What does it mean to flourish? On October 18, we hosted Dr. Byron Johnson, the leader of the landmark Global Flourishing Study, to explore the foundations of flourishing—including happiness and life satisfaction, mental and physical health, meaning and purpose, relationships, and character and virtue—and the role that faith plays in the generation and cultivation of
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The appropriation of Christian images and language by extremists who advocate violence has become a shocking feature of our time. Surveys show alarming numbers of people who self-identify as religious expressing openness to political violence. Against such a distortion of Christian witness, how can we faithfully live out our calling to be people of peace?
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Can America’s civic crisis be fixed? For most of US history, the tensions between an abstract commitment to justice and flourishing and a political reality that so often fell far short were held within a shared sense of unity and solidarity around the ideals of the American experiment. Why has this now unraveled, creating the
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What does wisdom mean for Christians in an age of polarization, cynicism, and distrust? In confronting the unique concerns of our time, what can help us become wise? Dr. Francis S. Collins joined us to discuss his new book, The Road to Wisdom, illuminating how truth, science, faith, and trust work together to help us
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Religious freedom is a core value for most American Christians. What can we do to live it out? Should we support it only for our fellow Christians, or for everyone, everywhere? Knox Thames joined us to discuss his new book, Ending Persecution: Charting the Path to Global Religious Freedom. Nicole Bibbins Sedaca of Freedom House,
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Do you read poetry? If so, you are in the minority. Recent data shows that less than 12% of American adults read or listened to poems in the past year. Yet roughly a third of the Bible is written in verse. In today’s world, what does poetry have to offer believers? In his new book,
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``What's Wrong With Christian Nationalism?`` With Paul D. Miller https://i0.wp.com/www.ttf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/PaulMillerPep.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1 ALL CATEGORIES https://www.ttf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WhatsWrongWithChristianNationalism.mp3 Christian nationalism is all over the news as public figures daily endorse or denounce it. But what exactly is Christian nationalism? How does it differ from patriotism? And what happens when we misunderstand the relationship between Christianity and the American nation? In
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``The Courageous Middle`` with Shirley Mullen https://i0.wp.com/www.ttf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ShirleyMullen4Logos.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1 ALL CATEGORIES https://www.ttf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GMT20240726-172919_Recording.m4a Amid cultural and political polarization in our churches and communities, many say there’s no use engaging with – or even listening to – people across the divides. All we can do, we’re told, is pick a side, ignore its flaws, and follow the crowd. For
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``Why Do We Want What We Want?`` with Luke Burgis https://i0.wp.com/www.ttf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BurgisPromo3Logos.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1 ALL CATEGORIES https://www.ttf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GMT20240719-174136_Recording.m4a We are awash in words and images from marketers, politicians, pop stars, and online outrage merchants, all trying -- and often succeeding -- to manipulate human desires for their purposes. Why does this work? In the 20th century, an innovative Catholic
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As the first chapters of Genesis demonstrate, a life of flourishing for human beings involves both creativity and community. Whether the creative output is a seasonal garden or stirring music, working together to create beauty is both a metaphor and a method for seeking reconciliation in the church and the broader world. David Bailey and
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