Impact 360 Institute

What is the key to influence? How do leaders have the opportunity to leverage authority? Can that influence help out in the work environment? Can it help extend even into personal lives and values? As a leader, how important is it to have mentors in your life? What is the most important thing in a mentor-mentee relationship? How important is it to have influence/buy-in as a leader as opposed to po...

Would you like to launch your son/daughter into college with confidence? Does the college transition stressors reveal new things or already established things in families? What is one guaranteed pain point for parents when transitioning their student to college? How much is too much when texting or calling your student as they start their college experience? Is college simply about graduating? How...

How can you leverage your creativity for influence? What does it look like to lead in such a way that encourages the creativity of those around you? What does it take to create an innovative culture in the workplace without it becoming chaos? What do creative really need to keep them motivated? How to manage creatives effectively. Those are the important questions we are going to be talking about...

Are miracles really possible? What about the virginal conception of Jesus, is that reasonable to believe? What are the main questions college students are asking? What are the main objections people raise about Christianity? Why are miracles rare? What is the purpose of miracles? Is it reasonable to believe that certain Biblical miracles occurred? Why does it matter that the incarnation happened?...

How do your protect yourself and your organization from mission drift? What practical steps that can you take as an individual and a leader to stay true to your purpose? Is mission drift only specific to nonprofit organizations as it is to for-profit companies? Is there something your organization can do to become immune to mission drift? Do you know what your mission is and are you actively worki...

What would happen if a cold case detective examined the case for God? Did the universe have a beginning? Is the universe really “fine-tuned” for life? How and why did life begin? Does the universe show signs of intelligent design? In this episode of the Impact 360 Institute podcast Jonathan Morrow interviews J. Warner Wallace to explore these important questions that affect all of us. If you are i...

What does The Hobbit have to do with God and economics? Is raising the minimum wage the answer to decreasing the poverty gap in America? How can I make a difference for people in poverty? Are there myths that American’s tend to believe about economics? In this episode of the Impact 360 Institute podcast Jonathan Morrow interviews Jay Richards about his new book The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Free...

Should Christians be fearful about engaging culture? Is all hope lost? How can everyday Christians engage and influence culture right where they are at? What are our cultural blind spots? What areas of culture should Christians be aiming at? In this episode of the Impact 360 Institute podcast Jonathan Morrow interviews John Stonestreet about his new book Restoring All Things to explore these impor...

Should Christians embrace evolution? Where is the cultural conversation at right now when it comes to evolution? Is our "all-or-nothing" approach to teaching young people about evolution actually hindering them from making it through their college years with a strong faith? In this episode of the Impact 360 Institute podcast Jonathan Morrow interviews Jay Richards to explore these import...

Should Christians Care About Religious Liberty? Where does free speech start and stop? How does that interact with tolerance? What does the controversy in Indiana surrounding religious liberty tell us about our cultural moment? In this episode of the Impact 360 Institute podcast Jonathan Morrow interviews Jay Richards to explore these important questions that affect all of us. Learn more about the...

What do Muslims believe? What are the basic teachings of Islam? Is Islam a peaceful religion? How does what's going on today in the world with ISIS relate to Islam? On this episode of the Impact 360 Institute podcast we're going to talk about what every Christian needs to know about Islam. Don’t miss this important conversation. Alan Shlemon is an author and public speaker for Stand to Reason and...

What if atheism is not the most reasonable position after all? In this interview with author and apologist Dr. Frank Turek, we talk about how atheists actually steal from the Christian worldview to make their case against the God they don’t believe in. We will also discuss how the existence of evil actually points us in the direction of God and explore how to talk to people who think science has d...

Has the Bible been so misunderstood that it’s a sin? That is the claim being made in a recent (and lengthy!) Newsweek article. In this episode author and speaker Jonathan Morrow talks about what we can we learn about our cultural moment from this article and how to engage some of the claims being raised that cast doubt on the reliability of the Bible. We will also share about a free video resource...

Now more than ever Christians need reasons for faith. In this interview with professor and apologist Dr. Craig Hazen, we talk about the revival in Christian thinking we are seeing today and the importance of being able to know why we believe. We will also discuss questions like “Are Mormons Christians?” And “How do you engage someone who believes in buddhism?” Don’t miss this episode of the Impact...

Should Christians care about politics? How does politics serve the Gospel? What should and shouldn't we expect from politics? We tackle these questions and more with author and scholar Dr. Francis Beckwith in this episode of the Impact 360 podcast. Order the Book.

Did you know that schools like Harvard University encourage high school graduates to take a Gap Year? What would it look like for students to launch their college experience with more clarity and confidence in the future that God is calling them to? What are the benefits of a distinctly Christian Gap Year experience? We tackle these questions and more with Dr. John Basie in this episode of the Imp...

Should Christians question the Bible? Is that allowed? Are faith and reason at odds? Why should we trust the Bible when so many people today are skeptical of many of its claims? Is the Bible just a book of fairytales? These are just some of the questions that our executive director Phil Alsup asked Jonathan Morrow about his new book _ Questioning the Bible: 11 Major Challenges to the Bible’s Autho...

_ How should Christians think about the ethics of war? Can a war be just? Should Christians be pacifists? If there are “just war” principles, then how should they be applied in an age of terrorism? How should we think about the conflict between Israel and Hamas? _ These are just some of the questions that Jonathan Morrow asked Dr. Scott Rae on this episode of the Intersection podcast. Latest on th...

Who will the thought police come for next? Is there any room left in our culture for thoughtful and principled disagreement? Whatever happened to tolerance? Recently USA today columnist Kirsten Powers published an article entitled “Liberals’ Dark Ages.” In this episode of the intersection podcast, we will talk about why Christians should be aware of the increasing trend of people being silenced in...

How can we have more effective spiritual conversations? Where do you start when people don’t share your assumptions about the Bible? How do you find common ground? As Christians we are called to be Christ’s ambassadors. That means we always need to be prepared to engage in conversations that lead people toward life with God. In this podcast we will share two things you can assume in every conversa...

According to a recent article in the MIT Technology Review, “Using the Internet can destroy your faith. That’s the conclusion of a study showing that the dramatic drop in religious affiliation in the U.S. since 1990 is closely mirrored by the increase in Internet use. Back in 1990, about 8 percent of the U.S. population had no religious preference. By 2010, this percentage had more than doubled to...

On Sunday night March 9, Fox will begin its 13-episode series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. This is a new version of Carl Sagan’s very popular 1980′s TV show Cosmos: A Personal Voyage . How should Christians think about this show? Are science and faith at odds? Has Christianity been good for science? Has science made God irrelevant? These are just a few...