The Crossway Podcast

Around the world, Muslims are coming to Christ more than ever before. However, many Christians know very little about their Muslim neighbors. What are their attitudes, their beliefs, and their worldview? What we fail to understand can lead to unfortunate misconceptions and ineffective evangelism.A. S. Ibrahim is a professor of Islamic studies and the director of the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. To learn more from A. S. Ibrahim check out his book Reaching Your Muslim Neighbor with the Gospel.Read the full transcript of this episode.If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!Complete this survey for a free audiobook by Kevin DeYoung!

Jonathan Gibson is an ordained minister in the International Presbyterian Church, United Kingdom, and associate professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is a coeditor of and contributor to From Heaven He Came and Sought Her as well as the author of a number of other books.Today, we're excited to share with you an audio essay written and read by Jonathan Gibson entitled "10 Things You Should Know about Limited Atonement".If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!

Is the Sabbath relevant for Christians today? And if it is, what should that look like in our lives? How does the Sabbath relate to Sunday, the day that Christians have historically gathered together for corporate worship? In this episode, Guy Waters looks at these questions and more as he guides and encourages Christians on how they view and treat the Sabbath in their lives.Guy Prentiss Waters is James M. Baird Jr. Professor of New Testament and academic dean at Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson. He is the author or editor of fifteen books and numerous chapters, articles, and reviews. He is a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).To learn more from Guy Waters check out his book The Sabbath as Rest and Hope for the People of God.Read the full transcript of this episode.If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!Complete this survey for a free audiobook by Kevin DeYoung!

Our world loves to talk about leadership. We host leadership conferences, write leadership books, and attend leadership training seminars. But what if we had a conversation about followership instead? What makes a good follower? Was Jesus ever a follower? What does it look like for Christians to be wise followers? Joanne Jung and Richard Langer answer these questions and more in this interview.Richard Langer is a professor of biblical and theological studies and director of the Office for the Integration of Faith and Learning at Biola University and Joanne J. Jung is a professor of biblical and theological studies and the associate dean of online education and faculty development at the Talbot School of Theology, Biola University.To hear more about followership from them, check out their book The Call to Follow: Hearing Jesus in a Culture Obsessed with Leadership.Read the full transcript here.If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!Complete this survey for a free audiobook by Kevin DeYoung!

Spiritual authority. In our world today, it's a fraught topic that evokes strong reactions from many different sides. What is it? Who has it? How is it supposed to work, and how should we respond when that authority is abused? Our guest, David Mathis, helps answer these questions.David serves as a pastor at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, as an adjunct professor at Bethlehem College and Seminary, and as senior teacher and executive editor at DesiringGod.org. He's also the author of Workers for Your Joy, The Call of Christ on Christian Leaders from Crossway.Read the full transcript of this episode.If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!Complete this survey for a free audiobook by Kevin DeYoung!

For millennia, Christians around the world have embraced the Bible to be the inspired, authoritative word of God given to his people for their salvation and spiritual nourishment. But where did we get this book that we hold in our hands? What do we know about the original manuscripts? How was the text passed along from generation to generation? And who even decided which books should be in the Bible? In the interview today, two Bible scholars who've spent years thinking, writing, and presenting on these important issues, John Mead and Peter Gurry, provide insight into these questions.To hear more from John Mead and Peter Gurry, check out their book Scribes and Scripture: The Amazing Story of How We Got the BibleRead the full transcript of this episode.If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!Complete this survey for a free audiobook by Kevin DeYoung!

Today, we're excited to share with you an audio essay written and read by Jonathan Leeman entitled 10 Things You Should Know about Church Discipline.Jonathan Leeman is the author of Church Discipline: How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus. He is the editorial director for 9Marks and cohost of the Pastors’ Talk podcast. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books and teaches at several seminaries. Jonathan lives with his wife and four daughters in a suburb of Washington, DC, and is an elder at Cheverly Baptist Church. If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!

Have you ever felt convicted by James 1:22?"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves."How many of us have read that verse and felt the pangs of conscience? Knowing how often we do in fact content ourselves with merely hearing God's word, but not actually obeying it. And how many of us have asked ourselves or our Heavenly Father, why? Why do we still struggle so much even as Christians? In our interview today, David Gibson talks about this constant struggle that we all face and what it reveals about our sinful hearts, our theology, and our understanding of the Christian life.To hear more from David Gibson, check out his book Radically Whole: Gospel Healing for the Divided HeartRead the full transcript of this episode.If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!Complete this survey for a free audiobook by Kevin DeYoung!

If you spend any time on social media, you know how toxic that environment can be.Every day it seems like someone is being canceled, controversies abound, and trolls run rampant. Seemingly normal men and women, Christian men and women, hurl insults and accusations at one another. What's going on? Where is all this anger division and mockery coming from, and what does it say about our heart?In our interview today, Paul Trip discussed how we, as God's people should think about the reactive culture in which we live and how to make sure that we're not part of the problem. Paul Tripp is a pastor, award-winning author, and international conference speaker. Paul's new book is called Reactivity: How the Gospel Transforms our Actions and ReactionsRead the full transcript of this episode.Also, check out Paul Tripp's other books from Crossway here.If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!Complete this survey for a free audiobook by Kevin DeYoung!

Have you ever struggled with doubt?"Is the Bible true?" How Do I know if I'm actually saved?" "Does God really love me?"If you've asked these questions before you're not alone. Although doubt is a common experience, we were not meant to stay there. God can use our doubts to push us toward a deeper trust in his word and to a more resilient faith in his character. In our interview today, Glenna Marshall talks about our struggles with doubt and what it looks like to fight for faith in the midst of them. Glenna is a pastor's wife, a mother, and the author of Everyday FaithfulnessThe beauty of ordinary perseverance in a demanding world. Read the full transcript.If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!Complete this survey for a free audiobook by Kevin DeYoung!