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Bonhoeffer’s America: A Conversation on Christian Nationalism and the Life and Thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer w/ Dr. Joel Looper

“Are we primarily formed by the community of the church or the community of the nation?” As we are poised on the tense precipice of Jan. 20th, I hope this

The Collapse of Contemporary Christianity: A Conversation w/ Pastor John Hallowell on the Decline and Fall of a Movement

Perhaps unbelievably, this was recorded the day before the deadly chaos of January 6th.  Let that sink in as you listen to it.  Something is well and truly over, folks. 

Our Daily Bread (and Cheese): A Conversation on Life, Faith, and Food w/ Roshelle Simpson

Advent is a time of fasting; Christmas is a time of feasting!  In the spirit of the holiday, I am so happy to be able to bring you this conversation

A Christmas Pod Special: Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol”

Gather around, my friends, for one of the great ghost stories of this or any other age.  On this Christmas Pod Special, Laura Batstone and I talk about that Victorian

A Father to the Fatherless : A Conversation w/ Eric Balmer on Fatherhood, Faith, and Rock and Roll

“Who we are is more important than what we have achieved.”  On this episode of the pod I talk to my friend, Eric Balmer, about fatherlessness and fatherhood, finding identity

Down the Rabbit Hole: Christians in an Age of Conspiracy Thinking (w/ Laura Batstone)

“WAKE UP!”  “CONNECT THE DOTS!”  “STOP BELIEVING WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THE MEDIA!”  From the Garden of Eden to the present day, human beings have shown a primordial desire to

“The Tyranny of the Ideal Woman” : A Conversation w/ Laura Batstone

We live in a culture of relentless self-optimization.  On the one hand, we are told to be ourselves, that no one is quite like us, that the world needs our

This is the Apocalypse: A Conversation with Rev. Hayden Butler on the Church’s Witness and the World’s Last Night

What is being revealed about our world and ourselves at this particular cultural moment? Many have evoked the language of the End Times and the apocalyptic in light of the

“Children are Born Persons”: A Conversation w/ Beth Young on Children, Education, and the Philosophy of Charlotte Mason

K-12 education has been disrupted at an unprecedented scale this year. Few options facing parents are straightforward or reliable or without obvious drawbacks. Virtual, in-person, hybrid? Parents are stressed, some

The Crisis of Evangelicalism: A Conversation w/ Dr. Mark Labberton, President of Fuller Seminary

There really is no hyperbole left.  Evangelicalism is in its death-throes.  We have lost moral credibility with our neighbors.  We have lost intellectual credibility with our neighbors.  And yet we

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