Best Authors Like Max Lucado Podcasts (2025)

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233: Unabridged Interview: Haleh Liza Gafori 1:13:05

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This is our unabridged interview with Haleh Liza Gafori. Haleh Liza Gafori joins us for part two of a three-part series asking the question posed by poet Christian Wiman: What is poetry’s role when the world is burning? It’s not a metaphorical question. We’re living through wars, climate collapse, collective burnout, and political fragmentation. Wh…

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Episode 122 Winning the Battle in Your Mind with Pastor Max Lucado 32:40

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Can we possibly begin with a few “important” announcements today? First, I just got back from Las Vegas last night, and let’s just say the flight was so bumpy I was fully convinced I’d be meeting Jesus before we touched down in Dallas. By God’s grace, I lived to tell the tale. ✈️🙌 We were in Vegas because Mike ran a marathon (woop woop!) and I… wel…

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The Subtext: Liver King: Masculinity in Crisis 47:59

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When the “Liver King” built an empire on raw meat, steroids, and slogans about being “a real man,” what if he wasn’t selling a message based on muscles but mortality? In this episode, Savannah and Lee dig into how the fear of death shapes our obsession with control, strength, and self-sufficiency. Drawing from Untold: The Liver King, Scott Galloway…

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233: Haleh Liza Gafori: The Poetry of Rumi, Theology, and Social Critique - Poetry Against the Dark 51:14

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Haleh Liza Gafori joins us for part two of a three-part series asking the question posed by poet Christian Wiman: What is poetry’s role when the world is burning? It’s not a metaphorical question. We’re living through wars, climate collapse, collective burnout, and political fragmentation. What possibly might human flourishing mean in such a contex…

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The Only One Who Has Authority Over Death and Disease

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Week 8 of the series The Only One. A message by Max Lucado.By Max Lucado

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232: Unabridged Interview: Joy Harjo 1:00:33

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Joy Harjo joins us for part one of a three-part series asking the question posed by poet Christian Wiman: What is poetry’s role when the world is burning? It’s not a metaphorical question. We’re living through wars, climate collapse, collective burnout, and political fragmentation. What possibly might human flourishing mean in such a context? And w…

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Episode 121 A Conversation About Divorce We All Need to Hear with Lysa TerKeurst and Joel Muddamalle 42:36

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This week I got to sit down with Lysa TerKeurst and Joel Muddamalle—and we tackled a topic the church doesn’t always handle well: divorce. Lysa has a powerful new book coming out, Surviving an Unwanted Divorce, and Joel, who serves as Director of Theology and Research at Proverbs 31 Ministries, brings clarity and depth to what Scripture really says…

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The Subtext: God and Gilmore Girls 42:49

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In this episode, Savannah and Lee celebrate the 25th anniversary of Gilmore Girls and use Melissa McCarthy’s viral story about Yanic Truesdale’s “fake” French accent as a springboard to talk about authenticity, faith, and what we’ve been trained to hear as “real.” From Luke’s Diner to the Sermon on the Mount, this episode asks: how do we tell the d…

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232: Joy Harjo: Poetry and the Pursuit of Justice, Truth, and the Common Good - Poetry Against the Dark 51:11

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Joy Harjo joins us for part one of a three-part series asking the question posed by poet Christian Wiman: What is poetry’s role when the world is burning? It’s not a metaphorical question. We’re living through wars, climate collapse, collective burnout, and political fragmentation. What possibly might human flourishing mean in such a context? And w…

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The Only One Who Spoke with Divine Authority 42:27

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Week 7 of the series The Only One. A message by Travis Eades.By Oak Hills Church

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231: Unabridged Interview: Garrett Graff 1:04:54

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This is our unabridged interview with Garrett Graff. What can it possibly mean to flourish in our tech saturated world? In the early 2000s, the internet felt like a civic miracle in the making, with profound possibilities for human flourishing and civic progress. Facebook gave voice to protestors in Egypt’s Tahrir Square. Twitter helped bring down …

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Episode 120 Weddings, Grown Kids & Finding Rest with Christy Nockels 35:05

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I just got back from the State Fair of Texas where I spent approximately a small mortgage and walked what felt like the entire Oregon Trail. My feet are tired, my bank account is wheezing, and I’m convinced Fletcher’s corn dogs are God’s reward for doing hard things. But speaking of big adventures… This week I got to sit down with the amazing Chris…

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The Subtext: The Life of a Showgirl (Lee’s Version) 56:36

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When a Christian influencer warns moms that Taylor Swift will lead their daughters astray, the conversation has moved beyond pop music and into culture. In this episode, Savannah and Lee trace how the church has wrestled with cultural artifacts, including Niebuhr’s Christ and Culture, and what frameworks can help us understand modern reactions to c…

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231: Garrett Graff: Social Media, Politics, and the Failure to Flourish 51:29

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What can it possibly mean to flourish in our tech saturated world? In the early 2000s, the internet felt like a civic miracle in the making, with profound possibilities for human flourishing and civic progress. Facebook gave voice to protestors in Egypt’s Tahrir Square. Twitter helped bring down dictators. The web seemed poised to enhance democracy…

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The Only One To Leave Heaven and Become Human

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Week 6 of the series The Only One. . A message by Max Lucado.By Max Lucado

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The Only One To Leave Heaven and Become Human 1:00:28

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Week 6 of the series The Only One. . A message by Max Lucado.By Max Lucado

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230: Unabridged Interview: Anna Sale 1:12:51

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This is our unabridged interview with Anna Sale. When Anna Sale launched Death, Sex & Money in 2014, she was 30 years old, newly divorced, living alone in a studio apartment in New York City, and trying to figure out what her life would become. She had covered politics as a reporter, but her personal world was unraveling. So she started asking stra…

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From Revisionist History: The Alabama Murders [ft. Lee Camp] 34:10

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Here’s a preview of a new podcast series that Lee recently appeared in, The Alabama Murders from Revisionist History. Florence, Alabama. 1988. A preacher has an affair. A woman is murdered. One death cascades into more, stretching across decades and leaving no one untouched — victims, bystanders, perpetrators, and those just trying to help. On The …

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Episode 119 Candace Cameron Bure: Something Blue and the Chicken Dance 42:01

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Y’all!!! Candace Cameron Bure is back with us today and we cover all the things: weddings, Bible reading plans, Christmas movies, and why the chicken dance might be the best first dance. We start with Natasha’s wedding (cue mom tears). Candace shares the sweetest “something blue” story and the best M.O.B. tip of all time: bring a Mary Poppins bag s…

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The Subtext: When Artists Fund the Military 42:03

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When Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invests in a military AI startup, it raises a deeper question: how do we live with integrity in systems that profit from harm? In this episode, we explore the uncomfortable relationship between the best and brightest, money, and violence—from Deerhoof’s protest to Oppenheimer’s legacy, from Walter Wink’s “powers that be” …

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230: Anna Sale: Cultivating Courage to Talk About Hard Things, like Death, Sex, and Money 51:34

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When Anna Sale launched Death, Sex & Money in 2014, she was 30 years old, newly divorced, living alone in a studio apartment in New York City, and trying to figure out what her life would become. She had covered politics as a reporter, but her personal world was unraveling. So she started asking strangers to talk about hard things, the questions sh…

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The Only One Whose Life Was Described Before It Began 48:58

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Week 5 of the series The Only One. A message by Max Lucado.By Max Lucado

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229: Unabridged Interview: Terence Lester 1:05:25

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This is our unabridged interview with Terence Lester. It was three days before Christmas when Terence Lester’s family dropped him beneath a bridge in Atlanta. With no change of clothes and a biting winter cold, he began a month-long experiment in solidarity with the unhoused. Strangers offered blankets, socks, even stories around a firepit. It was …

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Episode 118 A College Minister’s Advice to Parents feat. Yusuf Agoro 22:39

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This week we’re back with Part 2 of my conversation with Yusuf Agoro, associate pastor at The Well in Austin. If you heard last week’s episode, you know how powerful his story is—Yusuf shared his journey from growing up in a devout Muslim home to finding faith in Jesus. If you missed it, go back and listen first because it’s so amazing. In today’s …

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The Subtext: Friendship Recession 43:52

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In this episode, Lee and Savannah explore why friendships are harder to form and sustain in today’s culture, despite living in the most “connected” era in history. They examine how technology and convenience have reshaped friendship from a priority into a luxury. They ask whether these shifts meet our deep human need for connection or quietly erode…

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229: Terence Lester: Human Flourishing, Self Development, and the Common Good 52:01

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It was three days before Christmas when Terence Lester’s family dropped him beneath a bridge in Atlanta. With no change of clothes and a biting winter cold, he began a month-long experiment in solidarity with the unhoused. Strangers offered blankets, socks, even stories around a firepit. It was humbling, painful, and life-altering. And it was from …

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The Only One to Appear on Earth Before His Birth 49:02

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Week 4 of the series The Only One. A message by Max Lucado.By Max Lucado

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228: Unabridged Interview: Jen Hatmaker 1:07:25

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This is our unabridged interview with Jen Hatmaker. Jen Hatmaker's world unraveled at 2.00 a.m. one night when she awoke to hear her husband of 26 years lying beside her in bed, voice-texting his girlfriend. That's the brutal story with which Jen begins her new memoir, Awake: A Memoir of Reinvention and Recovery. It was the start of a long, painful…

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Episode 117 The God Who Never Stops Chasing You with Yusuf Agoro 39:42

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Today’s show opens with a little prayer of frustration I’ve been praying—and God’s gentle reminder that He’s in every detail. That theme runs through our entire conversation: whether you’re praying for a prodigal, aching for a child who feels unreachable, or wondering if those tiny seeds of faith you’ve planted will ever take root, there is hope. G…

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The Subtext: America’s Sweethearts: Pom Poms and Pay Gaps 50:16

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In this episode, Savannah Locke and Lee C. Camp dive into a critical discussion of the Netflix show "America's Sweethearts" and the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders' fight for fair wages. This sparks a broader conversation about the wealth gap, the commodification of labor—including human bodies—in professional sports, and the different types of justice…

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228: Jen Hatmaker: When Everything Breaks: Grief, Growth, and Human Flourishing 51:26

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Jen Hatmaker's world unraveled at 2.00 a.m. one night when she awoke to hear her husband of 26 years lying beside her in bed, voice-texting his girlfriend. That's the brutal story with which Jen begins her new memoir, Awake: A Memoir of Reinvention and Recovery. It was the start of a long, painful journey—through grief, honesty with her self, and u…

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The Only One to Create a Universe

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Week 3 of the series The Only One. A Message by Max Lucado.By Max Lucado

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227: Unabridged Interview: Max Lucado 1:17:14

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This is our unabridged interview with Max Lucado. Called “America’s Pastor," Max Lucado has sold more than 150 million products and authored over 40 nonfiction books. In this vulnerable career retrospective interview, Lee explores what led Max Lucado to become almost synonymous with grace, acceptance and forgiveness--namely some of his own wounds f…

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Episode 116 Friendship, Conflict, and the Lies We Believe: Part Two with Natalie Runion 22:32

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This week we’re back with part two of my conversation with my friend Natalie Runion, and if you missed part one—go listen first! In this episode we get practical about raising kind daughters, building sacred sisterhood, and navigating the everyday challenges that get in the way of healthy friendships. Natalie and I laughed about our own high school…

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The Subtext: Keeping the Man in Superman 48:58

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In this episode, we dissect the summer blockbuster Superman that flips the script by emphasizing vulnerability and humanity over untouchable power. Fans have praised the way the movie let Superman cry, lose, and even ask for help, while critics argue it made him too weak. We connect these reactions to questions of faith, asking what it means to wor…

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227: Max Lucado: “America’s Pastor” on How to Tame Your Thoughts 51:42

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Called “America’s Pastor," Max Lucado has sold more than 150 million products and authored over 40 nonfiction books. In this vulnerable career retrospective interview, Lee explores what led Max Lucado to become almost synonymous with grace, acceptance and forgiveness--namely some of his own wounds from childhood experiences in a frugal, sometimes e…

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The Only One to Finish His Work Before His Work Began

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Week 2 of the Series The Only One. a Message by Max Lucado.By Max Lucado

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226: Unabridged Interview: Amy Sherman 1:08:12

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This is our unabridged interview with Amy Sherman. What if the church were known not for culture wars or abuses of power, but for building parks, strengthening schools, advancing science education, and championing restorative justice? That’s the vision Amy L. Sherman lays out in her book Agents of Flourishing. In this conversation, Sherman invites …

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Episode 115 I Don’t Even Like Women with Natalie Runion 26:39

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I had the best time sitting down with my friend Natalie Runion again on the podcast. We met years ago as brand-new authors, and it’s been such a gift to watch the Lord expand her voice and ministry since then. She’s now the author of three books in just two years—including her latest, I Don’t Even Like Women and Other Lies That Get in the Way of Sa…

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226: Amy Sherman: A Faith-Based Vision for the Common Good 50:56

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What if the church were known not for culture wars or abuses of power, but for building parks, strengthening schools, advancing science education, and championing restorative justice? That’s the vision Amy L. Sherman lays out in her book Agents of Flourishing. In this conversation, Sherman invites us to imagine faith communities not as insular inst…

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Like None Other

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Week 1 of the Series The Only One. A Message by Max Lucado.By Max Lucado

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225: Unabridged Interview: Parker Palmer (Part 2) 1:27:15

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This is part two of our unabridged interview with Parker Palmer. “Things didn’t come together vocationally for me until I was 50.” At 86 years old, Quaker writer, speaker, and activist Parker Palmer has much to say about living a good life. And in his experience, a good life is often hard-won and counterintuitive. In this episode, Parker covers a l…

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225: Unabridged Interview: Parker Palmer (Part 1) 1:24:57

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This is part one of our unabridged interview with Parker Palmer. “Things didn’t come together vocationally for me until I was 50.” At 86 years old, Quaker writer, speaker, and activist Parker Palmer has much to say about living a good life. And in his experience, a good life is often hard-won and counterintuitive. In this episode, Parker covers a l…