This week on The Bulletin, host Mike Cosper traveled to Washington, D.C. to sit down with producer Rob Reiner and director Dan Partland in anticipation of their upcoming documentary, “God and Country.” The film examines the implications of Christian nationalism in the United States, and features interviews with several prominent evangelical Christians, inclu ... Show More
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Sunday Afternoon Reads: Kidnapped Girls, Whispered Prayers, Resilient Faith
In 2014, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from the small town of Chibok, Nigeria. One of the young women, Naomi Adamu, and her friends smuggled a Bible into captivity, and for seven years the Scriptures were a source of their strength to resist. U ... Show More
27m 3s
Jan 23
Greenland Ambitions, Worship Service Protest, and Talarico Shares His Faith
President Trump expresses his desire to possess Greenland, causing tension between the administration and European leaders. Noah Rothman of National Review sits down with Russell Moore, Mike Cosper, and Clarissa Moll to discuss the president's overtures and their implications on ... Show More
55m 10s
Jan 20
Congressional War Powers, ICE Tactics, and Ukraine Update
Last week, a war powers resolution that would require congressional approval for military action in Venezuela died on the Senate floor after Vice President Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in cases regarding trans athletes participating in ... Show More
56m 52s
Nov 2023
#29 Josh Bauder: How to Recover a Reformed Theology of Beauty, Music in the Church as Symptomatic of Christian Culture, Church Architecture as a Conduit to Worship
Dr. Josh Bauder is a Minneapolis-based composer, arranger, typesetter, and professor. His choral music has been performed by church, university, and community choirs across the United States and abroad. Josh holds a B.A. in music and philosophy from the University of St. Thomas, ... Show More
1h 38m
Nov 2023
#27 Brooks Buser: Thirteen Years Transcribing an Unreached Language Group in Papua New Guinea, The Forgotten Great Commission, Training the Next Generation of Linguistics Missionaries
Brooks Buser is the president of Radius International and helps lead their campuses in Mexico and Taiwan. Brooks worked for 13 years among the YembiYembi people in Papua New Guinea. After developing an alphabet in the YembiYembi language, completing a translation of the New Testa ... Show More
2h 19m
Oct 2021
Bonus Episode: Boca Raton's Church Planting O.G.
Contrary to Mars Hill lore, Mark Driscoll didn’t plant his church alone. Though he prized the image of a solo, entrepreneurial pastor, Driscoll found early success thanks to two co-planters, a sending church, and a network of support. And three thousand miles away in Boca Raton, ... Show More
46m 45s
Apr 2024
Jesus’ Surprising Warning About Religious Practices
<p>Sermon on the Mount E18 – In Matthew 6, Jesus turns his attention to religious practices of his day, specifically generosity to the poor, prayer, and fasting. But Jesus gives a surprising warning about these practices: if you do religious practices to get praise from people, t ... Show More
54m 14s
Jun 2021
Boomers, The Big Sort, and Really, Really Big Churches
In the mid-1950s, Rev. Robert Schuller began preaching in a drive-in movie theater in Southern California. He melded traditions like vestments with a theology of post-war optimism and self-esteem. As his ministry grew, guest preaching in his pulpit became a mark of celebrity achi ... Show More
55m 59s
Oct 2023
Michael Emerson, Divided By Faith, and Pass The Mic
Michael Emerson joins Tyler Burns and Jemar Tisby on this week's episode of Pass The Mic to discuss Divided By Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, the legacy of the book, it's impact on The Witness, as well as his family's faith journey and current wor ... Show More
56m 44s
Aug 2021
Bonus Episode: I Kissed Christianity Goodbye
A Bonus Episode of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Love it or hate it, if you grew up in a youth group after 1997, you probably had to reckon with Joshua Harris’s I Kissed Dating Goodbye, his treatise on dating and courtship. The book sold millions and made him, in Collin Hansen’s ... Show More
1h 5m
Mar 2023
The Firstborn of Creation – Firstborn E10
<p>In our final episode of the Firstborn series, we look at the New Testament’s description of Jesus as the firstborn of creation. Join Tim and Jon as they explore some of Paul’s letters, the book of Hebrews, and the Revelation, and discover how Jesus reveals who God is––and what ... Show More
1h 8m
May 2024
God's Providence — with Aaron Birk
<p>We welcome special guest, Aaron Birk, to the podcast to talk about the sovereignty and providence of God. In this episode, we talk about this beautiful, theological topic that can be difficult to grasp. We answer some of the big questions about God’s sovereignty.</p>
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49m 20s