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Stephen Mansfield, the acclaimed New York Times best-selling author, has highlighted the growing popularity of Mormonism—a belief system with cultic roots—and the implications of its critical rise. Mormons are moving into the spotlight in pop culture, politics, sports, and entertainment via presidential candidates like Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, media personality Glenn Beck, mega-bestselling Twilight author Stephenie Meyer, and The Book of Mormon, the hottest show on Broadway.

Every Sunday night I will release the next Chuck Missler teaching until we go through every book of the bible. He doesn't go over every verse and sometimes does broad strokes on a few chapters but he thoroughly covers each book He teaches through week by week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Jezebel Unhinged Tamura Lomax traces the use of the jezebel trope in the Black church and in Black popular culture, showing how it is pivotal to reinforcing men's cultural and institutional power to discipline and define Black girlhood and womanhood. Drawing on writing by medieval thinkers and travelers, Enlightenment theories of race, the commodification of women's bodies under slavery, and the work of Tyler Perry and Bishop T. D. Jakes, Lomax shows how Black women are written into religious and cultural history as sites of sexual deviation.

Eric Jacobsen shows how three pieces of glass - car windshields, TVs, and smartphones - are emblematic of significant societal shifts that have created a cultural habit of physical isolation. We feel increasingly disconnected from the people and places around us. Jacobsen explains how adopting everyday practices and making changes in our neighborhoods can help us create a sense of belonging and rediscover what belonging in a place looks like.

Despite the human race's extraordinary capacity for invention and progress, we clearly have a millennia-old blind spot in one all-important area: We don't understand evil -- what it is, how it works, and why it so routinely and effortlessly ruins our lives. Put another way, we don't understand ourselves.

Brought to you by Penguin. From “one of the greatest storytellers we have” (Robert Bly), an urgent invitation to allow the oldest stories — and the Greatest Story — to reshape our own. There’s an old Irish belief that if you aren’t wrapped in a cloak of story you will be unprepared...

Think No Evil is the first insider account of the tragic events, the personal victories and the daily Amish life in Nickel Mines, written by a native of the Amish community who still lives and works where most of his relatives are Old Order Amish. Against the rich and fascinating backdrop of Amish culture, Beiler reveals the best of the human spirit in the midst of the worst, and leaves us all drawn heavenward, the richer for it.

Tim Scott, an African-American US senator, and Trey Gowdy, a white US congressman, won’t allow racial lines to divide them. They work together, eat meals together, campaign together, and make decisions together. Yet in the fall of 2010 - as two brand-new members of the US House of Representatives - they did not even know each other. Their story as politicians and friends began the moment they met and is a model for others seeking true reconciliation.

Discover audio sermons from the renowned "Prince of Preachers" brought to life through the power of artificial intelligence. Listeners can expect to receive powerful messages of faith, hope, redemption and more from one of the most influential preachers in history. Join us for inspiring sermons that will challenge you to think deeply and grow spiritually. Spurgeon's Sermons is your go-to source for timeless wisdom on living a Christ-centered life.

Peter begins as a bold, brash, spiritually dull disciple, but after Pentecost he changes. God forms him into a powerful foundation for the emerging church. By exploring each of the instances where he appears in the Bible, we seek to learn how we can grow as disciples ourselves.

The idea that religion has undergone a radical change since the Christian Reformation—from totalitarian and socially repressive to private and relatively benign—is a familiar part of the story of secularization. It is often invoked to explain and justify the liberal politics and world view of modernity. And it leads to the view that "politicized religions" threaten both reason and liberty. Asad's essays explore and question all these assumptions. 

Are you misunderstood for choosing to wait for physical intimacy? Do old relationship patterns challenge your commitment to wait? Do you worry you'll stay faithful but still end up alone? Are you wondering how you're expected to wait for physical intimacy when it feels so exhausting? Welcome! Let's talk honestly about love, desire, and waiting. This podcast will help you discover what it feels like to be truly loved, build a deeply connected and safe marriage, feel whole and confident before marriage, and navigate the wait with hope and practical guidance. Hey! I'm Maria, the wife to a ...

JT Burcham hosts weekly conversations with interesting people doing fascinating projects in the Ohio community. Entrepreneurs, ministry leaders, politicians, and athletes—all working to build a better tomorrow in your backyard.

Navigating life’s chaos with God’s wisdom. Real conversations about faith, family, and calling - because life’s messy, but God’s truth still leads the way.

Joy In The Journey is a weekly sister-to-sister conversation between two friends who dig deep into God's Word to bring hope, truth, and practical encouragement to women walking through real life. It's not a sermon. It's not a lecture. It's the kind of kitchen-table conversation a woman needs on her drive to work, while doing the dishes, or late at night when the world has gone quiet. Every episode delivers truth from Scripture that meets you exactly where you are — and gives you something to carry into your day. Listeners leave encouraged, comforted, challenged, and hungry to spend more time...

Not the only thing under construction on I-70. 🚧Welcome to Carpool Confessions of the Chronically Aware with Kate Shaw & Kelley Bryson, where two working moms in tech talk faith, healing from trauma, anxiety, motherhood, emotional wellness, and the beautiful mess of becoming who God’s calling us to be.Because around here, the roads aren’t the only work in progress. 😉🎙️ Real Talk. Unfiltered. Always Aware.

From the author of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, an account of how the rejection of the imago Dei is unraveling Western culture and how we might recover what it means to be truly human As church attendance falls, suicide rates climb, and birth rates plummet, Christian pundits have...

The Asian Radical Tradition is a podcast hosted by theologian Dr. Ki Joo 'KC' Choi and journalist Yanan Rahim N. Melo, exploring what it would look like for Asian American Christians to face their complicity in Western imperialism and choose the alternative of a radical gospel.Engaging present-moment politics, economics, and culture, each episode asks: what does faithful discipleship demand of Asian American Christians in this moment, and what changes are needed to follow the radicality of Jesus and his gospel?This is a podcast for Asian Americans who refuse to separate faith from justice, and...

H.O.T. Convos (Honest - Open - Transparent Convos) is a podcast where we bring the real questions to the table. This isn’t about winning arguments or “owning” the other side; it’s about listening well, asking better questions, and letting Scripture, story, and solid research shape the conversation.Each episode, our host and guests dive into controversial or uncomfortable topics with respect, courage, and curiosity, critiquing ideas, not people, and aiming for solutions rather than despair. Sometimes we land on a shared conclusion; other times we end with “I still disagree, but I ...

Conversations about God, His Word, and the Christian life. This podcast is a ministry of Church of the Good Shepherd in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Visit us online at goodshepherdws.com