Faith and Culture Now

In this episode Scott, Jilian and Steve discuss the Atonement of Christ and recent challenges to the necessity of Jesus' death on the Cross.

In this episode, Scott speaks with Dave Capozzi about what it was like to leave the faith while in Seminary and to walk away from ministry.

In this episode, Scott and Randall discuss the political climate in the US and Iran in light of how God works through Christians to share the Gospel in times of struggle and persecution.

In this episode, Scott speaks with Josh K., a former pastor who has deconstructed from church, but who still sees himself as a person of faith. This is the first in a short series of guest this Spring who will be talking about their decisions to leave the church.

In this episode, Scott and Erin talk with Jacki C. King about her book, The Calling of Eve: How Women in the Bible Inspire Women in the Church. On the podcast we discuss how women are valued in the Bible, gifted as leaders, how God calls women into service, and how to encourages women in the church and recognize their contributions to ministry.

In this episode, Scott and Jilian discuss Bible translations, textual criticism, and why we can still trust God's Word.

In this episode, Scott talks with Randall and Erin about the disconnect between biblical scholarship and common practices in the church and about the importance of oversight and having proper qualifications to teach others through published writings.

In this episode, Scott S. talks with Christine and Scott H. about several mega churches that have been in the news lately for various reasons and how Christians should think about and respond to the issues at hand. We ask the question, how much room for different beliefs should there be before a group is reprimanded for their actions?

In this episode, Scott talks with Randall and Erin about the concept of church, parenting, and indoctrinating children. What are we gonna say about it? Listen and find out.

In this episode, Scott talks with Jilian and Steve about the He Gets Us ad campaign as well as the revival happening at Asbury University.

In this episode, Scott S. talks with Christine and Scott H. about issues surrounding churches and money.

In this episode, Scott talks with Pastor Steve Heyduck about Methodist history, traditions, and distinctives,

In this episode, Scott, Randall and Erin discuss difficult issues in the OT related to violence, violent imagery, and the treatment of women.

In this episode, Scott, Jilian and Steve discuss issues related to synthetic biology including positive aspects, negative aspects, and areas of caution as it relates to ethics and faith.

In this episode, Scott S. and Scott H. talk about the hope we are to have in the Lord as it is juxtaposed to the idea of preaching a Gospel of fear as it relates to our world, politics, school, war, etc. The Scott's conclude that it is better to trust in Christ than to be anxious and better to place our faith in the Lord than to be scared to live out our faith boldly in our culture.

In this podcast, Scott speaks with Dave Lindberg about the traditions, beliefs, and practices of the Presbyterian Church of America.

In this episode, Scott, Randall, and Christine discuss Christmas traditions and practices.

In this episode, Scott S. and Scott H. discuss the positive and negative aspects of short term mission trips. They also discuss what is happening in Iran, persecution, and human rights.

In this episode, Scott speaks with Dr. Ed Johnson, pastor of Harvest Fellowship Baptist Church about the Baptist tradition and their distinctive beliefs.

In this episode, Scott and Randall discuss the importance of multi-cultural churches as well as how to treat people with love and respect now that the mid-term elections are over.

In this episode, Scott S. talks with Scott H. and Steve about why people are leaving the church today and how that relates to issues of free speech and cancel culture.

In this episode, Scott speaks with Rev. Dr. Helen Boursier about the PCUSA tradition, beliefs, practices, and worship.

Christine and Scott discuss the idea of creating Christian celebrities, using celebrities to try and promote Christ, and profiting off of celebs in the name of Jesus.

In this episode, Scott S. and Scott H. discuss creation and the natural world and how observation leads theistic people and atheistic people in very different directions.

In this episode Scott, Erin, and Randall discuss various issues related to celebrating Halloween and participating in different cultural traditions.