Park Church Podcast

Our guest is Barnabas Piper. He’s the author of The Pastor’s Kid: Finding Your Own Faith and Identity, Help My Unbelief: Why Doubt Is Not the Enemy of Faith, and The Curious Christian: How Discovering Wonder Enriches Every Part of Life. Listen Listen to the show Subscribe in iTunes Show Notes 2:30 – Who Barnabas […]

Our guest is Kelley Nikondeha. She’s the author of Adopted: The Sacrament of Belonging in a Fractured World. Listen Listen to the show Subscribe in iTunes Show Notes 1:30 – Who Kelley Nikondeha is 5:00 – What compelled her to write her book 7:30 – How to think about theology and adoption 11:10 – How […]

Our guest is Jemar Tisby. He’s the cofounder of the Reformed African American Network and the cohost of Pass the Mic. Listen Listen to the show Subscribe in iTunes Show Notes 2:25 – Who Jemar Tisby is 5:00 – What he learned while doing Teach For America in the Mississippi Delta 7:35 – Why he […]

Our guest is Karen Swallow Prior. She’s an English professor at Liberty University. She’s also the author of Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me and Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More ?Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist. Listen Listen to the show Subscribe in iTunes Show Notes 1:23 – Why Dr. Prior goes by all […]

Our guest is Derek Rishmawy. He’s a PhD student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He’s also a blogger and a podcaster. Listen Listen to the show Subscribe in iTunes Show Notes 1:55 – Who Derek Rishmawy is… 7:25 – Why he ended up studying theology at “TEDS” 10:15 – How and why he decided to […]

Andy Crouch is the author of The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place, as well as Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power, and Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing. N.D. Wilson is the author of Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: […]

Our guest today is Nancy Guthrie. She’s the author of, like, a million books. I won’t try to name them all, but you can find them here! Listen Listen to the showSubscribe in iTunes. Show Notes 2:10 – Why did God create Satan if He knew he would fall? 8:45 – Helpful ways to walk […]

Our guest is Hannah Anderson. She’s the author of Made for More: An Invitation to Live in God’s Image, and her most recent book, Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul. Listen Listen to the show Subscribe in iTunes Show Notes 1:05 – Who Hannah Anderson is / what she does 2:45 – […]

Our guest is Chris Horst. Chris is the author of Mission Drift: The Unspoken Crisis Facing Leaders, Charities, and Churches, and VP of Development at Hope International. Listen Listen to the show Subscribe in iTunes Show Notes 2:30 – The ninety second Chris Horst story 3:40 – How and why Hope International got started 4:35 […]

Our guest is Amy (Lepine) Peterson. Amy is my sister. She’s also the author of Dangerous Territory: My Misguided Quest to Save the World. Listen Listen to the show Subscribe in iTunes Show Notes 1:45 – The similarities between birthing a baby and birthing a book 3:40 – Who Amy Peterson is and what she […]

Our guest is Bob Lepine. Bob is my dad. He’s also the co-host of FamilyLife today and the Chief Content Officer at FamilyLife. Listen Listen to the showSubscribe in iTunes Show Notes 5:20 – How he got started with FamilyLife 7:30 – Why he and my mom spent three years looking for a church to […]

Our guest is Bethany Jenkins. Bethany does a lot of writing and thinking about faith and work… especially for The Gospel Coalition and The Kings College. She used to work on Wall Street and on Capitol Hill… and she’s a member of House Ravenclaw (according to her Twitter profile). Listen Listen to the show Subscribe […]

Scotty Smith grew up in North Carolina. He planted and pastored Christ Community Church in Franklin Tennessee for 26 years. He’s now the teacher in residence at West End Community Church. He also serves as adjunct faculty for a bunch of seminaries. He and his wife of 41 years, Darlene, continue to live in Franklin, […]

John is a pastor and elder at Fellowship Memphis, a multicultural church he helped found in Memphis, Tennessee. He also served on the board of Acts29 and is a partner with Fellowship Associates. He is the lead writer and co-presenter of 33 The Series with Authentic Manhood. John travels the country consulting and investing in […]

A recognized leader in the multi-ethnic church movement, Dr. Mark DeYmaz planted the Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas in 2001, where he continues to serve as Directional Leader. Mark has written five books on the subject of the multi-ethnic church including, Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church: Mandate, Commitments and Practices of a Diverse Congregation, which was […]

Wesley Hill (PhD, Durham University, UK) is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality, and Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian. He has written for Books & Culture, Christianity […]

Mike Cosper is the Founder and Director of the Harbor Institute for Faith and Culture, where he works to develop resources for Christians living in a post-Christian world. Prior to that, he served for 16 years as the Pastor of Worship and Arts at Sojourn Community Church, a multi-site church in Louisville, Kentucky. He is […]