Author

  1. Augustine on the Modern Condition with Steve Kruschel

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    09/29/26
    6 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Steve Kruschel
    Kelsi chats with pastor and author, Steve Kruschel, about his latest devotional, ⁠A Year of Confession with Augustine: 365 Daily Devotions for the Restless Heart⁠.
    Augustine on the Modern Condition with Steve Kruschel

  2. The Ache of Living this Side of the Sky with Laura Wifler

    book
    09/15/26
    5 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara
    Kelsi chats with author, Laura Wifler, about her first book of poetry, This Side of the Sky: 101 Poems and Scriptures for the Hungry, Hopeful, and Homesick.
    The Ache of Living this Side of the Sky with Laura Wifler

  3. Christianity: Antidote to Progress with Eddie LaRow

    book
    08/04/26
    4 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara
    Kelsi chat with author and editor, Eddie LaRow, about his forthcoming book, After Progress: How an Ancient Faith Roots a Restless Generation, the needs of those of us living in a digital age, and how those needs are met time and again by Christ and the cross.
    Christianity: Antidote to Progress with Eddie LaRow

  4. The Lutheran View of Baptism with Brian Thomas

    book
    06/08/26
    5 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Brian W. Thomas
    Kelsi interviews Pastor Brian W. Thomas about his latest book with 1517 Publishing, ⁠By Water and the Word: God's Gift of Baptism for You⁠ at the latest Northwest Arkansas HWSS conference.
    The Lutheran View of Baptism with Brian Thomas

  5. The Future of Family with Scott Keith

    book
    05/11/26
    4 mins
    By Scott Keith | Kelsi Klembara
    1517 Executive Director Scott Keith joins Kelsi to discuss his new book, ⁠Being Family: Passing Down the Faith Through the Generations⁠.
    The Future of Family with Scott Keith

  6. Does God Have a Plan for Your Life?

    book
    05/05/26
    5 mins
    By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman
    The Thinking Fellows examine a common question about the Christian life and God’s power and plans.
    Does God Have a Plan for Your Life?

  7. 436: Schuldheisz - Luther and the Lion

    book
    04/17/26
    12 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley | Sam P. Schuldheisz
    The Lutherans, the Lion, and the gifts of Narnia. In this episode, we talk with Pastor Sam Schuldheisz about his forthcoming book, Luther and the Lion: A Narnian Catechism. We discuss how Lewis (and other Inklings) can help us catechize children and adults, how stories lead us deeper into the biblical narratives, and vice versa. How can great myths and stories be employed in Christian apologetics when seen through Christian liturgy and sacraments? Now is the best time to reintroduce great Christian authors, great myths, and great stories, and the best of all stories — the gospel of Jesus Christ — can carry us out of our churches into a world that’s wounded and can’t find true healing that only Christ can give.
    436: Schuldheisz - Luther and the Lion

  8. Demons Are Real But Christians Don’t Need to Be Afraid

    book
    04/10/26
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Bruce Hillman | Adam Francisco
    Contemporary Christianity often ignores or understates the realities and existence of spiritual warfare and spiritual beings. The naturalistic Western world views these things as superstitious. How can Christians talk about the existence and work of demons without being sensationalized?
    Demons Are Real But Christians Don’t Need to Be Afraid

  9. 434: Guite - The Music of Creation

    book
    03/28/26
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Where do the Children Play? In this episode, we read an Easter message from the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem. Then we read Malcom Guite’s Lenten meditation on creation, the embodiment of heavenly music, and why J.R.R. Tolkien expressed a profound, deep truth through not-so-fictional fiction stories. This and much, much more in this episode of the Banned Books podcast.
    434: Guite - The Music of Creation

  10. Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World

    book
    03/17/26
    6 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara
    Kelsi chats with author, Laurie Krieg, about her newest book (coauthored with her husband Matt), ⁠Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World⁠, to answer how we keep the gospel as our foundation as we teach and guide our children through increasingly complex sexual issues today.
    Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World

  11. 429: Lewis - "'Nature gives most of her evidence in answer to the questions we ask her"

    book
    02/20/26
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    A Church as Big as the Cosmos! In this episode, we enter into Lent with a reading from C.S. Lewis’ The Discarded Image. We discuss the medieval understanding of life, the universe, and everything— how it can help the churches today deepen their “vision” of how God orders the universe, the church, and the human being. We converse about the Grail legend, how God’s Word encounters and changes people, being lost in the Garden, how Christ ministers through others, and being annoyed by death. This and much, much more on this week’s episode of Banned Books.
    429: Lewis -

  12. The Season of Lent (and the Entire Christian Life) with Christopher Richmann

    book
    02/17/26
    4 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Christopher J. Richmann
    Christopher Richmann teaches religion and is assistant director for teaching and learning with the Academy for Teaching and Learning at Baylor University.
    The Season of Lent (and the Entire Christian Life) with Christopher Richmann