Pushback with Dr. Jonny

Dr. Jonny and his family attended a rally at the Minnesota State Capital on Monday to support a bill banning biological males from competing in women’s and girls sports. The magical and delusional arguments against this bill left a feeling of being trans-ported to an alternate reality. However, this is where the battle (and many others like it) is taking place. Our battle is not against flesh and blood, but principalities and powers, and we need to pray and be activists for the politics of earth AND of heaven!

Jesus is not some far off and distant God.  Rather, He has called us into an intimate and covenant relationship with Him. He doesn’t just look to help us or impact us, He looks to become one with us. Dr. Jonny wants to help those who are hurting or searching by sharing the “Co-Co List” from scripture that demonstrates the heart of Jesus as our Bridegroom. 

Many scientists have surrendered the truth to propagate an atheistic evolutionary religion. The lack of objective evidence has left them desperate and they have abandoned science altogether. Dr. Jonny wants sprinkle in simple and irrefutable evidence that contradicts the evolutionary theory and provides confidence, courage and language that displays the marvelous handiwork of our Creator.

Several executive orders by the Trump administration have been lauded as simple “common sense.” However, Dr. Jonny warns that the word common is a movable target and we need to be more focused on what is “normal sense” than what is common. Normalcy is directly tied to a standard and abnormal behavior is tied to sin. We should courageously hold His standard for the benefit, well-being and health of America!

Congress is looking to pass the Kids Online Safety Act, a bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media and other online platforms. While Dr. Jonny commends congress for trying to introduce such bill, he exhorts parents to exercise the greatest discretion over our children’s lives and the content they are exposed to. This is an emergency and requires radical change and oversight for the health of our children!

President Trump temporarily halted federal funding to the States this week citing that the use of Federal funds to advance DEI, transgenderism and green policies don’t improve the live of those we serve. The liberal media call this chaos. However, Dr. Jonny explains that Jesus was the greatest cultural reformer of all time, and sometimes it requires tipping over tables to effect real change!

The Trump Inauguration and subsequent Executive Orders this week created a swift and decisive shift in our nations direction and culture. Dr. Jonny reviews many topics that were discussed in prior podcasts that were cultural wins this week. However, the political price for these wins came at a cost of compromise in one critical cultural arena: the fight for the unborn. We learned this week how dramatically things can shift when the majority of the electorate unite, and it can happen again in our fight for life!

As Christians, we can’t only complain about what doesn’t work in our culture, we need to sell what does work! Dr. Jonny explains that Jesus offers a “higher way;” something that cannot be achieved on our own. Jesus promises us an abundant life that is superior to anything this world offers and will allow us to achieve our cultural goal of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness!

We are not helpless victims of the culture, but rather we are called to set and shape the culture. Dr. Jonny sets the stage for Season 6, by focusing on culture and the amazing shift or potential that he currently sees in our culture. The “ways” of the world have not worked, but His “ways” are higher. We need to be able to articulate and demonstrate these ways to a desperate world!

At the end of Season 5, Dr. Jonny recaps five years of Pushback, where we are culturally today, and the direction for the podcast into 2025 and season six!  There is cultural momentum today as much of what the secular world is offering isn’t working and is increasingly being rejected. We need to pushback at a culture of pain, dysfunction and selfishness and push forward as we promote His “ways.”