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James Talarico says some pretty interesting things about “white supremacy,” “heteropatriarchy” and minds being “colonized.” But where do these words come from? And what happens when changing the language starts changing the way we see the world? From Marxists to feminists to climate activists to Orwell, this episode looks at the surprisingly powerful battle over words, and why Scripture has been warning us about it from the very beginning.

What if the incredible diversity of life isn't just something to explain, but something to notice? From a strange university debate about human anatomy to the curious phrase “according to their kinds” in Genesis, this episode asks a bigger question: what if we've spent so much time studying the branches that we've forgotten to look for the Gardener?

Twenty-five years after 9/11, we can already see how quickly even defining moments can fade from living memory. But our tendency to forget goes much deeper than history - we forget prayers God has answered, ways He has provided, lessons He has taught us and, ultimately, the God who has been faithful through all of it. Scripture repeatedly tells us to remember, and God gives us practices to keep His faithfulness in front of us.

Your phone isn't merely a tool you use. It is increasingly becoming a source from which you receive identity, comfort, affirmation, entertainment, information, distraction and even a sense of belonging. And whenever we ask something other than God to give us what only God can ultimately provide, we've moved from using something to worshiping it.

What if Christianity is the kind of religion that can actually be proven wrong? This episode explores why the Christian faith stakes its truth on a historical claim - the death and resurrection of Jesus - and how that differs from the central claims of other major religions. It asks what it would take to disprove Christianity and why Christians should welcome honest investigation rather than fear it.

What if America isn’t the future we’re all heading toward? This episode challenges our assumption that Western values represent the inevitable direction of human progress and asks what happens when other cultures reject the destination we thought everyone wanted. For Christians, it is a reminder that our ultimate future has never belonged to America, the West, or any earthly civilization.

What happens when a Christian student walks onto a college campus where Christianity is viewed with suspicion or outright hostility? For Christian students, college can be a place where following Jesus comes with real social costs. This episode explores how to face that hostility without hiding, hating, or losing your witness.

Most churches know their local school for its controversies, policies, or politics—but what if we started seeing the people inside it instead? This episode explores what could happen if churches stopped merely talking about the schools in their communities and started showing up, serving, building relationships, and loving the people God has already placed right down the road.

Is it okay to be angry with God? When life doesn't go the way we prayed it would, that question can become painfully personal. This episode takes an honest, biblical look at one of the harder questions Christians sometimes struggle to ask.

It’s one of the most mocked but misunderstood passages in all of Scripture. With the help of a great organization I stumbled across, let’s set the record straight.