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When you experience the freedom and joy that comes from realizing God's not mad at you, it's perfectly normal to want to share the good news. And, as it turns out, being normal is the best way to do that.

Evangelism really can be as simple as a loving friendship between people who don't share the same beliefs.

Join Mary Schaller and John Crilly on Steve Brown, Etc. for a discussion of their new book, The 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations: Walking alongside People Who Believe Differently.

Mary Schaller is president of Q Place, a ministry that empowers Christians to engage in meaningful conversations about God with people who believe differently.

John Crilly is a writer, poet, certified professional life coach, and former national field director for Q Place.

It's been said that the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist. (It was something like that. Check with Kevin Spacey or Charles Baudelaire.)

Looking at the headlines, you'd have to be a crazy person to say that evil doesn't exist. But is that evil the work of a dark spiritual being and his minions, or can it all be boiled down to social justice issues?

Join Richard Beck on Steve Brown, Etc. for a discussion of his new book, Reviving Old Scratch: Demons and the Devil for Doubters and the Disenchanted. While surveys say that even the majority of Christians doubt Satan's existence, Jesus knew his enemy, and so should we.

Richard Beck is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Abilene Christian University. His published research covers topics as diverse as the psychology of profanity to why Christian bookstore art is so bad. Connect with Richard at his blog, Experimental Theology.

Father's Day is almost here, and you're wondering what to get the man who has everything. Have you considered one more sermon on how he's letting America down? Maybe then he'll finally "man up" and be the spiritual leader God called him to be.

Well, if that's what you're shopping for, we ain't selling.

Join Joe Battaglia on Steve Brown, Etc. for a Father's Day program without the guilt trip as he discusses his new book, That's My Dad!: Honoring the Fathers Who Shaped Our Lives.

Joe Battaglia is the founder and president of Renaissance Communications, a media company that serves heavy hitters like Dr. Steve Brown and Key Life Network. Joe is also the author of The Politically Incorrect Jesus, and he's an executive producer for the nationally syndicated radio program, Keep the Faith. 

We all have a secret plan to get from where we are to where we want to be. We wear masks to further our hidden agendas, but it leaves us feeling phony, ashamed, guilty, and afraid. 

There is a better way.

Join Steve Brown on Steve Brown, Etc. for a discussion of his new book, Hidden Agendas: Dropping the Masks that Keep Us Apart. You'll see that there's so much more to life than hiding, pretending, and never being loved as we truly are.

Steve Brown is a cynical old preacher, author, speaker, seminary professor, and the founder of Key Life Network.

What's so special about Christianity? Aren't all religions basically the same?

Christianity isn't just one among many similar belief systems and philosophies. Its counter-intuitive, unmatched truth answers the deepest longings of every human heart.  

Join Jared Wilson on Steve Brown, Etc. for a discussion of his new book, Unparalleled: How Christianity's Uniqueness Makes It Compelling.

Jared Wilson is an author, speaker, the director of content strategy for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and managing editor of For the Church at FTC.co.

The majority of Christians believe we're made in the image of God and we're all created equal. But most American Christians don't have any significant interracial relationships, and that can cut the legs off our work for justice. At the very least it leaves us tone deaf to people who don't look like us.

Join Rev. Greg Ward and Rev. Irwyin Ince on Steve Brown, Etc. as they discuss the book to which they contributed, Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church.

We're all running scared from the shadow. It haunts our pasts and drives us to build labyrinths to protect ourselves from its pull. But wall building has taken its toll, leaving us exhausted, crazy, and trapped within prisons of our own creation.

Only true Love can set us free.

Join our producer and friend, Erik Guzman, on Steve Brown, Etc. as he discusses his new book, The Seed: A True Myth. Perfect Love really does cast out fear... and offers new life within the Love Fractal.

Erik is Executive Producer and Vice President of Communications at Key Life Network. He's also the author of The Gift of Addiction: How God Redeems Our Pain.

We all have a secret plan to get from where we are to where we want to be. We wear masks to further our hidden agendas, but it leaves us feeling phony, ashamed, guilty, and afraid. 

There is a better way.

Join Steve Brown on Steve Brown, Etc. for a discussion of his new book, Hidden Agendas: Dropping the Masks that Keep Us Apart. You'll see that there's so much more to life than hiding, pretending, and never being loved as we truly are.

Steve Brown is a cynical old preacher, author, speaker, seminary professor, and the founder of Key Life Network.

Live music, comedy, sick talent—you don't have to wait for the Key Life Grace Party on May 20th! Steve and the crew will bring the party to you.

Join Buddy Greene, Charlie and Ruth Jones, and Josh Bales on Steve Brown, Etc. for in-studio performances and discussion about the radically freeing message of God's grace.

Then keep the grace party poppin' in person—May 20th at Willow Creek Church in Winter Springs, Florida—as we celebrate the launch of Steve Brown's new book, Hidden Agendas: Dropping the Masks that Keep Us Apart, and our Executive Producer Erik Guzman's first book, The Seed: A True Myth. It's all FREE! Click here for details.

This Week's Guests

Buddy Greene is a Nashville recording artist best known for the perennially popular song, "Mary, Did You Know?" Check out his new album, Someday, at BuddyGreene.com.

Charlie and Ruth Jones are the community creatives behind City 616 and Greensboro Grub in Greensboro, North Carolina. Visit City616.org to be inspired.

Josh Bales is a pastor, counselor, and singer/songwriter with four albums and more than ten years touring under his belt. Connect with him at JoshBales.com.

God loves justice because God is love. He hears the cries of his children and calls us to stop sex trafficking, labor slavery, and extreme poverty. But joining God in his work of setting things right in the world requires divine strength that we simply can't conjure.

Join Bethany Hanke Hoang and Kristen Deede Johnson on Steve Brown, Etc. as they discuss their book, The Justice Calling: Where Passion Meets Perseverance. Sustainable passion for justice comes from knowing God's passion for sinners and sufferers like us.

Bethany Hoang engages leaders around the world with the critical connection between justice and spiritual formation. She advises and regularly speaks on behalf of the Institute for Biblical Justice for International Justice Mission, a global organization that protects the poor from violence. Hoang was named among "50 Women to Watch" by Christianity Today and one of "20 Women to Watch" by Catalyst.

Kristen Deede Johnson is associate professor of theology and Christian formation at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. She teaches and writes in the areas of theology, culture, formation, and political theory.