A short interview program featuring the latest authors in Christian publishing. Hosted by Roberta Foster of KNEO Radio in Neosho, Missouri. To contact KNEO, email authorscorner@kneo.org
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Richard Foster. Elisabeth Elliot. J. C. Ryle. Bonhoeffer. So many authors, so many books, so little time to read them all! Daniela and John take turns reading books and discuss them together, sharing highlights, takeaways, and personal convictions.
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We give you the key points in great Christian Books to help you select works that will help you to grow. We select, read, and brief you on great Christian books to help you save time, save money, and most of all grow in Christ. You'll discover books you'll want to delve into deeply. Books that will help you reignite the flames of your passion for Christ.You'll find great authors as well who are great teachers about our Christian walk.Whether you want to defend the faith or learn about the th ...
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Today, Roberta talks to CO Wyler about his new books Untaken: 12 Hours Following the Rapture, and Untaken, Too: 12 Days Following the Rapture. What would you do? Your husband is missing; you don't want to be pregnant; you witness a horrific airplane accident, and you learn all babies and young children have disappeared. Twenty-eight-year-old Sarah …
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Matthew Elia, "The Problem of the Christian Master: Augustine in the Afterlife of Slavery" (Yale UP, 2024)
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The Problem of the Christian Master: Augustine in the Afterlife of Slavery (Yale UP, 2024) offers a bold rereading of Augustinian thought for a world still haunted by slavery. Over the last two decades, scholars have made a striking return to the resources of the Augustinian tradition to theorize citizenship, virtue, and the place of religion in pu…
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Today, Roberta talks to Bill Derrick about his new book Restored by the Storm: Navigating Through Life’s Unexpected Challenges, available from Morgan James Publishers. Restored by the Storm offers a compelling narrative that delves into the universal struggle of facing life's unexpected challenges. Drawing from personal experiences, Restored by the…
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Today, Roberta talks to David Wermuth about his book 101 Considerations for Foster Parents, available from Mascot Books publishers. 101 Considerations for Prospective, New, and Veteran Foster Parents The topics addressed in this book―self-care practices, the unique fear response of foster youth, interventions for foster youth with clinical needs, t…
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In the beginning, a small unlicensed game development company was hit with divine inspiration: They could make a lot of money (and escape the wrath of Nintendo) by creating games for Christians. With the release of the 1990 NES platformer Bible Adventures, the developers saw what they had made, and it was good. Or, at least, good enough. Based on e…
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Today, Roberta talks to Carl Barrett about his new book God's Holiness vs. Man's Lawlessness, available from Resource Publications publishers. ""We will always obey our Lord at all costs."" This is the opposite of the spirit of lawlessness, which despises authority and cultivates chaos, division, and destruction. And there is no doubt that lawless …
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In times of profound crisis, when violence and hatred seem to dominate our world, we often search for voices that can help us navigate through the darkness while holding onto our humanity. Today's conversation with Parker Palmer, one of America's most respected Quaker elders and thought leaders, explores the complex landscape of faith, hope, and he…
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Today, Roberta talks to Jonny Ardavanis about his new book Consider the Lilies: Finding Perfect Peace in the Character of God, available from Zondervan publishers. Find freedom from anxiety as you lift your gaze from the problems and pressures of this world to the changeless and powerful character of your heavenly Father. Is my cancer back? Is my j…
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Holy, Catholic, Apostolic (with Paul Zucarelli)
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Paul Zucarelli died in 2017 and returned from the dead through the intercessory prayer of Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix and the faith of his family. Since his resurrection, he has been serving God as a lay evangelist. His new book, One Lord, One Faith, One Church: An Inconvenient Truth, makes a strong apologetic case for the authority of the Rom…
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Today, Roberta talks to Mark David Pullen about his new book Freedom Through the Narrow Gate, available from Morgan James Fiction publishers. Follow Jacob as he leaves the safety of the mouse village for a taste of blackberries and a daring adventure, only to come face to face with the menacing Swamp Rats and their vicious leader, Caine. Jacob, ins…
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The Western Rising of 1549 was the most catastrophic event to occur in Devon and Cornwall between the Black Death and the Civil War. Beginning as an argument between two men and their vicar, the rebellion led to a siege of Exeter, savage battles with Crown forces, and the deaths of 4,000 local men and women. It represents the most determined attemp…
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Today, Roberta talks to Jill Atogwe about her new book Left Out: Believing My Story is for God's Glory, available from B&H Kids publishers. Have you ever wondered if, when God was creating you, He left something out? As kids grow up and start comparing themselves to one another, feelings of inadequacy creep into their hearts. Did God forget to make…
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Today, Roberta talks to Daniel Wright about his new book The Redemption Corridor: Understanding Sacred Topography in the Holy Land, the Pattern of YHVH, and the Way of the Messiah. Centered in Israel’s biblical heartland, lies a narrow strip of terrain, which I believe is a chosen region, above all others on the earth. I call it The Redemption Corr…
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Nicholas Spencer, "Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion" (Oneworld, 2024)
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Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today. The true history of science and religion is a human one. It's about the role of religion in inspiring, and strangling, science before the scientific revolution. It's about the sincere but e…
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Alister E. McGrath, "The Nature of Christian Doctrine: Its Origins, Development, and Function" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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The Nature of Christian Doctrine: Its Origins, Development, and Function (Oxford UP, 2024) offers a groundbreaking account of the origins, development, and enduring significance of Christian doctrine, explaining why it remains essential to the life of Christian communities. Noting important parallels between the development of scientific theories a…
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Toni Alimi, "Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics" (Princeton UP, 2024)
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Augustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his late antique Roman intellectual context. Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics (Princeton UP, 2024) provides a major reassessment of this monumental figure in the Western religious and political tradition, tracing the remar…
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Today, Roberta talks to Michele Howe about her new book Serving as Jesus Served: Practical Ways to Love Others, available from Hendrickson Publishers. In Serving as Jesus Served: Practical Ways to Love Others, Michele Howe equips men and women to better understand their calling as God’s chosen ones to make a distinct and holy impact in the world. S…
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Today, Roberta talks to Jessica Landmon about her new book She Who Dwells: Overcoming Fear and Finding Peace. CAN I REALLY LIVE A LIFE OF PEACE RATHER THAN ONE CONSUMED BY FEAR? Fear and anxiety are issues that women continually struggle with. This is not God’s intention for His daughters. He wants them to be set free from the lies of the enemy so …
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Today, Roberta talks to Rachael Wojo about her new book Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments, available from Skyhorse publishers. Do your prayers resemble last-minute cries more than first-response chats? You’re not alone in calling out to God in life’s pitch-black moments and wondering if He’s listening. Enter…
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Dominick Hernández, "The Prosperity of the Wicked: A Theological Challenge in the Book of Job and in Ancient Near Eastern Literature" (Gorgias Press, 2022)
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Does Job convincingly argue against a fixed system of just retribution by proclaiming the prosperity of the wicked, an argument that runs contrary to traditional biblical and ancient Near Eastern wisdom? Addressing this question, Dominick Hernández gives careful consideration to the rhetoric, imagery, and literary devices used to treat the issue of…
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In our latest podcast episode, we sat down with historian Miles Smith, who teaches at Hillsdale College, to discuss his new book, Religion and Republic: Christian American from the Founding to the Civil War (Davenant Press, 2024). In this insightful conversation, we explored the book's themes, which examine the complex relationship between religion…
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Today, Roberta talks to Kari Baker about her new book Finding KIND: Discovering Hope and Purpose While Loving Kids with Invisible Neurological Differences. “When an earthquake occurs, the tectonic plates shift far beneath the surface, and they never go back to where they started.” Kari Baker always loved a good plan. But when her only son Brady was…
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Today, Roberta talks to Chelsea Ohlemiller about her new book Now That She's Gone: A Daughter's Reflections on Loss, Love, and a Mother's Legacy, available from Revell publishers. The day your mother dies is the day you acquire a powerful and persistent new companion--grief. It is also the day you become the keeper of a legacy that has the potentia…
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Today, Roberta talks to Katy Shelton about her new book Forever Matters: How the Return of Jesus Completes You, available from Iron Stream publishers. If the world feels unpredictable and challenging, it might be time to explore your forever. If it feels like the news feeds and social media posts are suffocating your faith and stirring anxiety, you…
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Peter Joshua Atkins, "The Animalising Affliction of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4: Reading Across the Human-Animal Boundary" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
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The Animalising Affliction of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4: Reading Across the Human-Animal Boundary (Bloomsbury, 2022) is a detailed investigation into the nature of Nebuchadnezzar's animalising affliction in Daniel 4 and the degree to which he is depicted as actually becoming an animal. Peter Atkins examines two predominant lines of interpretation:…
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Today, Roberta talks to Debbie Barr about her new book Caregiving: Taking Care of Yourself While Caring for Someone Else, available from Aspire Press publishers. Packed with practical advice, diagrams, statistics, photos, quizzes, and scannable outlines, this compact guide to caregiving is easy to read and gives you key information at a glance. Get…
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Today, Roberta talks to Lindsey Medenwaldt about her new book Bridge-Building Apologetics: How to Get Along Even When We Disagree, available from Harvest House Publishers. Winsome Apologetics Makes for Effective Apologetics As Christians, when we take a stand for our faith, we want to avoid coming across as overly combative or adversarial. While it…
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Today, Roberta talks to Brooke Martin about her new book Controlled Burn: Rising From the Ashes to Forge an Unshakable Faith, available from Dexterity publishers. What if life’s fires can not only be controlled but can also spur new life? In Controlled Burn, Emmy-winning news anchor and reporter Brooke Martin helps readers navigate their own fires …
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For his fifteenth-century followers, Jesus was everywhere – from baptism to bloodcults to bowling. This sweeping and unconventional investigation looks at Jesus across one hundred forty years of social, cultural, and intellectual history. Mystics married him, Renaissance artists painted him in three dimensions, Muslim poets praised his life-giving …
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Risa Cromer, "Conceiving Christian America: Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics" (NYU Press, 2023)
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In 1997, a group of white pro-life evangelical Christians in the United States created the nation’s first embryo adoption program to “save” the thousands of frozen human embryos remaining from assisted reproduction procedures, which they contend are unborn children. While a small part of US fertility services, embryo adoption has played an outsized…
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Today, Roberta talks to Tega Taylor about her new book Hey Friend: 31 Journaling Devotions on Friendship (for Girls, by Girls), available from B&H Publishers. As the world experiences a loneliness epidemic, we need friendship as much as we ever have before. People could live their whole lives online. School, church, work, and a social life can all …
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Today, Roberta talks to Jill Garner about her new book StrongHeart: Cultivating Humility, Respect, and Resiliency in Your Child, available from Moody publishers. For all parents who desire to raise a generation of kids with strong hearts. Parenting. It’s the most important endeavor of our lives. And there’s no shortage of advice on how to raise kid…
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Today, Roberta talks to Coach Joe Kennedy about his new film Average Joe. More info right here: https://averagejoemovie.com/ Brought to you by Roberta Foster, KNEO Radio and the Sky High Podcast Network.Di Sky High Podcast Network
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William Cook Miller, "The Enthusiast: Anatomy of the Fanatic in Seventeenth-Century British Culture" (Cornell UP, 2023)
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The Enthusiast: Anatomy of the Fanatic in Seventeenth-Century British Culture (Cornell UP, 2023) tells the story of a character type that was developed in early modern Britain to discredit radical prophets during an era that witnessed the dismantling of the Church of England's traditional means for punishing heresy. As William Cook Miller shows, th…
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Harrison Perkins, "Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction" (Lexham Academic, 2024)
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Covenant shapes our life with God. In Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction (Lexham Academic, 2024), Harrison Perkins shows how Christ and his work are the heart of that covenant relationship. Since God lives in covenant with his redeemed people, covenant theology provides a framework for Christians to grow in their life with God, t…
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Jerome E. Copulsky, "American Heretics: Religious Adversaries of Liberal Order" (Yale UP, 2024)
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A question has long hung over the the United States regarding the proper role of religion in public life. Those who long for a Christian America claim that the Founders intended a nation with political values and institutions shaped by Christianity. Secularists argue that those same Founders designed an enlightened republic where church and state s…
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Reanne Newquist tells me about her voyage on Mercy Ships bringing healthcare to some of the poorest people in the world, a mission started by Don Stephens in the 1970s and encouraged by Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Reanne, her husband, and her kids left everything behind, sold their home and sailed off to adventure and service. Most people go b…
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Uroš Kovač, "The Precarity of Masculinity: Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon" (Berghahn Books, 2022)
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A compelling work that explores the lives and aspirations of young footballers with deep nuance and insight, The Precarity of Masculinity: Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon (Berghahn Books, 2022) shows how precarious masculinity, Pentecostal spirituality, and aspirations of prosperous futures are intertwining and i…
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Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, "Desert Ascetics of Egypt" (ARC Humanities Press, 2020)
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Egypt is revered as the home of the famous Desert Ascetics, who first embraced a monastic life and established homosocial communities on the borders of their urban centres in the Nile Valley. Regarded as angels and warriors, the wisdom of the Desert Ascetics formed part of the oral and literary tradition of wonder-working saints whose commitment to…
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Today, Roberta talks to Meghan Ryan Asbury about her new book You Are Not Behind: Building a Life You Love Without Having Everything You Want, available from Harvest House Publishers. What if God has more in store for your life than you’ve given him credit for? The pressure of unmet milestones and unfulfilled dreams can make you feel like you’ve al…
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Today, Roberta talks to Linda Buxa about How to Fight Anxiety with Joy, available here: https://timeofgrace.store/products/how-to-fight-anxiety-with-joy Brought to you by Roberta Foster, KNEO Radio and the Sky High Podcast Network.Di Sky High Podcast Network
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Today, Roberta talks to Stu Crumm about his new book Aim for the Uprights: The Intentional Playbook for Success in Faith, Family, and Business. Put all your aspirations within reach with one simple game plan! Finally a playbook for harmonizing career aspirations with family time. You have tried getting up extra early, following smart money tips, an…
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Courtney Ann Irby, "Guiding God's Marriage: Faith and Social Change in Premarital Counseling" (NYU Press, 2024)
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It is well-known that the institution of marriage has changed dramatically in the past few decades. However, very little research has focused on the role of religious institutions in helping couples form and maintain their relationships. Guiding God's Marriage: Faith and Social Change in Premarital Counseling (NYU Press, 2024) by Dr. Courtney Irby …
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Beauty Is Your Destiny by Philip Ryken
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How often do you think upon the beauty of God? How often do you treasure it and steward it? Do you know that even now, God is making you beautiful? In this episode, we discuss Philip Ryken's exposition on the theology of beauty. For what it's worth, this was John's favorite discussion to date besides Knowing God Pt 2. :) --- What book would you lik…
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Steve Tibble, "Crusader Criminals: The Knights Who Went Rogue in the Holy Land" (Yale UP, 2024)
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In Crusader Criminals: The Knights Who Went Rogue in the Holy Land (Yale University Press, 2024), Dr. Steve Tibble presents a vivid new history of the criminal underworld in the medieval Holy Land. The religious wars of the crusades are renowned for their military engagements. But the period was witness to brutality beyond the battlefield. More so …
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Today, Roberta talks to Amber Albee Swenson about her new book You can Trust God When Life Hurts, available from Time of Grace publishers. What do you do when life hurts? Everyone needs to know how to answer that question because everyone, at some point, gets hurt. How do you respond when your children make devastating choices? Where do you turn wh…
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Today, Roberta talks to Jane Harmon about her new book Confronting the Thief: Take Back What the Enemy Stole and Declare Divine Recovery over Your Heart, Family & Life. Recover All the Enemy Has Stolen We've all felt the gut-wrenching helplessness of loss when the enemy has stolen something from us: finances, health, peace, a promise or opportunity…
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Today, Roberta talks to Derek Mason about his new book Embracing Our Full Victory in Christ: The Journey from Darkness to Light. A deeply informative and insightful exposition on the essential yet often-neglected ministry of Christian spiritual warfare, Embracing Our Full Victory in Christ: The Journey from Darkness to Light is a Bible-based and de…
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Tone Bleie, "A New Testament: Scandinavian Missionaries and Santal Chiefs from Company and British Crown Rule to Independence" (Solum Bokvennen, 2023)
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In this episode, we are joined by the anthropologist Tone Bleie for a discussion of her book A New Testament: Scandinavian Missionaries and Santal Chiefs from Company and British Crown Rule to Independence (Solum Bokvennen, 2023), a pioneering piece of scholarship that innovatively rethinks the economic, legal, and social history of the power-laden…
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Iemima Ploscariu, "Alternative Evangelicals: Challenging Nationalism in Interwar Romania's Multi-ethnic Borderlands" (Brill, 2024)
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Today I talked to Iemima Ploscariu about Alternative Evangelicals: Challenging Nationalism in Interwar Romania's Multi-ethnic Borderlands (Brill, 2024). Evangelicals in interwar Romania were a vibrant mix of ethnicities, languages, and social statuses. Jews, Roma, Germans, Hungarians, Serbs, Ukrainians, and Russians sang, prayed, and preached in th…
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