Do You Geek Out When There’s A New Episode Of Radiolab? Thoughtful Christian Podcasts

I love pod­casts. I lis­ten to them every day as I bike to and from cam­pus. I lis­ten to them in the gym as I work out. I lis­ten to them when­ev­er I dri­ve some­where and there is no one else in the car.

There are a ton of Chris­t­ian pod­casts out there, but most of them are ser­mon­ic. Noth­ing against ser­mons — I preach a lot of them and lis­ten to even more. I even pod­cast my ser­mons. But there are so many ser­mons pod­cast­ed that it can be hard to find some of the oth­er Chris­t­ian gems that are out there.

So if you’re into pod­casts and are into Jesus, here are a few to con­sid­er adding to your list.

Think­ing In Pub­lic with Al Mohler
http://www.albertmohler.com/cat­e­go­ry/­think­ing-in-pub­lic/
Dr. Mohler is the pres­i­dent of The South­ern Bap­tist The­o­log­i­cal Sem­i­nary. In this pod­cast, he inter­views inter­est­ing peo­ple about the­o­log­i­cal and cul­tur­al issues.

This week­ly radio show from the UK fea­tures Chris­tians and non-Chris­tians in dia­log. They usu­al­ly bring in amaz­ing peo­ple and the host is good at help­ing each per­son put their argu­ments for­ward effec­tive­ly. The episodes feel long to me, but I still come back to it over and over again.

This one is more min­istry relat­ed. High­ly suc­cess­ful pas­tor Andy Stan­ley explains prin­ci­ples of lead­er­ship in a help­ful way. This is one of my favorites.

The­ol­o­gy Unplugged
http://reclaimingthemind.org/the­ol­o­gy/the­ol­o­gy-unplugged-podcast/

This is a round­table dis­cus­sion about the­o­log­i­cal top­ics with intel­li­gent and well-informed peo­ple. Some­times it gets a lit­tle con­fus­ing because their voic­es are hard to tell apart, but it is nonethe­less worth­while.

Dr. Gill is a pro­fes­sor of polit­i­cal sci­ence at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton. This pod­cast is pret­ty aca­d­e­m­ic and can be dry at times, but the best episodes are fas­ci­nat­ing. Two good ones to start with:

• How Reli­gion Ben­e­fits Every­one, Includ­ing Athe­ists: http://www.researchonreligion.org/chris­tian­i­ty/rod­ney-stark-on-how-reli­gion-ben­e­fits-every­one-includ­ing-athe­ists
• Reach­ing North Korea: http://www.researchonreligion.org/chris­tian­i­ty/­dar­ren-slade-on-mis­sion­iz­ing-north-korea