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Crossmap Podcast

The Crossmap Podcast features inspiring heart-to-heart conversations with Christian newsmakers of the day including authors, experts, pastors, and entertainers on topics that are good for the entire family while honoring your faith-based values. Join Crossmap managing editor Chris Carpenter as he engages guests in thought-provoking but light-hearted banter on subjects that shape and influence our culture through the lens of faith. Gain valuable insight on how to live a meaningful Christian life and experience laughs along the way too! The Crossmap Podcast is part of the Edifi Podcast Network

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  • Author Mark Gregston on Helping Your Kids through the Loss of a Furry Friend Author Mark Gregston on Helping Your Kids through the Loss of a Furry Friend Play in Edifi Player

    Author Mark Gregston on Helping Your Kids through the Loss of a Furry Friend

    Do all dogs really go to heaven? That question has been bandied about by the best of us for many generations. While we could likely spend an entire afternoon going back and forth about the theological and philosophical ramifications of that question, instead, we turn our attention to the profound experience of losing our beloved pets here on earth. Noted author and radio host Mark Gregston has first hand experience with this. After his dog recently passed away, he knew he needed a …

  • The Skit Guys on Finding the Funny in Faith-Based Films The Skit Guys on Finding the Funny in Faith-Based Films Play in Edifi Player

    The Skit Guys on Finding the Funny in Faith-Based Films

    With the exception of _Mom’s Night Out_ released in 2014, or a scene here and there from a Kendrick Brothers release, movie goers are really hard pressed to find something of substance to point to as a successful Christian comedic film. Faith-based movie executives point to the fact comedy walks a fine line between being tasteful and tasteless. In essence, what is funny to some is not funny to others. In fact, sometimes it can be downright offensive. Subsequently, movie studios have …

  • Composers Dan Haseltine, Matthew Nelson Hit the Right Notes with “The Chosen’s” Musical Score Composers Dan Haseltine, Matthew Nelson Hit the Right Notes with “The Chosen’s” Musical Score Play in Edifi Player

    Composers Dan Haseltine, Matthew Nelson Hit the Right Notes with “The Chosen’s” Musical Score

    Jars of Clay lead singer Dan Haseltine has spent the better of his adult life collaborating with his bandmates to create quality music for millions of listeners. In a career spanning nearly 30 years, Jars of Clay has garnered multiple Grammy Awards, the benchmark for musical excellence. It is his passion for making music that has encouraged Haseltine to explore the collaborative process more fully by expanding his musical pursuits. Most notably, he has immersed himself recently in …

  • Cultural Commentator Jim Denison Explains Why Christians Are Increasingly Being Labeled ‘Irrelevant’ (in a Post-Truth Culture) Cultural Commentator Jim Denison Explains Why Christians Are Increasingly Being Labeled ‘Irrelevant’ (in a Post-Truth Culture) Play in Edifi Player

    Cultural Commentator Jim Denison Explains Why Christians Are Increasingly Being Labeled ‘Irrelevant’ (in a Post-Truth Culture)

    Dr. Jim Denison believes that a surging number of Christians are softening their stance on what he calls four cultural earthquakes: the rise of a post- truth culture, sexual revolution, critical theory, and secular religion. And it is the cultural acceptance of these secular ideologies that will undoubtedly shift and seismically shape our world in the years ahead. There is growing sentiment that this is the gravest danger Christians have ever faced and ultimately will make the 1960s seem like …

  • Author, Podcast Host Billie Jauss on Eliminating Emotional Barriers That Are Slowing Us Down Author, Podcast Host Billie Jauss on Eliminating Emotional Barriers That Are Slowing Us Down Play in Edifi Player

    Author, Podcast Host Billie Jauss on Eliminating Emotional Barriers That Are Slowing Us Down

    Billie Jauss has spent the better part of 30 years following professional baseball in a way that is uncommon to most. As the wife of longtime Major League Baseball coach Dave Jauss, Billie has been able to see the pressures of the game on players and coaches and the external distractions that come with it. In essence, she has seen some of the best athletes in the world struggle to overcome emotional barriers in their lives. From this experience, Billie determined that by detoxing from the …

  • Author Shawn Bolz on How to Expand Your Spiritual IQ Author Shawn Bolz on How to Expand Your Spiritual IQ Play in Edifi Player

    Author Shawn Bolz on How to Expand Your Spiritual IQ

    In a series of divine, dramatic encounters, author and television host Shawn Bolz was recently given a glimpse into the spirit realm that gave him a sneak peek into the character of God’s heart. Simply put, Shawn met God in a unique way and believes his supernatural experience will help others to better relate to what the Bible teaches. Bolz joins us on The Crossmap Podcast to discuss his latest book, “Encounter,” a work designed to help readers expand their “spiritual intelligence” and to …

  • New York Times Bestselling Author Explores 'The Case for Heaven' in New Movie Project New York Times Bestselling Author Explores 'The Case for Heaven' in New Movie Project Play in Edifi Player

    New York Times Bestselling Author Explores 'The Case for Heaven' in New Movie Project

    Long before Lee Strobel became a bestselling author, most notably for his watershed book, "The Case for Christ," __ he was a nose-to-the-grindstone investigative reporter known for his relentless pursuit of the truth. But beyond the grit and grind of the hard-charging newspaper industry, Strobel was an avowed atheist. So deeply rooted in his beliefs, he set out to debunk every claim that Christianity ever made.  There was only one problem.  He couldn’t do it. In a similar dogged fashion, …

  • American Underdog Movie Brings Erwin Bros. Full Circle on Kurt Warner Story American Underdog Movie Brings Erwin Bros. Full Circle on Kurt Warner Story Play in Edifi Player

    American Underdog Movie Brings Erwin Bros. Full Circle on Kurt Warner Story

    For brothers Andy and Jon Erwin, the chance to make a movie about football icon Kurt Warner was the culmination of a 20-year dream for them both. Long before directing _American Underdog_, set to release on home video, February 22nd, the Erwins were two Alabama teenagers with a dream of one day directing movies that could change the world. Truly underdogs in their own right, Jon and Andy were fortunate enough to find work as cameramen on college football games for ESPN. The pair eventually …

  • Megachurch Pastor Benny Tate Believes God Can Use Your Past to Shape a Positive Future Megachurch Pastor Benny Tate Believes God Can Use Your Past to Shape a Positive Future Play in Edifi Player

    Megachurch Pastor Benny Tate Believes God Can Use Your Past to Shape a Positive Future

    Georgia megachurch pastor Benny Tate endured a childhood marked by abuse and abandonment only to battle many heartbreaking situations in his adult life, including navigating a difficult illness and battling through infertility with his wife. Yet for every setback and seemingly impossible situation he faced, Benny walked out his faith and actually grew in strength and wisdom. Tate joins us on The Crossmap Podcast to discuss his debut book “Defy the Odds: How God Can Use Your Past to Shape …

  • Hillsong Worship’s Brooke Ligertwood Steps Out on Her Own with New Release “Seven” Hillsong Worship’s Brooke Ligertwood Steps Out on Her Own with New Release “Seven” Play in Edifi Player

    Hillsong Worship’s Brooke Ligertwood Steps Out on Her Own with New Release “Seven”

    For nearly two decades, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Brooke Ligertwood has served the global church through song, leadership and creativity as part of Hillsong Worship. Concurrently, she has also had a successful mainstream recording career as a solo artist, releasing six previous albums as Brooke Fraser. Now comes a seventh album, but this one is a bit different. Ligertwood joins us on The Crossmap Podcast to discuss her first live solo album, “Seven.” Recorded last spring in …

  • Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Delivers a Blueprint for Truth in an Unforgiving World Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Delivers a Blueprint for Truth in an Unforgiving World Play in Edifi Player

    Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Delivers a Blueprint for Truth in an Unforgiving World

    Phil Robertson is the unlikeliest of bestselling authors. Known far and wide as the Duck Commander, Robertson is a professional hunter and invented his own duck call that earned him millions. And we must not forget … he also starred in the popular television series “Duck Dynasty”. Robertson joins us on The Crossmap Podcast from the banks of Louisiana’s Ouachita River to chat about his latest book, “Uncanceled: Finding Meaning and Peace in a Culture of Accusations, Shame, and …

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