Radio Worldview

Worldview Academy faculty member Jay Winslow has taught in the public schools for 30 years, so he enjoys a rare vantage point for assessing the state of modern public education. After Jeff Baldwin and Mark Bertrand make sarcastic remarks about how efficiently the state manages education, Jay begins a discussion of the unintended consequences that followed from requiring schools to meet specific testing criteria. For most public schools, "teaching to the test" has become a way of life, forcing teachers to abandon a broader educational agenda. Jay wryly notes how the ability to think critically has been left in the dust.

Bill Jack and Dell Cook finish their discussion of The Shack, evaluating its views on economics and its literary value.

Is "The Shack" the next "Pilgrim's Progress?" Dell Cook and Bill Jack weigh in on this controversial book in the first of a two-part discussion.

Lately, there has been a profusion of books asserting the validity of atheism and attacking Christianity. Books like "Letter to a Christian Nation," "God is Not Great," and "The God Delusion" have caused some culture-watchers to talk about the "New Atheists." But what about this movement is new? And do Christians have anything to fear from this swaggering atheism? Worldview Academy faculty members Mark Bertrand and Jay Winslow discuss these questions with host Jeff Baldwin. As a bonus, Jay launches into a tirade about Dawkins's response to C.S. Lewis's "Liar, Lunatic or Lord" trilemma.

As Worldview Academy continues to host Leadership Camps nationwide, Jeff Baldwin and his guests Jay Winslow and Mark Bertrand report in from the road--specifically, Oregon. After some whining from Jeff about his poison oak, they get down to discussing listener mail. The first two e-mails offer encouragement; then a listener asks for more recommendations re. books about worldview. The last e-mail presents a dilemma: Is it ever appropriate for Christians to lie, or to deceive others in any way?