Join Christy and Steve Keist each Thursday from 4-5 p.m. on 103.5 The Light and WTTLradio.com. Each week, they blend God and politics and sprinkle in scripture throughout every program. Bill and Michael Federer came onto the show this week to promote a new book “Courageous Christianity.”
A synopsis: Did you know modern Olympics were inspired by the Muscular Christianity movement, as was the game of rugby? Were you aware basketball and volleyball were invented by Y.M.C.A. trainers and used as evangelism tools to bring youth to Christ around the globe? Fun Fact: The Y.M.C.A. director in Geneva, Switzerland, started the International Red Cross and was the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Did you know Charles Finney’s preaching in the Second Great Awakening Revival helped found the Young Men’s Christian Association, which led in racial reconciliation and inspired Black History Month? How did the Spirit-Mind-Body triangle become the Y.M.C.A. logo? Be inspired by evangelist D.L. Moody, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, General Douglas MacArthur, Tuskegee President Booker T. Washington, Boy Scout Founder Lord Baden Powell, revivalist Billy Sunday, and President Theodore Roosevelt. Discover daring writings of Rudyard Kipling’s Captains Courageous, Horatio Alger’s Rags-to-Riches stories, and Dale Carnegie’s win friends and dream big. Learn about the Layman’s Prayer Revival, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Athletes in Action, and the Student Volunteer Missionary Movement, whose motto was winning the world to Christ in this generation! You will be strengthened and your heart emboldened to change the world after reading Courageous Christianity!
Listen to episode 124 below!
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