The Ride Home with John and Kathy

National Embryo Donation Center- Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Keenan , President and Medical Director. Father Ed: The Story of Bill W's Spiritual Sponsor - Guest.  Dawn Eden Goldstein, S.Th. D., is the award-winning author of several books, most recently Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor. Under the pen name Dawn Eden, she wrote popular works on personal growth and spirituality, including M...

Private confession & Absolution … GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland. Troubled Not Restless … GUEST Rachel Booth Smith … writes, teaches, and produces study tools.  … after her chemo appointment my daughter asked if it was ok to be restless. Music for Advent & Christmas … GUESTS Greg an...

Hindrances to a powerful prayer life which included: me-centered prayer, earthly-minded prayer, dirty hands prayer, zippy prayer, kitty cat prayer, and lazy prayers. -  Leslie Bennett joyfully served as a Director of Women’s Ministries at Northeast Presbyterian Church (PCA) for a dozen years prior to joining Revive Our Hearts in Women’s Ministries Initiatives. She has a passion to minister to wome...

This Week in the Nation’s Capital... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Department of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, where he teaches courses on the history of religious thought ... Dr Trueman is the author of the new book, “Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution,...

Play Ball! (Like a Christian) ... GUEST Michael Betrus ... a student at the Texas A&M Univ School of Law ... He is interested in biblical theology & church history, and he cohosts the Radically Normal podcast ... he & his wife live in Dallas. THIS OR THAT THE BEST OF TWITTER THIS WEEK GUEST Frederica Matthew’s Green ...  author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes...

"Lessons Learned from the Songs of Fools" from Ecclesiastes 7:5.  Some of the titles of sermons are: Chain of Fools What the Fool Believes I Pity the Fool Everybody Plays the Fool Sometimes Won't Be Fooled Again Shut-Up Fool Don't Want to Be a Fool … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood Judgement and peer review… GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the...

Advent: Looking both Ways: we look back to remember/celebrate Jesus’ birth and we look forward to anticipating Jesus re-advent ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pittsburgh GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It:  365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com  ... Anne lives in upstate NY whe...

The way in which Scripture uses genealogies throughout, and focused more specifically on the genealogies of Jesus ...  GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 5 books, including “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” …  She blogs at mi...

GUEST: Greg Clugston - SRN News White House Correspondent GUEST: Guest:Marilyn McEntyre - Writer, Professor, Speaker GUEST: James K.A. Smith - Teaches Philosophy and Theology at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GUEST Toni Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor & teacher from The Gracism Task Force. Musical Advent Devotional “Goodwill,” feat. Christopher Wu from the Pgh Symphony  along w Grove Farm Worship (pre-recorded) ...  GUESTS Christopher Wu, Violinist (the Pgh Symphony Orchestra), Rev Craig Gyergyo (Sr Pastor, CCGF) and Brad Lebakken (Dir of Worship Ministries, CCGF) ... The Goodwill alb...

Thomas Jefferson & Thanksgiving … GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd … research professor of church history at Midwestern Baptist Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and author of books including “Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father,” and his latest “Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh” Finding Gratitude When You’re Feeling Stuck … GUEST Clarissa Moll … award-winning writ...

GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. Bible League … GUEST Michael Woolworth GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” … His research appears on the site Religion in Public, and he tweets at @ryan...

52 Weeks in the Word: A Companion for Reading through the Bible in a Year (new book) … GUEST Trillia Newbell … author of several books including, “A Great Cloud of Witnesses,” “Sacred Endurance,” and the children’s books, “Creative God, Colorful Us”  … when she isn’t writing, she’s encouraging and supporting other writers as the Acquisitions Director at Moody Publishers. THIS OR THAT? THE BEST OF...

New in Advent and Christmas reading - Guest: Byron Borger owner Hearts & Minds Bookstore Dallastown PA. Church attendance still short of pre-pandemic levels although most have reopened: survey  (Chr Post)** GUEST Doug Bursch is a writer, podcaster and minister, the author of “Posting Peace:  Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”. Is this vegetable healthier raw or cooked (NY...

John and Kathy speak with Michael Woolworth from Bible League International. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John and Kathy speak with Michael Woolworth from Bible League International See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women - Guest:   Ericka Andersen is a freelance writer, podcast host and consultant for The Steamboat Institute. She previously wrote for, and was the Digital Director at, National Review magazine. Prior to that, she was the Digital Manager at the Heritage Foundation and worke...

Abiding Dependence: Living Moment by Moment in the Love of God / Guest: RON BLOCK has been a banjoist guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for Alison Krauss & Union Station since 1991. He wrote many of the band's gospel songs: "There is a Reason," "In the Palm of Your Hand," "Jesus, Help Me to Stand," and his playing has been featured on albums by Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, Randy...

The Six Conversations-Pathways to connecting in an age of isolation and incivility -Guest : Heather Holleman Am I Resting or Just Being Lazy? Guest: Amy DiMarcangelo is the author of A Hunger for More: Finding Satisfaction in Jesus When the Good Life Doesn’t Fill You (TGC/Crossway, May 2022) and a regular contributor to The Gospel Coalition. Enjoying the Bible - Literary Approaches to Loving the S...

3 Principles for Settling Political Spats in the Church When we see civic engagement as a limited strategy rather than a source of moral identity, we’re better equipped to reach across the partisan aisle. Guest:   Daniel K. Williams is a professor of history at the University of West Georgia and the author of Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement Before Roe v. Wade. GUEST Father Tom Sorok...

GUEST David French ... senior editor at The Dispatch, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law and the law of armed conflict), and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom ... He’s the author or co-author of several books including the #1 NYT bestselling “Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore” ... his newest book is "Divided we Fall: America's Secession Threat and how to restore...

Rich Mullins: The Sparrow Watcher … GUEST Kevin Burrell         Kevin Burrell Pastor of Preaching and Connections at Stone Bridge Church Community and dedicated ornithologist. THIS OR THAT? THE BEST OF TWITTER THIS WEEK THE WEEK IN REVIEW THINGS TO DO IN PITTSBURGH THIS WEEKEND See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mental health in the Bible … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood. Caring for the (Violent) Stranger - What if we applied Christian imagination to protecting our children? Guest: Jen Pollock Michel is the author of five books including In Good Time: 8 Habits for Reimagining Productivity, Resisting Hurry, and Practicing Peace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

On turning 32... GUEST Chris Martin ... a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, and communications consultant … He's the author of "Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media," and writes regularly in his Substack newsletter, of the same name … Chris lives outside Nashville with his family. On turning 70 and losing your hearing from COVID... GUEST Frederi...

“Seeds of the Kingdom?” Jesus and two parables from Mark 4:21-33 ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills. Part 2: Halloween Is for Heroes, Not Ghosts (E MacAuley, NYT) ... GUEST Rev Tery Timm. Bag-gate:  Cornhole goes pro (WSJ) Food prices soar; so do company’s profits — shrinkflation at last night’s Halloween (DNYUZ.com) From The Reformation to Katherine Kuhlman: i...