Posts by Timothy Muehlhoff

Timothy Muehlhoff

Tim Muehlhoff (Ph.D.) is the Senior Director of Biola’s Winsome Conviction Academy that seeks to reintroduce compassion and civility into our disagreements. He is the co-host of the Winsome Conviction Podcast where people with differing viewpoints are brought on for engaging dialogue. Tim has written extensively in the area of cultural engagement and conflict including I Beg to Differ, Winsome Persuasion, Winsome Conviction, and his newest book (co-written with Sean McDowell) is End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations.

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Episode 149: College Students Who Practice Interfaith Dialogue
Timothy Muehlhoff, Andrew Reed — May 25, 2026
Part of the mission statement of Biola University is to engage culture, and we take this seriously. So when Brigham Young University (BYU) reached out to see if Biola students would be open to beginning an interfaith dialogue, we jumped at the opportunity.
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Episode 148: A Tale Of Two Universities Fostering Constructive Dialogue
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — May 11, 2026
“Praxis” is when you put theory into practice, and this is something we try to do at The Winsome Conviction Project. Tim and Rick talk about a recent praxis experience involving two religious universities.
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Episode 147: Spiritual Disciplines In The Everyday
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Todd Pickett — April 27, 2026
The spiritual disciplines have long been a vital activity in the life of Christians for growing into Christlikeness. It is also a significant challenge to practice these disciplines in the everyday hustle and bustle of life. And yet the disciplines can serve as a helpful method of training for learning to depend on the indwelling Holy Spirit who helps us to abide and grow in our relationship with God and with others.
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Episode 146: How Can We Talk Like Jesus?
Doug Huffman, Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — April 13, 2026
Friend and New Testament scholar Doug Huffman joins today’s episode to speak with Tim and Rick about his work as a consultant on a wildly popular television series, The Chosen.
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Episode 145: What’s Going On With Parents In Youth Sports?
Mike Ahn, Timothy Muehlhoff, Ed Uszynski — March 30, 2026
Coach and Dr. Ed Uszynski (Ph.D.) is back on the podcast to speak with Tim and Mike about the current state of things in youth sports, and they spotlight what’s going on with the parents. Why do parents get embarrassed when their child makes a mistake on the field? Is a parent justified in getting angry when a referee’s call doesn’t go their way? Can parents approach youth sports as an opportunity for spiritual formation and invite God into the game?
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Episode 144: Being Winsome On Social Media
Rick Langer, Sean McDowell, Timothy Muehlhoff — March 16, 2026
Is social media the new public square? If it is, when so much anger exists online and social media incentives bad behavior, is it possible to have civil discourse? And what does Christian witness look like when buttons get pushed and the discussion becomes divisive?
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Episode 143: The Seducing Power Of Fault-Finding In Others
Timothy Muehlhoff, Rich Villodas — March 02, 2026
We long for a life characterized by goodness, beauty, and kindness, but the fractures and hostility in our world get in the way. What can we do?
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Episode 141: We Need Faith-Based Institutions
Barry Corey, Timothy Muehlhoff, Shane Reese — February 02, 2026
The crisis in higher education highlights the vital role of faith-based institutions within the broader educational landscape and the value these institutions provide to society at large. By integrating rigorous academics with religious identity, faith-based universities are poised to address a meaningful, purpose-driven education.
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Episode 140: Your Heart Drives Your Life
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Todd Pickett — January 19, 2026
In the biblical wisdom literature, Proverbs 4:23 says,”Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” This is sound wisdom, but this bit of advice can often seem irrelevant in matters of church quarreling and cultural rage. And yet, formation in civility, both for the health of the Church and for broader cultural engagement, is crucial.
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Episode 139: Incivility In Youth Sports
Mike Ahn, Timothy Muehlhoff, Ed Uszynski — January 05, 2026
Over the past decade, there have been rallying cries among supporters of youth sport “to fix” youth sports. One reason youth sports is not working so well is the apparent and increasing incivility at games and sporting events. Today’s guest thinks Christian parents can do better.
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Episode 138: How Psychology Enlivens Neighbor Love
Katherine M. Douglass, Timothy Muehlhoff, Brittany M. Tausen — December 22, 2025
The biblical call to “love your neighbor” is one of Christianity’s most profound and challenging practices, especially in today’s argument culture. On today’s episode, Tim speaks with professors Katherine Douglass and Brittany Tausen on their forthcoming book, Love Your Neighbor: How Psychology Can Enliven Faith and Transform Community.
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Seeing Good in the World
Sean McDowell, Timothy Muehlhoff — December 15, 2025
Why is it that Christians tend to focus on the brokenness of creation rather than its goodness? What if we shifted our attention to highlighting that God made the world to be our home, and as a result, focused on loving the world?
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Episode 137: Reclaim Neighbor Love with a Theology of Place
J.D. Greear, Timothy Muehlhoff — December 08, 2025
The Christian faith should shape and enliven our ordinary, day-to-day activities. But it can be difficult to drum up things to do that are public, practical, and powerful.
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Sean McDowell, Timothy Muehlhoff — December 02, 2025
Why is it that Christians tend to focus on the brokenness of creation rather than its goodness? What if we shifted our attention to highlighting...
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Episode 136: Everyday Revolutionary with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear, Timothy Muehlhoff — November 24, 2025
How do we transcend the culture war and transform the world with the good news of Jesus Christ? J.D. Greear, pastor of Summit Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, and author of recently released, Everyday Revolutionary, is on today’s episode to speak with Tim about this question.
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Episode 135: What Does A Win Look Like?
Julia Hejduk, Timothy Muehlhoff — November 10, 2025
In the abortion debates, what does a win look like? On today’s episode, Tim resumes the conversation with Julia Hejduk (Ph.D.) on abortion and civility.
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Episode 134: Understanding The Other In The Abortion War
Julia Hejduk, Timothy Muehlhoff — October 27, 2025
Are there some topics and issues where we just can’t have a winsome conversation? For many listeners, abortion is likely high on the list. It often seems impossible to find common ground between being pro-choice and being pro-life.
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Episode 133: On The Ground In The Middle East
Simon Greer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Saad Soliman — October 13, 2025
Last year, five months after the terrorist attacks against Israel on October 7th, Simon Greer, a Jewish leader and social entrepreneur, assembled a diverse team of scholars and activists — pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, Christian, Muslim, Jewish and atheist — to study the Israel-Palestine conflict from the ground up.
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Episode 132: Bridging The Divide In The Israel-Palestine Conflict
Simon Greer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Saad Soliman — September 29, 2025
Simon Greer, a Jewish leader, social entrepreneur, and founder of Bridging the Gap, and Saad Soliman, a Muslim entrepreneur and justice reform advocate, could be enemies.
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Episode 131: Intellectual Humility In Public Engagement
Liz Hall, Timothy Muehlhoff, Erin Smith — September 15, 2025
On today’s episode, Tim speaks with psychologists Liz Hall (Ph.D.) and Erin Smith (Ph.D.) on the virtue of intellectual humility and the importance of this virtue for addressing biases and in helping with our consumption of social media.
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Episode 130: Offering Apologies Involving Contentious Issues
Timothy Muehlhoff, Ed Uszynski — September 01, 2025
Dr. Ed Uszynski is back on the podcast to speak with Tim about a provocative cultural moment: when Max Lucado issued an apology to a multi-ethnic church in San Antonio, TX, following the death of George Floyd.
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Episode 129: The Psychology Of Myside Bias
Liz Hall, Timothy Muehlhoff, Erin Smith — August 18, 2025
Psychologists Liz Hall (Ph.D.) and Erin Smith (Ph.D.) are back on the podcast to speak with Tim about myside bias, a prevalent phenomenon that also goes by the name of confirmation bias. While myside bias has been around for awhile, cultural conditions seem to to be exacerbating this type of bias. What cost does myside bias exact on our critical thinking, disagreements, and relationships with others?
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Episode 128: Perspective-Taking With Critical Race Theory
Timothy Muehlhoff, Ed Uszynski — August 04, 2025
On today’s episode, we’re practicing perspective-taking on the topic of Critical Race Theory, and we’re getting some help from today’s guest Dr. Ed Uszynski (Ph.D.). Ed’s book, Untangling Critical Race Theory: What Christians Need To Know And Why It Matters, is an excellent resource on this subject, and it helps the church to frame conversations on race relations and critical race theory.
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Episode 127: Emotional Awareness When Engaging Scientific Technologies
Liz Hall, Timothy Muehlhoff, Erin Smith — July 21, 2025
On today’s episode, Tim speaks with psychologists Liz Hall (Ph.D.) and Erin Smith (Ph.D.) on how emotions shape perspectives on science, including new scientific technologies. Hall and Smith point to research that indicates emotions are some of the main features causing problems in dialogues between science and religious beliefs and values, and gaining understanding around emotions might help to address some of the uneasy tensions Christian experience between faith and controversial scientific topics.
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Episode 126: Reports From The Front: Braver Angels
Rick Langer, Tim Milosch, Timothy Muehlhoff — July 07, 2025
Tim Milosch (Ph.D.) joins today’s episode for another edition of Report From The Front, conversations with people who are doing it right, to speak with Tim and Rick about his work with Braver Angels, a non-profit dedicated to political depolarization. They discuss the function and benefits of parliamentary procedure - What is it? How to practice it?