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Episode 273: W/Todd Komarnicki

Phil interviews film producer Todd Komarnicki of acclaimed Elf fame about his experience as a Christian in Hollywood. This week on the podcast! Check out Faithblox here Listen to the episode | Download the episode | Find this episode on iTunes

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Episode 272: Immigration & the Church w/Liz Dong

Liz Dong is two things that usually don’t go together – an undocumented immigrant AND an evangelical Christian. She’s also a immigrant advocate with World Relief, as well as a member of the Evangelical Immigration Table. Having read a piece she wrote for Time Magazine, we invited Liz to stop by the studio and talk […]

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Episode 271: End Times, Football Protests & Toilet Money

It’s a potluck podcast! Christians predict the world will end… last Saturday? Plus, the story of two committed Christians in the NFL, both philanthropically active, both known for taking a knee on the field. Yet one is a hero and the other a villain. We’re talking about Tim Tebow and Colin Kaepernick, and it’s a […]

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Episode 270: Imaginative Prayer w/Jared Patrick Boyd

Do we spend too much time trying to know about God, and too little time actually getting to know God? Author, pastor and spiritual director Jared Patrick Boyd joins the show to talk about experiencing God through the practice of “Imaginative Prayer.” Plus, Christian is back from France and Phil’s got a bone to pick […]

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269: Muslims and Christians w/Carl Medearis

Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? What are our differences? What do we have in common? Author Carl Medearis has been working and living among Muslims in some of the most dangerous places on earth for the last 25 years, and joins the podcast to tell us what he’s learned. Plus… white Christians […]

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Episode 268: Parenting Q&A w/Elizabeth Smith

Raising healthy, happy, godly kids isn’t easy. This week we asked you for your parenting questions, and invited family ministry expert Elizabeth Smith to join Phil to come up with answers! Check out Faithblox here Listen to the episode | Download the episode | Find this episode on iTunes

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Episode 267: Race in America

Slavery ended in America with the stroke of a pen in 1865, but the 13th Amendment didn’t end institutional racism. Not even close. Phil and his law professor brother Rob recently taught a class that touched on the Black Lives Matter movement, asking and attempting to answer the question, “Why so angry? Isn’t racism over?” […]

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Episode 266: A Long, Crazy Road to God w/Christopher Yuan

Christopher Yuan has a captivating story to tell about his struggle with sexual identity, his Chinese immigrant parents, and God. Oh… and dental school. And prison. But not in that order. He stops by the studio to unpack the whole tale! Plus… Confederate monuments in the news, Welsh seminarians get their own beer, and, oh […]

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Episode 265: Movies as Prayers W/Josh Larsen

Are movies a form of prayer? Josh Larsen, film critic and host of NPR’s Filmspotting radio show and podcast, joins the gang to talk movies and his new book, Movies Are Prayers, where he looks at movies and finds in them classic forms of Christian prayer. Also – thoughts about Charlottesville, race, and in the […]

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265: Movies as Prayers W/Josh Larsen

Are movies a form of prayer? Josh Larsen, film critic and host of NPR’s Filmspotting radio show and podcast, joins the gang to talk movies and his new book, Movies Are Prayers, where he looks at movies and finds in them classic forms of Christian prayer. Also – thoughts about Charlottesville, race, and in the […]

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