Regent College Podcast

How should Christians engage with the Muslim community? What has been the outcome of many centuries of contact between Islam and Christianity? What can we learn from how Christians and Muslims face living in a pluralistic society today? Join host Claire Perini and Wafik Wahba as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.https://www.regent-college.edu/

Are power and influence the same thing? How should Christians look at power in our world today? Is there a way that Christians should use power to influence others? Join host Andrew Wilson, Andrea Sterk, and Howard Louthan as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.https://www.regent-college.edu/

As Christians, do we express that Jesus is the good that is common to everyone? What can we do to express to others that Jesus is for everyone? Do the spaces that we find ourselves in shape our understanding of Jesus? Join host Claire Perini, Zac Niringye, and Diane Stinton as we discuss these questions and more on the Regent College Podcast.https://www.regent-college.edu/

What is Spiritual Direction? How can we care for one another in our listening? How can we help each other notice what God is doing in our lives? Join host Claire Perini, Susan Phillips and John Lunn as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.

How did the Puritans contribute to Christianity? Is there any truth to the stereotypes—that they were legalistic and too dogmatic? What can we learn from them that will inform our Christian life today? Join host Claire Perini, Cindy Aalders and Jenny-Lyn de Klerk as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.https://www.regent-college.edu/

What is education all about? Is it simply preparation for a job, or should education be about something deeper? What does graduate theological education have to do with kindergarten? Join host Claire Perini, Jeff Greenman, and Raphael Haeuser as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.https://www.regent-college.edu/

Whats the difference between being called to preach the Gospel and an individual call to something? What does the word Vocation mean? Does the calling of a person change over time, or is the calling the same for their entire life? Join host Claire Perini, Steve Garber, and Gustavo Santos as we discuss these questions and more in this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.

How does engaging in prayer form the spiritual life of a Christian? Are there specific models for prayer that you engage in? Or is it enough just to simply pray? Should prayer be viewed as a corporate or an individual practice? Join Ali Cumming, Jubiracy Filho and host Claire Perini as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.

What does the Bible have to say about sex? What is sex pointing towards? Why is it important to have conversations about sex? Join Hans Boersma, Bryana Russell and host Andrew Wilson as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.

How can we have a good conversation about mental health? How can the church care for those who are struggling with something that they can't find language for? What does the Bible have to say about mental health? Join Dan Whitehead, Jane Harris, and host Andrew Wilson as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast. Dan Whitehead is a Regent College alumnus and the Executive Director for Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries. Jane Harris is a current Regent student and has been helping Sanctuary develop resources for the church to have better conversations about mental health.https://www.regent-college.edu/

What does the book of John have to say about discipleship? How should we think about leading other people to Jesus in a world that has so many beliefs and practices? What does it mean to disciple other people? Join Joshua Coutts, Diane Buermans, and host Andrew Wilson as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.https://www.regent-college.edu/

Is it true that people do not have the attention span to listen to preaching? Should pastors look to other methods to present God's message? What does Martin Luther King Jr have to do with the call to preach? Join Lydia Crutwell, Darrell Johnson, and host Christina Lui, as we discuss these questions and more in this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.https://www.regent-college.edu/

How can you be a good neighbor? Is the primary role of a Christian in their neighborhood to evangelize? How can we make connections with the people around us? Join Jenn Richards and Barry Jung and host Claire Perini as we discuss these questions and more in this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.https://www.regent-college.edu/

We live in a society with many beliefs and practices. How should the church engage with the world? How should Christians preach the gospel into a world that is concerned with their ties to political parties? Should Christians only be concerned with evangelizing the world and not being involved in it? Join Ross Hastings, Andre Freitas and host Claire Perini as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.

How can you be prepared as a pastor to serve your congregation in a pluralistic society? What can you learn as a pastor from walking alongside your congregation? Why is it important to understand ministry as being tied to a journey with the rest of God's people? Join Ross Hastings, Darrell Johnson, and host Christina Lui as we discuss the upcoming Pastors and Leaders Conference - Ambassadors: Christ in the Public Square.https://www.regent-college.edu/

What is it like to visit Israel and Palestine in the 21st century? Is it anything like Israel in the time of Jesus? How can we talk about people on both sides of the conflict in a way that communicates the hope of Jesus Christ? Join Claire Perini, Bronwyn Spilsbury, and Walter Brynjolfson as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast. Bronwyn Spilsbury is the director and pastoral host of Holy Land and Bible Land journeys. She’s a speaker, preacher, and writer, a mother, and a motivator . https://www.regent-college.edu/

Today's world is dominated by technology. We have access to iPhones, Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, all of which are demanding our attention. How should Christians respond to the rapid development of technology happening all around us? Join Craig Gay, Ross Tuttle and host Claire Perini as we try to tackle this question in this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast. Craig Gay lectures in the area of Christianity, Society, and Culture, and directs Regent’s ThM degree program. He is the author of With Liberty or Justice for Whom? (Eerdmans, 1991), The Way of the (Modern) World (Eerdmans, 1998); Cash Values: The Value of Money the Nature of Worth (Eerdmans, 2004).https://www.regent-college.edu/

What do we discover about ourselves when we make art? Is art only for artists? How can the church engage with art? Join host Claire Perini, Jessica Morgun, Lauren Leith and Andrew Wilson as we discuss these questions and more on this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast.

What is Sabbath rest? How do we get it? Why do we need it? Join Josh Coutts, Matt Kitchener, and host Claire Perini as we discover what it means to take real Sabbath rest in today's incredibly busy world. Dr. Joshua Coutts joined Regent's faculty as a Lecturer in New Testament for the 2017-18 academic year. Over the course of his studies, Dr. Coutts has also had the opportunity to teach New Testament at Edinburgh Theological Seminary, Cornhill Training School (Glasgow), Prairie College (Three Hills, Alberta), and Evangelical Bible College (Zambia). He has published articles and book reviews in CRUX, Currents in Biblical Research, Expository Times, and the Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology and presented papers at the Society of Biblical Literature, Seminar on the Old Testament in the New Testament, and the British New Testament Society Conference.https://www.regent-college.edu/

What value is there in engaging with fiction? How should Christians deal with other narratives? How can we avoid escapism? Join Mary McCampbell, Matt Nelson and host Amy Anderson as we tackle these questions and more in this week's episode of the Regent College Podcast. Dr. Mary McCampbell is a scholar-in-residence at Regent College for the 2018 winter term. She is an associate professor of humanities at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, where she teaches courses on postmodern theory and fiction, film and philosophy, and popular culture. A native Tennessean, she completed a doctorate in literature at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne focusing on the relationship between contemporary fiction, late capitalist culture, and the religious impulse.'https://www.regent-college.edu/