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September 13, 2024
The Way Home Podcast: Tim Goeglein on American History and Christian Patriotism
Today, we have Timmothy S. Goeglein on The Way Home Podcast! Tim served as the deputy director of the White House Office of Public Liaison and currently serves as the vice president of external relations at Focus on the Family and serves as a senior fellow at The King’s College. Today on The Way Home Podcast, we discuss American History and its preservation, how to engage in patriotism and citizenship Christianly, and Goeglein’s new book Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Story. If you want to learn more about how to navigate and preserve America’s history Christianly or simply learn more about Tim Goeglein’s work, then this episode is for you!
Show Notes
Tim Goegelin:
Tim Goeglein is Vice President of External and Government Relations for Focus on the Family, a Christian ministry and nonprofit organization, in addition to serving as senior fellow at The King’s College. Formerly, he served as a special assistant to President George W. Bush and as a deputy director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. He was the President’s principal outreach contact for conservative and faith-based groups. Moreover, Goeglein advanced Bush’s brand of “compassionate conservatism” by helping to establish the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Tim’s extensive resumé includes serving as a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation and as a communications director for U.S. Senator Dan Coats of Indiana and Gary Bauer at the Campaign for Working Families. Tim has authored a memoir, The Man in the Middle: Faith and Politics in the George W. Bush Era. He and his wife, Jenny, have two sons.
Guest’s Books: The Man in the Middle: An Inside Account of Faith and Politics in the George W. Bush Era(2011), American Restoration: How Faith, Family, and Personal Sacrifice Can Heal Our Nation(2019), Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Story(2023)
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August 23, 2024
The Way Home Podcast: John Kilner On Christian Bioethics
Today, we have Dr. John F. Kilner on The Way Home Podcast! John Kilner is the recently retired Franklin Forman Chair of Ethics in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author, contributor, and editor to over 20 books and has contributed to and written in many mainstream publications. Today on The Way Home Podcast, Dan and John discuss Christianity’s relationship to Bioethics through the lens of the image of God and innate human dignity. If you want to learn more about, or simply learn more about Dr. Kilner’s work, then this episode is for you!
Show Notes
John Kilner: Is the former Franklin Forman Chair of Ethics, Professor of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture, and the Director of Bioethics Degree Programs at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. From the 1994 founding of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity until 2005, Dr. Kilner served as the Center’s President and CEO. He presently serves as an Emeritus Fellow in the Academy of Fellows of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity. A frequent speaker and seminar leader, he most commonly addresses issues related to resource allocation, age-based and other forms of rationing, treatment termination, physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, human cloning, assisted reproduction, genetic intervention, stem cell research, ethical methodology, cultural values, and social change.
Guest’s Social Media:
Twitter/X: @johnkilner
Facebook: John Kilner
Guest’s Books: Why the Church Needs Bioethics: A Guide to Wise Engagement with Life’s Challenges(2011), Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God(2015), Why People Matter: A Christian Engagement with Rival Views of Human Significance (2017).
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August 9, 2024
The Way Home Podcast: David Dockery On the History and Future of Christian Education
Today, we have Dr. David S. Dockery on The Way Home Podcast! David S. Dockery is the 10th President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also serves as Distinguished Professor of Theology, Executive Editor of the Southwestern Journal of Theology, and Director of the Dockery Center for Global Evangelical Theology. He is regarded as one of the most recognized leaders and senior statesmen in the world of Christian higher education. Today on The Way Home Podcast, Dan and David discuss the history and future of Christian Education, and how Christians are poised to shape the future of higher education. We also discuss David’s new book, Special Revelation and Scripture (Theology for the People of God)(2024), and his long history as a preeminent scholar of the doctrine of inerrancy. If you want to learn more about Christians in higher education, or simply learn more about President Dockery’s work, then this episode is for you!
Show Notes
David S. Dockery: Prior to his service at Southwestern, Dockery served as the 15th President of Union University for nearly two decades during which time the enrollment more than doubled, the net assets of the institution more than tripled, the budget quadrupled, and Union vaulted to a place of national leadership in Christian higher education. Union experienced 16 straight years of enrollment increases while seeing the number of donors to the institution nearly triple. Much of this took place in response to the strategic implementation of four distinctive and far-reaching institutional plans, which included the major development and renovation of the campus while surpassing the goal of a $100 million comprehensive campaign.
Dockery also helped to guide Union’s response and recovery in 2008 to an EF-4 tornado, one of the largest natural disasters ever to hit an American university campus. Following his years of service as President and University Professor of Christian Thought and Tradition, Dockery was named President Emeritus. He also served for more than five years as the 15th President of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School before the institution named him honorary Chancellor and Professor of Christianity and Culture. He previously served as the Chief Academic Officer at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also held a tenured faculty position in theology and New Testament. He has also served as a visiting or affiliate faculty member at a number of institutions.
Dockery has served as President of the Evangelical Theological Society and as Board Chair for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. In addition, he has served as Chair of the Consortium for Global Education and the Christian College Consortium. He is the only person to ever serve in this combination of leadership positions. Dockery currently serves as President of the International Alliance for Christian Education.
Guest’s Content: Christian Higher Education: Faith, Teaching, and Learning in the Evangelical Tradition(2018), Christian Worldview Handbook(2019), What Does It Mean to Be a Thoughtful Christian? (Questions for Restless Minds)(2022), Special Revelation and Scripture (Theology for the People of God)(2024)
As you move toward the cross this Lenten season, check out my book The Characters of Easter.
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July 15, 2024
The Way Home Podcast: David Bhansen On the Christian Role in Secular Life
Today, we have David Bhansen on The Way Home Podcast! Bhansen is the founder, managing partner, and CIO of the Bhansen Group. He is also a board member for the National Review, a contributor to Forbes, and a scholar with the Acton Institute. Today on The Way Home Podcast, Dan and David discuss the Christian’s role in business and the secular sphere, and how the Kingdom of God extends beyond the pew and pulpit. We also discuss David’s new book, Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life. If you want to learn more about Christian economic activity, or simply learn more about David Bhansen’s work, then this episode is for you!
Show Notes
David L. Bhansen: Is the founder, managing partner, and CIO of the Bhansen Group. Prior to launching The Bahnsen Group, he spent eight years as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and six years as a Vice President at UBS. He is consistently named one of the top financial advisors in America by Barron’s, Forbes, and the Financial Times.
He is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, and Fox Business, and is a regular contributor to National Review. He hosts the popular weekly podcast, Capital Record, dedicated to a defense of free enterprise and capital markets. He is a regular lecturer for the Acton Institute and the Center for Cultural Leadership. David is a founding Trustee for Pacifica Christian High School of Orange County and serves on the Board of Directors for the Acton Institute. David’s true passions include anything related to USC football, the financial markets, politics, and Chinese food. His ultimate passions are his wife of 22+ years, Joleen, their children, Mitchell, Sadie, and Graham, and the life they’ve created together on both coasts.
Guest’s Content: Podcasts, Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It (2019), There’s No Free Lunch: 250 Economic Truths(2021), Mis-Inflation: The Truth about Inflation, Pricing, and the Creation of Wealth(2022), Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life(2024)
Facebook: David Bhansen
Instagram: @davidlbhansen
Twitter/X: @DavidBhansen
As you move toward the cross this Lenten season, check out my book The Characters of Easter.
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June 13, 2024
The Way Home Podcast: Malcolm B. Yarnell III On Education for the Christian Life
Today, we have Malcolm Yarnell on The Way Home Podcast! Dr. Yarnell is the research professor of theology in the School of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has an M. Div. from Southwestern, a Th. M. from Duke University, and a Doctorate from Oxford. Today on The Way Home Podcast, Dan and Dr. Yarnell discuss the importance of education and training in ministry and the Christian life, as well as Dr. Yarnell’s new book, the first volume of a systematic theology titled God .If you want to learn more about how to educate Christians in their history and theology, or simply learn more about Dr. Yarnell’s work, then this episode is for you!
Show Notes
Malcolm B. Yarnell III: Dr. Yarnell serves as research professor of theology in the School of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to his service as research professor, Dr. Yarnell served as vice president for Academic Affairs and academic dean at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and associate dean of the School of Theology at SWBTS. Dr. Yarnell has given invited lectures at Aberdeen University, Elstal Theologisches Seminary in Berlin, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Oklahoma Baptist University, Oxford University, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a member of several academic societies including, American Academy of Religion, the Evangelical Theological Society, the Ecclesiastical Historical Society, and the Sixteenth Century Society. Dr. Yarnell is married to Karen and they have five children.
Guest’s Content: The Fourth Strand of the Reformation: The Covenant Ecclesiology of Anabaptists, English Separatists and Early General Baptists (2018), Who Is the Holy Spirit?: Biblical Insights into His Divine Person (2019), God (Volume 1) (2024)
Twitter/X: @MusingsOnChrist
As you move toward the cross this Lenten season, check out my book The Characters of Easter.
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May 10, 2024
The Way Home Podcast: Michael Graham on the Great Dechurching
Today, we have Michael Graham on The Way Home Podcast! Michael is the program director for the Gospel Coallition’s Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics and a writer and producer for their As In Heaven podcast. Today on the Way Home Podcast, we discuss a book co-authored by Michael and Jim Davis, The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? If you want to learn more about current trends in American church attendance, what to do about it, or just wish to learn more about Michael’s work, then this episode is for you!
Show Notes
Michael Ghram: Michael Ghram is the program director for the Gospel Coallition’s Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics and a writer and producer for their As In Heaven podcast. He has a Masters of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Fl. He and his wife, Sara, attend Orlando Grace Church with their two kids.
Guest’s Content: As in Heaven Podcast, The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? (2023),
Instagram: mikegwrites
Twitter/X: @msgwrites
As you move toward the cross this Lenten season, check out my book The Characters of Easter.
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April 4, 2024
The Way Home Podcast: Mark Tooley on Christian Realism
Today, we have Jonathan Leeman on The Way Home Podcast! Mark Tooley is president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy and editor of IRD’s foreign policy and national security journal, Providence: A Journal of Christianity & American Foreign Policy. He worked eight years for the CIA and is a graduate of Georgetown University. Today on the Way Home Podcast we discuss Christian Realism, recent geopolitical events, and the United/Global Methodist Split. If you want to learn more about Mark Tooley’s work, then this episode is for you!
Show Notes
Mark Tooley: Mark Tooley is president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy and editor of IRD’s foreign policy and national security journal, Providence: A Journal of Christianity & American Foreign Policy. He worked eight years for the Central Intelligence Agency and is a graduate of Georgetown University. In 1994 he joined IRD to found its United Methodist project (UMAction) and became IRD President in 2009.
Mark’s Content: The Next Methodism: Theological, Social, and Missional Foundations for Global Methodism(2022), Just War and Christian Traditions (2022), Social Conservatism for the Common Good: A Protestant Engagement with Robert P. George (2023)
Facebook: Mark Tooley
Twitter/X: @markdtooley
As you move toward the cross this Lenten season, check out my book The Characters of Easter.
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March 22, 2024
The Way Home Podcast: Jonathan Leeman on Understanding Authority
Today, we have Jonathan Leeman on The Way Home Podcast! Jonathan is the Editorial Director at 9Marks, he is also an author and pastor. Today on the Way Home Podcast we discuss authority, trusting authority, how to be a godly authority, a Biblical understanding of what it means to submit to authority, and Jonathan’s new book Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing. If you want to learn more about Authority and Jonathan Leeman’s work, then this episode is for you!
Show Notes
Andrew Walker: Jonathan has an undergraduate and graduate degree in political science and an M. Div. and Ph. D. in Theology. He is the editorial director for 9Marks, editing the 9Marks series of books and the 9Marks Journal, he is also the co-host of Pastors Talk. Jonathan lives with his wife and four daughters in a suburb of Washington, DC, and serves as an elder at Cheverly Baptist Church. He teaches adjunctively at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Reformed Theological Seminary.
Jonathan’s Content: Pastors Talk Podcast, How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided Age (2018), Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential (2021), Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing (2023)
Twitter/X: @JonathanLeeman
As you move toward the cross this Lenten season, check out my book The Characters of Easter.
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March 7, 2024
Andrew Walker on Natural Law and Christian Ethics
Today, we have Dr. Andrew Walker return to The Way Home Podcast! Andrew is the Associate Dean of the School of Theology and Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Public Theology. Today on the Way Home Podcast we discuss political theology, natural law theory, the Christian Nationalist scare, and Dr. Walker’s new book Faithful Reason: Natural Law Ethics for God’s Glory and Our Good. If you want to learn more about Natural Law Theory and how this reflects Christian Ethics, or more about Andrew Walker’s work, then this episode is for you!
Show Notes
Andrew Walker: Dr. Walker serves as Associate Dean in the School of Theology and Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Public Theology. He is also the Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement. He is a fellow in Christian Political Thought at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and serves as the Managing Editor of WORLD Opinions. He is lives with his wife and three children in Louisville, Kentucky.
Andrew’s books: Marriage Is: How Marriage Transforms Society and Cultivates Human Flourishing(2015), Liberty for All: Defending Everyone’s Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age(2021), God and the Transgender Debate: What Does the Bible Actually Say about Gender Identity?(2022), Social Conservatism for the Common Good: A Protestant Engagement with Robert P. George(2023), Faithful Reason: Natural Law Ethics for God’s Glory and Our Good(2024)
Twitter/X: @andrewtwalk
As you move toward the cross this Lenten season, check out my book The Characters of Easter.
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February 22, 2024
Drew Dyck on the Importance of Showing Up
Today, we have Drew Dyck return to The Way Home Podcast! Drew is a speaker, author, and acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers. We discuss believer’s burnout, faithfulness on the small scale, and Drew’s new book Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians). If you want to know more about how to pursue faithfulness in day-to-day life, recover from burnout, or Drew’s work, then this episode is for you!
Show Notes
Drew Dyck: Drew is an acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers and a contributing editor at CTPastors.com, a Christianity Today publication for church leaders. He is the author of Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science (2019), Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying (2014), and Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church…and how to Bring Them Back (2010) His work has appeared in numerous publications, including USA Today, CNN.com, The Huffington Post, Christianity Today, Books & Culture, and Relevant Magazine. He grew up in Alberta, Canada in a pastor’s family; now he lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Grace, and their two children.
Drew’s books: Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church…and how to Bring Them Back (2010), Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying (2014), Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science (2019), Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians) (2023)
Facebook: Drew Dyck
Twitter/X: @drewdyck
Instagram: @drewndyck
As you move toward the cross this Lenten season, check out my book The Characters of Easter.
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