Uncommontary

Leadership expert Todd Adkins joins host Marty Duren to look at how the speed of change affects personal and organizational effectivness.

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Leadership expert Todd Adkins joins host Marty Duren to look at how the speed of change affects personal and organizational effectivness.

Todd Adkins is the Director of Leadership at LifeWay Christian Resources, the host of 5 Leadership Questions podcast, and the manager of Ministry Grid. A former executive pastor and current dominator of leadership Twitter, Todd has the unique ability to tailor leadership principles for leaders in organizations of all kinds. 

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Journalist Sarah Smith joins host Marty Duren to discuss her exposé on sexual abuse in the Independent Fundamental Baptist church movement.

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Journalist Sarah Smith joins host Marty Duren to discuss her exposé on sexual abuse in the Independent Fundamental Baptist church movement.

Sarah Smith is a metro reporter at the Houston Chronicle covering housing & nonprofits. Before heading to Houston, she investigated sexual abuse in the independent fundamental Baptist movement for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She also spent two years as a fellow at ProPublica. Send her your food recommendations and story tips to[email protected], or follow her on Twitter at @sarahesmith23

Robert Downen of the Houston Chronicle joins host Marty Duren to peel back the layers on the Southern Baptist sexual abuse.

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Robert Downen of the Houston Chronicle joins host Marty Duren to peel back the layers on the Southern Baptist sexual abuse.

Robert Downen covers City Hall for the Houston Chronicle’s metro desk. Prior to that, he worked as a business reporter in Albany, New York, and as the managing editor of a group of six newspapers in Illinois. He is a 2014 graduate of Eastern Illinois University. In February 2019, he and three other journalists wrote a series of articles detailing decades of sexual abuse in Southern Baptist churches. Read Abuse of Faith: 20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders resist reforms.

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Dr. Bruce Ashford joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to discuss how the news media makes disciples and Evangelicals in the public square.

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Dr. Bruce Ashford joins Uncommontary host Marty Duren to discuss how the news media makes disciples and Evangelicals in the public square.

Bruce Ashford has been teaching at Southeastern since 2003 and became the provost in 2013.  His goal in teaching is to encourage his students to bear witness to the truth, goodness and beauty of the gospel and to work out its implications in all facets of their lives and in all dimensions of culture. Ashford is the co-author of One Nation under God: A Christian Hope for American Politics, the author Every Square Inch: An Introduction to Cultural Engagement for Christians, Letters to an American Christian and is the editor of Theology and Practice of Mission.

He is married to Lauren, with whom he has two daughters (Riley Noelle, Anna Katherine) and a son (John Paul Kuyper).

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Brooklyn, NY public defender, Scott Hechinger, joins host Marty Duren for a look into the justice system, the trouble with cash bail, and the poor.

Scott Hechinger was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and attended Duke University where he received a B.A. magna cum laude in English, but has long called Brooklyn home.As Senior Staff Attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services, Scott has represented thousands of low-income individuals accused of crimes ranging from low-level misdemeanors to the most serious felonies, from arraignment to hearings and trial.Scott is co-founder of the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, an independent 501(c)(3) charitable bail organization, which pays bail so that low-income individuals can defend their cases from a position of freedom while remaining productive, stable, and united with their families. Scott’s work and commentary has been featured in the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Huffington Post, Take Part, Politico, The Brian Lehrer Show, VICE, and most recently, SXSW Interactive 2016.Scott graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law, where he was named a Florence Allen Scholar, served as Articles Editor for the NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, and was awarded the Ann Petluck Poses Graduation Prize for outstanding clinical work requiring student practice.

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Brooklyn, NY public defender, Scott Hechinger, joins host Marty Duren for a look into the justice system, the trouble with cash bail, and the poor.