The Monday Christian Podcast

Nicholas G. Piotrowski (PhD, Wheaton College) is the president and academic dean at Indianapolis Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he also teaches hermeneutics and New Testament studies. Piotrowski is the author of  Matthew's New David at the End of Exile . Episode Talking Points Nicholas' journey to faith in rural Maryland Biblical hermeneutics The art and science of ethic...

Felicia Song is a cultural sociologist who studies the place of digital technologies in contemporary life. Having trained in History, Communication Studies and Sociology from Yale, Northwestern, and University of Virginia, and taught at Louisiana State University’s Manship School for Mass Communication, her research is oriented around the rapidly evolving digital technology industry and how the ad...

Greg is the author of  Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity  (IVP, 2017) and  No Longer Strangers: Finding Belonging in a World of Alienation  (IVP, 2021). He holds a PhD in English from Penn State and works as a writer, speaker, and worship leader. His fiction and expository writing have been published by Penguin Random House and Houghton Mif...

Joshua J. Knabb (PsyD, Azusa Pacific University; ABPP, Clinical Psychology) is a board-certified clinical psychologist as well as associate professor of psychology and director of the Psychology Department program at California Baptist University. His publications include  Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Christian Clients ,  Contemplative Prayer for Christians with Chronic Worry ,...

Dr. Josh Mulvihill earned his PhD from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Family Ministry with a focus on the biblical role of grandparents.  For 20 years, he served as the Pastor to Children and Families at Grace Church of Eden Prairie in Minnesota. More recently, he has been serving as Executive Director of Church and Family Ministry for  Renewanation , a ministry whose missi...

Daniel Sharp has served as Minister of Music and Worship in Lexington, MA; Newport Beach, CA; Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA; and most recently in Orlando, FL. He is semi-retired after forty-two years in church ministry. He continues to sing with the Bach Festival Choir in Orlando. He holds the B.M.E. from Wheaton College, the M.M.E. from Drake University and a D.M.A. from the University of Southern C...

In this episode, Dave and Ezra share some practical ways Christians can make good decisions. If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to email ezra@themondaychristian.com or dave@themondaychristian.com to share your input. 

In this episode, Ezra and Janan sit down and share why they decided to create a daily devotional podcast and why they think this might be helpful for everyday Christians. You can subscribe to The Story of God Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or wherever you consume your podcast. 

In this episode, Dave and Ezra share their thoughts on 2021, some of their key takeaways, and thoughts moving forward. Ezra also shares the launch of a new podcast called "The Story of God," hosted by himself and his wife Janan. It is available on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts .

In addition to being an author, Tim is a professor of communication at Biola University in La Mirada, California where he teaches classes in family communication, interpersonal communication, apologetics, gender, and conflict resolution.  He completed a Ph. D. in communication theory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2003) where his dissertation focused on helping couples mo...

Bobby Gross is Vice-President of Graduate and Faculty Ministries for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF). Bobby serves on the national board of Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA) and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Previously, Bobby was a national field director for IVCF, served as an InterVarsity chaplain at the University of Florida, launched campus ministry in South Florida, and was the regio...

Richard Stearns is president emeritus of World Vision US, where he served as president for twenty years, traveling more than three million miles as an advocate for the world's poor. Before leading the Christian relief and development organization, he was a corporate CEO at both Parker Brothers and Lenox. His bestselling book The Hole in Our Gospel was named the 2010 Christian Book of the Year. He...

Lamar Hardwick (DMin, Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary), also known as "the autism pastor," is the lead pastor at  Tri-Cities Church  in East Point, Georgia. He is the author of  Epic Church  and the best-selling  I Am Strong: The Life and Journey of an Autistic Pastor . In 2014, after years of silently struggling with social anxiety and sensory processing disorder, an...

Suzanne Stabile is a highly sought-after speaker, teacher, and internationally recognized Enneagram master teacher who has taught thousands of people over the last thirty years. She is the author of  The Path Between Us,  and coauthor, with Ian Morgan Cron, of  The Road Back to You.  She is also the creator and host of  The Enneagram Journey  podcast. Along with her h...

Dr. Heather Thompson Day is an interdenominational speaker and has been a contributor for Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Newsweek and the Barna Group. She is also the host of Viral Jesus, a podcast with Christianity Today. Heather is an Associate Professor of Communication at Andrews University. She is passionate about supporting women, and runs an online community called I’m That Wife...

Jeffrey Bilbro (PhD, Baylor University) is the editor-in-chief of Front Porch Republic and associate professor of English at Grove City College. He is also the author of Loving God's Wildness: The Christian Roots of Ecological Ethics in American Literature and Virtues of Renewal: Wendell Berry's Sustainable Forms , and coauthor (with Jack Baker) of  Wendell Berry and Higher Education: Cultiva...

John H. Walton (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School. Previously he was professor of Old Testament at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago for twenty years. Some of Walton's books include  The Lost World of Adam and Eve ,  The Lost World of Scripture ,  The Lost World of Genesis One ,  Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the O...

Ashley Hales (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is a writer, speaker, and host of the  Finding Holy  podcast. She is the author of  Finding Holy in the Suburbs  and her writing has been featured in  Christianity Today ,  Books & Culture , and The Gospel Coalition. Ashley is married to a pastor and the mother to four children. Episode Talking Points: Resources: "The Am...

Os Guinness (DPhil, Oxford) is the author or editor of more than thirty books, including  The Dust of Death, The Call, Fool's Talk, Carpe Diem Redeemed, The Magna Carta of Humanity ,  Last Call for Liberty ,  Impossible People ,  Unspeakable,  and  Time for Truth . A frequent speaker and prominent social critic, he has addressed audiences worldwide from the British Ho...

Growing up in Christ Importance of growing up together Becoming mature is a team sport Characteristics of baby Christians vs. mature Christians Heb. 5:11-14 The dangers of reductionistic or binary thinking Becoming Berean

Seven Ways to Invest: 1. God – Jesus spent major amounts of his life separated from the crowds and alone with his Father. He would go off into the wilderness without food for forty days at a time just to talk to him. Before he gave the greatest sacrifice for all humankind on the cross, he took time to pray and invest in himself through one-on-one communication with his Father. 2. Family – We tend...

In November 2015 Davey’s wife of 7 years, Amanda Grace, was tragically murdered in a home invasion. Davey was left to pastor their church as a single dad of their 15-month-old son, Weston. 2 years later Davey remarried and God’s redemption story began to unfold. Davey and his new wife, Kristi, have devoted their lives to helping people through their valleys in life and teach them that when followi...

Nik and Ruth, with 3 children, served for over 32 years obeying Christ’s command to share Jesus across the globe. After 7 years in Malawi & South Africa, they moved to Nairobi, Kenya to begin work among the Somali people (1991-1997). Since that time (1998-2013) they have journeyed globally among people whom, when they gave their lives to Jesus, faced increasing persecution for their faith. The...

Mark Vroegop has been the Lead Pastor of  College Park Church  in Indianapolis since 2008. He previously served as Senior Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Holland, Michigan, from 1996-2008. Mark and his wife, Sarah, are parents of four living children and a stillborn daughter.  They have three adult sons, a daughter, a daughter-in-law, and a Bernedoodle named  Stella ....

Rev. Herman Mendoza currently serves as an Associate Pastor and the Director of PowerHouse Kids Ministry, at Promise Ministries International in New York City. He is also one of the speakers for The 4/14 Window Movement, a global initiative to raise a new generation of children, ages 4 to 14, to be the leaders of tomorrow through Christ. He speaks at conferences, schools, and churches ar...