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Sara Miles was a passionate atheist, but early one morning curiosity got the best of her and she walked into the open doors of St. Gregory s Episcopal Church in San Francisco. She was offered a piece of bread and some wine, she took it and walked out of the church a Christian. Use one of the options below to hear Sara and Steve talk about her radical conversion and what happened next. Sara is a journalist who has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Out, The Progressive, La Jornada and Salon. She s the author of Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion, the founder of St. Gregory s Food Pantry and this week s guest on Steve Brown Etc. Don t miss it.

Our Favorite Lib., Tony Campolo joins us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. to give us the latest on his efforts to represent pro-lifers “to the highest members of the Democratic Party.” Use one of the options below to listen. Mr. Campolo has been appointed to the Democratic Party s platform committee and he says Democratic officials are open to hearing his argument that abortion is a human rights issue. We talk about that and the need for Christians to speak truth to power in both the Democratic and Republican parties. Tony Campolo is a speaker, sociologist, pastor, social activist and author of 35 books, his most recent being, Red Letter Christians, A Citizen’s Guide to Faith and Politics.

Join us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. as we discuss An Evangelical Manifesto with one of its primary authors, Os Guinness, and one of its more vocal critics, Warren Smith. Use one of the options below to listen. The culture wars have created a lot of confusion and consternation around the term Evangelical. So, a group of Christian leaders have come together to clear things up with An Evangelical Manifesto. Os Guinness and the other authors of the manifesto hope to, make clear that we are followers of Jesus Christ and [are] therefore to be defined theologically and not politically or culturally. Sounds simple enough, doesn t it? Well, it s not. Some say it s a ploy on the part of the religious left to undermine the religious right. Others say the list of leaders who drafted and signed the manifesto is conspicuously bereft of the most strident right-wing Christian leaders. Enter Steve Brown Etc. to bring the two sides together to kiss and make nice, nice. Don t miss it.

Dr. Marvin Olasky joins us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. to discuss his book, The Tragedy of American Compassion. Use one of the options below to listen. Bill Bennett once called The Tragedy of American Compassion “the most important book on welfare and social policy in a decade. Period.” It influenced the Clinton Administration’s welfare reform and deeply affected George W. Bush’s policies. But with the war on terror, the ideas in The Tragedy of American Compassion have taken a backseat. Don t miss this conversation with Steve Brown and one of his heroes as they look at the problem of modern welfare not its cost but its stinginess in offering the true necessities: challenging, personal, and spiritual aid rather than entitlement and bureaucracy. Dr. Olasky is editor-in-chief of World magazine, provost of The King s College in New York, and author of a bunch of books.

Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck are young, passionate, surrounded by diversity and engaged in passionate dialog with a postmodern world. So why aren t they emerging or Emergent or whatever? Kevin and Ted join us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. to give us the answer. Use one of the options below to listen. Kevin DeYoung is the senior pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan. Ted Kluck is a journalist and author. They joined forces to write, Why We re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be). It s a fun and thoughtful look at a movement that s all the rage with people that don t care about truth or something.

Daniel Radosh joins us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. for a funny and enlightening conversation about his book, Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture. Use one of the options below to listen. As much as you may not want to admit it, if you re a Christian, you ve done your part to support a $7 billion dollar a year industry that pumps out everything from thong panties with stop signs on them (to promote chastity) to Christian music to Bibles. What does that world look like to a secular New York Jew? Check out the show and buy the book to find out.

A once-free land under the thumb of a twisted ruler. A prince who has risen to give hope to the people and lead them to victory over evil. No, not Prince Caspian. I m talking about Obama! Use one of the options below to join us on this edition of SBE as Steve attempts to straighten out my spurious political views. Then, stick around for a visit from Douglas Gresham, co-producer of the Narnia films and C.S. Lewis stepson, as he talks about making Prince Caspian, a look ahead at future Narnia films and an update on the movie based on The Screwtape Letters. Also, a big thanks to Bill Mallonee for providing music for today s show. Get some of his music and support a talented and prolific artist.

There s only one true religion and despite all the pain and suffering in the world, there is a loving God who will send many of us to rot in Hell for all of eternity. You ve got to be a bigoted idiot to believe that stuff, don t you? Use one of the options below to hear Steve Brown and Tim Keller talk about The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. Keller uses literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and reasoning to explain how faith in the Christian God is a soundly rational belief, held by thoughtful people of intellectual integrity and deep compassion.

Sick of partisan politics? Are independent voters on the verge of ushering in real change, or will the two-party system squelch their voice? Marcia Ford, author of We the Purple: Faith, Politics and the Independent Voter, joins us on this edition of SBE to talk about how rabid partisanship is prompting voters to go independent and how the Republicans Democrats are reacting. Use one of the options below to listen. Click here to visit Marcia s blog. Also, here s a link to the Levote-tra bit we played on this show.

Eduardo Verástegui joined us on Steve Brown Etc. this week to talk about his critically acclaimed movie Bella, the journey that led him to Hollywood and the reason he s there. Use one of the options below to listen. Bella was one of the most honored films of 2007 - including the coveted People s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival. Eduardo plays the role of Jose in the movie, a man who had money, fame and success, but didn t find what really matters in life until he lost it all. A story not dissimilar to Eduardo s. Click here to buy Bella on DVD. Also, click here to see Eduardo s appearance on The Today Show that Steve mentioned on the program.

The author of The Shack, William Paul Young, joins us on Steve Brown Etc. this week to talk about living in a jacked-up world full of pain and loss and full of a God who loves us. Use one of the options below to listen. Stories are pouring in about the healing impact of The Shack and, as I write this, the book is #8 on Amazon. Not bad for a book that Young wrote as a gift to his 6 children and was never intended to be published. Join us as we talk about some of the controversy surrounding The Shack, but more importantly, William Paul Young s personal journey and how it shaped the book that is now a phenomenon. Visit TheShackBook.com for more on the book and visit WindRumors.com for more from Mr. Young.

The Internet Monk, Michael Spencer, joins us on Steve Brown Etc. this week to talk about gays, lesbians and evangelicals. Use one of the options below to listen. When homosexuals listen to evangelicals, what do they hear? One friend of mine suggested that we sound like the teacher from the Peanuts cartoons, Wa wah wa. Wah wa wa wah. But much of the time, our words are far more caustic. Join us as we discuss the subject in the context of Michael s insightful and controversial piece, What do Gays and Lesbians Hear?. Michael Spencer is a popular blogger, podcaster and self-described post-evangelical. Go to InternetMonk.com for his regular posts and podcasts. Also, visit The Guest Room for his piece, Jesus Watches Your Church Ad. Michael has been blogging since 2000. He has a master s degree in Theology, is currently a campus minister living in a Christian community in southeastern Kentucky, and has been a teacher in churches and schools for more than 30 years.

What happens when you take the black sheep of dc Talk and put him on the same show with an old, cynical preacher of grace? Join Kevin Max and Steve Brown on this week s SBE to find out. Use one of the options below to listen. Max has a new album out called The Blood that explores his gospel roots and features collaborations with Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Joanne Cash and a dcTalk reunion with Kevin and former band members TobyMac and Michael Tait (they cover the Prince tune The Cross). We talk about that, his upcoming film The Imposter and being honest in art and in life. Don t miss it. Also, don t forget to join the Steve Brown Etc. Facebook group and connect with other SBE listeners from around the world.

Want to raise your fundamentalist pastor s blood pressure? Tell him you re emergent. But be prepared to be accused of compromising truth, going liberal or even rubbing idols. There s a lot of confusion and emotion surrounding the emergent church movement, but Steve Brown Etc. is here to help. The national coordinator of Emergent Village, Tony Jones joins us on this edition of SBE to discuss the emergent phenomenon in the context of his new book, The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier. Use one of the options below to listen. Also, click here if you d like to view the video with R.C. Sproul and Al Mohler from which we took sound bites for today s program.

When Rev. Jeremiah Wright said, God bless America? No! God damn America, how do we hear his words? John Armstrong stops by Steve Brown Etc. this week to talk about it. Use one of the options at the bottom of this post to listen. Dr. Armstrong has taken heat for his stance on the issue and for writing things like Racism can be variously understood and thus most of us who are white are convinced that we are not racists at all. But racism is more than personal prejudice. It is social prejudice joined with power. And it is systemic. Join us as we discuss racism in the Church with John Armstrong, founder and president of ACT 3, a ministry for the advancement of the Christian Tradition in the third millennium. He is a former pastor and church-planter, of more than twenty years, the author/editor of eight books, and the author of hundreds of magazine, journal, and Web based articles. Also, a big thanks to Bill Mallonee for providing music for the show. Bill will be playing Taste near Orlando on April 26 at 8 PM. I ll see you there!

Join us on SBE this week along with our guest A.J. Jacobs as we discuss his book, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible. What happens when an agnostic journalist and author in New York City sets out to follow over 700 Biblical rules as literally as possible for an entire year? We re talking everything from the Ten Commandments to obscure stuff like not wearing clothing of mixed fiber, not shaving the sides of his beard and blowing a horn on the first of every month. Thou shalt use one of the options below to listen and find out! A.J. is editor at large of Esquire and author of the New York Times bestseller The Know-It-All. Click here to see pictures of Jacobs extreme spiritual makeover. And thanks to Leo Nevilo for the Beastie Boys remixes we used as bumper!

The world is being torn apart by religious extremists, divisive political rhetoric, shrill secularists and uptight culture warriors. But how do we hold on to our deepest beliefs while living together with our deepest differences (especially those of a religious and ideological nature)? Dr. Os Guinness joined us this week to answer that question and talk about his new book, The Case for Civility: And Why America s Future Depends on It. Use one of the options at the bottom of this post to listen. Dr. Guinness is a social critic and author/editor of over 25 books, including The Call, Long Journey Home, Unspeakable, and The American Hour. He s also the co-founder of The Trinity Forum and he brews a mean stout (I ve been an admirer of Guinness work for years). In addition to civility, Dr. Guinness also discussed his Books Culture piece on Frank Schaeffer and his book, Crazy for God. Don t miss this program!

The president and strategic leader of The Barna Group, David Kinnaman is on SBE this week to talk about understanding the faith-driven vote. What are the moral and social issues that concern Christian voters the most? How do those concerns compare with the U.S. population as a whole? And what about the volatile utopian cocktail that often results when mixing faith and politics? Use one of the options below to listen. Since joining Barna in 1995, David has designed and analyzed nearly five hundred research projects for clients like the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, NBC-Universal, Campus Crusade, Focus on the Family, and Time-Life. He s also co-author of the book, unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity…and Why it Matters.

Radio stations across the country will be re-airing the previously broadcast episode of SBE with New York Times best-selling author Frank Schaeffer. Join us as we talk about his book, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back. Use one of the options below to listen. As the son of famous evangelists Francis and Edith Schaeffer, Frank grew up at L Abri in Switzerland, and eventually helped to form the Religious Right. As he worked with guys like Robertson, Falwell, and Dobson, he felt increasingly alienated. Then he chucked all (or almost all) of it. Listen to this from the dust cover of the book Schaeffer, whom Cal Thomas, Vice President of the Moral Majority, once introduced at a huge rally as the best speaker in America, was reduced to stealing pork chops and smuggling them out of stores in his underwear rather than return to the fold to take on any more high-paying evangelical speaking gigs. Man, you gotta really hate evangelical speaking gigs to smuggle pork chops in your skivvies. Either that, or you really like pork chops. Anyway, check out the show. It s a good one.

This week on Steve Brown Etc., author and advocate for the homeless, Tim Huff joins us to talk about his two decades of full-time work among poor and marginalized youth. Use one of the options below to listen. In an age of prosperity and plenty, hundreds of thousands of people continue to find themselves homeless. As one of Canada s leading papers has noted, Tim Huff is not just another outreach worker, but a tireless activist for the cause of the homeless. Tim has traveled throughout Canada, the US and Europe training people in creative and compassionate responses to poverty. Tim both wrote and illustrated The Cardboard Shack Beneath the Bridge, a book that lays the groundwork for parents and teachers to start talking with children about homelessness. He s also the author of Bent Hope: A Street Journal.

Here s a quick look at what s coming up on the nationally syndicated talk show, Steve Brown Etc. The program streams live during recordings on Fridays from noon - 1 ET. Then, we post it to the site and the show airs on stations across the country that weekend. Friday, 03.14.08 - Guest: Tim Huff - Advocate for the homeless and author of Bent Hope: A Street Journal. Friday, 03.21.08 - Guest: Jamie Tworkowski - Founder of To Write Love On Her Arms. Friday, 03.28.08 - Guest: David Kinnaman - President of The Barna Group and co-author of unChristian. Friday, 04.04.08 - Guest: Dr. Os Guinness - Author scholar with a desire to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and popular knowledge. Friday, 04.11.08 - Guest: A.J. Jacobs - Author of The Year of Living Biblically: One Man s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible. Friday, 04.18.08 - Guest: John H. Armstrong - Founder and president of ACT 3. Friday, 04.25.08 - Guest: Tony Jones - National Coordinator of Emergent Village and author of The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier. Join us for the recordings and talk to our guests by calling in on Fridays from noon -1 ET at 1.888.54.STEVE (1.888.547.8383). Also, feel free to leave any guest suggestions in the comments on this post. (Or if you feel led, have a long discussion that has nothing to do with this post instead of creating a thread in the forums.)

It s not easy being an old white guy. Not that I know anything about it, but Steve has had a week from H-E-double-hockey-sticks. Join us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. to hear about it. Also, Steve s left-wing, old white guy buddy Tony Campolo stopped by to tell us who he ll vote for and give us his red letter Christian plan for dealing with the immigration issue. Use one of the options below to listen. Tony is a popular media commentator on religious, social and political issues and the author of 35 books, his most recent being Red Letter Christians: A Citizen’s Guide to Faith Politics.

If you re a politically conservative Christian, but feel misrepresented by the Religious Right, don t miss this week s Steve Brown Etc. Conservative spokesman, author and pastor Dr. Joel Hunter joined us to talk about his new book, A New Kind of Conservative. Dr. Hunter holds traditional biblical stands on abortion and homosexuality, but is at the same time seeking to expand the political discussion to include other biblical concerns, such as poverty, justice issues, the environment and AIDS. Use one of the options below to listen. In addition to Joel Hunter, Tony Campolo also makes an appearance on the program to talk about how his new book, Red Letter Christians, and A New Kind of Conservative compliment each other.

With Steve out of town and the Oscars coming up this Sunday, radio stations across the country will be re-airing the previously broadcast episode of SBE with Jeffrey Overstreet, author of Through a Screen Darkly: Looking Closer at Beauty, Truth and Evil in the Movies. Listen using one of the options below. Overstreet hopes to, help moviegoers develop the ability to explore the stories of popular culture, highlighting what is excellent and identifying what is flawed or indulgent, in order to participate in the cultural dialogue about art and the reality it reflects. Jeffrey Overstreet has a decade of experience as a film reviewer and columnist for his popular website LookingCloser.org. He is a weekly columnist and critic at Christianity Today s movie website, and his perspectives are regularly published in the magazines Risen and Seattle Pacific University s Response. He s also the author of the fantasy novel Auralia s Colors.

Prominent activist, speaker, and author of The Irresistible Revolution, Shane Claiborne joined us on Steve Brown Etc. this week. You can hear the interview on radio stations across the country this weekend, or listen right here via one of the options below. Shane gave us an update on how The Simple Way community is doing eight months after the 7-alarm blaze that destroyed their community center and homes. We also talked about the new book Shane and Chris Haw have authored titled, Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals. This book is a work of art, and it's as beautiful as it is profound. Each page is laid out with images, poems, stories, quotes, and Shane Claiborne's writing, all designed to provoke the Christian political imagination. Be prepared for a fresh look at fundamental issues of faith and allegiance. Publisher's Weekly gave the work their "starred" rating and wrote, "Here is the must-read election-year book for Christian Americans." We agree. Don't miss this program.