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Wednesday, September 9, 2015
On Point of View today, Kerby welcomes author Rodney Stark. Stark tells us more about his book, A Star in the East: The Rise of Christianity in China which provides a reliable, thought-provoking, and engaging account of the resilience of the Christian faith in China and the implications it has for the future. In the second hour, we hear from evangelical scholar, Dr. Craig Evans, author of the book, God Speaks: What He Says, What He Means. Through his book, Evans shows us that the Bible is far from a dusty old book of do's and don'ts, the Bible is a relevant and eternal message of love and reconciliation that holds the power to shape society and transform lives.  
On Point of View today, Kerby welcomes author Rodney Stark. Stark tells us more about his book, A Star in the East: The Rise of Christianity in China which provides a reliable, thought-provoking, and engaging account of the resilience of the Christian faith in China and the implications it has for the future. In the second hour, we hear from evangelical scholar, Dr. Craig Evans, author of the book, God Speaks: What He Says, What He Means. Through his book, Evans shows us that the Bible is far from a dusty old book of do's and don'ts, the Bible is a relevant and eternal message of love and reconciliation that holds the power to shape society and transform lives.  

HOST

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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Rodney Stark

Rodney Stark

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Rodney Stark grew up in Jamestown, North Dakota, and began his career as a newspaper reporter. Following a tour of duty in the U.S. Army, he received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berke...

Rodney Stark grew up in Jamestown, North Dakota, and began his career as a newspaper reporter. Following a tour of duty in the U.S. Army, he received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, where he held appointments as a research sociologist at the Survey Research Center and at the Center for the Study of Law and Society. He left Berkeley to become Professor of Sociology and of Comparative Religion at the University of Washington. In 2004 he joined the faculty of Baylor University. He has published 38 books and more than 160 scholarly articles on subjects as diverse as prejudice, crime, suicide, and city life in ancient Rome. However, the greater part of his work has been on religion. He is past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. He also has won a number of national and international awards for distinguished scholarship. Many of his books and articles have been translated and published in foreign languages, including Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, and Turkish.

Dr. Craig Evans

Dr. Craig Evans

Author, Professor — field_542d8190101fc

Craig A. Evans, Ph.D. is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College and Acadia University. Prior to Acadia, he taught for twenty-one years at Trinity Western Universit...

Craig A. Evans, Ph.D. is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College and Acadia University. Prior to Acadia, he taught for twenty-one years at Trinity Western University, where he founded the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute. He has served as editor-in-chief of the Bulletin for Biblical Research and published over five hundred scholarly books, articles, and reviews. Professor Evans has lectured in universities and museums around the world and appeared in news programs and documentaries on BBC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, National Geographic Channel, CBS Sunday Morning, and Dateline NBC. Professor Evans and his wife, Ginny, live in Kentville, Nova Scotia, and have two grown daughters and a grandson.

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