Episode 159

Popular charismatic/Pentecostal preacher TD Jakes has been implicated as a regular friend of music producer Sean Combs and a participant in the infamously deviant parties he was known to throw and host. He has denied all allegations, but the accusation alone is enough to send shockwaves through the country, since he has a following number in the millions. What should Christians make of the allegations? Should we even care about it if we believe that he is a false teacher? In this episode of the Removing Barriers podcast, we address these question and many underlying ones. If you ask any sound preacher about TD Jakes, they would caution you from consuming his content or sitting under his preaching, but because he has a massive reach, perhaps the argument could be made that the allegations sully the name of Christ in the eyes of the world. How should genuine bible believers respond? Join us as we discuss all these issues and more on this episode on the Removing Barriers podcast.

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Episode 158

Parents across the globe differ in age, culture, faiths, political allegiance, and personal standards, but they would generally agree that we must protect our children from any threat. We are to protect them from dangerous situations and dangerous people (including themselves!) but today, a mutated threat has emerged with breakneck speed and incredible complexity: social media. It is many things at once: useful and useless, helpful and detrimental, empowering and enslaving. Such is the concern about this technology that in late January of 2024, U.S. lawmakers grilled the CEOs of the most popular social media platforms to discover what can be done to protect vulnerable children from its malicious capabilities. On this episode of the Removing Barriers podcast, we will discuss a portion of this senate judiciary hearing. Does the Bible have anything to say on the subject, or is it too old and unrelatable? How can we protect ourselves and our children from the often corrosive effects of social media? We had a few ideas in the podcast, but we invite you to interact in the comments section or by reaching out to us directly: how do you think we can protect our kids from social media?

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Episode 157

In early 2024, Moms for Liberty representative Tiffany Justice sat down with MSNBC's Joy Reid to discuss the so-called book bans taking place in schools across the country, mostly in response to the shocking discovery that there are books in the libraries and media centers of public K-12 schools that contain explicit descriptions and depictions of sexual activities and violence. In almost all cases, the content is not only explicit, but also vulgar. Moms for Liberty claims to be merely raising awareness and empowering parents to fight back at the local level, but the likes of Joy Reid and Pen America are accusing them of banning books and attacking freedom of speech and expression. Are these accusations true? What is Moms for Liberty really all about? Is the concern about questionable content in these books overblown or politicized? If Moms for Liberty are as successful in book banning as the likes of Joy Reid think they are, should we stop them? Is book banning the appropriate course of action in a country that has freedom of speech, of expression, of religion, and of association enshrined in its Constitution? Join us on this episode of the Removing Barriers podcast as we explore all these questions and more.

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Episode 156

Series: How Were Your Barriers Removed - 38

Today we continue the How Were Your Barriers Removed series with an interview with Bill. Bill grew up in a Christian home and received Christ as his personal Lord and Savior early on in life, but that doesn't mean that there were no barriers to salvation. Every instance of biblical salvation is a genuine miracle where the holy, triune Creator God reaches down to an unworthy and wretched sinner to bestow forgiveness and restoration where none was possible. Praise be to God! Join us on this episode of the Removing Barriers podcast to hear how the Lord performed that exact miracle in Bill's life some years ago.

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Episode 155

Series: On the Mission Field - 14

What moves a missionary to uproot their families and their lives and transplant into a country many would struggle to find on a map? Today on the Removing Barriers podcast, we sit down with Missionary Jacob to discuss this very thing. He is preparing to go to the mission field in the very near future, hoping to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the lost souls in Mozambique. He will tell us what the spiritual climate is like in Mozambique, what barriers exist between the people and the Lord, and how he hopes his efforts will bring souls to Christ. Join us on this continuation of the On the Mission Field series here on the Removing Barriers podcast.

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Episode 154

Series: How Were Your Barriers Removed - 37

In this episode of the Removing Barriers podcast, we interview Tony, who experienced barriers to salvation in a very free upbringing, as opposed to a rigid one. God overcame those barriers to save his soul, and he joins us in this broadcast to testify to God's goodness and mercy. Barriers to salvation are erected in all kinds of seemingly contradicting ways and situations: in knowledge, in ignorance, in wealth, in poverty, in debauchery, in piety. No matter what the barrier, God is more than able to save!

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Episode 153

Bonkers - 6

It's the sixth installment of the series This World Has Gone Bonkers! In today's podcast, we discuss the latest in LGBTQIA2+ hypocrisy, bullying, and virtue signaling: the attack on parents seeking to protect their children from trans ideology. Meanwhile, the elite class are spending exorbitant amounts of money on debauchery and all manner of illegal activity (not new, but to what degree is increasingly shocking) while the Methodist church is abandoning the terms "husband" and "wife" in an effort to appeal to the lost. This world has gone bonkers, but we can talk about it with a hopeful eye toward the future because the Lord Jesus Christ is still on the throne.

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Episode 152

This is an episode in which we evaluate the issue of class-based discrimination in the United States. Deja Taylor is a no-name everyday Jane while Hunter Biden is the son of the sitting president of the United States. Both committed the same crimes, and yet only one has had the hammer of justice come down upon them. Why is that? Is America's problem really racism? Or are we blinded by racism to the more pressing and serious problem of classism? Is it both? How should Christians address it biblically? Join us on this episode as we scratch the surfaces of these questions.

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Episode 151

Series: How Were Your Barriers Removed - 36

In this episode of the Removing Barriers Podcast, we have the newest installment of the How Were Your Barriers Removed series. Today, we interview Pastor Harrigan to find out how the barriers to salvation he experienced were removed. Pastor Harrigan has been long-time acquaintance and friend to the hosts of the podcast and has agreed to put his testimony out into the world yet again, this time in long-form content. Pastor Harrigan was born and raised in Haiti, a small Caribbean country in the Western Hemisphere with an equally inspiring and troubling history. In recent decades, the country has taken a marked turn for the worse, but in spite of this, God continues to remove barriers and save souls. Pastor Harrigan, being one of those souls, now labors faithfully to see barriers like those he faced removed so that others can have a clear view of the cross. Join us on this episode of the Removing Barriers podcast to hear how God saved him!

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Episode 150

Bonkers - 5

What do the Marine Corps, babies, COVID, and children have in common? They have all gone bonkers, of course! In this episode of the Removing Barriers podcast, we continue the series This World has Gone Bonkers. The Marine Corps has a scholarship and professional military education program that teaches participants how to implement feminist and DEI values in the upper echelons of decision-making and warfighting. Judges impose rulings to either murder babies or deny the pursuit of potentially life-extending medicine for terminally ill babies. Various outbreaks in select countries evoke fear of another round of draconian government responses as we recently experienced during COVID-19. Join us on this episode as we discuss these headlines, realizing that though this world is indeed bonkers, there is no reason for Christians to fear because the king's heart is in our God's hand.

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