Podcast Overview

Author

436: Schuldheisz - Luther and the Lion

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.
428: Postman - A great narrative... has sufficient credibility, complexity, and symbolic power to enable one to organize one's life around it

02/14/26

12 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

We Don’t Need No Education. In this episode, we read The End of Education by Neal Postman, discussing the mechanisms of public education, religious catechesis, the influence of the Enlightenment and psychoanalysis on contemporary learning, and what happens when fiction replaces truth as the basis of meaning. This and much, much more on today’s show!
How Education Problems Affect Handing Down the Faith

12/30/25

4 mins

By Caleb Keith | Scott Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman

Reading and education outcomes in the United States have been declining for decades. In this episode, the Thinking Fellows examine how these trends have impacted Christian education and what Christians can contribute to America’s education crisis.
- Education
- Catechesis
When Christians Contradict Themselves

12/01/25

6 mins

By Caleb Keith | Bruce Hillman | Adam Francisco | Scott Keith

The Thinking Fellows examine the Ligonier 2025 State of Theology Survey. They identify a major recurring theme: Christians are contradicting themselves.
Luke 18:1-18 – Pentecost 19 (C)

10/13/25

5 mins

By John W. Hoyum | Steven Paulson

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the nature of prayer in connection to the parable of the unjust judge.
Monday, August 4, 2025

08/04/25

13 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the Lord’s Prayer.
- Christian History
- Prayer
Persistent Prayer (Luke 18:1-8)

07/03/25

5 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Scott Keith

In this episode of Tough Text, Scott Keith and Dan Price explore the parable of the persistent widow from Luke 18.
When NOT to pray for sin

04/11/25

5 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

Sins that lead to death, and sins that don't, but all sins are still sins.
- Sin
- Prayer
All the Things We Say to God

03/27/25

7 mins

By Gretchen Ronnevik | Katie Koplin | Tanner Olson

Tanner Olson is a poet, author, and speaker. He has a book soon to be released with Zonderkids, on all the things we can pray to God.
- Prayer
- Book Review
- Art
- Family
381: Kleinig - The Things That Make a Theologian

02/15/25

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Who Made Who? Today, we read an essay by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig about what makes a theologian. Dr. Kleinig explains Martin Luther’s threefold description of how the master of theology, the Holy Spirit, makes one a theologian through contemplative prayer, meditating on Scripture within the communion of saints, and being translated into the kingdom of heaven by God’s Word—all this and much more on this week’s episode of the podcast.
Psalm 6 Jeff Macare sings "How Long?"

02/07/25

4 mins

By Chad Bird

When everything seems to conspire against us...
Gregory of Nyssa

11/26/24

5 mins

By Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman

The Fellows discuss St. Gregory of Nyssa's Catechetical Discourse, a series of objections and answers to confessions of the Christian faith.
- Church Fathers
- Catechesis