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Thursday, July 16, 2015
Today, we welcome back to the studio, Dr. John Zmirak. Zmirak is a contributing senior editor of The Stream. He joins us to discuss his recently published article, If the Feds Demand Same-Sex Marriage, What Will Our Pastors Do? This article examines the difficulties that churches, church leaders and religious institutions will face in the event that the government requires them to acknowledge or officiate same-sex marriages. Our second hour guest is author and pastor, Tim Challies. Tim, serves as a pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in Toronto, Ontario, he is a book reviewer for WORLD magazine, co-founder of Cruciform Press. Tim discusses his book, The Next Story: Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion. Through his book he explains how and why our society has become reliant on digital technology, what it means for our lives, and how it impacts the Christian faith.  
Today, we welcome back to the studio, Dr. John Zmirak. Zmirak is a contributing senior editor of The Stream. He joins us to discuss his recently published article, If the Feds Demand Same-Sex Marriage, What Will Our Pastors Do? This article examines the difficulties that churches, church leaders and religious institutions will face in the event that the government requires them to acknowledge or officiate same-sex marriages. Our second hour guest is author and pastor, Tim Challies. Tim, serves as a pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in Toronto, Ontario, he is a book reviewer for WORLD magazine, co-founder of Cruciform Press. Tim discusses his book, The Next Story: Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion. Through his book he explains how and why our society has become reliant on digital technology, what it means for our lives, and how it impacts the Christian faith.  

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Kerby Anderson

Kerby Anderson

Host — Point of View

Kerby Anderson is host of Point of View Radio Talk Show and also serves as the President of Probe Ministries. He holds masters degrees from Yale University (science) and Georgetown University (governm...

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Dr. John Zmirak

Dr. John Zmirak

Contributing Senior Editor — The Stream

John Zmirak is a Contributing Senior Editor of The Stream. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1986, then his M.F.A. in screenwriting and fiction and his Ph.D. in English in 1996 from Louisia...

John Zmirak is a Contributing Senior Editor of The Stream. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1986, then his M.F.A. in screenwriting and fiction and his Ph.D. in English in 1996 from Louisiana State University. His focus was the English Renaissance, and the novels of Walker Percy. He taught composition at LSU and screenwriting at Tulane University, and has written screenplays for and with director Ronald Maxwell (Gods & Generals and Gettysburg). He was elected alternate delegate to the 1996 Republican Convention, representing Pat Buchanan. He has been Press Secretary to pro-life Louisiana Governor Mike Foster, and a reporter and editor at Success magazine and Investor’s Business Daily, among other publications. His essays, poems, and other works have appeared in First Things, The Weekly Standard, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, USA Today, FrontPage Magazine, The American Conservative, The South Carolina Review, Modern Age, The Intercollegiate Review, Commonweal, and The National Catholic Register, among other venues. He has contributed to American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia and The Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought. From 2000-2004 he served as Senior Editor of Faith & Family magazine and a reporter at The National Catholic Register. During 2012 he was editor of Crisis. He is author or co-author of six books, including Wilhelm Ropke: Swiss Localist, Global Economist, The Grand Inquisitor (graphic novel) and most recently, The Race to Save Our Century. He was editor of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s guide to higher education, Choosing the Right College and Collegeguide.org, for ten years, and is also editor of Disorientation: How to Go to College Without Losing Your Mind. He is a native of New York City, but now resides in Dallas, TX.

Pastor Tim Challies

Pastor Tim Challies

Pastor | Author | Reviewer — Grace Fellowship Church

A pastor, noted speaker, and author of numerous articles, Tim Challies is a pioneer in the Christian blogosphere, having one of the most widely read and recognized Christian blogs. He is also editor o...

A pastor, noted speaker, and author of numerous articles, Tim Challies is a pioneer in the Christian blogosphere, having one of the most widely read and recognized Christian blogs. He is also editor of Discerning Reader, a site dedicated to offering discerning reviews of books that are of interest to Christians. A self-employed web designer, Tim lives with his family on the outskirts of Toronto, Ontario. He serves as a pastor at Grace Fellowship Church focusing primarily on mentoring and discipleship and is the co-founder of Cruciform Press. His books include "The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment," "Sexual Detox," and "The Next Story."

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