Christ and Culture

Benjamin Quinn sits down with Jono Darville to discuss his book, Life in Its Original Language: A Biblical Guide to Being Truly Human. Jono shares how suffering, recovery, conversion, and ministry shaped the book’s central question: what does it mean to live as a truly human person under God?
Together, they trace that question through Scripture, relationships, vocation, and the church’s calling to help people live according to God’s design.

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Benjamin Quinn talks with David Mathis, Executive Director of Desiring God and pastor at City’s Church in St. Paul, about the second edition of Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus Through the Spiritual Disciplines. They trace how spiritual disciplines can form Christians in an age obsessed with optimization, productivity, and constant efficiency. David also explains why the book now gives more space to meditation and fasting, and why community remains central to Christian formation.

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This episode moves through three timely conversations shaping Christian cultural reflection right now. Jason Thacker weighs in on the current AI panic and argues for a wise, non-doomer approach, while Dan Darling reflects on the deaths and legacies of Dolly Parton and Wendell Berry. Kristen Kellen closes with a careful response to a New York Times opinion piece on submission, marriage, and biblical authority.

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Benjamin Quinn hosts Don Ziel and John Basie of Alliance Defending Freedom to talk about how churches and ministry leaders can lead with stronger legal foundations. The conversation focuses on why legal preparedness matters, where ministries most often get caught off guard, and how ADF is building tools to help pastors, seminaries, and churches act with both confidence and courage.
In this episode, Don and John explain why church law should be treated as stewardship, not just administration, and why proactive preparation can prevent avoidable conflict. They also preview ADF’s Church and Ministry Alliance and a new seminary curriculum designed to build legal competency for future ministry leaders.

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Benjamin Quinn hosts Matt Rusten, president of Made to Flourish and editor-in-chief of Common Good Magazine, for a conversation about why the faith and work conversation belongs in ministry, not just in workplace theology books. They focus on the Sunday to Monday gap, the formation of ministry leaders, and how pastors can help people see their work as part of discipleship.
We discuss how ordinary jobs, vocational wounds, and work transitions shape people’s spiritual lives, and why preaching, small groups, and student ministry all need to speak more directly to work. Matt also explains the pastoral vision behind his book, Pastoring for Monday, and offers practical ways to connect the gospel to everyday labor.

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