Messiah Community Radio Talk Show

Our special guest is William Vanderbloemen, the author of Next: Pastoral Succession That Works on effective pastoral leadership and succession. William has been able to combine over 15 years of ministry experience as a Senior Pastor with the best practices of Executive Search to provide churches with a unique offering: a deep understanding of local church work with the very best knowledge and practices of professional executive search. William Vanderbloemen has a unique gift for helping churches and ministries connect with the right key people. He is regularly invited to speak across the country in both church services and as a resource to churches and conferences on leadership.

Our special Dr. Keith Anderson, the author of Reading Your Life's Story, An Invitation to Spiritual Mentoring. Dr. Anderson is the president of The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. Spiritual mentoring is a particular kind of friendship in which, according to Keith R. Anderson, "two or more people walk together in heightened awareness of the presence of yet Another"—the Holy Spirit. "Spiritual mentoring is not a complicated process that requires technical training and complex protocol," Anderson continues. "It is essential, authentic, and maybe even natural human speech that is focused, disciplined and nurtured by training for one of the hardest natural things we do: listening reflectively to another. It is sacred companionship as life is lived and story told. Available to almost all, it requires deliberate recruitment, preparation and practice."

Our special guest is Megan Alexander, a correspondent on the top-rated national news magazine television show Inside Edition. Megan is also a special correspondent for CBS's Thursday Night Football. She has a book called Faith in the Spotlight, Thriving in Your Career While Staying True to Your Beliefs.

Our special guest is Paul Wilbur, internationally-acclaimed worship artist, songwriter, pastor, and teacher. Paul's music has brought many nations together. PAUL WILBUR Music is the universal language. It’s an old saying that’s being echoed and amplified around the world in the extraordinary musical ministry of Paul Wilbur. For over forty years, in thousands of concerts and recording projects that have reached millions across the planet, Paul’s distinctive songs of praise and worship always get to the heart of the matter about matters of the heart. Whether he’s leading worship before crowds of thousands in the Middle East, singing to packed soccer stadiums throughout Latin America, or bringing his anointed Messianic message directly to the people of Israel, Paul speaks a language of melody and meaning that reaches far beyond cultural, social and political borders to touch people directly with the love of God. It’s this worldwide reach that has given a dynamic new dimension with Your Great Name, the latest Int

Our special guest is Michael White, co-author of Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, Making Church Matter. Dying churches can do something about foreclosures and closed doors. Hear a story about how a church triumphed over diverse circumstances and became rebuilt.

Dr. Paul Nyquist is president of Moody Global Ministries, a higher education and media ministry founded by evangelist D. L. Moody in 1886. His book Prepare: Living Your Faith in an Increasingly Hostile Culture will set forth a biblical, theological, and practical approach to navigating the challenging days ahead and a reason for hope and optimism: the power of the gospel and the possibility of societal transformation.

Dr. Andreas J. Kostenberger, is the Senior Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He gave up worldly success to receive something so much more. If you like Biblical commentaries, chances are you have read his scholarship as well as numerous scholarly  journals.

Our special guest is Kathy Keller, co-author with Dr. Timothy Keller of the book The Songs of JESUS: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms.

Our special guest is Joanna Weaver, author of Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life.

Why is managing money so hard? Our special guest is Chuck Bentley, CEO of Crown Financial Ministries. The ministry has outreach in 104 nations.

Our special guest is Dick Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute: A Practical Manuel for Job-Hunters & Career Changers. In 1996, The Library of Congress named his book one of 25 that have shaped reader's lives.

Do you think you can make a difference in the world? Our special guest is Dr. Sam Metcalf, author of Beyond the Local Church: How Apostolic Movements Can Change the World.

Is there hope for the skeptic? Robert J. Hutchinson talks about his book Searching for Jesus: New Discoveries in the Quest for Jesus of Nazareth -- an overview of recent archaeological finds and new developments in Biblical scholarship that are calling into question much of what skeptical scholars have assumed and asserted about Jesus over the past two centuries.

Hear about the life story of author Stormie Omartian as she talks about her book Out of Darkness: My Story of Finding True Light and Liberation.

In Happy Church, author/pastor Tim McConnell offers a radical call for Christians to reclaim happiness. Happiness flows from the joy of the Lord and being glad in Christ. When the church expresses happiness, we are making a counter cultural choice that the world cannot help but notice.

Robert A. Schuller, son of Robert Schuller, the former senior pastor of The Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California talks about mending the relationship with his father shortly before his death.

Are human beings too productive for their own good? Dr. John Koessler, author of The Radical Pursuit of Rest discusses the challenges we all face in the digital age.

Luke Nelson, Market Development Director for Prepare-Enrich a leading relationship inventory and skill-building program talks about the importance of marriage counseling.

Lily Issacs performs in Gaither Homecoming concerts, but her biggest triumph was moving out of her mother's shadow and finding her faith.

The Ketubah is a piece of art that a husband and wife displays in their home to honor their love for each other.