Episodes

  • Preparing Your Church for AI
    Sep 14 2024

    Artificial intelligence is all around us, with uses in medicine, business, transportation and many other things. It also has uses in the church. Ed Stetzer talks with Gloo Ventures Managing Partner Steele Billings about the intersection of faith and this emerging technology and how churches can use it and help their congregations understand it.

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    47 mins
  • Engaging Jesus and the Gospels with Our Senses
    Sep 7 2024

    Our physical senses are crucial to gaining knowledge of the world around us. Yet when it comes to Bible reading, we often reduce it to a mere cognitive experience, ignoring the Psalmist's invitation to "taste and see that the Lord is good." Ed Stetzer talks with Biola's Jeannine Hanger about how Jesus, who took on flesh, engaged the senses in his teaching, ministry and interactions with people. They'll talk about the importance of us engaging our senses when reading the Bible to enrich that faith experience.

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    47 mins
  • Why We Believe
    Aug 31 2024

    We all have friends, family or someone special in our lives that we want to share our story of faith with. For each of us, our tale of what brought us to a belief in Christ is uniquely different. Ed Stetzer sits down with world-renowned psychologist and leadership expert Dr. Henry Cloud about the details of his own life that led him to his belief in Christ. They'll also talk about the great questions we are often afraid to ask, that also give life great meaning.

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    47 mins
  • Finding Hope in the Midst of Pain
    Aug 24 2024

    As believers, we often live in the tension of relying on God in a broken world. For some of us, that can lead us to doubt, as we wonder why God allows us to suffer through suffering and injustice. Ed Stetzer talks with Lisa Victoria Fields about how our emotional pain from our life experiences can often be at the root of our doubt. We'll delve into how wrestling with these ideas can bring us healing and deepen our faith.

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    47 mins
  • Staying Unified with God and Each Other
    Aug 17 2024

    As brothers and sisters in Christ, we want to love each other well, but problems inevitably creep in, causing divisions. Ed Stetzer talks with Pastor Brady Boyd about the effort it takes to stay unified with our spiritual family. They'll talk about Paul's words to the church in a contemporary context with practical challenges to put peaceable unity into action.

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    47 mins
  • Walking through the Bible
    Aug 10 2024

    Would you like to know more about the Bible? Ed Stetzer will take you on a tour. He'll talk with Carlos Campo and Aaron Ross from the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. They'll talk about the Bible's rich history, the stories of the heroes of faith in the Old and New Testaments and they'll walk through first-century Nazareth, and Jesus' ministry. Join them and discover the impact the Bible has had through the centuries and continues to have today.

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    47 mins
  • Healing our Racial Divide
    Aug 3 2024

    The racial divide in our culture continues to make headlines. The good news is that the Bible has a lot to say about how to heal our persistent conflicts concerning race. Ed Stetzer talks with popular Bible teacher and pastor Derwin Gray about God's vision for a reconciled multiethnic family, that reflects his beauty and healing presence in the world.

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    47 mins
  • Partnering with People with Disabilities in the Church
    Jul 27 2024

    As believers, our call to reach the world with the gospel supports the idea of a diverse church. But studies show the majority of people with disabilities are unreached by the gospel. And when people with disabilities enter the church, the church often struggles with how to respond. Ed Stetzer talks with Wheaton College's Rochelle Scheuermann about how we can be more welcoming and how people with disabilities can contribute to the congregation.

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    47 mins