New Persuasive Words

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

297 episodes of New Persuasive Words since the first episode, which aired on August 7th, 2015.

  • Episode 215: King

    May 6th, 2018  |  31 mins 52 secs

    This is the third episode of a short series of podcasts we are doing on the identity of Jesus Christ. Our first episode considered Jesus as prophet. The second considered Jesus as priest. In this episode we consider Jesus as king.

  • Episode 214: Law, Grace, Life and Love

    April 30th, 2018  |  1 hr 3 mins

    In this Bullgeschichte episode we talk with our friend and colleague Dr. Matt Milliner about a host of things that matter to us all. This was one of our favorite episodes.

  • Episode 213: Priest

    April 26th, 2018  |  32 mins 9 secs

    This is the first of a short series of podcasts we are doing on the identity of Jesus Christ. Our first episode considered Jesus as prophet. In this episode we consider Jesus as priest.

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    Episode 212: Prophet

    April 21st, 2018  |  34 mins 22 secs

    This is the first of a short series of podcasts we are doing on the identity of Jesus Christ.

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    Episode 211: Kierkegaard and Comey

    April 21st, 2018  |  29 mins 33 secs

    In this episode we consider what Kierkegaard's philosophy can tell us about James Comey and Donald Trump.

  • Episode 210: The Humor of Christ

    April 13th, 2018  |  32 mins 19 secs

    In this episode we reflect on and riff off of Bill's most recent contribution to "The Mockingbird", the magazine of Mockingbird Ministries (www.mbird.com). The issue's theme was humor and Bill's essay argues that Jesus really did have a sense of humor.

  • Episode 209: The Future of the Politics of Freedom

    April 12th, 2018  |  28 mins 29 secs

    In this episode of the podcast, inspired by a conversation between Bill Kristol and Peter Berkowitz II, we consider the future of classical liberalism in light of contemporary challenges to it that come from both the Left and the Right.

  • Episode 208: Jordan Peterson on the Significance of Easter

    April 7th, 2018  |  27 mins 45 secs

    In this episode we discuss a piece Jordan Peterson wrote for the London Times which appeared in the newspaper on Easter Sunday.

  • Episode 207: God's Death, Our Life

    March 31st, 2018  |  36 mins 32 secs

    In this episode, recorded on Good Friday 2018, Bill and I talk about the events that preceded Easter and their meaning for us today.

  • Episode 206: Bullgeschichte Session, with Todd Littleton

    March 28th, 2018  |  30 mins 45 secs

    Occasionally we invite someone on to talk with us about a host of things, or whatever comes to mind. We call it a "Bullgeschicte" Session. Our guest for this episode is Todd Littleton. He's a pastor, writer, consultant, professor, blogger and podcaster. We talk love, death, necrophobia and food.

  • Episode 205: More on the Essence of Christianity

    March 28th, 2018  |  25 mins 13 secs

    From time to time on the podcast we reflect on the essence of Christianity. We return to this theme, with a little help from Hans Urs von Balthasar.

  • Episode 204: Self-Deception

    March 28th, 2018  |  35 mins 34 secs

    In this episode of the podcast we talk about self-deception and how hard it is to know when you're deceiving yourself.

  • Episode 203: Evangelicals and the Trump Temptation

    March 15th, 2018  |  40 mins 23 secs

    In this episode we talk about two recent pieces, one in the Atlantic and the other in the National Review, that discuss the continued support for Trump in the evangelical community. The authors, Michael Gerson and David French, are both conservative evangelical never Trumpers.

  • Episode 202: Baptism

    March 2nd, 2018  |  34 mins 35 secs

    We're at episode 202, and we realized we have never talked about baptism! Thanks to Nathan Smith, a regular listener, for asking us to share our thoughts. Keep the suggestions coming friends.

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    Episode 201: Billy Graham the Evangelist and Our Thoughts on Evangelism

    February 26th, 2018  |  37 mins 8 secs

    In this episode we reflect on the legacy of Billy Graham and consider the nature and future of evangelism in the modern world.

  • Episode 200: Our 200th episode! With Special Guest Mark Oppenheimer

    February 21st, 2018  |  58 mins 18 secs

    When we began this podcast we never imagined we'd get to 200 episodes. It's been a wild ride. We were joined on our 200th episode by Mark Oppenheimer, Editor at Large at Tablet Magazine and co-host of the wildly popular Unorthodox podcast. We talk faith, politics, public life and even epigenetics. Thanks to all our listeners. Here's to 200 more!