Our previous episode took us back to the beginning of our tragic story to explain how injustice was able to take over the world after what happened “in the beginning” to break God’s perfect peace and harmony. In this episode, we want to discuss how God responded to that catastrophe. We welcome your comments and […]
The hard truth is that today, as before, the Lord God must say of his people, “They pay me lip service, but their hearts are far from me.” God created a world of true peace and justice, but our selfishness destroyed the harmony and our bad choices allow injustice to flourish. God had to exile […]
Episode 2 plunges into a series about God’s command that his people seek peace and work to maintain it. The episode asks: Why do so many Christians care so little about social justice? We welcome your comments and insights via email by clicking here. Please visit our sister site, multiplyjustice.org, for a wealth of resources […]
In this first episode of Season 3, host Mark Kelly raises the question of how the gospel relates to social justice. He dismisses those who insist the gospel does not require Jesus’ disciples to address injustice and points the way to a seamless biblical theology of gospel and justice. The episode ends with a dire […]
Click below to listen to the interview. In this stand-alone episode, host Mark Kelly introduces our new book from Kainos Press, entitled LO-AMMI: ‘Christians’ – but not God’s people. He explains how the book is rooted in his own experience growing up in church, how several Scripture passages helped him understand that the vast majority of […]
Click below to listen to the interview. In this episode, we’re talking with Frank and Sherri Pomeroy of First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. You will recall that’s where, on Nov. 5, 2017, an armed man opened fire during Sunday morning worship services, killing 26 people, including nine members of one family. In the two-year […]
Click below to listen to the interview. In this episode, we’re talking with Tony Kitchens about the challenges he faced as a young man being released from prison — and how God used providential relationships with believing mentors to help him find lasting freedom. Tony struggled for years to escape the “second prison” of discrimination […]
Click below to listen to the interview. In this episode, we’re talking with Glenn Barth, president and CEO of Good Cities, a community development initiative that advances the gospel of the Kingdom by working with local leaders toward the common good of the city. The mission of Good Cities is to discover, support, and serve […]
Click below to listen to the interview. In this episode, we’re talking with four men of different ethnicities, ages, and backgrounds who are modeling a radically different approach to one of the most difficult issues facing our generation in the church: racial reconciliation. Instead of approaching reconciliation as a program that seeks to navigate political […]
Click below to listen to the interview. https://archive.org/download/S02E07PaulCoughlin/S02E07%20Paul%20Coughlin.mp3 In this episode, we’re discussing the thorny problem of bullying, a serious injustice that drives both the teen suicide and school shooting epidemics. We’re talking with Paul Coughlin, founder and president of The Protectors, a faith-based organization that provides comprehensive solutions to help families and communities combat the […]
Click below to listen to the interview. In this episode, we’re talking with Russell and Megan Marshall, a young couple who heard God’s call to leave good jobs and a comfortable house in the suburbs to develop redemptive relationships with residents of an ethnically and economically diverse apartment complex in a transitional area of their city. […]
Click below to listen to the interview. In this episode, we’re talking with Brad Brisco about a couple of the biggest barriers that keep Western Christians and churches from effectively sharing the good news of God’s kingdom. Brad, who is a longtime church-planting catalyst, breaks down our misunderstandings of what the Church is — and even […]
Click below to listen to the interview. In this episode, we’re talking with Sarah Koeppen and Emily Virkler, who lead a marvelous ministry called The Hope Box that is tackling head-on the desperate need in Georgia of infants who have been abandoned, abused, and neglected — including the increasingly horrific problem of sex trafficking babies. Sarah […]
Click below to listen to the interview. The Table on Delk offers friendship, resources, and hope for women, children, and even men oppressed by sex trafficking in NW Metro Atlanta. Ministry leader Tina Williford explains how God moved her — a stay-at-home mom with no special training — into a restoration ministry that gives trafficked people […]
Click below to listen to the interview. In this episode, we’re talking with two people who can help us make sense out of the insane pro-abortion laws and comments that have been in the news recently. Many good people are confused about exactly what is happening and why. Many are wondering how state lawmakers can get […]
Click below to listen to the interview. Scandalous new allegations about R&B superstar R. Kelly regarding 25 years of abuse and statutory rape have exploded again recently in a six-part Lifetime docu-series entitled Surviving R. Kelly. Through an attorney, the embattled singer has denied the allegations against him. Our podcast guest is Antoine Williams, an elder at […]
Click below to listen to the interview. This discussion with Reggie McNeal, missional leadership specialist for Leadership Network and author of numerous books on church leadership, focuses on perhaps the most fundamental issue facing the church today: How the need to promote our church organization actually keeps us from advancing God’s kingdom in our communities. […]
Click below to listen to the interview. Our world is full of ethnic and racial tensions that seem to intensify constantly. The sad fact is that most Christians seem to be as susceptible to these tensions as their unregenerate neighbors. Alan Cross’ book, “When Heaven and Earth Collide,” explores how cultural racism took Southern evangelicalism captive. In the process, he helps us all […]
Click below to listen to the interview. To read Jim and Henry’s story, A Tool in God’s Hands, click here. What most Americans know of the criminal justice system is what they see on TV dramas: a crime is committed, police investigate and gather evidence against a suspect, who then is arrested and brought immediately before a […]
Click below to listen to the interview. Many believers and congregations simply don’t make disciples, and many that do aren’t experiencing the multiplication of disciples the Lord wants to give them. Jeff Christopherson of the North American Mission Board shares some profound insights on the subject of multiplying disciples who make disciples. Jeff leads the Send […]