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.
Although trends show declines in church attendance, Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin (Ph.D. Cambridge University) believes we are living in an evangelistically pregnant time.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tim and Mark Muha, Vice President for Student Development at Biola University, reflect on a recent learning experience they went through that involved engaging their political opposite.
Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins today's episode to speak with Tim on how to engage challenging questions and challenging people.
About the Podcast
The Winsome Conviction podcast is a biweekly podcast on learning how to deepen convictions without dividing communities. In each episode, hosts Tim Muehlhoff, Rick Langer and Mike Ahn along with frequent guest experts, consider how to cultivate understanding around our most closely held convictions and foster civility and compassion in disagreement.
To submit comments, ask questions, or make suggestions on issues you'd like us to cover or guests you'd like us to have on the podcast, email us at winsomeconviction@biola.edu.
