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President Trump announces a new ceasefire agreement with Iran that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, after a weekend of some harsh words for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The United States and Venezuela carry out a joint mission that kills Tren de Aragua founder Héctor “Niño Guerrero” Flores inside Venezuela. President Trump’s name is removed from the Kennedy Center after a federal judge rules its board lacked the authority to rename the institution. UFC Freedom 250 brings a historic weekend of fights, fan events, extreme sports and weather drama to the White House and Washington, D.C.

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Senator Tim Scott reflects on the powerful role of faith, personal responsibility, and America’s founding principles in shaping both his life and the nation’s story. Sharing his journey from a childhood in the segregated South to the U.S. Senate, Scott emphasizes the transformative power of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the importance of prayer and perseverance, and the progress America has made toward justice and equality. Through historical examples and personal insights, he underscores the need for unity around a shared moral foundation rooted in truth, the value of treating others with dignity and love—even amid disagreement—and the responsibility of Christians to live out their faith in the culture - one relationship at a time. The conversation closes with a hopeful vision for spiritual renewal, highlighting signs of revival across the country and encouraging believers to remain steadfast in faith as a source of hope for America’s future.

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Setan Lee shares his remarkable story of his dramatic escape from the Killing Fields of Cambodia in the 1970s under the control of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge and then returning years later to share the gospel with his oppressors - the President and other Khmer Rouge military leaders, many of whom came to Christ.

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What if the pressure you're under right now isn't a sign that something is going wrong — but that something is being built?

We live in a world that treats discomfort as a problem to be solved and pressure as a threat to be escaped. But Christine Caine opens Hebrews with a different diagnosis entirely: the pressure isn't the enemy of your faith. It's the furnace where your faith becomes real.

In week 3 of our summer series, Christine Caine closes the Root phase with the message that connects everything: faith, endurance, and pressure don't just coexist — they're designed to work together. James 1 tells us the testing of faith produces endurance. Endurance produces the rooted character that holds a flourishing life.

Roots don't grow in comfort. They grow in resistance.

This is the last week of the Root phase. Next week everything shifts — and you need this foundation under you before it does.

✨ If you've ever asked questions like…

✅ How do I keep going in my faith when I'm exhausted and everything feels hard?

✅ Is it okay to feel like I want to quit — and what do I do with that feeling?

✅ Why does God allow so much pressure and pain if He's for me?

✅ What does it mean to run with endurance — is that just white-knuckling it?

✅ How do I stop running from hard things and start growing through them?

✅ What does the "great cloud of witnesses" actually mean for me in my daily life?

✅ How do I build roots strong enough to hold everything God is calling me toward?

…then this is your episode.

What you'll learn:

→ Why pressure is not your enemy — it's the only place where spiritual strength, anointing, and authority are actually built, and how to reframe the hard seasons you're in right now.

→ The difference between passive endurance (just gritting your teeth) and the active, hope-filled fortitude the writer of Hebrews is actually calling us to — and why only one of them produces fruit.

→ How staying faithful in the unseen, unglamorous, overlooked moments — not the big ones — is what builds the capacity to carry everything God has called you to.

SUMMER SERIES: A Summer of Faith to Flourish — new episodes every Monday.

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New here? Christine Caine is a speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and activist who has been serving the local church globally for over 30 years. She and her husband, Nick, founded the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign, which works at the local, domestic, and international level to end modern-day slavery. They also founded Equip & Empower, a ministry that is mobilizing people everywhere to live on mission for Jesus. Propel Women is an initiative of the ministry dedicated to coming alongside women around the globe to activate their God-given purpose. You can tune in to her weekly Equip and Empower Podcast to be encouraged by the hope of Jesus wherever you are. Christine holds a Master’s Degree in Evangelism and Leadership from Wheaton College.

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