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The Christian Chronicle Podcast
The Christian Chronicle Podcast
151 episodes
1 week ago
Declining birthrates in the United States will drive down college enrollment over the next 15 years. Some experts predict that hundreds of small private colleges and universities will close. Of the 14 colleges and universities in the Church of Christ family tree, as many as ten of them have characteristics that put them at higher risk in the new higher education market. Many of these schools are innovating in ways that cut costs, increase operating margins and revenue and at least give them a...
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Declining birthrates in the United States will drive down college enrollment over the next 15 years. Some experts predict that hundreds of small private colleges and universities will close. Of the 14 colleges and universities in the Church of Christ family tree, as many as ten of them have characteristics that put them at higher risk in the new higher education market. Many of these schools are innovating in ways that cut costs, increase operating margins and revenue and at least give them a...
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Christianity
Religion & Spirituality,
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Episodes (20/151)
The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 146: How can our Christian colleges keep margins from replacing mission? (Joshua Travis Brown)
Declining birthrates in the United States will drive down college enrollment over the next 15 years. Some experts predict that hundreds of small private colleges and universities will close. Of the 14 colleges and universities in the Church of Christ family tree, as many as ten of them have characteristics that put them at higher risk in the new higher education market. Many of these schools are innovating in ways that cut costs, increase operating margins and revenue and at least give them a...
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1 week ago
35 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 145: How might the church care for parents of special needs kids? (Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez)
Parents of special needs kids face a special kind of grief and a special kind of struggle. Yet, so often their needs go overlooked and unmet in their own churches. Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez, author of From Rollercoasters to Carousels: An Emotional Support Guide to Healing for NICU, Bereaved and Special Needs Parents, shares her story and the emotions she and other NICU, bereaved and special needs parents experience. In this episode, she opens up about how parents like her deal with ongo...
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3 weeks ago
29 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 144: Should ministers be trained for the digital age? (Todd Brenneman and Tommie Lee Washington)
Once upon a time, a Church of Christ minister could be effective with some education in Bible and training in preaching. But is that enough in the "digital world" of the 21st century? Dr. Todd Brenneman and Tommie Lee Washington, professors at Faulkner University, make the case that it's past time for Church of Christ ministers to add excellence in media and technology to their ministry repertoire. In this episode, we talk about how the "digital citizens" of the 21st century expect to encount...
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1 month ago
35 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Special Partner Edition (PAID CONTENT): Freed-Hardeman wants to take you to the Bible lands (Dr. Rick Brumback and Dr. Jonathan Moore)
Christian Chronicle Podcast partner Freed-Hardeman University sponsored this special episode to be an open invitation to you to visit the Bible lands. If you're a longtime listener to The Christian Chronicle Podcast, you've heard the advertisements that promote the opportunity for all students in the Freed-Hardeman University Graduate School of Theology to work an archaeological dig in the Bible lands...for just $500 out of pocket. In this episode, you'll find out how this opportunity open to...
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1 month ago
31 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 143: A conversation with 'The Chosen' creator and show runner Dallas Jenkins
When Dallas Jenkins, creator, principal writer and show runner for The Chosen spoke at Oklahoma Christian University, The Christian Chronicle's Bobby Ross, Jr., got a chance to sit down with him for a conversation. Carla Hinton, faith editor for The Oklahomanand The Christian Chronicle's CEO Erik Tryggestad joined them. In this interview, you'll hear Jenkins talk about: The experience of filming the sixth season of The Chosen, which is all about the crucifixion of Jesus. How he han...
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1 month ago
38 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 142: Two young Christians on why they look up to Charlie Kirk (Jeremiah Delcour and Keegan Haupt)
When The Christian Chronicle covered and editorialized Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's murder in September 2025, the reaction from our audience was big and hot. Some Church of Christ folks expressed reverence for Kirk and regarded him as a Christian martyr. Others expressed anger and sadness at how he died, but emphasized that what he believed and how he expressed it did not represent them as Christians. Still others said they never heard of Kirk until his death. In this episod...
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2 months ago
1 hour 1 minute

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 141: How do we know if it's really spiritual warfare? (Dr. Joe Beam)
"Spiritual warfare" seems to be on the lips and minds of many Christ-claimers in the United States these days, including those in the Church of Christ. But what is "spiritual warfare" and how do we know that we're waging it? Dr. Joe Beam, who wrote the landmark book Seeing the Unseen: A Handbook for Spiritual Warfare in the early 1990s, joins the present-day milieu on how the spirit realm is affecting current events and vice versa. In this episode, Beam answers questions like: What might be c...
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2 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 140: How many Americans would allow Christian prayer in public schools? (Chip Rotolo)
A little more than half (52 percent) of Americans say they would allow public school teachers to lead their students in prayers to Jesus in taxpayer-funded public schools. This is according to the latest Religious Landscape Study from the Pew Research Center. In this episode, that study's author, Chip Rotolo, reveals how Americans have changed in both religious and spiritual beliefs and practices since Pew started researching them in 2007. While it may come as no surprise that Americans' adhe...
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3 months ago
45 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 139: Are new federal policies keeping international students from attending Christian colleges? (Kenzie James)
Colleges and universities with roots and ties in the Church of Christ community have a strong history of seeking and welcoming international students to their campuses. Many of them see this as essential to their Christian mission to "go therefore and make disciples of all nations" (Gospel of Matthew 28:19). Rapid changes to federal policies, however, may be keeping some international students out of the United States and out of the Church of Christ colleges and universities they want t...
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3 months ago
39 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 138: Girls and women are the future of rural and small town churches (Dr. Anessa Westbrook)
Church of Christ congregations in the rural areas and small towns of the United States are struggling with closures and membership losses. What act of God and the Church of Christ together could lead to growth and health? Dr. Anessa Westbrook is co-director of the new Center for Ministry at York University in York, Nebraska. In this episode, Dr. Westbrook unpacks some of the reasons that so many congregations in rural and small town America are struggling. She reveals some of the approaches t...
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3 months ago
47 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 137: Live theatre is building the body of Christ and making disciples in Atlanta (Sheri Gilbert-Wilson)
One Church of Christ congregation in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is going all in on producing live theatre for its community. Since giving its first stage production a try, Bouldercrest Church of Christ is attracting casts and crews comprising Church of Christ members from all over the city. And thousands are attending performances like Scenes from the Life of Christ. In this episode, we hear from the woman at the center of it all. Sheri Gilbert-Wilson is a professional actor, director and writer ...
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4 months ago
44 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 136: What English-speaking Christian youth from Spanish-speaking churches and homes can teach the Church of Christ
"Honorary title for this episode is 'Filling the Void.'" Listen and find out why (and thanks to Alonzo Rojo)! Jóvenes for Christ is a summer camp for English-speaking young Christians growing up in bilingual or Spanish-speaking churches and homes. In this episode, we hear from Jóvenes for Christ board members, Kevin Rivera (Lakeview Iglesia de Cristo, Garland, Texas), Alonzo Rojo (Robinson Avenue Iglesia de Cristo, Springdale, Arkansas), and Yazmin Tabares (Robinson Avenue Iglesia de Cr...
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4 months ago
41 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 135: How journalism can be a truth-seeking ministry that serves God's justice (Jerry Mitchell)
MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient, Pulitzer Prize finalist and world famous investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell talks about how a relentless pursuit of the truth honors God and promotes God's desire for justice. In this episode, Mitchell talks about how he helped crack cold cases that brought to justice the murderers of five 1960s-era Civil Rights workers in Mississippi. He also makes a plea for Christians in society to renew and restore their collective and personal efforts to find and ...
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4 months ago
56 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 134: Our Gen Y and Gen Z editors on the future of Christian journalism (Calvin Cockrell and Audrey Jackson)
The two youngest members of The Christian Chronicle's full-time news team are incoming managing editor Calvin Cockrell (Gen Y) and outgoing managing editor Audrey Jackson (Gen Z). In this episode, they talk about how working with The Christian Chronicle is exposing them to the Church of Christ they never imagined or knew. They also talk about what it is like to be journalists at a time when the profession is under cultural, economic and political duress. And, if they were to start a new Chris...
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4 months ago
36 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 133: Why 2,000 Church of Christ volunteers are going to Detroit to talk to strangers (Leonardo Gilbert)
In 1979, Church of Christ congregations in Chicago joined together in a concentrated campaign to evangelize the city. That event because the first "Crusade for Christ," an evangelism campaign that visited a major U.S. city every other year until the pandemic. Over the 40 years that the Crusade for Christ visited American cities, tens of thousands of volunteers evangelized tens of thousands of neighbors, leading to countless baptisms. This July 2025, the Crusade for Christ returns and up to 2,...
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5 months ago
27 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 132: Should churches endorse political candidates? (Chris McCurley)
In early July 2025, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service changed its interpretation of the tax code to give houses of worship more leeway to engage in political speech, which may include endorsing candidates...even from the pulpit. Is this a good thing for the church and its Great Commission? Chris McCurley, preaching minister with the Walnut Street Church of Christ in Dickson, Tennessee, and host of the popular Dear Church Podcast, joins us to talk about politics in church. How much energy and ...
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5 months ago
42 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 131: How prepared is your congregation for an active shooter? (Rick Arrington)
On Sunday, June 22, 2025, a gunman armed with an AR-15 assault rifle opened fire on Crosspointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan, as it assembled for worship. A fast-thinking deacon and two armed members of the congregation's security team killed the gunman before he could enter the church building and take the lives of any members or visitors. As the frequency of active shooter situations at houses of worship is on the rise, how many congregations are prepared if the worst case happens? O...
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5 months ago
46 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 130: Bringing back the lost art of the biblical Lord's Supper (Christa Sanders Bryant)
On June 12, 2025, The Christian Chronicle's Bobby Ross Jr. released a story about the Arlington (Virginia) Church of Christ. That congregation removed the pews from the center of its auditorium and replaced them with tables. Now, worshipers leave their seats and gather around those tables to share the Lord's Supper with each other. The article stirred up strong opinions among Christian Chronicle readers. Some affirm how the Arlington Church of Christ is trying a fresh and purposeful pra...
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5 months ago
46 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 129: Why do Christians say one thing about immigration, but vote for another? (Scott McConnell)
Lifeway Research executive director Scott McConnell is back to talk about some new research that sheds light on current events. For starters, church attendance and sales of Bibles are going up. Not only that, but Americans' regard for the Bible seems to be increasing. Young people, in particular are demonstrating more openness to learning about the Bible. Scott explores what could be driving these trends and what it means for Church of Christ congregations and members. Next, we turn to Lifewa...
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6 months ago
39 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Episode 128: How a Church of Christ kid became one of comedy's rising stars...in his 40s (Brian Bates)
Church of Christ member Brian Bates is one of the cleanest--and hottest--comedians in the country these days. In this episode, he takes us behind the jokes to reveal how a comedian builds rapport and trust with strangers--whether they're in a bar on Saturday night or a church on Sunday afternoon. Could all Christians learn something about the "Jesus way" from stand-up comedians? Link to Brian Bates's website, including upcoming shows and videos Link to the Nateland Podcast, featuring co...
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6 months ago
31 minutes

The Christian Chronicle Podcast
Declining birthrates in the United States will drive down college enrollment over the next 15 years. Some experts predict that hundreds of small private colleges and universities will close. Of the 14 colleges and universities in the Church of Christ family tree, as many as ten of them have characteristics that put them at higher risk in the new higher education market. Many of these schools are innovating in ways that cut costs, increase operating margins and revenue and at least give them a...