Babel Undone

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Babel Undone episodes

February 27 Heath Adamson - Is hope just wishful thinking?
Where do you go to find hope? God has made us a promise that he is our future and our hope but how do we discern that from just wishful thinking?
Heath Adamson, Senior Vice President of Global Program at Convoy of Hope believes 'hope' is more than just a nice idea. The faith-based global relief and humanitarian organization has distributed over $3.1 billion in aid and served more than 300 million people around the world.
He's also the author of several books, including Grace in the Valley and Hope Breaks Through.
Adamson talks powerfully about the need for hope in our world and in this conversation explains why feeding the poor is not just a socio-economic idea but can help serve people who are spiritually poor too.
28 min
February 20 Wendell Vinson - Church is the solution to the world's biggest problems
Pastor Wendell Vinson has been in ministry for over 40 years and he's still passionate that it can solve problems the world often simply can't. He's the co-founder and president of the non-profit CityServe Network, an organization that resources local churches to serve it's communities.
And they, he believes, are the best placed to do just that.
In this episode of Babel Undone he talks about how churches can be hubs for food distribution or relief for areas in the war torn places like Ukraine and how development agencies and NGOs don't know the on-the-ground needs like a local church does.
28 min
February 13 Ron and Ann Mainse - On having a better marriage: 'A cord with three strands is not easily broken'
Ron and Ann Mainse are Canadian Christian media personalities known for their work as former co-hosts of the television program 100 Huntley Street and hosts of their current marriage enrichment program, A Better Us.
Their work focusses on strengthening marriage and family relationships.
And their own marriage is a good example to start with. They've been married for 40 years and still going strong.
In this conversation with Johnnie Moore and Archbishop D'Souza they talk about the challenges marriages face, how devotionals together can help and why they ended up moving into marriage ministry in the first place.
29 min
February 06 Luke Moon - Gen Z and misinformation on Israel
Friend of the podcast, Luke Moon, returns to talk about the growing levels of misinformation around Israel on university campuses. He's Executive Director of The Philos Project, a nonprofit organization promoting positive Christian engagement in the Middle East. It's an organisation designed to foster good relations between Christians and Jews, as well as advocating for persecuted Christians in the Middle East.
In this episode of Babel Undone, Moon unpacks the various factions of the Christian right among younger generations, how he's encouraged by revival but challenged over the difference of opinion when it comes to younger voices on Israel.
30 min
January 30 Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett - Faith as an antedote to cultural nihilism
Dr Katrina Swett is a human rights advocate and the President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice. It's an organisation close to her heart as her father was the late congressman Tom Lantos - the only Holocaust survivor ever to be elected to the US congress. She has worked tirelessly in the field of international religious freedom and making sure her father and his legacy lives on and that she continues to be a 'link in that chain'.
In this interview she discusses international religious freedom, her work with UN Watch, cultural nihilism - a rejection of traditional values - and the impact of social media.
30 min
January 23 Steele Billings - AI serving The Church
Steele Billings is Chief AI Officer at Gloo an AI company serving ministry leaders and working in over 80,000 churches. In this growing field, Gloo aims to bring a redemptive approach to the practice making sure this emerging technology helps people and organisations do what God has called them to do using a selection of tools people can trust.
In this conversation he outlines his predictions for the future, what churches need to be careful about and what they need to embrace and how the job market of the next 20 years will be made up of people who achieve goals over those who 'know things'.
26 min
January 16 Katy Faust - Children's advocacy on the front lines
Katy Faust is the passionate founder and president of Them Before Us, a non-profit that advocates for children's rights. And as an activist Faust is not backwards in coming forward. She believes every child has the right to be known and loved by their biological mother and father.
She is a conservative and policy influencer who publishes widely on marriage and family issues, sometimes ruffling feathers when it comes to issues of same-sex marriage, IVF and sperm and egg donation which she believes 'commodify' children.
In this episode of Babel Undone she talks to Johnnie Moore and Archbishop D' Souza about what motivates her in her work.
29 min
January 09 Rob Ketterling - "Generosity is a muscle"
"Our church gave away 12 million dollars last year to charities" says Rob Ketterling proudly. Ketterling is a man who sees generosity as a goal. He's the pastor at River Valley Church in Minnesota and has been ministering for 30 years with that focus.
He's the author of The Generous Life and uses his own experience as an example of how to step out in faith having started his own ministry on five credit cards.
In this episode of the Babel Undone he talks to Johnnie Moore and Archbishop D'Souza about how people want their money to make a difference and offers practical advice to churches on how to dream big
29 min
January 02 Carole Nuriel - Antisemitism in the middle east
Carole Nuriel grew up in Israel, born to French speaking Moroccan-born parents and is known mainly for her extensive work with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) a prominent international organization founded in 1913 to combat antisemitism and bigotry.
Her work has lead her to consult with many types of people living within Israel including the Bedouin and Druze and she is a regular media commentator and a frequent speaker at conferences and expert forums, providing insights on global antisemitism.
In this edition of Babel Undone she talks about how antisemitism is much more of a problem for Jews outside Israel and how the country of her parents birth, where Jews and Muslims lived together in harmony for centuries, has helped provide a blueprint of what the middle east could be.
25 min
December 26, 2025 Alveda King - Niece of Martin Luther King and voice of the unborn
Alveda King grew up steeped in the concerns for racial equality within America in the 1960s. Her uncle was civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and she is daughter of the activist A. D. King. Alveda herself a prominent and empathetic voice within the Christian conservative movement particular on right to life issues.
In this interview she talks openly about how she is was rescued from abortion and how she herself became a voice for life even after having two terminations herself.
25 min