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GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent­ 17 Things More Likely to Happen to You Than Winning the Lottery (GoBankingRates) The importance of the reformation  …  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...

Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul (new book) … GUEST Deanna Witkowski … professional jazz pianist, composer, & liturgical musician … She is the winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition and most recently, a featured performer with the Pittsburgh Symphony … As a noted Williams scholar, Witkowski is dedicated to bringing the pioneering jazz pianist-composer Mary Lou Williams’s soul...

GUEST Jerry Bowyer … host of the new 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. Trinity School for Ministry -Guest: The Rev. Cn. Dr. Bryan C. Hollon, Ph. D., as the new and eighth Dean President. The Power of Swearing: How obscene words influen...

GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pittsburgh. GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It:  365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry & Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com  ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest. On perseverance... GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ...   psychi...

On Becoming A Prodigal Parent:  if a prodigal is wastefully extravagant or lavish, then how can parents of prodigals become prodigals themselves? … GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 5 books, including “Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma," "Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” and “Born To Wan...

GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. Supporting adoption in a post-Dobbs America - Guest: GUEST Dr Charlie Camosy … Professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University ... He is the author of 5 books, including, most recently, "Losing our Dignity:  How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality … also “Resisting Throwaway Culture:  How a consis...

The myths and mysteries of Pittsburgh’s famous Allegheny Arsenal… GUEST Andy Masich ... President and CEO of the Senator John Heinz History Center in association with the Smithsonian Institution. THIS OR THAT THE BEST OF TWITTER THIS WEEK GUEST Salena Zito ... author of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” ... Selena is a writer for The Washington Examiner...

Topics for Today Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church. GUEST Michael J. Kruger (President and the Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC) Citywide Prayer for the Election (Christ Church at Grove Farm, Thur. Oct 27, 6:30pm) … GUEST Cynthia Scott Learn to like the most annoying person in your life (Based on an...

GUEST Rev Tom Hall ... Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, 6th Ave downtown. Breaking Open: How Your Pain Becomes the Path to Living Again (new book) … GUEST Jacob Armstrong … pastor of Providence Church in Mt. Juliet, TN. Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest:  From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again (new book) … GUEST Ruth Haley Barton … founding president of the Transforming Center, a spiritual f...

Pittsburgh Refugee Ministry … GUEST Daniel Behrens … Ascension Missionary in Residence. International Church News:  3D model made of Shroud of Turin image (The Sun)… LINK to story: https://www.the-sun.com/news/6461300/incredible-model-jesus-christ-hyper-realistic-sculpture-shroud/ Kaufmann's: The Family That Built Pittsburgh’s Famed Department Store (new book)  … GUEST Marylynne Pitz … journalist...

This Week in the Nation's Capitol- AP poll shows voter dissatisfaction with politics but motivated to vote.   - NYT/Siena College poll showing Republicans regaining the upper hand in midterm election polling.   - Congress is in recess. Political focus is on the midterms..... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World: Christian Nonviolence for...

Can the Church Save Marriage? Matrimony rates are in decline, even among conservative Christians. Here’s what that means for the future. Guest- Mark Regnerus is a professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and co-founder of the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture. His new book, The Future of Christian Marriage (Oxford University Press), releases on September 1. Ch...

This Week in the Nation’s Capital. GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. The scourge of sex trafficking in Pgh ... GUEST Theresa Golden ... Executive Director, Refuge for Women Pittsburgh. refugeforwomen.org/pittsburgh/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 “Restless Faith:  Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested La...

Mental Health in the Bible… GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood. Science and Theology: It's perfectly fine to admit to Being Wrong… 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”. Are There Different Degrees of Reward in Heaven? Person o...

Ask This Question…Even if It Scares You ... 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. The story of St Gregory of Armenia - F...

The National Faith and Blue Weekend- National Faith & Blue Weekend facilitates safer and stronger communities by engaging law enforcement officers and local residents through the connections of faith-based organizations. Guest: Zanetta L. Wingfield - Gospel Recording Artist. Pastor. Teacher. Caregiver. GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the autho...

Raise a juice box to the temperance  movement … GUEST Jennifer Woodruff Tait … managing editor of Christian History and author of “The Poisoned Chalice: Eucharistic Grape Juice and Common-Sense Realism in Victorian Methodism”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who's Raising Your Kids? Battling for the hearts and minds of your children.  Hillary Morgan Ferrer is the founder and Mama-Bear-in-Chief of Mama Bear Apologetics.  Saturday October 29th Harvest Church in Kittaning  - Register:http://harvestpa.org/events *** THIS OR THAT? *** *** BEST OF TWITTER THIS WEEK *** The season change from a poet’s perspective … GUEST Mischa Willett ... author of "The Ele...

GUEST Jerry Bowyer ...Host of the new 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 Death of the Daily News - Guest: Andrew Conte  founded the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, which serves as a laboratory for t...

What makes a church a church?  ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland district of Pittsburgh Anne’s summer travels, the Queen of England, International Daughters & Sons Day. ... 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 where she m...

Appropriating Jewish Religious Symbols May Not Communicate What Christians Think It Does ...  GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 5 books, including “Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma," "Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” and “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity" … ...

Four Out of Five Victims Don’t Report Sexual Assault. Can Christian Colleges Do Better? Title IX coordinators look for ways to combat silence and shame. Guest- HANNAH MCCLELLAN Is the church better at teaching people politics than theology - Guest: Drew Dyck See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The last day of summer - change is constant … GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The scandal of evangelical Christian friendship (RNS) … GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ...  Research Professor of English & Christianity & Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ... She is the author of, most recently, "On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ...  She is also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues," and...