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The Christian Chronicle Podcast

The Christian Chronicle Podcast explores the news and stories shaping Church of Christ congregations and members around the world. 

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
50 minutes
Episodes
144
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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Episode 120: Urban ministry is coming to an exurb or suburb near you (Dr. Steve Cloer)

Episode 120: Urban ministry is coming to an exurb or suburb near you (Dr. Steve Cloer)

It is a fact that more people in the world live in cities than in rural areas. That means the Church of Christ, if it is to be faithful and obedient to Jesus the Christ, must get used to city life an…

00:45:46  |   Thu 10 Apr 2025
Episode 119: Unleashing the superpowers of rural and small town churches (Mike Cope)

Episode 119: Unleashing the superpowers of rural and small town churches (Mike Cope)

It is a common narrative (assumption?) that Church of Christ congregations in rural and small town America are in decline. Perhaps that is a story that numbers (of congregations and members) might te…

00:29:26  |   Thu 03 Apr 2025
Episode 118: Where 73 churches formed and 2,400 were baptized in just the last year (Dennis Cady)

Episode 118: Where 73 churches formed and 2,400 were baptized in just the last year (Dennis Cady)

It may be said that God does God's mightiest work in the unlikeliest places.

Take South Sudan, a young nation where civil war has been the norm for generations. Conditions in that country are as poor …

00:38:50  |   Thu 27 Mar 2025
Episode 117: What happens when your neighbor is trying to kill you? Stories from the Church of Christ in Ukraine.

Episode 117: What happens when your neighbor is trying to kill you? Stories from the Church of Christ in Ukraine.

Almost as soon as Church of Christ missionaries entered Ukraine after the breakup of the Soviet Union, Christian Chronicle reporters entered the country as well. For more than three decades now, The …

00:52:28  |   Thu 20 Mar 2025
Episode 116: Grammy-winning Christian artist Chris Tomlin on his new movie, 'The Last Supper'

Episode 116: Grammy-winning Christian artist Chris Tomlin on his new movie, 'The Last Supper'

More Christians in more parts of the world may sing Chris Tomlin's worship music ('Our God,' 'How Great is Our God,' 'God of Angel Armies') than any other artist alive today. A Grammy Award winner an…

00:18:22  |   Tue 11 Mar 2025
Episode 115: She turned her mental health struggles into a ministry...for you (Marie Stroughter)

Episode 115: She turned her mental health struggles into a ministry...for you (Marie Stroughter)

Marie Stroughter (Westside Church of Christ, Killeen, Texas) is an all-star "church mom" and "church wife," raising three kids (two adopted), supporting her elder/deacon husband, and volunteering in …

00:34:26  |   Wed 05 Mar 2025
Episode 114: These frat bros are cycling through Death Valley (to make life better for others)

Episode 114: These frat bros are cycling through Death Valley (to make life better for others)

On March 7, 2025, eleven men from Gamma Sigma Phi (Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas) will push off on a cycling relay that will take them 1,400 miles across deserts, mountains, unpaved tr…

00:34:34  |   Tue 04 Mar 2025
Episode 113: Two giants on whose shoulders Christians stand (Billy Curl on the lives and work of Andrew Hairston and James Maxwell)

Episode 113: Two giants on whose shoulders Christians stand (Billy Curl on the lives and work of Andrew Hairston and James Maxwell)

The clips at the top of this episode are from (in order) the preaching of Andrew Hairston and James Maxwell, two "giants" who worked for decades to build for the kingdom of God. 

Andrew Hairston stood…

00:49:39  |   Wed 26 Feb 2025
Episode 112: How your phone can destroy your marriage and binge-watching TV can make it better (Lauren and Owen Mitchell)

Episode 112: How your phone can destroy your marriage and binge-watching TV can make it better (Lauren and Owen Mitchell)

Lauren and Owen Mitchell drop in to talk about what they've learned about building a great marriage -- from being Marriage Dynamics Institute facilitators for more than 25 years and by practicing mar…

00:48:02  |   Thu 13 Feb 2025
Episode 111: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is in the Supreme Court's biggest transgender case ever

Episode 111: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is in the Supreme Court's biggest transgender case ever

Jonathan Skrmetti (Harpeth Hills Church of Christ), attorney general for the state of Tennessee, is the defendant in what the national media argue is the biggest case of the term for the United State…

00:57:03  |   Tue 11 Feb 2025
Episode 109: We need to talk about sex (part one) (Rodney Wright, Pure Desire Ministries)

Episode 109: We need to talk about sex (part one) (Rodney Wright, Pure Desire Ministries)

The way Christians think about and use sex is changing. For example, a recent study by Barna Group and Pure Desire Ministries shows that Christian porn use is almost equal to porn use by the general …

00:35:09  |   Fri 31 Jan 2025
Episode 110: We need to talk about sex (part two) (Holly and Steve Holladay, Ultimate Escape)

Episode 110: We need to talk about sex (part two) (Holly and Steve Holladay, Ultimate Escape)

The way Christians think about and use sex is changing. For example, a recent study by Barna Group and Pure Desire Ministries shows that Christian porn use is almost equal to porn use by the general …

00:47:22  |   Fri 31 Jan 2025
Episode 108: A theology professor's take on the new film 'Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assasin.' (Dr. Myles Werntz)

Episode 108: A theology professor's take on the new film 'Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assasin.' (Dr. Myles Werntz)

The new film, Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin (Angel Studios) is drawing Christian audiences around the world, but does it get the depiction of its title character right?

Dr. Myles Werntz (professor…

00:54:53  |   Thu 23 Jan 2025
Special Partner Edition (PAID CONTENT): Young people and screen addiction (David Shannon, Freed-Hardeman University)

Special Partner Edition (PAID CONTENT): Young people and screen addiction (David Shannon, Freed-Hardeman University)

Christian Chronicle Podcast partner Freed-Hardeman University sponsored this special episode on a crisis that is emerging under our noses: screen addiction.

In this conversation, Freed-Hardeman Univer…

00:50:56  |   Thu 23 Jan 2025
Episode 107: How a Christian leads a big, secular state university (Dr. Bill Pink, president, Ferris State University)

Episode 107: How a Christian leads a big, secular state university (Dr. Bill Pink, president, Ferris State University)

Dr. Bill Pink, a Church of Christ lifer (and outstanding song leader) is president of 10,000-student Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.

In this episode, he talks about how he practices C…

00:40:13  |   Thu 16 Jan 2025
Episode 106: Why (and how) Abilene Christian University is building a nuclear reactor (Doug Robison)

Episode 106: Why (and how) Abilene Christian University is building a nuclear reactor (Doug Robison)

Since it opened almost 119 years ago, Abilene Christian University (ACU) has been educating, forming, and training Christian evangelists who spread the news of Jesus Christ around the world.

This year…

00:49:18  |   Thu 09 Jan 2025
Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for the all the people (Jerrard Davis)

Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for the all the people (Jerrard Davis)

This Christmas special features a message of "good news of great joy for all the people" (Luke 2:10) by Brother Jerrard Davis (Spencer Church of Christ, Spencer, Oklahoma) and vocal arrangements by P…

00:19:09  |   Mon 30 Dec 2024
Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for all the people (Jonathan Storment)

Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for all the people (Jonathan Storment)

This Christmas special features a message of "good news of great joy for all the people" (Luke 2:10) by Jonathan Storment (Pleasant Valley Church of Christ, Little Rock, Arkansas) and vocal arrangeme…

00:29:40  |   Tue 24 Dec 2024
Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for all the people (Lads to Leaders luminary Benjamin Adams)

Christmas Special: Good news of great joy for all the people (Lads to Leaders luminary Benjamin Adams)

This Christmas special features a message of "good news of great joy for all the people" (Luke 2:10) by Lads to Leaders luminary Benjamin Adams (College Avenue Church of Christ, DeFuniak Springs, Flo…

00:18:06  |   Tue 24 Dec 2024
Episode 105: From murder and prison to resurrection and freedom PART TWO (Jerri Anne Blankenship and Mindy Lancaster)

Episode 105: From murder and prison to resurrection and freedom PART TWO (Jerri Anne Blankenship and Mindy Lancaster)

In Episode 104 (Part One of this double feature), Jerri Anne Blankenship and Mindy Lancaster (Whites Ferry Road Church of Christ, West Monroe, Louisiana) tell the story of how God rescued them from d…

01:04:44  |   Sat 21 Dec 2024
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