HSF Conversations: “Tell Us About Your Sermon Prep” with Jeff Manning
In this episode of HSF Conversations, we ask Dr. Jeff Manning to tell us how he goes about preparing his sermons. This episode is the first installment of a series of posts where we will ask pastors to tell us about their sermon prep. In this conversation, we discuss text selection, outlines, commentaries, and other key components in sermon...
HSF Conversations: On Education
In this episode of HSF Conversations, senior contributor and associate editor, Phillip Morgan, speaks with Dr. Stephen Beck about the complexities Christians face when deciding what kind of education to provide for their children—public, private, or homeschool. As the chairman of the Education Department at Welch College, with years of experience as an administrator in private Christian education, and experience with the public school...
HSF Conversations: Christians in Culture
In this episode of Conversations, Phillip T. Morgan interviews Matthew Steven Bracey and Christopher Talbot about the upcoming book, Christians in Culture, which they co-edited. In addition to reviewing its material, they discuss what inspired the project, what surprises they had along the way, and how the book can serve students, pastors, and laypeople. Endorsees include David Dockery, Albert Mohler, Harry Reeder, Eddie Moody, and...
HSF Conversations: The Flourishing Pastor
In this episode of HSF Conversations, we discuss Tom Nelson’s book The Flourishing Pastor. We discuss topics such as pastoral wholeness and well-being, as well as how pastors can connect their preaching on Sunday to their congregants’ work on Monday through Friday. For more resources from Tom Nelson as well as further ideas on the relationship between faith and work, we encourage you to check out his ministry “Made...
HSF Conversations: The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
Originally published in 1994, Mark Noll’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind was a strong critique of evangelicalism’s lack of commitment to the life of the mind. Noll, a renowned historian, attempted to trace the historical roots of what we might call evangelical anti-intellectualism in order explain its continued presence today. In sum, Noll argued that there was no evangelical mind to speak of. The book was Christianity...
HSF Conversations: Secularism and the American Republic
In this episode of HSF Conversations, Phillip Morgan interviews Matthew Steven Bracey about the most recent publication from F. Leroy Forlines, Secularism and the American Republic: Revisiting Thomas Jefferson on Church and State. Matthew worked closely with Mr. Forlines in the publication of this project, as well as edited the book. People interested in questions of church and state, religious liberty, and the American founding will...
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