Lighthouse Faith

The Bible's words saying "God made them male and female" for centuries had been upheld by the scientific community, that is up until just a few years ago. In today's woke culture, gender dysphoria, a mental health problem, has spurred many young people into surgeries that they later regret. Once celebrated for expressing their "true self" as transgender male or female, they are often attacked when they realize they made the wrong decision and begin the arduous journey of de-transitioning. Jennifer Lahl is telling their stories. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Lahl talks about her new book, "The Detransition Diaries",  the saga of eight men and women who once felt they were born in the wrong body, and then realized the solution to their struggles were more spiritual than physical. Lahl is the founder and former President of The Center For Bioethics And Culture as well as an award-winning documentary maker producing several films, including the one the book is based on: "The Detransition Diaries: Saving Our Sisters".

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The old adage that 'a picture is worth a thousand words,' was never truer than when faithful Christians told stories of injustices, not with words, but through photos. At a time when photography was new technology used more for entertainment, Alice Seeley Harris, an English missionary, documented the horrors of human rights abuses in the Congo under the regime of King Leopold II of the Belgians. Children and adults with limbs cut off as punishment. Thousands of miles away, Jacob August Riis, a Denmark native, was exposing the squalid conditions of New York City neighborhoods. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, best-selling author Christina Stanton delves deeper into their stories that she first told in an article published last year, "Capture This: How Christians Used Cameras To Expose Injustice." What's disheartening about Riis and Harris' stories is how over the years secular media has ignored their Christian faith, even while honoring their work. Yet, it was their faith that compelled them to expose grave injustices at the turn of the century in parts of the globe that had been forgotten by Western culture, even when it was in their own backyards.

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While Easter, as it is celebrated in America, has morphed into bunnies, bonnets, baskets, and egg coloring... the reality of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is in fact a 'revolution'. So says Bishop Robert Barron, the founder of Word On Fire Catholic ministries, and the bishop of the Rochester-Winona diocese in Minnesota. On this special Easter episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast recorded at his studios in Rochester, Minnesota, Barron, who's also a best-selling author and former auxiliary bishop of the Los Angeles diocese, explains why Christians should not 'domesticate' Easter. Instead, we should spend this day meditating on the 'subversive' nature of what Christianity unleashed more than two-thousand years ago. Says Barron, "It turns everything upside down, and there's nothing more subversive, literally subversive, than the resurrection of Jesus from the dead." It's that Divine power of love in raising Jesus from the dead, that is now available to humanity today. It proves that that Love is in fact the foundation of all creation.

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It may be a surprise to some folks, but the Easter Bunny has nothing to do with the true meaning of Easter. Neither do Easter baskets, bonnets, spring flowers or any of the plethora of secular imagery that have taken center stage during the Lent and Easter season, pushing the Resurrection of Jesus, the cornerstone of Christianity, to the side or dismissed entirely. But best-selling author Anthony DeStefano is fighting back. He's embraced the Easter Bunny for a children's book about Jesus, His life, crucifixion and resurrection. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, DeStefano talks about his new book, "The Story of the First Easter Bunny", and about the culture wars all parents of faith are battling in trying to teach their children the true foundations of their beliefs. DeStefano is the author of more than 25 books for children and adults; some of which delve into the headier issues of Christianity like heaven and hell.

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Twenty years ago, Mexican actor Eduardo Verastegui made a promise

to God that he would not do any work that offended his Catholic faith, his

family or his culture. The vow meant he didn't work for four years as he had to

constantly turn down offers. Then he started a production company with two

friends and together produced "Sound of Freedom," about child

trafficking and sexual exploitation that starred Jim Caviezel as the agent who

hunts down traffickers. And now Verastegui's new film, "CABRINI."

On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Verastegui talks about Cabrini,

which tells the saga of Mother Cabrini, Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian

immigrant Catholic nun whose feistiness defied her frail health. She fought the

power structure of the Catholic Church and the city of New York, to build

orphanages, hospitals and schools, relieving the poverty of Italian immigrant

children. Verastegui says 100% of the film's profits will go to charity, continuing

the work of Mother Cabrini.

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Former GOP consultant Bunni Pounds may have lost an election for U.S. Congress, but she gained valuable experience. And she's using that experience to mobilize Christians to come out and vote. In 2020, some 25 million sat on the sidelines and didn't cast their ballots. Now Pounds, from the great state of Texas, is pulling out all the political stops to make a serious dent in that number. She's created an organization that shows churches how to get their congregations involved in praying, engaging, registering, and researching candidates and issues. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, recorded at the NRB Convention in Nashville, Pounds talks about her book "Jesus and Politics: One Woman's Walk With God in a Mudslinging Profession." The bottom line is, if Christians want to live out a biblical worldview, then they must lobby government; because government has the power to subvert and control their lives. Pounds says the problem has been that "We keep this separation between what we think is secular and sacred, and not see that God should encompass every part of our life, even our civic duties."

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Who knew prayer could be so offensive to so many? But that's exactly the

reaction Pastor Jack Hibbs received from several members of Congress after he

gave a prayer on January 30th to open their session. Hibbs is the pastor of

mega church Calvary Chapel in Chino Hills, California. House Speaker Mike

Johnson invited him to deliver the invocation. In his prayer, Hibbs called for

"humility and repentance of national sins in a time of great need." In a letter that

was sent to the Speaker of the House, 26 Democrats accused Hibbs of being "an

ill-qualified hate preacher" who was pushing a "Christian Nationalist

agenda", according to Roll Call. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith

podcast, recorded from the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in

Nashville, TN, Pastor Hibbs answers the Democrats' accusations, talks about

what he prayed for, and why he believes it rankled the nerves of those on the

left. He also discusses his new book, "Daze of Deception: How to Discern

Truth from Culture's Lies."

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There's a hunger in this world for God. You may not know it; you may not feel it. But the insatiable need for a transcendent love that surpasses all understanding, is at the root of all our angst and anguish. Just think about this year's Grammy Song of the Year, "What Was I Made For?" It may be the Billie Eilish tune for the movie Barbie, but it may as well be the soundtrack of this generation's burning question: What's the purpose of my life? Why am I here? With mounting levels of despair, depression and suicide, the secular world in all its technology, A.I. and social media, needs answers. And I know that the Word of God is what they're looking for. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, theologian, author and Christian defender Dr. Alex McFarland, joins me to talk about my new book, "Light For Today: A 365 Day Devotional from the Lighthouse." I've rarely inserted myself as the subject of these podcasts, but I wanted to let listeners know that God is Love. And whatever needs we have He can meet. It takes a daily walk with Him. Reading His word and listening to His voice. God works in the natural everyday existence; in the simple, even in seemingly mundane. God is with us. He is a our refuge and strength.

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The data doesn't lie. Getting married and staying married benefits

women, children... and men. Social scientist, Professor Brad Wilcox, gives

convincing proof that marriage, despite being much maligned today, is actually

a better way to live, well, happily ever after. But there are some caveats.

First, the myth of the soul mate. No human is perfect and so no potential

spouse, no matter how much he or she makes your heart flutter, is capable of

fulfilling your every desire. Sooner or later the butterflies go free and what

remains is the reality of a relationship that takes work. But it's well worth

it.

On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Wilcox, Professor of

sociology at the University of Virginia and a "Future of Freedom" Fellow

at the Institute for Family Studies, breaks down the evidence he found while

researching his new book, "GET MARRIED: Why Americans must Defy the

Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization." It's a tall order,

but the data shows that coming from a two-parent household is a better

reassurance that a child will do well in school, be happier and have a better

chance of achieving the American dream. Case in point, Ivy League colleges and

universities have an overabundance of overachievers with one common

denominator, the majority come from stable, two parent households. Wilcox

points out, this is actually odd since many  professors at these liberal

establishments tout diversity of family types--single parent, parents never

married --but in their own lives represent the more traditional, married

parents with children.

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In the more than 25 years since Promise Keepers began, the culture

has shifted tremendously. And it's not been a positive move for men.

Masculinity is called "toxic", and "straight white male" has

become a euphemism for "devil incarnate". But Promise Keepers

president Ken Harris and Dr. A.R. Bernard, the Senior pastor of New York mega

church, Christian Cultural Center, are undaunted, and fearless in beckoning men

to biblical manhood, and understand and live out what God has called them to

be. It is not the secular culture or social media that defines a man, or the

purpose for which he was born, it is God. Later this month Promise Keepers will

meet in Florida, where thousands of men will step out in a move of "Daring

Faith" hoping to build men of God. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith

podcast, Harris and Bernard speak about the problems men face in the world today,

the messages they get wrong, and spiritual solutions to both.

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