Nuance: Being Faithful in the Public Square

Steven Garber is the Senior Fellow for Vocation and the Common Good for the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust. A teacher of many people in many places, he has authored several books, including Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good. His most recent book is The Seamless Life: A Tapestry of Love and Learning, Worship and Work.  You can find Dr. Garber's books below:  Visions of Vocation:...

Dr. Ryan T. Anderson is president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a former Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. He is the author numerous books on marriage, religious freedom, and most recently When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement. His research has been cited by two U.S. Supreme Court justices in two Supreme Court cases.  Learn more about Ryan An...

Andy Crouch, a culture and technology guru, challenges us to recognize how technology promotes the disembodied self which further destabilizes our identity. This episode helps us think about how we can begin to recover our humanity. Learn more about Andy Crouch and his latest book 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/059323734X Learn more about the substack, Other Feminisms, that Andy referenced in our co...

Scott Sauls is the Senior Pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. As a pastor he helps us to overcome our Biblical amnesia by expanding on those principles that should ground our thinking about all of the gender identity issues facing our culture today.   To learn more about Scott Sauls, check out his website and latest book:  Website 👉 https://scottsauls.com/  Beautiful Peo...

In this final episode of the season, Anne Synder, editor of Comment Magazine, helps us define what a prophetic voice is, as well as sharing who were prophetic voices in her own life. She also challenges the listener to strengthen our own voices, so that speaking truth, speaking love, and speaking humility could be used by God in our workplaces.  For a spiritual formation exercise written unique fo...

Dr. Matthew Kaemingk is a Christian ethicist and public theologian at Fuller Theological Seminary who has written widely on Christian citizenship. Today he helps us address any and all of the topics discussed in this season of Nuance . In this episode we look specifically at common grace and its role for the Christian at work.  For a spiritual formation exercise written unique for this episode, cl...

Do you have the courage to stand up for what you believe while maintaining the humility to learn from others? Do your Christian convictions lead you to have empathy to engage respectfully with those whose views differ from your own, otherwise?   It is much easier to verbalize this than it is to live it out in a hostile workplace.  Principled pluralism is a critical component to a flourishing Chris...

Hospitality is a foundational aspect of our Christian citizenship because it goes before us in reputation, it guides our embodiment of the Holy Spirit, and it influences how others encounter Christ. The Reverend Rufus Smith, Senior Pastor of Hope Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee (the largest Presbyterian church in the United States) joins the conversation by lending voice to w...

Christian citizenship for the Evangelical Christian has evolved and matured (for the good) especially in recent decades. This doesn’t make it any easier to live out one’s faith, however. Dr. Jonathan Chaplin is widely regarded as an expert in Christian political thought, which includes political philosophy and various Christian traditions (especially Reformed, Catholic and Evangelical.) While we n...

Do not miss Dr. Vincent Bacote of Wheaton College discussing what public theology is and its importance to a Christian’s walk. A rich public theology gives us a vocabulary and concepts to better understand that as Christians our God is ALWAYS greater than our experiences. For a spiritual formation exercise that corresponds with this episode, click here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S... Dr....