The Good Life With Dr Danny
The Good Life with Dr. Danny serves the New England Christian community and beyond by producing talk-shows that edify believers to love and good deeds, while offering outreach resources that feature people’s stories. The Good Life with Dr. Danny is a program of Danny Yamashiro Ministries and Formation Institute, divisions of Jesus Christ is Calling You, Inc. Foundational Scripture: Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13
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Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
“Journey from Orphan to Executive"
Jim Daly
www.focusonthefamily.com
How does an orphan become an executive? Michel Eyquem de Montaigne said, "The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them. A man may live long yet live very little." Jim Daly is making full use of his days. He is the president of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame-honored daily broadcast, heard by more than 2.9 million listeners a week on over 1,000 radio stations across the U.S. Jim's personal journey from orphan to head of an international Christian organization dedicated to helping families thrive is a powerful story.
Abandoned by his alcoholic father at age 5, Daly lost his mother to cancer four years later – a wound deepened when his grieving stepfather emptied the family home and took off with almost everything while Jim, the youngest of five children, and his siblings were at their mother's funeral. Several tough years in foster care followed, before Jim Daly became a Christian in high school and found meaning, purpose and a sense of belonging. "I am living proof," he wrote in his 2007 autobiography, Finding Home, "that no matter how torn up the road has already been, or how pothole-infested it may look ahead, nothing – nothing – is impossible for God." Daly assumed the presidency of Focus on the Family in 2005 after 16 years with the ministry.
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
“Pandemic: Crossing Over to Hope"
Dr. Rick Sacra
www.facebook.com/rick.sacra
What does it feel like to step over a line and be in another state? How does a physician from America serving in Western Africa cross over from surviving a pandemic with determination to go back into an infected area to save more lives? This is the story of Dr. Rick Sacra, whose service as a missionary doctor at ELWA in Monrovia, Liberia was magnified during the Ebola outbreak of 2014, catapulting him to a media platform that he has used for God’s purposes. Pointing to a future of hope through COVID and trials we face as human beings. Resurrection hope, as 2 Corinthians 1:9 reminds us.
Dr. Richard Amsden Sacra is a missionary physician with SIM working with ELWA in Liberia. He is also a professor at UMass Chan School of Medicine. He earned his bachelor’s in biochemistry at Brown University and his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed his residency at East Tennessee State University/Quillen College of Medicine. He is married to Dr. Debbie Sacra.
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
”The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism"
Dr. Daniel Hummel
www.danielghummel.com
How has dispensationalism, despite often being dismissed as a fringe apocalyptic movement, shaped Anglo-American evangelicalism and the larger American cultural imagination? How did a nineteenth century Protestant establish the hallmarks of this theology? Dr. Daniel Hummel’s book The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation answers these questions. He joins us from Madison, Wisconsin.
Dr. Daniel G. Hummel is the Director for University Engagement atUpper House, a Christian study center serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dan's forthcoming book is: The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation (Eerdmans Press, 2023). Prior to joining Upper House, Dan held appointments at UW-Madison and Harvard University. He earned his PhD in American History at UW-Madison, with a MA in History and BA in Philosophy and History from Colorado State University. He also studied at the Hebrew University-Jerusalem.
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
“Leadership for God's Purposes"
Robert H. Bradley III
www.bostontrinity.org
What is the difference between “Churchianity” and bowing the knee to Jesus? How does a graduate of Williams College who becomes a Swift Boat Commander in the Vietnam War and an executive at Citibank experience the transforming power of Jesus Christ while working in the United Kingdom? This is the story of Robert Bradley, III and how God inspired him to be founder of a bank, a school, a communications organization, and family institute. He leads a thriving company, served as church elder and is a chairman and trustee of Christian schools in Boston. Jesus said, “Follow me,” Rob said, “Yes.”
Rob Bradley serves as chairman of Bradley, Foster & Sargent. Earlier, he was president and CEO of Boston Private Bank & Trust Company, which he founded in 1985. He spent 14 years with Citicorp, including 12 years in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. In addition to graduating from Williams, he earned a master’s in international economics at The Fletcher School at Tufts. He is married to Nancy. They have three adult children and 12 grandchildren.
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
"Wellsprings of Faith"
Father Jurgen Liias
www.stpatrickstoneham.org
How does God lead a boy who was born in Germany and came to the United States as a refugee? How did he grow up in Boston to become one of the influential Christian leaders in the Northeast for fifty-years? This is the story of Father Jurgen Liias, a Catholic priest with roots in the Episcopalian priesthood. His love for God reflects the care received from someone who took his family in when they first arrived from Germany. A love Jurgen radiates to “others,” as Jesus said in John 13:34.
Father Jurgen Liias was the founding pastor of St. Gregory the Great Church and now serves as the Senior Priest of St. Patrick’s Parish in Stoneham. He graduated from Amherst College and the Episcopal Theological School. He previously served parishes in Danvers, Hamilton, Malden, and in downtown Boston. Jurgen and his wife Gloria have two grown children and three grandchildren.
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
"Cambridge Roundtable"
Rev. Dave Thom
www.cambridgeroundtable.org
How important is dialogue in university settings among scholars with different ideas? Why is the combination of science and religion an important topic? Where might such discussions lead a university, a state, and a country? What if these discussions were at Harvard and MIT and universities across the nation? Rev. Dave Thom joins us to give a glimpse of how this is taking place and the impact it is having. According to 1 Peter 1:13 Dave has prepared his mind for action to facilitate Roundtables.
Rev. Dave Thom is President of The Leadership Connection. He is the founder and co-chair of the Cambridge Roundtable on Science and Religion, a program that has grown from Roundtables at the Five Colleges in Amherst to Roundtables at locations including Harvard, MIT, Dartmouth, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Chicago, Cornell, Duke, Northwestern, Penn, Princeton, Chicago, Berkeley, Stanford, Georgetown, Ohio State, Minnesota, Tulane, UC San Diego, and UW-Madison. These programs are sponsored by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
"Jesus-Centered Brilliance"
Dr. Scott Tan
www.drscotttan.com
What happens when God imparts a level of rare brilliance on a boy who grew up on an island in the middle of the Pacific? What did he experience in middle school that altered his life—as one also gifted with unusual athletic and musical abilities? This is the story of Dr. Scott Tan, an American engineer and artist. A man who, according to Psalm 105:2, speaks of the Lord’s “wondrous works!”
Dr. Scott Tan is the data scientist for Gotham Greens. In 2019, he was selected as a member of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science. Scott earned his PhD in mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he also acquired his master of science degree. He completed his bachelor’s degree at Pomona College including a year doing research at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Scott is a worship leader at Life Community Church. He is a husband and father of two children.
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
"Integrare at Dartmouth"
Kent Dahlberg
www.integrare.us
In what way is elite-school college life, by design, a protective bubble that insulates young people from feeling a deep sense of need for religion or God? How might God be moving amidst all that security and ease, drawing people to Himself through relationships and through unexpected challenges that penetrate even the most self-assure? What is Integrare at Dartmouth College? This is the story of Kent Dahlberg, whose ministry at Dartmouth, with his wife Denise, is an extension of God’s loving touch on lives at the lush Hanover campus. As in John 8:12, they share “the light of life.”
After three decades serving in a variety of ministry leadership roles with CRU (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ), principally at Brown University and Dartmouth College, Kent and Denise Dahlberg launched Integrare in 2009 as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a Board of Directors. Integrare is a fully recognized member of Dartmouth’s Tucker Center for Spiritual & Ethical Life.
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
"Music and Human Flourishing"
Dr. Mia Chung-Yee
www.octetcollaborative.org
How does God lead a girl who was born in Madison, Wisconsin and grew up in Washington, D.C. to become a world-renowned recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician who performed extensively in North America, Europe, Asia, and Central America? How is it that she is also a master teacher and speaker? Why did God lead her to be the founder of a Christian Study Center at MIT? This is the story of Dr. Mia Chung-Yee. As in 1 Corinthians 10:31, she does everything “to the glory of God.”
Dr. Mia Chung-Yee is the Executive Director, Founder, and Board Chair of the Octet Collaborative at MIT. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, a master’s degree from Yale University, and doctorate from The Julliard School. She was Professor of Music in Residence at Gordon College from 1991-2011 and joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music as Professor of Musical Studies in 2012.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
"Faith and American Presidents"
Dr. Gary Scott Smith
www.amazon.com
Where does religion and faith enter the discussion of American presidents? Why might this period in history be known as a turning point for people in surprising ways? Dr. Gary Scott Smith is the author of the book Religion in the Oval Office: The Religious Lives of American Presidents (2015) and Faith and the Presidency: From George Washington to George W. Bush (2009) both published by Oxford University Press. His op-eds have appeared in the Washington Post, Newsweek, the USA Today, and other outlets.
Dr. Gary Scott Smith is professor of history emeritus at Grove City College. He is also an ordained Presbyterian minister who serves as a parish associate and the director of the mission program at Saint Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, North Carolina. He taught at Grove City College in western Pennsylvania from 1978 to 2017 where he chaired the History Department. He earned his M.Div. at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in History at Johns Hopkins University.