We take a humorous look at news and life with friend and colleague Patrick Albanese. Then Pastor David Myles joins Bill for the Monday Afternoon Mix to discuss the map God gives us through Matthew 5-7.

*This encore presentation originally aired on May 07, 2021 We all long for meaningful relationships, lives that reflect goodness, engagements with beauty, and the freedom to pursue our lives with integrity. But where can our restless hearts find fulfillment for these universal longings? Through his book "Our Deepest Desires", Philosopher and apologist Greg Ganssle argues that our widely shared human aspirations are best understood and explained in light of the Christian story.

Dr. Alex McFarland and Bill discuss the difficulty in traversing a relationship when someone leaves the faith. Then Christian Medical and Dental Association's Jeff Barrows updates us on the fight against the COVID Delta variant.

In Part 2 of Collective Trauma, Dr. Tim Walsh from Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge reviews the Top 10 mental health after-effects from the last 18 months and 5 steps of recovery and healing.

Our unofficial panel of menfolk are back! Tom Parrish, Tom Brock, and Peter Kapsner join Bill to give their unique male perspectives on listener questions. They discuss a variety of topics such as, what it means "to do good", how the books of the Bible were chosen, why we call Jesus "man" when he is God, wrestling with an angel, and much more.

We do not look inside ourselves to find truth- philosopher and author Dr. Doug Groothius teaches on the importance of defending the Biblical view of Jesus especially in this day of swirling narratives.

In this series we learn through David Wheaton that the book of Exodus is an epic display of our awesome God! In Chapter 7 we learn that each plague is specifically designed to destroy something the Egyptians held dear all to show the power of the one true God. Then Bill welcomes pastor David Mathis, author of Habits of Grace , and executive director of desiringGod.org to discuss spiritual disciplines through his article Time Alone with God.

Bible teacher Jeff Verdoorn brings us a wonderful news through Psalm 22 that God did not abandon Jesus on the cross and He will not abandon you.

On Weekly Washington Update, we review the latest news from the nation's capital with Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Then Bill is joined by Peter Wohler--Peter tells us how God has been feeding the hungry in both body and spirit through the work of Source MN.

Are you looking at reality or illusion? Ken Samples discusses the duality of our physical world and the more important spiritual reality of Christ's authority through Plato's allegory of a cave.