Episode 28: A Surprising Discovery at Oxford University

Recovering the Christian Mind | June 5, 2023

In this episode of Recovering the Christian Mind we revisit an interview with Dr. Carolyn Weber about her memoir of coming to faith in Jesus Christ as an agnostic while a student at Oxford University: Surprised by Oxford.

This is a wide-ranging conversation with includes discussions of anti-Christian bias in academia, the pressures Christian academics face as professors and teachers in academia, and the surprising way God used the intellectual environment of Oxford to bring an agonistic to Himself.

This interview was recorded in 2011 and is probably one of my top five favorite conversations I ever had during my 12 years as a talk radio host.

ABOUT CAROLYN WEBER

A Commonwealth Scholar, Dr. Carolyn Weber holds her B.A. Hon. from Huron College at Western University, Canada and her M.Phil. and D.Phil. from Oxford University, England. Dr. Weber is an award-winning author, popular professor and international speaker. She is delighted to serve as a professor at New College Franklin in Franklin, TN, where she is grateful to be part of the rich fellowship of learning at this unique and wonderful college.

She has served as faculty at Oxford University, Seattle University, University of San Francisco, Westmont College, Brescia University College and Heritage College and Seminary. She was the first female dean of St. Peter’s College, Oxford.

Dr. Weber’s most recent book is Sex and the City of God: A Memoir of Love and Longing (IVP: 2020)

Episode 27: Behind the Scenes of Revival: The Work of God

Recovering the Christian Mind |May 30, 2023

Consider today’s episode of Recovering the Christian Mind a Bonus Track to yesterday’s conversation with Pastor Jeremy Walker about the excellent new two-hour video documentary on the history of revival, Revival: The Work of God.

In this brief conversation, Jeremy and I discuss the production aspects of the documentary: the beautiful locations they visited, including historic churches and places, and the pastors and professors they interviewed to help all of us place revival in its proper biblical and historical context.

Episode 26: What is Revival? A Conversation with Pastor Jeremy Walker

Recovering the Christian Mind | May 29, 2023

Pastor Jeremy Walker is the Writer and Presenter of the new Reformation Heritage Books documentary, Revival: The Work of God.

This two-hour video documentary sets revival in its biblical and historical context, freeing us from our contemporary pragmatic view which sees revival more as a result of human creativity and ingenuity than a true work of the Spirit at the sole initiative of our sovereign God.

Pastor Walker says, “In times of reviving, God does what He always does. But there’s a pace and a power to it that is distinctive; and sometimes it’s momentary – it’s A sermon; other times it’s a period; sometimes it’s a lifetime; sometimes it sweeps across a whole region that there’s this sort of elevating of the spiritual tone that is, I think, incontrovertible. It is the God who, in His grace, draws near to bless in ways that are perhaps beyond, certainly that beggar, I think, our low and shallow expectations of Him.”

Episode 25: The Story of Abortion in America – Part Two

A Conversation with Leah Savas, “Life Beat” Reporter for World Magazine

Recovering the Christian Mind | May 16, 2023

If all you know about abortion in America is the legal battles and public protests, you’re missing the real story. Here is part two of my conversation with Leah Savas.

Get The Book:
The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level View 1652-2022

Read Leah Savas at World Magazine

Episode 24: The Story of Abortion in America – Part One

A Conversation with Leah Savas, Life Beat Reporter for World Magazine

Recovering the Christian Mind | May 15, 2023

Here is part one of a two-part conversation I had last week with Leah Savas, the “life beat” reporter for World Magazine. She and Marvin Olasky have collaborated on an important new book which details the impact of abortion in America since 1652.

If all you know about abortion in America is the legal battles and public protests, you’re missing the real story.

The Conversation with Leah Savas continues in Part Two.

Get The Book:
The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level View 1652-2022

Read Leah Savas at World Magazine