The Way Home with Dan Darling

Excited to feature my friend Jeff Goins on the podcast. Jeff is a prolific author and blogger. Jeff has helped many people improve their writing and think through their calling from a Christian perspective. My discussion with Jeff focused on the craft of writing, finding your calling, and why art and work are not mutually exclusive. Listen to this week's episode of The Way Home   Show Notes On the...

Is it possible for us to be both connected and lonely? This is the epidemic Erin Davis describes in her new book, Connected: Curing the Pandemic of Everyone Feeling Alone Together. Erin joins me on the podcast, along with my colleague Lindsay Swartz, to discuss how life in Christ and life together in the body of Christ is the ultimate answer for the lonely longings we share. Listen to this week's...

Today I'm taking to my friend, pastor Tony Merida. Tony is a professor, author, and pastor. He is the founding pastor of Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, N.C. He also serves as Associate Professor of Preaching at Southeastern Baptist Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C. He and his wife Kimberly have five adopted children. Tony and I discuss his fantastic new book, Ordinary. I highly recommend this book as a...

Today on the podcast I have a conversation with my friend Bruce Ashford, who joined me in the studio during our recent Leadership Summit on Racial Reconciliation.  Bruce is Provost and Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. Bruce and I are going to discuss his latest book, Every Square Inch. I love this book for a variety of rea...

My friend Johnnie Moore joins me to discuss ISIS and the persecution of Christians. Johnnie is the former Vice President for Executive Projects and Media Relations and Campus Pastor of Liberty University. He has been an outspoken advocate for persecuted Christians in the Middle East and has a new book, a must read, Defying Isis. I'm grateful that Johnnie took time to join me and update us on the s...

Today my conversation is with David Platt. David is the president of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest mission-sending agency in the world. He is also the bestselling author of several books, including his latest, Counter Culture and the host of the popular event Secret Church. Listen to this week's episode of The Way Home   Show Notes * Twitter: @plat...

How should Christians think through their political engagement? Can we be both civil and courageous? This is something I've been talking about for some time. Which is why I'm glad to have my friend Scott Sauls on the broadcast. Scott is the senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Before coming to Nashville, Scott was a lead and preaching pastor at New York City’s Redeemer Presbyt...

Even though I'm a digital native and enjoy visual media, I have a deep love for audio–both radio and podcasting. It could be from my days growing up in a family without a TV. I was glued to the radio, listening to play-by-play of the Chicago Cubs, listening to Old Time Radio classics and to Christian radio. In this case it was Moody Radio Chicago. Today, I have the wonderful opportunity to talk wi...

My conversation today is with Mollie Hemingway, a popular and fierce journalist. Mollie is a senior editor at The Federalist where she is unafraid to challenge conventional thinking in the media and in politics. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, The Washington Post, CNN, National Review, GetReligion, Ricochet, Christianity Today, Fede...

Lee Strobel is a man who needs little introduction. Once a skeptic, the award-winning legal journalist for the Chicago Tribune found Christ after weighing all the evidence. He's spent the last several decades as an eloquent apologist for the the Christian faith, with classic books like, The Case for Christ. But recently Lee's life took a frightening turn when he was faced with a threatening illnes...

All of us have reacted with horror at the atrocities committed by the terrorist group ISIS upon Christians in the Middle East. How can Christian pray? How should we think about ISIS? Today on The Way Home I talk with Jayson Casper, a Christianity Today journalist who has been covering this story. He called me from Cairo to discuss how Christians in places like Egypt, Jordan, and other countries ar...

Listen to this week's episode of The Way Home Today I am joined by Dr. David Prince. We'll be talking on various topics such as diversity in the church and the role of sports and faith in parenting, life and church. Dr. Prince is the pastor of preaching and vision at Ashland Avenue Baptist Church and a professor of Christian preaching at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a regular c...

Listen to this week's episode of The Way Home I am very excited about today's interview with my friend Brian Ivie, director of the movie, The Dropbox. I encourage you to go see this movie. It is being released as a special theatrical event March 3-5. What's interesting about this movie is not only the story of South Korean pastor Lee Jong-rak and his efforts to save babies in South Korea, but Bria...

Listen to this week's episode of The Way Home On today's show I welcome John Dickson, Australian speaker, author and historian. He is a founding director for the Centre for Public Christianity. * Book: A Doubter's Guide to the Bible * Twitter: @johnpauldickson * Website: johndickson.org  To learn more about the 2015 ERLC Leadership Summit on "The Gospel and Racial Reconciliation," go to erlc.com/s...

Listen to this week's episode of The Way Home Today on the podcast I'm joined by Thabiti Anyabwile, church planting pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., prolific author and thinker. You can read his blog here and also his work at The Front Porch. * Book: The Gospel for Muslims: An Encouragement to Share Christ with Confidence * Twitter: @thabitianyabwil  To learn more about t...

Listen to this week's episode of The Way Home On today's show, I speak with Joe Rigney, Assistant Professor of Theology and Christian Worldview and Institutional Writer at Bethlehem College and Seminary about his new book, The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts. We talk about these questions: Can a Christian enjoy the things of this earth and still glorify God? When does enjoyme...

Listen to this week's episode of The Way Home Welcome to the second episode of my podcast The Way Home. Today's episode features Bethany Goodman, assistant director at March for Life Education and Defense Fund, and my friend Dean Inserra, pastor of City Church in Tallahassee, Fla. Show notes: Bethany Goodman segment starts at 2:24  * Twitter: @beth1027 * Website: bornwithabeautifulpurpose.com Dean...

Listen to This Week's Episode of The Way Home Welcome to the first episode of my brand-new podcast: The Way Home. My hope with this podcast is twofold: to give you some compelling conversations with pastors, church leaders, authors, and influencers. This first episode features my friend, Karen Swallow Prior, a fantastic voice. She's an English professor at Liberty University and her work appears i...