The Crossway Podcast

Podcast: Growing as a Follower in a Culture Obsessed with Leadership (Richard Langer, Joanne Jung)

Richard Langer and Joanne Jung point out the prevalence of books, podcasts, and workshops on leadership and suggest that the contrasting idea of followership is where our focus should be.

Podcast: The Cure to Our Polarization and Outrage: Humility (Gavin Ortlund)

Gavin Ortlund talks about misconceptions we often have about humility—that it corresponds to weakness or that it hides our abilities—and discusses how humility is so foundational for experiencing true joy in Christ.

Podcast: Inherent Dangers of the Information Age (Brett McCracken)

Brett McCracken discusses what it looks like to pursue true wisdom in a noisy and confused age.

Podcast: 6 Objections to Studying Theology That Don't Hold Up (Jon Nielson)

Jon Nielson addresses six common objections to studying theology that he's heard over the years as a pastor, including that it's too impractical, too confusing, and too divisive.

Podcast: Why Discernment Today Is So Needed Yet So Neglected (Tim Challies)

Tim Challies talks about what spiritual discernment actually looks like, why it's so important for the mature Christian, and how to cultivate it in our own lives.

Podcast: What Is Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? (Fred Sanders)

In this episode, Fred Sanders answers questions about the Holy Spirit—What does it mean to blaspheme the Holy Spirit? Why did Jesus call that sin “unforgivable”?

Podcast: How to Be Like God without Trying to Be God (Jen Wilkin)

Jen Wilkin helps us understand what the Bible teaches us about how we, as redeemed creatures made in the image of God, are called to reflect God’s character to a watching world.

Podcast: How to Lament after Two Years of Loss (Mark Vroegop)

Mark Vroegop considers what it looks like to lament the COVID-19 pandemic—and how that lament can help us heal, both individually and as churches.

Podcast: Why We Created a New Hymnal (Keith and Kristyn Getty)

Keith and Kristyn Getty discuss the new Sing! Hymnal and how a hymnal can shape the history of the church, form the life of a congregation, and contribute to family worship.

Podcast: The NT Authors Quoted the OT Way More Than We Do (Greg Lanier)

In today's episode, Greg Lanier talks about the many ways that the Old Testament stands as an indispensable foundation for the New.

Podcast: Why You Can't Put Jesus in a Box (Rebecca McLaughlin)

Rebecca McLaughlin discusses a number of unbiblical misconceptions that we may have about Jesus and offers encouragement for those with questions about who Jesus is.

Podcast: Answering Your Questions about Parenting Adult Children (Gaye Clark)

Gaye Clark answers several listener-submitted questions about how we should handle the difficult dynamic of cultivating a relationship with our adult children.

Podcast: An Overlooked Problem of Atheism (Mitch Stokes)

Mitch Stokes talks about the many problems with an atheistic worldview—including logical holes that skeptics often prefer to ignore.

Podcast: Our Pastors Are in Crisis, and You Can Help (Peter Orr)

Peter Orr talks about why he thinks we're facing a pastoral crisis and what regular Christians can do to help stem the tide of pastoral burnout.

Podcast: How Should We Respond to Our Doubt? (Randy Newman)

Randy Newman explains that when we struggle with questions about our faith, we should view these not as roadblocks to faith but as natural twists and turns that accompany our lives as Christians.

Podcast: Was Jesus a Pacifist? (Tom Schreiner)

Did Jesus teach a form of pacifism? How should we square Jesus’s command to love our enemies with the way that God’s people were commanded to conquer their enemies?

Podcast: Does God Choose Who Will Be Saved? (Robert Letham)

Robert Letham talks about predestination, God’s sovereignty, free will, how it all fits together, and how these doctrines are a great source of encouragement for the believer.

Podcast: The History and Impact of ‘The New City Catechism’ (Collin Hansen)

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Collin Hansen shares insights on deepening your theological convictions in the age of rampant de-conversion and de-churching with a tool that has stood the test of time: catechisms.

Podcast: The Dark History of Abortion in America (Leah Savas)

Leah Savas talks about some of the forgotten history of abortion and about the efforts to protect unborn life in America that extend back over 300 years, even before the nation's founding.

Podcast: The Man behind Calvinism (Derek Thomas)

Derek Thomas discusses John Calvin's enduring legacy, reflecting on the importance of predestination in hius theology and describing what it would have been like to have Calvin as your pastor.

Podcast: What Does It Mean That Women Should “Remain Quiet” at Church? (Claire Smith)

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Claire Smith discusses what Paul says in 1 Timothy 2, why he says it, and what impact it should have on how men and women view their roles in the church.

Podcast: How Does Life Change If God Is Actually My Friend? (Mike McKinley)

Mike McKinley talks about what it means for us as Christians to be friends of God, about the friendship that Jesus had on earth, and about what it looks like for us to lean into our friendship with God.

Podcast: The Life and Legacy of Elisabeth Elliot (Lucy S. R. Austen)

Lucy S. R. Austen shares insights into Elisabeth Elliot’s missionary work in Ecuador and how her writing in the years that followed impacted thousands of believers around the world.

Podcast: Who’s in Charge of the Church? (Sam Emadi)

Sam Emadi breaks down the different leadership roles that Scripture outlines, explaining how God designed all of them to strengthen the body and glorify Christ.

Podcast: Answering Tough Questions about Raising Teenagers (Jon Nielson)

Jon Nielson discusses some of the most common questions that parents of teens often ask him as a pastor—questions about depression, sexuality, and when a teen should be allowed to get a phone.

Podcast: Are We in a Loneliness Epidemic? (Lydia Brownback)

Lydia Brownback talks about her experience of the pandemic and how Christians can rally together and support one another in the wake of two years of social isolation, masks, and lockdowns.

Podcast: Answering the Best Objections to the Resurrection (Timothy Paul Jones)

Timothy Paul Jones discusses the historical eyewitness evidence for Jesus’s resurrection and the details that distinguish it from other religious myths.

Podcast: Dragons, Absent Fathers, and Stories That Heal (Kathryn Butler)

Kathryn Butler talks about the power of stories to help our kids grasp and value the true story of God’s redemption and shares about how reading with her kids helped to carry her family through the pandemic.

Podcast: The Greatest Act of Redemption in the Entire Old Testament (Ian Vaillancourt)

Ian Vaillancourt talks about why the story of the exodus is so central to the Old Testament as a whole and how the story of Israel's rescue from Egypt pointed forward to the coming of Christ in more ways than one.

Podcast: 3 Church Fathers Every Pastor Should Be Reading (Coleman Ford)

Coleman Ford shares his thoughts on why so many evangelical pastors aren't familiar with the church fathers and how this lack of awareness can negatively impact their ministries.