In our first half, we survey the news of the day. President Trump signs additional executive orders on national security and immigration.

Then, Bruce Ashford, explains the three things all Christians owe President Trump, regardless if you were a “Never Trump” person or supportive all along. We may each struggle with different aspects, but they are biblically mandated for all Christians.

Ashford is Provost and Dean of Faculty at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and also serves as Professor of Theology and Culture.

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As a staffer on Capitol Hill, Chelsea Patterson works on child welfare policy. She shares with us the mood on Capitol Hill and gives us a preview of some important pro-life legislation to watch in the next few years.

When President Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, American taxpayer dollars are again prohibited from being used to fund abortions and abortion advocacy around the globe. Stephen Herreid tells us why that matters and how American taxpayer have been used in the past 8 years to fund abortion worldwide.

 

We begin Monday’s shows with a survey of big news stories from the weekend, including the Women’s March and the Trump Administration’s relationship with the media in a “post truth” era.

Our guest in the second half is Jeff Vanderstelt leader for the Soma Family of Churches. He gives us encouragement and practical advice for speaking gospel truths into everyday issues of life

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One of the people offering a prayer at Donald Trump’s Inauguration is Paula White, senior pastor of a megachurch in Apopka, FL. Our guest today wants Christians to take this opportunity to discern and articulate the difference between the true gospel and a false one: in this case, the prosperity gospel. John Stonestreet is the host of Breakpoint and a fellow at the Chuck Colson Center for the Christian Worldview. John reminds us the gospel is not a “better version” of ourselves, but a total rebirth.

In our second half, we survey major news of the day leading up to the transition of power. President Obama holds his final press conference, evangelicals seem to gaining influence with the new administration and the ongoing confirmation hearings.

 

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We take calls from listeners on the Inauguration, President Trump’s speech and the peaceful of transition of power. David Swanson, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Orlando, FL, will be praying for the new President in the Inaugural Prayer Service tomorrow and shares how each of us can be praying.

 

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Does God intervene in human history? We explore this question in relation to the election and what it means for the Christian seeking to live each day for the glory of God.

Kristin Wright from Open Doors USA discusses the 2017 World Watch List, a report outlining the global persecution of Christians. The list ranks countries by severity of persecution experienced. Kristin shares with us some real life stories from what is happening in a few of the countries on the list and provides context for us on the state of religious persecution worldwide. What can you do? Consider committing to pray for a country on the list each week.

 

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The Inauguration approaches. Much of the news coverage consists of protests, planned violence,  and college professors using classroom time to teach, organize and resist incoming President’s agenda. The Women’s March on Washington, happening one day after the Inauguration, released a statement indicating pro-life women were not welcome at the event. Is being pro-choice the litmus test for women in advocacy now?

Then, Focus on the Family’s Kelly Rosati gives us a look at the upcoming Evangelicals for Life and March for Life.

 

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In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr Day consider reading Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” out loud to yourself in the mirror. Consider what Dr. King is asking of his brothers and sisters in Christ and what the letter says to us today.

In our second half, Denny Burk, Professor of Biblical Studies at Boyce College, joins us to talk about the recent National Geographic special edition on gender identity. The magazine featured a nine year old transgender girl on the cover. We ask Denny how we can speak the good truth of how God made us, male and female as His image bearers into this conversation.

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REAIR of Carmen’s interview with Dr. Joy Qualls, Chair of the Department of Communications Studies at Biola University. She studies focus on political and religious rhetoric. In a time of deep division, it seems like civil conversation is a lost art. Dr. Qualls shares from both a Christian worldview perspective and communications background, how we can do the “work of understanding” and communicate across the divides.

In our second half, guest host Birga Alden talks with evangelist Jay Lowder on why he is working on a creative, new ministry outreach to share the hope of the Gospel through transformational life stories run on national television networks. The show is called “The Darkest Hour,” and it is currently airing on Discovery, Freeform, AMG and others.

Guest host Birga Alden interviews Mandy Arioto, who represents the 100,000 member mothering organization, MOPS International. Then, in our second half, Carmen gives an update on her trip to Tampa and where “the rubber meets the road” when it comes to bring God into everyday conversations. We can know a lot about the Bible and what it says but if we can’t apply it in the conversations we’re having with your kids, if we can’t apply it moment by moment in our everyday lives, it’s a religious book but it’s not a living faith.