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This podcast is a means to give our students and listeners access to intellectual, thought-provoking, and spiritually enriching material. We are super excited to provide interviews with brilliant mind... more
FAQs about The FOCUS Podcast:How many episodes does The FOCUS Podcast have?The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.
October 22, 2020Episode 13 – Race, Black Lives Matter, Etc.After a long hiatus from the podcast, Sarah and Sirak continue their conversation on Black Lives Matter and police brutality. Be sure to check out their first conversation from Pizza Theology here, starting at 35:45!...more0minPlay
January 08, 2020Episode 12 – Secularism, Culture, and Christ (Feat. Dr. Mary Poplin)Sirak and Sarah sit down with Dr. Mary Poplin, author of, “Finding Calcutta”, and “Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews”. Dr. Poplin recently spoke at our November Pizza Theology on secularism and the way that it is present in our culture and on our college campuses. Dr. Poplin dives deep into […]...more1h 21minPlay
September 12, 2019Episode 11 – Diversity, Unity, and The Gospel (Feat. Rikk Watts)Sirak and Sarah sit down with Dr. Rikk Watts to talk about diversity, inclusion, and what a biblical definition of community could look like. Rikk served as Regent College’s Professor of New Testament from 1996-2016 and is currently the Dean of Theology at Alphacrucis College in Australia. He has been a constant resource for our […]...more1h 4minPlay
May 21, 2019Episode 10 – Anxiety, Depression, and Self-Esteem (Feat. Eddie Traughber)Eddie Traughber is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor who has been counseling in private practice since 1997. He specializes in marriage counseling, depression and anxiety, family issues, and strategies for dealing with low self-esteem. Sirak and Sarah sat down with Eddie to talk about how these issues (and many more) manifest in our […]...more59minPlay
February 04, 2019Episode 9 Gender, Women’s Roles, And Sexuality (feat. Dr. John Stackhouse)For our 4th episode this season, Sarah and Sirak sit down with Dr. John Stackhouse to discuss gender, sexuality, and the role of women in church. Dr. Stackhouse is an award-winning scholar and highly sought after public speaker who currently serves as Professor of Religious Studies & Dean of Faculty Development at Crandall University. Dr. […]...more1h 47minPlay
January 09, 2019Episode 8 Christian History (feat. Dr. Sarah Williams)This is our first podcast of 2019! We are ringing in the new year with Dr. Sarah Williams! Dr. Williams is on research faculty with Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. She has studied and taught at Oxford and is passionate about Christian history. We loved learning from her and hearing her heart for people. This […]...more1h 7minPlay
November 05, 2018Episode 7 – Dating (feat. Brady and Shirley Bobbink)In this episode we sit down with Brady and Shirley Bobbink. Brady is the director of Campus Christian Fellowship at Western Washington University. His wisdom and ministry has had a tremendous impact on our ministry! We loved chatting with these two about marriage, dating, raising kids, and much more....more1h 24minPlay
August 13, 2018Episode 6 – Welcome Week (w/ FOCUS Staff)Sarah & Sirak sit down with special guests Kristen Stroud, Austin Gage, Austin Nelson, and Sloan Asfaw to discuss one of the most exciting times of the year for campus ministry: welcome week! This fall, thousands of students will be stepping on to our campuses for the first time. In this episode, we discuss tips […]...more1h 28minPlay
March 21, 2018Episode 5 – The Meaning of Liturgy (feat. Jeremy Bergstrom)This is our fifth installment of the FOCUS Podcast! For this episode, we interviewed Dr. Jeremy Bergstrom. He has been instrumental in helping with the FOCUS campus ministry plant at SMU. He is an ordained Episcopal priest and is the Priest-in-Charge of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Dallas. We are grateful that he took some […]...more1h 15minPlay
January 23, 2018Episode 4 – Sermon On The Mount (feat. Bill Watson)Bill Watson blew us away at Pizza Theology when he talked about The Sermon On The Mount, so we had to have him back for the podcast. In this episode, we asked him some of the questions you had after reflecting on his powerful lecture on the most important sermon ever preached. Bill has some […]...more1h 4minPlay
FAQs about The FOCUS Podcast:How many episodes does The FOCUS Podcast have?The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.