Podcast Overview

Author

Going No Contact

02/01/24

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

Is it okay for Christians to cut off contact with someone? Is it okay to cut off contact with family members? What about forgiveness?
Dare to Lead BONUS Episode

01/31/24

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

In this month's extra book club episode, we are discussing Brené Brown's book: "Dare to Lead." We talk about mixing secular and Biblical sources and the right and wrong way to do that.
The Decline of Christianity in Europe and the West

01/16/24

5 mins

By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Magnus Persson

agnus Persson joins Scott and Caleb Keith to discuss the decline of Christianity in Europe.
334: MacDonald - The Cause of Spiritual Stupidity

01/08/24

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

The Man Who Sold The World. In this episode, we discuss what attachment to things rather than Christ gets us while reading George Macdonald’s Unspoken Sermons. The conversation leads us through the topics of higher and lower things, bread-making, willing and wanting, God-gifted vocations, and how to properly end a sermon.
- Preaching
- Vocation
Ratzinger, voluntarism, and Islam

12/06/23

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

Nearly two decades ago, Pope Benedict XVI (formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) delivered what is often called the Regensburg lecture. Though it was meant to rekindle the relationship between faith and reason (or science and theology) in higher education, much of the world—or at least the Muslim majority world—got distracted by a brief reference he made to a fifteenth-century dialogue about Islam, its theological voluntarism, and the consequences of such a view of God.
Episode 256: Education as Formation

12/05/23

8 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, Mike and Wade are joined by Prof. Joshua Johnson from the college to discuss education as formation. Despite Wade’s best efforts, the guys got a little distracted at a few points, but we think it was fun, and the topic is one we hope to return to in the future.
- Education
Art and Faith BONUS episode

11/14/23

6 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

In this book club episode, we discuss "Art and Faith" by Makoto Fujimura. This was a book recommended to us, and we sort out the parts of this book that we appreciated, and the parts where we would disagree.
- Art
- Faith
- Book Review
- Vocation
Prosperity Gospel and the Family

10/30/23

4 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

This is an episode done in front of a live audience at the 2023 "Here We Still Stand" Conference in San Diego, California. Katie and Gretchen kick off a new series talking about prosperity gospel, and the way that it sneaks into our idea of families.
Humility vs. Insecurity

10/20/23

6 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

This week, Gretchen and Katie talk about what it means to be humble, as opposed to feeling insecure in our vocations.
325: Ristau - The Word and Armor of God

10/15/23

11 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

One More Movie Reference Ought to Do It. In this episode, we discuss God’s Word and Armor. We return to Harold Ristau’s book, Spiritual Warfare: For the Care of Souls, to converse about God’s Word, ministry, being a soldier in the army of Christ, and angelic backup, and we make many movie references as we go!
People Pleasing or Loving Your Neighbor

10/10/23

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

Gretchen and Katie talk through a listener suggested topic of people pleasing. They talk about their own struggles in this area, and how people pleasing can be the opposite of vocation, or interfere with vocation.
Vocation and Evangelism with Loso

09/26/23

5 mins

By Kelsi Klembara

Loso is a hip-hop recording artist and one of the world's top battle rappers.