Mindset with Mike Schutt

The goal of education, according to Aristotle, is to make students love what they ought. This is a needed reminder for Christian educators as they counter-form their students in a culture pushing back on all fronts.

On this episode of Mindset, the director of Colson Educators, Billy Hutchinson, joins Mike Schutt to explore the unique challenges of Christian education in an upside-down world. As Billy says, Christian teachers need clarity, confidence, and courage—and that’s no small undertaking. Listen in!

In this episode of Mindset, Mike Schutt sits down with Robert Bortins, CEO of Classical Conversations, to explore the indispensable role of parents in shaping their children's minds and hearts. Drawing on his experience as a homeschool graduate, a homeschooling father, and the leader of one of the world's largest classical Christian homeschooling organizations, Robert explains why education is far more than academics.

Mike and Robert explore how education fits within God's design for the family and how moms and dads can faithfully embrace their God-given responsibility to educate the next generation. Along the way, they address cultural pressures, biblical worldview, and the anxieties of parents who are not sure they are up to the task of classical education.

It’s not always easy to live faithfully in our chaotic age. In this episode of Mindset, Mike Schutt talks with Dr. O. Alan Noble about his new book, To Live Well: Practical Wisdom for Moving Through Chaotic Times.

Drawing on Scripture and the classic Christian virtues, Noble explains how the virtues shape our character, order our loves, and prepare us to face life with wisdom and hope. Whether you're navigating uncertainty or simply seeking a vision of faithful living, this conversation offers practical wisdom for following Christ in the ordinary rhythms of everyday life.

In this episode of Mindset, Mike Schutt talks with theologian, pastor, and author Andy Naselli about the importance of reading to the Christian life. Drawing from his book How to Read a Book, Naselli explains how reading shapes us.

Together they explore the connection between reading and spiritual formation, the influence of technology on our habits, the role of books in cultivating wisdom, and practical ways families can foster a culture of reading. It is a helpful conversation for anyone seeking to have the right mindset about reading and communicating.

On this episode of Mindset, host Mike Schutt sits down with Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and host of The Briefing. Dr. Mohler reflects on the challenges facing believers in a rapidly changing culture and the importance of developing wisdom and nurturing a deeply rooted biblical worldview.

Their conversation explores faithfulness in public life, the role of Christian higher education, and the formative influences that shaped Dr. Mohler’s own life and ministry. Along the way, he offers practical encouragement for parents and students seeking to live with courage and clarity.

In this episode of Mindset, philosopher and author J. Budziszewski joins Mike Schutt to discuss his new book Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy. The book is an examination of what happens when individuals and cultures suppress obvious moral truth— Dr. Budziszewski explores these efforts to evade the demands of conscience and suggests helpful ways to address this pandemic. Join the conversation as Mike and the professor explore our response to this maddening cultural condition.

In this episode of Mindset, Mike Schutt and Worldview Academy’s Jeff Baldwin explore the growing crisis in modern education and the challenge of forming rightly ordered loves in an anxious age. Baldwin, founder and president of the Worldview Crux bridge-year program, sees the limits of tech-based solutions and points toward a deeper need: a renewed vision of education rooted in great books, Socratic dialogue, and intentional Christian community—an approach designed for moral formation. For parents and teachers weary of cultural drift, this episode offers a hopeful path to cultivating wisdom and virtue in our students.

We know that our digital habits are reshaping us—attention spans, mental health, and our capacity for relationship are all diminishing. Are we willing to address our digital habits in light of the heavy cost? 

Join Mike Schutt and his guest Clare Morell, author of The Tech Exit, a book that asks a very practical question: what would it look like for families to step off the technological carousel and recover patterns of life that actually help them flourish? The discussion will challenge your assumptions about the neutrality of the digital world and your ability to manage it with your kids.

Listen in as Clare invites us to see technology not merely as a tool to be managed, but as a formative power to be dealt with in light of what we believe about the human person. 

John Stonestreet joins Mike Schutt to talk about the decline of the West and the new documentary Truth Rising. The film, produced by Focus on the Family and the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, paints a realistic picture of the times, yet strikes a hopeful note — and issues a call to Christian to act as agents of renewal wherever God has placed them. The conversation provides a thoughtful perspective on living in this cultural moment. 

Join Mike Schutt and his guest Katy Faust as they discuss “Raising Conservative Kids in a Woke City.” Katy and her co-author lay out practical tips for equipping kids to stand firm and think well in today’s culture. Mike and Katy talk politics, religion, children’s rights, and parental strategy on this episode of MINDSET.