Recommended Resources for Pods
Videos & Podcasts
Many wonderful podcasts and video series exist beyond these, but here are just a few of our top suggestions.
Unquestioned Answers
Based on a book by Jeff Myers, president of Summit Ministries, this website offers short videos that address Christian clichés (challenging believers to think more deeply about what they believe and why), such as:
"It’s just Jesus and me.”
“God said it; I believe it; that settles it".
“It’s not my place to judge.”
“Jesus was a social justice warrior.”
The Dr. Jeff Show (Summit Ministries President Jeff Myers podcast)
Summit Ministries podcast page
The John 10:10 Project
These videos come out of films based on Lee Strobel’s books The Case for Christ, The Case for a Creator, and The Case for Faith.
“The Case for a Creator” (7-part series)
“Evidence for Faith” (22 videos exploring topics like “Can the Gospels Be Trusted?”, “The Empty Tomb”, and “Where Is Mt. Sinai?”)
“Reaching the World” (4 videos on topics like “Why Is Jesus the Only Way to God?”)
“What Would You Say?” Videos
“You’re in a conversation and someone says …” These short videos, created by The Colson Center for Christian Worldview, succinctly respond to common objections to Christianity or common questions posed either to or among Christians. They are great conversation starters for pods. Here are just a few of the videos available:
“Critical Theory is Biblical” and “Critical Theory is Practical”
ALL WWYS VIDEOS ARE here
Del Tackett’s The Engagement Project
This newly released series of ten 50-minute videos helps Christians know how to engage those around us and to manifest the love of Christ in today’s culture.
Del Tackett’s The Truth Project
If you’ve never been through this series on Christian worldview, we highly recommend it for small-group settings. Though made in the early 2000s, it’s still highly relevant today.
The BreakPoint Podcast
Hosted by John Stonestreet (our 2018 conference keynote speaker), these daily podcasts cover the full gamut of current topics facing Christians. Pick one to discuss at each pod meeting!
Books
Books are listed alphabetically with the topic area in parentheses after the title and author.
Another Gospel?, Alisa Childers (recognizing and confronting progressive Christianity)
Live Not by Lies, Rob Dreher (the importance of speaking truth; what is soft totalitarianism?)
Podcast interview with DreherDo Hard Things, Alex and Brett Harris (living out your faith)
Tactics, Greg Koukl (strategies for sharing your faith)
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis (a classic primer in apologetics)
… or any of Lewis’s other books/essays (such as his God in the Dock essay collection or The Screwtape Letters)Know What You Believe, Paul E. Little (general apologetics, theology primer)
Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers (general apologetics)
The Secret Battle of Ideas, Jeff Myers (general apologetics)
Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman (the intertwining of media, politics, and entertainment; written prior to the digital revolution but still highly relevant)
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You, Tony Reinke (technology/smartphones)
Reason to Believe, R.C. Sproul (general apologetics)
Restoring All Things, John Stonestreet and Warren Cole Smith (living out your faith)
The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel (general apologetics)
… or any of Strobel’s other books!Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth, Thaddeus Williams (social justice)