Hill Country Institute

Hill Country Institute Live: Exploring Christ and Culture

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Hosted by Larry Linenschmidt, Hill Country Institute Live is an ongoing conversation about issues of concern and interest to the Church today. We visit the life and works of giants of another day, such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and also spend time with people and ministries doing creative work to fight human trafficking, feed the poor, create quality art, be good stewards of the environment, and much more, all with the heart and mind of Christ. For more information about the events and resources Hill Country Institute provides, such as messages from our conferences on Faith & Science, F...

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Jun 23, 2026

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John Burke Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 15.04.2014

Send us Fan Mail "If the Church is not seeing people go from lost to leading; if we can't see that happening, then the reality is the Church is dying. It may take 70 years, but it's going to die." We have to be about loving people as Christ loved them - where they are but helping them not stay as they are. John Burke, lead pastor of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas, talked with...

Ad Deum Dance Company Director Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 07.04.2014

Send us Fan Mail How should Christians think about art and, specifically, about dance and dancers? How do we relate to people with this special, God-given gift. Randall Flinn, Founder and Director of Ad Deum Dance Company, Houston, Texas, addresses these questions and more on Hill Country Institute Live. The mission of Ad Deum is to create and perform excellent and vital works of dance that serve...

Mary Poplin Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 02.04.2014

Send us Fan Mail Mary Popline is author of "Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews". A challenge to the secularism that is now assumed, with no significant evaluation, to be the height of intellectual respectability and that dominates the most elevated and most inclusive levels of higher education. From there, it pervades professional, social and official l...

Dr. Joel Heck Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 26.03.2014

Send us Fan Mail Larry talks with Dr. Heck, a C.S. Lewis Scholar at Concordia University in Austin, Texas, about Hobbits, J.R.R. Tolkien, Middle Earth, and the battle between good and evil.

Jeff Van Duzer Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 24.03.2014

Send us Fan Mail Jeff Van Duzer, Dean of the Business School at Seattle Pacific University, and Larry talk about the role of business in the creation mandate, how business should be conducted from a Biblical perspective, the role of business in providing creative solutions to meeting the needs of our world, and more.

Barry Taylor and Nate Risdon Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 22.03.2014

Send us Fan Mail Barry Taylor and Nate Risdon talk with Larry about how Christians can view culture not with an approach of being critical and prescriptive but with a view to understanding the where/why in order to join the story and bring Jesus into it.

John Nehme Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 03.03.2014

Send us Fan Mail Larry interviews John Nehme, CEO of Allies Against Slavery

Dr. Steven Beebe Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 23.02.2014

Send us Fan Mail Larry discusses with Dr. Beebe what it was that made C.S. Lewis such an effective communicator and what we can learn from him about communications. Dr. Beebe has written and taught on Lewis for many years, including regular courses taught in Oxford and Cambridge.

Hal Poe Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 21.02.2014

Send us Fan Mail How does being a descendent of Edgar Allen Poe impact your life? What kind of God interacts with the world? And what kind of world allows God to interact?

Dr. Joe McIlhaney interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 21.02.2014

Send us Fan Mail Dr. McIlhaney and Larry Linenschmidt discuss issues regarding sanctity of life.

Meagan Brown Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 21.02.2014

Send us Fan Mail Meagan and Larry discuss the joys, challenges and realities of adoption, and, in particular, adoption of children with special needs.

Andy Crouch Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 21.02.2014

Send us Fan Mail Larry talked with Andy about his most recent book, Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power, as well as Culture Making: Recovering our Creative Calling. Andy is an important voice for encouraging us as we seek to live our faith as image bearers sustained by hope of the incarnation.

Kit Johnson Interviewed on Hill Country Institute Live 21.02.2014

Send us Fan Mail How do we think about urban planning with the mind of Christ? How do we care for God's creation in a Biblically informed way and manage transportation for a growing city? How do we housing for lower middle-class families and foster community in city planning? Kit Johnson is someone who works with these issues on a daily basis. He is the City Architect for Austin, TX. He'...

Founders of A Rocha, Peter and Miranda Harris, on Hill Country Institute Live 21.02.2014

Send us Fan Mail A Rocha builds international, cross-cultural teams to do scientific research, provide environmental education, and work on projects and activities related to caring for creation as God does. Their practical conservation activities give them credibility in the conservation world. While A Rocha is distinctively Christian, they choose not to speak exclusively to Christian audiences,...

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