Newsworthy With Norsworthy

Dr. Scot McKnight returns to the show to talk all things Heaven including Heavenly Bodies, who is going to be there, how much we can really know about it, resurrection and his new book The Heaven Promise.

Comedian Pete Holmes joins the show to discuss reaching out to heathens, baptism by immersion, formation through suffering, Hell, enlightenment, truth not being fragile, coming to God through Pain, and Luke's wedding ring.

Rob Bell returns to the show for a brief discussion on writing a novel, bowling, how leaders pass their issues onto their followers, why struggling motivational speakers are more interesting than the A-Listers and giving books away for free.

Our two favorite psychologists Luke's Dad and Richard Beck discuss all things November from the podcast including: Doubting preachers, Brent Sullivan, 2nd Naivety, Sarah Bessey, staying at church, the importance of parenting for reconstructing faith, the perennial struggle of reducing religion into words, psychologists talking New Perspective on Paul, Taylor Swift and a rare moment of humanity at the end. For more on this month’s sponsor check out Eleven:28 Ministries.

For the November Mailbag we discuss abuses of good things, Enneagram, when to leave church, engaging with those outside of Christian faith, keeping unity around LGBTQ and ignoring terrible ideas about Jonathan Storment.  For more on this month’s sponsor check out Eleven:28 Ministries.

The Bishop N.T. Wright joins the show to discuss rap music, Friday the 13th, the New Perspective on Paul, Kingdom of Heaven, and his new book Paul and His Recent Interpreters. For more on this month’s sponsor check out Eleven:28 Ministries.

Sarah Bessey returns to the show to discuss the Second Naivety, the Top 3 Canadians, what to call N.T. Wright, returning to church, reading the Bible, Kingdom of God and her new book Out of Sorts. For more on this month’s sponsor check out Eleven:28 Ministries.

Comedian Brent Sullivan joins the show to discuss doubting pastors, Joel Osteen, evangelism, talking to Mormons,  standup comedy vs. preaching, and Jesus jukes. For more on this month's sponsor check out Eleven:28 Ministries here.

Our old friend Jonathan Storment returns to the show to talk Richard Rohr, ISIS, numbing our pain, Enneagram, trusting God in death, following N.T. Wright, preaching as the first word and the final word.

Fr. James Martin joins the show to discuss being the official chaplain of the Colbert Report, who gives up more Protestant pastors or Catholic priests, not sermonizing stories, tragedy, prayer, lament, images of God, Mary and his new book The Abbey.

Shane Hipps return to the show to discuss feline veterinarian medicine, The True Voice, True Self, divesting ones self of the outcomes, the preacher as first word but not the final word, and his new book Cats Don't Bark. 

Mike Cope returns to the show to discuss why he's forcing Luke to follow N.T. Wright at the 2016 Pepperdine Bible Lectures, why he loves N.T. Wright so much, preaching with a limp, the Lord's Prayer and a better way to disagree in church. For more on the National Conference of Youth Ministry go to ncym.org.

Fr. Richard Rohr returns to the show to discuss the Pope's visit to America, Mary the Mother of Jesus, male spirituality, Adam's Return, trusting in death, Prayer and so much more.

Josh Graves, Wade Hodges, Collin Packer and Jonathan Storment all join the show to discuss the hidden podcast, pacifism, patriarchy, high school diplomas, suffering well, God in creation for the September Wrapup. For more information on The National Conference on Youth Ministry click here.

Dr. Diana Butler Bass joins the show to discuss loving a serial killer as a neighbor , finding God in nature, and her new book Grounded.

The Rev. Mark Weathers joins the show to discuss being the chaplain version of True Detective's Rust Cohle, depression, liberation theology, bullying, his time as a Roman Catholic and being a pugilist pacifist. For more on this month's sponsor, The National Conference on Youth Ministry, go to NCYM.org.

Dr. Richard Beck and Dr. Larry Norsworthy return to the show to discuss suffering well, Carl Jung, Justin Bieber and Richard's Blog post "Neurosis is the Avoidance of Legitimate Suffering."

Carolyn Custis James joins the show to discuss manhood, the image of God, Mother's Day vs. Father's Day, Patriarchy,  does Christianity have a masculine feel, and her new book Malestrom.

Josh Graves returns to the show to talk liturgy, Ferguson, sharing our pain, pastors who parent well, living out of contentment and the upcoming guests for September.