The
Christian
Civics
Podcast
Exploring how the gospel empowers us to think, speak and act differently in the public square.
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Do I Know You?
We close out our mini-series on the scariest passages of the gospel with a look at why bearing fruit and fitting the description of a Christian isn’t enough.
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About the podcast
Hosted by Rick Barry, The Christian Civics Podcast provides ongoing support and encouragement for Christians who are trying to navigate what it means to carry their faith into the public square during this tumultuous moment in political history.
Episodes feature guided prayer, plus class excerpts, commentary on current events and exclusive interviews with people living lives that can help us better understand what it means to be a disciple of Christ in a representative democracy.
Complete Archive
A Sword In Our Churches
How Jesus’ promise to bring a sword prompts us to ask ourselves uncomfortable questions about our friendships and our church life.
The Empty Ones
A hard-to-translate Aramaic expression rings true in American public debate.
Better Off Drowned
Part two in a mini-series reflecting on some of the secretly scariest passages of the synoptic gospels.
God Wants Better For Others
Jesus’ encounter with the demons called Legion teaches us how to uncover hardness of our own hearts.
War for the Dignity of Twitter
New blog correspondent Jeff Porter joins us for a loose, informal conversation that touches on social media, shame, secularization and white supremacy.
It Takes Courage to Feel Shame
A conversation about public shaming, private shaming, and growing in maturity turns into a conversation about race, repentance and shared responsibility.