Episodes
How Can Lament Transform Us?: A Conversation with Dr. Bryan Babcock, Pt 2
In this episode, James continues his conversation with Dr. Bryan Babcock, who contributed an essay on lament in the 2023 book titled A Praying People. James and Bryan discuss the way lament can help build Christian community ...
How Can the Christian Life Be Enriched by Lament: A Conversation with Dr. Bryan Babcock, Pt 1
In this episode of Thinking Christian, James speaks with Dr. Bryan Babcock. Dr. Babcock contributed an essay on lament in the 2023 book titled A Praying People. He also co-authored Trajectories: A Gospel-Centered Introduction...
Does Doing the Little Things Really Matter: Serving Those Around You- A Conversation with Beth Runkle, Pt 2
In this episode, James continues his conversation with Beth Runkle, author of Another Move God?. Beth talks about the unique needs of military families and the various ways God's people can reach out to and care for those ser...
Staying Focused on Serving God Despite Our Circumstances: A Conversation with Beth Runkle, Pt 1
In this episode, James sits down with Beth Runkle, author of the forthcoming book Another Move God?. Beth was a military wife for many years and talks about how she learned to focus on God's mission during times of significan...
How to Improve Your Relationships with Love and Respect: A Conversation with Emerson Eggerichs
How can we improve our relationships just by showing love and respect? How have changes in the culture changed the way we relate to one another? In this episode, James continues his conversation with Emerson Eggerichs, author...
How Love and Respect Can Improve Our Relationships: A Conversation with Emerson Eggerichs, Pt. 1
In this episode, James sits down with Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, author of Love and Respect and President of Love and Respect Ministries. They discuss Ephesians 5 and the dynamics of love and respect within marriages and in other...
New Opportunities to Be A Different Kind of Man: A Conversation with Nancy Pearcey, Pt 2
In this episode, James continues his conversation with Nancy Pearcey, author of The Toxic War on Masculinity. They discuss the ways remote work may be opening up opportunities for men to reestablish a bigger role in the home ...
How Should Christians Think about Masculinity- A Conversation with Nancy Pearcey, Part 1
In this episode, James sits down wit Nancy Pearcey to discuss her new book titled The Toxic War on Masculinity. Nancy shares her research and perspective on the difficulties men are facing, as well as describing some of the o...
From Pain to Praise: Thinking Christian about Lament wtih May Young
In this episode, James speaks with Dr. May Young who authored a chapter in a book James co-edited titled A Praying People. Dr. Young is an expert on the topic of lament and the book of Lamentations. James and Dr. Young discus...
How Can the Church Play a Role in Government- Part 2
In this episode, James and Alin continue to discuss the role of the Church in the world and how individual Christians can participate in politics. Part 1: https://apple.co/3UEbsoa / https://sptfy.com/PYSY Discover more Christ...
How Can the Church Play a Role in Government- Part 1
Is the church playing the wrong game? In this episode of Thinking Christian, James sits down with Alin Vrancila to discuss Religion's role in government. They discuss the challenge of maintaining a clear distinction between C...
Kansas City Chiefs Mascot Dan Meers: His Life on the Road to the Super Bowl
On this episode, James Spencer sits down with Dan Meers...the KC Wolf. Dan talks about his career with the Chiefs, their hopes for the Super Bowl, and, most importantly, his Christian faith. You can find out more about Dan an...
Evangelicals and the 2024 Election: The Iowa Caucus and the Evangelical Support of Trump
In this episode, James sits down with Alin Vrancila to discuss the recent results of the Iowa Caucus. They discuss how evangelicals might make their political decisions moving forward and offer insights about how to oder our ...
Should the Government Declare the United States a Christian Nation?
In this episode, James Spencer is joined by Alin Vrancila to discuss Christian Nationalism. They continue to examine the Neighborly Faith survey on Christian Nationalism released in December 2023. Having grown up under commun...
How Should Christians Think about Christian Nationalism: Should the Federal Government Advocate Uniquely Christian Values
In this episode, James and his guest Alin Vrancila discuss the Neighborly Faith research on Christian Nationalism that came out in December of 2023. They focus on one of the statements with which those identified as Chrisitan...
Examining Christian Nationalism: God, American Politics, and the Church
In this episode of Thinking Christian, we kick off a series of talks on Christian Nationalism. Using the Neighborly Faith survey on Christian Nationalism as a jumping off point, we will be discussing the statements that those...
Jesus and the Mission of the Church
In this episode James interviews Greg Finke who leads Dwelling 1:14 ( www.dwelling114..org ). They discuss the incarnation, Jesus's mission, and the way that Christians can offer testimony about God and the gospel in the mids...
The Sanctity of Life and Pro-Love Ministries with Pam Whitehead
In this episode of Thinking Christian, guest host Maggie Hubbard continues her conversation with Pam Whitehead. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/co...
The Sanctity of Human Life: Abortion, Pro-Love Ministries, and Pam Whitehead
In this episode of Thinking Christian, our guest host Maggie Hubbard begins the first part of her conversation with Pam Whitehead about her experience with abortion. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inqui...
The Sanctity of Life and Medical Assistance In Dying- Considering Canada’s MAID Policy
This episode is a replay of a conversation between James Spencer and Maggie Hubbard last year on the changes Canada made to its Medical Assistance in Dying policies. As we think about the Sanctity of Human Life and the vari...
Ministering to Christian Men with Brian Doyle
In this episode, guest host Maggie Hubbard talks with Brian Doyle from Iron Sharpens Iron. Bryan describes his ministry and talks about the importance of men in the body of Christ. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudi...
Be Fruitful: A Biblical Discussion about the Sanctity of Human Life
In this episode, James and Richard discuss the sanctity of human life through the lens of Genesis and various other biblical passages. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunit...
Thinking Christian about the Church
In this episode, James and Richard talk about church membership, why it’s important, and some of the factors that may lead people away from participating in a local congregation. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio....
Does God Change? Can God Learn? A Theological Discussion
In this episode, Dr. James Spencer and Richard Beattie discuss the issue of God and change. The address issues related to God and time and the way that learning suggests a deficiency in God's knowledge. They also talk about t...