Does it already feel like the 2026 news cycle is too much?

In this in-studio “welcome back” episode, Abigail DeJarnatt and Allie Paris break down several major stories—Venezuela, Iran, and the Minneapolis/St. Paul protests—and talk through them the way we do in Counteract USA Cells: through the lens of a Biblical worldview. 

This isn’t policy-expert commentary—it’s a call to stay vigilant, pray with clarity, and refuse fear while remembering that God is sovereign. We also talk about why the March for Life matters, and how the sanctity of life and the image of God shapes how we view every headline.

Watch, share, and subscribe—and send this episode to a friend who needs hope and a sound mind heading into 2026.

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” — Galatians 6:9 ESV

“…for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” — 2 Timothy 1:7 ESV

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• Follow Abigail on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigail.dejarnatt/ 
• Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@counteractusa 
• For more about Counteract USA:
• Website: https://counteractusa.org/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counteract.usa/ 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/counteract.usa/ 
• For more about the Herzog Foundation:
• Website: https://www.herzogfoundation.com/ 
• For more about the Real Life Network:
• Website: https://reallifenetwork.com/

Mentions: Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, Monroe Doctrine, Albert Mohler, The Briefing, Iran protests, 1979 Iranian Revolution, Ayatollah, internet shutdowns, persecution and tyranny, 9/11 Museum, al-Qaeda, “department of martyrs,” Minneapolis, St. Paul, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Renee Good, church service protest, Don Lemon, FACE Act, March for Life, sanctity of life, imago Dei (image of God), Counteract USA Cells, Counteract Podcast, Resolve to Stand Conference, “brick” phone/app limits, prayer points, boldness to share the gospel.

Abortion promises freedom—but it’s a lie that leaves women carrying lifelong pain.

And yet, God offers redemption.

Recorded live at the 2025 Resolve to Stand Conference, this episode features Toni McFadden sharing her powerful testimony of abortion, regret, and God’s radical redemption. Counteract Podcast Host Allison Lind and Toni expose the lies of the abortion industry, discuss the dangers of chemical abortion pills, and equip Gen Z Christians to speak about abortion with biblical truth, compassion, and courage in a culture hostile to life.

If you’re wrestling with pro-life questions, cultural pressure, or how to engage abortion conversations as a Christian, this episode will ground you in truth and hope.


“But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.” — 1 Peter 3:15

Links:Follow Allison on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/____lind____/Follow Toni McFadden on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonimcfadden12/For more about Counteract USA:Website: ⁠https://counteractusa.org/⁠Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counteract.usa/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/counteract.usa/For more about the Herzog Foundation:Website: https://www.herzogfoundation.com/For more about the Real Life Network:Website: https://reallifenetwork.com/

MENTIONS:
Abortion testimony, pro-life podcast, chemical abortion pills, Gen Z Christians, post-abortion healing, Christian worldview, Planned Parenthood, Black community and abortion, Margaret Sanger, speaking truth with compassion, Resolve to Stand Conference, Counteract Podcast

What does it actually mean to “love your body” in a culture that tells us to live our truth—even when it puts us at war with our own biology?

Recorded live at the Resolve to Stand National Conference, Abigail DeJarnatt sits down with Nancy Pearcey, bestselling author and professor, to unpack the worldview beneath today’s most pressing cultural issues—from transgender ideology to sexuality and identity. 

Drawing from her influential book Love Thy Body, Nancy explains why secularism holds a lower view of the human body—and how Christianity offers a richer, more hopeful vision rooted in creation, purpose, and dignity.

This conversation will equip you to engage culture with clarity, compassion, and biblical truth—and help you articulate why honoring the body is not hateful, but deeply loving.

Listen now, share with a friend, and be equipped to stand firm in a culture ready for truth.

“For You formed my inward parts; You knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” — Psalm 139:13–14

Buy Love Thy Body on Amazon

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• Follow Abigail on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigail.dejarnatt/
• Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@counteractusa
• For more about Counteract USA:
• Website: https://counteractusa.org/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counteract.usa/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/counteract.usa/
• For more about the Herzog Foundation:
• Website: https://www.herzogfoundation.com/
• For more about the Real Life Network:
• Website: https://reallifenetwork.com/

Mentions: Nancy Pearcey, Love Thy Body, worldview, transgender ideology, secularism, sacred–secular split, Gnosticism, creation theology, human dignity, Gen Z, Resolve to Stand Conference, Charlie Kirk, detransition stories, biblical anthropology

Can you look back on a heavy year and still say God was faithful?

In this final episode of the Counteract Podcast for 2025, Abigail DeJarnatt is joined by Counteract COO Allie Paris for their annual Christmas tradition: hot chocolate + full year recap. 

Together, they walk month-by-month through some of the biggest moments from 2025—March for Life, NRB, the spring fundraiser banquet, nonstop travel and ministry opportunities, Build Up Korea (and Tokyo), and the Resolve to Stand Conference weekend—along with the personal grief and refining that marked this year behind the scenes.

If you’re ending the year tired, thankful, grieving, hopeful—or all of the above—this episode will encourage you to zoom out and remember that God sustains His people, grows His Church, and is still at work in this generation.

Want to get involved with Counteract USA in 2026? Join a cell, start a cell, or become a monthly partner at counteractusa.org.

“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” - Ephesians 3:20–21 ESV

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• Follow Abigail on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigail.dejarnatt/
• Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@counteractusa
• Watch on Real Life Network: https://reallifenetwork.com/ 
• For more about Counteract USA:
• Website: https://counteractusa.org/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counteract.usa/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/counteract.usa/

• For more about the Herzog Foundation:
• Website: https://www.herzogfoundation.com/ 

Mentions: Counteract USA, Allie Paris, Resolve to Stand Conference, March for Life, National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Convention, Build Up Korea Conference, Tokyo, Japan, Seoul, South Korea, Christian community, grief and Christian hope, faithfulness of God, biblical worldview and culture, Generation Z Christians, Hebrews 10:24–25 (ESV), Christian podcast, Gen Z Christian

What prepares a Christian to stand when culture pushes back?

In this episode, Abigail DeJarnatt sits down with Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, live from the Resolve to Stand National Conference. Tony shares how grounding your life in Scripture, cultivating spiritual discipline, and choosing courage in small moments forms the kind of character that can stand firm in the fire. 

From his own story of losing his job as a police officer for speaking truth, to the national movement he now helps lead, Tony offers practical, deeply biblical wisdom for Gen Z believers navigating a cultural battleground.

“So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’” — John 8:31–32, ESV

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• Follow Abigail on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigail.dejarnatt/
• Watch on Real Life Network: ⁠https://reallifenetwork.com/⁠
• Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@counteractusa

For more about the Family Research Council:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frcdc/
• Website: https://www.frc.org/ 

For more about Counteract USA:

• Website: https://counteractusa.org/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counteract.usa/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/counteract.usa/

For more about the Herzog Foundation:

• Website: https://www.herzogfoundation.com/

MENTIONS: Tony Perkins, Family Research Council, spiritual discipline, biblical worldview, courage, persecution, Gen Z Christians, Resolve to Stand Conference, Scripture, calling, standing for truth, cultural moment

Is friendship with the world undermining the faith of an entire generation?

In this episode, Counteract Podcast host Grant May sits down with evangelist and content creator Jaden Heard for a bold conversation about biblical authority, lukewarm Christianity, and the pressures shaping Gen Z’s faith. Jaden shares his testimony of being convicted by a street preacher, how Scripture drew him out of rebellion, and why true Christianity requires obedience, holiness, and courage—not cultural compatibility.

Grant and Jaden explore why so many young men are drifting toward Catholicism, how churches have embraced compromise, and what it looks like to stand firm when the world demands your conformity.

This conversation calls believers to reject compromise, return to Scripture, and pursue a faith marked by conviction rather than convenience.

“By this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. Whoever says ‘I know Him’ but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in Him.” — 1 John 2:3-4 (ESV)

Follow Grant & Jaden on Social Media

• Follow Grant May on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealgrantmay/ 
• Follow Jaden Heard on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jadenheard/ 

For more about Counteract USA:

• Website: https://counteractusa.org/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counteract.usa/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/counteract.usa/

Watch

• On the Real Life Network: https://reallifenetwork.com/
• On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@counteractusa

For more about the Herzog Foundation:

• Website: https://www.herzogfoundation.com/

Mentions: Jaden Heard, lukewarm Christianity, holiness, biblical authority, Catholicism trend, testimony, cultural compromise, obedience, Acts 17, revival in Gen Z, street preaching, toxic empathy, discipleship, conviction, holiness and calling, Grant May

Is entrepreneurship one of the most overlooked forms of ministry?

In this episode, Abigail DeJarnatt sits down with Anton Krecic, founder & CEO of Seven Weeks Coffee, live from the 2025 Resolve to Stand Conference. Anton shares the powerful story of how a simple idea—“pro-life coffee”—turned into a national movement that has now donated over a million dollars to pregnancy centers across all 50 states. In this conversation, they explore spiritual entrepreneurship, biblical stewardship, excellence, and why Gen Z Christians should see business as a frontline for cultural impact and kingdom work.

This conversation equips listeners to think bigger about calling, creativity, and the role of faithful Christians in the marketplace—far beyond the four walls of the church.

“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” — 1 Peter 4:10 (ESV)

For more about Seven Weeks Coffee:

• Website: https://sevenweekscoffee.com/

For more about Counteract USA:

• Website: https://counteractusa.org/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counteract.usa/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/counteract.usa/

Follow on Social Media

• Follow Seven Weeks Coffee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sevenweekscoffee/ 
• Follow Abigail on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigail.dejarnatt/

Watch

• On the Real Life Network: https://reallifenetwork.com/
• On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@counteractusa

For more about the Herzog Foundation:

• Website: https://www.herzogfoundation.com/

Mentions: Seven Weeks Coffee, spiritual entrepreneurship, marketplace ministry, pro-life movement, stewardship, excellence, Resolve to Stand Conference, entrepreneurship as calling, Lydia in Acts, faith and business

Is Wicked actually the progressive allegory Hollywood thinks it is?

In this episode, Counteract Podcast Host Allison Lind sits down with Abigail DeJarnatt, breaking down Wicked and Wicked: For Good through a Biblical worldview—exploring propaganda, power, “good vs. evil,” nature vs. nurture, and why the story’s moral framework might not land exactly the way the cultural left believes it does. 

They also explain why Christians must actively evaluate and dissect the stories our culture consumes, because storytelling has always shaped beliefs, norms, and the moral imagination of a generation. What we watch isn’t neutral—and understanding the ideas embedded in popular narratives matters.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” — Romans 6:23 ESV

Links:

• Follow Allison on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/___lind___/⁠
• Follow Abigail on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigail.dejarnatt/

• For more about Counteract USA:
• Website: https://counteractusa.org/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counteract.usa/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/counteract.usa/

• For more about the Herzog Foundation:
• Website: https://www.herzogfoundation.com/

Mentions: Wicked; Wicked Part Two; Wizard of Oz; propaganda; cancel culture; storytelling; worldview formation; postmodernism; Christian nationalism; pro-life movement; nature vs. nurture; Romans 6:23; Allison Lind; Allie Paris; Herzog Foundation; Real Life Network

What happens when a Gen Z Christian in full-time ministry senses God leading her into public office? 

In this episode of the Counteract Podcast, recorded live at Resolve to Stand 2025, Abigail sits down with Arkansas’ youngest state representative ever elected, Alyssa Brown. They talk about her unexpected path to the Capitol, why she refused to “play it safe,” the Ten Commandments and religious liberty legislation, and why Christians must think clearly about IVF and personhood. This conversation invites listeners to consider what faithful obedience looks like in their own calling.

“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.” — 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 ESV

Links:

• Follow Abigail on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigail.dejarnatt/
• Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@counteractusa
  

For more about Counteract USA:

• Website: https://counteractusa.org/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counteract.usa/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/counteract.usa/

For more about the Herzog Foundation:

• Website: https://www.herzogfoundation.com/
  

For more about the Real Life Network:

• Website: https://reallifenetwork.com/

Mentions: Alyssa Brown, Arkansas Legislature, Ten Commandments legislation, Religious Rights in Public Schools Act, IVF ethics, personhood, religious liberty, Gen Z in public service, Resolve to Stand 2025, Coach Kennedy case, Counteract USA

Why does it matter that America’s story is told truthfully—and what does that have to do with Gen Z Christians facing cultural pressure today?

In this episode, recorded live at the 2025 Resolve to Stand Conference in Rogers, Arkansas, Abigail DeJarnatt sits down with Elijah O’Neal, Manager of Education for the American Journey Experience. They talk about why artifacts matter in the battle over history, how the faith of the Founders has been edited out of mainstream education, what the Aitken Bible and the Ten Commandments reveal about the true meaning of “separation of church and state,” and why civic illiteracy is so dangerous. Elijah also offers a powerful closing challenge on suffering, calling Gen Z to embrace hardship as part of following Christ.

Listen in, be equipped with historical “receipts,” and share this conversation with a friend who has questions about America, Christianity, and our cultural moment.

“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” - Romans 5:3–4 ESV

Links:
Follow Abigail on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigail.dejarnatt/
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@counteractusa
Watch on Real Life Network: https://reallifenetwork.com/

For more about Counteract USA:

• Website: https://counteractusa.org/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counteract.usa/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/counteract.usa/

For more about the Herzog Foundation:

• Website: https://www.herzogfoundation.com/

For more about the Real Life Network:

• Website: https://reallifenetwork.com/

Mentions: Elijah O’Neal, American Journey Experience, Aitken Bible, Ten Commandments, Arkansas Act 573, separation of church and state, Bladensburg Cross case, Christian education, civic literacy, Gen Z Christians, suffering and sanctification, Resolve to Stand Conference, Herzog Foundation, Counteract USA