Winsome Conviction

Tim and Rick have been discussing the practice of hospitable orthodoxy with Dr. Karen Swallow Prior. In this episode, Dr. Prior shares how reading the Great Books have helped her to cultivate a posture of hospitable orthodoxy to those with whom she disagrees. They also dig into the connection between empathy and reading broadly and how reading helps us with the virtues. This is part 3 of a 3-part conversation with Dr. Karen Swallow Prior.Show notes and a full transcript are available at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/winsome-conviction/2022/episode-47-hospitable-orthodoxy-part-3

Tim and Rick resume the conversation on "hospitable orthodoxy" with Dr. Karen Swallow Prior. In this episode, they consider examples of people who demonstrate this idea in action and provide us with examples of truth and love working in harmony. They also draw out principles of communicating for when we enter into disagreement. This is part 2 of a 3-part conversation with Dr. Karen Swallow Prior.Show notes and a full transcript are available at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/winsome-conviction/2022/episode-46-hospitable-orthodoxy-part-2

It can be hard to love someone with whom you disagree, especially when those disagreements involve faith convictions and ideas central to identity. We don't want to abandon truth in our aims to love, but we can also miss the mark by failing to love while holding fast to the truth. Dr. Karen Swallow Prior joins Tim and Rick to discuss issues surrounding love and willingness with disagreement, and she unpacks the idea of "hospitable orthodoxy" as a manner of communicating with others in a distinctly biblical way. This is part 1 of a 3-part conversation with Dr. Karen Swallow Prior.Show notes and a full transcript are available at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/winsome-conviction/2022/episode-45-hospitable-orthodoxy-part-1

Tim and Rick continue to reflect on lessons they are learning on having healthy communication during moments of passionate disagreement. They consider CS Lewis' notion of "a hallway of faith" as a helpful image for thinking through matters and manners when we disagree, the value of being curious over the desire to be victorious, and the necessity to prepare oneself prior to and outside of our contentious conversations. This is part 2 of a 2-part discussion.Show notes and a full transcript are available at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/winsome-conviction/2022/episode-44-lessons-we-re-learning-part-2

We are two years in with the Winsome Conviction Project, so it's a good time to stop and reflect on lessons we're learning. Tim and Rick share what they are learning on having healthy communication during moments of passionate disagreement. They draw out insights that help prevent disagreement from devolving into a toe-to-toe conflict that harms the relationship. This is part 1 of a 2-part discussion.Show notes and a full transcript are available at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/winsome-conviction/2022/episode-43-lessons-we-re-learning-part-1

When disasters strike, people tend to put aside their differences and commit to work together to resolve the problem. These moments of crisis are instructive - they reveal our willingness to make "loose connections" with people we otherwise find disagreeable. Tim and Rick discuss times when they have seen parties across lines come together, draw out features that make "loose connections" possible, and highlight the difference between identifying and cultivating common ground.Show notes and a full transcript are available at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/winsome-conviction/2022/episode-42-making-loose-connections-during-crises

We've been talking with Gregg Ten Elshof (PhD) on our need for shame. In this episode, Tim, Rick, and Gregg pick up on notions of honor in order to cultivate a healthy understanding of shame. They discuss the social practice of conferring honor; Gregg unpacks what he means by "white shame"; and they discuss the vital role of the honorable person in helping those who suffer shame before looking at Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son through the lens of shame and honor. This is part 3 of a 3-part discussion on the topic of shame with Gregg Ten Elshof.Show notes and a full transcript are available at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/winsome-conviction/2022/episode-41-for-shame-part-3

Tim and Rick resume the discussion with Gregg Ten Elshof (PhD) on the topic of shame. In part 2, they pick up on the ways communities influence personal feelings of shame. They discuss the errors we make when addressing acts of "shaming" and the difficulties of knowing how to respond in love when "shaming" takes place. This is part 2 of a 3-part discussion with Gregg Ten Elshof on the topic of shame.Show notes and a full transcript are available at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/winsome-conviction/2022/episode-40-for-shame-part-2

Is shame good or bad? In one sense, it is bad. In another sense, according to Gregg Ten Elshof (PhD), author of the recent book For Shame: Rediscovering the Virtues of a Maligned Emotion, a certain kind of shame can be good. Healthy shame provides social benefit and helps to foster virtues such as decency and self-respect. Gregg joins Tim and Rick to talk about shame and contemporary issues surrounding shame. In part 1 of this discussion, Gregg discusses influences in writing this book and unpacks a description of healthy shame, frames shame in light of honor, and distinguishes shame from "shaming," embarrassment, and guilt. This is part 1 of a 3-part discussion on shame with Gregg Ten Elshof.Show notes and a full transcript are available at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/winsome-conviction/2022/episode-39-for-shame-part-1

Dr. Russell Moore (PhD) joins the podcast to speak with Tim and Rick on issues and scandals in our cultural moment that erode trust in Christian leaders and instill cynicism toward the Church and the claims of the Christian faith. Trends toward image maintenance, conspiracy theorizing, and loyalty to the group over loyalty to the truth also undermine faithful witness to the world about the good news of Jesus. They round out the conversation considering concern for the witness of the Church and the need for wisdom and a prophetic voice.Show notes and a full transcript are available at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/winsome-conviction/2022/episode-38-tensions-in-the-church-communicating-the-faith