Educate For Life with Kevin Conover

I am a (insert job title here). This one sentence is how many people define themselves. Maybe this is how you define yourself. But have you ever thought how you could take that job title and use it to glorify God? You may be thinking, “I’m a plumber, not a pastor. How can I use that?”.

Our guest on the show today is Michael Sanchez. Michael Sanchez is a pianist, vocalist, and artist based in his hometown San Diego. He is also a graphic artist and a woodworker. He has also had the opportunity to compete on “The Voice”. Despite his impressive list of talents, he is incredibly humble and just wants to use his talents to serve the Lord. He is here to tell you that no matter what talents or skills you have, you can give it to God and let God use it. There is no skill that God can’t use.

Tune in to Educate For Life Radio for an encouraging and inspiring episode. If you want to learn more about Michael Sanchez, you can check out his website, https://michaelsanchezmusic.com.

This episode first aired on December 31st, 2016.

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Education is an important part of everyone’s life. It gives us the foundation we need for the rest of our lives. But what happens when a child can’t get the education he or she needs? Whether the district schools are under performing or the private schools are too expensive, the result for the child can be devastating. This is where school choice plays an important role and our guest, Andrew Campanella, is here to explain how school choice works. Andrew Campanella is the president of School Choice Week and he has seen first hand the importance of receiving a quality education.

Held every January, National School Choice Week shines a positive spotlight on effective education options for every child. The goal of National School Choice Week (NSCW) is to raise public awareness of all types of education options for children. These options include traditional public schools, public charter schools, magnet schools, online learning, private schools, and homeschooling.

To meet this goal, NSCW encourages schools, organizations, and individuals to hold positive events that celebrate school choice options, while drawing attention to the need for even greater opportunities for children. To learn more about school choice and school choice week, you can visit https://schoolchoiceweek.com.

This episode first aired on December 24, 2016.

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Billy Graham is perhaps the most well known and influential evangelist in modern history. His famous crusades have reached millions of people for Christ. He is in effect, America’s chaplain, presiding over many inaugurations, funerals for presidents, and bring hope in times of tragedy.

Today on the Educate For Life radio show, Billy Graham’s grandson, Will Graham, sits down to talk with Kevin. Kevin will discuss with Will Graham about how he sees the future of America with the new administration, how he discovered his own call to ministry, how he has preached the Gospel in difficult countries like Japan and China and many other interesting stories from his life. There is truly no topic that is off limits.

Join us for this inspiring episode and get to know Will Graham. Learn more about Will Graham and his families legacy at https://billygraham.org/about/what-we-believe/.

This episode first aired on December 17, 2016.

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If someone offered you a hundred dollars to share your beliefs in public would you do it? What if they offered you a thousand dollars? A million? Some of you are probably still saying no. About 90% of Americans have some level of fear of public speaking. This fear is often compounded when it has to do with sharing one’s faith. So how can you get past your fear to share your faith in public? According to Kevin’s guest, Mark Spence, you don’t have to.

Mark Spence is the Vice President of Outreach for Living Waters Publications. He also edits Living Waters’ many apologetics videos featuring Ray Comfort including the most recent video titled “The Atheist Delusion”. Mark Spence has a secret. He is nervous every time he goes street witnessing. Yet he has witnessed to people from all walks of life including olympic athletes and red carpet celebrities. Mark has a simple method to overcoming his nervousness.

Tune in to Educate For Life to hear Mark Spence’s strategy for effective street witnessing. You will also get to hear some amazing stories of this strategy in action. If you want to learn more about Living Waters Publishing, visit http://www.livingwaters.com/about-living-waters. To check out their movies, head over to http://www.livingwaters.com/video.

This episode first aired on December 10, 2016.

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Imagine this. You are in a room with no windows. There are people all around you. But they can’t talk to you, look at you, or even acknowledge you. You might as well be invisible or dead. For most people, this would sound like a nightmare, but this was the experience of our guest Michael Lehre as a Jehovah’s Witness.

Michael Lehre was born and raised Jehovah’s Witness. He felt he had the true religion until one day when he met a man who claimed he had the true religion. Michael didn’t know it, but a seed had been planted. He began to secretly explore the Bible. The more he studied, the more he realized that everything he had ever in told was a lie. His life began to fall apart and he was disfellowshipped from his congregation. He felt so worthless he attempted suicide multiple times. At his lowest point, he cried out to God to reveal Himself and God answered.

Tune in to Educate For Life to hear this amazing and powerful story. You will hear how Michael Lehre, through the power of Jesus Christ, turned his life around and gained a new identity. If you want to learn more about Michael Lehre, you can check him out on his YouTube channel, UltimateMordecai at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChqAubATw4mUicQHaxherdw.

This episode first aired on October 15th, 2016.

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Christianity is often associated with the worst moments in history. The salem witch trials, the crusades and the holocaust just to name a few. Critics claim that because of these events, Christians can’t claim that Christianity is better than any other religion. After all, they claim, Hitler was a Christian and look at all the horrible things he did. But is this claim true? Was Hitler a Christian? Today of Kevin’s show, we have guest Dr. Richard Weikart to answer that questions.

Dr. Richard Weikart is Professor of History at California State University, Stanislaus. He completed his Ph.D. in modern European history at the University of Iowa in 1994, receiving the biennial prize of the Forum for History of Human Sciences for the best dissertation in that field. His book, From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany, documents the influence of naturalistic evolution on ethical thought, euthanasia, militarism, racism, and ultimately Hitler’s ideology. For more information on this book, go to www.darwintohitler.com. Dr. Weikart has also written Hitler’s Ethic: The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress, which helps explain the mystery of Hitler’s pernicious ideology by demonstrating that Hitler’s immorality flowed from a coherent ethic, inspired by an evolutionary utopian project of biologically improving the human race.

Join us for an exciting show as Kevin and Dr. Richard Weikart discuss the underpinnings of Hitler’s ideology and determine whether Hitler was a Christian, an evolutionist, or something else entirely. The answer may surprise you. Don’t miss it.

This episode first aired on October 8th, 2016.

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Climate change is a big topic today and is hotly debated. It has been held responsible for hurricanes, tornadoes, and the ice age. Main stream scientists believe it has been responsible for a series of ice ages over millions of years. In fact, they warn that if we’re not careful about what we do with the environment, another ice age will be triggered causing a worldwide catastrophe. But are they right? How many ice ages have there been? How volatile is our environment currently? Today on Kevin’s show we have two experts that have been studying this very topic. They will share how much environmental science has been influenced by the worldview of the scientists doing the research. Dr. Jason Lisle and Dr. Jake Hebert will share exciting research that supports a biblical view of science and a single ice age caused by a worldwide flood.

Dr. Hebert is a research associate at the Institute for Creation Research. He joined ICR in 2011 as a research associate and focuses much of his work on climates before and after Noah’s Flood, among other research endeavors.He earned a master’s degree in physics in 1999 from Texas A&M University, where he studied optics and was a Dean’s Graduate Fellow 1995-1996. He received his Ph.D. in 2011 from the University of Texas at Dallas, where his research involved a study of the possible connection between fair-weather atmospheric electricity and weather and climate.

Dr. Jason Lisle is the Director of Physical Sciences and the Institute for Creation Research and leads ICR’s gifted team of physical scientists who continue to investigate and demonstrate the evidence for creation. He graduated summa cum laude from Ohio Wesleyan University where he double-majored in physics and astronomy and minored in mathematics. He earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in astrophysics at the University of Colorado. Dr. Lisle specialized in solar astrophysics and has made a number of scientific discoveries regarding the solar photosphere and has contributed to the field of general relativity.

These two experts will share their wealth of knowledge today on Kevin’s show and will share evidence that supports a biblical ice age. You will also learn just how much science is influenced by the worldview of the scientist. Tune in for an exciting, informative show. If you want to learn more about Dr. Lisle and Dr. Hebert and the research they’re involved in, you can visit icr.org.

This episode first aired on October 1st, 2016.

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Many Christians go through life with many questions about their faith and may feel surrounded on all sides by opposition. They are faced with tough questions such as, how can a good God allow evil? Does the Bible contain errors? How can we know it’s the word of God? Because of questions like these, some lose their faith. Others keep their faith but no longer believe in important aspects of Christianity.

But there is a place where everyone can have all these questions answered. Dr. Joseph Holden from Veritas Evangelical Seminary is here to emphasize the importance of learning to defend your faith through the study of apologetics. The mission of Veritas Evangelical Seminary is simple. Their vision is to prepare a generation of spiritually mature, biblically equipped, academically advanced, and socially developed individuals for a life of opportunity and service to the glory of God.

Dr. Joseph Holden teaches at Veritas Evangelical Seminary and holds a Masters of Divinity in Apologetics and a Ph.D. in Philosophical/Systematic Theology. He also has multiple publications on various apologetic topics. He shares his wealth of knowledge with Kevin on todays show and we hope you toon in to learn more about apologetics and find answers to the tough questions. If you are interested in learning more about Veritas Evangelical Seminary, you can visit www.ves.edu.

This episode first aired on September 24rd, 2016.

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Imagine this. You come in to work one day and learn you’re being investigated for harassment. Why? Because you shared a DVD with a co-worker about the science of intelligent design. Worse still, your boss fires you because you dared to share your beliefs. Sound unbelievable?

Well, that’s exactly what happened to David Coppedge. For 14 years, David F. Coppedge worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA’s most ambitious interplanetary mission, the Cassini Mission to Saturn. For most of that time, he was Team Lead System Administrator, responsible for 15 networks and 200+ computers across America and Europe. He received high ratings for his work, until he was reprimanded for sharing his beliefs. He was ultimately fired. But David Coppedge decided to fight back and took his case to court.

Tune in to Educate For Life to listen in to this discussion between Kevin Conover and guest David Coppedge. David Coppedge will take you through what happened in his case and present some stunning evidence that backs up his belief in intelligent design. He continues to write science news from a biblical world view which you can follow at crev.info. To learn more about David Coppedge and his work, visit davidcoppedge.com.

This episode first aired on September 3rd, 2016.

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The journey from openly homosexual agnostic drug dealer to Bible-affirming Christian scholar and professor is a long and difficult one, as Dr. Christopher Yuan can attest.  Dr. Yuan’s parents were Chinese expatriates who escaped the cultural revolution by fleeing to Taiwan, and later came to America for higher education.  They lived out the American Dream, achieving financial success and providing a bright future for their children despite having arrived in the US with nothing.  But this dream turned into a nightmare for Christopher, who grew up with no religious influence in his life, was ostracized from other boys for being different, and began to feel same-sex attractions after being exposed to pornography at a young age.

Dr. Yuan tells Kevin about his incredible testimony, which took both him and his mother to rock bottom before God brought them into the light.  In her darkest hour, Christopher’s mother heard God’s voice in the form of a small pamphlet.  Soon Christopher’s father and brother came to know the Lord as well, and after many years of faithful prayer and fasting, so did Christopher himself.  Dr. Yuan’s story goes to show that God’s grace can redeem anyone, even a despairing mother who is contemplating suicide and a prodigal son running as hard as he can in the opposite direction.  Dr. Yuan and his mother co-authored a book about their experiences, called Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son’s Journey to God. A Broken Mother’s Search for Hope. To learn more about their inspiring journey, visit ChristopherYuan.com.  You can also hear Christopher speak at the Veritas Apologetics Conference at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in November.

This episode first aired on August 27th, 2016.

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