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Just Another Physicist-Priest? Rev. Dr. Gillian Straine Is Not Your Average Scientist—or Pastor

Just Another Physicist-Priest? Rev. Dr. Gillian Straine Is Not Your Average Scientist—or Pastor

The Rev. Dr. Gillian Straine | GoHealth CEO

Episode 12Just Another Physicist-Priest? Rev. Dr. Gillian Straine Is Not Your Average Scientist—or Pastor
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I’m a Good Christian and My Pastor Is Wrong: Sociologist Sam Reimer’s New Book on Evangelicals Abandoning Clergy and Scripture to . . . Look Within

I’m a Good Christian and My Pastor Is Wrong: Sociologist Sam Reimer’s New Book on Evangelicals Abandoning Clergy and Scripture to . . . Look Within

Professor of Sociology at Crandall University

Episode 11I’m a Good Christian and My Pastor Is Wrong: Sociologist Sam Reimer’s New Book on Evangelicals Abandoning Clergy and Scripture to . . . Look Within
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"This Is a Song the Lord Gave Me"—but How? Steve Bell on Creativity

"This Is a Song the Lord Gave Me"—but How? Steve Bell on Creativity

with Steve Bell

Singer-Songwriter

Steve Bell was recently inducted into the Order of Canada as truly a national treasure of songwriting, singing, and guitar-picking. A two-time Juno Award-winner, Steve knows how to make beautiful music. But, as he tells Professor Stackhouse, creativity is a miracle, not magic. And he speaks of his inspiration from his mother, Francis of Assisi, and...Donald Trump's lawyer.

Episode 10"This Is a Song the Lord Gave Me"—but How? Steve Bell on Creativity
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But Enough about Me: Preacher & Author Mark Buchanan Lays It Out regarding Ego in the Pulpit and Pen

But Enough about Me: Preacher & Author Mark Buchanan Lays It Out regarding Ego in the Pulpit and Pen

with Mark Buchanan

Pastor, Author, and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Ambrose University, Calgary

Episode 9But Enough about Me: Preacher & Author Mark Buchanan Lays It Out regarding Ego in the Pulpit and Pen
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The Church as Artist Colony? Mako on Making

The Church as Artist Colony? Mako on Making

with Makoto Fujimura

Artist and Author

Makoto Fujimura is one of today's premier Christian visual artists with a second extraordinary gift for poetic, but accessible, words. He and Professor Stackhouse talk about the glories of art, the need for churches to welcome artists, and effective ways of . . . coaching soccer.

Episode 8The Church as Artist Colony? Mako on Making
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Nick Wolterstorff Goes to Jail

Nick Wolterstorff Goes to Jail

with Dr. Nick Wolterstorff

Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, Yale University

One of the leading Christian philosophers of our time, Professor Wolterstorff discusses the value of the humanities in university learning, the way to discern one's calling, the gap between experts and the rest of us, and the power of honest grief among philosophers—and prisoners.

Episode 7Nick Wolterstorff Goes to Jail
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OUP's Doyenne of Religion: Cynthia Read on a Career in Books

OUP's Doyenne of Religion: Cynthia Read on a Career in Books

with Cynthia Read

Former Executive Editor at Oxford University Press

For four decades, Cynthia Read managed the Religion list for one of America's most influential academic houses, publishing superstar scholars such as Philip Jenkins and George Marsden as well as mere flashes in the pan such as, well, you know.

Episode 6OUP's Doyenne of Religion: Cynthia Read on a Career in Books
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Serving the World on a Global Scale

Serving the World on a Global Scale

with Bonnie Wurzbacher

Former Chief Resource Development Officer at World Vision International and former Senior Vice President at Coca-Cola International

Bonnie Jo Wurzbacher’s career has been dominated by two positions: senior vice-president for Coca-Cola and global development coordinator for World Vision. What can the rest of us learn from someone who has sought to honour Christ, serve her neighbours, and care for creation at a literally global level? Quite a lot, actually—as John Stackhouse found out in this interview.

Episode 5Serving the World on a Global Scale
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Why You Need to Read Kierkegaard—A Conversation with Steve Evans

Why You Need to Read Kierkegaard—A Conversation with Steve Evans

with Dr. Steve Evans

University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor University

Kierkegaard issues a powerful charge to sleepwalking Christians to wake out of their conventional piety and enjoy new, vigorous life in Christ.

Join Professor Stackhouse as he listens to Professor Evans channel the dynamism and insight of this nineteenth-century prophet—while also discussing the state of Christian higher education in America and why philosophy is not as popular a college major as it should be.

Episode 4Why You Need to Read Kierkegaard—A Conversation with Steve Evans
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Creating and Crushing: How Streaming Isn’t Today’s Worst Threat to Christian Music

Creating and Crushing: How Streaming Isn’t Today’s Worst Threat to Christian Music

with Carolyn Aerands

Singer, Songwriter, Author, and Director of Education for Renovaré

The business of CCM, the benefits and harms to creativity of her evangelical subculture, and the main threat to Christian songwriting today–and it isn’t streaming.

Episode 3Creating and Crushing: How Streaming Isn’t Today’s Worst Threat to Christian Music
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The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind—in the Age of Trump

The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind—in the Age of Trump

with Dr. Mark Noll

Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame

Prof. Mark A. Noll is one of the premier historians of the American Christian experience. He is also famous for exposing and dissecting deep problems in the way white American evangelicals think about things in his landmark book, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.

Episode 2The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind—in the Age of Trump
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Community, Not Communism, and Social Impact, not Socialism: Evangelicalism Meets Integral Mission

Community, Not Communism, and Social Impact, not Socialism: Evangelicalism Meets Integral Mission

with Dr. Ruth Padilla DeBorst

Associate Professor of World Christianity at Western Seminary & Co-Leader of the Comunidad de Estudios Teológicos Interdisciplinarios

Learn how an evangelical in Latin America engages in social concerns while avoiding the failed options of socialism or communism and other extreme politics.

Episode 1Community, Not Communism, and Social Impact, not Socialism: Evangelicalism Meets Integral Mission
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