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)

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