In The Margin

"A Model of Christian Charity" ~ John Winthrop(http://www.casa-arts.org/cms/lib/PA01925203/Centricity/Domain/50/A%20Model%20of%20Christian%20Charity.pdf)"Washington's Farewell Address 1796" ~ George Washington, (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp)

Featuring special guest Scott Hubbard.On this episode:Auden, W. H. Selected Poems. ed. Edward Mendelson. Random, 1979.Jacobs, Alan. A Theology of Reading: The Hermeneutics of Love. Westview Press, 2001.

Featuring special guest Scott Hubbard.On this episode:Auden, W. H. Selected Poems. ed. Edward Mendelson. Random, 1979. Jacobs, Alan. “Shame the Devil.” Books and Culture, Mar./Apr. 2002. https://www.booksandculture.com/articles/2002/marapr/5.12.htmlKelly, David. Essay on “September 1, 1939,” from Poetry for Students. Gale, 2008. https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/september-1-1939#CriticalOverview

On this episode:2:00—“Should Christians get behind legislation that helps the poor . . . or is legislation not an appropriate medium for helping the poor?"17:30—“What does it look like for Christians in the US to be civically engaged when there are such strong divides?”///"How do you foster collaboration across party lines?”32:13—"How important is it for Christians to vote? Is God more pleased with those Christians who do?”///“If you could recommend one book for Christians to read in light of current events and the upcoming mid-term elections . . . what would it be?"

Featuring special guest Dr. Haein Park, Associate Professor of English at Biola University.On this episode:Smith, James K. A. How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor. Eerdmans, 2014.

On this episode:2:43—"How can pastors and others encourage churches to look beyond the rhetoric of the anti-immigration voices to see that Christ has called us to serve refugees and asylum seekers for His name’s sake and to make disciples?”///"Why is our advocacy for laws that preserve life (eg abortion) not as strong as our advocacy for immigration policies that keep families together and respect due process?"13:47—“Wondering if the non-traditional structure of [the Los Angeles] area . . . means that civic engagement/responsibilities have to look different?"22:23—"How motivated should Christians be to become political leaders?”///"How should you evaluate performance as a Christian in politics? The number of righteous laws passed? Or faithfulness to the work?”///"I once had someone tell me that God wants [Christians] to take on leadership in politics. How true is that statement according to the Bible?"

On this episode:Meador, Jake. “The Lord’s Work in the Lord’s Way: Against the Culture War.” Mere Orthodoxy, 21 Jun. 2018. https://mereorthodoxy.com/against-culture-war/

On this episode:"An Evangelical Manifesto: A Declaration of Evangelical Identity and Public Commitment." 7 May 2008. http://evangelicalmanifesto.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Evangelical_Manifesto.pdfMohler, Albert. "An Evangelical Response to 'An Evangelical Manifesto.'" Albert Mohler, 11 May 2008. https://albertmohler.com/2008/05/12/an-evangelical-response-to-an-evangelical-manifesto-2/

Featuring special guest Tommy Gehrig. On this episode:MacIntyre, Alasdair. After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory. Second Edition, University of Notre Dame Press, 1984.

On this episode:Crouch, Andy. Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. IVP Books, 2008.

On this episode: Newbigin, Lesslie. “Can a Modern Society Be Christian?” 1 Dec. 1995. Newbigin Resources, http://newbiginresources.org/1998-can-a-modern-society-be-christian/ Recommended reading:Ashford, Bruce. “How a Man Named Lesslie Changed the Way I Think.” The Gospel Coalition, 1 Sep. 2017. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/how-a-man-named-lesslie-changed-the-way-i-think/Leeman, Jonathan. How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided Age. Nelson Books, 2018.

On the episode:Jacobs, Alan. How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Currency, 2017.

On this episode:Lewis, C. S. The Abolition of Man. Oxford University Press, 1943.

On this episode:Carter, Joe. “The Persistent and Pervasive Problem of Pseudo-Pique.” The Gospel Coalition, 2 Jun. 2018. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/persistent-pervasive-problem-pseudo/Lutzer, Erwin W. “Social Media: Where Anger is Disguised as Justice.” Moody Church Media, 31 May 2018. https://www.moodymedia.org/blog/2018/05/social-media-anger-disguised-justice/Moore, Russell. “Why Politics Overwhelms the Church.” 9Marks, 17 Apr. 2018. https://www.9marks.org/article/why-politics-overwhelms-the-church/

On this episode: Hassler, Alfred, Benton Resnik, and Sy Barry. “Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story.” The Fellowship of Reconciliation, Dec. 1957. http://www.crmvet.org/docs/ms_for_comic.pdf King, Martin Luther, Jr. “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.” 16 Apr. 1963. https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/letter-birmingham-jailMoore, Russell. “King and Kingdom: Racial Justice and the Uneasy Conscience of American Christianity.” MLK50 Conference, 3 Apr. 2018. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/conference_media/black-white-red-all-over/Platt, David. “Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters: Racism and our Need for Repentance.” Together for the Gospel 2018 Conference, 11 Apr. 2018. http://t4g.org/media/2018/04/let-justice-roll-like-waters-racism-need-repentance/Richard, John C., Jr., and Daniel Yang. “Preaching on Racism from the ‘White’ Pulpit: Reflections from David Platt’s Talk at T4G.” Christianity Today, 12 Apr. 2018. https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2018/april/preaching-on-racism

On this episode:Olmstead, Gracy. “Can ‘Localism’ Restore Sanity to U.S. Politics?” The New York Times, 11 Apr. 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/opinion/localism-partisanship-local-politics.htmlWright, Matthew D. “Rights in Common.” First Things, May 2018. https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/05/rights-in-common0:58—Summary of previous episodes, providing context for this one. 7:25—Discussion of Wright’s article.30:29—Discussion of Olmstead’s article.

On this episode: 1:36—"If parish churches are rightly called families, in what Christian sense are we "family" with mixed (believing and unbelieving) people in non-parishes? In what sense are my coworkers my brothers? And my students my children?"12:48—"What is the balance between identifying for the most part with a party’s platform while morally disagreeing with some leaders’ other decisions, and being able to make a relatively “significant” contribution to the election by voting for that mainstream party instead of independent while having apprehensions about the immortality of party leaders but wanting to get the “good” legislation passed through them? . . . Do the ends justify the means?”20:43—"Should leaders advocate their Christian views in the political sphere or just keep it in church?" 27:19—"What is the work of the Spirit in civic engagement?"

On this episode:Henry, Carl F. H. The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism. Eerdmans, 2003.

Featuring a special guest.On this episode:Boyagoda, Randy, and Doug Sikkema. "A University for the Sake of the World." Comment, 1 Mar. 2018. https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/5193/a-university-for-the-sake-of-the-world/Boyagoda, Randy, and Doug Sikkema. "What the University Can (and Cannot) Do." Comment, 1 Feb. 2018. https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/5179/what-the-university-can-and-cannot-do/Smith, James K. A. “Is the University Worth Saving?” Comment, 1 Mar. 2018. https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/5186/editorial-is-the-university-worth-saving/?platform=hootsuite

Featuring special guest Tommy Gehrig. On this episode:Dreher, Rod. The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation. Sentinel, 2017.