Mark Hopson from DecisionPoint.org joins me to discuss the importance of student-led evangelism. How does Decision Point provide resources and training for youth pastors to help their students effectively share the gospel? How can your church support and equip students for evangelism? How can community members and parents get involved in reaching their local public schools? TUNE IN to find out!

Mark Hopson is a graduate of Biolo University and he went on to get his Master of Arts degree in New Testament from Talbot School of Theology. He’s been working for an organization since 2006 called Decision Point: An organization that equips Christian students as “teen evangelists” to reach their peers and classmates for Christ. To date, they’ve seen over 10,000 students from 500 schools give their lives to Christ through on-campus, student-led outreach events. He is now the President of this organization.

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TOPIC TIMELINE

2:15 Mark’s Faith journey

3:50 Missionary work

5:22 Decision Point overview

7:05 Satan clubs

10:32 School response to Satan clubs

12:08 Legal Perspective/Parent Awareness

12:54 Equal Access Act

14:47 Post Lockdown challenges

15:50 Finding supportive teachers

19:01 Students standing strong

22:44 Training students

25:20 Fear of man

26:02 Pacific Justice Institute

27:58 Christian pushback?

30:12 Decision Point growth

32:24 Homeschooling vs public schooling

35:40 Getting involved in Decision Point

36:55 Pray Five List; Go Witness

38:00 Give God’s Word; Teach God’s Word

39:05 Outreach Week

40:07 Coaching

42:31 Local church involvement

44:00 Disciple like Jesus

44:43 Pray. Send. Go.

46:55 Guest closing remarks

49:17 Closing prayer

Christian and Co-Founder of Convention of States Action Mark Meckler joins the show to share how his conversion to Christianity influenced his political activism, the role of churches and pastors in our fight for freedom and liberty, the rise and fall of the Tea Party and how to avoid the same pitfalls, and how invoking Article V of the U.S. constitution might be our best and only shot at curbing the tyranny of our federal government. We also discuss how YOU can get involved in the fight!

Mark started his career as an internet attorney with extensive experience in technology law and later went on to co-found the Tea Party Patriots, the largest Tea Party group in the United States. After he left the Tea Party he teamed up with Michael Farris to found Convention of States Action.

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Topic Timeline

1:51 Mark’s Faith journey

3:45 Taught that Christianity was biggest evil

5:15 Studied all the “isms,” Buddhism, etc.

6:07 Walk the walk

8:27 Paul “not really” a Jew

10:10 Promise made to Jewish people

14:19 Family animosity?

17:29 Tech lawyer to political activist

19:00 Tax Day Tea Party

20:20 Most important thing is being saved

21:07 Being called

23:01 Changes to approach, softened heart

25:35 Listening

26:48 Should Christians and Pastors be involved in politics?

28:25 Debate vs Discussion

30:12 Where does Bible say to sit on the sidelines?

31:45 Political theology, I Samuel 8

33:17 The King or a King?

34:19 We the People are the governing authority

36:17 Good came out of Tea Party Movement

38:45 No plans gets you steamrolled

40:49 Article V overview

44:08 Pushback

47:25 Takes 38 States to ratify

48:20 Role of churches and pastors and Article V

49:45 Convention of States is the peaceful way

50:50 Getting involved in Convention of States

53:18 Be strong, rely on Scripture

54:47 Words of caution and encouragement

56:01 Read Declaration

56:54 Pledged lives, fortunes, sacred honor to what exactly?

59:20 We must lock arms

1:00:23 Guest closing remarks

1:01:33 Closing prayer

Join us in this Christmas special episode! We discuss our personal experiences and perspectives on Christmas. Patrick and Steve and myself share what Christmas means to us and how our traditions have evolved over the years. We talk church services, Die Hard, and reflect on the changing atmosphere of Christmas and the significance of the coming of the birth of Jesus. We explore the importance of stories, the impact of secularism on Christmas, the meaning of Merry Christmas, and more!

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Show Timeline

1:00 Guest intros

3:02 What does Christmas mean to you?

9:50 Christmas travels or not

10:48 Eggnog and fruitcake

12:40 Too many Christmas Eve services?

15:50 Christmas candlelight services

17:00 Rip ‘n Sip

18:20 Should non believers take Communion?

19:21 Christmas traditions

23:10 In n Out Burgers

24:19 Sheet and Hardee’s

24:45 Favorite Christmas movies. Die Hard?

26:11 Criteria for being a Christmas movie

28:50 A Christmas Story the movie

31:31 Phasing out Christmas?

33:01 Finding Manger Scene to buy at stores nearly impossible

34:05 Handel’s Messiah

38:20 Paganism

40:10 What “Merry Christmas” means

41:24 Angels sing only once

43:11 Is it still the most wonderful time of year?

45:20 Red pilled

47:15 Raising baby Jesus

48:44 Mary, did you know?

51:05 Does the Christmas “date” matter?

53:30 Just 12 men turned the world upside down

55:34 Is there hope for the world?

56:45 Look to 2,000 years of church history for encouragement

1:00:14 Santa or no Santa for your kids

1:05:00 St. Nick punching the heretic

1:08:47 Guests closing remarks

1:10:57 Closing prayer

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Pastor Ryan Visconti joins the show to tackle the uncomfortable truth: cowardice and sin have infected the church. He exposes the 3-step "Pastoral Cycle of Cowardice" - silence, corruption, and capitulation - and its devastating impact on Biblical truth. Learn how to recognize these signs in your own church and discover how pastors and parishioner can break free and lead a courageous return to God's word.

Ryan has a Master’s degree in theology from Liberty University and served as captain in the U.S. Army. After completing his active duty God led him to join the pastoral leadership team at Generation Church in Arizona in 2011. As of 2014 he is now the Lead Pastor of Generation.

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Timeline

1:42 Ryan’s Faith journey

6:20 Generation Church

7:11 Bible teachers

8:32 Help from the Holy Spirit

10:59 Is it okay to be angry?

12:20 Cowardice, Corruption, Capitulation

13:27 Women and compassion

14:57 Cowardice leads to corruption

15:29 Burger King God

17:15 Pastors fear of man and seeker sensitive

19:40 Capitulation and fallout

21:20 Are pastors more cowardly today?

22:40 Liberty and Morality

24:04 Secular Pluralism and Seeker Movement

26:25 Under discipled

27:30 Wrong is Right?

29:05 Seekers and still speak truth?

30:55 Transgenderism and speaking truth

32:28 Woman at the well

33:21 Rich young ruler

35:52 Cutting off corruption

37:41 Painful accusations

39:50 Handling the offended

41:51 “Affirming” thinking

43:25 Is there a pro life Democrat?

45:22 What to say during confrontation

47:42 Tabling differences

49:47 First, second, and third tier issues

53:20 Encouraging speaking the truth

55:16 “Wimpy” pastors need encouragement

58:20 Encouraging bold pastors

1:00:19 Closing remarks

1:00:38 Closing prayer

In this engaging discussion with Pastor James Bellino, we delve into the role of Christians in engaging with the government, explore God's expectations, the biblical basis for our involvement in civic affairs, and practical advice on how the average Christian can make a positive impact in our local communities.

Pastor James Bellino spent 20 years in the transportation industry before rekindling his relationship with Jesus in 1998. By 2011, the Lord brought him and his family to Palm Coast, FL and to Church on The Rock, where he currently serves as the senior pastor.

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James Bellino Topic Timeline

1:12 James’ Faith journey

3:47 Wrestling with God

4:44 Church voter registration

5:50 Voting is your voice

7:38 Would Jesus vote?

9:36 Pastors and church leaders must engage

11:13 Many don’t even talk about sin

13:40 What’s the vibe amongst Pastors?

16:00 Losing dollars?

17:47 Support candidates locally

19:28 Communism loves State run schools

20:39 Black Robe Regiment

21:30 Separation of Church & State misconceptions

22:47 Lemon Decision

23:40 Johnson Amendment did not actually pass

24:33 Exercise vs Expression of religion

25:42 Platitudes

27:05 Question candidates on how they see government’s role

29:14 Candidates’ moral compass

32:43 Mitigating combativeness

35:44 Love without sacrificing Truth

37:47 Organizing a voter drive

41:31 Engage congregation to vote

43:30 Fighting back step by step

45:01 Approaching your Pastor

48:02 Go to Council meetings, etc., to learn who politicians really are

49:37 Use the Rights that we Christians already have

51:20 Guest closing remarks

53:55 Closing prayer

Embark on a deep dive with our guest, Jon Root, as we examine all things culture from a Christian perspective. We cover the controversies from The Chosen series and the rise of wokeness in sports and how it conflicts with our Christian beliefs, while offering practical suggestions on how Christians can navigate the complexity of it all.

Jon is a former San Jose Sharks and Santa Cruz Warriors in-arena host and digital reporter. Due to the over politicization of the sports industry and our society, he was called to join Turning Point USA as a contributor, hosting multiple shows there, including: Breakaway non-woke sports talk and conversation show and TPUSA LIVE, a political news and entertainment show. He’s now an independent faith, sports, and culture commentator.

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Topic Timeline

2:07 Jon’s Faith journey

6:06 Christless Conservatism

7:35 CINOs, Christian in name Only

9:50 Candice Owens comments

10:45 GOP/GOD

12:16 Candidates 2024

15:12 Trump

16:10 The Chosen

18:20 Jim Caviezel

20:07 Cult of personality

25:05 Hate and division in Sports

26:53 Pride Nights

31:10 Athletes taking a stand

35:50 Women’s soccer team controversy

38:38 Unpatriotic to root against an American team?

40:48 Will NBL ever be Bud Lighted?

42:13 Redskins name

44:00 Diversity emphasis in NFL

45:20 Women players on NFL teams?

47:26 Christians in Sports Media

51:07 Independent Christian Conservative Sports Outlets?

53:30 Combatting wokeness in Sports

56:20 Action steps

57:20 Stats on Biblical Worldview

59:01 False teachers

1:00:50 Advice when attending rallies

1:01:51 Co-belligerence

1:04:24 Will Sports ever be free from wokeness?

1:07:04 Guest’s final remarks

1:08:30 Closing remarks

The Rabbi returns! Yehoshua (Joshua) Danese joins the show again for an insightful and informative conversation about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. Rabbi Danese provides a unique perspective on the situation and offers thought-provoking insights on the issue. You don’t want to miss this one!

Joshua Danese, was an idealistic playwright, actor, director and producer in New York in the 1980's. Upon his writing a play about observant Jews, he ended up becoming one, moving to Brooklyn, NY, entering Yeshiva at the age of 29. As a Rabbi, over the years, Joshua has taught thousands of young men all aspects of their faith. He has written for Hamodia Magazine, an Orthodox Jewish publication, and is author of the book The Path of Life, a book which concerns ethical instruction, and has also written safety books for children.

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Topic Timeline

2:13 No news access during Sabbath

3:55 God’s command to rejoice

4:42 Five hours no response from Israel

5:35 Discussing That Poor Trapped Man

6:40 Josh’s children in Israel

9:35 Did God let this happen?

12:16 Areas attacked did not keep Sabbath

13:47 Togetherness now happening

14:25 Opposite of what Media is saying

15:57 Turning to God

17:32 Difference between Jews in America and Israel

19:51 Josh’s take on things

22:28 How did we get here?

24:25 Arabs told Arabs to leave Israel so Arabs could kill only Jews

26:40 Choosing Nation not Chosen Nation

29:00 Isaac and Esau

30:45 Not keeping the Torah

32:20 Don’t look. Atrocities will hurt your soul.

34:58 1890 Israel

36:53 Arabs came as workers

37:13 War 1948

37:56 Joan Peters From Time Immemorial

39:44 WWI and the Balfour Declaration

41:51 Palestinians don’t want peace or own land

43:50 Recognize Israel

44:00 Gog and Magog coming soon?

45:30 Boy who died and Gog

47:55 The way out?

49:19 How did Israel not know?

51:00 “Certain” people knew? Is Gog organizing?

53:37 Two types of anti Semites

54:47 1,000 Germans disguised as Arabs continuing Holocaust

56:40 Second Amendment

58:45 Closing Psalm

Why are Christian apologetics important? Apologetics provides a framework for Christians to understand and defend their faith in a world that is increasingly hostile to Christianity. Apologetics can also help Christians to better understand their own faith and to articulate it more clearly to others. Join me and the hosts of the Cave To The Cross Podcast as we discuss!

Tony Givhan has graduate degrees from Western Michigan University and Grand Rapids Theology Seminary. He earned his PhD in Philosophy of Science from Michigan State University. He has been married for 40 years and has five adult children. Patrick has a Bachelor of Science from Western Michigan University where he minored in Philosophy. They’ve been friends since 2005 and are the hosts of Cave To The Cross Apologetics: A podcast where they break down and discuss books and articles on philosophy, theology, and similar subjects.

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Topic Timeline

1:52 Tony’s Faith journey

5:03 Patrick’s Faith journey

9:40 Beginnings of Cave to the Cross

12:19 More about the podcast

13:17 Types of Apologetics

15:12 Start with the Gospel

16:20 Preferred Apologetic approach?

17:50 Presuppositional Apologetics

21:10 Reality, logic, ethics

23:31 Base level Apologetics

24:35 Apologetics is important for believers

25:37 Our worldview is superior

26:21 I Peter 3:15

28:01 Doubting Thomas

29:05 Did Lincoln exist?

31:30 Balancing Christian life and Apologetics

33:35 Two types of Faith

35:34 Be a part of the local church

36:33 Finding a good church

39:37 Apologetics and Politics

41:27 Made in His image

42:40 Guard rails

43:38 Imposing and contrasting worldviews

46:08 Christ is Lord is foundational level

48:03 Trends and the New Atheists

50:05 Dawkins’ remarks

51:15 Faith is a mental disease?

53:36 By what standard?

54:38 Today’s Apologetics in today’s culture

58:14 Church history books hold many answers

59:55 Mercy

1:03:10 Why does God allow evil?

1:04:27 Christianity is a white man’s religion

1:07:00 Bible can’t be reliable because written by man

1:09:45 If God is loving, why did he kill people?

1:13:38 Christianity promotes bigotry and homophobia

1:15:40 Gospel promotes slavery

1:17:35 Christians shouldn’t be in politics

1:20:27 Government is ordained by God

1:21:01 Christians are hypocrites

1:22:12 Guests’ closing remarks

1:24:22 Closing prayer

*NOTE* This episode is audio only.

Political activist and sister in Christ, Lizzie Marbach, joins me to discuss the challenges of being a Christian activist, tips and tricks for Christians looking to become politically active, why politicians who claim Christ seem to constantly compromise their Biblical values, and why she was fired from the Ohio Right To Life organization.

Lizzie is a Christian, wife, mother, and Ohioan. She is an experienced conservative operative who has worked on a number of local, state, and national campaigns–including President Donald Trump’s 2020 Reelection campaign. Most recently she worked as the Director of Communications for Ohio Right to Life where she was let go for voicing her Biblical beliefs.

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Topic Timeline

1:28 Lizzie’s Faith journey

6:05 Political journey

7:52 Joining Right to Life

8:53 Inside baseball

10:08 Challenging times

11:55 Tweet drama

12:39 Bold Conservatism

13:55 Max Miller controversy

14:50 Saying something is evil and Left language control

16:18 Squishy Moderates

17:30 Christians in office

18:56 Fear of Man not God

21:20 Separation of Church & State

22:14 Christian cowards and Pragmatism

24:01 Progressive push in Ohio

26:03 November election in Ohio

27:10 Parent rights and political conviction

29:03 Apathetic Evangelicals

30:01 The Great Commission

31:00 Romans 13

32:48 Pastor involvement

34:58 Pastors and political issues

36:03 Approaching your Pastor

37:45 Brazen Conservatism

41:10 How to build back Christian Foundation

42:50 Christians losing the Foundation

44:32 Getting started in grassroots movement

46:31 Pragmatic temptation and Words of Caution

48:55 Guest closing remarks

50:46 Closing prayer

Catalina Stubbe from Moms For Liberty joins the show to discuss the war over what is being taught to children in public schools, WHY this fight is important, and WHAT you and I, as good Christians, can do to help.

Catalina is a successful mother of four, rooted in her love of God and family. She has been featured on Fox & Friends with Kayleigh McEnany, War Room with Steve Bannon, Linea De Fuego (Univision) and more. She is a Colombian American businesswoman, journalist, philanthropist, strategy adviser, contributor and commentator, and humble servant to the Lord. She is also the Director of Hispanic Outreach at Moms For Liberty: An organization dedicated to fighting for the survival of America by unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government

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Topic Timeline

1:46 Catalina’s Faith journey

3:00 Inspired to join MomsforLiberty

4:32 Can no longer trust government and schools

6:56 Who’s in charge of children’s mental health?

8:55 Subliminal messaging

9:44 Sex education and grooming

10:55 Recreational sex

12:02 Graduating everyone

13:00 Critical Race Theory

14:55 Hispanics and Democrats

17:40 Hispanic outreach

19:15 MomsforLiberty accomplishments

21:40 Local elections matter

23:30 Backlash from the Left

26:35 Home schooling

31:01 Taking action

33:11 Join or create a chapter

34:18 Engaging elected officials

35:38 Encouraging parents

37:16 Government officials work for the people

38:15 Guest closing remarks

40:01 Closing prayer