For this episode, we have one of our favorite guests: Jordan Raynor . On a previous episode , we had a blast talking with him about his last bestselling book, Redeeming Your Time. Be sure to go back and listen to that episode. What was impressive about that book was how, even though very practical, it was so clearly written on a strong biblical foundation. His latest book is The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel) (Waterbrook...
May 18, 2025•1 hr 11 min
For this episode, we have one of our favorite guests: Jordan Raynor . On a previous episode , we had a blast talking with him about his last bestselling book, Redeeming Your Time. Be sure to go back and listen to that episode. What was impressive about that book was how, even though very practical, it was so clearly written on a strong biblical foundation. His latest book is The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel) (Waterbrook...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 8 min
We know that quiet is an essential aspect of the spiritual life, that we need to leave the craziness of our hurried and frenzied lives and find the deep peace of being in God’s presence. But in our busy lives of deadlines and distractions, of screens at work and at play, this seems abstract and impossible. David Loughney and Bob Robinson welcomes Sarah Clarkson to the podcast. She writes regularly about literature, faith, and beauty. Check out her Substack, From the Vicarge , where she writes ab...
May 08, 2025•57 min
VIDEO LINK on YOUTUBE. Should Christians care about the ecological crises that we face? Should climate change be a concern for believers? Many Christians still view their faith as primarily a “spiritual” matter that has little to do with the “physical” world in which they live. Our guest is Steven Bouma-Prediger, who contends that protecting and restoring our planet is an essential practice for Christians. Steve has studied the Bible and understands what it teaches about this earthly life. He ha...
Mar 21, 2025•52 min
Both David and Bob are history buffs. But studying history is not as simple as watching a documentary, a biopic, or reading a bestselling narrative history. We need to be aware of how historians actually do their craft, and use those same tools as we watch and read. Some use history to advance their political agendas, while others just echo ideas that are not substantiated by historical scholarship. Armchair historians can often get it very wrong. How should Christians study history? Christians ...
Mar 15, 2025•1 hr 5 min
We just came out of yet another contentious election year. People are as divided and polarized as ever, and the situation doesn’t seem to be improving. John Inazu is the author of Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect (Zondervan, 2024). It’s a unique book because John Inazu walks us through a school year as he teaches law and religion at Washington University in St. Louis. In this environment, students learn to embrace a better way to settle...
Feb 14, 2025•49 min
We often see setbacks and disasters as events that keep us from our best life. But what if these are actually opportunities to grow in our leadership? Our guest on this episode is Dr. Gayle D. Beebe, who has been a leader for over two decades and has insights into how to overcome the disorienting challenges that we face, both personally and in our leadership. In his new book, The Crucibles That Shape Us: Navigating the Defining Challenges of Leadership , the university president shares personal ...
Feb 11, 2025•46 min
How can creative people honestly pursue their crafts in an age of Artificial Intelligence? What key components fuel creativity for those who make art, film, novels, poetry, graphic art, or music? Our guest is Craig Detweiler , author, filmmaker, educator, cultural commentator, and Variety Magazine’s Mentor of the Year recipient. Over the years, Craig has taught and mentored thousands of students at Pepperdine, Biola, Fuller Seminary, and Grand Canyon University. He has encouraged these aspiring ...
Jan 15, 2025•47 min
In a deeply divided nation, we’ve seen everyone argue over who to vote for, what policies are righteous, and how to move forward. Christians are just as caught up in the polarized politics of our day. But there has to be a better way. We are called to be informed and active citizens, but what does that mean? It has to mean more than angry memes thrown at others on social media. In his new book, political scientist David T. Koyzis asks, “How can Christians live as citizens of God's kingdom while ...
Dec 18, 2024•59 min
Our work situations, family and friendships, and everything around us always change. How do we navigate through the fog of not knowing what will happen next and where we are ultimately going? This episode features two guests who can help us navigate a life that is always in flux. Leadership, career, and vocation experts Michaela O'Donnell and Lisa Pratt Slayton teach the practical skills needed to navigate constant change. Their new book is Life in Flux: Navigational Skills to Guide and Ground Y...
Nov 22, 2024•41 min
We have a wealth of information at our fingertips, but information is not the same as wisdom. Whether in business, spiritual life, or everyday decisions, we need wisdom’s guidance to lead with purpose and meaning. We would do well to learn over their shoulders and through their hearts from those with real-life experience and deep resources for wisdom. With decades of leadership experience in business, nonprofits, and Christian higher education, Uli Chi is just such a person. Scroll down to learn...
Oct 25, 2024•53 min
The Letter of Paul to the Ephesians is filled with excellent teachings to guide us theologically and practically. We have invited Lynn H. Cohick, PhD, to discuss Ephesians based on her new commentary in the New International Commentary on the New Testament (Eerdmans, 2020) . Scroll down to learn more about Dr. Lynn Cohick. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! Dr. Lynn H. Cohick Dr. Cohick is Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Director of Houston Theological Seminary at Houston Chris...
Sep 17, 2024•52 min
To help us, as Christians, have a clear understanding of modern-day Israel, and how it relates to the Bible, we have asked one of the nation’s foremost authorities on the subject onto the podcast. Dr. Gary Burge (Ph.D., from King’s College at the University of Aberdeen, and M.Div., from Fuller Theological Seminary) is a New Testament scholar, professor, author, and ordained minister. After 25 years teaching at Wheaton College and Graduate School, he is now Adjunct Professor of New Testament at C...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 6 min
There was a time, back in the 70s and early 80s, when the study of Revelation, with speculations about the end times and being “left behind,” was in vogue. But today, most Christians stay away from Revelation. Preachers either ignore it or choose to teach from the safer passages, like chapters 2 through 4, or about the New Heavens and New Earth in the final two chapters. The reason is that so many of us have become frustrated by how people have portrayed it, enamored with the violence, speculati...
May 23, 2024•53 min
Here at Reintegrate, we believe that through your day-to-day work, you are on the frontlines of ministry, serving others – your customers or clients, your suppliers, your co-workers, and the community in which you work. Women now have professional opportunities beyond those of previous generations. But sadly, as women have seen their roles grow at work, the church's vision for women's work and calling has not grown along with it. This has left women feeling isolated and under-resourced. In this ...
May 13, 2024•45 min
Yes, we should reintegrate the Christian faith with science. But what if that means that we should look for the creator God in every aspect of God’s creation? What if the Bible and science are meant not only to coexist but actually to inform one another? John Van Sloten has written God Speaks Science: What Neurons, Giant Squid, and Supernovae Reveal about Our Creator (Moody, 2023), in which he dives into what God reveals about life and himself in the created order, which is explored and studied ...
Apr 29, 2024•56 min
“The Great Commission” ( Matthew 28:16-20 ) is the central driving mission for God’s people. But here is a question to consider: How does this commission that churches have for people relate to the mission that God has for every aspect of life? Before we know what our mission is, we must first know what God’s mission is. Scroll down to read more about this episode. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! On this Episode Christopher J. H. Wright (PhD, Cambridge) is the Global Ambassador of the La...
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 1 min
We love to talk movies on the Re-integrate Podcast. Why? Because we want to reintegrate our enjoyment of pop culture with our Christian faith. Our guest on this episode is film critic Josh Larsen . He is co-host of the WBEZ (Chicago’s NPR station) radio show Filmspotting , which is also one of the top movie podcasts. Josh is also the editor and producer for Think Christian , a website and podcast exploring faith and pop culture. He has been writing and speaking about movies professionally since ...
Mar 26, 2024•57 min
Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! Episode Description: Many Christians must deal with some sort of mental or emotional suffering. While life is a good creation from a loving God, in a fallen and broken world, normal human life can be really difficult. While we have made tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still comes down to the mundane choices that we each must make each moment, starting with the daily choice...
Mar 05, 2024•41 min
Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! Episode Description: What does it mean to be human? We live in an age of many voices trying to shape our understanding of who we are and what we are supposed to do. Our guest on this episode is Dr. Carmen Joy Imes (PhD, Wheaton). She is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Biola University and the author of Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters (InterVarsity Press, 2023). Our identity is rooted in Gen...
Feb 09, 2024•45 min
Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! Episode Description: For many American Christians, the presumptive next big event in redemptive history will be the Rapture. Many believers have been influenced by the fictional stories of the Left Behind novels and movies which depict military conflict in Israel, the Rapture in which all true believers are taken to Heaven, and the great tribulation in which those who are left behind must endure seven years of w...
Jan 18, 2024•55 min
There have been Christians throughout history who God has called to societal activism on behalf of the poor and oppressed. And the power in which they did so was found in their inner faith practices that connected them intimately with God through Christ and His Spirit. Mae Elise Cannon is the author of Just Spirituality: How Faith Practices Fuel Social Action (IVPress, 2013). As both a historian and a Christian advocate for peace and justice in the Middle East, she explores the direct connection...
Aug 21, 2023•47 min
What would you say if you were completely honest with yourself and with God? Jennifer Dukes Lee leads David and Bob (and you!) on a journey of telling truths, some fun and some painful, through her new book, Stuff I’d Only Tell God: A Guided Journal of Courageous Honesty, Obsessive Truth-Telling, and Beautifully Ruthless Self-Discovery (Bethany House, 2023). With daring questions, provocative lists, and quirky charts and illustrations, this journal is a place to record all the stuff you’d only t...
Jul 25, 2023•54 min
This episode of the Reintegrate Podcast is a little different in that we live-streamed it in conjunction with the Logos Daily Circle . Our guest is Jason Stone, the founder of the Logos Daily Circle. This is the first of what we are hoping will be a new joint venture between Reintegrate and Logos Daily to feature our guests to the huge community in the Logos Daily Circle. TIME STAMPS What we discuss in this episode: 0:00 Getting to know Bob, David, and Jason 8:30 What is Logos Daily Circle? 13:4...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Michaela O'Donnell , PhD, is the Executive Director of the Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Seminary, which helps leaders respond faithfully to God in all seasons of their life, work, and leadership. Her book, Make Work Matter: Your Guide to Meaningful Work in a Changing World (Baker, 2021) is based on her deep research and is filled with stories and insights from faithful entrepreneurs. She offers a step-by-step paradigm for discovering what God is calling each of us to do in a chang...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Have you ever had a profound experience while watching a movie? When you were so overwhelmed by emotion that you could call it spiritual? In his book Seeing Is Believing: The Revelation of God Through Film (IVP, 2022), theologian Richard Vance Goodwin argues that such experiences may sometimes be encounters with God. He explores how certain films use various visual strategies to invite viewers to feel emotions that may open them up to God's presence. Check out The Arts & Faith Top 100 Films ...
May 23, 2023•59 min
How are you at managing your time? Perhaps the problem is that you are trying to "manage" your time when you are called to "redeem" your time. In this episode, we discuss with Jordan Raynor some principles to reintegrate our faith with our work (and all of life) so that we become more like Jesus Christ in his time on earth: purposeful, productive, and present. Jordan Raynor is a leading voice in the faith and work movement. He is the author of several books, including Redeeming Your Time: 7 Bibl...
Apr 30, 2023•51 min
We all are fascinated with the End Times. What is our final destiny? This is eschatology . If we were to take a random survey of Christians in North America, we would hear something like this: Our destiny is heaven. When we die, we go off to our home with Jesus, worshiping God for all eternity in an otherworldly existence. We will finally shed this earthly life and live as God wants us to live, with Jesus and away from this earthly life. Most pastors preach that the earth is not our home, that w...
Apr 15, 2023•56 min
The world’s most outspoken atheist, Richard Dawkins, wrote in his book, The God Delusion , “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.” No wonder there are some Christians today who want to dis...
Mar 24, 2023•54 min
Does the American evangelical church need a wake-up call? Have we become unaware of our blind spots? Our guest on this episode is Matthew Soerens. Matthew is the U.S. Director of Church Mobilization for World Relief , where he helps evangelical churches understand the realities of refugees and immigration and to respond in ways guided by biblical values. He is also the national coordinator of the Evangelical Immigration Table . He previously coauthored Welcoming the Stranger and Seeking Refuge: ...
Mar 04, 2023•56 min
