Podcast Archives
WORLD's Marvin Olasky Podcast Episodes
Hear articles, columns, book excerpts, and other commentary from WORLD Magazine editor in chief and author Marvin Olasky.
Unmerited Mercy: Crying out
Jun. 29, 2011 |
Is seeing believing? Or does believing lead to seeing?
In this podcast chronicling Marvin Olasky's progression from card-carrying Communist to Bible-carrying Christian, Marvin gives up Communism and starts looking into the Bible and Puritan literature
The history of compassion
Jun. 22, 2011 |
Self-hating evangelicals miss how much good their religion has done
Marvin Olasky talks to WORLD intern Tiffany Owens about how "given the presence of evangelical self-hatred, we need to be reminded that compassion has been for four centuries a mark of the church in America."
Has Newt Gingrich changed?
Jun. 15, 2011 |
And is he ready for presidency?
WORLD editor in chief Marvin Olasky discusses with WORLD intern Tiffany Owens what Gingrich’s conduct in the past - and the way he has dealt with it - and how that informs us about him today.
A preacher's parables
Jun. 8, 2011 |
Pastors face the challenge of preaching sermons that pierce
Marvin Olasky explains how preachers have an honorably tough job because they need to hold the attention of people at all different levels and also emphasize repentance, reformation, and resolution
Benefits of a biblical worldview
Jun. 1, 2011 |
A biblical lens opens minds about dealing with social woes
WORLD editor in chief Marvin Olasky looks at welfare reform to show how reading the Bible often leads us to see the limitations of conventional approaches.
Where thousands fell
May. 25, 2011 |
Visiting American Civil War battlefields
In this, the 150th anniversary of the start of the great conflict, WORLD editor in chief Marvin Olasky recommends six of his favorite American Civil War battlefields to visit.
Stuck in the '60s
May. 19, 2011 |
The 1960s mentality doesn’t consider consequences
WORLD editor in chief Marvin Olasky discusses the consequences of wrong-headed thinking and how the 1960s tried to banish the hardships of marriage, pregnancies, work, and war.
Genre clashes
May. 11, 2011 |
Fiction can remind us of man's condition and our need for Christ
Marvin Olasky notes that even though Ann Voskamp's One Thousand Gifts and a spy novel by Daniel Silva are of different genres, they both show us how much much the world need Jesus.
ProPublica's Pulitzer win
May. 5, 2011 |
ProPublica has become a harbinger of spring for liberal journalists
WORLD editor in chief Marvin Olasky discusses how the success of the liberal-leaning news organization ProPublica will rouse others on the left to invest more in investigative journalism, and how conservative evangelicals should "wise up" and do likewise.
The complexity of Christianity
Apr. 27, 2011 |
Christianity is not a tucked-in-tight religion
WORLD editor in chief Marvin Olasky discusses how, unlike other religions, Christianity does not always have easy answers. For instance, in the Bible, Jesus answers questions with stories instead of formulas.
No pious baloney
WORLD 5 YEARS AGO
