Your Own Personal Exegesis
While I haven’t seen it, there is a new play about teenagers that’s gathering steam in a new York city theatre. Billed and reviewed as a coming of age comedy, the play is about a church, it’s youth pastor, and…
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Episode 144: “What Should We Make of Rachel Held Evans’ Children’s Book?” A Discussion with Elizabeth Urbanowicz
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Billie Eilish and our Kids
Our kids are growing up in a day and age where it is seen as normal and right to determine your own borders and boundaries for what you believe is ethically right, and what you believe is ethically wrong. The…
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Inclusivity Education and God’s Design
I’ve learned over the years that it’s important to pay attention to youth culture stories that leave us scratching our heads while wondering what we’re reading is actually true. Knowing the emerging trends allows us to address them from a…
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Morality as a Matter of Taste
One of the most astute cultural critics I’ve come to know and follow is Dr. Carl Trueman, a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. In a recent article in First Things magazine, Carl makes this observation:…
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Judging In Love
My friend, youth worker Jeff Travis, offers this timely advice to parents and youth workers alike: “As culture has pushed further and further away from anything that could be interpreted as judgmental, I think there has been an even further…
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Discipline and Love
One of the great undercurrents driving so much in today’s youth culture and culture-at-large is the belief that everyone has been given the right to define right and wrong however they might choose. In addition, it is now seen as…
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Episode 122: “Expressive Individualism, Social Imaginary, Deathworks, and More” with Carl Trueman
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Episode 117: “Another Gospel?” with Alisa Childers
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Episode 79: “Life, Sexuality, and a Christian Worldview” with Nancy Pearcey
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Episode 60: “Sacrificing Truth on the Altar of Relevance?” with Duffy Robbins and Marv Penner
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Duffy Robbins Marv Penner Eastern University Grove City College Pittsburgh Kids…
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