In the wake of what happened in Charlottesville, VA, and the President’s disappointing response to it, we want to discuss the reality of racism in America and the necessary response of pastors and churches. We are talking with Jemar Tisby, the president and co-founder of the Reformed African American Network, RAAN. He’s also the co-host […]
The fallout from the racist events in Charlottesville, VA continues. We also want to keep in view the reality of Nazi philosophy. There are still survivors of Nazi concentration camps among us, who remind us of the evil and destruction of Nazism. The oldest man in Israel, who weighed 81 lbs when Auschwitz was liberated, […]
Andrew Walker is the director of policy studies for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. We are talking with him about his latest book: God and the Transgender Debate: What Does the Bible Actually Say About Gender Identity. You can follow him on Twitter @andrewtwalk. Listen to the interview: Carmen: Andrew, welcome to The Reconnect. […]
How you ever wanted a “how to” for compassionate and truth-driven conversation amid our explosive cultural context? While there is no exact playbook, Dr. Tim Muehlhoff provides some clear guideposts for Christians today, helping us apply the principles of good communication as we engage with people around us on difficult topics. After years of ministry […]
I bet that you know someone whose life and whose marriage has been touched by infidelity, and so that’s what we’re going to talk about. We’re going to talk about it from a different perspective than one you have probably recently heard. Our guest is Shauna Shanks. She is a wife, a mother, an entrepreneur. […]
Abby Johnson is a former Planned Parenthood clinic director. She travels across the globe sharing her story, seeking to educate the public on pro-life issues and advocating for the unborn. She’s the CEO and founder of And Then There Were None. It’s a nonprofit organization that helps abortion clinic workers leave the abortion industry. You […]
Dawson McAllister has been doing youth ministry for fifty years. He joins us today to talk about The Hope Line, an off-air coaching line where counselors provide emotional and spiritual triage for 13- to 29-year-old’s who are struggling with everything from addiction to despair. Dawson shares some of the wisdom he has gleaned over the […]
Pastor Adam Barr is the senior pastor at Peace Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He’s the president and founder of Borderland, which is a worldview ministry. He’s the coauthor of a new book, Compassion Without Compromise: How the Gospel Frees us to Love our Gay Friends without Losing the Truth. You can check it all […]
“Curiosity allows us to actually hear God speak to our hearts by the Holy Spirit through his Word in a way that we otherwise, oftentimes we treat prayer like writing a letter. Dear God, words words words words, Amen. Instead of a relational interaction with God where there is speaking and listening and speaking and […]
Matthew West is an award-winning songwriter, Christian recording artist, and the author of Hello, My Name Is: Discover Your True Identity. But his true identity, or “nametag,” is that of a child of God. Matthew joins us to talk about his personal journey writing the book and discovering that true identity and his passion for every Christian to […]