The Anthony Bradley Show

Today, we have a special guest who's not only making waves in the world of business but is also a dedicated member of a fraternity with a mission that extends far beyond its campus walls. Our guest today is Kritm Shah, a sophomore student at the prestigious Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. But that's not all - Kritm is also a proud brother in the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Now, you might be wondering, what makes this fraternity stand out? Well, it's not just about social events and parties; it's about personal growth, ethics, leadership, scholastic achievement, community service, and literary pursuits. Today, we'll dive deep into Kritm's journey as a business student, his experiences within the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, and how these experiences are shaping him into a well-rounded individual poised for success. We'll explore the values and mission that drive the fraternity and discover how it's contributing to the personal development of its members. So, whether you're a student looking for inspiration or someone interested in the multifaceted world of fraternities, you won't want to miss this enlightening conversation with Kritm Shah. Stay tuned, because it's all coming up next, right here on "The Anthony Bradley Show"!

In this installment, we have the honor of hosting Professor Gamal Gassim, from Grand Valley State University. With a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and a primary focus on comparative politics and Middle Eastern Politics, Professor Gassim brings a wealth of expertise to the table. In this episode, Professor Gassim takes us on a journey into the heart of one of the most contentious issues in contemporary geopolitics – the Israel-Palestine conflict. Drawing upon his extensive knowledge and research, he provides crucial context and background information that helps shed light on the actions of Hamas, a significant player in this ongoing conflict. As we delve into the complex dynamics of the region, Professor Gassim's insights will unravel the historical, political, and social factors that have shaped the actions and strategies of Hamas. Whether you're a seasoned academic seeking a deeper understanding or simply someone looking to grasp the intricacies of this multifaceted conflict, this episode promises to be an enlightening and informative experience. Tune in as Professor Gamal Gassim offers valuable perspectives and analysis that will undoubtedly enrich your understanding of the Israel-Palestine conflict and the role of Hamas within it.

Jackson Haber, the 2023 president of AEPi at Auburn University discusses with his chapter is one of the leading heroic fraternities on campus. From their website: "At Auburn University...Our goal is to ensure that every brother graduate a stronger person in mind and body, with potential for future development in every aspect of life they may encounter. Work ethic, selflessness, and teamwork are just a few of the values that we hold dear at AEPi Theta."

Today, we have a special guest joining us, David Morris. David Morris, a devoted father of four, brings a wealth of experience to our discussion. With a background in vocational ministry and currently serving as the president and COO of an esteemed company in the energy sector. Today, David invites us into a thought-provoking Twitter thread he recently shared, titled "The Eight Fights Worth Having with Your Kids." This captivating thread has caught the attention of 10s of thousands of parents worldwide, providing valuable insights on building strong connections with our children. Throughout our conversation, we'll explore the dynamic challenges parents face and how engaging in these "worthwhile fights" can deepen understanding, shape character, and cultivate resilience in our kids. So, whether you're a seasoned parent or just starting on your parenting journey, join us as we embark on a thought-provoking discussion. Prepare to be inspired, challenged, and equipped with practical wisdom to forge meaningful connections with your children with a fresh perspective on parenting and the eight fights worth having with your kids on this episode of the Anthony Bradley show.

Anthony Bradley discusses David Carlson's new book, Congress of States: Proceedings of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America, on the Christian Nationalism during the formation of Confederacy in 1861. Using the prayers of the proceedings readers will find a Christian Nationalism much like what we hear today.

Today on the Anthony Bradley Show, Brenda Simmons discusses the economic and cultural experiences of African Americans in Southampton during the 18th and 19th Centuries. Brenda Simmons is a journalist and Executive Director of the Southampton African American Museum(SAAM), and highlights the remarkable story of Pyrrhus Concer, an extraordinary 19th-century black whaler, Presbyterian, business owner, and philanthropist.

The Rev. John Arthur Nunes, Ph.D., is a Lutheran pastor and a senior fellow at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy joins Anthony Bradley to discuss the Supreme Court ruling prohibiting affirmative action in college admissions on the basis of race. Dr. Nunes has served as the president of Concordia College New York, as the president and CEO of Lutheran World Relief, and as a professor at Valparaiso University. Recent books John has written include (with Alberto Garcia) Reimagining the Reformation from the Edges (2017) and Meant for More: In, With, and Under the Ordinary (2020).

Should Christian parents let their sons join college fraternities? Josh Beyer, a junior and a devout Christian at the University of Arkansas answers that question and tells his own story of what it's been like to navigate Greek like as a committed Christian. Josh has not only been a faithful member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity but as a Phi Delt, Josh has also served in leadership on the Interfraternity Council at the University of Arkansas.

Tragedy struck the campus of GVSU on Thursday, December 9, 2021 when Quinn Campbell took his own life it changed his fraternity forever. On this episode, I'm joined by James Mazure and Lucas Glentzer to discuss their fraternity experience in light of Quinn's story.

Dr. Jared Oliphint is a 2022 PhD graduate in philosophy at Texas A&M University and, like the majority of PhD graduates in the humanities, was completely unable to land a teaching. In an academic world, defined by pledging allegiance to diversity, equity, and inclusion, a humanities teaching career is not likely going to happen. You should discourage your friends and loved one from pursuing a humanities PhD because the stress and trauma of their likely and eventual unemployment may not be worth it.

Men and boys are lost! In the episode, I provide this history, the data, and practical things that churches can do to end the Boy Crisis. Two books are critical here: (1) The Boy Crisis by Warren Farrell and John Gray, and (2) Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves. Boys don't know why the country needs them. They don't know why they are here. The male problem today is a crisis of hopelessness. They lack a sense of purpose. There is no clear path for young men to know what they are needed for exactly! Young men sitting home and watching video games is not laziness. Its resignation. It's not intentional irresponsibility, but an expression of active hopelessness. The slides that accompany this presentation are on my Patreon account.

Dr. Michael Jones, an obesity medicine physician in Virginia, spoke to me about obesity and the Christian life. This is one topic you will not hear pastors or Christian leaders raise. For example, Crossway has no books on obesity but the publishers does have books on all types of other addictions & diseases. Being overweight should not be reduced to gluttony, although it is pretty sad to see churches boasting about their gluttonous community events (lots of men's events do this). Being overweight can range from poorly managing discomfort, stress, anxiety, etc. to lacking education about what to eat or not eat. Christian bear witness to the truth of Christianity by how we talk care of our bodies and this discussion is long overdue.

Ryan Primer, 28, who attended Christian schools in entire life talks about his struggles with alcohol addiction and surviving sobriety and how he uses Instagram to offer people help and hope.

The Rev. Dr. Robert Fossett, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Greenville, AL, joins me to talk about his own journey with being overweight, addiction, and the massive obesity problem in evangelical churches, the PCA, SBC, etc. in the most conservative parts of the country. We cover how both obese pastors and obese congregations could undermine the gospel and also put their own children at risk for chronic health problems.

Jamison Taylor was the 2021 president of Alpha Phi Alpha at Clemson University. In this episode, Jamison explains why it is that Alpha Phi Alpha produces some of the most influential leaders across the campus of Clemson University.

The story of African American Christianity begins in black African Europe, not in America. Dr. David Daniels, professor of church history at McCormick Theology Seminary, tells the story of how African American Christianity emerged out of a context of African Christians engaged, leading Europeans Luther and others. In this episode, Dr. Daniels answers this key question: Did Africans from West Africa need slavery to be introduced to Christianity? The answer is "no." According to what Dr. Daniels said on a recent lecture at The King's College, "They could have learned from Cape Verde. They could have learned from Kathu. They could have learned if they traded at all with anybody from Warri, Benin, or Alada, which is part of Nigeria.”

Mr. Nick Fischer is the 2021-2022 president of the Sigma Phi fraternity at the University of Virginia. This chapter, through its traditions and rituals, builds enduring friendships for guys at UVA that changes lives and enters men into a brotherhood with unbreakable bonds.

Joseph Huett, the 2021-2022 president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity at the University of Arkansas. With exceptional humility and transparency, Mr. Huett describes a culture at Phi Delt characterized by close friendships, intelligence, proper self-confidence and the virtue of intentional kindness and how they worked at driving their brotherhood toward greatness. Currently on a suspension, this is group of men who are wiling to learn from their mistakes and grow from it. Honest men, seeking to be better men, is what America needs. Under Joe Huett's influence, Phi Delt is committed to providing them.

Steve Egnaczyk is the 2022 president of the Triangle Fraternity at Ohio State University. Triangle fraternity provides STEM and science majors with the best of both worlds: a fraternity that provides a dynamic social life while also providing resources and opportunities for professional development.

Analyzing land policy, labor, and legal history, Keri Leigh Merritt reveals what happens to excess workers when a capitalist system is predicated on slave labor. With the rising global demand for cotton and thus, slaves in the 1840s and 1850s, the need for white laborers in the American South was drastically reduced, creating a large underclass who were unemployed or underemployed. These poor whites could not compete for jobs or living wages with profitable slave labor. Though impoverished whites were never subjected to the daily violence and degrading humiliations of racial slavery, they did suffer tangible socio economic consequences as a result of living in a slave society. Merritt examines how these 'masterless' men and women threatened the existing Southern hierarchy and ultimately helped push Southern slaveholders toward secession and civil war.***Winner of the 2018 Bennett H. Wall Award, from the Southern Historical Association, for the best book published in the previous two years on southern business or economic history. ***Winner of the 2018 President's Book Award, from the Social Science History Association, awarded annually to a first work by an early career scholar.

Connor Kilgore is the 2022 president of the Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of Arkansas. Connor is leading his fraternity in the effort to dispel the bad stereotypes of college fraternities by creating a culture of respect. On this episode Connor explains how they turn good men into great men.

On April 9th, 2021 the Christian Post announced that Paul Maxwell, a former writer at The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, and the author of The Trauma of Doctrine, was no longer a Christian. In this "Rogan Style" episode, you'll hear the good, bad, and ugly of his journey from abusive parents to neglectful seminary professors and what contributed to the deconstruction of his faith. Dr. Maxwell transitioned from being a defender of Reformed theology to embracing identifying himself as an atheist. John Piper, Matt Chandler, Kevin VanHoozer, Moody, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity school, all play key roles in his journey to walking away from Reformed evangelicalism.

Chad Frick, the 2021 president of the Alpha Sig fraternity explains why he joined a fraternity and become president as someone who does not drink alcohol, why geographic diversity is so vital for their friendships, and the ways that they keep each other accountable to be better men.

Up to 44% of college students reported having symptoms of depression and anxiety. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for college students. For men on college campuses fraternities have emerged as a refuge for students to have a safe space to process their emotions. Kent Carroll, president of the Chi Psi fraternity at Clemson University joined me for a brief chat about what they're doing to help men in their fraternity with their mental health and why. Clemson Chi Psi is one of the best examples of how good Greek life can be for college men.

Steve Christoforou of the Greek Orthodox Church of America joins Anthony Bradley to discuss the distinctives of Eastern Orthodoxy on issues like the understandings of the authority of Scripture, the gospel, original sin, salvation, the sacraments, and more.

Dissatisfied with a Victorian culture focused on domesticity and threatened by physical decline in sedentary office jobs, American men in the late nineteenth century sought masculine company in fraternal lodges and engaged in exercise to invigorate their bodies. One form of this new manly culture, developed out of the Protestant churches, was known as muscular Christianity. In this fascinating study, Clifford Putney discusses how Protestant leaders promoted competitive sports and physical education to create an ideal of Christian manliness.

The aftermath of the murder of George Floyd ripped the scab off of America's racial history. This country has yet to formally address its racial history. Transitional justice provides us an opportunity and move our country forward. Dr. Colleen Murphy joins Anthony Bradley explain what transitional justice is and how it can help America healing our racial wounds. Many countries have attempted to transition to democracy following conflict or repression, but the basic meaning of transitional justice remains hotly contested. In this book, Colleen Murphy analyses transitional justice - showing how it is distinguished from retributive, corrective, and distributive justice - and outlines the ethical standards which societies attempting to democratize should follow. She argues that transitional justice involves the just pursuit of societal transformation. Such transformation requires political reconciliation, which in turn has a complex set of institutional and interpersonal requirements including the rule of law. She shows how societal transformation is also influenced by the moral claims of victims and the demands of perpetrators, and how justice processes can fail to be just by failing to foster this transformation or by not treating victims and perpetrators fairly. Her book will be accessible and enlightening for philosophers, political and social scientists, policy analysts, and legal and human rights scholars and activists.

Shay Ryan Douglas became internationally known after staring in the documentary "Liberated," a film about college students on Spring Break. "Debauchery" is the best way to describe the depiction of Shay's experience on spring break but after the film Shay experience and transformation. We'll talk about the man that he is today. Shay is now on a mission. His goal is to empower people with the knowledge and tools to take responsibility for your lives. He is committed to having a positive impact on the world by encouraging others to realise their full potential to live a thriving wholesome life. It's outstanding.

A discussion with psychologist Dr. Robert Tyminski on the struggles of alienation in the life of adolescent boys and young adult men and what those who work with them need to know to help guys process their emotions.

Rev. Jeff Hemmer discusses his book, "Man Up." Jeffrey Hemmer is the husband of (in his opinion) the most wonderful woman in the world, the father to the five most delightful children he's ever met, the pastor of Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fairview Heights, Illinois, a wannabe farmer, maker of some things, fixer of some other things, grower of beards, and general curmudgeon. His big truck is probably a sign of his insecurity.

God has designed a path for helping men know what it means to be a man made in God's image. Led by men who have gone before us, sons and younger men follow in the footsteps of their fathers, generation after generation. In this podcast, John Eldredge author of, Fathered By God, discusses a framework for understanding how boys become men. In life's struggles, pains, joys, and successes God initiates boys into adulthood through the stages transitioning from "Beloved Son" to "Adventure" to "Warrior" to "Lover" to "King" to "Sage."