Steve Brown Etc.

Freedom Fading - John W. Whitehead on SBE

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:39 +0000

If it's not enough of a 4th of July bummer that the economy is in the toilet, join John Whitehead on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. to hear about the shocking ways that the freedoms we're celebrating are going up in smoke.

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If your city canceled their 4th of July celebration because of budget cuts, here's a recipe for fireworks. Combine one part federal hate crimes law and two parts new methods of government surveillance. Light it up with greedy big business and power hungry big government. Then, step back and wait for the explosion.

Constitutional attorney, John Whitehead, is the founder and president of the Rutherford Institute, an organization dedicated to the defense of civil liberties and human rights. Call 1.800.225.1791 and John will send you a free copy of the Bill of Rights. Also, read his book The Change Manifesto and join the block by block movement to remake America.

July Program Lineup

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:43:12 +0000

Friday, July 3: John Whitehead - Constitutional attorney and the founder and president of the Rutherford Institute - Mr. Whitehead will join us for our 4th of July weekend show to reveal that you're not as free as you think!

Friday, July 10: Jason Berggren - Author of 10 Things I Hate About Christianity: Working Through the Frustrations of Faith

Friday, July 17: Frank Viola - Author of Pagan Christianity?, Reimagining Church and From Eternity to Here

Friday, July 24: Jim Robbins - Author of Recover Your Good Heart

Friday, July 31: Larry Dixon - Author of When Temptation Strikes

Steve Brown Etc. is recorded on Fridays from noon - 1 ET, then aired on stations across the country that weekend. Listen live and call in at 1.888.54.STEVE (1.888.547.8383).

Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story - Paul Batura on SBE

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:55:42 +0000

He was a colorful personality whose programs provided windows on the world for a generation of Americans.

Join Steve and biographer Paul Batura on this week's Steve Brown Etc. to hear the rest of the story about the man who brought us The Rest of the Story and Paul Harvey News and Comment.

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Paul Batura is a student of radio, a researcher and author of Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story. Don't miss Batura's stories about the remarkable life and career of one of Steve's heroes, radio pioneer-turned-legend, Paul Harvey.

Losing America & Fathers - John Armstrong & Larry Gelwix on SBE

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:15:00 +0000

News flash! Christians are losing America.

Should we try to get it back? Should we even care? If so, what can the average ham and egger Christian do about it?

Join founder and president of ACT 3, John Armstrong, on this edition of SBE as we talk about the end of Christian America, Oprah and civil religion.

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Then, a nod to Father's Day with Coach Larry Gelwix. Coach Gelwix is arguably the top high school coach in the country with 379 wins, 9 losses and 18 national championships during his 33-year career. He’s passionate about coaching, but he’s even more passionate about mentoring young men.

With Father’s Day coming up, Coach Gelwix is here to give us some advice for fathers and talk about the movie based on him and his boys, Forever Strong.

Pain & Raw Faith - Cliff Schrauger on SBE

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:55:06 +0000

Cliff Schrauger is a man with a raw faith in the face of unimaginable grief. The loss of his job and the foreclosure on his house are only the beginning of his story. Then an explosion in Iraq on Father's Day and a tragic car wreck in Michigan changed Cliff and his family forever.

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Join Cliff on this week's Steve Brown Etc. as he tells his story and talks about what's left of his faith in the wake of agonizing loss.

After you listen, visit the website for Michigan's Oakland County to watch the documentary on the Schraugers and the way their community reached out to them in their grief.

Our Favorite Lib - Tony Campolo on SBE

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:38:19 +0000

This week on Steve Brown Etc….two old white guys for the price of one! Join Steve and his old buddy Tony Campolo as they hang out, abuse each other and bring some wisdom on where to look for some hope in these troubled times.

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You’ve probably seen Tony talking about politics and religion on Nightline, CNN, MSNBC, Politically Incorrect, etc. He's Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University and the Founder and President of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education. Find out more about our favorite lib at TonyCampolo.org.

Tony Campolo is the author of 35 books, his latest three being Letters to a Young Evangelical, The God of Intimacy and Action and his most recent release, Red Letter Christians: A Citizen’s Guide to Faith and Politics.

June Program Lineup

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:14:47 +0000

Friday, June 5: Tony Campolo - Our favorite lib

Friday, June 12: Cliff Schrauger - The tragic story of a father and three of his sons

Friday, June 19: John Armstrong & Coach Larry Gelwix

Friday, June 26: Paul Batura - Author of Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story

Unfashionable - Tullian Tchividjian on SBE

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:55:42 +0000

Tullian Tchividjian, Billy Graham's prodigal grandson turned megachurch pastor, is our guest this week on Steve Brown Etc.

Join us as we talk about making it big and making a difference in the world by being different.

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In 2003, Tullian Tchividjian started New City Presbyterian Church near Ft. Lauderdale. In May of this year, New City merged with Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and he succeeded Dr. D. James Kennedy as senior pastor.

Tullian's new book is titled, Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different.

Angry Conversations with God - Susan Isaacs on SBE

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:00:58 +0000

After forty years of being a good Christian girl, Susan Isaacs' life fell apart. Her dad died, her mom had a stroke, her career tanked and then her boyfriend of three years left her with no house and no husband…all simultaneously.

What's a girl to do? She had a nervous breakdown, took God to couples counseling, gave Him a piece of her mind and wrote Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir.

Join Susan on this week's Steve Brown Etc. as we talk about her "middle-class white girl's Dark Night of the Soul" and the wonders it did for her "relationship" with God.

Then constitutional attorney and president of The Rutherford Institute, John Whitehead, stops by to give us his take on Obama and his upcoming nomination for the Supreme Court.

As We Forgive - Catherine Larson on SBE

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:36:22 +0000

Could you forgive the people who murdered your children, mutilated your body and left you to burn to death? Catherine Larson joins us on this week's Steve Brown Etc. to tell the story of one lady who did just that.

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Catherine's book, As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda, tells the stories of seven people who are experiencing the pain and hope of forgiveness in the wake of the slaughter of nearly a million people in Rwanda. Listen as Catherine talks about the roots of genocide and shares one of the amazing accounts of reconciliation from her book.

Catherine Larson is a senior writer and editor at Prison Fellowship and BreakPoint. Visit AsWeForgiveBook.com to find out more about her, her work and the award-winning film that inspired her book.

A Show You Can't Refuse - Michael Franzese on SBE

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:44:49 +0000

By the time he was 24, Michael Franzese was pulling down millions of dollars a week as one of the biggest mafia bosses in America. Today, he's one of the many who have quit the mob, but one of the few who've lived to tell about it.

Join Mr. Franzese on this week's SBE as we have a "sit-down" and talk about his new book, I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse: Insider Business Tips from a Former Mob Boss.

Hear Michael Franzese's story and learn how business principles he applied inside the mob can be used just as successfully on the outside. Lessons include mastering the art of "sit-downs," the contrasting business ideologies of Machiavelli and King Solomon, the similarities between the mafia and our government, and a lot more.

Don't miss this show (or you might find yourself swimming with the fishes).

Steve Brown Etc. Week in Review

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:39:06 +0000

Join Steve and the crew on this week's edition of SBE as we sit around and wait for Harry Dent. Harry was going to tell us all about the Great Depression ahead and how to deal with it, but he didn't show. Guess we're on our own on the economic front.

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So, instead of all that depressing stuff, we talked about all the other depressing stuff in the news this week. Call it our week in review.

Some people have said that their favorite episodes of SBE are the ones when we just hang out. Is this one of those rare gems? Are those people simply mental? Listen and find out.

From Eternity to Here - Frank Viola on SBE

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:25:01 +0000

Q: What do you get when you cross a forgotten woman, an eternal quest and a new species?

A: The meaning of life.

Frank Viola stopped by Steve Brown Etc. this week to talk about that "eternal purpose" in the context of the three stories in his new book, From Eternity to Here: Rediscovering the Ageless Purpose of God.

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If you've been burned or bored by religion, don't miss this program.

Frank Viola is a speaker, organic church planter and author of Pagan Christianity?, Reimagining Church and the newly-released From Eternity to Here. Click here for Frank's last appearance on SBE and go to FromEternityToHere.org for more on the book.

Autism & Prison are a Blessing - Bill Dallas & Patty Corrigan Myers

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:26:46 +0000

People are always telling me that God doesn't give people more than they can handle. Well, I must be a total wuss, because my life is pretty cush. That leaves me wondering if my faith would stand the test of life-altering difficulty.

If you can relate, join us on this edition of SBE as we talk with two people just like you and me with faith that's thriving through some tough circumstances. It will give you some hope.

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First up, we talk with Bill Dallas, author of Lessons from San Quentin: Everything I Needed to Know about Life I Learned in Prison

Then, Patty Corrigan Myers joins us to talk about her book, Autism is a Blessing.

Sin Boldly - Cathleen Falsani on SBE

Steve Brown Etc. - http://www.stevebrownetc.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:40:10 +0000

Celebrated and award-winning religion columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, Cathleen Falsani, stopped by the show this week. Join us as we talk about sinning boldly, believing more boldly still, and finding God in places he's not supposed to be.

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Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve. In Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace, Cathleen Falsani describes "…what grace feels like through stories and images that illustrate the varied ways grace is experienced when encountered in the wild." Listen as Steve and Cathleen muse on the sweet sound of unmerited favor in its native habitat.

Also, visit Cathleen's blog and pre-order her upcoming book, The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers.