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 48: Talking About Race, Part 1
Isaac Adams, Timothy Muehlhoff — July 04, 2022
It’s hard to talk about race, so we’re looking to Isaac Adams for help. Isaac Adams is the lead pastor of Ironside City Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and he recently wrote a book on race for Christians.
Winsome Conviction
Episode 47: Hospitable Orthodoxy, Part 3
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Karen Swallow Prior — June 20, 2022
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.
Winsome Conviction
Episode 46: Hospitable Orthodoxy, Part 2
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Karen Swallow Prior — June 06, 2022
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.
Winsome Conviction
Episode 45: Hospitable Orthodoxy, Part 1
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Karen Swallow Prior — May 23, 2022
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.
Winsome Conviction
Tim Recommends 5 Books
Timothy Muehlhoff — May 16, 2022
Tim shares his 5 favorite books to help avoid an argument with someone close over at Shepherd books.
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Episode 44: Lessons We're Learning, Part 2
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — May 09, 2022
Tim and Rick continue to reflect on lessons they are learning on having healthy communication during moments of passionate disagreement.
Winsome Conviction
Episode 43: Lessons We're Learning, Part 1
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — April 25, 2022
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.
Think Biblically
Eyes to See God's Common Grace
with Tim Muehlhoff
Sean McDowell, Timothy Muehlhoff, Scott Rae — April 13, 2022
Where is God when tragedy hits? Is it possible that God is at work in the world in ways we often miss? By explaining God's "common grace," Dr. Tim...
Winsome Conviction
Episode 42: Making "Loose Connections" During Crises
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — April 11, 2022
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.
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Episode 41: For Shame, Part 3
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Gregg TenElshof — March 28, 2022
We’ve been talking with Gregg Ten Elshof (Ph.D.) 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.
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Episode 40: For Shame, Part 2
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Gregg TenElshof — March 14, 2022
Tim and Rick resume the discussion with Gregg Ten Elshof on the topic of shame. In part 2, they pick up on the ways communities influence personal feelings of shame.
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Episode 39: For Shame, Part 1
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Gregg TenElshof — February 28, 2022
Is shame good or bad? In one sense, it is bad. In another sense, according to Gregg Ten Elshof, author of the recent book For Shame: Rediscovering the Virtues of a Maligned Emotion, a certain kind of shame can be good.
Winsome Conviction
Episode 38: Tensions in the Church & Communicating the Faith
Russell Moore, Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — February 14, 2022
Dr. Russell Moore 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.
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Episode 37: Common Grace in an Unsettled World, Part 2
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — January 31, 2022
Rick and Tim resume the conversation on themes in Tim’s newest book, Eyes To See: Recognizing God’s Common Grace in an Unsettled World.
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Episode 36: Common Grace in an Unsettled World, Part 1
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — January 17, 2022
Tim’s newest book, Eyes To See: Recognizing God’s Common Grace in an Unsettled World, is out. Rick and Tim take up the book’s theme of common grace and consider how it impacts topics and issues around winsome conviction.
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What is Your Reputation? — A Timely Sermon from Tim Muehlhoff
Timothy Muehlhoff — January 14, 2022
What do fellow believers think of you? What do non-believers think of you and your church? Ecclesiastes 7:11 says that “a good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume.” Watch or listen to Tim Muehlhoff’s sermon as he shares the importance of a godly reputation during today’s argument culture.
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Christianity Today’s 2022 Book Awards honors Winsome Conviction as the winner in the Church Leadership Category!
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — January 11, 2022
Christianity Today posted their annual list of top books that are “most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.” We are honored that Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing without Dividing the Church won the Award of Merit in the category of Church and Pastoral Leadership.
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Episode 35: Radical Rhetoric, Part 2
Theon Hill, Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — January 03, 2022
Tim and Rick continue the conversation with Dr. Theon Hill on the topic of radical rhetoric, and they press into the role of rhetoric in contentious issues such as critical race theory.
Biola Magazine
Excerpt: What Does it Mean for God to Show Up?
Timothy Muehlhoff — December 20, 2021
Expectations play a key role in shaping our perspective. How do you expect a spouse or child to act toward you? What expectations do you have for...
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Episode 34: Radical Rhetoric, Part 1
Theon Hill, Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — December 20, 2021
Dr. Theon Hill joins Tim and Rick to discuss radical rhetoric: What is it? How is it a form of civic engagement? And when should we use it?
Winsome Conviction
On the College Faith Podcast: How To Respond When Your Faith is Challenged in Class
Timothy Muehlhoff — December 07, 2021
In the secular college environment where he studied, Tim Muehlhoff could have easily been marginalized for his Christian faith. Instead, he realized he didn’t just want to proclaim biblical truth, he wanted to have a conversation about it.
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Episode 33: Grace-Filled Communication, Part 2
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Quentin Schultze — December 06, 2021
Tim and Rick resume the conversation with Quentin Schultze on listening. Manner matters in communication, and they discuss how the habit of giving thanks affects how we communicate with others.
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Episode 32: Grace-Filled Communication, Part 1
Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff, Quentin Schultze — November 22, 2021
Why is listening so difficult? In today’s argument culture, listening is especially difficult, and it often seems as if we have an incapacity to listen.
Winsome Conviction
Episode 31: Sharing the Good News, Part 2
Rick Langer, Cas Monaco, Timothy Muehlhoff — November 08, 2021
Tim and Rick continue the discussion with Cas Monaco on sharing the gospel in modern times. In Part 2 of this discussion, Dr. Monaco shares findings from a 2016 survey on the climate of evangelism in America.
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Finding God's Common Grace in Unsettled Times—IVP Webinar Recording
Timothy Muehlhoff — November 04, 2021
Tim Muehlhoff shares wisdom from his upcoming book Eyes to See: Finding God's Common Grace in Unsettled Times.