Some stories in the Bible are hard to understand, let alone approve. For those who are questioning and finding it difficult to trust the God of the Bible and certain historical events as recorded in the Scriptures, it helps to hear stories from people who have worked through their own questions and doubts to arrive at healthy, more firmly held beliefs and convictions.
Why do conversations today so often descend into unhealthy arguments and cancellation? Is it possible to have meaningful, positive conversations on difficult topics with people who see the world differently? And if so, how do we do it?
Susan Lim is a history scholar and writer who decided to follow Jesus in her teenage years after having grown up in a Buddhist family. Susan shares her story from Buddha to Jesus, and its a powerful story that has reverberated through her family.
What are communication spirals and how do they contribute to the argument culture? Tim and Rick discuss these patterns of negative communication and what can trigger them.
Earlier this year, a convictional firestorm ensued over advice Alistair Begg, a prominent North American pastor and radio host of Truth for Life, gave to a woman about attending her grandchild's gay wedding. Bob Lepine, the on-air announcer for Truth for Life, speaks with Tim and Rick about how this situation provides us with an opportunity to clarify our thinking around convictions and guidelines for faithful conduct.
Can principles from law and legal education help us in our day to day disagreements with colleagues, neighbors, family and friends? Legal professor John Inazu, thinks so, and he speaks with Rick about his newly released book, Learning To Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect.
Isaac Adams and Austin Suter recount a significant disagreement they experienced in their friendship. They go back into the disagreement with Tim and Rick and discuss issues of contempt, interpersonal differences, complexities and wounds, and spiritual battle.
Connecticut state representative Trene矇 McGee, who is a pro-life member of the Democratic Party, has a knack for holding together responsibilities and convictions that dont often go together in our current political climate artist/politician and pro-life/Democrat.
Isaac Adams and Austin Suter discuss the challenges and camaraderie theyve experienced in their interracial friendship. They speak with Tim and Rick about the beginnings of their friendship and the importance of having an established relationship when the difficulties and disagreements hit.
On this segment of Reports From The Front, two of Tims students, Helena and Carson, who are studying Communications at 51勛圖窪蹋, discuss their recent experience on Unify America. They seized the opportunity to speak with their political opposites on contested issues, including abortion, and they speak with Tim and Rick about what it was like.
Tim and Rick speak with Abby Ferguson, Director of Partnerships with Unify America, on the challenges of communicating personal convictions to people we disagree with as well as progress Unify America is seeing with students who participate in the Unify Challenge College Bowl.
Jim Davis, pastor and co-author of the recent book, The Great Dechurching: Whos Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back, is back on the podcast to speak with Tim and Rick about some of the reasons why people are leaving churches.
Through our connections with CRU, a ministry that engages students and faculty on college campuses across the U.S., the Winsome Conviction Project received an invitation to provide training for a student group at UC Berkeley on how to have winsome conversations with people who hold opposing views.
In 2 Corinthians 5:20, the Apostle Paul tells Christians that they are ambassadors for Christ. Ambassadorship is part of our identity. Paul wrote these words a long time ago, so what does it look like to be an ambassador today?
Conflict in relationships is unavoidable. Healthy and successful relationships know how to counteract unhealthy communication styles and adopt alternative forms of discourse to work through the conflict.
Tim was a recent guest on the Placed For A Purpose podcast to talk about how to disagree well with our neighbors. Through storytelling from his own life and current events, Tim uses practical and Biblical wisdom to help us learn how to dialogue with our neighbors.
American psychologist John Gottman has a knack for discerning healthy arguments from unhealthy ones, and he is known for identifying pattern markers that spell doom for a relationship.
Culture changes, and rapid shifts in culture generate challenges in communication. Although the truth of the Gospel is timeless, Christians should do their homework on changes in culture and figure out how to shape the Good News so that it is hearable.
Jim Davis, pastor and co-author of the recent book, The Great Dechurching: Whos Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back, comes on the podcast to talk about the current and fastest religious shift going on in America.
Were revisiting a question we frequently get: Why bother talking to somebody if you arent going to change their mind? Especially in the argument culture, conversing with someone who wont change their mind can seem pointless, an exercise in futility.
Tim Keller was a pastor in New York City who had enormous influence far beyond the city limits. He died of pancreatic cancer in May 2023. One of his many influences that is sure to endure will be on how to engage public life with faithful Christian witness.
Why bother having a discussion if the other party isnt going to change their mind? Fair question, and its one we get a lot. So, lets consider what makes the struggle of sticking with it worth it.
It can get messy when you seek to have a faithful presence in your community and love your neighbors while holding to your theological convictions. Greg Stump, pastor at Redeemer Church in La Mirada, CA, is back on the podcast to talk through how he navigated having faithful presence when presented with a great ministry opportunity in his neighborhood.
Can we love our neighbors if we dont even know them? This question helped to kickstart a summertime series on interfaith conversations at Redeemer Church in La Mirada, CA, to engage people and leaders of different faiths in the community.
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