America Held Hostage says hello to an old friend - Fmr. all B1G 10 & NFL OT Ike Boettger joined the program to announce a new partnership featuring our podcast and his new apparel line "Stally." We also talked about his testimony in Christ, being raised as a PK (pastor's kid), playing at IOWA for legendary football coach Kirk Ferentz, his budding NFL career only to be derailed by injuries and how his athletic setbacks prepared him for Christian manhood as a Father, Husband, Son, Friend and now CEO of the STALLY brand. The Stable just got a whole lot larger, and the horses run wild on this special edition of the AHH podcast.

In this Memorial Day recording of the America Held Hostage podcast, Jon & DJ discuss the mission of the America Held Hostage podcast, who is the better Presidential candidate for 2028 - JD Vance or Marco Rubio? and then how resignation of Tulsi Gabbard as DNI leads to America's need for the Gospel.

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Dr. Everett Piper, fmr. President of Oklahoma Wesleyan University returns to the America Held Hostage podcast for a special bonus episode as a roundtable discussion along with Jon, Dylan James (DJ), & Mark Hinton.
Join us as we debut a new monthly segment called "Ask Dr. Piper" in this podcast - Topics include how do we deal with "Malakoi" (i.e. soft men) inside ALOT of today's American pulpits, the sad reality that many people don't know their Scripture inside churches, the characteristics that define a Christian man, and are we seeing signs of a mass apostasy in the culture?!

In part 2 of this AHH pod discussion with Pastor Sam Jones, Jon & DJ ask what will it take to outlaw baby murder in America - how do we abolish the stain in our midst of child sacrifice known as abortion? And is it time to criminalize the slaughter of the innocent inside the womb especially if women are transing their kids, pushing pronoun paganism in classrooms across the country, and shouting their abortions as Jezebel Karens who follow demonic lies & show they desperately need Jesus?! 

In this episode of the America Held Hostage Podcast, Jon & DJ discuss the persecuted church around the world but especially in Nigeria with Outreach Director of Equipping the Persecuted, Pastor Sam Jones. Pastor Sam leads us on a journey of tremendous violence, despair, hope, and unwavering faith in Jesus Christ. Men don't run away from hard conversations, they run to them and get in the fight - this is that moment, listen and respond in kind to help and share so others are aware and convicted to help as well.

Pastor Sam Jones is also the Senior Pastor at Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Humboldt, Iowa, works with Iowa Abolitionists, and is an opinion contributor for Blaze Media. Find him on twitter/x @samjones217

In this bonus edition of the America Held Hostage podcast, Jon and DJ discuss the sin of being "Malakoi" aka a soft/effeminate man.
They discuss the fall from grace of "Pastor" Sam Allberry, a gay man who confessed to having an inappropriate relationship with another man after being platformed by The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, The SBC, Tim Keller, David Platt, Matt Chandler, and Russell Moore over the last decade.

Both Jon and DJ discuss what Malakoi means and then use this news as the catalyst to call out Christian men to step up their game and stop being soft in their own Faith. Looking back at their own experiences, both Jon and DJ urge men in America to stop making excuses and start looking in the mirror as to why the downfall of America can be laid mostly on Passive/Soft Men both inside and outside the church.

In part 2 of this in-depth discussion on the America Held Hostage podcast, Jon and DJ talk about Iran and how Trump may have walked himself into a covid like trap. Then both guys switched topics and talked about how redistricting might not help the GOP as much as they think, plus Vrabel and Russini need Jesus and multiple rooms evidently. But as always be sure your sins will find you out.

In part 1 of this two part in-depth discussion, Jon and DJ begin to talk about the alien distraction before turning to how technology may have made us more wicked as a society, how it may be a portal to demonic activity, and how wickedness continues to go unpunished but has led to a massive Christian revival among young adults due in part to the failures & GOVT abuses of power during covid.

In part 2 of Christian parenting, the AHH podcast digs into the role of fathers as Spiritual Leaders of the home, how they set the tone for the household, what is needed to be done intentionally to love your children well and teach them the Faith.

We share resources, experiences, wisdom and insight that we hope inspires and encourages parents to do more than the bare minimum or keep up with the joneses.

Jon and DJ are joined by Jon's Dad, Mark to discuss the need in a decaying culture to teach/raise your children in the "fear and admonition of the Lord." All 3 men in the America Held Hostage podcast discuss why teaching and parenting shouldn't be outsourced to government indoctrination centers known as public schools. They then turn to what parents should navigate in this culture, what parents need to be aware of as the culture continues its moral decay, and what resources can be used in this cultural hour to "train up a child in the way he should go, so that when he is old he will not depart from it."