The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… Debt ceiling Battles (parallel with Solomon’s ruling about cutting the baby in half, as a foreshadowing of dividing the nation) ... GUEST Jerry Bowyer ...Host of the new podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance , @Affluent_Invest, former columnist @Forbes .com Just returned from Israel today... 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 ... (also the problem with Christian book endorsements) Great is my Faithlessness: My Faithfulness is nebulous and enigmatic—nondescript in a thousand ways ... GUEST S.A. Morrison ... author of “With Those Who Weep: A Theology of Tears” ... married her college sweetheart and has had the delight of partnering with her husband in ministry for the last ten years Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Tuesday full! Like… Unequally Yoked: how couples navigate when one attends or believes and the other isn’t interested ... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church Milestones we can celebrate ... GUEST Anna Broadway ... author of “Sexless in the City: A Memoir of Reluctant Chastity” ... She’s currently working on a book based on her singleness research Can You Be Born Again Without ‘Feeling’ It? ... GUEST Daniel K. Williams ... prof of history at the Univ of West Georgia and author of “Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement Before Roe v. Wade” We apologize for any live listeners, we had a power surge that knocked out our in studio microphones. so the end of the show did not go as planned.  Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Monday full! Like… 4:10 PM The Week in the Nation's Capitol (Debt limit talks continue ... + ... Sen Tim Scott launches Pres bid ... + ... DeSantis could formally announce this week) ... + ... journalists on the hook w canceled travel fees after the Pres canceled Australian leg of his trip ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent 4:35 PM Esther and the value of putting ourselves in ancient sandals as we read (from a Bible study she’s working on for Prov 31 Ministries) ... GUEST Rachel Booth Smith ... writes, teaches, and produces study tools. ... 5:10 PM On Tim Keller ... GUEST John Starke ... pastor of Apostles Church, Uptown in Manhattan ... author of “The Secret Place of Thunder: Trading our need to be noticed for a hidden life w Christ (new book), “The Possibility of Prayer: Finding Stillness with God in a Restless World" ... written for Christianity Today, Books & Culture, Comment Magazine, & has contributed chapters to "Our Secular Age: Ten Yrs of Reading & Applying Charles Taylor" and "Faithful Endurance: The Joy of Shepherding People for a Lifetime” Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

Questions for a Pastor… GUEST Josh Weidmann … serves as senior pastor of Grace Chapel in Denver CO … He is certified with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors and is the author of “The End of Anxiety” … Josh is married and has 6 children … writes regularly at joshweidmann.com

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… 4:10 PM Transformed for the Demonstration (Romans 12) .. GUEST Toni Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor & teacher from The Gracism Task Force 5:10 PM How an Oklahoma Death Penalty Case Shook Up Evangelical Views on Execution ... GUEST Emily Belz ... CT News Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Monday full! Like… 4:10 PM The Week in the Nation's Capitol (Debt ceiling deadline / talks ... + ... Southern border update ... + ... GOP 2024 update: names of possible hopefuls who have not announced ) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent 4:35 PM  Seven Secrets of the Spirit-filled Life (new book) ... GUEST Jack Levison ... internationally acclaimed scholar and award winning author of many book, incl “40 Days with the Holy Spirit: Fresh Air for Every Day,” “An Unconventional God: The Spirit according to Jesus,” “A Boundless God: The Spirit according to the Old Testament” 5:10 PM Human progress, the myth of the modern age, is increasingly in doubt ... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... Research Prof of English & Christianity & Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ... author of “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues” ... her forthcoming book (Aug 8, ‘23) is “The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images & Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis” Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Friday full! With.. 4:10 PM: When Mother's Day Hurts... GUEST Joannie Debrito ... Focus on the Family counselor, contributor, & former director of parenting 5:10 PM: Eve’s Legacy Is Both Sin & Redemption: The first woman tried to get free of God. But when she aligned herself with God’s purposes, she became the ‘Mother of All the Living ... GUEST Carmen Joy Imes ... Assoc Prof of Old Testament at Biola Univ and author of “Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters” Plus This or That, The Week in Review and More! It's all here on The Ride Home with John & Kathy. Have a great weekend!

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… 4:15: Introvert by Design: A guided Journal for living with New Confidence in who you’re Created to Be (new book) ... GUEST Holley Gerth ... WSJ bestselling author of “The Powerful Purpose of introverts,” and “What Your Mind needs for Anxious Moments” ... founded 9In)courage online community ... hosts the More than Small Talk podcast ... holleygerth.com 5:15: Can We Pray to the Holy Spirit? ... GUEST Gregg Allison ... prof of Christian theology at the Southern Baptist Theo Seminary ... he’s been w Cru for 18 years and is editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Wednesday full! Like… 4:15: Why the doctrine of the Trinity is important ... GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA 4:30: Practical engineering and NerdNite stuff ... GUEST Ralph Crewe ... is a science writer & content creator for various outlets including “Universe Today,” “Practical Engineering,” “Veritasium,” “SciShow,” and his own curious channel “Isn’t That Something” 5:15: Under the Wings of God: 20 Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith (new book) ... 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” 5:30: Originally Aired on 5/9/23... Is It Wrong to Switch Jobs Just for Better Pay? ... GUEST Amy DiMarcangelo ... author of “A Hunger for More: Finding Satisfaction in Jesus When the Good Life Doesn’t Fill You” ... find her at equippedformercy.com. Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Tuesday full! Like… 4:10 PM: Euthanasia: new Canadian survey ... 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 ... (27% think people should have access to euthanasia because of poverty (41% among the 18-34), 28% for homelessness, 43% for mental illness, and 50% for being disabled (60% among the 18-34) 4:35 PM Is It Wrong to Switch Jobs Just for Better Pay? ... GUEST Amy DiMarcangelo ... author of “A Hunger for More: Finding Satisfaction in Jesus When the Good Life Doesn’t Fill You” ... find her at equippedformercy.com. 5:10 PM I Was the Mole in a Family of Mallets How God rescued me from a life of getting whacked. Glenn E. Pearson spent 19 years as executive vice president of the Georgia Hospital Association. He and his wife currently live outside Los Angeles 5:35 PM New poems, new baby ... 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 Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

4:10 - Competitive sports & how competition can be a good thing for Christian’s… 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”. 5:10 - Faith Healing: What Is It?... 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”.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… Is there marriage in Heaven? (What will our relationships be like with family members? Do people in Heaven know what is happening on earth? Can our loved ones come back from Heaven and speak to us? Will we know if a loved one is not in Heaven? Will we remember the bad things that happened to us on earth?) ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood Human consciousness as a sign of God's creation... 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” Is God male, female, or neither? ... 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 Is AI a threat to Hollywood’s writer? why the WGA needs to get this one right — for everybody.. GUEST Alissa Wilkinson ... is the film critic at Vox.com & been writing about film & culture since 2006 ... her work has appeared at Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Vulture, RogerEbert.com, The Atlantic, and lots of places too numerous to name ... Alissa is a member of the NY Film Critics Circle, a 2017-18 Art of Nonfiction writing fellow with the Sundance Institute, & an assoc prof of English & Humanities at The King's College in NY City .. She’s co-author, with Robert Joustra, of “How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, & Politics at the End of the World” Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy. May the Fourth Be With You!

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Wednesday full! Like… Confession as a marital practice ... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... writer and photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage ," Dorothy and her husband lead marriage workshops and retreats, speak at conferences nationwide, and have been helping couples create and sustain healthy marriages for over 25 yrs The end of the world and the last days... GUEST Doug Bursch ... writer, podcaster & pastor ... the author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It” When Life seems Crappy ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co- founder and former president of EduNations Lost city of Dura-Europos ... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green .. she's the 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" ... (it has the oldest house church ever found, oldest space set aside for Xian worship, also a synagogue, covered inside w depictions of the OT w icons arranged like a Orthodox Church today) Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Tuesday full! Like… Christians on the Run in Sudan... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-and-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” ChatGPT, the online AI chatbot that has been making waves... What is it? What are the possibilities and pitfalls? What might a Christian perspective look like for AI and chatbots like ChatGPT?... GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman, Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ Attuning with God ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Monday full! Like… This Week in the Nations’ Capitol (Biden officially enters 20245 race ... + ... WH correspondent’s dinner ... + ... Trump says he may skip GOP primary debates ... + ... another bank failure) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Mary Harrington takes on The Machine ... GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Dept of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... Dr Trueman is the author of the new book, “Strange New World: How Thinkers & Activists Redefined Identity & Sparked the Sexual Revolution, and “The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, & the Road to Sexual Revolution" How J. K. Rowling Played, then Lost, the Polarization Game ... GUEST Samuel James ... associate acquisitions editor at Crossway Books and writes at Insights Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Friday full! With.. Sunrise, scripture, and Thomas Merton ... GUEST Therese Borchard ... chaplain at a senior community in Annapolis MD ... writes for several publications and websites on the topic of spirituality and emotional health, as well as a blog called The Second Pilgrimage found on her website, thereseborchard.com. The Most Important Question: Who are You? (At GCC we say, “The more you know about who you are, the more you will appreciate who we are”... GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City College ... Prior to returning to his alma mater, Pres McNulty spent over 30 yrs in Washington DC as an attorney in public service and private practice, before being appointed to the positon of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the US Department of Justice Plus This or That, The Week in Review and More! It's all here on The Ride Home with John & Kathy. Have a great weekend!

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… Things they are a-changing … GUEST Jerry Bowyer ...Host of the new podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance, @Affluent_Invest, former columnist @Forbes .com Remembering Dick Groat (our 2015 interview w him) … GUEST Dick Groat Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Wednesday full! Like… Eastertide is a time to focus on the resurrection, which is a central claim of the Christian faith, but it’s one that has always generated a range of reactions, like in Acts 17 where some mocked Paul about it, some wanted to learn more, and some believed... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pgh Desire, shame/violence and envy, and why when it comes to human behavior, whether it's in our homes, churches, schools, businesses or on the playing field, the 10th Commandment (Thou shalt not covet...anything that belongs to your neighbor) is the one on which rest the first nine, and in many ways, is the most important.... 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 his latest "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, & Community" Christian cliches: not always accurate... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Tuesday full! Like… What is spiritual perseverance all about? ... 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 Autism Awareness Month ... 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” A theology of kindness... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA Homelessness in Allegheny County: a 12-year high: how is The Commons impacting the situation? What about interactions w law enforcement? ... GUEST Jerrel Gilliam ... Eexecutive Director, Light of Life Mission Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Monday full! Like… This Week in the Nations’ Capitol (Biden to announce 2024 bid this week ... + ... New polls show country doesn’t want Biden-Trump rematch ... + ... Abortion pill access remains during litigation ... + ... House to vote this week on GOP debt ceiling plan) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent The Shadow of Christ in the Book of Lamentation (new book) ... GUEST Dr CJ Williams ... Prof of Old Testament Studies, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA ... previously was founding pastor of Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church, also in Pgh, and served there 1998-2005 Trust and Not Believe? Or Believe and Not Trust? Does losing faith in institutions go hand in hand with losing faith in God?... GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge ... assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ ... author of “20 Myths about Religion & Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, & Where They Are Going” ... His research appears on the site Religion in Public, & he tweets at @ryanburge Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Friday full! With.. Friendship across genders (EVERGREEN) ... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior Spring Gardening Update (too early to plant veggies/flowers? … clear out all the old stuff in the garden, adding compost … plant cool weather veggies … Overseeing the lawn … Pruning roses … Planting perennials … Half price Easter lilies, have to wait a year to see the blooms … start to fertilize indoor house plants? with what? … my boxwoods are in bad shape … what do you recommend for fungus gnats? … can a climbing plant like a philodendron be trained to trail, or do they have to grow upward? … if upward, what do you recommend other than a moss pole) … GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com Plus The Week in Review and More! It's all here on The Ride Home with Kathy. Have a great weekend!

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… Person of Interest ... 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” Sex: How does God create? (EVERGREEN) ... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church ... (originally aired 04.14.23) Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Wednesday full! Like… Died: Charles Stanley, In Touch Preacher Who Led w Stubborn Faith: First Baptist Church Atlanta pastor lived by the motto “Obey God and leave all the consequences to him” ... GUEST Daniel Sillaman ... News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith" While our outward lives are falling apart, our inner lives can grow stronger ... GUEST Sarah J. Hauser ... writer and speaker living in the Chicago suburbs w her husband & 4 kids ... author of “All Who Are Weary: Finding True Rest by Letting Go of the Burdens You Were Never Meant to Carry” “On getting out of Bed: the Burden and Gift of Living (new book) ... 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, “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” ... He has written for the Atlantic, Vox, BuzzFeed, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, & First Things ... He is also the author of "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living” Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Tuesday full! Like… Become a Sending Parent ... GUEST Bradley Bell ... former missionary who serves as the lead pastor at Antioch Church in Louisville, KY and senior editor at The Upstream Collective ... author of “The Sending Church Defined” and writes at BrokenMissiology.org House keeping and Exorcism ... GUEST Toni Turner ... Pgh-based pastor, teacher and counselor Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Monday full! Like… SCOTUS abortion pill -McCarthy vs Biden on debt ceiling debate -DeSantis backers start running campaign ads -Biden’s electric vehicle push faces public resistance - This Week in the Nation's Capitol... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent Gifts That Emerge Out of Belovedness ... 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 Music for Spring ... GUESTS Greg and Rebecca Sparks Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Friday full! With.. Gender or Sex: How does God create?… GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor,  Orchard Hill Church  New books ... GUEST Byron Borger ... owner, Hearts & Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA Plus This or That, The Week in Review and More! It's all here on The Ride Home with John & Kathy. Have a great weekend!

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood The miraculous nature of the resurrection, and how miracles and science interact... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, & Rutgers Univ ... author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith” Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy, and have a blessed Easter Weekend!

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Wednesday full! Like… Forgiveness: we all know we're supposed to do it but what does it really look like?... GUEST Dorothy Littell Greco ... is a writer, speaker, marriage coach living near Boston ... author of “Making Marriage Beautiful,” and “Marriage in the Middle: embracing midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” Jesus was fully man and his crucifixion agony must be known ... GUEST Frank Park ... Lead pastor, TOV Church The Way of Christ... is the Way of Suffering..... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Tuesday full! Like… The Story of Two Schools... 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” Connecting Bytes and Christian Beliefs.... GUEST Dr Derek Schuurman ... Professor of Computer Science, Calvin Univ Palms and Passion... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills Donald Trump Indicted ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Monday full! Like… This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Donald Trump arrives in NYC to surrender upon indictment ... + ... he flew from FL, spent night at Trump tower, courthouse tomorrow, back to FL for evening speech ... + ... polls mixed about indictment/ politics) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN NEWS White House correspondent This Holy Week, Remember You Are Going to Die ... GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Dept of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... Dr Trueman is the author of the new book, “Strange New World: How Thinkers & Activists Redefined Identity & Sparked the Sexual Revolution, and “The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, & the Road to Sexual Revolution" Monday of Holy Week & Jesus at the temple with deep sorrow ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of several books, including "Born to Wander: Recovering the Value of Our Pilgrim Identity," and her most recent, "Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality in Midlife" Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Friday full! With.. Spring Gardening Update (Getting seeds started inside/out ... Don’t turn over the garden too soon ... good time to start planting perennials ... pick daffodils, don’t cut them ... use compost to plant if the garden is too wet ... how to start composting) ... GUEST Doug Oster ... Editor of Gardening with Doug at dougoster.com Show Up: How Small Acts of Kindness Change Everything-A Guide for Exhausted Christians (new book coming soon) ... GUEST Drew Dyck ... acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers and a contributing editor at CTPastors.com ... author of “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science,” Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church...and how to Bring Them Back” Plus This or That, The Week in Review and More! It's all here on The Ride Home with John & Kathy. Have a great weekend!

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… JPMorgan Chase loses SEC challenge, must allow shareholders to consider viewpoint diversity proposal: Nation’s largest bank sought to avoid shareholder transparency on politicized debanking, called upon to participate in ADF Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index (ADF) ... GUEST Jerry Bowyer ... host of the new podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice & Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance, @Affluent_Invest, former columnist @Forbes.com A Theology of Clothing ... GUEST Rev Jay Slocum ... Rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia, PA Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Wednesday full! Like… The world feels unhinged. The cross & the empty tomb show just how deepy God is set against sin and death. ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pgh The Only Way To Be Happy... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry & Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest Clearly solving the problem of mass shootings is beyond us, but what is ONE THING you think would help? We opened the phones to figure it out.  Simple Ways To Boost Your Faith This Year... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast & radio show Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Friday full! With.. Agents of Grace: How to Bridge Divides and Love as Jesus Loved (new book) ... GUEST Daniel Darling ... author, pastor, and leader, recently appointed as the director of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary ... author of several books, incl “The Original Jesus,” “The Dignity Revolution” GUEST Keith Evans ... professor of biblical counseling and director of the Biblical Counseling Institute at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Pittsburgh Plus This or That, The Week in Review and More! It's all here on The Ride Home with John & Kathy. Have a great weekend!

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… The perils of the Evangelical church: looking a lot like the downfall of the tech industry ... GUEST Eugene Park ... assoc pastor of True North Church in Palo Alto, CA, & host of a podcast called “Off the Pulpit” What if Kids Are Sad & Stressed Because Their Parents Are?... GUEST David French ... columnist for the NYT, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law & the law of armed conflict), and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom ... He’s the author or co-author of several books incl "Divided we Fall: America's Secession Threat & how to restore our Nation" ... He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, past pres of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and co-founder of The Dispatch The Bible’s Marriage Metaphor Doesn’t Belong In the Bedroom: We can rightly look to God as husband & God as Father without making male sexuality divine ... 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 Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Wednesday full! Like… The Anchored Life (new book) ... GUEST Rev Marvin Nelson ... has been an Alliance pastor for more than 15 yrs & serves as adjunct prof at Crown College ... author of “What Good is Jesus” ... he’s married w 3 kids Projecting Hope Film Festival this weekend at Pgh Mills (3 days of free inspirational movies; complete lineup at WORDfm.com), feat “A Marriage Made in Heaven,” (starring Robert Krantz, Tom Arnold, Vivica Fox, Connie Sellecca, Paul Rodriguez) ... GUEST Robert Krantz ... is a Greek- American who graduated from USC’s film school & acted in “Back to the Future,” “Woman in Red,” “Billionaire Boys Club,” “Who’s the Boss?” & “Silver Spoons) ... he’s sold his original screenplays to Sony, 20th Cent Fox & Columbia Pictures ... Krantz produced, wrote & starred in “Faith, Hope & Love,” for which he received nominations for Best Screenplay, Picture & Actor, & won for Best Director at the Intn’l Christian Film Festival ... Krantz’s latest film is “A Marriage Made in Heaven,” which was nominated for 7 Intn’l Christian Film Festival awards, incl Best Screenplay & Director, Most Inspirational Movie, & Feature Film of the yr ... Krantz lives in SoCal w his wife & triplet sons What makes you so sure the Bible’s true? ... GUEST Clare DeGraaf ... CEO for The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Tuesday full! Like… The Secret Place of Thunder ... GUESTJohn Starke ... Pastors Apostles Church Uptown in Manhattan ... author of "The Possibility of Prayer: Finding Stillness with God in a Restless World" Dying to the Indispensable Self: Perhaps we need to hear Jesus’ words as a command to deny our default ways of valuing & measuring the self (from CT) ... GUEST Dr Jeff Bilbro ... assoc prof of English at Grove City College ... author of “Reading the Times: A Literary & Theological Inquiry into the News” and “Loving God’s Wildness: the Christian Roots of Ecological Ethics in American Literature” Managing Kids in our Entertainment Culture ... GUEST Adam Holz ... site director of Plugged In, Focus on the Family’s publication that looks at popular entertainment These States Are Devouring Widows’ Houses: A recent Supreme Court case reveals the injustice of property-tax debt forfeiture ... GUEST Bonnie Kristian ... columnist at Christianity Today and deputy editor at The Week ... 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" Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The ride home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Monday full! Like… Potential Trump indictment/arrest and GOP reaction —China’s president visits Putin —American hostage released in West Africa (Not sure if you want to do anything with “Ted Lasso” cast joining the WH briefing. They met privately with Biden to talk about importance of addressing mental health.) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent To Put on the Armor of God, We Have to Take Off the ‘Armor of Me’ Thérèse of Lisieux teaches us to have childlike faith and stop protecting our vulnerabilities. Guest: J. D. Peabody is a writer and lead pastor of New Day Church in Federal Way, Washington. This essay is adapted from Perfectly Suited: The Armor of God for the Anxious Mind by J. D. Peabody. © Aspire Press, a division of Tyndale Publishing House (2022). A strong 1st act, leads to a strong 2nd act ... GUEST Dr Kathryn (Katie) Butler (MD Columbia Univ) trained in surgery & critical care at Mass Gen Hospital & Harvard Medical School, where she then joined the faculty ... she left clinical practice in 2016 to homeschool her children, & now writes regularly for desiringGod.org, the Gospel Coalition, Story Warren, the Christian Medical & Dental Association, and other platforms on topics such as faith, medicine & the power of great stories ... author of "Between Life & Death" and "Glimmers of Grace," both books that explore medical topics from a Christian perspective, as well as "The Dream Keeper Saga," a middle-grade children's fantasy series w Christian themes Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Friday full! With.. Ascetic Superstars, Irish monks and Nuns are famous for their spiritual heroics ... GUEST Lisa M. Bitel ... Dean's Professor of Religion & Professor History, USC Basketball is a beautiful game, but not a blueprint for society (from CT) ... GUEST Paul Emory Putz ... assistant director of the Faith&Sports Institute at Baylor University Plus This or That, The Week in Review and More! It's all here on The Ride Home with John & Kathy. Have a great weekend!

The ride home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… Jesus Is Enough: Hope for the weary, the burned out, and the broken (new book) ... GUEST Jeremy Writebol ... lead campus pastor of Woodside Bible Church, Plymouth Mich 250th anniversary of 1st Pres downtown ... GUEST Rev Tom Hall ... Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, 6th Ave downtown Men's ministry: what it looks like, why it matters ... GUESTS : Eddie Jones and Justin Coaxum ... Eternal City Church, Wilkinsburg Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The ride home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Wednesday full! Like… Re-examining brain death & organ harvesting ... 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 Persistent Thoughts and Fears ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... pastor and the host & producer of The Fairly Spiritual Show radio program & podcast ... author of “Posting Peace: Why Social Media divides us & What we can Do about It” “Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936 to 1986” (new book) ... GUEST James Rosen ... reporter, historian, & bestselling author of “The Strong Man: John Mitchell & the Secrets of Watergate,” hailed by the NYT Magazine as “Pulitzer-quality biography,” and “Cheney One on One, a collection of transcripts from the 10-hour oral history Rosen conducted with former VP Dick Cheney ... With his wife, 2 sons, and 2 cats, he splits his time between Washington & the Chesapeake Bay Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

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The ride home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Monday full! Like… In Beaver County, anxiety and uncertainty under the black cloud of a rail disaster ... GUEST Salena Zito ... author of "The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics" ... writer for the Post-Gazette and Washington Examiner The Notre Dame Folk Choir - J.J. Wright Director Reading for the Love of God: how to read as a spiritual practice (new book) ... GUEST Dr Jessica Hooten Wilson ... Visiting scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine Univ (Malibu CA) ... author of "The Scandal of Holiness," "Giving the Devil His Due: Demonic authority in the fiction of Flannery O'Connor & Fyodor Doestoyevsky" Under the Wings of God: 20 Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith (new book) ... 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” Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Friday full! With.. he language of Holiness ... GUEST Marilyn McEntyre ... writer, prof, speaker ... award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies” obscures what it means to be human ... 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 Plus This or That, The Week in Review and More! It's all here on The Ride Home with John & Kathy. Have a great weekend!

The ride home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… GUEST Frederica Matthew’s 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" .... GUEST Frederica Matthewes Green... has provided commentaries for NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,” & columns for the LA Book Review, Religion News Service, Christianity Today, & Ancient Faith Publishing ... She’s published 800 essays & 11 books, incl "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity" On Asbury ... GUEST Greg Gordon ... founder of SermonIndex.net, established in 2002, from which millions of audio sermons have been distributed world- wide ... He’s also been involved in organizing 12 intern’l historic revival conference events GUEST Alissa Wilkinson ... is a film, culture and food writer ... she’s currently the senior culture reporter at Vox.com, as well as an associate professor at The King’s College ... she was a writing fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Art of NonFiction project and has written for Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, & The Washington Post ... she lives in Brooklyn w her husband Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

This Episode of The Ride Home with John & Kathy is sponsored by Food For The Poor. Give at www.wordfm.com or by phone at (855) 828-4673

This Episode of The Ride Home with John & Kathy is sponsored by Food For The Poor. Give at www.wordfm.com or by phone at (855) 828-4673

The ride home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Monday full! Like… This Week in the Nation’s Capitol ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent(Dems upset w Biden over DC crime bill ... + ... CPAC recap ... + ... Haley, Pompeo, Trump ... + ... former Gov Hogan says no to GOP Pres run in 2024 .... + ... White House to release fed budget on Thurs) In the quiet night ... 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 Young adult anxiety ... GUEST Joannie Debrito ... Focus on the Family counselor, contributor, & former director of parenting ... (Teen girls engulfed in violence & trauma, CDC finds (WashPo) Faithfulness amidst failing health ... GUEST Rev Dr Bruce Bickel Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Friday full! With.. The best forms of the doctrine still disappoint those counting on God to do the right thing ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... prof of faith & 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,” & the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels” Words Are Holy. So Why Don’t We Talk Like They Are? Christians should cherish words in a disposable age ... GUEST Paul Pastor ... senior acquisitions editor for Zondervan & author of several books, most recently “Bower Lodge: Poems” Plus This or That, The Week in Review and More! It's all here on The Ride Home with John & Kathy. Have a great weekend!

The ride home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… Choice: overlook an offense (prov 19:11) or Forgive? ... GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Sr Pastor, Orchard Hill Church Asbury Revival ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, & Rutgers Univ ... author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith” Lori Lightfoot, Defunding the police, and a free & orderly society ... 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” Plus Does This Make Sense? And more! Thanks for riding with us on The Ride Home with John & Kathy.