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Here I’m going to have guests of many sorts. But mainly we’re going to talk about self awareness, personal growth, contemplation, spiritually, and spinal cord and stroke awareness. We want to motivate people to Embrace their own change through learning to risk and be vulnerable rather than clinging to the familiar and remaining stuck. Mainly we’re here to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
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#292 Finding Peace in an Age of Anxiety, with Jonny Ardavanis (Pastor series Pt. 1)
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1:08:03In the first episode of our new Pastor series, Jonny Ardavanis, Pastor of Stonebridge Bible Church in Brentwood, TN joins to talk about finding peace in a world filled with distractions, financial pressures, political stress, cultural upheaval, and social media hysteria. Jonny talks about how Christians can approach the topic of anxiety from a bibl…
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#291 Is my Favorite Influencer Going Progressive?
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52:09In today's podcast, Alisa shares some insights from Elisabeth Elliot's Through Gates of Splendor, and give some practical tips on how to spot if your favorite influencer, teacher, or leader is leaning toward progressive Christianity. Plus, she shares some important info about what it means to make the Bible your authority. -------------------------…
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#290 Christian Faithfulness in a Lost and Hostile Culture, with Erwin Lutzer
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54:54Dr. Erwin Lutzer joins the podcast to talk about his new best-selling book, The Eclipse of God. In this encouraging conversation, we discuss culture, the culture war, and the very real spiritual battle Christians are in. Dr. Lutzer touches on topics like speaking truth in love, living faithfully in a culture of distractions, and what to do when cul…
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#289 Should Christians Practice Deliverance Ministry? Pt. 1, with Doug Geivett and Richard Howe
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1:47:35Many churches today practice deliverance ministry, which seeks to free people from the oppression and possession of demonic spirits and influence. Deliverance can involve practices like prayer, naming and binding demons, breaking generational curses, taking authority over spirits, and identifying sin patterns that (according to deliverance minister…
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#288 Empower Your Kids to Navigate Cultural Challenges with Truth, with Shanda Fulbright
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50:06Former public school teacher Shanda Fulbright joins the podcast to talk about how each Christian parent can navigate the cultural challenges their kids will encounter whether they choose to send them to public school, private school, or homeschool. We talk through practical ways parents can disciple their kids with a biblical worldview in each stag…
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#287 The Sin of People-Pleasing, with Jinger Duggar Vuolo
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1:05:40Jinger Duggar Vuolo joins the podcast to talk about how important it is to fear God over man, and how "people-pleasing" can harm relationships, silence truth, and cause mission drift. She shares her story of growing up on TV, breaking free from the false teachings of Bill Gothard, and ultimately overcoming people-pleasing to speak out against these…
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#286 Think the Bible Has Errors? Here's What you Might be Missing
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45:03Can you defend the inerrancy of Scripture? What do we mean when we say the Bible is inspired by God? Maybe you've heard that the Bible contains the word of God, or that it becomes the word of God, or that the Bible's concepts are the word of God. In today's podcast, I hope to show that the Bible, in its entirety, IS the Word of God. We talk through…
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#285 Should Christians Speak up about Politics? with Natasha Crain
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56:28Natasha Crain joins the podcast to discuss her new book, "When Culture Hates You: Persevering for the Common Good as Christians in a Hostile Public Square." In this episode, we discuss the radical shift in culture since 2020 and how many Christians are now divided on how to engage with culture and politics. We cover topics such as social justice na…
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#284 An Ex-Progressive Christian Speaks out on Deconstruction and Evangelical Culture, with Dave Stovall
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1:17:32Dave Stovall, former guitar player for Audio Adrenaline and Wavorly joins the podcast to talk about how he began to deconstruct while touring in contemporary Christian music. His deconstruction took him into progressive Christianity, where he found himself befriended by a local pastor. They began to study the Bible together, and Dave began his jour…
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#283 Reaction: McDowell vs. Sprinkle: Can Christians Identify as "Gay" as Long as They're Celibate?
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17:00In today's podcast, I offer some commentary about the recent discussion on YouTube between Sean McDowell and Preston Sprinkle. I thought Sean did a great job asking the right questions and pushing back in the right places, but thought I'd offer some additional commentary regarding the blurry language that is often used in "Side B Christianity."…
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#281 Social and Emotional Learning: Coming to a School Near You, with Elizabeth Urbanowicz
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1:02:28Social and Emotional Learning is a widespread process that’s implemented in public schools, and in many Christian schools. It’s a positive-sounding phrase that describes a process that claims to help people develop healthy identities, manage their emotions, establish supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions. That all soun…
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#280 New Thought: The Most Influential Heresy You've Never Heard Of, with Melissa Dougherty
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1:09:54Melissa Dougherty joins the show to talk about how a widely practiced but little known movement called "New Thought" has influenced everything from the Word of Faith Movement to the Seeker Sensitive Movement to the Self-Help Industry to Progressive Christianity. Melissa spent years ascribing to various New Thought beliefs and practices such as posi…
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#279 7 Dangerous Ideas Invading the Church
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1:17:20Join me LIVE for the first podcast of 2025 where I will unpack the top 7 unbiblical teachings that I see influencing the Evangelical church. Discerning the times can be difficult given the many deceptions and errors that are proliferating in books, podcasts, and social media. Many of these errors are quite subtle, but thankfully, God has given us H…
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The Sabbatical Series: Lisa Gungor's Most Beautiful Thing: An Ode to Relativism
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9:56During my Sabbatical, I wanted to post some short podcasts that only reached a limited number of people several years ago. They are short answers to tough apologetics and theological questions. I hope you enjoy. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by…
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The Sabbatical Series: Rachel Held Evans: Slaying Giants or Taming the Bible?
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12:15During my Sabbatical, I wanted to post some short podcasts that only reached a limited number of people several years ago. They are short answers to tough apologetics and theological questions. I hope you enjoy. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by…
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The Sabbatical Series: The Gospel According to Progressive Christianity #3: Redemption and Restoration
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10:22During my Sabbatical, I wanted to post some short podcasts that only reached a limited number of people several years ago. They are short answers to tough apologetics and theological questions. I hope you enjoy. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by…
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The Sabbatical Series: The Gospel According to Progressive Christianity #2: Creation and Fall
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9:49During my Sabbatical, I wanted to post some short podcasts that only reached a limited number of people several years ago. They are short answers to tough apologetics and theological questions. I hope you enjoy. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by…
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The Sabbatical Series: The Gospel According to Progressive Christianity: Is it Really Good News?
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9:33During my Sabbatical, I wanted to post some short podcasts that only reached a limited number of people several years ago. They are short answers to tough apologetics and theological questions. I hope you enjoy. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by…
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#277 There are No New Questions! Connecting with Church History, with Douglas Groothuis
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1:05:19Dr. Doug Groothius joins the podcast to talk about the influence of Blaise Pascal who is famous for coming up with “Pascal’s Wager.” We talk about the importance of church history, and how many of the ideas and questions posed by progressive Christianity have already been thought through and dealt with. ---------------------------------------------…
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#276 Conceived in Rape, Adopted in Love: The Powerful Story of Ryan and Bethany Bomberger
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1:03:46Should Christians be okay with abortion only in the cases of incest or rape? Today’s guest is living proof that God can bring beauty, redemption, and healing in even the most dire circumstances. Ryan Bomberger was conceived in rape, but was adopted by loving Christian parents. Ryan is a passionate and courageous voice for the pro-life cause, and in…
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#275 Engaging Your Doubt Without Becoming Progressive
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27:15I recently received a question from someone hoping to minister to a friend who was raised Christian and had a great family. Lately, she's questioning the sexual ethic of her faith tradition. Her friend wonders if this is coming from progressive Christianity, but doesn’t know how to spot it. In today’s podcast, I do my best to help navigate the murk…
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#274 Navigating a Culture of Redefined Words, with Scott Allen
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1:04:04Have you noticed how words are being redefined? Words like "justice" have become weaponized and used to argue for abortion through the phrase "reproductive justice." Words like "authority" have been cast in a negative light, and words like "freedom," "truth," and "beauty" have all received modern makeovers that can leave us talking past each other.…
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#273 How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion, with Allie Beth Stuckey
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57:37Allie Beth Stuckey joins the podcast to talk about how progressive Christians exploit Christian compassion in areas like race, sexuality, immigration, transgenderism, marriage, abortion, and social justice. She also responds to a recent Christianity Today article which compared her to a nazi German soldier due to her stance on biblical issues. ----…
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#272 My Church Hired a “Spiritual Director.” What Does This Mean?
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24:05In today’s podcast, Alisa answers questions about spiritual direction, contemplative prayer, and meditation. Are these practices biblical? She also answers questions about discerning red flags, and if a particular website is progressive or not. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: SEVEN WEEK…
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#271 How Babylon Bee Defends Truth Through Satire
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55:49Kyle Mann and Joel Berry from the Babylon Bee join the podcast to talk about the Bee’s stand again cultural lies and the big tech voices who have tried to silence them. They each share their favorite Babylon Bee headline and talk about sticking to their guns after spending several months being banned on Twitter. ------------------------------------…
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#270 How to Be Radical Like Jesus: Challenges to Put Knowledge Into Action, with Greg Stier
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51:39Greg Stier of Dare to Share Ministries, joins the podcast to share some practical challenges every Christian can put into action to become more like Jesus. In this episode, Alisa and Greg discuss prayer, evangelism, and being filled with the spirit in everyday situations. Greg tells the powerful story of diffusing a hostile situation and sharing th…
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#269 Christians and IVF: Is There an Ethical Way? with Katy Faust
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1:04:56Katy Faust joins the podcast to talk about her “Them Before Us” movement, which prioritizes the rights and happiness of children over the rights and happiness of adults. We cover everything from same-sex marriage to surrogacy to the ethics of IVF. We also suggest redemptive ways Christians can think through issues surrounding IVF, whether they are …
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#268 Is the Bible Multivocal or Univocal?
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24:38In this midweek podcast, Alisa tackles questions from Instagram followers such as: Is the Trinity in the Bible? Is the Bible multivocal? How do you keep your priorities straight with such a busy ministry? And more… ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: LOGOS Go to logos.com/alisa to get 10% o…
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#267 5 Questions Every Parent Must Answer Before Giving Your Kids Social Media, with Jonathan Morrow
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1:06:24Jonathan Morrow joins the podcast to discuss the effects screens/social media has on our kids brains, emotions, and spiritual lives. He offers 5 very practical question each Christian parent should think through before giving our kids social media. Refresh is a Practical Online Course That Helps Busy Moms and Dads Confidently Navigate Smartphones, …
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#266 NAR and Progressive Christianity: Two Sides of the Same Coin?, with Paul Copan
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1:04:41Dr. Paul Copan joins the podcast to use his expertise to help me analyze some theological overlap I see between the movement of progressive Christianity and the New Apostolic Reformation. Progressive Christianity seeks to reframe Christianity by de-emphasizing personal salvation, biblical authority/innerancy, and by attempting to harmonize it with …
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#265 Midweek: Complementarian vs. Egalitarian: Where do I Stand?
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18:51In today’s episode, Alisa tackles one of the most common questions she’s asked: where does she stand on the issue of women in ministry? Should women be pastors? What if a woman has the gift of teaching? Should Christians divide over this? What does Alisa do when she’s asked to preach a sermon at a church? -------------------------------------------…
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#264 God’s Goodness in the Midst of Sickness and Suffering, with Bec Andrew
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1:00:03Alisa’s friend Bec Andrew joins the podcast to talk about her debilitating illness and chronic pain, and how God has used that in her life to lead her to better theology. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: GOOD RANCHERS Subscribe to any Good Ranchers box and you can choose a free add-on fo…
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#263 Is Necromancy Creeping into The Church? An Ex-New Ager Weighs in, with Doreen Virtue
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59:33As a popular New Age teacher, Doreen Virtue became the top-selling New Age author at the top New Age Publishing company. She practiced Tarot cards and necromancy, even offering free readings to parents who had recently lost their children. She believed she was doing God’s work until God saved her and she trusted in Christ. In 2017, she renounced he…
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#262 Leaving Bethel: Christian Couple Shares Their Deconstruction/Reconstruction Story
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1:29:53Today's show features Jesse and Kali Westwood as they share their powerful story of leaving the culture of Bethel church and the affiliated organizations. Jesse graduated from Bethel Supernatural School of Ministry and went on to lead worship with former Bethel Worship artist Sean Feucht. The Westowood's share their personal stories of deconstructi…
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#261 Book Claims to Teach Christians to Raise the Dead: A Review
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1:29:41Several years ago, Andrew and Kalley Heiligenthal asked the members of their church, Bethel in Redding, California, to pray for resurrection after their two-year old daughter Olive died suddenly. The hashtag #wakeupolive was shared thousands of times on social media. After the unsuccessful attempt to raise Olive from the dead, many Christians began…
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#260 Midweek: Struggling with Habitual Sin & Modern vs. Ancient Deconstruction
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18:55A listener asks a question about what to do when you struggle with a persistent thoughts about and attraction to someone you shouldn’t. Alisa offers some biblical advice that can be applied to any habitual sin struggle. Another listener asks about the difference between deconstruction as we see it play out in our current culture, and the deconstruc…
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#259 New York Pastor Successfully Removes Graphic Material From Public Schools (And How You Can Too!)
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59:54From children’s books to adult novels, many Christians are unaware that their local public school students have access to LGTBQ indoctrination and graphic sexuality. Pastor Gary VanRiper joins the podcast to share about how Christians can be effective in arguing for the removal of pornographic material that is now available in most public school sy…
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#258 Megan Basham Responds to Pushback about "Shepherds For Sale", with Frank Turek and Megan Basham
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1:39:32Megan Basham’s new book “Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda” is blowing the lid off of some prominent evangelical leaders and their organizations that seem to have sold their souls for leftist money and political positions. A few of them are now challenging some of Megan’s findings, saying they were ta…
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#257 Midweek: Megan Basham Update + Evidence for Jesus
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21:22In today's midweek episode, Alisa comments on the debate surrounding Megan Basham's best-selling book, "Shepherds for Sale," and then takes a question that came in via Instagram about historical evidence for Jesus. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out LOGOS Bible Software: Click the link below to get 10% off …
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#256 How Gen Z Became Radicalized, and What to do About It, with Dr. Jeff Myers
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57:37Dr. Jeff Myers joins the podcast to share about his experience traveling to Israel during the conflict with Hamas and interviewing people on both sides. He shares the truth about what is going on, and how Christians can think biblically about this war, and how Gen Z has been radicalized with anti-Israel propaganda. He then discusses the role of the…
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#255 Exposing Corruption in the Evangelical Church: The infiltration of a Leftist agenda, with Megan Basham
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1:01:43Megan Basham joins the podcast to talk about her bombshell book, Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded Truth for a Leftist Agenda. Basham documents how progressive powerbrokers —from George Soros, to the founder of eBay, to former members of the Obama administration— set out to change the American church. Secular foundations and think …
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#254 What About Slavery in the Bible? (and other questions I didn’t get to last week)
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50:20In this week’s podcast, Alisa answers many of the questions she didn’t get to in last week’s episode. Questions include slavery in the Bible, our emotional state in heaven, the line between something being entertainment or God honoring, the trend to deconstruct into Eastern Orthodoxy, what to do if your church doesn’t believe in Original Sin, what …
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#253 Finding a Good Church, Defending Inerrancy, Altar Calls + Q&A
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1:01:10In this livestream, Alisa took viewer questions such as, what if my pastor says “I don’t know” is the best answer to theological issues? Practical ways to come out of false teaching? What brings revival? What if my church doesn’t do altar calls? Do many churches downgrade God’s Holiness? -------------------------------------------------------------…
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#252 The Sordid History of Margaret Sanger and Planned Parenthood, with Seth Gruber
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1:11:08Pro-life advocate Seth Gruber joins the podcast to shed light on the evil history of Planned Parenthood and its founder, Margaret Sanger. Seth discusses how Sanger’s dubious connections, advocacy for eugenics, and promotion of abortion started the cultural shift toward widespread approval of abortion, transgenderism, LGBTQ+ activism, and the cultur…
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#251 Powerful Story of Redemption and Healing After Planned Parenthood Abortion
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1:00:29with Joanie Hammond and Lauren Johnston handsofhopetucson.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: SEVEN WEEKS COFFEE Taste the Coffee that is Saving Lives. Use the code, ALISA, to get 15% off any order with a subscription. www.sevenweekscoffee.com FOUNDATION WORLDVIEW Foundation Worldview c…
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Current Housing Market Q&A with David Childers
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44:21David Childers answers real estate agents' top questions related to the housing market. He addresses concerns about a housing crash, the differences between the current market and the 2008 crisis, the importance of homeownership, the lack of affordable homes, and how to approach mortgage rate discussions with clients. David provides facts and exper…
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#250 #Exvangelical: Healthy Reformation or Disturbing Trend? with Anne Kennedy
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1:04:18Anne Kennedy joins the podcast to talk about her observations about the Exvangelical movement, and what she identifies as a lack of respect for elders and theological incuriosity. She also discusses her role in the Anglican split over LGBTQ issues and what concerning trends she sees today in the Evangelical church. ---------------------------------…
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Focus on What Works with Jared James
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41:59David interviews Jared James about the housing market and the role of media in shaping public perception. They discuss the importance of podcasts and other alternative media sources in providing trustworthy information. They also touch on the impact of the upcoming election on the market and the need for agents to adapt and level up their skills. J…
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How the 2024 Presidential Election Affects the Housing Market
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16:17On this episode, David explores how past elections have affected the housing market and discusses how the 2024 election could potentially impact the market. The conversation focuses on three interrelated channels through which elections influence the housing market: uncertainty, policy expectations, and consumer confidence. He covers the impact of …
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#249 Can We Trust the Gospels? With Dr. Peter Williams
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57:18Dr. Peter Williams joins the podcast to talk about the Gospels―Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. These are four accounts of Jesus’s life and teachings while on earth. But should we accept them as historically accurate? What evidence is there that the recorded events actually happened? Dr. Williams presents evidence from non-Christian sources, assesses how…
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