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August 11, 2022
The Way Home Podcast: Matthew Soerens on Immigration
Today we have Matthew Soerens joining us on The Way Home podcast. Matthew Soerens serves as the U.S. Director of Church Mobilization for World Relief, which is the humanitarian arm of the National Association of Evangelicals. In that role, he helps evangelical churches to understand the realities of refugees and immigration and to respond in ways guided by biblical values. Today we discuss some of the myths about immigration and problems concerning the immigrations process. We also talk about the refugee situation with Ukraine, Syria, and other troubled places.
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Show Notes
Matthew Soerens Biography: Matthew Soerens earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Wheaton College and his Master’s Degree from DePaul University’s School of Public Service. He is the co-author of Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate (InterVarsity Press, 2009) and of Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis (Moody Publishers, 2016). Soerens previously served as a Board of Immigration Appeals-accredited legal counselor at World Relief’s local office in Wheaton, Illinois and, before that, with World Relief’s partner organization in Managua, Nicaragua. He has also served as the Field Director of the Evangelical Immigration Table, an alliance of evangelical organizations advocating for immigration reform consistent with biblical values.
Twitter: @MatthewSoerens
Facebook: Matthew Soerens
Books: Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis, Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion and Truth in the Immigration Debate, Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church
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July 28, 2022
The Way Home Podcast: Kelly Kapic on Creaturely Finitude
Today we have Kelly Kapic joining us on The Way Home podcast. Kelly Kapic is professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. He is the award-winning author or editor of more than 15 books. Today we discuss his newest book You’re Only Human where he discusses what it means to be human, made in the image of God, with his main focus on our creaturely finitude.
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Show Notes
Kelly Kapic Biography: Kelly M. Kapic is professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where he has taught since 2001. Kapic earned a Ph.D. in systematic and historical theology at King’s College, University of London (United Kingdom), an M.Div. at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida, and a BA in philosophy and history from Wheaton College. He has written and edited numerous books and has also published articles in various journals.
Books: You’re Only Human, Becoming Whole, The God Who Gives, Embodied Hope
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July 14, 2022
The Way Home Podcast: Kristen Waggoner on Religious Liberty
Today we have Kristen Waggoner joining us on The Way Home podcast. Kristen Waggoner is general counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, the largest legal organization that protects religious freedom, free speech, parental rights, and the right to life. Today we discuss the fall of Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs case and religious liberty for all people, also addressing some common misconceptions about religious freedom.
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Show Notes
George Yancey Biography: Kristen Waggoner serves as general counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people. Waggoner has extensive experience in civil litigation, and in employment, education, nonprofit, and constitutional law. She regularly comments on religious freedom issues in television, radio, and print media. Waggoner is admitted to practice in multiple states, the Supreme Court, and numerous federal district and appellate courts.
Twitter: @KWaggonerADF
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June 30, 2022
The Way Home Podcast: George Yancey on Racial Reconciliation
Today we have George Yancey joining us on The Way Home podcast. George Yancey is a professor of sociology with an academic interest in race relations and anti-Christian attitudes in the United States. Today we discuss his newest book Beyond Racial Division and important topics like colorblindness, anti-racism, and systemic racism.
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Show Notes
George Yancey Biography: George Yancey graduated West Texas State University with a B. S. in Economics. He, then, attended the University of Texas at Austin and received his doctorate in Sociology. He began his studies on interracial romance but then moved to studying multiracial churches. Now, he works for Baylor University with a joint appointment in Sociology and Institute of Religious Studies, studies academic bias, and has also conducted research on anti-Christian attitudes in the United States.
Books: Beyond Racial Division, One Faith No Longer, Prejudice in the Press?, Beyond Racial Gridlock
Facebook: George Yancey
Twitter: @profyancey
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June 29, 2022
What do conservatives do after Roe? We need to focus on helping families – USA Today
Now that the nearly 50-year struggle to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to pass laws that recognize the unborn has proven successful, where does family-based conservatism go from here?
The Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe comes at a time when the conservative movement was already debating what it believes, as the unsteady three-legged stool of robust foreign policy, social conservatism and economic freedom has been knocked over in favor of the burgeoning populism of the New Right.
Those debates will undoubtedly continue, but I’d like to suggest that we are in a moment when shaping our policy proposals around the basic social building block of the family is both a winning strategy and one good for human flourishing.
What would family-based conservatism look like? First, it should begin by protecting the most fragile members of our human family. As the abortion debate moves to the states, conservatives should work to pass meaningful restrictions on the practice.
Though Americans don’t yet favor a total ban on abortion as advocates like me would like, there is growing support among Americans for significant restrictions. According to a new survey conducted by Lifeway Research and The Land Center for Cultural Engagement (full disclosure: I’m the director), 41% of Americans favor restrictions after the sixth week of pregnancy, 52% favor restrictions after the 12th week, 59% favor a ban on abortions after 15 weeks and 65% favor a ban after 20 weeks.
What’s more, 35% of Americans believe life begins at conception. Another 28% believe life begins at the detection of the first heartbeat.
The end of Roe could be the dawn of a new era in which the most vulnerable among us are seen not as inconveniences to be discarded but as full and welcomed participants in America’s promise of liberty.
But conservatives shouldn’t be satisfied with merely passing laws that recognize the dignity of the unborn. We should supplement the growing network of pregnancy resource centers and other compassionate endeavors by championing policies that help sustain a healthy and flourishing family life.
Patrick Brown, a fellow at the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center, wrote in the New York Times, “Helping women, including low-income and working-class women, gain access to more resources during pregnancy and after childbirth will reduce the demand for abortion while state legislatures pass bills restricting the supply. Republican lawmakers should coalesce around a legislative package that takes seriously the unique needs of mothers and their babies.”
Our survey showed there is significant support for this, with 81% of Americans, including 61% of pro-life Americans, saying they believe state governments have a responsibility to increase support and options for women who have unwanted pregnancies.
This growing support fits well with many conservatives’ growing openness to economic policies that buoy family stability. This is why pro-life advocacy groups such as Susan B. Anthony List are building infrastructure to help champion and deliver services to women and families in need.
This new realignment comes at a time when the political map is shifting, with increasing numbers of working-class voters, long the dependable voting block of Democrats, moving their votes across the aisle in resistance to the left’s identity politics and culture wars.
That movement was accelerated by a global pandemic in which many school boards decided to move to digital learning and to increase the teaching of ideologies many parents found objectionable. Conservatives should continue to stand up for the rights of parents to shape their children’s education, both through reform of public schools and school choice to ensure children get the very best education.
This advocacy fits alongside the sustained effort to ensure the religious liberty of people of faith, protecting the rights of Americans to live out their deeply held beliefs in the community, on campus and at work.
A family-first conservativism should also embrace new ideas on immigration. To sustain healthy family life, we need both strong border security and increased options for legal immigration. Haphazard border policies have led to the importing of drugs like fentanyl which prey on families, leading to despair and isolation.
Yet, conservatives should not be afraid of expanded opportunities for legal immigration, where those yearning to live in freedom, to raise their own families in peace and stability, and to become citizens who appreciate, perhaps more than those of us who were born here, the unique promise of America.
And recent voting trends seem to indicate that working-class immigrant families and their offspring form natural allies with social conservatives who value family, freedom and faith. Increased legal immigration might also help solve America’s birth-rate crisis.
Lastly, conservatives have a lot to offer when it comes to the growing problem of crime and gun violence. The multi-layered challenges of alienated young men, availability of guns and a mental health crisis exacerbated by the pandemic afford an opportunity for us to craft policies that make families feel safe when they drop their kids off to school or go to church.
Of course conservatives can and should debate the finer details of what a pro-family agenda looks like. and good people on all sides may disagree on exactly what is most efficient for government to execute and what is best left to mediating religious and civic institutions.
This kind of pro-family platform will require both a commitment to core principles and an openness to new ideas. And will demand new allegiances and new alliances.
Where a generation ago, conservatives saw corporate America as an ally, we might be more wary of the C-suite, which too often colludes with the left in blindly championing radical social policies.
At the same time, where conservatives might have not seen the working class as part of their coalition, today, they might welcome this new cohort in an attempt to build strong social foundations for family flourishing.
Where some see the end of Roe as an electoral earthquake, conservatives might see it as an opportunity to coalesce a coherent vision for flourishing. But it will take creativity and courage.
This was originally published at USA Today.
Photo by Adam Szuscik on UnsplashJune 16, 2022
The Way Home Podcast: Thomas Kidd on American Religious History
Today we have Thomas Kidd joining us on The Way Home podcast. Thomas Kidd is an American historian, currently a Distinguished Professor at Baylor University and Distinguished Professor of Church History at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Today we discuss his book Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh, Jefferson’s theology and faith, and the religious movement in early-America.
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Show Notes
Thomas Kidd Biography: Thomas S. Kidd teaches at Baylor University and is research professor of church history at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He writes at the Evangelical History blog at The Gospel Coalition and also regularly contributes to outlets such as The Dallas Morning News and The Wall Street Journal. His newest book is Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh. Other recent books include Who Is an Evangelical? The History of a Movement in Crisis and American History vols. 1 & 2.
Books: Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh, America’s Religious History: Faith, Politics, and the Shaping of a Nation, The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America
Facebook: Thomas Kidd
Twitter: @ThomasSKidd
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June 2, 2022
The Way Home Podcast: Tony Reinke on Christians and Technology
Today we have Tony Reinke joining us on The Way Home podcast. Tony Reinke is a senior teacher for Desiring God, host of the Ask Pastor John podcast, and author of God, Technology, and the Christian Life (2002). We discuss how Christians should think about technology, what technology actually is, and how Scripture guides us in our technology use.
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Show Notes
Tony Reinke Biography: Tony Reinke is an author, non-profit journalist, and host of Ask Pastor John. Reinke considers himself an investigative journalist of practical theology, leveraging key resources from the greatest thinkers in church history to address the perplexing questions facing Christians today. The bulk of Reinke’s current work centers on how we best flourish in the tech age saturated by innovation, media, and enough on-demand video to fill our eyes for 100 lifetimes.
Books: Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books, Newton on the Christian Life: To Live Is Christ, 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You, The Joy Project: An Introduction to Calvinism (with Study Guide), Competing Spectacles: Treasuring Christ in the Digital Age, and God, Technology, and the Christian Life
Facebook: Tony Reinke
Twitter: @TonyReinke
Website: tonyreinke.com
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May 12, 2022
The Way Home: Shannon Bream on Women in the Bible
After about a five month break, we are excited to be back and continuing important conversations with key Christian leaders and figures. Today we have Shannon Bream joining us on The Way Home podcast to introduce this new season. Shannon Bream currently serves as anchor of FOX News Channel’s (FNC) FOX News @ Night with Shannon Bream (weekdays 12-1AM ET). She’s got two new books out called The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak and The Women of the Bible Speak where she examines the lives of biblical women who provide wisdom to navigate our own faith journeys and relationships. We also talk about how she maintains her experience as a Christian working in such a harsh, skeptical media environment.
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Show Notes
Shannon Bream Biography: Shannon Bream is an American journalist and lawyer who appears on Fox News Channel. In 2017 she became the host of the program Fox News @ Night. Bream graduated from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia with a degree in Business Management and returned to Tallahassee to attend law school at Florida State University. Bream is the author of three books: Finding the Bright Side: The Art of Chasing What Matters, The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today, and The Mothers and Daughters of the Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families.
Books: Finding the Bright Side, The Women of the Bible Speak, The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak
Facebook: Shannon Bream
Twitter: @ShannonBream
Website: foxnews.com
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December 16, 2021
The Way Home: Kenny Luck on Manhood
Today we have Kenny Luck joining us on The Way Home podcast to cap off 2021. He is the founder and president of Every Man Ministries, a great ministry that encourages men to fulfill their God-given calling. He’s got a new book out called “Failsafe” about living in God’s acceptance. We also talk about the manhood crisis in the United States and what churches can do about it.
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Show Notes
Kenny Luck Biography: Kenny Luck is an ECPA Platinum Award Winning and Best Selling Author of twenty three books for men. As a thought leader and expert on men and culture, Kenny is called by God to revolutionize men’s ministry, free men spiritually, and empower men’s movement worldwide. God is using Kenny to reach over a hundred thousand men each week through the Every Man radio show in Los Angeles and the worldwide LIVESTREAM of his weekly men’s meeting via Every Man Ministries on Facebook. Kenny and his wife Chrissy have been married 29 years, are parents to three awesome millennials, and live in Trabuco Canyon, California.
Book: Failsafe
Facebook: Kenny Luck
Twitter: @kenny_luck
Website: everymanministries.com
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December 9, 2021
The Way Home: Kevin Halloran on prayer
Today Kevin Holloran joins me on The Way Home. He works at Unlocking the Bible, the teaching ministry of Collin Smith. They do great work helping people understand the Scriptures. Kevin is a thoughtful theologian, and he has a great book out called “When Prayer is a Struggle.” He talks about why prayer is a struggle, why we should press on, and how God can help us better communicate with him.
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Show Notes
Kevin Holloran Biography: Kevin P. Halloran (MDiv, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) serves with Unlocking the Bible, a ministry dedicated to proclaiming Christ through media, mobilizing believers in evangelism, and equipping leaders for the church. Kevin’s writing has been featured on The Gospel Coalition, For the Church, ChurchLeaders.com, Challies.com, Banner of Truth, and ThomRainer.com. He enjoys teaching, preaching, and writing. Kevin lives near Chicago, Illinois, with his wife and daughter.
Book: When Prayer Is a Struggle: A Practical Guide for Overcoming Obstacles in Prayer
Facebook: Kevin Holloran
Instagram: @kp_halloran
Twitter: @kp_halloran
Website: www.kevinhalloran.net
YouTube: Kevin Holloran
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