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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• Winsome Conviction

  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.

• Winsome Conviction

  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.

• Winsome Conviction

  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.

• Winsome Conviction

  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?

• Winsome Conviction

  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.

• Winsome Conviction

  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.

• Winsome Conviction

  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?

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 125: Friendship, Neighbor Love, and Religious Disagreement

  Greg Johnson, Timothy Muehlhoff, Andrew Reed — June 23, 2025

  How do friends who hold differing views of religion and faith maintain a friendship? How do friends handle central and fundamental disagreements about God and faith?

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 124: Fostering Interfaith Dialogue Between Faith-based Universities

  Greg Johnson, Timothy Muehlhoff, Andrew Reed — June 09, 2025

  Tim speaks with Andy Reid, associate professor of religious understanding and church history at BYU, and Greg Johnson, the founder of Standing Together ministries, a bridge-building ministry focused on LDS/Evangelical dialogues.

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 123: Speak Truth In Love In Politics, Too

  Denise Gitsham, Timothy Muehlhoff — May 26, 2025

  Political commentator, author, and attorney Denise Gitsham speaks with Tim about some major themes in her book, Politics for People Who Hate Politics.

• Winsome Conviction

  Is Empathy a Sin?

  Sean McDowell, Timothy Muehlhoff — May 19, 2025

  Tim recently spoke with Sean McDowell over at the Think Biblically podcast on empathy and how empathy is being weaponized by Progressives to manipulate Christians into adopting certain ethical and political views.

• Think Biblically

  Is Empathy a Sin?

  with Tim Muehlhoff

  Sean McDowell, Timothy Muehlhoff — May 13, 2025

  Is empathy being weaponized by Progressives to manipulate Christians into adopting certain ethical and political views? Is empathy a virtue, or...

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 122: The Spirit Of Our Politics

  Timothy Muehlhoff, Michael Wear — May 12, 2025

  Tim speaks with Michael Wear, President and CEO of the Center for Christianity and Public Life and author of the book, The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life, on features of Christian faithfulness and civic engagement.

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 121: Build Muscle For Inquiry

  Rick Langer, Stephen Lloyd-Moffett, Timothy Muehlhoff — April 28, 2025

  What makes for a good moderator when disagreement pops up? And how do you keep the relationship in tact when a pointed and meaningful disagreement occurs?

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 120: The Religious Impulse And The Quest For God

  Rick Langer, Stephen Lloyd-Moffett, Timothy Muehlhoff — April 14, 2025

  Stephen Lloyd-Moffett, professor of Religious Studies at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA, speaks with Tim and Rick about the deeply human tendency to search for meaning in religious experience.

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 119: The Moral Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Christopher Brooks, Timothy Muehlhoff, Scott Rae — March 31, 2025

  Scott and Tim speak with Rev. Chris Brooks on the meaning of Dr. King’s legacy and some of its implications for institutions, churches, and individuals today.

• Think Biblically

  The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Christopher Brooks, Timothy Muehlhoff, Scott Rae — March 25, 2025

  What is the enduring legacy of MLK?, why has the culture neglected the theological basis for his civil rights work?, what assumptions to white and...

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 118: On Being Called A Heretic

  Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Preston Sprinkle — March 17, 2025

  Preston reflects with Tim and Rick on the times he has been critiqued and what it is like to be called out as heretic. They discuss the importance of accurately representing someone’s views when offering a critique, the kinds of critiques to take seriously, how good critiques can help us make intellectual progress.

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 117: The Times Are Evangelistically Pregnant

  Rebecca McLaughlin, Timothy Muehlhoff — March 03, 2025

  Although trends show declines in church attendance, Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin (Ph.D. Cambridge University) believes we are living in an evangelistically pregnant time.

• Winsome Conviction

  Benefits of Lunch Outside the Office: A Response

  Timothy Muehlhoff — February 28, 2025

  Tim recently responded to a thoughtful commencement speech given by a scholar who advocates for having lunch with people with whom you both agree and disagree.

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 116: Tackle Political And Social Issues Like An Exile

  Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Preston Sprinkle — February 17, 2025

  Dr. Preston Sprinkle speaks with Tim and Rick on the work he's doing to help foster civil, thoughtful, and faithful disagreements on contentious issues.

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 115: On Christian Nationalism

  Rick Langer, Tim Milosch, Timothy Muehlhoff — February 03, 2025

  Special guest Tim Milosch speaks with Tim and Rick on the multifaceted phenomenon of Christian Nationalism.

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 114: Film, Perspective-Taking, and Cultural Animosity

  Timothy Muehlhoff — January 20, 2025

  Tim speaks with one of his students, Markus, who is also a film major at Biola. Markus wrote and directed a short film, “Halfway,” that addresses the animosity and reconciliation between two families, Israeli and Palestinian.

• Winsome Conviction

  WCP in the Veritas Forum's Best Of Clips for 2024

  Timothy Muehlhoff — January 07, 2025

  In the fall of 2024, Tim spoke at the Veritas Forum at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The clip from this moderated talk, "Should We Pick & Choose What We Believe?" was selected as a "Best Of" for 2024.

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 113: What Do I Do With My Same-Sex Attraction?

  Rachel Gilson, Timothy Muehlhoff — January 06, 2025

  Rachel Gilson speaks with Tim about sexuality, same-sex attraction, and living faithfully as a follower of Jesus.