4:10 PM - This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Democrats help GOP Speaker pass foreign aid bills … + … US and Israel silent on Israeli retaliation against Iran … + … Trump trial begins in NY) GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. 4:35 PM - Dorothy Day: A Starter Kit … GUEST Myles Werntz … Director of Baptist Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, Abilene Christian Univ. 5:10 PM - Common Fallacies in an Age of Outrage … GUEST Steve Bateman … has been senior pastor of First Bible Church in North Alabama for over 30 yrs and is author of “Brothers, Stand Firm! Seven Things Every Man Should Know, Practice, and Invest in the Next Generation”

Why Birding? … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person. Memorizing Scripture: The Basics, Blessings & Benefits of Meditating on Gods Word (new book) … GUEST Glenna Marshall … author of “The Promise is His Presence” and “Everyday Faithfulness” … she writes regularly at GlennaMarshall.com

Prayer ... GUEST Sarah Sanderson ... writes & speaks about faith, trauma recovery, & the beloved life ... her first book, “The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate,” dropped in Aug 2023. What We Can Offer If We Uncircle the Wagons ... GUEST Carrie McKean ... West Texas–based writer whose work has appeared in NYT, The Atlantic, and Texas Monthly magazine ... carriemckean.com. Can Women Ask Men Out? ... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.

Receiving a Kingdom; responding in Worship ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh. Jesus v Evangelicals: A biblical critque of a Wayward Movement ... GUEST Constantine Campbell ... Professor & Associate Research Director at Sydney College of Divinity ... He is a New Testament scholar, jazz musician, and the author of several books. Prayer ... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God”.

This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Iran attack on Israel ... + ... Trump NY criminal trial begins ... + ... 2024 election polls tightening ... + ... Abortion becomes even bigger topic) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent. SCOTUS: rulings on the 2nd Amendment could radically change how gun laws are administered ... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College. The Way They Should Go: How To Make It Easier For Your Child To Be A Christian ... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com. National Poetry Month (“The Thing about Fake Flowers”) ... GUEST Joel Kurz ... parish pastor in a Missouri college town who has had poetry, essays, and reviews in various journals over the years.

Spring Gardening (cool weather plants, pansies, violas too. Starting seeds indoors and out ... + ... Planting those Easter flowers ... + ... What to do if your daffodils are not blooming ... + ... Take pics of spring blooming bulbs so you know where to plant in the fall ... + ... Enjoying the fleeting flavoring flowers ... + ... Free garden seminar Sunday w me) ... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com. National Poetry Month ... GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Elegy Beta," and "Phases" ... His poems, essays, translations, and academic articles appear widely ... He teaches English at Seattle Pacific Univ ... Follow his work at mischawillett.com.

Climate & Energy: the Case for Realism ... GUEST Dr Cal Beisner ... President of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, an interdisciplinary scholar in philosophy, religion, economics, the history of political thought, and environmental ethics. Gratitude: Why Giving Thanks Is the Key to Our Well-Being ... GUEST Dr Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga ... senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich ... author of many books, incl the Christianity Today Book Award winners “Not the Way It's Supposed to Be,” “Engaging God's World,” and “Reading for Preaching, and our favorite, “Under the Wings of God”. Science & Faith in Harmony ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith". originally aired 2.1.24, 4:35.

Reporting on Religion ... GUEST Ken Chitwood ... professional religion nerd, working as scholar & newswriter ... Ken is president of the Religion News Association, the premier membership association for journalists reporting on religion, also Editor of ReligionLink, Faith and Immigration Reporter for Sojourners magazine and European Correspondent for Christianity Today. The Truth in True Crime: what investigating death teaches us about the meaning of life (new book) ... GUEST J Warner Wallace ... Dateline featured Cold-Case Detective, Author, Speaker, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, & Adjunct Prof of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and Southern Evangelical Seminary ... newest book, “Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World That Rejects the Bible”. the Vatican’s “Dignity’s Infinita:” human dignity amidst moral & social problems ... GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7 books, inluding “Beyond the Abortion Wars,” and “Resisting Throwaway Culture” ... his most recent book is “Bioethics for Nurses: a Christian Moral Vision” ... Charlie advises the Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the US & the pro-life commission of the Archdiocese of NY ... He & his wife Paulyn have 4 kids, 3 of whom they adopted from a Filipino orphanage in 2016.

Beyond Ethnic Loneliness The Pain of Marginalization and the Path to Belonging-Guest: Prasanta Verma. What Is The Tree of Life? GUEST Father Tom Soroka.

I Skipped Church for Three Yrs: My spiritual loneliness brought me back ... GUEST Luke Helm ... writer and coach working out of Grand Rapids, Michigan I Loved Studying Math. I Needed God to Show Me Why ... GUEST Francis Su author of “Mathematics for Human Flourishing” and a Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College Upcoming show ... GUEST Jeff Allen

What does it mean to Watch and Pray?... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood. A truth equally upsetting: The modern theory of evolution (not neo Darwinism) supports intelligent design & biblical truth. And it shows the harmony between science & faith ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... his new book is “Science and Faith in Harmony,” and is also author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”. Reading the Old Testament Through Ancient Egyptian Eyes: Learning abt the land of Pharaoh helps us understand the people of Israel in their context ... GUEST Carmen Joy Imes ... Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”. Caitlin Clark & Taylor Swift are good for our national life ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, by Jonathan Haidt ... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” ... and most recently, “The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead” ... his substack is chrismartinfyi. Adopting a Resurrection Identity ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co- founder and former president of EduNations. Pascha... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green ... author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"

A pastor in Israel, who is preaching the gospel, worked through his rage at Hamas and has been able to love his enemies — supporting both Israelis and Palestinian Christians ..... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&- work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”. A pastor in Israel, who is preaching the gospel, worked through his rage at Hamas and has been able to love his enemies — supporting both Israelis and Palestinian Christians ..... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&- work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”. GUEST Lauren Daigle.

This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Biden Easter/Transgender flap ... White House Easter Egg Roll ... + ... Uncommitted voters in Wisconsin's Tue Primary) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent. Taking a trip with your high school-aged daughter... GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... writes on personal, spiritual, & social healing ... she’s author of several books, including her latest, “To be Made Well: an invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope” ... she hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast ... a grad of Princeton Univ & Princeton Sem, she lives w her husband & 3 kids in western CT. Isaiah 57:1,2 GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co- author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".

This week in the nation’s capital ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent. Dynamics of Public Speaking ... GUEST Calvin Troup ... President of Geneva College and Adjunct Professor at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. The Misunderstood Reason Millions of Americans Stopped Going to Church: The defining problem driving people out is ... just how American life works in the 21st century ... GUEST Jake Meador ... Editor-in-Chief of Mere Orthodoxy ... author of “In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World” and “What are Christians for?: Life Together at the End of the World”.

How Fish Survive Hydro Turbines & April 8th Eclipse... GUEST Ralph Crewe ... science writer & content creator for various outlets including “Universe Today,” “Practical Engineering,” “Veritasium,” “SciShow,” and his own curious channel “Isn’t That Something”. Pets aren’t People... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... author of “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues”.

Your Church Needs Your Contentment from the new book: "A Call to Contentment: Pursuing Godly Satisfaction in a Restless World ... GUEST David Kaywood ... Senior Associate Pastor, Eastside Community Church. Festival of Homiletics: Sustaining and Nurturing the Preaching Life ... GUEST Rev Dr Karoline Lewis ... Professor and Chair of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary, St Paul Minnesota and Program Director, Festival of Homiletics. Justice Elected: The uneven history and ethical questions of electing Pennsylvania Judges ... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College.

10th anniversary at Christian Associates: what has she seen? ... GUEST Rev Liddy Barlow ... Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania. Least religious cities and the loss of institutional trust.... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge ... assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ ... author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” ... His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryanburge. The Witness of Women Is Written on the Walls: I needed female heroes, and I found them in ancient churches ... GUEST Lanta Davis ... author of the forthcoming “Becoming by Beholding,” and teaches at the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan Univ.

The After-effects of Abortion ... GUEST Pam Irizarry ... Exec Director for Deeper Still Pittsburgh ... provides Hope, Healing and Restoration to women and men who have experienced emotional and spiritual heartache from the aftereffects of a past abortion. Is there a Christian call to support Israel? ... GUEST Jan Markell ... Founder/Director Olive Tree Ministries ... www.olivetreeviews.org. Thousands of churches will likely close down. What happens to all that real estate? A new book called “Gone for Good” looks at the ways that churches could be reused for the public good in the future ... GUEST Bob Smietana... Religion News Service.

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden visiting all battleground states ... + ... Trump’s legal twists and turns ... + ... Pence will not endorse Trump ... + ... Biden/ Netanyahu tensions) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN White House Correspondent. My Body Is Not A Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church ... GUEST Dr. Amy Kenny ... is a disabled scholar and a Shakespeare lecturer whose research focuses on medical and bodily themes in literature. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images & Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis (new book)... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... author of “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues”. Originally aired 08.07.23, 5:10pm.

Saint Patrick the Forgiver: The History and Legends of Ireland's Bishop (children’s book) ... GUEST Ned Bustard ... graphic designer, children’s book illustrator, author, and printmaker ... his works include, “It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God,” the “Veritas Press Legends & Leagues series”, “The Chronicles of Narnia Comprehension Guide,” and “Bigger on the Inside: Christianity and Doctor Who”. Lent... GUEST Dr Amy Peeler (evergreen) ... assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill ... author of “Women and the Gender of God”. originally aired 02.29.24, 5:10pm.

Visible Grace: learning to see the church as Jesus does (new book) ...  GUEST Caleb Batchelor ... Boyton Beach, FL. Liturgy In The Wilderness: How the Lord’s Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age  … GUEST DJ Marotta … priest and the founder of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA and author of “Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age” and the forthcoming “Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era & Place”. On the impulse to Jesus Juke ... GUEST Bonnie Kristian ... Editorial Director of Ideas & Books at Christianity Today ... author of "A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today" and "Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, & Corrupting Christian Community". Food for Thought: The Theological Life of Pi —The mind-boggling discoveries of computers & what we—and God?—still may never know (CT) … GUEST Dr Russell Howell … professor of mathematics at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA … (holds degrees in mathematics & computer science) … co-editor & contributor to “Mathematics in a Postmodern Age: A Christian Perspective” and “Mathematics Through the Eyes of Faith”.

4:10 PM - Blonde Orthodoxy: What Is a Woman? It Begins with Biology … GUEST Katie McCoy … author of “To Be a Woman: The Confusion Over Female Identity & How Christians Can Respond … PhD in Systematic Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theo Seminary (TX), where she served on faculty for 5 yrs … her research incl the patterns of justice for women in OT laws as well as the intersection of theology, gender & women's studies. She serves as Director of Women’s Ministry at Texas Baptist. 4:35 PM - Solo Planet: How Singles Help the Church (new book) … GUEST Anna Broadway … has written for The NYT, WSJ, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Christianity Today. 5:10 PM - Vocation: our various callings from God … GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland.

4:10 PM - The Hamas attacks in Israel have a grotesque ideological history & deserve unflinching moral judgment (CT) … GUEST Mike Cosper … founder of Harbor Media & Director of Podcasting for Christianity Today … host of “Cultivated: A Podcast about Faith & Work” and the acclaimed “The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill” … author of “Faith Among the Faithless: Learning from Esther How to Live in a World Gone Mad,” “Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World,” “The Stories We Tell: How TV & Movies Long for & Echo the Truth”. 5:10 PM to 5:25 PM Generational curses: are they a real thing? … GUEST Dr Roger E. Olson … Emeritus Prof of Christian Theology at Baylor Univ … author of over 20 books incl “The Story of Christian Theology” and “The Journey of Modern Theology”.

4:10 PM - GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. 4:35 PM - To Know Him by Name … "Messianic Prophecy Revealed" (new book) ... Messianic Rabbi K. A. Schneider ... Host of the Discovering the Jewish Jesus program. 5:10 PM - My last thought is love … GUEST Patty Scott Patricia … lives in PA with her husband and 4 sons … she combats all the testosterone in her home by pouring her heart and her remaining kidney into developing relationships with women as a women’s Bible study teacher at her church.

4:10 PM - On premarital counseling ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood. 4:35 PM - The Origin of Life … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... his new book is “Science and Faith in Harmony,” and is also author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”. 5:10 PM - The process of creating a new women's study Bible (releasing Apr ‘24) … GUEST Carmen Joy Imes … Associate professor of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author, most recently, of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters”.

Paul’s Prescription for Political Anxiety in 2024 ... GUEST Steve Bateman ... has been senior pastor of First Bible Church in North Alabama for over 30 yrs and is author of “Which ‘Real’ Jesus? Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, & the Early American Roots of the Current Debate” and “Brothers, Stand Firm! Seven Things Every Man Should Know, Practice, and Invest in the Next Generation”. A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men... GUEST Chris Martin ... a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, and communications consultant ... He writes regularly in his Substack newsletter, Terms of Service, and his new book is entitled A Wolf In Their Pockets. GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.

4:10 PM - How a Seminary Professor Forgave His Son’s Killer… … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World” 4:35 PM - Vulnerable Groups Deserve Protection: That Includes Embryos "A person's a person no matter how small." … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine. 5:10 PM - “Turning Tables: Reclaiming Sacred Space” from John 2:13-23 ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills.

4:10 PM - This Week in the Nation’s Capitol with GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.  4:35 PM - The most overlooked step in Discipleship ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... ... the host & producer of The Fairly Spiritual Show radio program & podcast ... author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It” . 5:10 PM - Counter Catechesis: You Have Heard it Said (innovative ways to illustrate how the culture presses its narrative on us in deliberate contradiction to what Jesus taught) ... GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co-author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".

Christian Moms Feel More Pressure to Get It Right: Today’s resources aim to offer reassurance instead of adding to the weight parents already feel … GUEST Kelsey Kramer McGinnis … musicologist and educator based in Iowa … regular contributor to Christianity Today. What does it mean to be “spiritually compatible”? … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless & Young Adults. Lent… GUEST Dr Amy Peeler … assoc prof of New Testament at Wheaton College and assoc rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Ill … author of “Women and the Gender of God”. Prosecutors not disclosing favorable.  information to defendants …GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … law professor at Saint Vincent College.

Use Joel 2:12-13 to consider the difference between outward performative repentance and inward heart ‘rending’. During Lent many people do the former, but God calls us to the latter.….GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pgh. GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It:  365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com . GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ...   psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA.

Park Street Divided… GUEST Daniel Silliman … News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith". The mysteries of Leap Years. What they are, why they occur, and how they reveal an underlying order in our universe that points to a Creator. … GUEST Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink … research scholar at Reasons to Believe … PhD in astrophysics from Iowa State Univ … author of “Escaping the Beginning?,” “Is There Life Out There?,” and “Who’s Afraid of the Multiverse?,” and coauthor of the Impact Events student devotional series … Jeff is a project scientist at UCLA. Unlocking the 3rd commandment. It's so much more than not cussing. It's the sentence season and millions of Christians around the world are fasting, praying and examining themselves in an attempt to be ready to celebrate Easter day and the joy of being a loved. Forgiven child of God saved by Jesus. A fresh look into the ten commandments with a particularly close look into the 3rd commandment, has this pastor understanding its meaning in New, exciting and challenging ways. GUEST  Rev Jay Slocum … Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA.

 early sprouting, deer, Doug’s free online garden classes. Getting the garden ready, organizing/ordering seeds.... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com. The place of reverence in worship… GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA. Early Court Rulings on Preferred Pronouns in the Workplace -Guest:  Rich Osborne is a Constitutional Law Fellow with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. The history of Downs - Guest: Amy Julia Becker helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture. She is the author of To Be Made Well, White Picket Fences, Small Talk, and A Good and Perfect Gift. She is a guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast. Becker is a graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv).

GUEST Eugene Park ... associate pastor of True North Church in Palo Alto, California, and host of a podcast called “Off the Pulpit”. Silent Revival: How silence restores us to ourselves and to Christ... GUEST Aryana Petrosky ... Senior Manager of Partnerships and Projects. Arise and Shine: How to Be the Light That Ignites Hope in a Dark World... GUEST Allyson Golden ... is the creator of the online ministry Words Are Children, where she champions women in their faith.

Coming to Pgh ... GUEST Jeremy Camp ... Throughout his 18-year career, Capitol CMG artist Jeremy Camp has sold over 5M albums and has crossed a billion streams across streaming services ... with 41 #1 radio hits across all formats, he was Billboard’s #2 artist of the Decade in 2010 ... 1 GRAMMY® nomination, 3 American Music Award nominations, 5 Dove Awards and 4 ASCAP “Songwriter of the Year” Awards. Middle America is dying hard (Wash Examiner) ... GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post; she previously wrote for The Atlantic & the Pgh Tribune Review, and now is a contributor to the Post-Gazette. Christ and Cancel Culture: A lesson from the Alistair Begg controversy (CT) ... GUEST Dr Gavin Ortlund ... president of Truth Unites and theologian- in-residence at Immanuel Nashville. ... author of eight books, including “Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't”.

This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Trump’s first criminal trial begins next month ... + ... Trump ordered to pay $355 million in fraud civil suit ... + ... Biden world still reeling from “elderly man with poor memory” description ... + ... Ukraine aid stalled ... + ... Alexey Navalny, Putin critic, is dead ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent. Can Self-Help Books Really Help? ... GUEST Hannah Anderson ... author who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of VA ... Her latest book, “Life Under the Sun,” considers the wisdom of Ecclesiastes.

The Super Bowl washing of the feet ad from He Gets Us … GUEST Mike Cosper  … founder of Harbor Media and Director of Podcasting for Christianity Today … host of “Cultivated: A Podcast about Faith & Work” and the acclaimed “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” … author of “Faith Among the Faithless: Learning from Esther How to Live in a World Gone Mad,” “Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World​,” “The Stories We Tell: How TV & Movies Long for & Echo the Truth”. Sabbath Is Not a Luxury Good: God designed weekly rest to be holy for all people, not just the economically stable… GUEST Adam Gustine … author of “Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom” and co-author of “Ecosystems of Jubilee: Economic Ethics for the Neighborhood” … He works at the Univ of Notre Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study. Faith in the Therapy and Counseling Profession… GUEST Dr Toya Jones, LCSW, EdD … Univ of Pgh School of Social Work Assistant Prof, BASW Program Director … As a social worker and licensed therapist, her goal is to improve the quality of life for the individual, family, & community of marginalized and less privileged populations.

CCO GUEST - Being a Person of Faith in the Therapy and Counseling Profession - Guest:Dr. Toya Jones, LCSW, EdD, is a University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work Assistant Professor, BASW Program Director, and a person of faith. As a social worker and a licensed therapist, her main goal is to improve the quality of life for the individual, family, and community of marginalized and less privileged populations.  How to Study the Bible- CCO  Guest-Jacob Rodriguez is assistant professor of New Testament at Trinity School for Ministry, in Ambridge, PA, a seminary just north of Pittsburgh. Previously, he served as a teacher and pastor in Ethiopia, England, and Washington, DC. Jacob completed his doctorate in New Testament at the University of Oxford. Jacob's passion is to equip students with the life-changing power of the Gospel through studying Scripture deeply.  Taking Care of a Grateful Faith An excerpt on sanctification and conceit from theologian Cornelius Plantinga’s new book, Gratitude.

This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Biden / Special Counsel ... + ... Trump on NATO ... + ... Trump on Haley's husband ... + ... Defense Sec back in hospital) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent. Maintaining Institutional Value : what are the foundation pillars that made Redeemer thrive in NYC ... GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co- author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms". The Super Bowl washing of the feet ad from He Gets Us ... GUEST Mike Cosper ... founder of Harbor Media and Director of Podcasting for Christianity Today ... host of “Cultivated: A Podcast about Faith & Work” and the acclaimed “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” ... author of “Faith Among the Faithless: Learning from Esther How to Live in a World Gone Mad,” “Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World,” “The Stories We Tell: How TV & Movies Long for & Echo the Truth”.

Super Bowl 2024:  Chiefs v 49ers … GUEST Craig Wolfley … is a  former NFL offensive linemen and played 10 seasons for the Pgh Steelers ... Craig, along with Bill Hillgrove & Max Starks, is an in-game commentator for the Pittsburgh Steeler Radio Network, and co-hosts their morning talk show, "In The Locker Room," which airs during training camp on another network. Why faith leaders lost the battle against online sports betting: Legalized sports gambling now represents billions of dollars. Faith leaders in the few holdout states know the odds are against stopping  … GUEST Bob Smietana… Religion News Service.

Vocational ministry: How college students can be part of God's plan for leading the church of the future (Jubilee) ... GUEST Rev Carolyn V. Poteet ... Lead Pastor, Mt Lebanon Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Redemptive Entrepreneurship (Jubilee guest) ... GUEST David Montague ... founder and Director of the Memphis Teacher Residency. Empathy, our neighbors and the Arts ... GUEST Dr Mary McCampbell ... writer, speaker, educator .... Her publications span the worlds of literature, film, and popular music, and this interdisciplinary focus is present in her book, “Imagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy”.

Telos: vision & purpose for each season of life ... GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” ... Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/ retreats, speak at conferences nationwide. Meta, Snapchat, X, TikTok, and Discord grilled by bipartisan panel about addressing widespread safety concerns ... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” ... also a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, & communications consultant. Inter-generational discipleship (2Tim 2:2) ...GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations. Fool-for-Christ: a role that some prayerful people might choose to play ... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green ... author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".

A Valentine’s Story... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”. Jesus Freaks in the Taylor Swift Era: Blessed are those who are weird for righteousness’ sake, not just dabbling in baseless conspiracy theories about a pop star & the NFL (from CT) ... GUEST Matthew Malec .... research assistant at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. U2 at the sphere, Grammys and the God who sings over us.... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills.

This week in the Nation’s Capitol (Military strikes against Iran-backed groups ... + ... Biden team bracing for classified docs report ... + ... proposed immigration bill divides Republicans ... + ... Taylor Swift, Joe Biden reelection conspiracy theory)... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent. Jubilee ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in- chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” ... also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”. GUEST Father Jason Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA.

The Importance of Eye Contact ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”. Sabbath Is Not a Luxury Good: God designed weekly rest to be holy for all people, not just the economically stable ... GUEST Adam Gustine ... author of “Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom” and co-author of “Ecosystems of Jubilee: Economic Ethics for the Neighborhood” ... He works at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study.

Enduring Hardness as a good soldier ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood. Science and Faith in Harmony (new book, dropping in 2 wks) ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith". How SCOTUS decides issues: legal philosophy & other good stuff .... GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College ... received his law degree from Harvard magna cum laude, served as federal prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, and prof of law at Duquesne Law School, where he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the grad class in both 2011 and 2007, and was named Duquesne Law School’s 2007 Teacher of the Year by the Association of American Law Schools ... author of two major works on criminal law and has published 11 law review articles in various journals across the country.

What the book of Hebrews meant when it said that Jesus is the “substance” of the Old Testament “shadows”, and how that can change the way we read and understand the Bible ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh. Are You More Empathetic Than God?... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com. A Wide Place to Stand: Ch 3 of “The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope”...GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, & Community". February/Valentine’s Day as a single, and/or “Is it OK to date multiple people at once?” ... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.

How to Disagree and Be Better For It … GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma"  ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” …  She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com. De-Construction/De-Churching ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and  “Improbable Planet”. Forgiveness … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.