REAIR- Our faith gives us the responsibility to care not just for our personal life, for our common life. So what does it look like to have “public” faith? Miroslav Volf joins us to discuss his recent book Public Faith in Action and what it means to steward our responsibility of our public life. REAIR- Author and […]
America is diverse— and divided. The temperature of public discourse has not cooled since the election. Competing protests and marches fill the news and our social media feeds. Can we sustain a pluralistic society with such diverse opinions? What happens when “American values” clash? And how can we step into this division in ways that […]
We look at the big news items of the week, including the GOP’s new health care plan, International Women’s Day (which is tomorrow), and the Supreme Court’s decision not to take up a case on transgender rights. Then, we explore the question: is all faith actually the same? A new CNN original series “Believer” with Reza […]
For International Women’s Day, some activists are encouraging women to stay home from work and to refrain from shopping in order to make our society experience a “Day without Women.” While American women take advantage of the freedom to stay home from work today as political expression, millions of women go “missing” every day of […]
First, we highlight some stories, big and small, from this past week: President Trump attends the G-20 Summit and meets with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. A New York hospital agrees to send an experimental treatment to the UK for terminally ill infant Charlie Guard. Attending church is good for your health…proven again Calls for boycott […]
Survey of headlines including: President Trump signs a new executive order on refugees. Allegations about wiretapping of the Trump campaign swirl. Islam is growing in the West, and what does that mean for the public square. Then we explore the question, why is The Reformation relevant to us today? Dr. Karin Maag Director is H. Henry […]
Should Christians Watch ‘The Shack’?— Christian Post As a book The Shack sold 22 million copies and now it is a blockbuster movie. Whether you see the movie or not, Christians need to be ready to talk about it. This movie claims to tell us the truth about God and we need to know what […]
With the release of The Shack movie Friday, we have the opportunity to talk with the author of the book, Wm. Paul Young. Catch the full, extended interview here. Then, in our second half we talk with Trevin Wax about his new book, This is our Time. What is a “lie detector Christian”? Or a “complimentary Christian”? We explore […]
Whether Evangelicals like it or not, The Shack may be one of the most pervasive Christian works of entertainment in the last two decades. As a book, it sold 20 million copies and has returned as a blockbuster movie. There are significant theological issues in the story— and let’s remember that’s what it is, a […]
As a book, The Shack has sold more than 20 million copies. That’s a huge number. Today, it releases as a major motion picture. We had the opportunity to interview the author of the book, Wm. Paul Young about why he wrote it. As with all novels, it is essential that we recognize fiction is […]