The Ride Home with John and Kathy

How to Decide the Will of God in the Gray Areas? … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze … Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood. The Reasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in Biological Science" which includes the "Consciousness, Chemicals and Code Dilemma” … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of...

RFK and the Autism investigation … GUEST Amy Julia Becker … helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture at amyjuliabecker.com …author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” … guest opinion writer for national publi...

On Saints … GUEST DJ Marotta … priest and the founder of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA and author of “Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age” and the forthcoming “Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era & Place” The Shroud of Turin ... GUEST Astrophysic...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. Jesus as the master Preacher … GUEST Dr Barry York … Professor of Pastoral Theology and Dean of Faculty at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary … In 2018, he also became RPTS President. The power of lament … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Christ Com...

4:10 PM - A bit of legal ethics. Can a lawyer defend a client he knows to be guilty? What must a lawyer do if he comes into possession of physical evidence 5:10 PM - The legacy of Pope Francis - Guest: Charles Camosy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Being Maundy Thursday: why is it so hard to love one another and why does it matter? … GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations. Did Jesus institute a new priesthood at the Last Supper? … GUEST Dr Charles Camosy … Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine &hellip...

What lessons can we learn from Judas betrayal of Jesus? The Soul … GUEST Fr Tom Soroka … St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKees Rocks. I really Believe This (substack)… GUEST Daniel Darling … author of several books, including ”The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus,” and “The...

Top 3 Benefits of hard-core Holy Week participants … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church,, Gibsonia. Live Music … GUESTS Greg & Rebecca Sparks … Pgh-based recording artists. We are a resurrection people:  Darkness, despair, death do not have the final word.… GUEST Keith Kondrich  … permanent Deacon for the Roman Catholic...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent (Went to FL in the press pool w the Pres this weekend … + … El Salvador prison/MD man … + … deporting criminals … + … tariff confusion/financial markets … + … Trump physical exam) The journey ahead, Holy Week begins … Thinki...

O Death, where is Your Pod? (CT) … GUEST A. Trevor Sutton … pastor, author, speaker, & professor … author of several books, including “Redeeming Technology: A Christian Approach to Healthy Digital Habits”  The Plateau is Real … GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 My...

Palms and Passion … GUEST Rev Terry Timm … Pastors Christ Community Church of the South Hills. On Mental Health Relapses ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate prof of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in-chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed:  The Burden & Gift of Livi...

Ten Mile Community Leaders Prayer Breakfast   (Sat Sept 7) … GUESTS Pat O’Brien, Sr Vice President, Dollar Bank and Pastor John Thomas, founder & pastor of the Calvary Chapel and Calvary Chapel Christian School. How Should We React When God Doesn’t Listen? … GUEST Zachary Mettler … staff writer and communications liaison for The Daily Citizen at Focus on t...

Immigration on the street in Pgh … GUEST Pastor Frank Rondon … pastor of Iglesia Sion (Zion Church), a hispanic church in Pgh since 2012 with locations in Greentree, East Liberty, and New Castle … Iglesia Sion is a church where more than 12 countries are represented, united by a heavenly culture and a desire that all may come to know, love, and serve Jesus Christ. GUEST Lee Kr...

On Prayer  … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless...

This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Global Markets continue to slide after tariff announcement … + … Trump doubles down on trade policy … + … Legal dispute of MD man deported to El Salvador … + … Israel’s Netanyahu at WH today but meeting and Press conferences will be later in the day) … GUEST Greg Clugston, SRN News White House Correspon...

Why Christians should refer to Easter as Resurrection Sunday … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood. Christian unity, as related to science and faith, and how important Christian unity is in these turbulent times all over the world. No politics, (if possible), just about the science … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, an...

Observations from spending time in Spain… GUEST Dorothy Littel Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle:  Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide. The Mo...

   For God So Loved This Anxious Generation: Signs of Revival on Campus… GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also  coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”. The Day When the (Christian) Music Died: Wh...

Flourishing marriages: what’s the most important question a couple can ask?… GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list … Tim’s “Winsome Persuasion: C...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump escalates fight w judges … + … Court orders fired workers be re-hired … + … concerns raised about Soc Sec changes) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News WH Correspondent. Prayer & Painting (from Makers By Nature: Letters from a master painter on faith, hope, and art)… GUEST Bruce Herman … painter,...

 Christianity’s Decline appears to have Halted (NYT)… GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America,””The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going,” and co-author of “The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving,...

My Walmart Evangelism Wasn’t Working:The Good News didn’t sound so good when I ambushed people in the chip aisle … GUEST Heidie Senseman … MFA candidate in the Univ of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program … Her essays have previously appeared in Vita Poetica, Dappled Things, and Plough. Presidential powers and the courts … GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … S...

The purpose of Lent (2 Corinthians 7:10) is repentance:  not self-criticism or guilt-induced behavior modification … GUEST Rev Josh Brown … Lead pastor, Bellefield Presby Church, Oakland. Pastors, Wives & Girlbosses … GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It:  365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs most days at her su...

The Day When the (Christian) Music Died: What happened to the CCM “Revolution”? … GUEST Ryan Peter … writer and his substack is Just One Beautiful Thing. Before You Cut Off Your Parents: 3 Principles to Consider … GUEST Beth Claes … director of counseling at New Heights Church in Vancouver, WA … She has a doctorate in psychology and practiced from a t...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump & Putin to talk tomorrow … + … US warns Iran … + … White House tried to calm Wall St jitters … + … Govt shutdown averted … + … Senate Dem leader Chuck Schumer under heavy criticism from Dems) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News WH Correspondent. PRISM and internationals in Pittsbur...