The Ride Home with John and Kathy

On journaling... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood. Christian Book Publishing ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith,” and the most recent “Science and Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology”. The global church: unde...

Choosing Joy: seeing joy not as a personality type but as something we need to actively move toward (ch 9 in “Making Marriage Beautiful”)... GUEST Dorothy Little 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...

Why Male Friendships Are Growing in America’s Most Average Town... 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”. A Journey into Divine Love ... To Know Him by Name ... "Messianic Prophecy Revealed" (new book) ... Messi...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump verdict ... + ... Election impact ... + ... Hunter Biden trial ... + ... Biden travels to France for DDay anniversary Thursday [80 yrs])... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent. How “Evangelical” become politicized ... GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd ... research professor of church history at Midwestern Baptist Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri,...

"Forever Elsewhere:” The fundamental problem of presence and meaning in the modern world ... 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 Living” ... also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in a...

GUEST Jerry Bowyer ...Host of the podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics," Editor @TownhallFinance , @Affluent_Invest . former columnist @Forbes .com. The expansion of the Federal government: what Madison intended?... GUEST Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College ... (law degree fr Harvard magna...

4:10 PM - The difference between leisure and genuine biblical rest? Sort of a riff off the sermon I preached a few weeks ago. Can use Jesus’ invitation in Matt 11:28-30 to frame it ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh. 5:35 PM - Navigating wedding season as a single person. … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus o...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Trump trial closing arguments ... + ... Independent voters sour on the economy ... + ... Ohio Biden ballot issue ... + ... Will RFK Jr qualify for the debate? ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent. Solar Flares ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross ... senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that r...

Inflation’s silent impact on American family businesses... GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner and the NY Post; she previously wrote for The Atlantic & the Pgh Tribune Review, and now is a contributor to the Post-Gazette. Family Guidance ... GUEST Allyson Sveda ... Execu...

Sisters Celebrating Diversity & Moving in Unity ... GUEST Shelly R. Bynum ... been an educator in Pgh Public Schools for over 25 yrs ... currently Literacy Academic Coach there and is founder and president of Sisters Celebrating Diversity and Moving in Unity, which has been in existence since 2017 ... The purpose of SCD is to attack the racial, ethnic and cultural divisions within the body of...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden & Trump spent weekend reaching out to base supporters ... + ... Pres agrees to debates ... + ... Trump’s criminal trial winding down) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent. Ending the Stalemate Challenge ... GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Prof of Communication at Biola Univ ... author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Divi...

Warblers and the Question of Gratuitous Beauty ... GUEST Kevin Burrell ... is a pastor and an orni-theologist — a word penned by the theologian & birder John Stott ... Kevin is convinced that every one of us should make an effort to attend toward some aspect of God's creation; and he has chosen birds. Why Mystery Is Crucial to Our Lives (And Why It’s Never Going Away) ... GUEST Chris Fogle ......

Higher Ed’s Fragmented Morality (from The Dispatch)... GUEST Dr Jeffrey Bilbro ... associate professor of English at Grove City College and editor in chief at the Front Porch Republic ... His most recent book is “Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News” The Expectation Gap: the tiny vast space between our beliefs and the experience of God (new book) ... GUEST Steve Cuss...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Cohen testifies in Trump trial ... + ... Biden/Israeli tensions persist ... + ... New Biden tariffs on Chinese goods coming) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent. The Four Things Jesus Never Said .... GUEST Michael Hidalgo ... lead pastor of Denver Community Church ... author of "Unlost: Being Found by the One We are Looking For" and "Ch...

Divine Generosity: The Scope of Salvation in Reformed Theology ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Rest...

Fiction as a Means of Grace?... GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland. Are a pastor and a priest the same thing? ... GUEST Dr Charles Camosy ... Prof of Medical Humanities at the Creighton Univ School of Medicine ... Charlie spent 14 yrs in Fordham Univ’s theology department, & is author of 7...

Grieve, Breathe, Receive: Finding a Faith strong enough to Hold Us (new book) ... GUEST Steve Carter ... pastor, author, podcast host ... former pastor of Willow Creek Church, Chicago, IL. Three Kinds of People You Need In Your Life ... GUEST Daniel Darling ... author of several books, including ”The Dignity Revolution,” “The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of J...

An unequally yoked small group ... 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” Ye of Overconfident Faith: Like the disciples, we need to learn the difference between trust in Jesus and spiritual cockiness ... GUEST Je...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Campus protests continue, Biden broke silence .. + ... Mideast Ceasefire talks struggle ... + ... another Trump fine for violating gag order, and possible jail warning ... + ... Marjorie T Green wants to oust House speaker this week) GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent. Your Spring Garden (still too early to plant tomatoes, peppers, impatie...

On Prayer: How to Know when to stop praying about something ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood. 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 His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith”. The Church Shouldn’t Be an Echo Chamber: Let us not give up meeting together—even when we...

I Cried out to the Name Demons Fear Most (from CT) ... GUEST Jennifer Nizza .. a speaker living in Long Island NY ... author of “From Psychic to Saved”. The season between Easter and Pentecost: why Eastertide is important ... GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations. Holy Week for the Orthodox Church. It's li...

GUEST Amy Julia Becker ... helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture ...author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” ... guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast. Fulfilled Prophecy: Evidence for the Reliability of the Bible ... GUES...

Can the Church Save Marriage? Matrimony rates decline, even among conservative Christians ... GUEST Mark Regnerus ... professor of sociology at the Univ of Texas at Austin and co-founder of the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture ... his new book is “The Future of Christian Marriage” Amy Grant coming to town... GUEST Rich Engler. Kathryn Kuhlman ... GUEST Bob Smietana ... Religion...

Young People who are opting out of Life + 43% of US evangelicals say they don’t believe in the divinity of Christ … GUEST Drew Dyck … acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers  … author of “Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)” & “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” “Yawning at...

4:10 PM - This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Democrats help GOP Speaker pass foreign aid bills … + … US and Israel silent on Israeli retaliation against Iran … + … Trump trial begins in NY) GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. 4:35 PM - Dorothy Day: A Starter Kit … GUEST Myles Werntz … Director of Baptist Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, Abilene Christian Univ. 5:1...