All Episodes

160: Memorable moments and lessons with BT Irwin

Episode 159: Meet your new Christian Chronicle Podcast hosts (Wes McAdams and Marcus Stenson)

Episode 158: The complicated legacy of Marshall Keeble (Dr. Edward Robinson)

Episode 157: How not to be a ministry burnout (Dr. Darrel Sears)

Episode 156: Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover says you and he are "almost twins"

Episode 155: Christians and online sports gambling (Max Rogers)

Episode 154: Why church history is bigger than the New Testament (Dyron Daughrity)

Episode 153: Faith that is out of this world (Astronaut Victor Glover)

Episode 152: Who belongs in a national Church of Christ directory? (Dr. Suzie Macaluso)

Episode 151: Why heaven and hell may not be what you think (Rubel Shelly)

Episode 150: How a church from the 1920s is still ahead of its time in the 2020s (Harold Shank)

Episode 149: How the church can make peace in a world that seems to want war (Tryce Prince)

Episode 148: Church of Christ congregations and ICE may be on a collision course in Chicago

Episode 147: Church of Christ history for the next generation (Luke Dockery and Jared Pack)

Episode 146: How can our Christian colleges keep margins from replacing mission? (Joshua Travis Brown)

Episode 145: How might the church care for parents of special needs kids? (Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez)

Episode 144: Should ministers be trained for the digital age? (Todd Brenneman and Tommie Lee Washington)

Special Partner Edition (PAID CONTENT): Freed-Hardeman wants to take you to the Bible lands (Dr. Rick Brumback and Dr. Jonathan Moore)

Episode 143: A conversation with 'The Chosen' creator and show runner Dallas Jenkins

Episode 142: Two young Christians on why they look up to Charlie Kirk (Jeremiah Delcour and Keegan Haupt)

Episode 141: How do we know if it's really spiritual warfare? (Dr. Joe Beam)

Episode 140: How many Americans would allow Christian prayer in public schools? (Chip Rotolo)

Episode 139: Are new federal policies keeping international students from attending Christian colleges? (Kenzie James)

Episode 138: Girls and women are the future of rural and small town churches (Dr. Anessa Westbrook)

Episode 137: Live theatre is building the body of Christ and making disciples in Atlanta (Sheri Gilbert-Wilson)

Episode 136: What English-speaking Christian youth from Spanish-speaking churches and homes can teach the Church of Christ

Episode 135: How journalism can be a truth-seeking ministry that serves God's justice (Jerry Mitchell)

Episode 134: Our Gen Y and Gen Z editors on the future of Christian journalism (Calvin Cockrell and Audrey Jackson)

Episode 133: Why 2,000 Church of Christ volunteers are going to Detroit to talk to strangers (Leonardo Gilbert)

Episode 132: Should churches endorse political candidates? (Chris McCurley)

Episode 131: How prepared is your congregation for an active shooter? (Rick Arrington)

Episode 130: Bringing back the lost art of the biblical Lord's Supper (Christa Sanders Bryant)

Episode 129: Why do Christians say one thing about immigration, but vote for another? (Scott McConnell)

Episode 128: How a Church of Christ kid became one of comedy's rising stars...in his 40s (Brian Bates)

Episode 127: For the church to thrive, its leaders need to eat more pie (Doug Pell)

Episode 126: Church-ing while Black (Barron Jones)

Episode 125: What will you do if ICE comes to church?

Episode 124: She's hand-written cards for almost 7,000 new Christians in two years (Lorraine Smith)

Episode 123: Confessions of an "incompetent" minister (Casey Coston)

Episode 122: Does the Restoration Movement need to be restored? (Matt Dabbs)

Episode 121: Christian nationalism and the Churches of Christ (Dr. Christina Littlefield)

Episode 120: Urban ministry is coming to an exurb or suburb near you (Dr. Steve Cloer)

Episode 119: Unleashing the superpowers of rural and small town churches (Mike Cope)

Episode 118: Where 73 churches formed and 2,400 were baptized in just the last year (Dennis Cady)

Episode 117: What happens when your neighbor is trying to kill you? Stories from the Church of Christ in Ukraine.

Episode 116: Grammy-winning Christian artist Chris Tomlin on his new movie, 'The Last Supper'

Episode 115: She turned her mental health struggles into a ministry...for you (Marie Stroughter)

Episode 114: These frat bros are cycling through Death Valley (to make life better for others)

Episode 113: Two giants on whose shoulders Christians stand (Billy Curl on the lives and work of Andrew Hairston and James Maxwell)

Episode 112: How your phone can destroy your marriage and binge-watching TV can make it better (Lauren and Owen Mitchell)

Episode 111: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is in the Supreme Court's biggest transgender case ever

Episode 110: We need to talk about sex (part two) (Holly and Steve Holladay, Ultimate Escape)

Episode 109: We need to talk about sex (part one) (Rodney Wright, Pure Desire Ministries)

Episode 108: A theology professor's take on the new film 'Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assasin.' (Dr. Myles Werntz)

Special Partner Edition (PAID CONTENT): Young people and screen addiction (David Shannon, Freed-Hardeman University)

Episode 107: How a Christian leads a big, secular state university (Dr. Bill Pink, president, Ferris State University)

Episode 106: Why (and how) Abilene Christian University is building a nuclear reactor (Doug Robison)

Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for the all the people (Jerrard Davis)

Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for all the people (Jonathan Storment)

Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for all the people (Lads to Leaders luminary Benjamin Adams)

Episode 105: From murder and prison to resurrection and freedom PART TWO (Jerri Anne Blankenship and Mindy Lancaster)

Episode 104: From murder and prison to resurrection and freedom PART ONE (Jerri Anne Blankenship and Mindy Lancaster)

Episode 103: A fresh catechism for the Church of Christ community ... and beyond (Dr. Brad East)

Episode 102: Ukrainian refugees in their own words (Yulia Merchant, Liza Sharii-Yukabovska, and Oleksandr Voievoda)

Episode 101: 'Merry Christmas to a Broken Heart,' grieving through the holidays (John Dobbs)

Episode 100: Keith Lancaster and Anthony Lancaster want you to sing with them (really)

Episode 99: Old and young Christians need each other more than ever (Dr. Holly Catterton Allen)

Episode 98: She's OK with you setting her up on a date (Makyra Williamson)

Episode 97: He coached 720 wins and four national championships ... and not one of them was a home game (Coach Garth Pleasant)

Episode 96: A Black Christian woman on the meaning of Kamala Harris' candidacy (Trindi Mitchell)

Episode 95: LIVE from northern Virginia, James Garfield, America's Restoration Movement president (C.W. Goodyear)

Episode 94: How do we talk about politics? (Bobby Ross Jr., Jeremie Beller, Nathan Guy, Patrick Odum)

Episode 93: Running by faith (2024 Paralympic medalist Liza Corso)

Episode 92: Stories of grace and hope from the trenches (Christian Chronicle news team)

Episode 91: The future of Churches of Christ (Stan Granberg, Carl Royster, Erik Tryggestad)

Episode 90: The (Christian) face of immigration (Eduardo and Odalis Vasquez)

Episode 89: How well do you know your immigrant neighbors? (Pew Research and Berry's Chapel Church of Christ)

Episode 88: Christian bioethicists on how to think about abortion, IVF, and...mosquitoes? (Vic McCracken and Cynthia Powell)

Episode 87 LIVE in Michigan: A church for the sake of the world (Dr. John Nugent)

Episode 86: The Bible, the church and same-sex relationships (Rubel Shelly)

Episode 85: Colt McCoy wants you to remember him for something greater than football

Episode 84: The best barista in America will serve you now (Darcy Todd, 2024 Starbucks North America Barista Champion)

Episode 83: They came from Nigeria to be born, then came back to be born again.

Episode 82: Is someone (on the inside) stealing from your church? (Dr. Todd Johnson)

Episode 81: An award-winning Western writer talks about how boys grow into men (S.J. Dahlstrom)

Episode 80: Meet the women chosen to lead a 65-year-old school of ministry and theology (Naomi Walters and Beth Bowers)

Episode 79 LIVE in Memphis: Navigating an election season without losing our witness (Josh Ross)

Episode 78: A Democrat and a Republican walk into the podcast studio

Episode 77: How (and why) Hermitage Church of Christ became New Garden Church

Episode 76: Nancy French lives to tell

Episode 75 LIVE in Tennessee: C. Leonard Allen, author, 'The Bookroom: Remembrance and Forgiveness'

Episode 74: Preachers on preaching when political violence is rising

Episode 73: The Christian Chronicle's coverage of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump

Episode 72: Audrey Jackson reports from Israel. Ministers too poor to retire? No college is God-less, but many are church-less.

Episode 71: How the American Revolution influenced the Church of Christ (Dr. Richard Hughes)

Episode 70: What does it mean to be "pro-life" two years after Dobbs?

Episode 69: Tear down this highway! One congregation, two full-time preachers (one Black, one White); Miss Juneteenth USA runner up Madison Swain

Episode 68: Calling for peace in Gaza, a foreign mission field in Florida, and voices from the future

Episode 67: Erik Tryggestad reports from on the street in Kyiv, Ukraine

Episode 66: Loving neighbors in "America's jihad capital." AI comes to church. Down Syndrome is their spiritual gift and superpower.

Episode 65: The Hattie Jo Collins Story

Episode 64: Dr. Brad East REALLY doesn't want to talk about Christian nationalism

Episode 63: Philip Yancey, author of 'What Went Wrong? Russia's Lost Opportunity and the Path to Ukraine'

Episode 62: Christian nationalism, LGBTQ+ students at Christian schools, and deep inside the Vatican

Episode 61: Christian attitudes on immigration, earthquake recovery in Turkey, and the national champion Freed-Hardeman men's basketball team

Episode 60: All about The Christian Chronicle's all new look

Episode 59: A Haitian Christian reports on what is happening to Christians and churches in his country. Also: How one ministry is using coffee to bring estranged Christians back together

Episode 58: When Communion gets stale, how might it become fresh again? (Bob Waldron, author, 'Food for the Journey')

Episode 57: A preacher loses everything in a wildfire. An old radio ministry is new again. An 11-year old baker competes on Food Network.

Episode 56: Making peace in Kansas City, a teen grieves her mom and finds her faith, and puppets bring Bible stories to 50 million. Plus a Bible bowl bonus segment (at home with the Tryggestads).

Episode 55: Excellence in Ministry (Dr. O.J. Shabazz)

Episode 54: Minister burnout on the rise, Black history is Christian history, a waiting list for people waiting to hear the Gospel

Episode 53: Should LGBTQ+ faculty and students (and those who affirm them) have a place and a voice at Abilene Christian University?

Episode 52: Insurance is choking churches, stories from a historic Church of Christ landmark, and how to write fiction for Christian young people

Episode 51: The rise of the "nones," a gospel revolution in Cuba, and unicorns in Texas

Episode 50: Almost a million Bibles for Europe, a plea for the "Restoration Plea," and a deacon "Forged in Fire"

Episode 49: The Christian Chronicle news team talks about the biggest stories of 2023

Episode 48: 'The Anxiety Opportunity' and better Christian politics in 2024 (Curtis Chang)

Episode 47: John Johnson is Santa Claus

Episode 46: "Holy Sexuality" at ACU, art of living hands-free, Waffle House Church of Christ

Episode 45: The Gospel According to Pat Boone

Episode 44: Remembering Landon Saunders (Mike Cope and Candace Nicolds)

Episode 43: What good is grad school for congregations and their ministers? PLUS Bible bowl bonus segment. Guests: David Shannon, Dr. Frank Yamada, Amy Bowman

Episode 42: Christians in Israel conflict, The Gospel Advocate and The Spiritual Sword, honoring Howard and Jane Norton

Episode 41: Fewer Church of Christ kids going to Church of Christ schools, the mission field on Christian college campuses, and how to win Gen Z to Christ

Episode 40: A church cares for victims of a mass school shooting, Al Robertson talks about 'The Blind', and what it's like to visit 13 churches in 10 states

Episode 39: 'Male & Female God Created Them: A Biblical Review of LGBTQ+ Claims' (Dr. Rubel Shelly)

Episode 38: After Botham: Healing From My Brother's Murder By a Police Officer (Allisa Charles-Findley)

Episode 37: How COVID is still affecting churches, a Christian sniper dies in Ukraine, and refugees helping refugees in Austria, plus BONUS Bible bowling with Jonathan Stormant

Episode 36: The inside scoop on Mayfair Church of Christ becoming a campus of Crossings Community Church (and lessons for your congregation)

Episode 35: New York Times columnist David French talks about Christians and politics

Episode 34: At home with Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, the future of Christian journalism is now, and a congregation and its minister celebrate 50 years together (PLUS a post-credit Bible bowl bonus track)

Episode 33: PIVOT: The Priorities, Practices, and Powers That Can Transform Your Church Culture (Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer)

Episode 32: Must ministers be married? Out of prison and into pastoral care. A congregation that grows its own ministers.

Episode 31: Harding University closing its Memphis campus; loving neighbors in the hardest neighborhood; faith nights at MLB ballparks

Episode 30: Thirty-seven (37) baptisms on one college football team on one night! The rise of personal spiritual directors. Women in the church need women in the church.

Episode 29: The Sound of Freedom, 'Shark Tank' at a Ghanaian Christian college, a bus ride to reconciliation and justice

Episode 28: Lee Camp of the No Small Endeavor live stage show, podcast, and (now) national radio show

Episode 27: Why do church members skip church? What is it like to leave an instrumental church for an a cappella one? And a baptistery shortage (really)!

Episode 26: From Russia with love (for Ukrainians), how Danny Mills didn't die (when doctors didn't give him much of a chance), and the car crash that ended with two baptisms

Episode 25: Is money the cause (or solution) of the minister shortage? We go there.

Episode 24: Mike Cope on the present and future of preaching

Episode 23: Babies, moms, families, and the Church of Christ community one year after Dobbs (Audrey Jackson, Jerry Callens, Verlon Johnson)

Episode 22: Juneteenth in Texas, a word from an elder in Angola, and ministering to those with chronic pain

Episode 21: Why can't preachers retire? Big money wants to profit from worship. A congregation for those with special needs.

Episode 20: Astronaut Victor Glover on Communion (in space), creation, discipleship, and doubt

Episode 19: The church plants are coming (National Church Planting Sunday), abortion pill and religious freedom in federal courts, and this one's for the birds (in Montana)

Episode 18: A deacon's wife who forever changed politics in a city of 1.3 million. And the story of church that became a hospital.

Episode 17: Michael F. Bird, author of 'Religious Freedom in a Secular Age: A Christian Case for Liberty, Equality, and Secular Government'

Episode 16: Keeping churches and schools safe, Bible bowling is getting big with kids in Texas, and keeping shape note singing alive for 140 years

Episode 15: Defending libraries, young people seeking revival (what kind?), and how to baptize a Bible student on the other side of the world

Episode 14: A poet, a preacher, and a singer reflect on the resurrection of Jesus

Episode 13: A poet, a preacher, and a worship minister each reflect on the death of Jesus

Episode 12: Asbury students talk about the Asbury Revival. What really happened?

Episode 11: Sex crimes in the church (Jimmy Hinton, author of 'The Devil Inside')

Episode 10: Jesus Revolution, saving families in Tanzania, God raises the dead on a Texas highway

Episode 9: Relief efforts in Turkey, the future of Christian higher education, and what Black heroes can teach us all

Episode 8: Keith Lancaster on 40 years of Acappella (and the future of worship music)

Episode 7: News from Ukraine, ministering to ministers, and a congregation writes a book

Episode 6: Tyre Nichols, ministers struggling in South Africa, and our two youngest guests ever

Episode 5: Richard Hughes talks about 'The Grace of Troublesome Questions'

Episode 4: Pentecost in Chicago, a win for religious liberty, and dwelling in the Word

Episode 3: Ministers, legacies, and legends

Episode #2: The Chosen, visiting Israel, Joy McMillon

Episode #1: News from Ukraine, 105 years and done, and why a podcast now?