Faith and Culture

Matt Capps: “Christmas Is a Good Time to Be Enraptured”

Matt Capps returns to discuss wonder and awe, beauty and aesthetics, his new book “Drawn by Beauty,” and the wonder of the Christmas season

Christ and Culture Podcast

From Stage to Seminary: How Being an Actor Made Me a Better Counselor

The practice of acting gives lessons for how to offer better counseling.

Hollyann Gardner

Art and Human Dignity

Accessible art offers new ways for everyone to enjoy and experience creativity.

April Sawyer

Poem: Home is Where the Heart Is

Joy Nevin Axelson

Quinn: What is the Way of Christ in the Arts?

What is the way of Christ in the arts? Dr. Benjamin Quinn offers five reflections.

Benjamin Quinn

What Hath the Arts to Do with Advent?

The arts can provides spiritual remedies to the busyness and distractions of the Advent season.

Michael McEwen

Always Winter but Never Christmas: Advent in Narnia

When children first enter Narnia they find it in perpetual Advent. A season of always winter but never Christmas. We share in the ache and longing that Narnia had for Christmas to come, and more importantly for our savior to return.

Andy Shurson

Book Summary: ‘Creation Regained’ by Albert M. Wolters

A summary of 'Creation Regained' by Albert M. Wolters

Megan Dickerson

Creating for the Lost

God made humans to be creative. Artists should use their gifts to create for everyone, especially the lost.

Daphne Rae

Crafting Music for the Soul (with Kenny and Claire Hilliard)

Musicians Kenny and Claire Hilliard are back on the podcast to talk about crafting music for the soul. They tell us about their story, explain the heart behind their music, and talk to us about their new album, "Upon the Storm.”

Christ and Culture Podcast

Bodily Training is of Some Value: The Need For Physical Fitness

Pastors need to recognize the importance of physical fitness to ministry. Taking care of our bodies will lengthen our ministry and create opportunities to share the gospel.

Alan Patrick

Poem: Angels Came Trooping Through a McDonald’s Drive-Thru

A Christmas Poem in honor of Art Month

E. H. Austen

Trevin Wax: “The disenchanted world needs a church that’s not a chaplain, but a prophet.”

Dr. Wax delivered a lecture titled, "4 Challenges Facing the Church in the Western World."

Center for Faith and Culture

Don’t Forget About Thanksgiving

As Christmas celebrations creep into November, I hope we don’t forget Thanksgiving — with its turkey, stuffing, and shared gratitude.

Nathaniel D. Williams

4 Challenges Facing the Church in the Western World (with Trevin Wax)

Dr. Trevin Wax joins us to discuss the challenges of expressive individualism, privatized faith, Christianity’s moral vision, and psuedo-religions. 

Christ and Culture Podcast