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In the Market with Janet Parshall
August 20, 2025
Hour 1: God On The Brain
Are we divinely “wired” to have God on our brains? Dr. Bradley Sickler will provide a timely theological, scientific, and philosophical assessment of the human brain, displaying the many ways in which the Gospel informs a distinctly Christian understanding of cognitive science.
Hour 2: The Deconstruction of Christianity
A movement called ‘deconstruction’ is sweeping through our churches, and it is affecting our loved ones. It has disrupted, dismantled, and destroyed the faith of so many. Maybe you have a loved one who is deconstructing their faith, and you are struggling to know how to respond. Maybe your relationship with a loved one has been strained or even cut off because of your “toxic” Christian beliefs, and you don’t know what to do. Some who leave the faith feel wounded by the church. Others feel repressed by some of the moral imperatives found in Scripture. For some, it leads to a custom-made spirituality. For others, deconstructing their faith leads them away from the truth into agnosticism, atheism, the occult, or humanism.
Alisa Childers will help us understand what deconstruction is, where it comes from, why it is compelling to some, and how it disorients the lives of so many.
IN THIS EPISODE
Dr. Bradley Sickler
Bradley L. Sickler (PhD, Purdue University) is associate professor of philosophy and the program director for the master of arts in theological studies program at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul, Minnesota. Besides his teaching ministry, he is an ordained minister and has been involved in a variety of ministry settings, including youth ministry, camp ministry, and the pastorate. His areas of academic interest include issues in science and Christianity, the history of philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries, and philosophy of religion. He has worked on issues surrounding arguments for the existence of God, the problem of evil, challenges to faith from science, and the metaphysics of causation.
Alisa Childers
Alisa Childers is a wife, mom, author, podcaster, blogger, speaker, and worship leader. She was a member of the award-winning CCM recording group ZOEgirl. She is currently a respected speaker at apologetics and Christian worldview conferences, as well as the host of her popular YouTube channel. Alisa's story was featured in the documentary, American Gospel: Christ Crucified. She has been published at the Gospel Coalition, Crosswalk, the Stream, For Every Mom, Decision Magazine, and the Christian Post, and her blog post "Girl, Wash Your Face? What Rachel Hollis Gets Right . . . and Wrong" received more than one million views.
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Janet Parshall
Janet Parshall has been broadcasting from the nation's capital for over three decades. Her passion is to "equip the saints" through intelligent conversation based on biblical truth. When she is not behind her microphone, Janet is speaking across the country on issues impacting Christians. She has authored several books. Parshall and her husband, Craig, live in Virginia and have four children and six grandchildren.
