The Based Podcast

What does it mean to base your business on the Word? Should believers feel morally obligated to apply Godly standards when they purchase goods and services?

IMAGINE!

In this show, Chris goes hard in-the-paint addressing all of the bad actors in the mattress industry; while laying out all the great reasons to Buy Local.

SPONSOR:
Comfort King Mattress Factory

"The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy." —Proverbs 12:22

Have you truly made God your co-pilot or is He serving up snacks in the back?

Greg Gieske is a Based decorated Army veteran, talented professional photographer, and seeker of God’s truth in our modern world.

Greg and his wife LaRae have allowed God’s will to forge their path, fulfilling His purpose to use their artistic talents to glorify Him, and serve their fellow humans.

Topics covered: Photography, War, Rambo, Covid Business

Guest:
Greg Gieske

"He refreshes my soul, He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake." — Psalm 23:3

For many of us parents, we simply are outgunned when it comes to influencing our children against our modern decadent, corrupted, pagan culture. As we recently heard a local pastor say, we are the most messaged humans in all of history. And honestly, the majority of the messaging is against our worldview, and offensive to our Creator.

SO, what to do? 

In 2020, Jim Rieffenberger  joined with our very own Jeff Gould (America’s Storyteller) to create a great resource for parenting...Father's Wisdom. This series of 47 short audio stories  applies Godly wisdom to many of life’s practical challenges.

GUEST:
Jim Rieffenberger

“Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.” —Proverbs 13:10

Part of having a BASED worldview is utilizing a vocabulary that is biblical, truthful and absolutely fearless. Sin, taboo, perverse, meek, and providence are some of the words and concepts that seem to have been erased from our American non-church lingo. In this episode we discuss the value in bringing them back into our lexicon.

“Therefore encourage one another with these words.” — 1 Thessalonians 4

As we shake our heads at the tyranny of the Canadian government, most of us don't even know the half of it.

Trudeau and his cohort of maniacal busybody bureaucrats have their collective boot on the neck of the Church, and our new friend Andrew is one of the very, very few brave Christian leaders who are prepared to continue resisting their tyrannical overlords who want nothing less than absolute control over every word preached from the pulpit.

GUESTS
Pastor Andrew DeBartolo and Adam Brown

‘’Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God." — John Knox

This is a subject no one wants to talk about. 

There are not only many loved ones left wondering "why, why, why!?", but there even more people you know (perhaps even yourself ) who are struggling with the demonic pull—the voice that tells you that the world would “better off without you in it.”

This is a lie from the Evil One, but that voice can sound just like our own voice. 

Brad Hearst with Survivors Joining for Hope has committed his life to helping those who’ve been scarred by suicide, and is asking folks to be aware of the possible threat in their own lives. To help prevent someone you love from choosing a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Guest:
Brad Hearst

”So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them.”  —Genesis 1:27 

Who wants to go to work?!

Unfortunately, the events of the past few years have had a negative effect on Americans’ work ethic. Some speculate that it’s a direct result in the insidious influence of applied Marxism. Some say it’s a general malaise or a creeping nihilism that has infected the youth through the constant drip of the social media cesspool leakage media doom spreading. 

In this episode, we discuss what is looking like an epidemic: There simply are not enough young people in the job market with a strong work ethic. 

What to do…?

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters." —Colossians 3:23

Youth sports, for many parents, becomes an all-consuming obsession into which they invest meaningful amounts of time, money and emotional energy, leading to idolatry.

Coach Carl Teer founded CYAL (Christian Youth Activity League) at the urging of the Holy Spirit. His faithful service to this mission has allowed him to create opportunities for hundreds of local kids to experience Christ centered youth sports. 

WINNING is about more than numbers on a scoreboard.

Guest:
Coach Carl Teer

“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”   —Ephesians 6:4

"Like a city that is broken into and without walls is a man who has no control over his own spirit." — Proverbs 25

One of Satan's most effective tools is the use of envy and greed, the twin destroyers of divine contentment and thankfulness. In this episode, we encourage men to adjust their "operating system" to thwart the enemy and see God's will for our journey.

Teach your sons to adopt this rule: you do not have the RIGHT to look at a woman/girl's nakedness, EVEN IF she offers it.

PORN: a lie that re-wires the brain, leading to depression and erectile dysfunction.

"Their end is destruction, their God is their belly and they glory in their shame." — Philippians 3:19-21

Spending  money in your local community is Based. Supporting your friends and neighbors who share our Heartland values, with companies that invest taxes, employ local folks and keep local charities afloat, is necessary in ensuring the continuation of our way of life. 

SCHEELS provides a rewarding experience for shoppers covering nearly every outdoor activity imaginable; encouraging your decision to buy local with their employment of staff that are friendly and most likely more knowledgeable about the hobbies that even you are passionate about!

Guest:
Josiah Christoffer
Born and raised in Minnesota, but happy that he has called South Dakota home for the last 18 years! He is married to his wife Melissa of 14 years, and have 3 children: Cali, Cohen and Camila. He has been a Scheels associate since 2004 and has loved every minute of it. Josiah's passions include the outdoors, hunting, fishing, watersports, music, Scheels, and Jesus.

Sponsor:
SCHEELS

"Do not be misled: 'Bad company corrupts good character'." —1 Corinthians 15:33