The Christian Chronicle Podcast
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The Christian Chronicle Podcast explores the news and stories shaping Church of Christ congregations and members around the world.
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165: Why we need theological scholars
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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Norton Colloquium: What will become of the Churches of Christ?
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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Norton Colloquium: What is a doctrinally sound Church of Christ?
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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Norton Colloquium: What is a progressive Church of Christ?
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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164: 9/11 - Why sharing the stories of tragedies matters
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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163: How to engage kids in learning Bible stories
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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162: What it means to rejoice and weep with one another
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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161: Why church camp is so impactful
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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160: Memorable moments and lessons with BT Irwin
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Episode 159: Meet your new Christian Chronicle Podcast hosts (Wes McAdams and Marcus Stenson)
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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Episode 158: The complicated legacy of Marshall Keeble (Dr. Edward Robinson)
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Episode 157: How not to be a ministry burnout (Dr. Darrel Sears)
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Episode 156: Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover says you and he are "almost twins"
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May 29, 2026 |
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Episode 155: Christians and online sports gambling (Max Rogers)
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May 19, 2026 |
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Episode 154: Why church history is bigger than the New Testament (Dyron Daughrity)
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Episode 153: Faith that is out of this world (Astronaut Victor Glover)
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Episode 152: Who belongs in a national Church of Christ directory? (Dr. Suzie Macaluso)
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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Episode 151: Why heaven and hell may not be what you think (Rubel Shelly)
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Episode 150: How a church from the 1920s is still ahead of its time in the 2020s (Harold Shank)
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Episode 149: How the church can make peace in a world that seems to want war (Tryce Prince)
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Episode 148: Church of Christ congregations and ICE may be on a collision course in Chicago
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Episode 147: Church of Christ history for the next generation (Luke Dockery and Jared Pack)
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Episode 146: How can our Christian colleges keep margins from replacing mission? (Joshua Travis Brown)
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Episode 145: How might the church care for parents of special needs kids? (Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez)
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Episode 144: Should ministers be trained for the digital age? (Todd Brenneman and Tommie Lee Washington)
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Special Partner Edition (PAID CONTENT): Freed-Hardeman wants to take you to the Bible lands (Dr. Rick Brumback and Dr. Jonathan Moore)
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Episode 143: A conversation with 'The Chosen' creator and show runner Dallas Jenkins
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Episode 142: Two young Christians on why they look up to Charlie Kirk (Jeremiah Delcour and Keegan Haupt)
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Episode 141: How do we know if it's really spiritual warfare? (Dr. Joe Beam)
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Episode 140: How many Americans would allow Christian prayer in public schools? (Chip Rotolo)
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Episode 139: Are new federal policies keeping international students from attending Christian colleges? (Kenzie James)
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Episode 138: Girls and women are the future of rural and small town churches (Dr. Anessa Westbrook)
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Episode 137: Live theatre is building the body of Christ and making disciples in Atlanta (Sheri Gilbert-Wilson)
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Episode 136: What English-speaking Christian youth from Spanish-speaking churches and homes can teach the Church of Christ
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Episode 135: How journalism can be a truth-seeking ministry that serves God's justice (Jerry Mitchell)
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Episode 134: Our Gen Y and Gen Z editors on the future of Christian journalism (Calvin Cockrell and Audrey Jackson)
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Episode 133: Why 2,000 Church of Christ volunteers are going to Detroit to talk to strangers (Leonardo Gilbert)
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Episode 132: Should churches endorse political candidates? (Chris McCurley)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Episode 131: How prepared is your congregation for an active shooter? (Rick Arrington)
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Episode 130: Bringing back the lost art of the biblical Lord's Supper (Christa Sanders Bryant)
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Episode 129: Why do Christians say one thing about immigration, but vote for another? (Scott McConnell)
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Episode 128: How a Church of Christ kid became one of comedy's rising stars...in his 40s (Brian Bates)
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Episode 127: For the church to thrive, its leaders need to eat more pie (Doug Pell)
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Episode 126: Church-ing while Black (Barron Jones)
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May 30, 2025 |
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Episode 125: What will you do if ICE comes to church?
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May 23, 2025 |
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Episode 124: She's hand-written cards for almost 7,000 new Christians in two years (Lorraine Smith)
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May 14, 2025 |
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Episode 123: Confessions of an "incompetent" minister (Casey Coston)
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May 01, 2025 |
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Episode 122: Does the Restoration Movement need to be restored? (Matt Dabbs)
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Episode 121: Christian nationalism and the Churches of Christ (Dr. Christina Littlefield)
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Episode 120: Urban ministry is coming to an exurb or suburb near you (Dr. Steve Cloer)
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Episode 119: Unleashing the superpowers of rural and small town churches (Mike Cope)
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Episode 118: Where 73 churches formed and 2,400 were baptized in just the last year (Dennis Cady)
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Episode 117: What happens when your neighbor is trying to kill you? Stories from the Church of Christ in Ukraine.
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Episode 116: Grammy-winning Christian artist Chris Tomlin on his new movie, 'The Last Supper'
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Episode 115: She turned her mental health struggles into a ministry...for you (Marie Stroughter)
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 114: These frat bros are cycling through Death Valley (to make life better for others)
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Episode 113: Two giants on whose shoulders Christians stand (Billy Curl on the lives and work of Andrew Hairston and James Maxwell)
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Episode 112: How your phone can destroy your marriage and binge-watching TV can make it better (Lauren and Owen Mitchell)
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Episode 111: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is in the Supreme Court's biggest transgender case ever
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Episode 109: We need to talk about sex (part one) (Rodney Wright, Pure Desire Ministries)
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Episode 110: We need to talk about sex (part two) (Holly and Steve Holladay, Ultimate Escape)
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Special Partner Edition (PAID CONTENT): Young people and screen addiction (David Shannon, Freed-Hardeman University)
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Episode 108: A theology professor's take on the new film 'Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assasin.' (Dr. Myles Werntz)
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Episode 107: How a Christian leads a big, secular state university (Dr. Bill Pink, president, Ferris State University)
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Episode 106: Why (and how) Abilene Christian University is building a nuclear reactor (Doug Robison)
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for the all the people (Jerrard Davis)
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for all the people (Jonathan Storment)
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for all the people (Lads to Leaders luminary Benjamin Adams)
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Episode 105: From murder and prison to resurrection and freedom PART TWO (Jerri Anne Blankenship and Mindy Lancaster)
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Episode 104: From murder and prison to resurrection and freedom PART ONE (Jerri Anne Blankenship and Mindy Lancaster)
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Episode 103: A fresh catechism for the Church of Christ community ... and beyond (Dr. Brad East)
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Episode 102: Ukrainian refugees in their own words (Yulia Merchant, Liza Sharii-Yukabovska, and Oleksandr Voievoda)
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 101: 'Merry Christmas to a Broken Heart,' grieving through the holidays (John Dobbs)
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Episode 100: Keith Lancaster and Anthony Lancaster want you to sing with them (really)
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Episode 99: Old and young Christians need each other more than ever (Dr. Holly Catterton Allen)
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Episode 98: She's OK with you setting her up on a date (Makyra Williamson)
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Episode 97: He coached 720 wins and four national championships ... and not one of them was a home game (Coach Garth Pleasant)
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Episode 96: A Black Christian woman on the meaning of Kamala Harris' candidacy (Trindi Mitchell)
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Episode 95: LIVE from northern Virginia, James Garfield, America's Restoration Movement president (C.W. Goodyear)
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Episode 94: How do we talk about politics? (Bobby Ross Jr., Jeremie Beller, Nathan Guy, Patrick Odum)
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Episode 93: Running by faith (2024 Paralympic medalist Liza Corso)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Episode 92: Stories of grace and hope from the trenches (Christian Chronicle news team)
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Episode 91: The future of Churches of Christ (Stan Granberg, Carl Royster, Erik Tryggestad)
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Episode 90: The (Christian) face of immigration (Eduardo and Odalis Vasquez)
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Episode 89: How well do you know your immigrant neighbors? (Pew Research and Berry's Chapel Church of Christ)
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Episode 88: Christian bioethicists on how to think about abortion, IVF, and...mosquitoes? (Vic McCracken and Cynthia Powell)
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Episode 87 LIVE in Michigan: A church for the sake of the world (Dr. John Nugent)
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Episode 86: The Bible, the church and same-sex relationships (Rubel Shelly)
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Episode 85: Colt McCoy wants you to remember him for something greater than football
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Episode 84: The best barista in America will serve you now (Darcy Todd, 2024 Starbucks North America Barista Champion)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Episode 83: They came from Nigeria to be born, then came back to be born again.
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Episode 82: Is someone (on the inside) stealing from your church? (Dr. Todd Johnson)
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Episode 81: An award-winning Western writer talks about how boys grow into men (S.J. Dahlstrom)
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Episode 80: Meet the women chosen to lead a 65-year-old school of ministry and theology (Naomi Walters and Beth Bowers)
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Episode 79 LIVE in Memphis: Navigating an election season without losing our witness (Josh Ross)
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Episode 78: A Democrat and a Republican walk into the podcast studio
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Episode 77: How (and why) Hermitage Church of Christ became New Garden Church
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Episode 76: Nancy French lives to tell
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Episode 75 LIVE in Tennessee: C. Leonard Allen, author, 'The Bookroom: Remembrance and Forgiveness'
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Episode 74: Preachers on preaching when political violence is rising
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Episode 73: The Christian Chronicle's coverage of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Episode 72: Audrey Jackson reports from Israel. Ministers too poor to retire? No college is God-less, but many are church-less.
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Episode 71: How the American Revolution influenced the Church of Christ (Dr. Richard Hughes)
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Episode 70: What does it mean to be "pro-life" two years after Dobbs?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 69: Tear down this highway! One congregation, two full-time preachers (one Black, one White); Miss Juneteenth USA runner up Madison Swain
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Episode 68: Calling for peace in Gaza, a foreign mission field in Florida, and voices from the future
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Episode 67: Erik Tryggestad reports from on the street in Kyiv, Ukraine
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Episode 66: Loving neighbors in "America's jihad capital." AI comes to church. Down Syndrome is their spiritual gift and superpower.
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Episode 65: The Hattie Jo Collins Story
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 64: Dr. Brad East REALLY doesn't want to talk about Christian nationalism
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May 15, 2024 |
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Episode 63: Philip Yancey, author of 'What Went Wrong? Russia's Lost Opportunity and the Path to Ukraine'
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May 14, 2024 |
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Episode 62: Christian nationalism, LGBTQ+ students at Christian schools, and deep inside the Vatican
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May 07, 2024 |
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Episode 61: Christian attitudes on immigration, earthquake recovery in Turkey, and the national champion Freed-Hardeman men's basketball team
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Episode 60: All about The Christian Chronicle's all new look
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Episode 59: A Haitian Christian reports on what is happening to Christians and churches in his country. Also: How one ministry is using coffee to bring estranged Christians back together
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Episode 58: When Communion gets stale, how might it become fresh again? (Bob Waldron, author, 'Food for the Journey')
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Episode 57: A preacher loses everything in a wildfire. An old radio ministry is new again. An 11-year old baker competes on Food Network.
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Episode 56: Making peace in Kansas City, a teen grieves her mom and finds her faith, and puppets bring Bible stories to 50 million. Plus a Bible bowl bonus segment (at home with the Tryggestads).
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 55: Excellence in Ministry (Dr. O.J. Shabazz)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Episode 54: Minister burnout on the rise, Black history is Christian history, a waiting list for people waiting to hear the Gospel
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Episode 53: Should LGBTQ+ faculty and students (and those who affirm them) have a place and a voice at Abilene Christian University?
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Episode 52: Insurance is choking churches, stories from a historic Church of Christ landmark, and how to write fiction for Christian young people
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Episode 51: The rise of the "nones," a gospel revolution in Cuba, and unicorns in Texas
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Episode 50: Almost a million Bibles for Europe, a plea for the "Restoration Plea," and a deacon "Forged in Fire"
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Episode 49: The Christian Chronicle news team talks about the biggest stories of 2023
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 48: 'The Anxiety Opportunity' and better Christian politics in 2024 (Curtis Chang)
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 46: "Holy Sexuality" at ACU, art of living hands-free, Waffle House Church of Christ
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Episode 47: John Johnson is Santa Claus
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Episode 45: The Gospel According to Pat Boone
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Episode 44: Remembering Landon Saunders (Mike Cope and Candace Nicolds)
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Episode 43: What good is grad school for congregations and their ministers? PLUS Bible bowl bonus segment. Guests: David Shannon, Dr. Frank Yamada, Amy Bowman
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Episode 42: Christians in Israel conflict, The Gospel Advocate and The Spiritual Sword, honoring Howard and Jane Norton
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Episode 41: Fewer Church of Christ kids going to Church of Christ schools, the mission field on Christian college campuses, and how to win Gen Z to Christ
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Episode 40: A church cares for victims of a mass school shooting, Al Robertson talks about 'The Blind', and what it's like to visit 13 churches in 10 states
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Episode 39: 'Male & Female God Created Them: A Biblical Review of LGBTQ+ Claims' (Dr. Rubel Shelly)
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Episode 38: After Botham: Healing From My Brother's Murder By a Police Officer (Allisa Charles-Findley)
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Episode 37: How COVID is still affecting churches, a Christian sniper dies in Ukraine, and refugees helping refugees in Austria, plus BONUS Bible bowling with Jonathan Stormant
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Episode 36: The inside scoop on Mayfair Church of Christ becoming a campus of Crossings Community Church (and lessons for your congregation)
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Episode 35: New York Times columnist David French talks about Christians and politics
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Episode 34: At home with Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, the future of Christian journalism is now, and a congregation and its minister celebrate 50 years together (PLUS a post-credit Bible bowl bonus track)
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Episode 33: PIVOT: The Priorities, Practices, and Powers That Can Transform Your Church Culture (Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Episode 32: Must ministers be married? Out of prison and into pastoral care. A congregation that grows its own ministers.
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Episode 31: Harding University closing its Memphis campus; loving neighbors in the hardest neighborhood; faith nights at MLB ballparks
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 30: Thirty-seven (37) baptisms on one college football team on one night! The rise of personal spiritual directors. Women in the church need women in the church.
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Episode 29: The Sound of Freedom, 'Shark Tank' at a Ghanaian Christian college, a bus ride to reconciliation and justice
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Episode 28: Lee Camp of the No Small Endeavor live stage show, podcast, and (now) national radio show
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Episode 27: Why do church members skip church? What is it like to leave an instrumental church for an a cappella one? And a baptistery shortage (really)!
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 26: From Russia with love (for Ukrainians), how Danny Mills didn't die (when doctors didn't give him much of a chance), and the car crash that ended with two baptisms
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Episode 25: Is money the cause (or solution) of the minister shortage? We go there.
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Episode 24: Mike Cope on the present and future of preaching
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Episode 23: Babies, moms, families, and the Church of Christ community one year after Dobbs (Audrey Jackson, Jerry Callens, Verlon Johnson)
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Episode 22: Juneteenth in Texas, a word from an elder in Angola, and ministering to those with chronic pain
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Episode 21: Why can't preachers retire? Big money wants to profit from worship. A congregation for those with special needs.
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Episode 20: Astronaut Victor Glover on Communion (in space), creation, discipleship, and doubt
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May 25, 2023 |
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Episode 19: The church plants are coming (National Church Planting Sunday), abortion pill and religious freedom in federal courts, and this one's for the birds (in Montana)
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May 17, 2023 |
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Episode 18: A deacon's wife who forever changed politics in a city of 1.3 million. And the story of church that became a hospital.
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May 10, 2023 |
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Episode 17: Michael F. Bird, author of 'Religious Freedom in a Secular Age: A Christian Case for Liberty, Equality, and Secular Government'
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May 03, 2023 |
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Episode 16: Keeping churches and schools safe, Bible bowling is getting big with kids in Texas, and keeping shape note singing alive for 140 years
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Episode 15: Defending libraries, young people seeking revival (what kind?), and how to baptize a Bible student on the other side of the world
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Episode 14: A poet, a preacher, and a singer reflect on the resurrection of Jesus
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Episode 13: A poet, a preacher, and a worship minister each reflect on the death of Jesus
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Episode 12: Asbury students talk about the Asbury Revival. What really happened?
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Episode 11: Sex crimes in the church (Jimmy Hinton, author of 'The Devil Inside')
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Episode 10: Jesus Revolution, saving families in Tanzania, God raises the dead on a Texas highway
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Episode 9: Relief efforts in Turkey, the future of Christian higher education, and what Black heroes can teach us all
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Episode 8: Keith Lancaster on 40 years of Acappella (and the future of worship music)
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Episode 7: News from Ukraine, ministering to ministers, and a congregation writes a book
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Episode 6: Tyre Nichols, ministers struggling in South Africa, and our two youngest guests ever
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Episode 5: Richard Hughes talks about 'The Grace of Troublesome Questions'
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Episode 4: Pentecost in Chicago, a win for religious liberty, and dwelling in the Word
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Episode 3: Ministers, legacies, and legends
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Episode #2: The Chosen, visiting Israel, Joy McMillon
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Episode #1: News from Ukraine, 105 years and done, and why a podcast now?
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Jan 10, 2023 |