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The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast helps Christian leaders navigate and lead through the cultural issues of our day by giving voice to recognizable names in ministry, subject matter experts, and local pastors and leaders.
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Alister McGrath: Atheists Take a Leap of Faith Too (opens the original)
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Christians often treat doubt as a liability they carry alone. Alister McGrath argues that every worldview rests on beliefs no one can prove, and that recognizing this changes how the church speaks to a skeptical culture. In a conversation recorded at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford, McGrath makes the case from his book Why We Believe that belief is both reasonable and existentially necessary, because meaning, moral value, and purpose lie beyond what science can establish, and that doubt belongs to every
Lisa Harper: An Unkind Theologian Is a Bad One (opens the original)
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Lisa Harper defines theology as talk about God, which makes every believer a theologian of some kind. Ed Stetzer tests what that definition asks of pastors, preachers, and seminaries. Stetzer, who trains seminarians at Talbot School of Theology, presses Harper on two gaps: students who learn theological words without being formed by them, and leaders whose correct doctrine seems to earn a pass for bad character. Harper answers from Matthew 23 and John 5, where Jesus confronts learned men who kne
Rich Villodas: Your Certainty May Be Anxiety (opens the original)
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Rich Villodas believes that the pastors most certain they aren’t anxious are often the ones least able to tolerate disagreement. Villodas argues that a pastor's central task is building a community where disagreement doesn’t inevitably lead to disconnection. He claims most pastors fail to accomplish this work because they’re anxious, or unable to hold tension and distress. Stetzer tests whether that tolerance for disagreement is just softness or evidence of convictions left unpreached, but Villo
David Kinnaman: Fluency Is Not Authority (opens the original)
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David Kinnaman has data showing practicing Christians are adopting AI faster than their pastors, and he argues the gap is a pastoral problem. Kinnaman, CEO of Barna Group, walks Ed Stetzer through research placing practicing Christians ahead of the US adult average on regular AI use, and noticeably ahead of their own church leaders. Ed presses on why that gap exists, on what churches owe people who want a theology of technology rather than tips and tricks, and on what it meant when ChatGPT told
A Message from Ed Stetzer on Season Relaunch (opens the original)
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In this special mini-episode, Ed Stetzer shares a brief personal update following an unexpected health issue and surgery over the summer. While he is doing well and making progress in recovery, the official relaunch of the Stetzer Church Leaders podcast is being pushed back by just a couple of weeks to allow for extra healing time. Ed expresses his gratitude for all the support and prayers as he prepares to return with a brand-new season (and YouTube channel) very soon! Presenting sponsor: Gloo,
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