Welcome to episode 463.

This week we're joined by Tyler Huckabee, but he's not here just to talk about the news.

Phil wants to grill him about his recent article about Veggie Tales in which Huckabee

accuses Phil's mom of tricking him into creating vegetable characters that are beyond

God's salvation.

And in an unexpected twist, the confrontation becomes a therapy session for Tyler.

Also this week, over a thousand crew staff members say that the Para Church's focus on

diversity and racism has resulted in mission drift.

Are they right?

Or is it just another example of Christians getting paranoid about CRT?

Then I interview D. Michael Lindsay, the recent president of Gordon College and the new

president of Taylor University about his new book Hinge Moments, making the most of life's

transitions.

We talk about his research about the best ways to navigate changes in life, how we think

about God's will, perhaps incorrectly, and the unique challenges facing a younger generation

today who are facing adulthood very differently.

All that plus an update on my recent cross-country road trip.

But first, I want to make you aware of a special series we've just launched called Jesus

In John Wayne with Dr. Kristen Kobes-Dume, the author of a best-selling book by that same

title.

I spent four hours with Dr. Dume talking about her book and the way it helps explain

where the evangelical movement has been, where it is today, and even where it may be going

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