In this episode we sit down with Dr. Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer to discuss their book A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing. This is a two part episode.

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Episode 119: A Church Called Tov (Pt. 1)

In this interview we sit down with Daniel Grothe and talk about his new book The Power of Place: Choosing Stability in a Rootless Age.

Episode 118: The Power of Place

In this episode we sit down to talk about how leaders should think about responding to local and global crises when they arise, and about how they care for their own souls in crisis.

Episode 117: Crisis Fatigue

In this episode we wrestle with the question, “What is salvation?” and what that means for our efforts to be “outward facing” in our ministries. (Much of the content of this podcast came from Session 1 of our recent Essential Church Learning Community. You can learn more about and register for our next Learning Community at theessential.church.)

Episode 116: The Outward Facing Church

In this episode (part two of two) we sit down with Glenn Packiam to talk with him about his forthcoming book The Resilient Pastor: Leading Your Church in a Rapidly Changing World.

Episode 115: The Resilient Pastor (Pt. 2)

In this episode (part one of two) we sit down with Glenn Packiam to talk with him about his forthcoming book The Resilient Pastor: Leading Your Church in a Rapidly Changing World.

Episode 114: The Resilient Pastor (Pt. 1)

In this episode we sit down to chat with the newest member of the New Life Worship staff, Grammy-winning artist Dee Wilson.

Episode 113: An Interview with Dee Wilson

In this episode we sit down with pastor and author Tara Beth Leach to talk about her book Radiant Church: Restoring the Credibility of our Witness and what the church can do to recover a kingdom ethos.

Episode 112: An Interview with Tara Beth Leach - Radiant Church: Restoring the Credibility of our Witness

In this episode (the second of two) we conclude our conversation with theologian and New Testament scholar Lucy Peppiatt about her book Rediscovering Scripture’s Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts in which she unpacks why and how the biblical texts traditionally used to support the subordination of women to men might not be saying what we think they’re saying.

Episode 111: An Interview with Lucy Peppiatt - Rediscovering Scripture's Vision for Women (Pt. 2)

In this episode (part one of two) we sit down with theologian and New Testament scholar Lucy Peppiatt to talk about her book Rediscovering Scripture’s Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts in which she unpacks why and how the biblical texts traditionally used to support the subordination of women to men might not be saying what we think they’re saying.

Episode 110: An Interview with Lucy Peppiatt - Rediscovering Scripture's Vision for Women (Pt. 1)

In this episode we sit down to talk about some of the ins and outs of intentionally developing preachers and teachers in our congregations.

Episode 109: Developing Preachers and Teachers

In this episode we sit down with Winn Collier, Director of the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination at Western Theological Seminary and to talk with him about the release of his book, A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene Peterson.

Episode 108: An Interview with Winn Collier - A Burning in My Bones

In this episode we sit down to talk about some of the marks of genuine Spirit-inspired preaching.

Episode 107: Four Rules for Preachers

In this episode we sit down with Dr. Chris Green to talk about his book, Sanctifying Interpretation, and how God uses the ‘troubling texts’ of Scripture to make us holy.

Episode 106: An Interview with Dr. Chris Green - Sanctifying Interpretation

In this episode we feature a conversation we had at our recent Essential Church Learning Community on “the places of encounter” in our worship gatherings.

Episode 105: The Places of Encounter

Weekly conversations about important issues facing the local church today. Hosted by Pastors Brady Boyd and Andrew Arndt of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO. More information can be found at TheEssential.Church

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