Steve Brown Videos

This week on Steve Brown Etc., two old white guys for the price of one! Join Steve and Tony Campolo as they talk about the ups and downs of today s youth, Obama s Nobel prize and how to disagree on issues without resorting to personal attacks. (If you re on the front page of the site, click Read More to see audio player options.) You’ve probably seen Tony talking about politics and religion on Nightline, CNN, MSNBC, Politically Incorrect, etc. He s Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University and the Founder and President of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education. Find out more about our favorite lib at TonyCampolo.org. Tony Campolo is the author of 35 books, his latest three being Letters to a Young Evangelical, The God of Intimacy and Action and his most recent release, Red Letter Christians: A Citizen’s Guide to Faith and Politics.

David Crowder took a break from his tour supporting the new David Crowder Band album, Church Music, to hang out on this week s Steve Brown Etc. Join us as we talk about death, mourning and hope. Trust me, it s a lot more fun than it sounds. (If you re on the front page of the site, click Read More to see player options.) The rock-and-roll extravaganza known as The David Crowder Band has won a bunch of Dove Awards. David and his bandmate, Mike Hogan, have written a book titled Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die: Or the Eschatology of Bluegrass. You should read it.

In an effort to help those less fortunate, many churches and Christians are actually hurting the poor (and themselves) in the process. Join Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert on Steve Brown Etc. for an eye-opening discussion of their book When Helping Hurts. (If you re on the front page of the site, click read more to see player options.) Brian Fikkert is Associate Professor of Economics and the founder and Executive Director of the Chalmers Center at Covenant College. He has a Ph.D. in economics from Yale and has been a consultant to the World Bank. Steve Corbett is an Assistant Professor of Community Development at Covenant College and serves as a Distance Learning Trainer for the Chalmers Center. Find out more at WhenHelpingHurts.org.

Leadership principles, church programs, moralism and guilt is that what Christianity is all about? Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola say we re missing something. Actually, they say we re missing Someone. Join Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola on Steve Brown Etc. as we discuss A Jesus Manifesto for the 21st Century. (If you re on the front page of the site click Read More to see audio player options.) Dr. Leonard Sweet is a historian of American culture, futurist, preacher and writer. His latest books include So Beautiful, 11: Indispensable Relationships You Can t Be Without and The Gospel According to Starbucks. Find out more at LeonardSweet.com. Frank Viola is a speaker, organic church planter and author of Pagan Christianity?, Reimagining Church and From Eternity to Here. Click here for Frank s last appearance on SBE.

Andrew Farley says that if you re a Christian, you can chuck the 10 Commandments. And while you re at it, asking God for forgiveness and tithing can go too. Check out this week s Steve Brown Etc. as we talk with Andrew about his book, The Naked Gospel: The Truth You May Never Hear in Church. (If you re on the front page of the site click Read More to see audio player options.) As a young man, Andrew was consumed with the fear that God was disappointed with his performance as a Christian. He literally couldn t sleep at night unless he had witnessed to someone. Some nights he d jump out of bed and run to a 24-hour convenience store to share the gospel. He s pretty much over that kind of thing now. Andrew Farley is lead teaching pastor of Ecclesia. He served as a professor of linguistics at University of Notre Dame for five years and is now a tenured professor at Texas Tech University.

Join Donald Miller on Steve Brown Etc. as we discuss his new book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life. (If you re on the front page of the site click Read More to see audio player options.) One catch, our connection was so bad that Don might as well have been a million miles away. We only had him for a short time. But don t let that stop you from listening. We had a great discussion about the new book and the impact it can have as we begin to edit our own lives. Donald Miller is also the author of Blue Like Jazz, To Own A Dragon, Searching for God Knows What and Through Painted Deserts. He s currently on tour promoting A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. Click here to find out if the tour is coming to your town and visit DonMillerIs.com for all things Don. Also, don t miss Susan Isaacs post from the million mile tour bus in the SBE Guest Room.

Imagine if a murderer was released from prison to live in your neighborhood. Imagine that this person was not only a killer, but the man who murdered your family. Now imagine forgiving that man and peacefully living in the house he built for you. That s one of the true stories documented in the award-winning film, As We Forgive. Join Laura Waters Hinson and Steve Brown on this week s SBE as they talk about radical reconciliation in Rwanda. Laura is the producer/director of As We Forgive and she s currently engaged in a nationwide screening tour, presenting the film to the U.S. Congress, the State Department and the World Bank, and at various universities and institutions. You can join Laura as a voice for reconciliation. Go to AsWeForgiveMovie.com and be a part of the 4GIVE campaign by hosting an As We Forgive screening and discussion event focused on why Rwandans reconciling after genocide may be the most hopeful story for the world today. It’s a chance to spark a real conversation in your community about the power of forgiveness and the ways that giving is at the heart of it all. Also, click here for our interview with Catherine Larson about the book, As We Forgive, that was inspired by Laura s documentary.

Local Music Rocks(a.k.a LMR) is a monthly half hour program featuring local bands playing and discussing their original music. The show features everything from rock to Americana to hip-hop. Performers range in age from teens to 60+. Many performers provide us with CDs which viewers can win simply by sending an email to get in a monthly drawing.The program is recorded in Westford, MA at the Westford CAT studios. See where it all began. Our first show was recorded Sept. 24, 2007. The Cool Cash Bandits were our first guests and really saved the day with their incredible improv rif when I put them on the spot because the show had run too short! We just recorded the first episode of season 3 (9/21/09), so I'll be adding older episodes as well as the new ones.

Join Douglas Gresham in the studio on this week s Steve Brown Etc. as we talk about his experiences as C.S. Lewis stepson and the upcoming movies based on Lewis books. (If you re on the front page of the site, click Read More to see audio player options.) Gresham is one of the two heirs of C.S. Lewis literary work. He s also the producer of The Chronicles of Narnia films and the upcoming adaptation of Screwtape Letters. We get the inside scoop on Screwtape and the production of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Don t miss it. Also, be sure to check out Gresham s books, Lenten Lands: My Childhood with Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis and Jack s Life: The Life Story of C.S. Lewis. They are both must-reads for any Lewis lover.

Evolutionists, young earth creationists, proponents of anonymous intelligent design bring em all on. Dr. Hugh Ross has revealed a testable model for creation by the God of the Bible. And, while Dr. Ross is a gentleman, we re not above rubbing the facts in the face of those who disagree with us. Join Dr. Ross on this week s Steve Brown Etc. as we discuss his long-awaited book, More Than a Theory. (If you re on the front page of the site, click Read More to see audio player options.) Dr. Hugh Ross is an astrophysicist who travels the world challenging students and faculty, churches and professional groups to consider what they believe and why. He s written numerous books on the intersection of faith and science, and he s the founder and president of Reasons to Believe, an organization that keeps tabs on the frontiers of research to share with scientists and non-scientists how new discoveries connect with biblical theology. After you listen, check out the DVD of Dr. Ross at the Skeptics Society Conference with Victor Stenger that we mentioned on the show.

From the outside, it looked like Pastor Pete Scazzero was on top of the world. The church he planted in New York was filling up with people (many of them new Christians) and the atmosphere was electric. But on the inside, Pete was secretly dying. Then he hit the wall. (If you re on the front page of the site, click Read More to see audio player options.) Whether you re in full-time ministry or a regular churchgoer, don t miss Pete Scazzero on Steve Brown Etc. this week as he talks about moving past manic religious activity to emotionally healthy spirituality. Pete Scazzero is the senior pastor of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York and author of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality and The Emotionally Healthy Church. Visit EmotionallyHealthy.org for more info and helpful resources.

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