Lee Strobel, author and Christian apologist, is executive producer of a compelling new documentary that makes the case that science and faith are not at odds — they never were. The Story of Everything, based on Stephen Meyer's book Return of the God Hypothesis, brings together some of the world's brightest scientific minds to examine the evidence for a designer behind the universe. Lee shares why he got behind this film, what he hopes it does for young believers sitting in skeptical classrooms, and why he believes the evidence is more than enough to put your trust in.

Scientific evidence, faith under fire, and the God who matches the data: Lee walks through his go-to argument for the existence of God, why he believes most skepticism is personal before it is intellectual, and what he found when he investigated Christianity as a Yale-trained atheist and legal journalist. He also opens up about why fatherlessness and atheism are more connected than people realize, and what he wants both skeptics and Christians to walk away with after seeing this film.

Highlights
Why science, when done right, points powerfully toward the God of the Bible
How Lee's high school science classes were a major step in his journey toward atheism
The cosmological argument and what it reveals about the nature of the creator
Why most rejection of God is personal before it is philosophical or scientific
The surprising connection between fatherlessness and the rise of atheism in America
What the film says to someone who wants to believe but worries the evidence isn't there
Lee's own story, from Yale-trained atheist and Chicago Tribune journalist to follower of Christ

Resources / Links / CTA
🌐 Lee Strobel website: https://leestrobel.com
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lee_strobel
📱 X: https://x.com/leestrobel
🎬 The Story of Everything: https://www.fathomentertainment.com
📖 Book: The Case for Heaven
📖 Book: Seeing the Supernatural
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Lee Strobel, author and Christian apologist, is executive producer of a compelling new documentary that makes the case that science and faith are not at odds &mdash; they never were. The Story of Everything, based on Stephen Meyer's book Return of the God Hypothesis, brings together some of the world's brightest scientific minds to examine the evidence for a designer behind the universe. Lee shares why he got behind this film, what he hopes it does for young believers sitting in skeptical classrooms, and why he believes the evidence is more than enough to put your trust in.
Scientific evidence, faith under fire, and the God who matches the data: Lee walks through his go-to argument for the existence of God, why he believes most skepticism is personal before it is intellectual, and what he found when he investigated Christianity as a Yale-trained atheist and legal journalist. He also opens up about why fatherlessness and atheism are more connected than people realize, and what he wants both skeptics and Christians to walk away with after seeing this film.
Highlights
<ul>
<li>Why science, when done right, points powerfully toward the God of the Bible</li>
<li>How Lee's high school science classes were a major step in his journey toward atheism</li>
<li>The cosmological argument and what it reveals about the nature of the creator</li>
<li>Why most rejection of God is personal before it is philosophical or scientific</li>
<li>The surprising connection between fatherlessness and the rise of atheism in America</li>
<li>What the film says to someone who wants to believe but worries the evidence isn't there</li>
<li>Lee's own story, from Yale-trained atheist and Chicago Tribune journalist to follower of Christ</li>
</ul>
Resources / Links / CTA
<ul>
<li>🌐 Lee Strobel website: <a href="https://leestrobel.com/">https://leestrobel.com</a></li>
<li>📱 Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lee_strobel/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/lee_strobel</a></li>
<li>📱 X:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/leestrobel">https://x.com/leestrobel</a></li>
<li>🎬 The Story of Everything: <a href="https://www.fathomentertainment.com/releases/the-story-of-everything/">https://www.fathomentertainment.com</a></li>
<li>📖 Book: <a href="https://www.zondervan.com/p/the-case-for-heaven/">The Case for Heaven</a></li>
<li>📖 Book: <a href="https://www.zondervan.com/p/seeing-the-supernatural/">Seeing the Supernatural</a></li>
<li>🌐 Follow, share, and explore more of <a href="https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-talk-celebrity-christian-interviews/">Crosswalk Talk</a></li>
<li>👉 Follow, share, and subscribe for more faith-driven conversations on <a href="https://www.lifeaudio.com/">Lifeaudio</a></li>
</ul>

Join us each week on Crosswalk Talk where we interview your favorite Christian celebrities. Hear how famous Christian figures keep their faith a priority in Hollywood and discover the best Christian movies, books, television, and other entertainment.

Some of our favorite interviews include:

⭐️ Chrissy Metz and Bradley Collins Discuss Their Heartwarming Children's Book on Prayer

⭐️ Patricia Heaton and David Hunt Talk Faith, Life and Their Adoption Film Unexpected

⭐️ Willie and Korie Robertson Open Up About The Blind and the Generational Impact of Faith

⭐️ Phil Wickham Talks New Album, Songwriting, and the Deconstruction Movement

Let us know what famous Christian celebrities you want us to interview for the show!

Join us each week on Crosswalk Talk where we interview your favorite Christian celebrities. Hear how famous Christian figures keep their faith a priority in Hollywood and discover the best Christian movies, books, television, and other entertainment.
Some of our favorite interviews include:
⭐️ Chrissy Metz and Bradley Collins Discuss Their Heartwarming Children's Book on Prayer
⭐️ Patricia Heaton and David Hunt Talk Faith, Life and Their Adoption Film Unexpected
⭐️ Willie and Korie Robertson Open Up About The Blind and the Generational Impact of Faith
⭐️ Phil Wickham Talks New Album, Songwriting, and the Deconstruction Movement
Let us know what famous Christian celebrities you want us to interview for the show!

Join us each week on Crosswalk Talk where we interview your favorite Christian celebrities. Hear how famous Christian figures keep their faith a priority in Hollywood and discover the best Christian movies, books, television, and other entertainment.

Crosswalk Talk: Celebrity Christian Interviews

Join us each week on Crosswalk Talk where we interview your favorite Christian celebrities. Hear how famous Christian figures keep their faith a priority in Hollywood and discover the best Christian movies, books, television, and other entertainment.
Some of our favorite interviews include:
⭐️ Chrissy Metz and Bradley Collins Discuss Their Heartwarming Children's Book on Prayer
⭐️ Patricia Heaton and David Hunt Talk Faith, Life and Their Adoption Film Unexpected
⭐️ Willie and Korie Robertson Open Up About The Blind and the Generational Impact of Faith
⭐️ Phil Wickham Talks New Album, Songwriting, and the Deconstruction Movement
Let us know what famous Christian celebrities you want us to interview for the show!

Lee Strobel on The Story of Everything and Evidence for God

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Matt Chandler, Senior Pastor of The Village Church in Texas and author of the new book Becoming Like Jesus, has been pastoring the same congregation for nearly 25 years. He has watched 20-year-olds from the Dallas party scene get radically saved, get married, lose children, walk through divorce, battle addiction, and slowly become more like Jesus across decades. He has also survived a terminal brain cancer diagnosis, endured seven years of a painful marriage, and come out the other side convinced that the Christian life was never meant to be up into the right — and that the lie that it is has sent a generation into deconstruction.

Progressive sanctification, the Beatitudes, and the deep work only the Spirit can do: Matt unpacks why the church has over-emphasized conversion at the cost of discipleship, why holiness is not a checklist or a ladder but a lifelong journey of closing the distance between yourself and Jesus, and why the most dangerous thing you can do is expect to be a finished product at any point on the road. He also shares what it felt like to be diagnosed with incurable brain cancer in 2009, why he was with David and Jeremiah in their rawest moments with God rather than offering polished theological responses, and what he is witnessing at The Village Church right now as revival seems to be jumping from college campuses into the local church.

Highlights
Why Matt has spent 20 years wanting to write this book and what finally made it feel like time
The lie that the Christian life is up into the right and why it is sending evangelicals into deconstruction
How progressive sanctification works as a coil moving forward, not a straight line upward
Why the church has over-emphasized conversion and under-invested in the now what of discipleship
His terminal brain cancer diagnosis in 2009, what it felt like in the moment, and where he is now 17 years later
Why confession is not just telling God your sin but telling God the truth about everything in your heart
How the Beatitudes are not a checklist but a portrait of what the Holy Spirit forms in us over a lifetime
What he is seeing at The Village Church right now, record baptisms, radical salvations, and a prayer for revival to land locally

Resources / Links / CTA
🌐 Matt Chandler website: https://www.pastormattchandler.com
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattchandler74
📖 Book: Becoming Like Jesus
🌐 The Village Church: https://thevillagechurch.net
🌐 Follow, share, and explore more of Crosswalk Talk
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Matt Chandler, Senior Pastor of The Village Church in Texas and author of the new book Becoming Like Jesus, has been pastoring the same congregation for nearly 25 years. He has watched 20-year-olds from the Dallas party scene get radically saved, get married, lose children, walk through divorce, battle addiction, and slowly become more like Jesus across decades. He has also survived a terminal brain cancer diagnosis, endured seven years of a painful marriage, and come out the other side convinced that the Christian life was never meant to be up into the right &mdash; and that the lie that it is has sent a generation into deconstruction.
Progressive sanctification, the Beatitudes, and the deep work only the Spirit can do: Matt unpacks why the church has over-emphasized conversion at the cost of discipleship, why holiness is not a checklist or a ladder but a lifelong journey of closing the distance between yourself and Jesus, and why the most dangerous thing you can do is expect to be a finished product at any point on the road. He also shares what it felt like to be diagnosed with incurable brain cancer in 2009, why he was with David and Jeremiah in their rawest moments with God rather than offering polished theological responses, and what he is witnessing at The Village Church right now as revival seems to be jumping from college campuses into the local church.
Highlights
<ul>
<li>Why Matt has spent 20 years wanting to write this book and what finally made it feel like time</li>
<li>The lie that the Christian life is up into the right and why it is sending evangelicals into deconstruction</li>
<li>How progressive sanctification works as a coil moving forward, not a straight line upward</li>
<li>Why the church has over-emphasized conversion and under-invested in the now what of discipleship</li>
<li>His terminal brain cancer diagnosis in 2009, what it felt like in the moment, and where he is now 17 years later</li>
<li>Why confession is not just telling God your sin but telling God the truth about everything in your heart</li>
<li>How the Beatitudes are not a checklist but a portrait of what the Holy Spirit forms in us over a lifetime</li>
<li>What he is seeing at The Village Church right now, record baptisms, radical salvations, and a prayer for revival to land locally</li>
</ul>
Resources / Links / CTA
<ul>
<li>🌐 Matt Chandler website: <a href="https://www.pastormattchandler.com/">https://www.pastormattchandler.com</a></li>
<li>📱 Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mattchandler74">https://www.instagram.com/mattchandler74</a></li>
<li>📖 Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Like-Jesus-Everyday-Holiness/dp/1400344301">Becoming Like Jesus</a></li>
<li>🌐 The Village Church: <a href="https://thevillagechurch.net/">https://thevillagechurch.net</a></li>
<li>🌐 Follow, share, and explore more of <a href="https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-talk-celebrity-christian-interviews/">Crosswalk Talk</a></li>
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</ul>

Why Holiness Is Not a Checklist or a Ladder but a Lifelong Journey | Matt Chandler

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Alexander Pappas, founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Hillsong Young and Free, has spent 15 years writing songs that congregations around the world sing without always knowing his name. Alive, Real Love, Echo, A Great Awakening — his fingerprints are on some of the most-played worship songs of the last decade. Now he is stepping out with a solo EP called Sunday, a project born out of a season of personal doubt, a reckoning with whether ministry was done with him, and a fresh revelation about why gathering with the church every week actually matters.

Worship as strength training, the power of praise, and a God whose plan has always been Jesus: Alexander unpacks why he believes Sunday gatherings are not just services but practice sessions for the hard moments of real life, what it looks like to sing a song you don't fully believe yet until you do, and how studying Abraham and Isaac gave him a song called Always Been Jesus that traces the thread of Christ all the way back to the first time the word worship appears in Scripture. He also tells the story behind Echo, the elevation Worship hit he co-wrote and was supposed to sing before a broken tour bus changed everything, and why after 15 years he still finds the high energy praise song just as powerful as ever.

Highlights
Why Alexander named his solo EP Sunday and what it took to feel called back into making church music
How he came to see Sunday worship as strength training, a physical therapist preparing you for the hard moments of real life
The story of Always Been Jesus and how the first use of the word worship in Scripture points straight to the cross
Writing Love Won't Let Me Down out of a season of feeling let down by God, and singing it until he believed it
The broken tour bus story that kept him from being the lead vocalist on Echo, one of the most-played worship songs in the world
How alive clicked Hillsong Young and Free into their identity after early songs that sounded like Hillsong United B-sides
His current work with Lakewood Music and Hillsong Church while writing for other artists simultaneously

Resources / Links / CTA
🌐 Alexander Pappas website: https://www.alexanderpappasmusic.com
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexander.pappas
🎵 NEW EP: Sunday
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Alexander Pappas, founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Hillsong Young and Free, has spent 15 years writing songs that congregations around the world sing without always knowing his name. Alive, Real Love, Echo, A Great Awakening &mdash; his fingerprints are on some of the most-played worship songs of the last decade. Now he is stepping out with a solo EP called Sunday, a project born out of a season of personal doubt, a reckoning with whether ministry was done with him, and a fresh revelation about why gathering with the church every week actually matters.
Worship as strength training, the power of praise, and a God whose plan has always been Jesus: Alexander unpacks why he believes Sunday gatherings are not just services but practice sessions for the hard moments of real life, what it looks like to sing a song you don't fully believe yet until you do, and how studying Abraham and Isaac gave him a song called Always Been Jesus that traces the thread of Christ all the way back to the first time the word worship appears in Scripture. He also tells the story behind Echo, the elevation Worship hit he co-wrote and was supposed to sing before a broken tour bus changed everything, and why after 15 years he still finds the high energy praise song just as powerful as ever.
Highlights
<ul>
<li>Why Alexander named his solo EP Sunday and what it took to feel called back into making church music</li>
<li>How he came to see Sunday worship as strength training, a physical therapist preparing you for the hard moments of real life</li>
<li>The story of Always Been Jesus and how the first use of the word worship in Scripture points straight to the cross</li>
<li>Writing Love Won't Let Me Down out of a season of feeling let down by God, and singing it until he believed it</li>
<li>The broken tour bus story that kept him from being the lead vocalist on Echo, one of the most-played worship songs in the world</li>
<li>How alive clicked Hillsong Young and Free into their identity after early songs that sounded like Hillsong United B-sides</li>
<li>His current work with Lakewood Music and Hillsong Church while writing for other artists simultaneously</li>
</ul>
Resources / Links / CTA
<ul>
<li>🌐 Alexander Pappas website: <a href="https://www.alexanderpappasmusic.com/">https://www.alexanderpappasmusic.com</a></li>
<li>📱 Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alexander.pappas/">https://www.instagram.com/alexander.pappas</a></li>
<li>🎵 NEW EP:&nbsp;<a href="https://found.ee/sundayEP">Sunday</a></li>
<li>🌐 Follow, share, and explore more of <a href="https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-talk-celebrity-christian-interviews/">Crosswalk Talk</a></li>
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</ul>

Why Alexander Pappas Came Back to Church Music

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Kyle Idleman, Senior Pastor of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, has watched a generation fall in love with Jesus without ever submitting to Him. The Missing Messiah, co-authored with Mark E. Moore, starts with a Michael Jordan illustration that says it all: millions feel connected to Jesus the way fans feel connected to a logo, through cultural association and name recognition, without ever being close enough that following Him actually costs them something.

Discipleship, the Jesus we have domesticated, and what it means to follow a King: Kyle unpacks why the word Christ is not a last name but the New Testament equivalent of Messiah, why belief without following is not the faith of the Gospels, and what it looks like when someone treats Jesus like a drawer in the dresser of life rather than the dresser everything else fits into. He also shares what he is seeing in the spiritual awakening happening on college campuses right now, why awakening without alignment will miss the moment, and what questions every believer should be asking themselves about their bank statements, their politics, and the last time following Jesus actually cost them something.

Highlights
Why Christ is not Jesus's last name but a title meaning Messiah and King, and why that changes everything
The Michael Jordan illustration and how cultural association with Jesus is not the same as knowing Him
Why a man leaving Kyle's church because it "interfered with his life" was actually the point
The Netflix faith problem, how we have built a Jesus who matches our preferences and filters out anything that doesn't
Why the dresser illustration matters, Jesus is not a drawer in the dresser of life, He is the dresser itself
How making Jesus in our own image is not a Western problem but a human one that goes back to the Crusades and beyond
What questions Kyle challenges believers to ask themselves when they stop and honestly examine their lives
Why spiritual awakening without spiritual alignment will miss the greatest opportunity of a generation

Resources / Links / CTA
🌐 Kyle Idleman website: https://www.kyleidleman.com
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyleidleman
📖 Book: The Missing Messiah
🌐 Southeast Christian Church: https://www.se.church/watch
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Kyle Idleman, Senior Pastor of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, has watched a generation fall in love with Jesus without ever submitting to Him. The Missing Messiah, co-authored with Mark E. Moore, starts with a Michael Jordan illustration that says it all: millions feel connected to Jesus the way fans feel connected to a logo, through cultural association and name recognition, without ever being close enough that following Him actually costs them something.
Discipleship, the Jesus we have domesticated, and what it means to follow a King: Kyle unpacks why the word Christ is not a last name but the New Testament equivalent of Messiah, why belief without following is not the faith of the Gospels, and what it looks like when someone treats Jesus like a drawer in the dresser of life rather than the dresser everything else fits into. He also shares what he is seeing in the spiritual awakening happening on college campuses right now, why awakening without alignment will miss the moment, and what questions every believer should be asking themselves about their bank statements, their politics, and the last time following Jesus actually cost them something.
Highlights
<ul>
<li>Why Christ is not Jesus's last name but a title meaning Messiah and King, and why that changes everything</li>
<li>The Michael Jordan illustration and how cultural association with Jesus is not the same as knowing Him</li>
<li>Why a man leaving Kyle's church because it "interfered with his life" was actually the point</li>
<li>The Netflix faith problem, how we have built a Jesus who matches our preferences and filters out anything that doesn't</li>
<li>Why the dresser illustration matters, Jesus is not a drawer in the dresser of life, He is the dresser itself</li>
<li>How making Jesus in our own image is not a Western problem but a human one that goes back to the Crusades and beyond</li>
<li>What questions Kyle challenges believers to ask themselves when they stop and honestly examine their lives</li>
<li>Why spiritual awakening without spiritual alignment will miss the greatest opportunity of a generation</li>
</ul>
Resources / Links / CTA
<ul>
<li>🌐 Kyle Idleman website: <a href="https://www.kyleidleman.com/">https://www.kyleidleman.com</a></li>
<li>📱 Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kyleidleman/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/kyleidleman</a></li>
<li>📖 Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Messiah-Jesus-Longer-Ignore/dp/B0FVTTZJ4F/">The Missing Messiah</a></li>
<li>🌐 Southeast Christian Church: <a href="https://www.se.church/watch">https://www.se.church/watch</a></li>
<li>🌐 Follow, share, and explore more of <a href="https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-talk-celebrity-christian-interviews/">Crosswalk Talk</a></li>
<li>👉 Follow, share, and subscribe for more faith-driven conversations on <a href="https://www.lifeaudio.com/">Lifeaudio</a></li>
</ul>

Kyle Idleman on The Missing Messiah and the Jesus We've Redefined

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Lee Strobel on The Story of Everything and Evidence for God

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