Dr. Chris Bounds, professor of theology at Asbury Theological Seminary, has literally written the book on holiness … or should I say books. His upcoming book, co-authored with Matt Ayers and Caleb Friedman, is called Holiness: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Theology. That one will be released this fall. But he has also co-authored, with Jim Harlow, Christy Lipscomb and Joann Lyon … one of my favorite people on the planet … a book called Holiness: The Power to Transform You, Your Church, and Your World. I’m thinking that book may have been re-released as Holiness for the Real World. And then just to make sure we get it that there is a lot more to say about holiness than we’ve thought about, he also co-authored with Jim Lo a book called Unholiness: Overcoming the Forces that Attack Your Soul. That’s a lot of holiness coming out of one guy. This is going to be a great conversation about something we’re all about … the art of holiness.

The world needs more people like Beth Felker Jones. She has a PhD from Duke and teaches theology at Northern Seminary. She has a dozen books to her credit, including a seminary staple -- Practicing Christian Doctrine: And Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically -- which is now in its second printing. Dr. Felker Jones is a prolific writer, on-fire blogger, and truly beautiful human being, and it is our pleasure to talk all kinds of theology with her on today's podcast. 

Dr. David Watson is the academic dean and professor of New Testament at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. He is the author of Honor Among Christians, and Scripture and the Life of God: Why the Bible Matters Today More than Ever (Seedbed). In this episode, we chat about an article David has written for Good News Magazine on holiness and what it means to be a Wesleyan Christian. We also talk to him about honor and humility in the life of Christ and in Christian culture. This one is all about the art of holiness!

In this episode, we interview Eric Peterson, a writer and pastor raised into faith by one of our generation's most well-known spiritual voices -- Eugene Peterson. We talk with Eric about his father's spirituality and about the re-release of Traveling Light, a thoughtful commentary on the book of Galatians. This one is all about genuine, biblical freedom, something we're all hungry to encounter. 

Todd Hunter is the founding Bishop of an Anglican diocese called Churches for the Sake of Others. His spirituality has been raised up through leadership in Alpha USA, so he has been formed by that deep heart for gospel-centered evangelism. His native language is Kingdom, justice, peace, Spirit-empowered leadership and missional ecclesiology. And his passions play out in places like The Center for Formation, Justice and Peace, which he founded … and in seminaries and universities all over the country where he participates in training up the next generation of spiritually formed, justice-seeking followers of Jesus. Bishop Hunter is a gift to the Church, and his latest book — What Jesus Intended: Finding True Faith in the Rubble of Bad Religion — is written to call that Church to become all it is meant to be. 

Paul Lawler is the pastor of Christ Church Memphis. He comes to this role after fifteen years at Christ Church Birmingham, where he cast a vision that saw hundreds of new church plants and ten of thousands of people come to Christ. His heart for evangelism is both courageous and contagious. We wanted to talk to him about that, and about the move of Christ Church to the GMC, and about his vision for reviving a heart for evangelism in the Methodist tribe.  

Dr. Scot McKnight is a world-renowned speaker, writer, professor and equipper of the Church. He is a recognized authority on the historical Jesus, early Christianity, and the New Testament. He blogs at a Christianity Today site called Jesus Creed, and more recently on his own sub stack newsletter (Scot’s Newsletter). He writes prolifically there, offering book reviews, social commentary, and solid scholarship on all kinds of topics relevant to the Church today. Scot is a recognized authority on the New Testament, and has two books out just this year — Revelation for the Rest of Us, and The Second Gospel. That’s a lot of productivity for one guy! We sat down to talk to him about both of these solid books. 

Max Wilkins is the President of TMS Global (TMS stands for Train. Mobilize. Send.) and a man with a fire for global missions. He travels the world encouraging cross-cultural witnesses, developing training materials for those called to serve cross-culturally, and raising up leaders in the Christian movement. His enthusiasm for the world Christian movement is contagious. We hope you listen. 

Rev. Mark Sorensen is the senior pastor of the Woodlands Methodist Church in The Woodlands Texas, just north of Houston. Mark has stepped into the beautiful history of The Woodlands Methodist Church of 45 years. Mark is the second senior pastor of in the church's history. While honoring the past leadership of Dr. Ed Robb, Mark is also bringing in his new vision that builds upon what has been. We will hear all about Mark's story and his vision for where the church is leaning in this new season. It was an honor to have him on the podcast! 

Austin and Maddie Wofford are the head pastors at Arise Church, which is a house church movement based in Lexington, Kentucky. They meet in House Churches across the city and every first Sunday of the month all Arise House Churches meet together! Arise Church is birthed out of a conviction around church looking like a place for people to be deeply loved, discipled, challenged, and formed into a lifestyle and identity that reflects Jesus.

Austin and Maddie have a deep heart for the next generation, prayer, revival, and discipleship. Come listen and catch the fire of God they carry.