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We interview authors and other interesting people with expert knowledge or experience. Our topics range from confronting terrorism to determining why people are quitting churches. Our guests are scientists, historians, theologians, journalists, lawyers and others who have done their homework and carefully thought about issues that affect us all. Then, after the interview, each show concludes with a Biblical reflection and challenge. Our programs, now heard from coast to coast, have earned the praise of both Christian and secular broadcast professionals. |
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| January 29, 2012 - James K. Beilby - Are you a defender of the Christian faith?
James K. Beilby is professor of systematic and philosophical theology at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. His new book is entitled, Thinking About Christian Apologetics: What It Is and Why We Do It. |
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| January 22, 2012 - Mark Galli - What does the Bible really teach about heaven and hell?
Mark Galli is Senior Managing Editor of Christianity Today magazine. |
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| January 15, 2012 - Richard J. Foster - Consider your prayer life . . . carefully (part 2 of 2). This repeat of a previous show was neccessary because of a death in the host's family.
Richard J. Foster is founder of Renovaré in Denver, Colorado and the author of Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth which has sold over two million copies worldwide. His most recent book is Sanctuary of the Soul: Journey Into Meditative Prayer. |
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| January 8, 2012 - Richard J. Foster - Consider your prayer life . . . carefully (part 1 of 2). This repeat of a previous show was neccessary because of a death in the host's family.
Richard J. Foster is founder of Renovaré in Denver, Colorado and the author of Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth which has sold over two million copies worldwide. His most recent book is Sanctuary of the Soul: Journey Into Meditative Prayer. |
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| January 1, 2012 - Dr. Don Belanus - Looking back from THE Eighth Day of Christmas.
Don Belanus, Centered’s regular host, is a retired Navy chaplain, former pastor of several churches, and today an organizational consultant and conference speaker. |
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| December 25, 2011 - Craig A. Evans - Separate CHRISTMAS fact from fiction.
New Testament scholar, Craig A. Evans, is the Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College of Acadia University, in Nova Scotia, Canada. The author and editor of scores of books and hundreds of articles and reviews, Professor Evans has given lectures at universities, colleges, seminaries and museums around the world. He’s appeared on many television networks and served as a consultant for the National Geographic Society. Most recently he served as editor for The World of Jesus and the Early Church: Identity and Interpretation in the Early Communities of Faith. |
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| December 18, 2011 - Paul Chamberlain - Encourage faith in others—at Christmastime!
Paul Chamberlain is director of the Institute of Christian Apologetics and professor of apologetics, ethics, and philosophy of religion at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia. He has also served on the staff of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. He is the author of Can We Be Good Without God? and Final Wishes, and Why People Don't Believe: Confronting Seven Challenges to the Christian Faith. |
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| December 11, 2011 - Victor V. Claar - Thinking about finances? Step back and think about your plans…for Jesus sake.
Victor V. Claar is a professor of economics at Henderson State University, the public liberal arts university of Arkansas, where he specializes in teaching principles of economics. His new book is, Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy and Life Choices. |
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| December 4, 2011 - Robert Johnston - For a Christian, are movies valuable? Why? How?
Robert Johnston is professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. He’s published books in a variety of fields, including selected Old Testament topics, evangelical theology, and, most recently, theology and film. Today we’re discussing his book about the movies: Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue. |
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| November 27, 2011 - Beth A. Richardson - "Getting ready for Christmas" really has nothing to do with many traditional things on our personal To-Do lists.
Beth A. Richardson is the Director of Electronic Publishing for Upper Room Ministries and an ordained Deacon in the United Methodist Church. Her book is particularly appropriate for this time of the year: The Uncluttered Heart: Making Room for God During Advent and Christmas. |
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| November 20, 2011 - Karl Giberson - Let's talk reasonably about both modern science and the Bible.
Karl Giberson is a former professor of physics and a Senior Fellow at the Biologos Foundation, which he helped launch in 2008. He is also Director of the Science and Religion Writing Program at Gordon College. His new book, co-authored with Francis S. Collins, is: The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions. |
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| November 13, 2011 - Paul Copan - Have you wondered about differences between the God of the Old Testament and the New Testament?
Paul Copan is a professor of philosophy and ethics, and the Pledger Family Chair at Palm Beach Atlantic University. A skilled apologist for the Christian faith, he's written such popular books as True for You, But Not for Me, When God Goes to Starbucks: A Guide to Everyday Apologetics, and (our topic for today's discussion) Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God. |
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| November 6, 2011 - Thomas S. Kidd - The founders and defenders of our republic were profoundly guided by their faith.
Thomas S. Kidd is associate professor of history and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University. He’s the author of God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution.. |
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| October 30, 2011 - Norman Wirzba - How does your faith relate to what you ate today? What difference does it make?
Norman Wirzba pursues research and teaching interests at the intersections of theology, philosophy, ecology, and agrarian and environmental studies. In particular, he focuses on understanding and promoting practices that will equip both rural and urban church communities to be more faithful and responsible members of creation. He’s Research Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Rural Life at Duke Divinity School and the author of Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating.. |
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| October 23, 2011 - Steve Wilkens - Do you understand why people make the moral decisions they do? It’s important to know, and here’s some help.
Steve Wilkens teaches philosophy and ethics in the School of Theology at Azuza Pacific University in Azuza, California. He’s also taught at Mount San Antonio College, Glendale Community College, and Fuller Theological Seminary. The second edition of his very readable primer on ethics has just come out and it’s titled, Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics: An Introduction to Theories of Right and Wrong. |
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| October 16, 2011 - Richard J. Foster - Consider your prayer life . . . carefully (part 2 of 2).
Richard J. Foster is founder of Renovaré in Denver, Colorado and the author of Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth which has sold over two million copies worldwide. His most recent book is Sanctuary of the Soul: Journey Into Meditative Prayer. |
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| October 9, 2011 - Richard J. Foster - Consider your prayer life . . . carefully (part 1 of 2).
Richard J. Foster is founder of Renovaré in Denver, Colorado and the author of Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth which has sold over two million copies worldwide. His most recent book is Sanctuary of the Soul: Journey Into Meditative Prayer. |
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| October 2, 2011 - Dr. Mark Noll - Here's an important aspect of our remembering the 150th anniversary of our nation's Civil War with some ongoing lessons you may not have considered.
Dr. Mark Noll is Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the author of several books which have become standards on the shelves of religious historians. His book, The Civil War as a Theological Crisis, adds a unique dimension to the 150-year anniversary of the war that reverberates in the United States of America to this day. |
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