Intersect: Where Church Meets Culture

Intersect: Where Church Meets Culture

By Northeast Presbyterian Church | Josh and Betsy DeschSociety & CultureReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Intersect: Where Church Meets Culture episodes

  • "This is 100!" — Season 09, Episode 01
    Episode #100, here it is! After 8 years, Josh and Betsy have reached the top of Mount Everest. Okay, well, actually they have just recorded episode #100 of Intersect. Take a tour down memory lane as they blitz through those one hundred episodes category by category. Categories include memorable interviews, shows on parenting, technology, mental health and so much more. What has been your favorite episode of Intersect? This one goes out to all our listeners and viewers. Thank you for being a part of the Intersect family. In listening to this episode, you may discover some past episodes that you want to listen to for the first time, or revisit. Intersect at one hundred. Put on your seat belt, get the popcorn and soda, and enjoy the ride!
    43 min
  • Spring Reading Roundup — Season 08, Episode 08
    The sun is shining, the bees are buzzing, and Josh and Betsy are still reading various and sundry books. Listeners and viewers of Intersect Podcast have always appreciated their book reviews, so on this Spring Reading Roundup Josh and Betsy each share about three books they have read over the past few months. You may want to read these books . . . or not! Either way, enjoy. 
    BOOKS REVIEWED:
    "Mother Emanuel" -- Kevin Sack
    "Freeing Celibacy" -- Donald Cozzens
    "Nobody's Girl" -- Virginia Roberts Giuffre
    "Sexual Authenticity" -- Melinda Selmys
    "There is No Place For Us" -- Brian Goldstone
    "The Silmarillion" -- J.R.R. Tolkien
    39 min
  • 6 Months with a Flip Phone??!! Breaking Down the Downgrading Movement

    Betsy has now had a flip phone for two months! Josh wants to know if this is realistic. Can she keep it going? Do we have to all have smart phones? If you will never get rid of your smartphone what can you do to be less addicted and chained to it? Are we losing boredom and does that matter? This and more! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/style/teens-social-media.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/opinion/teen-luddite-smartphones.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opinion/tech-free-college-spaces.html https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/31/we-have-lost-so-much-of-ourselves-to-smartphones-can-we-get-it-back https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/opinion/how-quit-smartphone-addiction.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://www.theludditeclub.org/contact-1 https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/the-return-of-dumb-things-why-young-people-are-ditching-their-smartphones-for-mp3-players-and-digital-cameras-103012025.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/opinion/social-media-phones-mental-health.html https://calnewport.com/on-digital-minimalism/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/2026-s-biggest-lifestyle-shift-living-life-on-analog-mode/ar-AA1Uru4L

    36 min
  • Debunking Christian Fallacies, with Dr. Seth Scott
    “All sins are the same.”
    “I can do all things through Christ…”
    “All our works are filthy rags…”
    “God won’t give you more than you can handle.”
    There are a lot of bumper sticker slogans that Christians toss around. But are these statements biblically accurate? On this episode Josh and Betsy are joined by Dr. Seth Scott, the head of the counseling department at Columbia International University in Columbia, South Carolina. This discussion on Christians fallacies provides a rich window into what God’s true purposes are for this people.
    https://ciu.edu/program/ma-clinical-counseling/
    37 min
  • You're Only Human, with Dr. Kelly Kapic
    Are limitations good or bad? Are limitations a result of humanity’s fall into sin, or a part of being a creature? Is it wrong to try to transcend our limitations? Shouldn’t we try to be as productive as possible and to optimize our health and lifestyle?
    Josh and Betsy dive into these questions and more with award winning author Dr. Kelly Kapic. Dr. Kapic’s 2022 book, Your Only Human, won Christianity Today’s award that year for the best theology book. Join us for a fascinating conversation that will leave you relieved and grateful that all of us are only human.
    https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Only-Human-Limits-Reflect/dp/1587437031/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5FQsvhZ-UZ2HMXUzEKQlCw1w7eVZ3yUftY7hD5LT89uyjk-HmCAQ_X8o-QclDiFhROcUAIq3GOs9-J1ffrYuDTU6zUenDNkfNcugPUorDRXK0-Ih0FafpWmzfgebPooCFfH-yaDXshg-0yHEL7jdE8VN8J-zmbu54hDoz6IS1mDxAPBSIsZNhha8Gzs6DWE6J_oATt5Oj0JQrPipxVoJSk3n4-SzHoTUn03nUZJi4rg.ooLps5P4w3KDw_W-ay09w9-lnS15jto-Zv9I0HOG0Mw&dib_tag=se&keywords=your+only+human&qid=1761751361&sr=8-1
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/1540968987/ref=mes-dp?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=FgPMM&content-id=amzn1.sym.1763b2a9-7aa6-49c2-a60b-ee230f5faf79&pf_rd_p=1763b2a9-7aa6-49c2-a60b-ee230f5faf79&pf_rd_r=62RFEJSD4174ABA35F32&pd_rd_wg=LXT32&pd_rd_r=c01c034b-4692-4c64-998b-e94a066cd8f7
    37 min
  • What's All This About Christian Nationalism?
    Have you heard about Christian Nationalism? What is it, who believes it, and what impact does it have? In this episode Josh and Betsy review the book, The Violent Take It by Force, by Matthew D. Taylor. This book explains the rise to power of Independent Charismatic Christians and their connection to what happened on January 6th at the Capital. Every Christian should want to be informed about what Chrisitan movements are arising around us and how faithful they are to the Great Commission and the Great Commandment.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/1506497780/?bestFormat=true&k=the%20violent%20take%20it%20by%20force&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_k0_1_9_de&crid=CGHK01G9PR6V&sprefix=the%20viole
    46 min
  • Should ChatGPT Be Your Therapist
    Artificial Intelligence . . . It’s here. We are all using it. Should we be? Does it matter? What are the benefits? What are the risks? Is ChatGPT your friend?
    It’s the AI episode. Brought to you totally by two people with real human brains! Listen in and let us know what you think.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/opinion/ai-therapist-suicide.html?smid=url-share
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai-suicide.html?smid=url-share
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/health/ai-therapists-chatbots.html?smid=url-share
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/health/ai-therapist-mental-health.html?smid=url-share
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/magazine/ai-chatbot-therapy.html?smid=url-share
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/opinion/chatgpt-therapist-journal-ai.html?smid=url-share
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/opinion/chat-gpt-mental-health-suicide.html?smid=url-share
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/opinion/teen-mental-health-chatbots.html?smid=url-share
    37 min

About Intersect: Where Church Meets Culture

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One thing is constant about this moment in history in which we are living: change. We see huge cultural shifts happening all around us, and when coupled with the ever burgeoning place that technology holds in our lives, it’s sometimes hard to stay on top of the ways in which our world is changing. Our goal at "Intersect" is to dissect cultural trends that we are experiencing in our increasingly global world through the lens of a gospel worldview, with a good dose of humor. How are we as Christ followers to live faithfully in this cultural moment?

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