Canon & Culture Podcast

The ERLC’s Andrew Walker and Daniel Patterson discuss proposed California legislation SB-1146 and its implications for religious higher education. SB1146 is scheduled for committee vote August 11 and a vote in the full California Assembly August 19. Read, join, and share the... Read More The post E25: Andrew Walker and Daniel Patterson on California’s SB1146 appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Travis Wussow serves as the ERLC’s Director of International Justice and Religious Freedom. Travis taps in via the interwebs to visit with Canon & Culture to answer the following questions and many more: What’s what’s it like move your family from Texas to the Middle East? What... Read More The post E24: Travis Wussow, ERLC’s man in the Middle East appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Canon & Culture is invaded by Aggies when Phillip Bethancourt, Ph.D. (ERLC Executive VP) joins us to talk about the ERLC’s collaboration with Southern Baptist seminaries. We also get a glimpse into the many events the ERLC has planned for 2016... Read More The post E23: Phillip Bethancourt talks ERLC events & seminary programs appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Following oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell (aka Zubik v. Burwell), our ADF friends Kristen Waggoner and Greg Baylor stop by Leland House to explain the case and share what they witnessed in... Read More The post E22: Oral Arguments in Little Sisters v. Burwell appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Canon & Culture welcomes a Lebanese missionary to Syria and a Syrian missionary to the United States to talk about the Gospel, the church in Syria, and the refugee crisis. For more information about our guests, Micheline and Mouna, and... Read More The post E21: Making disciples in Syria appeared first on Canon and Culture.

One of our Capitol Hill neighbors, Aaron Mercer–VP of Government Relations for National Religious Broadcasters (NRB)–stops by ERLC’s Leland House to talk Internet freedom, viewpoint censorship, net neutrality, and his former life as a Senate staffer. NRB.org Annual Conference: Proclaim 16,... Read More The post E20: NRB’s Aaron Mercer defends Internet freedom appeared first on Canon and Culture.

My friend Stanley Carlson-Thies, Ph.D. joins me to talk about religious freedom for institutions, the exciting world of government regulations, and how religious institutions are navigating–or failing to navigate–new challenges to freedoms we once took for granted. Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance... Read More The post E19: Stanley’s adventures in institutional religious freedom appeared first on Canon and Culture.

So how does this refugee thing work, exactly? In light of the worst refugee crisis since WWII, Canon & Culture welcomes Jenny Yang of World Relief to find out. From her vantage point at the historic humanitarian relief agency, Jenny provides a thorough... Read More The post E18: Jenny Yang on refugee resettlement appeared first on Canon and Culture.

In advance of China President Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S. (Sept. 24-25), Kody Kness, vice president of China Aid, helps us think through the predicament of our fellow Christians in China and prisoners of conscience around the globe. ChinaAid.org Washington Post editorial,... Read More The post E17: Kody Kness on prisoners of conscience in China appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Mark Tooley stops by the ERLC’s Leland House on Capitol Hill to talk Methodism and politics, as well as give us a preview of his new book, released this summer by Harper Collins, The Peace that Almost Was, about the final attempt... Read More The post E16: Mark Tooley on Methodism and politics appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Matt and Dan welcome Congressman Diane Black (TN-6) to the podcast. Black discusses the Health Care Conscience Protection Act, supporting persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East, and her journey from registered nurse to seasoned elected official from the Volunteer State. The post E15: Rep. Diane Black (TN-6) appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Matt Hawkins interviews Brian Grim, president and founder of Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (RFBF). Brian answers the question, "What has religious freedom to do with business?" Brian is a sociologist by trade and, while at the Pew Forum, built the research project that has become the standard for global religious freedom research. The post E14: Brian Grim & What has religious freedom to do with business? appeared first on Canon and Culture.

ERLC Coalitions Director Matt Hawkins interviews Brent McBurney, President and CEO of Advocates International. Matt and Brent talk about what the advocacy for religious freedom looks like in different places around the globe and how local professionals, particularly attorneys, play a role in facilitating freedom of religion or belief. The post E13: Brent McBurney and global religious freedom advocacy appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Casey Mattox of the Alliance Defending Freedom joins Andrew and Matt to discuss the Houston religious liberty fiasco, the SCOTUS non-decisions, along with challenges in Idaho and California. The post E12: Casey Mattox and the triple threat: Houston, Idaho, California appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Matt and Dan visit with Thomas Kidd, Ph.D. to talk George Whitefield, evangelism, discipleship, religious liberty, and much more. The post E11: Thomas Kidd and the most interesting man in American history appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Matt Hawkins, Coalitions Director for ERLC, concludes this 2 part series on North Korea with Ed Brown of the Stefanus Alliance International, a Norway-based missions and human rights association. The post E10: The Church in North Korea Part 2: Ed Brown appeared first on Canon and Culture.

ERLC's Coalitions Director Matt Hawkins welcomes Pastor Eric Foley of Seoul USA. Seoul USA is a nonprofit in the US and an NGO in Korea that seeks to be a bridge between the church in the West and the church in Asia. The post Episode 9: The Church in North Korea, Part 1 with Eric Foley appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Andrew welcomes Greg Forster to chat about his recent book, Joy for the World: How Christianity Lost Its Cultural Influence and Can Begin Rebuilding It. Related topics include everything from John Locke to Christmas carols. The post Episode 8: Greg Forster on Christianity and Cultural Influence appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Dan and Matt welcome Josh Good of the American Enterprise Institute to discuss how economics and healthy families influence each other. Josh serves as Program Manager for AEI's Values & Capitalism initiative. The post Episode 7: Josh Good on family, vocation, and economics appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Andrew and Matt welcome to the studio Tim Goeglein, VP of External Relations at Focus on the Family. Having established a career as a Christian in the public square, we find Mr. Goeglein uniquely suited to discuss, well, Christianity and the public square. The former Deputy Director of Public Liaison White House joins C&C to discusses an appreciation of literature, work at the White House, and sailing with William F. Buckley. The post Episode 6: The Life and Times of Tim Goeglein appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Kim Colby of Christian Legal Society visits Andrew and Matt at the Leland House in Washington, D.C. Topics include this week's oral arguments at the Supreme Court for Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood, both plaintiffs against the United State's government contraceptive/abortifacient mandate. Will Kim make a prediction on the outcome? The post Episode 5: Kim Colby on Hobby Lobby and Religious Freedom appeared first on Canon and Culture.

On a recent visit to Atlanta, Andrew and Dan invade the studio of Erick Erickson, radio host and founder of RedState.com. Follow Erick @EWErickson. The post Episode 4: The Christian faith of conservative pundit Erick Erickson appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Barrett Duke joins the C&C crew to talk about growing up in New Orleans, rejecting the church, planting a church, and thinking Christianly about public policy work. There so many voices on this episode we had to use two studios. The post Episode 3: Barrett Duke on Christians and Public Policy appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Walker, Darling and Hawkins catch up with Matt Lewis of the Daily Caller. Matt waxes eloquent on developing a career as a writer in the era of Buzzfeed and shrinking attention spans. And what about those social conservatives, am I right? The post Episode 2: Matt Lewis appeared first on Canon and Culture.

Co-belligerents Andrew Walker, Dan Darling and Matt Hawkins introduce the Canon & Culture initiative. Thankfully, someone remembered to press the record button this time. The post Pilot Episode: What is Canon & Culture? appeared first on Canon and Culture.