An Evangelical Manifesto - Guinness & Smith on SBE

Erik July 11th, 2008

Join us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. as we discuss An Evangelical Manifesto with one of its primary authors, Os Guinness, and one of its more vocal critics, Warren Smith.

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The culture wars have created a lot of confusion and consternation around the term "Evangelical." So, a group of Christian leaders have come together to clear things up with An Evangelical Manifesto. Os Guinness and the other authors of the manifesto hope to, "ma … (Read More)

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The Faith-Driven Vote

Erik March 28th, 2008

The president and strategic leader of The Barna Group, David Kinnaman is on SBE this week to talk about understanding the faith-driven vote.

What are the moral and social issues that concern Christian voters the most? How do those concerns compare with the U.S. population as a whole? And what about the volatile utopian cocktail that often results when mixing faith and politics? Use one of the options below to listen.

Since joining Barna in 1995, David has designed and analyzed nearly f … (Read More)

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A New Kind of Conservative

Erik February 29th, 2008

If you're a politically conservative Christian, but feel misrepresented by the Religious Right, don't miss this week's Steve Brown Etc. Conservative spokesman, author and pastor Dr. Joel Hunter joined us to talk about his new book, A New Kind of Conservative.

Dr. Hunter holds traditional biblical stands on abortion and homosexuality, but is at the same time seeking to expand the political discussion to include other biblical concerns, such as poverty, justice issues, the enviro … (Read More)

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Use an option below to hear Shane Claiborne on SBE!

Erik February 15th, 2008

Prominent activist, speaker, and author of The Irresistible Revolution, Shane Claiborne joined us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc.

Shane gave us an update on how The Simple Way community is doing eight months after the 7-alarm blaze that destroyed their community center and homes. We also talked about the new book Shane and Chris Haw have authored titled, Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals.

This book is a work of art, and it's as beautiful as it is profound. Each page … (Read More)

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How Would Jesus Vote?

Erik September 21st, 2007

With the old conservative Christian war horses getting on or dying off, what does the future look like for the public face of Christianity on the political stage? Is the Church on the verge of getting out of the conservative political pocket and into the liberal one?

Maybe we should ask, "How would Jesus vote?" or, "Would He even bother?" Join Steve and our go-to professional religionist, John H. Armstrong for an insightful and balanced discussion of Christianity's pl … (Read More)

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Maybe I Went Too Far

Steve Brown September 4th, 2007

Okay, okay!

I was irritated and maybe I went too far in my comments about leaving God out of the political, social and relational stuff…I do that sometimes.

The nature of a blog like this is that I can be irritated about something and write on it before I've thought about it very deeply. The good thing about books and a lot of other stuff I write is that it goes through the editorial filter of people who don't get as irritated as quickly as I do and who are far saner than I am … (Read More)

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