Posts by Daniel Darling
The Way Home – Episode 15 featuring Bruce Ashford
Today on the podcast I have a conversation with my friend Bruce Ashford, who joined me in the studio during our recent Leadership Summit on Racial Reconciliation. Bruce is Provost and Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC.
Read MoreWhy Christians Should Be Clear
This week I’m over at the Lifeway Church Leader’s blog opining on three essential traits for countercultural Christian leaders: courage, clarity, and civility (how’s that for some serious alliteration?). This comes from 1 Peter 3:15. Here is what I said about that second point: The second thing Peter urges for counter-cultural leaders is clarity. “Have an…
Read MoreThe Way Home – Episode 14 featuring Johnnie Moore
My friend Johnnie Moore joins me to discuss ISIS and the persecution of Christians. Johnnie is the former Vice President for Executive Projects and Media Relations and Campus Pastor of Liberty University. He has been an outspoken advocate for persecuted Christians in the Middle East and has a new book, a must read, Defying Isis. I’m grateful that…
Read MoreShould Pastors Have Good Friends From their Church?
At Leadership Journal I discuss the advice I received, upon ordination to ministry, to not become good friends with people in my congregation. It was well-meaning, but wrong advice, I thought at the time. Here’s an excerpt of the article: I don’t see a detachment from people in Jesus’ public ministry. Yes, Jesus took time to get away…
Read MoreCan You Love Jesus and Hate Jesus’ Followers?
The last few years have seen an explosion of books that try to separate Jesus from the church. Most of these are well-meaning efforts to distinguish genuine faith in Christ from hand-me-down, works-based religion. This is important in a culture still influenced by a nominal Christianity, where many think a ticket to heaven simply requires regular church attendance.
Read MoreThe Way Home – Episode 13 featuring David Platt
Today, David Platt and I discuss his new role at the International Mission Board, what inspired him to write about Christian cultural engagement, and how we should pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters overseas.
Read MoreAnnouncing My New Book: The Original Jesus
This September, Baker Books is releasing my sixth book, The Original Jesus. This book is a critique of ten different versions of Jesus floating around in the evangelical world. I was motivated to write this book by observing the flippant way we (and I mean we because, in some way, I’m tempted toward all of these false Jesus’ myself) talk about Christ. We have a tendency, in our modern age, to mold Jesus into our image rather than letting Jesus mold us into His.
Read MoreThree Questions to Ask About Your Job
“Nothing matters except what happens in here.” How often have you heard that in church from well-meaning pastors? I know the message trying to be sent: the supremacy of the gospel and the importance of evangelism. I share those desires, but this kind of reductionism is not a biblical view of culture. Which is why…
Read MoreThe Way Home – Episode 12 featuring Scott Sauls
How should Christians think through their political engagement? Can we be both civil and courageous? This is something I’ve been talking about for some time. Which is why I’m glad to have my friend Scott Sauls on the broadcast.
Read MoreThe Way Home – Episode 11 featuring Bob Lepine
Today, I have the wonderful opportunity to talk with a radio broadcast veteran, one of the best voices in Christian media: Bob Lepine.
Read MoreThe Church As the Answer for Loneliness
We are be the most connected generation ever, with no shortage of ways to communicate with our fellow man. And yet, we may be the most isolated, individualistic generation ever. In some ways, Facebook, Twitter, IM, texting–has brought us closer together. And in other ways it’s kept us apart.
I talked about this interesting paradox with Erin Davis, author of an important new book, Connected. Here is one of the questions I asked her:
Read MoreThe Way Home – Episode 10 featuring Mollie Hemingway
My conversation today is with Mollie Hemingway, a popular and fierce journalist. Mollie is a senior editor at The Federalist where she is unafraid to challenge conventional thinking in the media and in politics. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, The Washington Post, CNN, National Review, GetReligion, Ricochet, Christianity Today, Federal Times, Radio & Records and many other publications. Mollie was a 2004 recipient of a Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellowship.
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