The Way Home with Dan Darling

Today, we have Sam Allberry joining us on The Way Home podcast. Sam Allberry is a pastor, preacher, apologist and the author of a number of books. He has a new edition of his book coming out titled “Is God anti-gay” where he helps his readers think through these issues from a biblical worldview. Today, we…

Today, we have Coleman M. Ford joining us on The Way Home podcast. Coleman Ford is the assistant professor of Humanities at Texas Baptist College and the assistant professor of Christian Formation and the director of professional doctoral studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has a new book coming out titled “Formed in His…

Today, we have J. D. Greear joining us on The Way Home podcast. J.D. Greear is the pastor of The Summit Church, in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. He has a new book out titled "Essential Christianity" where he works through the essential truths of the Christian faith. Today, we discuss questions like "what are the things we're fighting for?" and "what are the things that matter?" to redirect our efforts in fighting for what does matter.

Show Notes
J. D. Greear Biography: Pastor J.D. Greear has authored several books.  He also hosts Summit Life, a daily, 30-minute radio broadcast and weekly NRBTV program. Pastor J.D. completed his Ph.D. in Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Chick-fil-A since January 2022 and recently served as the 62nd president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Books: Essential Christianity (2023),  Just Ask (2021), What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? (2020), Searching for Christmas (2020), Above All (2019), Not God Enough (2018), Gaining by Losing (2015), Gospel (2011), Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart (2013), and Jesu...

Today we have Jason Thacker joining us on The Way Home podcast. Jason Thacker is the author of several books including Following Jesus in the Digital Age and The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity.  He is a leading expert in the ethics and theology behind how Christians should view and use technology. Today, we discuss how to steward our lives in a digital age.

Show Notes
Jason Thacker Biography: Jason Thacker serves as chair of research in technology ethics and director of the research institute at The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. He also serves as an adjunct instructor of philosophy, ethics, and worldview at Boyce College in Louisville, KY. He is a graduate of The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. He also holds a Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he is currently a PhD candidate in ethics, public theology, and philosophy.
Books: Following Jesus in a Digital Age, The Digital Public Square, A Student’s Guide to Social Media, The Age of AI
Twitter: @jasonthacker
Facebook: Jason Thacker
Instagram: @jasonthacker
 
If you like what we're doing here on the podcast, with my books, and at The Land Center, I want to ask you to think about donating to The Land Center through Southwestern Theological Seminary. I also want to thank everyone for your general support in everything that we're doing.
Donate to the Land Center: https://join.swbts.edu/register/givelandcenter
My book Characters of Easter is available as a great study for the upcoming Easter season.
Click here to sign up for my new writing cohort with Chad Poe.

Today we have Collin Hansen joining us on The Way Home podcast. Collin Hansen is an influential Christian leader who just published a new biography about Timothy Keller who founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, New York. Today Collin and I discuss the people who impacted Keller's spiritual and intellectual formation like R.C. Sproul, C.S. Lewis, and Jonathan Edwards.

Show Notes
Collin Hansen Biography: Collin Hansen serves as vice president for content and editor in chief of The Gospel Coalition. He hosts the Gospelbound podcast and has written and contributed to many books. He is a member of Iron City Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and he is an adjunct professor at Beeson Divinity School, where he also co-chairs the advisory board.
Books: Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation, Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential, Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age, Faithful Endurance: The Joy of Shepherding People for a Lifetime, Our Secular Age: Ten Years of Reading and Applying Charles Taylor
Twitter: @collinhansen
As we enter this new year, and if you like what we're doing here on the podcast, with my books, and at The Land Center, I want to ask you to think about donating to The Land Center through Southwestern Theological Seminary. I also want to thank everyone for your general support in everything that we're doing.
Donate to the Land Center: https://join.swbts.edu/register/givelandcenter
My book Characters for Creation is available as a great resource for your Bible study this year.
To sign up for my writing cohort with Chad Poe on January 10th, you can fill out this RSVP form.

Today we have Ronnie Martin joining us on The Way Home podcast. Ronnie Ronnie Martin is a songwriter, recording artist, author, and Lead Pastor of Substance Church (EFCA). His most recent solo albums are From the Womb of the Morning, the Dew of Your Youth Will Be Yours (Velvet Blue Music, 2022), and Bells Merrily: The Christmas Recordings (Velvet Blue Music, 2022). Today we discuss pastoring during the Christmas season, the meaning of Christmas in the midst of turbulent times, and why Christmas makes such a wonderful subject for art and creativity.
As we wrap up this year, and if you like what we're doing here on the podcast, with my books, and at The Land Center, I want to ask you to think about donating to The Land Center through Southwestern Theological Seminary. I also want to thank everyone for your general support in everything that we're doing.
My book Characters for Christmas is available for this advent season.
Show Notes
Ronnie Martin Biography: Ronnie completed his M.A. at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is currently finishing his DMin at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Ronnie is also the Director of Leader Renewal for Harbor Network, where he works alongside church planters and pastors in areas related to pastoral care. Ronnie has given talks and sermons around the country on a wide variety of topics including theology, pastoral ministry, small-town pastoring, worship, music, and Christian living.
Ronnie’s writing has appeared in Lifeway Research, For the Church, The Gospel Coalition, and other places. He is the co-host of two podcasts: The Happy Rant (w/ Ted Kluck & Barnabas Piper) and The Art of Pastoring (w/ Jared C. Wilson).
Books: The God Who Is with Us: 25-Day Devotional for Advent, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don't Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do), The Best Gift Ever Given: A 25-Day Journey Through Advent from God's Good Gifts to God's Great Son, The Bride(zilla) of Christ: What to Do When God's People Hurt God's People,

Today we have Mark Sayers joining us on The Way Home podcast. Mark is the senior leader of Red Church in Melbourne, Australia. In his newest book A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World Will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders, Sayers charts how the church and world entered into our current cultural moment. Today we discuss disruptions in history that changed the world around us and the "gray zone" that we're currently experiencing, between two disruptive moments.
My new children's book, co-authored with Bri Stensrud, called The Biggest Best Light is available for pre-order!
As we wrap up this year, and if you like what we're doing here on the podcast, with my books, and at The Land Center, I want to ask you to think about donating to The Land Center through Southwestern Theological Seminary. Be sure to designate your gift to The Land Center by selecting "Other" and typing in "The Land Center for Cultural Engagement," if the Lord has placed this form of generosity on your heart. I also want to thank everyone for your general support in everything that we're doing.
Show Notes
Mark Sayers Biography: Mark is the senior leader of Red Church in Melbourne, Australia. He is passionate about spiritual renewal and the future of the church. Mark is the author of a number of books including Strange Days and Reappearing Church.
Books: A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders, Reappearing Church: The Hope for Renewal in the Rise of Our Post-Christian Culture, Disappearing Church: From Cultural Relevance to Gospel Resilience
Twitter: @SayersMark
Instagram: @marksayers

Today we have Alisa Childers joining us on The Way Home podcast. Alisa Childers is a wife, a mom, an author, a blogger, a speaker, and a worship leader. Her newest book called Live Your Truth and Other Lies: Exposing Popular Deceptions That Make Us Anxious, Exhausted, and Self-Obsessed is now. Today we discuss key themes from her book, and Alisa invites us to examine the modern lies that are disguised as truths in today’s culture. Everyday messages of peace, fulfillment, and empowerment swirl around social media. On the surface, they seem like sentiments of freedom and hope, but in reality they are deeply deceptive.
My new children's book, co-authored with Bri Stensrud, called The Biggest Best Light is available for pre-order!
As we wrap up this year, and if you like what we're doing here on the podcast, with my books, and at The Land Center, I want to ask you to think about donating to The Land Center through Southwestern Theological Seminary. Be sure to designate your gift to The Land Center by selecting "Other" and typing in "The Land Center for Cultural Engagement," if the Lord has placed this form of generosity on your heart. I also want to thank everyone for your general support in everything that we're doing.
Show Notes
Alisa Childers Biography: Alisa Childers is a wife, a mom, an author, a blogger, a speaker, and a worship leader. She was a member of the award-winning CCM recording group ZOEgirl. She is a popular speaker at apologetics and Christian worldview conferences, including reThink. She has been published at The Gospel Coalition, Crosswalk, the Stream, For Every Mom, Decision magazine, and The Christian Post. Her blog post “Girl, Wash Your Face? What Rachel Hollis Gets Right . . . and Wrong” received more than one million views.
Books: Live Your Truth and Other Lies: Exposing Popular Deceptions That Make Us Anxious, Exhausted, and Self-Obsessed, Another Gospel?: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity, Mama Bear Apologetics™: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies
Facebook: Alisa Childers
Instagram: @alisachilders

Today we have Dr. Bart Barber joining us on The Way Home podcast. Bart Barber is the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Farmersville, TX and serves as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Today we discuss pastoring in difficult times, why Bart feels called to this position of leadership in the SBC, and what makes Southern Baptist theology distinct from other evangelical traditions.
My new children's book that I co-authored with Bri Stensrud called The Biggest Best Light is available for pre-order!
As we wrap up this year, and if you like what we're doing here on the podcast, with my books, and at The Land Center, I want to ask you to think about donating to The Land Center through Southwestern Theological Seminary. Be sure to designate your gift to The Land Center by selecting "Other" and typing in "The Land Center for Cultural Engagement," if the Lord has placed this form of generosity on your heart. I also want to thank everyone for your general support in everything that we're doing.
Show Notes
Bart Barber Biography: Bart Barber has served FBC Farmersville since 1999 and was elected President of the Southern Baptist Convention last year. Bart has a B.A. from Baylor University in their University Scholars program, an M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and a Ph.D. in Church History also from Southwestern. Bart writes occasionally for the SBC Voices blog, and even less frequently for his own blog, PraisegodBarebones, which is named after a 17th-century religious and political figure in London. He is active in denominational life, serving Southwestern, the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, and the national Southern Baptist Convention.
Twitter: @bartbarber
Facebook: Bart Barber
Instagram: @drbartbarber

Today we have Derwin Gray joining us on The Way Home podcast. Derwin Gray is the author of How to Heal Our Racial Divide: What the Bible Says, and the First Christians Knew, about Racial Reconciliation. There's much conversation about race and tension surrounding it, but Derwin Gray takes an approach that remembers Scriptures and what they reveal about race and God's heart for racial reconciliation throughout the entire Bible. Today we discuss these ideas with life and how to lead as Christians in this racially divided moment.
My book Characters of Creation is available for purchase anywhere books are sold.
Show Notes
Derwin Gray Biography: Dr. Derwin L. Gray is the co-founder pastor, along with his wife Vicki, of Transformation Church, a multiethnic, multigenerational, mission-shaped community just south of Charlotte, North Carolina. He has written several books, most recently How to Heal Our Racial Divide: What the Bible Says, and the First Christians Knew, about Racial Reconciliation.
After graduating from BYU, he played professional football in the NFL for five years with the Indianapolis Colts and one year with the Carolina Panthers. During that time, he and Vicki began their journey with Christ and experienced God’s faithfulness and direction as He moved their hearts to know Him and make Him known. Gray went on to graduate magna cum laude from Southern Evangelical Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree with a concentration in Apologetics.
Twitter: @DerinLGray
Facebook: Derwin L. Gray
Instagram: @derwinlgray
Books: How to Heal Our Racial Divide: What the Bible Says, and the First Christians Knew, about Racial Reconciliation, Building a Multiethnic Church: A Gospel Vision of Love, Grace, and Reconciliation in a Divided World, The Good Life: What Jesus Teaches about Finding True Happiness