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Shane welcomes Nathan Johnson to explore an older and more Christian philosophy of education designed to set students free and to help them know and seek the God who created them.

Tim joins Shane again to test the boundary between meaning-making stories and historical fact, and to explore the ways in which myth and history intersect in the Christian story.

Shane welcomes Christian classical educator Heidi White to reintroduce a forgotten way of knowing truth and teaching meaning. Heidi draws on four ancient stories about weaving women and uses them to illustrate how myths, as well as facts nourish our faith and imaginations.

Shane and Tim revisit the conversation with Dr. John Kleinig about theology of the body, and explore how knowing God’s high purpose and design for our bodies allows us to draw moral conclusions without proof-texting.

Why do we have bodies, what did God intend for them, and how are they involved in our redemption? Shane welcomes Dr. John Kleinig to attempt a distinctively biblical and Protestant approach to theology of the body using his book, Wonderfully Made.

Shane and Tim revisit the conversation with Dr. Joe Rigney on education and The Abolition of Man, and explore the many ways our culture’s abandonment of value judgments has unmoored us from reality.

Dr. Joe Rigney's talk at the 2022 Miami National Conservatism Conference:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eDcy7rFgJY&ab_channel=NationalConservatism

In this re-air from October 2021, Shane welcomes Dr. Joe Rigney to unpack C. S. Lewis’ brief but prophetic masterpiece, The Abolition of Man, and to help us discover a richer vision of what it means to educate our children.

Tim and Shane revisit the conversation with Dale Ahlquist about G.K. Chesterton’s famous book, The Everlasting Man, and reflect on the surprising ways this early 20th century writer is relevant and valuable to the church today.

In this favorite episode from March, Shane welcomes Dale Ahlquist for an introduction to the faith and writing of one of the 20th century’s most influential Christian minds: G.K. Chesterton. Shane and Dale dive into Chesterton’s famous retelling of the human story, The Everlasting Man.

Tim and Shane discuss recent episodes on the Christian theology of limits, why Jesus redeems people biographies all, and how we can avoid the mistake of pitting God’s creation against His work of restoration.