This week we talk to journalist and bestselling author Philip Yancey about his new book, Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News?. Plus, we go inside the new issue of RELEVANT (featuring Michael K. Williams, Jeff Bridges, Alt-J, Jesus Culture and more), discover some interesting facts about one of our cast members and learn the meaning of last year’s forgotten words.

BØRNS – Electric Love

Seinabo Sey – Hard Time

The Whistles And The Bells – Transistor Resistor

AURORA – Under Stars

Purity Ring – Push Pull

Modest Mouse – Lampshades On Fire

Hear the full interview with Philip Yancey

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This week we bring you our favorite interviews and performances from this past year. Interview guests include Carl Lentz, NT Wright, Pete Holmes, Propaganda, the guys from Radiolab and Scott Harrison. And in-studio performance guests include Brady Toops, Ellie Holcomb, Jon Guerra, Gungor, John Mark McMillan and Us and Our Daughters. We also have two special treats for you at the end of the episode, so make sure you listen through to the end! It’s been a great year for the podcast and we’re so thankful for our family of listeners who download these episodes every week, interact with us on Twitter, send us fan mail (and incredible amounts of candy) and call in to participate in various games and other fun segments. We’ll be off next week, but come the first week in January, we’re back with the full cast, together under one roof in our new studio! We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and we’ll talk to you again after the New Year.

Mel Washington, “Let it Snow”

Kings Kaleidoscope, “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus”

Andrew Belle, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

Future of Forestry, “Angels We Have Heard on High”

Weezer, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”

This week we bring you our favorite interviews and performances from this past year. Interview guests include Carl Lentz, NT Wright, Pete Holmes, Propaganda, the guys from Radiolab and Scott Harrison. And in-studio performance guests include Brady Toops, Ellie Holcomb, Jon Guerra, Gungor, John Mark McMillan and Us and Our Daughters. We also have two special treats for you at the end of the episode, so make sure you listen through to the end! It’s been a great year for the podcast and we’re so thankful for our family of listeners who download these episodes every week, interact with us on Twitter, send us fan mail (and incredible amounts of candy) and call in to participate in various games and other fun segments. We’ll be off next week, but come the first week in January, we’re back with the full cast, together under one roof in our new studio! We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and we’ll talk to you again after the New Year.

Mel Washington, “Let it Snow”

Kings Kaleidoscope, “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus”

Andrew Belle, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

Future of Forestry, “Angels We Have Heard on High”

Weezer, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”

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This week we talk to author, speaker, pastor and founder of the Passion movement, Louie Giglio. Passion 2014 is happening this weekend in Atlanta, and Louie talks with us about the conferences, his thoughts on worship, and where Passion might go from here. We also introduce you to an up and coming soulful singer/songwriter named Willis Earl Beal. His latest album, “

This week we talk to author, speaker, pastor and founder of the Passion movement, Louie Giglio. Passion 2014 is happening this weekend in Atlanta, and Louie talks with us about the conferences, his thoughts on worship, and where Passion might go from here. We also introduce you to an up and coming soulful singer/songwriter named Willis Earl Beal. His latest album, “Nobody Knows” is one you should definitely have on your radar. And it wouldn’t be a proper podcast without discussing presidential paintings, “The Muscles From Brussels,” and real world applications for Olympic sports…

A big thanks to our sponsor, Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create a professional website. For a free trial, click here, and get 10% off your first purchase on new accounts when you use offer code “RELEVANT1.”

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Switchfoot, “Love Alone is Worth the Fight”

The Dead Weather, “Open Up (That’s Enough)”

Kye Kye, “People”

Willis Earl Beal, “Coming Through”

John Mark McMillan, “Future/Past”

Foster the People, “Coming of Age”

Hear the full interview with Louie Giglio

What is your most embarrassing moment?

This week we want to hear your most embarrassing moment. And we need the whole story here, so give us all the details that surrounded this life-changing moment.

This week we talk to author, speaker, pastor and founder of the Passion movement, Louie Giglio. Passion 2014 is happening this weekend in Atlanta, and Louie talks with us about the conferences, his thoughts on worship, and where Passion might go from here. We also introduce you to an up and coming soulful singer/songwriter named Willis Earl Beal. His latest album, “Nobody Knows” is one you should definitely have on your radar. And it wouldn’t be a proper podcast without discussing presidential paintings, “The Muscles From Brussels,” and real world applications for Olympic sports…

A big thanks to our sponsor, Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create a professional website. For a free trial, click here, and get 10% off your first purchase on new accounts when you use offer code “RELEVANT1.”

Subscribe to the RELEVANT Podcast via iTunes, download the episode MP3 here, or add our RSS feed to any other podcast aggregator.

Switchfoot, “Love Alone is Worth the Fight”

The Dead Weather, “Open Up (That’s Enough)”

Kye Kye, “People”

Willis Earl Beal, “Coming Through”

John Mark McMillan, “Future/Past”

Foster the People, “Coming of Age”

Hear the full interview with Louie Giglio

What is your most embarrassing moment?

This week we want to hear your most embarrassing moment. And we need the whole story here, so give us all the details that surrounded this life-changing moment.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.