THE RIDE HOME - Tuesday December 18, 2018

More companies moving to a 4-day work week Why Do We Have Christmas Trees? The history behind evergreens, ornaments, and holiday gift giving ... GUEST Jennifer Woodruff Tait is adjunct professor of church history at Asbury Theological Seminary. **Witches outnumber PCUSA Presbyterians** China Closes Megachurches Before Christmas ... GUEST Bob Fu ... is one of the leading voices in the world for persecuted faith communities in China ... born & raised in mainland China, he was a student leader during the Tiananmen Sq demonstrations for freedom & democracy in 1989 ... Bob graduated from the School of International Relations at the People's Univ in Beijing & taught English to Communist Party officials at the Beijing Administrative College & Beijing Party School of the Chinese Communist Party (1993-1996) ... He was also a house church leader in Beijing until he & his wife, Heidi, were imprisoned for 2 months for “illegal evangelism” in 1996 ... Bob & Heidi fled to the US as religious refugees in 1997, & subsequently founded ChinaAid, to bring international attention to China’s gross human rights violations & to promote religious freedom & rule of law in China The Storm Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home (Christianity Today’s Book of the Year for 2018) ... GUEST Russell Moore is president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination ... The author of several books, including “Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches” and the bestselling, “Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel” ... He and his wife Maria are the parents of 5 sons. Pgh on list of most caring cities ... + ... Nashville secular group celebrates a faith-free Christmas **How Loneliness is Tearing America Apart (A Brooks) ... + ... Can a Dating Coach help you find your soulmate?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.