This is thinking in public a program dedicated to intelligent conversation about

front-line theological and cultural issues with the people who are shaping them.

I'm Albert Mola, your host and president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville,

Kentucky.

Michael Medved is host of the Michael Medved Show, a national radio program devoted to cultural and political analysis.

At age 16, he attended Yale University, followed by Yale Law School.

After that, he entered the political arena as a speechwriter and campaign consultant.

He has been well known to Americans hosting a show on CNN, co-hosting the program Sneak Previews

for 12 years beginning in 1984. He's the author of best-selling books including

what really happened to the class of 65. At age 26 he wrote the book and it

became a national bestseller.

Since then he has authored 12 additional books, dozens of articles and op-eds,

hundreds of film reviews for magazines and newspapers such as USA Today in the

Wall Street Journal.

He served as chief film critic for the New York Post for years.

His two most recent books, The American Miracle and God's Hand on America,

are the topic of our conversation today.

Michael, you have been thinking, speaking, and writing now for decades.

One of the most verbal lives, I think it's safe to say, of times you produce best-selling books, massive

radio influence and and yet I also know you as friend and I am fascinated by the

way you think and you share in these two new books especially the American miracle

divine Providence and the rise of the republic and God's hand on America divine providence in the modern era. This is clearly the

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