This Week in the Nation’s Capital (Biden / Special Counsel ... + ... Trump on NATO ... + ... Trump on Haley's husband ... + ... Defense Sec back in hospital) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.

Maintaining Institutional Value : what are the foundation pillars that made Redeemer thrive in NYC ... GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus, Justice, & Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry" and co- author with her husband, Tim, of "The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God," "God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs," "The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms".

The Super Bowl washing of the feet ad from He Gets Us ... GUEST Mike Cosper ... founder of Harbor Media and Director of Podcasting for Christianity Today ... host of “Cultivated: A Podcast about Faith & Work” and the acclaimed “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” ... author of “Faith Among the Faithless: Learning from Esther How to Live in a World Gone Mad,” “Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World,” “The Stories We Tell: How TV & Movies Long for & Echo the Truth”.

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Super Bowl 2024:  Chiefs v 49ers … GUEST Craig Wolfley … is a  former NFL offensive linemen and played 10 seasons for the Pgh Steelers ... Craig, along with Bill Hillgrove & Max Starks, is an in-game commentator for the Pittsburgh Steeler Radio Network, and co-hosts their morning talk show, "In The Locker Room," which airs during training camp on another network.

Why faith leaders lost the battle against online sports betting: Legalized sports gambling now represents billions of dollars. Faith leaders in the few holdout states know the odds are against stopping  … GUEST Bob Smietana… Religion News Service.

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Vocational ministry: How college students can be part of God's plan for leading the church of the future (Jubilee) ... GUEST Rev Carolyn V. Poteet ... Lead Pastor, Mt Lebanon Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

Redemptive Entrepreneurship (Jubilee guest) ... GUEST David Montague ... founder and Director of the Memphis Teacher Residency.

Empathy, our neighbors and the Arts ... GUEST Dr Mary McCampbell ... writer, speaker, educator .... Her publications span the worlds of literature, film, and popular music, and this interdisciplinary focus is present in her book, “Imagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy”.

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Telos: vision & purpose for each season of life ... GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” ... Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/ retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.

Meta, Snapchat, X, TikTok, and Discord grilled by bipartisan panel about addressing widespread safety concerns ... GUEST Chris Martin ... author of “Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media” ... also a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, & communications consultant.

Inter-generational discipleship (2Tim 2:2) ...GUEST Rev Dr Dean Weaver ... Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ... co-founder and former president of EduNations.

Fool-for-Christ: a role that some prayerful people might choose to play ... GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green ... author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity".

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A Valentine’s Story... GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra ... senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition ... also coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”.

Jesus Freaks in the Taylor Swift Era: Blessed are those who are weird for righteousness’ sake, not just dabbling in baseless conspiracy theories about a pop star & the NFL (from CT) ... GUEST Matthew Malec .... research assistant at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

U2 at the sphere, Grammys and the God who sings over us.... GUEST Rev Terry
Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills.

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This week in the Nation’s Capitol (Military strikes against Iran-backed groups ... + ... Biden team bracing for classified docs report ... + ... proposed immigration bill divides Republicans ... + ... Taylor Swift, Joe Biden reelection conspiracy theory)... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent.

Jubilee ... GUEST Alan Noble ... associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, cofounder & editor-in- chief of Christ & Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign ... author of the latest, “On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living” ... also “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World” and "Disruptive Witness" and one of my fav essays ever, “On Living”.

GUEST Father Jason Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA.

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The Importance of Eye Contact ... GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... He has written numerous books, including “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith: Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.

Sabbath Is Not a Luxury Good: God designed weekly rest to be holy for all people, not just the economically stable ... GUEST Adam Gustine ... author of “Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom” and co-author of “Ecosystems of Jubilee: Economic Ethics for the Neighborhood” ... He works at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study.

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Enduring Hardness as a good soldier ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.

Science and Faith in Harmony (new book, dropping in 2 wks) ... GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith".

How SCOTUS decides issues: legal philosophy & other good stuff .... GUEST Prof Bruce Antkowiak ... law professor at Saint Vincent College ... received his law degree from Harvard magna cum laude, served as federal prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, and prof of law at Duquesne Law School, where he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the grad class in both 2011 and 2007, and was named Duquesne Law School’s 2007 Teacher of the Year by the Association of American Law Schools ... author of two major works on criminal law and has published 11 law review articles in various journals across the country.

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What the book of Hebrews meant when it said that Jesus is the “substance” of the Old Testament “shadows”, and how that can change the way we read and understand the Bible ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh.

Are You More Empathetic Than God?... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It: 365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com.

A Wide Place to Stand: Ch 3 of “The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope”...GUEST Dr Curt Thompson ... psychiatrist in private practice in Falls Church, VA ... author of “The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves” and "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, & Community".

February/Valentine’s Day as a single, and/or “Is it OK to date multiple people at once?” ... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show.

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How to Disagree and Be Better For It … GUEST Michelle Van Loon … author of 6 books, including her most recent "Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, & Generational Trauma"  ... also check out “Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, & Spirituality in Midlife,” “Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity,” and “Moments and Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith” …  She blogs at michellevanloon.com and theperennialgen.com.

De-Construction/De-Churching ... GUEST Astrophysicist & author Dr Hugh Ross … senior scholar & founder of Reasons to Believe, an organization that researches & communicates how discoveries about nature harmonize w the words of the Bible … his books include “The Creator & the Cosmos,” “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is,” and  “Improbable Planet”.

Forgiveness … GUEST Rev Jay Slocum … rector, St Thomas Anglican Church, Gibsonia.

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