The 21st Century Christian
The 21st Century Christian is a thoughtful podcast for new and curious believers seeking clarity in a noisy, digital world. Each episode breaks down biblical ideas into practical, relatable conversations that connect ancient truth with modern life. We explore faith, culture, social media, relationships, money, and purpose—without jargon or judgment. Through stories, scripture, and honest questions, listeners gain confidence to live out their beliefs with wisdom and grace. Whether you are just beginning your faith journey or rebuilding it, this podcast offers grounding insight, encouragement, and tools to follow Christ authentically in today’s fast-paced, media-saturated age for everyday faithful living.
Episodes
19 episodes
Edwina Perkins: Telling Her Story and Helping Other People Tell Theirs
Edwina Perkins is an author and a woman on a mission. The author of The Colors of Home, Edwina has written a book about family, grief, secrets and truth. Additionally, she is the Acquisitions Editor for Harambee Press. She serve...
S.E. Tschritter: Getting Through Grief
S.E. Tschritter, author of, Prodigal Son – From Crackhead to Jesus Freak stopped by to discuss grief. We talked, we laughed, we shared our truths about getting through something we’ll all experience if we live long enough. ...
Jennifer Afriyie: The Burnout Solution
Speaker Jennifer Afriyie is here to save us from burnout. Too many of us do too much, too much of the time. This is definitely an American trait but it often shows up in the church where people try to do too much. Even if you are doing i...
The 21st Century Christian Community
Well, we are in the 2st Century (it says so in the name). Host/Producer Karyn Beach, could only go so far without harnessing the power that is social media. In this episode, Karyn introduces The 21st Century Christian Online Communi...
Thomas Madden: God Has a Sense of Humor
Thomas Madden is the author of six books, an avid blogger, and the founder and CEO of the public relations firm, TransMedia Group. He also is a fervent believer in Jesus! He believes that Jesus should be our stockbroker! More th...
Beast Mark: The End of Days - Breaching the Pineal Gland
The End of Days is anything but easy to understand. Yet Dr. Joye Jeffries Pugh, author of Beast Mark: The End of Days - Breaching the Pineal Gland knows a thing or two about it. She has done her research and written a gripping b...
Trigger: Lessons from the Wonder Horse
Angela Lenhardt is an intuitive consultant, life coach, and spiritual healer. She is also the author of two books, Trigger – The Wonder Horse and A Charmed Journey: An Inspired Guide to Personal Transformation. We have ...
Where Branding and Faith Meet
What could a business branding expert like Rich Kozak of Rich Brands have to say about faith? Well, a lot! In fact, he has found the intersection of faith and branding and he’s stopped by The 21st Century Christian to talk about...
Changing Lives at the Farm
When Tracy Matthews-Dennis' husband, Dominic Dennis, found out that he had inherited his grandfather's farm, in his homeland of Liberia, West Africa, they knew they had to do something. That something became the Je...
Fay Scott Gordon: Prayer - Purpose * Process * Practice
Fay Scott Gordon is the woman I turn to when I have questions about prayer and when I need someone to intercede and pray for me. I invited her to the podcast to share her experiences and wisdom with the 21st Century Christian audience. A...
Nancy Winningham: Manifesting Your Vision
Nancy Winningham is a woman who wears many hats! She is an author, actress, motivational speaker and glamma (that's a glamorous grandma!). Her latest book, Umbrella of Grace, chronicles her life after the sudden and unexpected d...
2026 is The Year! Achieve Your Goals Once and For All!
21st Century Christian host and producer, Karyn Beach, is a life-long goal setter. It bothered her though that several goals remained on her list year after year. So, she thought about why and created the Golden Goals Method with five st...
The Navity - Told the 21st Century Christian Way
The Nativity. We know it. We hear it every year, or do we? Did the Wise Men and the Shepherds see the Baby Jesus at the same time? What did Mary do after her visit from the angel Gabriel? Just where do we find the Little Drummer Boy? All of the...
Jon Steele: First Military, then Music
Jon Steele started his musical journey as a musician and songwriter in his teens. He put those dreams on the back burner while he served in the Air Force. When he retired, however, music came right back to the forefront.With a mix...
Real Life, Real Faith: Adoption, Sickness, Children and Faith
Marissa Johanson has lived a life, a good life featuring a 32-year marriage but even a good life has it's challenges ... challenges a lot of us can relate to. The product of a teenage romance, Marissa's story started with her adoption st...
When God Nods
Bill Gray is an analytical man. It took him 18 months, including time spent reading the Bible, reading other books, doing his own research to decided that Christianity was the way to go. He wrote his memoirs and then wrote them again fro...
Using Your Talent
Joseph Lenard is an author and has been a fellow podcaster. We had a great time talking about a little bit of everything. He describes his book, Terror Strikes, as Christian sci-fi. How to Write a Book and Get It Published <...
A Second Chance and the Road to Forgiveness
Helen Glanville helped her husband get a much-needed second chance. In Australia, Richard 'Geoff' Glanville was a brilliant legal mind turned embezzler. After serving his time, he ended up marrying a young woman who helped him build a life. Hel...
I'm Karyn Beach - Host of The 21st Century Podcast
The 21st Century podcast is a weekly interview podcast. It is hosted and produced by Karyn Beach. This first episode is a little different. Instead of having an interview, Karyn is talking directly to you about her faith walk.After losin...
