The Christian Chronicle Podcast

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Episodes: 130

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The Christian Chronicle Podcast explores the news and stories shaping Church of Christ congregations and members around the world. 

Episode Date
Episode 126: Church-ing while Black (Barron Jones)
May 30, 2025
Episode 125: What will you do if ICE comes to church?
May 23, 2025
Episode 124: She's hand-written cards for almost 7,000 new Christians in two years (Lorraine Smith)
May 14, 2025
Episode 123: Confessions of an "incompetent" minister (Casey Coston)
May 01, 2025
Episode 122: Does the Restoration Movement need to be restored? (Matt Dabbs)
Apr 23, 2025
Episode 121: Christian nationalism and the Churches of Christ (Dr. Christina Littlefield)
Apr 17, 2025
Episode 120: Urban ministry is coming to an exurb or suburb near you (Dr. Steve Cloer)
Apr 10, 2025
Episode 119: Unleashing the superpowers of rural and small town churches (Mike Cope)
Apr 03, 2025
Episode 118: Where 73 churches formed and 2,400 were baptized in just the last year (Dennis Cady)
Mar 27, 2025
Episode 117: What happens when your neighbor is trying to kill you? Stories from the Church of Christ in Ukraine.
Mar 20, 2025
Episode 116: Grammy-winning Christian artist Chris Tomlin on his new movie, 'The Last Supper'
Mar 11, 2025
Episode 115: She turned her mental health struggles into a ministry...for you (Marie Stroughter)
Mar 05, 2025
Episode 114: These frat bros are cycling through Death Valley (to make life better for others)
Mar 04, 2025
Episode 113: Two giants on whose shoulders Christians stand (Billy Curl on the lives and work of Andrew Hairston and James Maxwell)
Feb 26, 2025
Episode 112: How your phone can destroy your marriage and binge-watching TV can make it better (Lauren and Owen Mitchell)
Feb 13, 2025
Episode 111: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is in the Supreme Court's biggest transgender case ever
Feb 11, 2025
Episode 109: We need to talk about sex (part one) (Rodney Wright, Pure Desire Ministries)
Jan 31, 2025
Episode 110: We need to talk about sex (part two) (Holly and Steve Holladay, Ultimate Escape)
Jan 31, 2025
Special Partner Edition (PAID CONTENT): Young people and screen addiction (David Shannon, Freed-Hardeman University)
Jan 23, 2025
Episode 108: A theology professor's take on the new film 'Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assasin.' (Dr. Myles Werntz)
Jan 23, 2025
Episode 107: How a Christian leads a big, secular state university (Dr. Bill Pink, president, Ferris State University)
Jan 16, 2025
Episode 106: Why (and how) Abilene Christian University is building a nuclear reactor (Doug Robison)
Jan 09, 2025
Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for the all the people (Jerrard Davis)
Dec 30, 2024
Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for all the people (Jonathan Storment)
Dec 24, 2024
Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for all the people (Lads to Leaders luminary Benjamin Adams)
Dec 24, 2024
Episode 105: From murder and prison to resurrection and freedom PART TWO (Jerri Anne Blankenship and Mindy Lancaster)
Dec 21, 2024
Episode 104: From murder and prison to resurrection and freedom PART ONE (Jerri Anne Blankenship and Mindy Lancaster)
Dec 20, 2024
Episode 103: A fresh catechism for the Church of Christ community ... and beyond (Dr. Brad East)
Dec 12, 2024
Episode 102: Ukrainian refugees in their own words (Yulia Merchant, Liza Sharii-Yukabovska, and Oleksandr Voievoda)
Dec 11, 2024
Episode 101: 'Merry Christmas to a Broken Heart,' grieving through the holidays (John Dobbs)
Dec 04, 2024
Episode 100: Keith Lancaster and Anthony Lancaster want you to sing with them (really)
Nov 26, 2024
Episode 99: Old and young Christians need each other more than ever (Dr. Holly Catterton Allen)
Nov 25, 2024
Episode 98: She's OK with you setting her up on a date (Makyra Williamson)
Nov 20, 2024
Episode 97: He coached 720 wins and four national championships ... and not one of them was a home game (Coach Garth Pleasant)
Nov 14, 2024
Episode 96: A Black Christian woman on the meaning of Kamala Harris' candidacy (Trindi Mitchell)
Nov 08, 2024
Episode 95: LIVE from northern Virginia, James Garfield, America's Restoration Movement president (C.W. Goodyear)
Nov 05, 2024
Episode 94: How do we talk about politics? (Bobby Ross Jr., Jeremie Beller, Nathan Guy, Patrick Odum)
Oct 30, 2024
Episode 93: Running by faith (2024 Paralympic medalist Liza Corso)
Oct 29, 2024
Episode 92: Stories of grace and hope from the trenches (Christian Chronicle news team)
Oct 24, 2024
Episode 91: The future of Churches of Christ (Stan Granberg, Carl Royster, Erik Tryggestad)
Oct 24, 2024
Episode 90: The (Christian) face of immigration (Eduardo and Odalis Vasquez)
Oct 17, 2024
Episode 89: How well do you know your immigrant neighbors? (Pew Research and Berry's Chapel Church of Christ)
Oct 10, 2024
Episode 88: Christian bioethicists on how to think about abortion, IVF, and...mosquitoes? (Vic McCracken and Cynthia Powell)
Oct 03, 2024
Episode 87 LIVE in Michigan: A church for the sake of the world (Dr. John Nugent)
Oct 02, 2024
Episode 86: The Bible, the church and same-sex relationships (Rubel Shelly)
Sep 25, 2024
Episode 85: Colt McCoy wants you to remember him for something greater than football
Sep 20, 2024
Episode 84: The best barista in America will serve you now (Darcy Todd, 2024 Starbucks North America Barista Champion)
Sep 12, 2024
Episode 83: They came from Nigeria to be born, then came back to be born again.
Sep 06, 2024
Episode 82: Is someone (on the inside) stealing from your church? (Dr. Todd Johnson)
Sep 04, 2024
Episode 81: An award-winning Western writer talks about how boys grow into men (S.J. Dahlstrom)
Aug 29, 2024
Episode 80: Meet the women chosen to lead a 65-year-old school of ministry and theology (Naomi Walters and Beth Bowers)
Aug 28, 2024
Episode 79 LIVE in Memphis: Navigating an election season without losing our witness (Josh Ross)
Aug 21, 2024
Episode 78: A Democrat and a Republican walk into the podcast studio
Aug 15, 2024
Episode 77: How (and why) Hermitage Church of Christ became New Garden Church
Aug 14, 2024
Episode 76: Nancy French lives to tell
Aug 07, 2024
Episode 75 LIVE in Tennessee: C. Leonard Allen, author, 'The Bookroom: Remembrance and Forgiveness'
Jul 31, 2024
Episode 74: Preachers on preaching when political violence is rising
Jul 24, 2024
Episode 73: The Christian Chronicle's coverage of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump
Jul 17, 2024
Episode 72: Audrey Jackson reports from Israel. Ministers too poor to retire? No college is God-less, but many are church-less.
Jul 11, 2024
Episode 71: How the American Revolution influenced the Church of Christ (Dr. Richard Hughes)
Jul 05, 2024
Episode 70: What does it mean to be "pro-life" two years after Dobbs?
Jun 26, 2024
Episode 69: Tear down this highway! One congregation, two full-time preachers (one Black, one White); Miss Juneteenth USA runner up Madison Swain
Jun 19, 2024
Episode 68: Calling for peace in Gaza, a foreign mission field in Florida, and voices from the future
Jun 13, 2024
Episode 67: Erik Tryggestad reports from on the street in Kyiv, Ukraine
Jun 11, 2024
Episode 66: Loving neighbors in "America's jihad capital." AI comes to church. Down Syndrome is their spiritual gift and superpower.
Jun 05, 2024
Episode 65: The Hattie Jo Collins Story
May 29, 2024
Episode 64: Dr. Brad East REALLY doesn't want to talk about Christian nationalism
May 15, 2024
Episode 63: Philip Yancey, author of 'What Went Wrong? Russia's Lost Opportunity and the Path to Ukraine'
May 14, 2024
Episode 62: Christian nationalism, LGBTQ+ students at Christian schools, and deep inside the Vatican
May 07, 2024
Episode 61: Christian attitudes on immigration, earthquake recovery in Turkey, and the national champion Freed-Hardeman men's basketball team
Apr 16, 2024
Episode 60: All about The Christian Chronicle's all new look
Apr 09, 2024
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
Apr 02, 2024
Episode 58: When Communion gets stale, how might it become fresh again? (Bob Waldron, author, 'Food for the Journey')
Mar 26, 2024
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.
Mar 19, 2024
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).
Mar 11, 2024
Episode 55: Excellence in Ministry (Dr. O.J. Shabazz)
Mar 04, 2024
Episode 54: Minister burnout on the rise, Black history is Christian history, a waiting list for people waiting to hear the Gospel
Feb 26, 2024
Episode 53: Should LGBTQ+ faculty and students (and those who affirm them) have a place and a voice at Abilene Christian University?
Feb 20, 2024
Episode 52: Insurance is choking churches, stories from a historic Church of Christ landmark, and how to write fiction for Christian young people
Feb 13, 2024
Episode 51: The rise of the "nones," a gospel revolution in Cuba, and unicorns in Texas
Feb 03, 2024
Episode 50: Almost a million Bibles for Europe, a plea for the "Restoration Plea," and a deacon "Forged in Fire"
Jan 20, 2024
Episode 49: The Christian Chronicle news team talks about the biggest stories of 2023
Jan 10, 2024
Episode 48: 'The Anxiety Opportunity' and better Christian politics in 2024 (Curtis Chang)
Jan 03, 2024
Episode 46: "Holy Sexuality" at ACU, art of living hands-free, Waffle House Church of Christ
Dec 22, 2023
Episode 47: John Johnson is Santa Claus
Dec 22, 2023
Episode 45: The Gospel According to Pat Boone
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 44: Remembering Landon Saunders (Mike Cope and Candace Nicolds)
Dec 08, 2023
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
Dec 08, 2023
Episode 42: Christians in Israel conflict, The Gospel Advocate and The Spiritual Sword, honoring Howard and Jane Norton
Nov 15, 2023
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
Nov 08, 2023
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
Nov 03, 2023
Episode 39: 'Male & Female God Created Them: A Biblical Review of LGBTQ+ Claims' (Dr. Rubel Shelly)
Oct 25, 2023
Episode 38: After Botham: Healing From My Brother's Murder By a Police Officer (Allisa Charles-Findley)
Oct 18, 2023
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
Oct 18, 2023
Episode 36: The inside scoop on Mayfair Church of Christ becoming a campus of Crossings Community Church (and lessons for your congregation)
Oct 11, 2023
Episode 35: New York Times columnist David French talks about Christians and politics
Sep 27, 2023
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)
Sep 22, 2023
Episode 33: PIVOT: The Priorities, Practices, and Powers That Can Transform Your Church Culture (Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer)
Sep 13, 2023
Episode 32: Must ministers be married? Out of prison and into pastoral care. A congregation that grows its own ministers.
Sep 08, 2023
Episode 31: Harding University closing its Memphis campus; loving neighbors in the hardest neighborhood; faith nights at MLB ballparks
Aug 30, 2023
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.
Aug 23, 2023
Episode 29: The Sound of Freedom, 'Shark Tank' at a Ghanaian Christian college, a bus ride to reconciliation and justice
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 28: Lee Camp of the No Small Endeavor live stage show, podcast, and (now) national radio show
Aug 02, 2023
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)!
Jul 26, 2023
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
Jul 19, 2023
Episode 25: Is money the cause (or solution) of the minister shortage? We go there.
Jul 12, 2023
Episode 24: Mike Cope on the present and future of preaching
Jun 28, 2023
Episode 23: Babies, moms, families, and the Church of Christ community one year after Dobbs (Audrey Jackson, Jerry Callens, Verlon Johnson)
Jun 21, 2023
Episode 22: Juneteenth in Texas, a word from an elder in Angola, and ministering to those with chronic pain
Jun 13, 2023
Episode 21: Why can't preachers retire? Big money wants to profit from worship. A congregation for those with special needs.
Jun 08, 2023
Episode 20: Astronaut Victor Glover on Communion (in space), creation, discipleship, and doubt
May 25, 2023
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)
May 17, 2023
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.
May 10, 2023
Episode 17: Michael F. Bird, author of 'Religious Freedom in a Secular Age: A Christian Case for Liberty, Equality, and Secular Government'
May 03, 2023
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
Apr 27, 2023
Episode 15: Defending libraries, young people seeking revival (what kind?), and how to baptize a Bible student on the other side of the world
Apr 19, 2023
Episode 14: A poet, a preacher, and a singer reflect on the resurrection of Jesus
Apr 12, 2023
Episode 13: A poet, a preacher, and a worship minister each reflect on the death of Jesus
Apr 07, 2023
Episode 12: Asbury students talk about the Asbury Revival. What really happened?
Mar 30, 2023
Episode 11: Sex crimes in the church (Jimmy Hinton, author of 'The Devil Inside')
Mar 23, 2023
Episode 10: Jesus Revolution, saving families in Tanzania, God raises the dead on a Texas highway
Mar 15, 2023
Episode 9: Relief efforts in Turkey, the future of Christian higher education, and what Black heroes can teach us all
Mar 08, 2023
Episode 8: Keith Lancaster on 40 years of Acappella (and the future of worship music)
Mar 01, 2023
Episode 7: News from Ukraine, ministering to ministers, and a congregation writes a book
Feb 23, 2023
Episode 6: Tyre Nichols, ministers struggling in South Africa, and our two youngest guests ever
Feb 15, 2023
Episode 5: Richard Hughes talks about 'The Grace of Troublesome Questions'
Feb 08, 2023
Episode 4: Pentecost in Chicago, a win for religious liberty, and dwelling in the Word
Feb 02, 2023
Episode 3: Ministers, legacies, and legends
Jan 25, 2023
Episode #2: The Chosen, visiting Israel, Joy McMillon
Jan 18, 2023
Episode #1: News from Ukraine, 105 years and done, and why a podcast now?
Jan 10, 2023