Covid-19Update GUEST Dr Rick Zimmerman
The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation. The fact that God is a God who wants to be known and gives us the Spirit to help us in that task GUEST Terry Timm
Don’t Blame Your Lack of Self Control on What She’s Wearing GUEST Tyler Huckabee
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Supreme Court vacancy … + … Ukraine standoff continues … + … Trump suggests pardons for people charged in the 1/6 riot if he’s re-elected … + … Pittsburgh bridge collapse before Biden’s visit) …. GUEST Greg Clugston
How to Talk to Your Depressed Child ... GUEST Christine Chappell
Religion and politics .. GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge
What's does the family look like today? ... GUEST Jim Daly
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Heinz History Center Update GUEST Andy Masich
God, Grades & Graduation Review: A Faithful Way to Learn: Religious communities teach the importance of respecting authority & being cooperative. Such lessons can boost classroom performance GUEST Paul J. McNulty
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The Economy: a look back to last year and a look ahead to this year + inflation, markets, the Feds GUEST Jerry Bowyer
Anchorage AL: Valentines to the homeless GUEST Anna Broadway
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The Three-fold Office of Jesus: He is the true and perfect Prophet, Priest, and King GUEST Rev Josh Brown
Don’t Be Depressed, Eat Chocolate... GUEST Anne Kennedy
Beauty: Becoming What We Create: "The Soul of Desire" Chapter 3 GUEST Dr Curt Thompson
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What do we mean when we talk about "generational curses"? GUEST Michelle Van Loon
Was Jesus Trained by Yogis or Gurus? GUEST Astronomer Hugh Ross
The Systemic Realities Created by Legal Abortion GUEST Tish Harrison Warren
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol GUEST Greg Clugston
March for Life: optimism this year and what a post-Roe era might look like in America GUEST Dr Charlie Camosy
Should Polygamy Be De-criminalized? ... GUEST Roger E. Olson
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Questioning God: Answers to questions worth asking … GUEST John Hopper
Preaching ‘Daily Bread’ in a Culture of Excess: Most of Jesus’ listeners lived hand to mouth. What if ours have plenty? GUEST Joy Elizabeth Lawrence
O Come Let Us Adore Him … GUEST Sandra Jantzi
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“Welded: Forming Racial Bonds That Last” … GUESTS Jay Stewart & Derrick Hawkins
MLK Day reflections... GUEST Toni Turner
Confession … GUEST Father Tom Soroka
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Can Christian Singles still thrive without a partner? ... GUEST Anna Broadway
Practical Engineering … GUEST Ralph Crewe
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Venture Capitalists See Profit in Prayer: Religion apps attract more than $175 million in investment … GUEST Daniel Silliman
Does Calvinism have anything to say to a contemporary world? ... GUEST Robert Joustra
In Defense of WWJD … GUEST Shane Morris
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6 Lessons for Tending Your Time: Are you looking for a better relationship with time? I was … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Daily Practice: Meditating on the Word, Devotions, Prayer ... GUEST Pastor Eric Andrae
ool, Temptation, or Distraction? Christians haven’t always been suspicious of the arts … GUEST Terry Glaspey
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Misconceptions about angels … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze
The Great Resignation… GUEST Stephen Mansfield
The strange fate of Hamilton and Harry Potter ... GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (US Russia talks in Geneva … + … COVID wave / Biden refers to “new normal” … + … Biden voting reform speech in Georgia tomorrow; has put Build Back Better on back burner … + … in his college radio days, h hosted “Heading Home” everyday at 5pm! … GUEST Greg Clugston
How your favorite sweater and the American flag can make you a better neighbor ... Rev Jay Slocum
How parents can help their kids have a deeper sense of belonging … GUEST Charlotte Donlon
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Books: Ones that influenced me, and ones I’ve been reading recently … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw
Scientific disagreements and Arguments: within the body of Christ … GUEST Dr Sy Garte
The daily agenda for your life: who’s setting it? … GUEST Doug Bursch
Still Planting (even in winter)… GUEST Doug Oster
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Today in the Nation’s Capitol: One year since the Capitol riots ... GUEST Greg Clugston
One year since the Capitol riots: the theological, political, economic, and social fallout … GUEST Jerry Bowyer
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3 Ways to use Social Media more wisely in 2022 ... GUEST Chris Martin
Americans worry about their money 6 times/day (studyFinds): Do people talk to their pastor about thier financial worries? ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver
The Gospel and Vocation … GUEST Eugene Park
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Wonder and worship are intertwined. GUEST Michelle Van Loon
Epiphany and New Years: People of Two Calendar. GUEST Rev Terry Timm
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Christmas in 1776 ... GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd
The Birth of Jesus: the Whole Story ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown
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I Forgive You: Finding Peace and Moving Forward When Life Really Hurts GUEST Wendy Alsup
The Origins of the Christmas Tree ... GUEST Spencer McDaniel
“It’s not your birthday:” My tradition for Christmas as a Single Parent. ... GUEST Toni Turner
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My wife and I just had our first son two months ago, and it’s been a reminder of the great wonder of Christmas, that Jesus was born a helpless baby. But we will only marvel at his nearness to us when we also marvel at his transcendence. Like the hymn says, “Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour/All for love's sake becamest poor.” GUEST Rev. David J. Schuman
How to have a sincere Christmas. Playing off of love must be sincere and creating family traditions that sincerely express love. GUEST Doug Bursch
Checking in w the Kellers ... GUESTS Tim & Kathy Keller
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Christmas Poem ... GUEST Greg Clugston
Christmas GUEST Anne Kennedy
The Scandal of Holiness … GUEST Jessica Hooten Wilson
The Nicene Creed … GUEST: Joshua Heavin
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49th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception (which is next Thurs, Dec 23) … + … Kids Free promotion … + … Very Merry exhibit … GUEST Andy Masich
All from US missionary group freed in Haiti, police say … GUEST Peter Smith
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Ministry in the Marketplace … GUEST Richard Hamlet
Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services … GURST Kevin Theriot
Singleness: Lessons I Learned from the Early Church … GUEST Dani Treweek
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol Guest Greg Clugston
"The Heiress of Pittsburgh" … GUEST Ken Gormley
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Drop the Blanket: The Moment You Never Noticed in A Charlie Brown Christmas ... GUEST Jason Soroski
Great books as Christmas gifts … GUEST Byron Borger
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No One Took Christ Out of Christmas: Let’s dispense with our worries that Christmas as we know it isn’t Christian … GUEST Timothy Larsen
Our aging society, Swiss suicide pods, and our hope for a peaceful death ... GUEST Dr Charlie Camosy
The Problem with Mary … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green
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Gospel Parenting During the Little Years ... GUEST Melissa Kruger
A different kind of Transition: from Photojournalist to Pastor … Pastor Lake Fong
The Worlds We’ve Made: Sometimes the conversation that began when we were born keeps going … GUEST Tommy Welty
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Vaccine Debates Are Responsible for 2021’s Fastest-Growing Bible Search Term: Sorcery. Does Scripture warn about Big Pharma? Endorse mask-wearing? Christians Googled for answers in 2021 GUEST Kate Shellnutt
Matthew & Luke: A Tale of Two Christmases GUEST Chad Ashby
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol...GUEST Greg Clugston
Difficult Issues on Campus: How to talk without buying into the tribal divide in this cultural moment … GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman
How does a Messianic Jew who straddles the Christian and Jewish worlds engage with Hanukkah, Advent and Christmas? … GUEST Jen Rosner
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Rudolph and Frosty: what do they tell us? … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw
Western PA Covid-19 Update GUEST Dr Rick Zimmerman
Difficult Issues on Campus: How to talk without buying into the tribal divide in this cultural moment ... GUEST Paul J. McNulty
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Attending a Stockholders meeting... GUEST Jerry Bowyer
Agency in Biology … GUEST Dr Sy Garte
God’s Will … GUEST Bill Glaze
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Urban Impact: 26 yrs on the North Side GUEST Rev Dr Ed Glover
More Engagement Promotes More Outrage Online GUEST Chris Martin
What things should stay the same GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver
Shame & Mental Health in the Church GUEST Eugene Park
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Traditions form our family culture - Guest: Michelle Van Loon
Enigmatic Planet Nine may have been seen by telescope in the 1980s - Guest: Hugh Ross
Eyes to See - Recognizing Gods Uncommon Grace In An Unsettled World - Guest: Tim Muehlhoff
Great Resignation and Finances Guest: Tom Soroka
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This week in the Nation's capitol- Greg Clugston
An Advent Meditation- W. David O. Taylor
Numbers- Ryan Burge
Griefshare- Sam Hodges
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ADVENT: THE DIFFICULT DISCIPLINE OF CELEBRATING THE WAITING - Guest Timothy Paul Jones (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate vice president and C. Edwin Gheens professor of Christian family ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books and serves as a preaching pastor at Sojourn Church Midtown.
Faith and Birding Guest: Kevin Burrelll
On Thanksgiving-Guest: Robert Tracy McKenzie Holmes Professor of Faith and Learning Wheaton College
Guest: Rev Joshua Brown, Lead Pastor at Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh
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The Rittenhouse verdict: what we misunderstood ... GUEST David French ... senior editor at The Dispatch, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law and the law of armed conflict), and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom ... He’s the author or co-author of several books including the #1 NYT bestselling “Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore” ... his newest book is "Divided we Fall: America's Secession Threat and how to restore our Nation" ... He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and the past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
Surprised by Friendship: Even CS Lewis who had such a gift for friendship in practice could have blind spots ... GUEST Gina Dalfonzo ... author of "One by One: Welcoming the Singles in Your Church" and her latest, "Dorothy and Jack: the transforming friendship of Dorothy L Sayers & CS Lewis"
Five Ways to Exercise Your Thankfulness Muscles ... GUEST Tish Harrison Warren ... is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America ... She is author of "Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life," which was named Christianity Today’s 2018 Book of the Year, and her latest, "Prayer in the Night: for Those who Work or Watch of Weep"
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Live Music GUESTS Greg & Rebecca Sparks
Thanksgiving: a prayer and a poem GUEST Mischa Willett
Preaching ‘Daily Bread’ in a Culture of Excess: Most of Jesus’ listeners lived hand to mouth. What if ours have plenty? GUEST Joy Elizabeth Lawrence
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The Public Health Crisis No One Is Talking About: Americans are rapidly giving up on church and our minds and bodies will pay the price GUEST Dr. Brendan Case
The Bible's most traumatic passages: do we treat them trivially? GUEST Rutledge Etheridge
A Testimony GUEST Rick Hughes
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The Christian Suffers With Christ and for Others GUEST Pastor Eric Andrae
Helping the Hurting: Practical Ways to Love a Suffering Friend GUEST Vaneetha Risner
"Known: How Believing Who God Says You Are Changes Everything " Guest: Aubrey Sampson
Prisoners in the Bible ... GUEST Zach Sewell
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Preemptive Peace for the holidays GUEST Doug Bursch
Catholics for Change in Our Church: 3rd Anniversary of the PA Grand Jury Report GUEST Kevin Hayes
“Welded: Forming Racial Bonds That Last” GUESTS Jay Stewart & Derrick Hawkins
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol GUEST Greg Clugston
How to be a good father GUEST Tony Woodlief
You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World GUEST Alan Noble
The sacred in the weird world: Mike Flynn, John Hagee, Let's Go Brandon ... GUEST Rod Dreher
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The Case for Heaven: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for Life After Death GUEST Lee Strobel
The Early Winter Garden GUEST Doug Oster
The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness: How to take your Wokeness to the Next Level by canceling friends, breaking windows, and burning it all to the ground GUEST Joel Berry
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Being anchored in stormy weather GUEST Toni Turner
Person of Interest: How history was aligned by God to prepare for the appearance of Jesus GUEST J. Warner Wallace
Emmaus Community of Pittsburgh A Community that Serves Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Promotes Public Awareness of Their Needs GUEST Karen D. Jacobsen
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4:10 PM Pornography addiction: a wife's perspective... GUEST Rosie McKinney ... founder, Fight for Love Ministries, which is a team of passionate women committed to bringing hope and truth to other women battling porn in their relationships.
4:35 PM The next generation of home robots will be more capable; and more social (WSJ)
4:50 PM The oldest local weekly newspaper in America just closed (AP)
5:00 PM Your bedtime impacts heart health: here’s why going to sleep at 10pm can save your life (WSJ)
5:10 PM "We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy" (new book) ... GUEST Dr Robert Tracy McKenzie ... Professor of History and holds the Arthur F. Holmes Chair of Faith & Learning at Wheaton College … author of “The First Thanksgiving: what the Real Story tell us about Loving God & Learning from History,” and “A Little Book for New Historians”.
5:35 PM Does this make Sense?
5:50 PM A treasure-hunter got lost in Yellowstone looking for a millionaire’s hidden trove (WashPo) … + … Why haven’t more people seen The Chosen? … + … Prince Harry says he warned Twitter about Janu 6 (WSJ)
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Kids Need Both Affection and Authority GUEST Chap Bettis
Prayer during Executions GUEST John Bursch
Disagree well: as Christians, the differences between aggressors and accomodators/avoiders in relationships GUEST Jared Byas
Don’t Lease Your Faith GUEST Eugene Park
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol GUEST Greg Clugston
Ministries Help Job Seekers Find a Paycheck with a Purpose GUEST Ericka Andersen
Still being a gearhead after all these years GUEST Bob Lipinski
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5 Takeaways From the Facebook Papers GUEST Chris Martin
This or That
Charles Dickens: his own moral decisions ruined his life and negatively affected his writing GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green
Week in Review
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Pre-born Campaign with Scott Wilder
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Pre-Born Campaign with Scott Wilder
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All Souls Day: The culture's denial and obsession with death GUEST Dr Charlie Camosy
The Haitian Kidnapping GUEST Peter Smith
Five Ways of Being the People of God: New Testament One Anothers GUEST Rev Terry Timm
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This Week in the nation's capitol Guest Greg Clugston
The Hard Blessing of conjoined twins Guest Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Checking in with the Kellers Guest Tim and Kathy Keller
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New stuff at the Heinz History Center GUEST Andy Masich
Living & Learning Faithfully: College students trying to figure it out GUEST Paul J. McNulty
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The joy of Surrender GUEST Father Tom Soroka
Bible League GUEST Michael Woolworth
New Books GUEST Byron Borger
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Puppy training and spiritual habits. Guest: Josh Brown
Anne complains about things GUEST Anne Kennedy
Beauty: Desire Made Manifest. Guest: Dr. Curt Thompson
How to do the holidays on a budget Guest: Lisa Anderson
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The cost of buying a house at an all time high, but do you remember...? GUEST Michelle Van Loon
Bible League GUEST Michael Woolworth
Strange Radio Waves GUEST Astronomer Hugh Ross
That’s absurd! The difference between responding and reacting GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff
Why ‘Evangelical’ Is Becoming Another Word for ‘Republican’ (NYT article) GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge
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A Simple Guide to Experience Miracles: Instruction and Inspiration for Living Supernaturally in Christ. GUEST JP Moreland
This or That
Creativity Guest Cody Sabol
Week in Review
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Bible League International Campaign Guest Michael Woolworth
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Bible League International Campaign Guest Michael Woolworth
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Drones Have Changed the Moral Calculus for War The debate on drone strikes goes beyond civilian casualty numbers. GUEST Paul D. Miller
The Life of a Single Mom. GUEST Jennifer Maggio
Returning to church GUEST Rev. Alan Jackson
I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt, & the Things We Think We Know. GUEST Dr W. Lee Warren
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Ask the Pastor- Guest Rev. Chris Marshall
When the Universe Cracks: Living as God's People in Times of Crisis- Guest Dr. Christine Jeske
What's Lost When Prison Mail Goes Digital?- Guest Dr. Karen Swanson
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Ways to Improve our Show (and Complaints about Video) + the Turkish guy who was in the search party looking for himself GUEST Doug Bursch
Are We Losing a Sense of the Dignity of Work? GUEST Jerry Bowyer
Revolutionary Monsters: Five Men Who Turned Liberation into Tyranny GUEST Donald T. Critchlow
The Week in Review
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The moon, Jupiter, Saturn - Guest Ralph Crewe
Cosplay Christianity’: The sin is in the denial of the life God calls us too - Guest Karen Swallow Prior
What I Got Wrong About the 10 Commandments. - Guest: Tyler Edwards
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No Way To Treat A Child: How the foster care system, family courts, and racial activists are wrecking young lives GUEST Naomi Schaefer Riley
When God Opened a Coliseum, Young Life Ministers Were Ready: For 19 days, two staffers told unaccompanied minors that God is a good father GUEST Bekah McNeel
Civility GUEST David French
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Bearing Burdens, Being Gods We can't save the world, and that's OK GUEST Chris Martin
On the Loving End of Crazy: Finding Hope and Help to Face Your Loved One's Crippling Anxiety and Depression GUEST Faith McDonald
Christians in a Cancel Culture: Speaking with Truth and Grace in a Hostile World … GUEST Joe Dallas
When Making Others Happy Is Making You Miserable: How to Break the Pattern of People Pleasing and Confidently Live Your Life GUEST Karen Ehman
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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol GUEST Greg Clugston
Not that long ago, ‘Evil’ really Meant Something GUEST Father Tom Soroka
The Death of Porn: Men of Integrity Building a World of Nobility GUEST Ray Ortlund
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