Today’s Guests

Ben Johnson – Media Reporter for the Daily Wire

Who is Mike Rowe and why is he talking about the American work ethic? He is a television star who focuses primarily on blue collar work, particularly through his series on the Discovery Channel titled “Dirty Jobs.” He has worked beside and interviewed hundreds of individuals working the jobs that help build and sustain America. Carmen and Ben look into Mike’s opinions about the American work ethic and add their own insights into the mix.

Taylor Combs – ERLC

Taylor Combs, a church planter in Nashville has written an article for the ERLC website titled: Why are so many young adults losing their faith?. He covers this article and digs deeper into why churches are necessary for discipleship and fulfilling The Great Commission.

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Bill English – Bible and Business

Bill and Carmen discuss the issue of vaccination (vax) mandates and then move into a conversation about business owners staying away from angry people.

Michael MacKenzie – Author of “Don’t Blow Up Your Ministry”

“Don’t Blow Up Your Ministry: Diffuse the Underlying Issues That Take Pastors Down” is by counselor, Michael MacKenzie who has a longtime of experience in helping pastors at risk deal with the various issues that are behind issues at the surface. The book turns the minister back to God to see and receive the grace God provides to help reconstruct their life.

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Jason Thacker – ERLC

Jason is the chair of research in technology ethics at the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, a branch of the Southern Baptist Convention. In light of recent reports from social media giants such as Facebook, Jason urges Christians to be ever more engaged in influencing social media companies  to make their platforms better for everyone in the digital public square.

Ruth Kramer – Mission Network News

A recent attack on a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan has left several injured and several dead. In other news, recent abductions have occured in the Nigerian University of Abuja. Finally, is the country of Lebanon a failed state and how do we pray for all of this and the current civil war in Myanmar?

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Justin Giboney – The And Campaign

What does woke mean; where did it begin; why is it now used pejoratively and what is the redemptive opportunity for the word? In other terms, how ought Christians address each other; ought it be in partisan terms?

Robert Tracy McKenzie – We the Fallen People

“We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy” is both a look back into history and a look presently in the mirror. Through it, Dr. McKenzie leads us to see how, from the founders to the Jacksonian era and beyond, democratic thoughts evolved. It is a thoughtful conversation about the past and current state democracy in America.

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Mark Caleb Smith – Cedarville University

The Supreme Court plans to hear the Texas heartbeat law. We also hear that Americans are beginning to turn on the Black Lives Matter organization. Finally, Carmen and Mark discuss what the role of “moral capital” is in policy making.

Adam Comer – The Forgotten Pandemic

The film, “The Forgotten Pandemic” is meant to teach about the crisis of opioid addiction in America. Adam is the executive producer of the film and talks with Carmen about the numbers of addiction and death followed by why faith in Jesus is an essential element to recovery. For information about a recovery program titled S2L Recovery, click here.

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Elizabeth Neumann – Moonshot & National Immigration Forum

Elizabeth Neumann was  the assistant secretary of counterterrorism and threat prevention at the Department of Homeland Security in the Trump administration and served during the George W. Bush administration. She and Carmen discuss global news and threats from Russia to Haiti as well as security at churches. 

Gary Chapman – Author of “Things I Wish I Knew Before My Child Became a Teenager”

“Things I Wish I’d Known Before my Child Became a Teenager” is a new book by Gary Chapman that helps us engage the changes from childhood and adulthood and how that has changed since many of use were teenagers. Dr. Chapman also helps us understand what parenting is given the amount of confusion in our current culture about our roles, responsibilities, and goals as parents.

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Sheridan Voysey – BBC Presenter & Author of “Reflect with Sheridan”

Sheridan shares with us three short devotionals he wrote that reflect lessons he learned from his father: 1) Treasured Possession – How his dad sold his treasured Rover to get to Peru and propose to his mom  2) Missed it Again  – A funny story about missing the train, with a biblical link to forgiveness 3) Good Grief – A meditation on grieving a loved on as a Christian.

Adam Carrington – Hillsdale College

Carmen and Adam discuss a variety of topics from the political world including the Virginia election, President Biden’s administrative agenda, and the political wisdom one can glean from the Psalms.

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Adam Holz – Plugged In

Adam takes us through movie reviews including “The Most Reluctant Convert“, “The Harder They Fall” and “The French Dispatch” followed by a discussion about…guns in church…

Lisa Samson – Book Spotlight – Co-Author of “Songs of Light Series”

“The Songs of Light” is a series that Lisa has co-written with Leonard (Len) Sweet. It includes three books, book 1: “Words of Grace to Read Aloud with Those at Life’s End, book 2: Words of Hope to Read Aloud With Those in Critical Condition and book 3: Words of Life to Read Aloud to Those in Despair.

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Steve West – Liberties Roundup for World Magazine

Carmen and Steve discuss Maine’s vaccination requirement which has no religious exemption. They also look into transgender mandates on Christian employers as well as new California’s speech law.

Carmen’s Leftovers

Carmen leads off with a good news story from Paradise California, followed with her engaging the question, “Should Christians ‘celebrate’ halloween”?

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Peter Kapsner – 50 Shades of Truth

Peter and Carmen have found the intersection of parenting, spanking, and Amazon’s algorithms: the “Board of Education Spanking Paddle” which found its way to the “Amazon’s Choice” section. in other news, they have also found that there are some individuals who practice both Judaism and witchcraft. Tune in below to hear how this all plays out!

Lee Strobel – Author of “The Case for Heaven”

There’s a real afterlife there and there are real near-death experiences. Often these near-death experiences change people and in Lee Strobel’s case, it lead him to research what comes after the grave, giving him more “confidence about eternity”. For more information on this book, check out the link here: “The Case for Heaven“.

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