The Golden Compass - Jeffrey Overstreet

Erik Guzman December 12th, 2007

Christians have once again been called to arms in the culture war. Yup, you guessed it, we're upset about another movie. This time, we're protecting the Sovereign of the universe from The Golden Compass.

Author and film reviewer Jeffrey Overstreet joined us for this special edition of The Brown Sessions to talk about all the hubbub in the context of his balanced and insightful Christianity Today piece, Fear Not the Compass.

Overstreet has a decade of experience as a film reviewer a … (Read More)

Podcast: Download MP3 | Play in Popup | Comments (11) | Trackback | |

Tony Campolo - Red-Letter Christians

Erik Guzman December 6th, 2007

Last week on Steve Brown Etc., Tony Campolo and Stan Guthrie talked about Stan's recent Christianity Today article titled, When Red is Blue: Why I am not a Red-Letter Christian.

Tony joined us again after that program aired to address some of the comments left on this site and to answer Stan's response to Tony's response to Stan's article.

Are you tracking with me? If not (or if you missed any of this great content) here's the order of things.

1) Stan Guthrie's C … (Read More)

Podcast: Download MP3 | Play in Popup | Comments (2) | Trackback | |

Rick McKinley - The Brown Session

Erik Guzman November 15th, 2007

When you do as many interviews as we do, a lot of great stuff ends up on the cutting room floor (more specifically, sitting on a hard drive). There's just not enough time to squeeze it all into the talk show. That's why you should subscribe to The Brown Sessions podcast. This feed is about the interview, the whole interview, and nothing but the interview.

Rick McKinley was on Steve Brown Etc. last week. He's the author of This Beautiful Mess: Practicing the Presence of the Kin … (Read More)

Podcast: Download MP3 | Play in Popup | Comments (1) | Trackback | |

Gareth Higgins (Pt-2) - How Movies Helped Save My Soul

Erik Guzman October 11th, 2007

This week on The Brown Sessions, it's part 2 of our discussion with Gareth Higgins, author of How Movies Helped Save My Soul. Topics include the power of the visual, art & propaganda, and a discussion of The Matrix and The Passion.

If you missed part 1 of this interview, click here to listen. It was top notch.

Gareth Higgins is a writer involved in peace and justice issues in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He's also into spirituality & art (especially cinema). Check out his b … (Read More)

Podcast: Download MP3 | Play in Popup | Comments (1) | Trackback | |

Gareth Higgins (Pt-1) - How Movies Helped Save My Soul

Erik Guzman October 4th, 2007

Gareth Higgins wrote a book called How Movies Helped Save My Soul. This week on The Brown Sessions, Steve and I talked to him about it. It's some of the most insightful and entertaining shtuff on faith and film ever recorded (in our studio).

Gareth Higgins is a writer involved in peace and justice issues in Belfast, Northern Ireland (remember Zero 28?). He's also into spirituality & art (especially cinema). Check out his blog and podcast, FilmTalk.

For more great SBE … (Read More)

Podcast: Download MP3 | Play in Popup | Comments (3) | Trackback | |

Christian Singles & Sex - Dr. Doug Rosenau

Erik Guzman September 27th, 2007

All too often, the Church uses the message of abstinence to avoid the fact that single Christians are sexual beings. We'll often hear, "True love waits," but we don't get much instruction on how and why it waits.

Join Steve Brown (and Etcetera) for a stimulating discussion with sex expert Dr. Doug Rosenau as we talk about how virginity is about more than avoiding sex.

Dr. Doug Rosenau is a licensed psychologist, marriage and family therapist, and Certified Christian Sex Ther … (Read More)

Podcast: Download MP3 | Play in Popup | Comments (0) | Trackback | |