Carmen offers opening thoughts on Puerto Rico earthquake and the dozens of deaths during stampede at mourning march in Kerman, Iran for Gen. Soleimani. Every event has worldview implications and opportunities for engagement in the conversations of the day. Nick Pitts joins Carmen to talk about Planned Parenthood’s 2019 annual report revealing both […]
An apple a day may keep the Doctor away so what might be the benefit of an once of dark chocolate? Dr. Linda Mintle joins Carmen for a post-holiday conversation about health, diet and dark chocolate. They also discuss Linda’s book, Lose it For Life and Press Pause before You Eat. Dr. David Aikman returns […]
Carmen leads off with a brief commentary about Planned Parenthood’s record breaking year and the coming division in the United Methodist Church. Drew Griffin, editor of Providence Magazine, joins Carmen live from Jerusalem for an on the ground report about rising tensions with Iran following the execution of Qassem Soleimani by U.S. guided drone missile […]
Carmen talks with Focus on the Family’s Paul Asay from Plugged In about Netflix series, Messiah. What at best can be called syncretism is, at worst, leading people to believe things about the second coming of Jesus which do not align with God’s revealed Word. Carmen and Paul highlight the need to know […]
Carmen talks with Matthew T. Hawkins about the re-authorization of federal funding for USCIRF: the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom – and why it matters. Then they talk about the competing legal brief filed by hundreds of members of Congress seeking to influence the U.S. Supreme Court in cases related to the preservation or […]
As we look back over 2019 there are trends we observe in hindsight but what can we see if we seek to see what’s ahead? Only hindsight is 2020 but here are my top 20 trends for Christians to watch in the year ahead. Persecution. As the world devolves and more and more people set […]
It’s 2020, the year of the Lord. How do we live it as such? Carmen talks with Bill English about the business of family business and the decision of whether or not to marry into one. Carmen then welcomes Rylan and Gwen Volelzang, co-authors of If I Squeeze Your Head I’m Sorry. The book and […]
Carmen leads off with a brief commentary bringing the new year into focus. What’s your Bible reading plan for 2020? Ben Johnson is back to talk about the rash of violent events targeting people of faith in the past few weeks. Ben and Carmen also discuss economic, social and other trends which illuminate the connection […]
The end of one year and the start of another is a great time to take stock of our lives. We look back over where we’ve been and set priorities for where we want to go in the coming year. We make lists, and goal, and plans. So did you achieve everything you wanted to […]
Think of this as an exercise in taking a year-end inventory of your life and cultivating the spiritual soil for an abundant harvest in the year ahead. Taking stock of your spiritual life Get out your 2019 calendar, your journal, your Bible and your check register. Slowly, soberly look through them and take stock. Bible […]