Questions That Matter with Randy Newman

Our world has been shaped by reductionism, the view that everything can be reduced to something - matter, molecules, or motives. So nothing is sacred. Our Christian faith says the exact opposite. And the arts can fight against reductionism.

Many people grew up singing Christian hymns - but they don’t know what they’re singing about. What a great opportunity to tell them what these famous words mean. Pippa Cramer has built an entire outreach ministry around that premise. And God is blessing it immensely.

We live in a conversation-starved time when loneliness is at epidemic levels. One way we can love people in the midst of this difficult age is to develop good conversation skills. Heather Holleman’s book The Six Conversations shows us how and, perhaps more importantly, why.

It’s important that we proclaim a clear and accurate message when we share the gospel. It’s also important that our tone matches the grace of our message. Paul tells us that our speech needs to be done with grace and salt. (See Col. 4:2-6). We need to know what he meant. Recommended Resources: * Questioning Faith [https://www.crossway.org/books/questioning-faith-tpb/%20] by Randy Newman (2024) * Fool's Talk [https://www.amazon.com/Fools-Talk-Os-Guinness/dp/0830844481] by Os Guinness * A Welcome Change in Apologetics [https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/KD-2016-Fall-A-Welcome-Change-in-Apologetics-5538-ex.pdf] by Randy Newman

After writing many books on apologetics, Lee Strobel took a slightly different approach in his newest book to help people find the answer to this most important question, Is God Real? Resources: Is God Real? [https://www.amazon.com/God-Real-Exploring-Ultimate-Question/dp/0310367875] by Lee Strobel (2023) Lee Strobel's website [https://leestrobel.com/] The Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics [https://www.ccu.edu/strobelcenter/] Contagious Faith: [https://www.amazon.com/Contagious-Faith-Discover-Natural-Sharing/dp/0310113288] Discover Your Natural Style for Sharing Jesus with Others by Mark Mittelberg, forward by Lee Strobel. Becoming a Contagious Church [https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Contagious-Church-Evangelistic-Temperature/dp/0310279194]: Increasing Your Church's Evangelistic Temperature by Mark Mittelberg. The Case for Christ [https://www.amazon.com/Case-Christ-Mike-Vogel/dp/B06Y3MTTZY] movie