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Gospelbound

Gospelbound

Di: The Gospel Coalition Collin Hansen
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 Gospelbound, hosted by Collin Hansen for The Gospel Coalition, is a podcast for those searching for firm faith in an anxious age. Each week, Collin talks with insightful guests about books, ideas, and how to navigate life by the gospel of Jesus Christ in a post-Christian culture.2020 The Gospel Coalition Catechesi ed evangelismo Cristianesimo Politica e governo Spiritualità
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  • How Your Church Witnesses to the World

    How Your Church Witnesses to the World
    Feb 24 2026
    When we receive applications for fellows at The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics, we ask them to answer the question, “What one thing should Christians do right now to introduce their neighbors to Jesus?” It’s not that we think there’s only one answer. It’s that we want them to identify the top priority. Last year we were surprised when every applicant gave the same answer. They talked about the public witness of gathered Christians, the church.Maybe they were responding to negative press about the church, going back 25 years to the Catholic abuse scandal at the same time the internet became ubiquitous. Or maybe they were expressing renewed appreciation for the gathered church after the COVID-era shutdowns and public disorder. Either way, they were going back to biblical concept rooted in Israel’s testimony to the nations, and the early church in the book of Acts that found favor with all. Bob Thune is a fellow for the Keller Center and writes about this so-called ecclesial apologetics in a chapter for our new book, The Gospel After Christendom: An Introduction to Cultural Apologetics, published by Zondervan Reflective. He’s also a featured teacher in an exciting new video small-group curriculum called Making Sense of Us, published by The Gospel Coalition and Keller Center. His session, recorded against the backdrop of the Statue of Liberty in New York City, covers the cultural narrative we tell each other in the modern West about liberty. We believe this curriculum can help you, especially young adults, to both evangelize and edify. When you watch and study with other church members, and even non-Christians, you can learn together about the Bible’s better story about liberty, which we live out together in the church. In This Episode:00:00 – A deeper freedom: set free from self for love 00:32 – Keller Center fellows: why the gathered church matters for witness 01:41 – Introducing Bob Thune, ecclesial apologetics, and Making Sense of Us 02:39 – Lesslie Newbigin and a missionary posture toward the modern West 05:06 – Is Omaha post-Christian? Modern Western culture everywhere 06:34 – Ecclesial apologetics despite church messiness 09:17 – Gospel doctrine and gospel culture (truth, goodness, beauty) 11:03 – Christian hospitality: making room for outsiders with conviction and listening 17:03 – Why this differs from the seeker movement 19:10 – Transition to Making Sense of Us: liberty and the Statue of Liberty backdrop 20:16 – Modern misconception: freedom as “freedom from” (negative liberty) 22:17 – Galatians 5: freedom subverted and fulfilled—freedom for love and service 24:48 – Choice as happiness: dislodging the assumption pastorally 26:55 – Cultural pressure points: teen mental health, friendship decline, obligation 29:15 – Autonomy and assisted dying/euthanasia debates 31:56 – More choice, more frustration: speech platforms and “Netflix paralysis” 33:50 – Patience for contested proposals (post-liberalism, nationalism, etc.) 35:01 – “Freedom for” the common good and a shared human project 39:13 – Three church roles: solidarity-bringer, subversive fulfillment, alternative city 43:27 – Augustine’s lesson: church power, loss, and enduring hope 44:05 – Recommended reading and resources roundup Resources Mentioned:The Gospel After Christendom by Collin HansenMaking Sense of Us by John Starke, Rebecca McLaughlin, Sam Chan, Trevin Wax, Rachel Gilson, Bob Thune, Glen Scrivener, Michael KellerThe Air We Breathe by Glen Scrivener The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis Democracy and Solidarity by James Davison Hunter City of God by Augustine of Hippo— — —📫 SIGN UP for my newsletter, Unseen Things:https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/gospelbound🎁 Help The Gospel Coalition build up a renewed church for tomorrow. Let's Build Together: Donate Today at https://www.tgc.org/together🎧 Don’t miss an episode of Gospelbound with Collin Hansen▫ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gospelbound/id1499898207▫ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kRYr5FTKr5ru1N7MR65Br✅ SUBSCRIBE: ▫ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thegospelcoalition▫ TGC Updates: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/newsletters Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    45 min
  • How Your Investing Could Change the World

    How Your Investing Could Change the World
    Feb 10 2026

    “Do any of us really want to be in the position where our retirement account grows in sync with the cancer ward?”

    That’s the question posed by Robin John about tobacco, responsible for 100 million deaths in the last 100 years. Naturally all of us would say no, we don’t want to benefit from other people dying. Yet as Robin points out in his new book, The Good Investor: How Your Work Can Confront Injustice, Love Your Neighbor, and Bring Healing to the World, many of us do hold mutual funds that invest in tobacco companies. We just don’t know it. Come to think of it, how much do we know about any of our investments, especially in long-term retirement accounts?

    Robin John is the cofounder and CEO of Eventide, an asset management firm dedicated to honoring God and investing in companies that create compelling value for the common good. His vision for Eventide's values-based investing shows how our work can benefit everyone and not just bolster the bottom line for a fortunate few. I’d go so far as to say our world can be a much better place if investors—and employees of all kinds—will learn from his example and prioritize what really matters now, and in eternity.

    In This Episode
    0:00 – Joy, purpose, and God’s design for everyday work
    1:49 – Why The Good Investor is ultimately a book about joy
    2:48 – Growing up in Kerala, India, and immigrating to the U.S.
    4:42 – Community, individualism, and caring for the vulnerable
    7:41 – Returning to India and confronting workplace injustice
    10:49 – Rethinking success, profit, and the purpose of work
    11:53 – Why Christians must examine their investments
    14:33 – What does it mean to “root for” a company’s success?
    15:36 – Discernment, gray areas, and biblical values in investing
    18:07 – Avoiding evil and actively pursuing the common good
    19:43 – Weaponry, conscience, and consistency at Eventide
    20:13 – The cautionary story of Bill Hwang and ill-gotten gain
    23:19 – The false divide between faith and work
    25:07 – How investing has changed since 2008
    27:14 – What ESG investing is—and where it diverges from Christianity
    31:19 – Mission alignment vs. values alignment
    32:23 – Encouragement for ordinary, faithful work
    34:44 – Legacy, goodness, and hearing “well done”

    Resources Mentioned

    • The Good Investor by Robin John

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    37 min
  • A Tool for Spiritual Formation in a Secular Age

    A Tool for Spiritual Formation in a Secular Age
    Jan 27 2026
    At the end of the class on cultural apologetics I teach at Beeson Divinity School, I assign a group exercise. The students need to compose 10 questions and answers from a modern-day catechism. Historically catechisms have emerged during times of cultural transition and confrontation—such as our own, in the aftermath of Christendom and the Enlightenment, awaiting whatever develops in post-liberalism.So catechisms are not merely a relic of our past but a vital resource for the present that prepares us for the future. I’m delighted with how The New City Catechism, especially our devotional, still serves readers. And I’m delighted by a new volume, The Gospel Way Catechism: 50 Truths that Take on the World, published by Harvest House and written by my friends Trevin Wax and Thomas West.Tim Keller said, “We need a counter-catechism that explains, refutes, and re-narrates the world’s catechisms to Christians.” And what’s what Trevin and Thomas have done in The Gospel Way Catechism. Trevin is vice president of research and resource development at the North American Mission Board. Thomas is the pastor of Nashville First Baptist Church.In This Episode00:00 – What’s wrong with the world: deeper than ignorance or injustice00:34 – Collin’s “modern catechism” assignment and why catechisms return in transitions01:03 – Introducing The Gospel Way Catechism and Keller’s “counter catechism” vision01:36 – Welcoming Trevin Wax and Thomas West01:54 – “Can Baptists write a catechism?” and Baptist catechesis history02:57 – Influential catechisms: Keach, Spurgeon, Heidelberg, Luther, Calvin, Westminster03:23 – Most controversial truths today: sexuality and deeper “me-first” narratives04:51 – “What has gone wrong?”: ignorance, injustice, expressive individualism07:14 – Moving beyond whack-a-mole to the Bible’s deeper diagnosis09:37 – Western self-centeredness and sin as being “curved in on ourselves”12:24 – Writing process and Keller’s influence: every catechism is counter-catechesis13:48 – Origin story at The Kilns (C. S. Lewis’s home) and testing in a London church15:45 – Objections: “we don’t need this” and why cultural frames change catechesis needs20:18 – Returning from London: seeing American wealth, waste, and politics differently24:13 – Why Leviticus gets a chapter: sacrifice, scapegoating, and modern idols27:59 – Catechesis and spiritual formation: tools, Word-centeredness, and Gen Z hunger31:38 – Encouragement from readers: cultural narratives filtered, doctrine re-centered33:09 – In 20 years: transhumanism, bioethics, reproductive tech, assisted dying36:06 – “What is human?” and “What is truth?”—new iterations of old questions36:39 – Closing thanks and sign-offResources MentionedThe Gospel Way Catechism by Trevin Wax & Thomas WestNew City Catechism by Kathy KellerA Heart Aflame for God by Matthew Bingham— — —📫 SIGN UP for my newsletter, Unseen Things:https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/gospelbound🎁 Help The Gospel Coalition build up a renewed church for tomorrow. Let's Build Together: Donate Today at https://www.tgc.org/together🎧 Don’t miss an episode of Gospelbound with Collin Hansen▫ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gospelbound/id1499898207▫ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kRYr5FTKr5ru1N7MR65Br✅ SUBSCRIBE: ▫ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thegospelcoalition▫ TGC Updates: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/newsletters Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    38 min
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