Do you find it challenging to apply the book of Proverbs to your life? Dominick Hernández joins Todd and Ryan to discuss how the wisdom in Proverbs is indeed intended to help us with practical matters in our lives. Hernandez is assistant professor of Old Testament Interpretation and the Director of the Online Hispanic Program at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also an ordained pastor, published author, conference speaker, and biblical language enthusiast.

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Proverbs: Pathways to Wisdom

How should Christians think about the afterlife? What difference does the doctrines of heaven and hell make in Christianity? Randy Alcorn joins the show to talk with Ryan and Todd about writing, heaven, and what Christian living has to do with the eternal promise of the New Heavens and the New Earth.

Mentioned Resources

• Randy Alcorn, Heaven, The Grace and Truth Paradox, Eternity, The Apostle, Ollie Chandler Series
• James Scott Bell, Plot & Structure
• Francine Rivers, Atonement Child, Redeeming Love
• Greg Allison, Historical Theology

Ryan & Todd continue their conversation about spiritual abuse with Ken Garrett.

In this two-part episode, pastor and author Ken Garrett talks to Ryan and Todd about his faith journey and his encounter with spiritual abuse in the church. Ken's book, In the House of Friends, is written for survivors of abusive churches, their families and friends, and all who want to understand spiritual abuse and help those who have been abused.

Aaron Menikoff joins Ryan and Todd to talk about his new book, Character Matters, and why character is critically important for pastors, both for their own spiritual lives and those of the people they lead.  

Mentioned Resources

• Aaron Menikoff, Character Matters

Author and pastor Brett McCracken joins Todd and Ryan to talk about his new book, The Wisdom Pyramid, and how Christians can maintain a balanced diet of information in the midst of a post-truth world. 

Mentioned Resources

• Brett McCracken, The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World
• Carl Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
• Neil Platinga, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business