THINQ Media (formerly Q Ideas) educates, equips and empowers Christian thought leaders to create conversations that lead to wisdom. We do this through our new digital platform, a podcast network, and a series of regional and national events designed to convene leaders around topics that matter to Christians today. Listen to the THINQ Media Podcast to learn, explore and consider how you can be faithful in our cultural context.
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In our culture today, the acceleration of new ideas, technologies, trends and headlines coming our way can be overwhelming. We need a place to think well about the changing landscape of our world. UnderCurrent with Gabe Lyons helps people of faith navigate this chaos and confusion with clarity and conviction. In a complicated cultural moment, Christians should be equipped with timeless wisdom, offering hopeful solutions to those looking for answers. Undercurrent is a series of monologues tha ...
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Are you managing stress or is your stress managing you? What practical steps can you take each day for sustained emotional, spiritual and relational health? In the Rhythms for Life podcast, authors, speakers, and founders of Q Ideas, Gabe Lyons and Rebekah Lyons, invite listeners to journey with them and expert guests into transparent conversations brimming with practical advice. From artists, nutritionists and psychologists to thought leaders, advocates and entrepreneurs, listeners will mee ...
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Q Ideas reintroduces Christians to their historic responsibility to renew and restore cultures. Gabe Lyons is the co-author of Good Faith, unChristian, and authored The Next Christians as a manifesto for how Christians can faithfully lead in a changing culture. He is the founder of Q, a learning community of Christian leaders where they are equipped to engage our cultural moment.
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Join me as I examine the best of black artists in my quest to becoming one myself. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabe-moses/support
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The Rev. Charlie Gross, Pastor of West Grove Presbyterian Church and First Mobile Church, discusses creative leadership ideas and random observations
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Trauma as a Place of Service: Dr. Diane Langberg | Episode 290
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What is the best way to navigate traumatic events? In this week's episode, Dr. Diane Langberg, a practicing psychologist whose clinical expertise includes 50 years of working with trauma survivors and clergy, gives a gripping perspective in her talk “Trauma as a Place of Service.” Join us as she presents the idea that trauma is a significant missio…
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Ending Sexual Abuse: Rachael Denhollander | Episode 289
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How should Christians respond to reports of sexual abuse, especially within the church? In this episode, Rachael Denhollander, an attorney, author, advocate, and educator known for her work on sexual abuse, shares her journey as the first victim to publicly accuse Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor who abused hundreds of young athl…
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Rising Above Partisanship: Michael Wear | Episode 288
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Are you feeling unsure about how to vote in the upcoming election? In this episode, Michael Wear, Founder of the Center for Christianity and Public Life, discusses how to approach politics faithfully, using the concept of "political homelessness" to describe our current political situation. Listen as he explains how Christians can advocate for what…
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Democracy or Republic?: Willilam B. Allen & Dave Zanotti | Episode 287
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Do you understand the difference between a democracy and a republic? Dave Zanotti, CEO of The American Policy Roundtable interviews political scientist and philosopher William B. Allen about the semantics of our country's governance. Listen in as they help us understand these confusing nuances of the United States’ government, specifically how the …
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Use or Lose Your Rights: Kristen Waggoner | Episode 286
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Are you aware of your constitutional rights when it comes to exercising your faith? In this episode, Kristen Waggoner, the CEO, President and General Counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, tells us about her work to protect fundamental freedoms and promote the inherent dignity of people all over the world. Currently, Kristen and her team have two c…
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Identity, Teens & Gender: Preston Sprinkle & Helena Kerschner | Episode 285
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Does social contagion play a part in young people's gender identity? In today's episode, we’re digging into our content library to share one of our most popular talks that we presented several years ago on the topic of Identity, Teens & Gender. Preston Sprinkle, a biblical scholar, interviews Helena Kerschner, a former transgender man who gives a p…
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Countering the Gender Agenda: Vernadette Broyles | Episode 284
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Do you know someone who is wrestling with wanting to transition genders? How do we navigate this complicated topic from a biblical worldview? In today’s episode, we’re featuring a talk from Vernadette Broyles, an attorney who has dedicated herself to working against the accelerating gender agenda in our culture. Let’s listen in as she shares about …
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Fight for Female: Lisa Bevere | Episode 283
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How do we value both male and female? Lisa Bevere, co-founder of Messenger International, helps us put into perspective the history of the LGBTQ movement and how it’s come to undermine how God very uniquely created us to be male and female. Listen in as she shares with bold conviction and encourages us to ask better questions and get informed. Reso…
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Building Resilience: Rebekah Lyons | Episode 282
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“We are not just people who bounce back; we are people who weather storms throughout the entirety of our lives.” In this THINQ episode, author and speaker Rebekah Lyons brings a powerful message on Building Resilience in a time where we continue to see a growing mental health epidemic and the rise of suicide. Listen in as she unpacks the 5 Rules of…
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As you receive this new found freedom, your life becomes a walking testimony of freedom so that you can be someone who sets others free. Anything we have endured directly relates to the amount of hope we can offer someone. In this final episode of the Spring of Freedom series Gabe and Rebekah share on the idea of setting others free and then take t…
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Submitting to Freedom: Jonathan Pokluda | Episode 281
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What does it look like to live a life of true freedom? In this episode, Author and Pastor Jonathan “JP” Pokluda draws us nearer to God and the freedom He has for us. JP brings the hard truth of the gospel and challenges us to submit to God's authority. Listen in as JP tells us about the healing and freedom God intends for us to have and have abunda…
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A Holy Departure from a Fast Faith: Alicia Britt Chole | Episode 280
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Do you live in a "fast faith" or a "sacred slow"? Author and speaker Alicia Britt Chole calls out how we’ve normalized being busy and distracted in our culture. But what is that doing to our hearts, minds, and souls? Tune in as she encourages us to embrace boredom, become more attentive to God's presence, and understand He is with us in every momen…
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Controversial Holiness: Luke LeFevre | Episode 279
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If you aren't convicted about the small things in your life, will you be convicted about the big things? Revivalist Luke LeFevre gives a unique perspective as a young adult ministry leader about how the next generation is gradually descending into compromise because they don’t realize how far they are from God and His Word. Tune in to this episode …
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In this episode of the Spring of Freedom series Gabe and Rebekah are covering both bravery and love. Bravery and love are two actions that lead us to experience true freedom. It’s one thing to have freedom for yourself and feel it, but it’s another thing to start thinking about who around you needs this same freedom and to help them experience it. …
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Finding Faith Through Atheism: Dr. Denis Alexander | Episode 278
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Do you believe science has its roots in Christian thought? In this episode, Gabe talks with Dr. Denis Alexander, Emeritus Director of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge. They discuss what science can and can’t tell us. They also discuss Dr. Alexander’s books, including his latest, Co…
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The Intersection of Dreams, Memories and Faith: Dr. Connie Svob | Episode 277
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Since Biblical times, God has used dreams to talk to people. In this episode, Gabe interviews Connie Svob, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the Whitaker Scholar in Developmental Neuropsychiatry. They discuss the significance of dreams and memories and how they intersect our …
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God wants us to recognize our weakness. When we acknowledge our weakness, it allows us to welcome other people into our lives that God ordained to be in our lives because we can’t do this on our own. In this episode of the Spring of Freedom series, Gabe and Rebekah reflect on the idea of weakness, surrender and celebration. Join the May Movement ch…
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A Finely Tuned Universe: Dr. Luke Barnes | Episode 276
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Is there intelligent life outside of earth? In this episode, Gabe poses this question and many others to Dr. Luke Barnes, a theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist and postdoctoral researcher at Western Sydney University. Dr. Barnes is a Christian whose faith inspires him in his work to explore God’s unique creation and look for patterns and reason…
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Social Perceptions of God Across Different Religious and Cultural Worldviews: Dr. Kathryn Johnson | Episode 275
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In this episode, Gabe discuss people’s perceptions of God with Dr. Kathryn Johnson, an associate research professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. Dr. Johnson has developed a scale for measuring how people think about God, based on the theory that people generally view God as either authoritarian or benevolent. Listen …
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Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles? | Dr. Ian Hutchinson | Episode 274
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In this episode, Gabe speaks with Dr. Ian Hutchinson, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, about his research in the field of fusion energy and how it relates to his faith in God. As a plasma physicist, Dr. Hutchinson describes the marvels in the universe created by God he’s witnessed through his work. Dr. Hutchinson dispels several…
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How Children View God and the Afterlife: Dr. Melanie Nyhof | Episode 273
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Do you remember your very first image or concept of God? Your first thoughts about death and the afterlife? In this episode, Gabe talks to Dr. Melanie Nyhof, a developmental psychologist at Carthage College who conducts cross-cultural developmental research examining the development of religious and cultural concepts. Gabe and Melanie specifically …
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In the 5th episode of the Spring of Freedom series, Gabe and Rebekah are reflecting on the themes of rest and grief. You don’t run to earn rest, you run fueled from rest. Jesus invites us into rest in order to recover our life and find rest for our soul. In the slowing, your heart starts to talk and get louder making you more aware of the unresolve…
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Contributions Science Can and Cannot Make in Understanding Morality | Dr. David Lahti, Episode 272
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“...in no way could [the theory of evolution] replace, much less undermine, morality,” says Dr. David Lahti, Assistant Professor of Biology at Queens College, City University of New York. In this episode, Gabe has a fascinating conversation with David, covering everything from the learned behaviors of birds and what makes birds happy to why young p…
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How Artificial Intelligence Impacts Human Connection: Dr. Rosalind W. Picard | Episode 271
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In this episode, Gabe interviews Dr. Rosalind Picard, a renowned scientist, inventor, engineer, and member of the faculty of MIT's Media Lab. Rosalind helps us define and understand affective computing and what role empathy, emotion, and human connection have in relation to A.I. and other technologies. They talk about the relational and ethical ten…
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What It Means To Be Human: Dr. Curt Thompson | Episode 270
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“…the Bible gives us a grounding for what it means for us to be human, but science can give us a bigger window into the mechanics of how we then apply that meaning on a day-to-day basis,” says psychiatrist and author Dr. Curt Thompson. In this episode, Gabe continues our Science and Faith series with Curt, discussing how God has designed our brains…
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The Science of Spirituality: Lisa Miller | Episode 269
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“In the United States, we wait for people to bottom out,” says New York Times bestselling author and psychologist Lisa Miller. But she reminds us “we were built for this,” describing how God designed and equipped us with an awakened brain made of three circuits that we can access: We are guided. We are loved and held. And we are never alone. THINQ …
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God invites you into places of risk that may require a free fall for a season but ultimately leads you to trust him on a deeper level. In this episode Gabe & Rebekah share personal reflections on times when God has called them to begin again and how often times, that has historically lead them into a season of waiting. Listen now to hear how you ca…
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What are the things that have replaced your thirst for Christ? What is holding you back from asking God to move on your behalf? Jesus offers us something that is permanent and eternal when much in our world is temporary and instant. In the third episode of our Spring of Freedom season, Gabe and Rebekah reflect on thirsting for the Christ and how to…
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