Author

  1. Augustine on the Modern Condition with Steve Kruschel

    book
    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. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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?

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 428: Postman - A great narrative... has sufficient credibility, complexity, and symbolic power to enable one to organize one's life around it

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

  11. Has Lutheranism Failed?

    book
    01/11/26
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman | Scott Keith
    Has Lutheranism Failed? In this episode, the Thinking Fellows discuss the purpose and aim of the church to examine if Lutheranism in America has failed.
    Has Lutheranism Failed?

  12. How Education Problems Affect Handing Down the Faith

    book
    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.
    How Education Problems Affect Handing Down the Faith