Impact 360 Institute

How do I talk to people who believe differently than me? How do I talk to my Muslim friends who believe differently about God and the Bible? What about my friends who believe differently about things like gay marriage and gender? What does it look like to be an ambassador in our cultural moment? On this episode of the podcast, host Jonathan Morrow and Alan Shlemon of Stand to Reason answer these questions and more as they discuss how to be an ambassador of Christ in our cultural moment. Listen as Alan and Jonathan discuss how to engage these difficult issues with knowledge, wisdom, and character. Alan Shlemon is the author of The Ambassador's Guide to Islam and The Ambassador's Guide to Understanding Homosexuality. Alan and many others are guest professors at our Fellows program. Learn more about Impact 360 Fellows here! For more: Find out more about Alan and Stand to Reason at STR.org Read Alan's "Three Options" article here Learn more about the next generation and get our new report at whoisgenz.com Get Jonathan Morrow's Questioning the Bible here. Learn from Alan and many others at our Immersion summer experience!

How could a good and loving God send people to hell? Does believing something make it true? Why is religious liberty important? Why is it important for students to be able to ask questions and wrestle with doubts? How can Christian leaders equip students to ask hard questions and keep their faith? On this episode of the podcast, host Jonathan Morrow and Frank Turek talk about the questions that he receives most on college campuses. From questions about ethics, evil, evolution, and eternity, Jonathan and Frank talk about why it's important for students to wrestle with these hard questions and value the truth. Hear from Dr. Frank Turek, President of CrossExamined.org and author of books like Stealing From God and I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an atheist as we discuss these issues and more! For more: Find out more about Frank at CrossExamined.org Listen to other podcasts episodes here Learn more about the next generation and get our new report at whoisgenz.com

Who is Gen Z? How do they differ from the Millennials and other generations? What kinds of questions are they asking about God, happiness, and the biggest questions of life? What do they think about topics like science, faith, and church? What is life like for a young Christian in 2018? Are Gen Z Christian prepared to follow Jesus in a post-everything world? And if not, how should we go about getting them prepared? In this episode of the Impact 360 Institute podcast, Nikki Gentry and Jonathan Morrow introduce you to Gen Z, the generation following the Millennials, or the “next, next generation.” For the past year and a half, Impact 360 Institute and the Barna Group have been studying this generation, seeking to understand the worldview of Gen Z, and thinking through how to prepare them to follow Jesus in today’s culture. Now this research has been published in a new and exciting full color report, and Jonathan and Nikki give you an inside look into what it says. So how does the worldview of Gen Z differ from other generations? For starters, the percentage of people with a “biblical worldview” has been declining with each generation. When Barna began studying the Boomers, about 10% had a biblical worldview. Gen X decreases to 7%, and the Millennials decrease to 6%. But now at Gen Z, it seems that number is at all an all-time low, where only 4% of Gen Z have a biblical worldview. So what should we do? With that number in mind, isn’t it easy to get discouraged? In this episode of the podcast, learn why at Impact 360 Institute we feel hopeful and excited for Gen Z. Gen Z wants answers to life’s biggest questions, and we believe that the biblical worldview gives them those answers, and the best way to live. Get the new report and more at whoisgenz.com, and join us as we cultivate leaders who follow Jesus in the next generation. Do you have questions about faith and science? Check out Is God Just a Human Invention? by Jonathan Morrow and Sean McDowell.

Why is apologetics or giving reasons for your faith important for this generation and for parents? How does having a conversation with your kids at an early age affect the task of parenting and how students approach these topics of apologetics and worldview? What does it practically look like to begin teaching your kids the Bible and having these kinds of conversations even at young ages? Why does Biblical hope matter as we approach a post-Christian culture? Get answers to these questions and more in this episode of the podcast, as we learn what it looks like to talk to our kids about God. Hear from Natasha Crain, author of Talking With Your Kids About God, about these issues and more!

What stands out on college applications and essays for Admissions Counselors? When should a high school student start thinking deeply about which college to choose? What types of questions should high school students be asking when choosing a college? What really stands out to colleges in your college essay? How involved should parents be in the college application process without hindering the student’s acceptance? Get answers to these questions and more in this episode of the podcast, as we learn what it looks like to set yourself apart in the college application process. Hear directly from Impact 360 Institute’s Enrollment Team, Nikki Gentry and Hannah Purdie who are phenomenal at helping students navigate this. Whether you are a parent or a student, this episode will provide with some valuable secrets to rock your college application now!

What is one of the biggest misconceptions people in today's culture have about Christianity and God? When wanting to have a conversation with someone about God how do you start? What are some of the most common questions or issues from people in the local church about their faith journey? What are some of the most common barriers for people to actually living life in community with one another? Listen in as Impact 360 Institute’s Jonathan Morrow interviews Todd Wagner about his new book Come and See, the exact words that Phillip used with Nathaniel in the New Testament when he was inviting people to come and look at who Christ was. Then find out the correlation between Jesus being the visible image of an invisible God and the church’s role in the world today.

How are you going to help your kids navigate technology? How do we approach this wisely? How do we be mindful of the trend of addictions moving towards technology? Is technology itself bad? How do we equip our kids to encounter a technological world that has the power to shape them? What are some practical things we can do to help our kids navigate through this world of technology in a healthy way? How can technology help us love God and love our neighbor? Should kids have the right to privacy in your home? We will answer these questions and more with Brett Kunkle and Jonathan Morrow.

How do we train and equip our students in this culture without protecting them too much? What is the purpose of education and what is our role as parents and educators in that process? What are some of the current cultural undercurrents that we need to be aware of for our students? What are some of the dangers we encounter with technology when it comes to spiritual formation? Walk through these questions with us as more as we talk to Brett Kunkle, Student Impact Director at Stand to Reason and author of new book A Practical Guide to Culture.  He is passionate about seeing students and adults “transformed by the renewing of their minds.”  Brett has more than 24 years of experience working with junior high, high school, and college students.  He spent 11 of those years in the local church, as a pastor to students and young adults.

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