Capitol Ministries

Why should America support Israel? In this episode, Ralph Drollinger unpacks both the pragmatic and biblical case for standing with Israel—drawing from Genesis 12, history, and today’s geopolitical landscape. Hosted by Frank Sontag, this timely conversation challenges listeners to ground their convictions in Scripture.

In this week’s episode we tackle a growing crisis in public life: the culture of deception. From subtle spin to outright lies, dishonesty corrodes trust and integrity in leadership. But God’s Word offers a better way.

This week Ralph challenges us to be good stewards of our minds, recognizing them as incredible assets given by God. By disciplining our thoughts and focusing on the virtues outlined in Philippians 4:8, believers can enhance our spiritual maturity and effectiveness in our personal and professional lives.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Truth wins out in the end!The importance of truth in the capital community cannot be understated. Look through Proverbs with us and see the various benefits of being a man or a woman of truth.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Drawing from Matthew 5:13–16, believers are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, bearing the responsibility to impact society—including its political structures—with the gospel.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Ralph Drollinger unpacks a biblical case for the sanctity of life, emphasizing that human life begins at conception and is made in God's image. With clarity and compassion, he walks through key Scriptures that define the unborn as fully human and calls on Christians to uphold life from the womb onward.

Drawing from Proverbs 31 and Titus 2:3–5, Ralph highlights the vital, God-ordained role women play in shaping future generations, both at home and in public leadership. Learn how biblical womanhood is marked by industriousness, wisdom, and dignity—and why this topic is especially relevant in today’s culture.You’ll also hear how Capitol Ministries is equipping volunteer Bible teachers to disciple public servants in 40,000 local governments across America—and how you can get involved.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Genesis is foundational to a biblical worldview. Know the passages that follow, recognize their connection and integration, and allow that knowledge to guide and convict your thinking and actions. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Let's dive deeper into the idea that the believer’s primary emphasis on heart change will assuredly and eventually result in culture change. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Heated debate among Evangelical pastors and church leaders has erupted over the past 40 years as to how the believer should best engage in societal change. While both sides of the debate represent noble motives and seek the same objective, how to best achieve it, unfortunately, remains controversial. Let me suggest that this study’s passage in Luke makes a strong and simple case for the following: The believer’s primary emphasis on heart change will assuredly and eventually result in culture change. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Given the political turmoil America has experienced recently and in the past few years, let's ake a close look at Ephesians 6:10–11: Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.This is a timely and appropriate study. The wholehearted examination of this passage provides us with much insight—a biblical perspective—relative to the ultimate reasons for the deep divide in our nation. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Scripture is the foundation upon which all good reasoning is built. It is the only reliable foundation for all logic and good judgment. It is the only trustworthy basis for the beginning of thoughts, ideas, actions and practices. The Word of God is intended to be the mind’s bedrock, its compass.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Let’s look at three excuses that often surface about Bible Study, along with the practical benefits. May you gain a greater conviction to diligently study the Word of God and develop a habit of a lifetime!Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

This week we will examine all that the Bible book of Proverbs has to say about anger. If you struggle with anger, and who doesn’t, or you hang with those who do, then this chapter in Proverbs is for you.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

What are the ploys of the devil that dupe so many people—and how can you see through them? Here is how we can "be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might."Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

In this program we dig into one of the most important passages in the entire Bible.It will lend great light on the historic arguments regarding the doctrine of salvation: is justification from our sin accomplished by faith alone, or is something needed in addition? This subject has been a controversial one throughout Church history and remains so today. What do you believe regarding how a person is saved and why? Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

The Lord has been so good through the teaching of His Word in the Senate Bible study, House Bible study, and the re-starting of the White House Cabinet Staff Bible studies in D.C. (which now include Governors and Ambassadors)—putting the Bible front and center! This is not in a theocratic sense but rather a commitment by members to tether their thoughts and practices to spiritual truths. Would you please commit to praying as you listen and learn more?Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Drawing from biblical principles and practical wisdom, we discuss how fostering harmony and collaboration within the body of Christ can strengthen faith-based leadership and positively impact our communities.Whether you’re in public service or simply seeking ways to promote unity in your own circles, this conversation offers actionable insights and encouragement for living out your faith with purpose and conviction. Don't miss this powerful message on being salt and light together.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

America’s challenges seem to be increasing exponentially. Are political solutions, policies, and elections the total answer? Are they the ultimate way to fix these problems? Are they the way to properly diagnose, remedy, and cure our increasingly complex national ailments? We need to peer for only seconds into a tiny two-chapter Old Testament book, the book of Haggai, to catch an enormously different perspective and analysis—a heavenly, transcendent perspective, God’s perspective—as to what the real, underlying problem is: the book of Haggai more than suggests that it is a spiritual one. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Join us as we discuss the mission and vision of Capitol Ministries: making disciples of Jesus Christ in the political arena. From its humble beginnings to its widespread impact in state capitals, Washington, D.C., and 60 foreign capitals, discover how this ministry is training Bible teachers to evangelize and mentor political leaders at all levels of government.Learn about the urgent call to action: equipping qualified leaders to bring Christ-centered mentorship to over 40,000 local city and county governments across America. Hear how this unique mission builds on the success of the sports ministry model, focusing on personal, biblically sound discipleship to change hearts rather than laws.Let’s change the trajectory of America by reaching leaders with the Gospel, one city hall at a time!Explore how you or someone you know can be part of this transformative movement. Visit CapMin.org/Local to learn more about becoming a local government ministry leader and the tools available to support this vital calling. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Hermeneutics is the art and science of scriptural interpretation. In my years of ministry, I have discovered that most people do not even realize there are differing schools of biblical interpretation, let alone understand them. In this study I will attempt to educate you on today’s major hermeneutical schools and help you gain a rudimentary understanding of each. After all, how you interpret Scripture shapes your worldview. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Paul’s practice pertaining to this question led to at least one political leader’s coming to Christ (Acts 17:34)!Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Christmas is a time you can build your family culture: As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, says Joshua in Joshua 24:15. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

The study of the believer's personal future—as depicted in the Bible—should prove to be highly MOTIVATIONAL and DIRECTIVE in the here and now. Here's how...Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

"Where there is no guidance the people fall, but in abundance of counselors there is victory.”Choose the right guides in life. Here's how...Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

If the trajectory of our country is going to change, it must begin with our hearts. We must first steward our own hearts and the hearts of our families before speaking about changing the direction of our country. May God use the following thoughts to aid in crafting a special, constructive day centered in our love for Jesus. Let us give thanks for all He has done for us!Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

You can't expect someone who rejects the author of Scripture to accept the precepts of His book. The greatest need—new life in Christ! Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Contemplate the sobriety of King Solomon and what he has to say about a sense of normal living — one that garners blessing, spiritual, mental and physical health, and meaningful relationships.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Only when there is a cost to our faith—when God allows us to be tested—do we learn our true level of spiritual maturity, our level of faithfulness. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Before we step into the voting booth, let's consider the Book of Proverbs—specifically Solomon's advice to his son, Rehaboam.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

How do you respond to tribulation in your personal life? Does Scripture inform your mind and emotions when you are faced with seeming setbacks? Is your mind permeated with Scripture so as to be able to combat the fleshly responses of our inner person?This week I would like to explore one particular passage in the book of Ephesians that can greatly aid you when you are faced with trials and tribulation.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Herein are the explicit details related to your assurance that you are at peace with God. The book of Romans provides a precise, progressive outline of God's plumb line relative as to how a person is saved. Once digested, this is also profoundly illuminating! The writer of Hebrews put it this way: so great a salvation! (2:3).Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

What does it mean to pray effectively? The Bible provides the answer.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Who is qualified from a biblical perspective to be in leadership in God's institution of the State?Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Coach Wooden's teams routinely achieved the highest pinnacles of success, in part, I believe, because of our attitudinal consistency. May I suggest that learning to control your thinking—and the emotions that stem from your thinking–will greatly benefit you too. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

The November elections are quickly approaching, and everyone on the Hill has skin in the game which means emotions are running high. It's so easy to express love and hate in a wrong way—especially in the context of an election. What do the Scriptures say you should love and hate? Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Justice, blamelessness (not sinlessness), prayer, wisdom: let's take a deep dive into how we can delight God.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Dr. Dan DeShong, CapMin's Local Government global director, taught our very first Bible study to local leaders. He talks with Ralph and Frank about the impact that knowing more about the Bible has had on his city and county office holders. Political leaders desperately need to be grounded in God's Word and yet they are one of the most neglected mission fields when it comes to evangelism and discipleship. For more than 25 years Capitol Ministries has planted discipleship Bible study ministries for state and federal leaders. We are now dedicated to building ministries for America's city and county leaders through our Local Government Ministries (LGM) initiative.CapMin is seeking men who are proven, intentional, deliberate, biblically reliant disciple makers to lead these ministries. Are you a pastor, former pastor, Sunday School teacher, layman, or retired businessman who senses a call from God to evangelize, disciple, and teach His Word to public servants? If so, we invite you to learn about us.In addition to this program, we welcome you to learn more at CapMin.org/Local!Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

"If you have this habit of letting the Word of Christ richly dwell within you on a daily basis, you will find the empowerment of the Holy Spirit is going to eclipse your proclivities to sin just because you're so filled with that force that is already positionally implanted in you when you bowed the knee and came to Christ."Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Proverbs has much to say about being a good steward of your heart. May we make time to take inventory and survey our hearts, motives, passions, pursuits, and future desires.Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

It stands to reason that spiritual leaders who minister to our government leaders are critically important to the health of the nation. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Paul states in the opening portions of 1 Corinthians 13, without love I am nothing. What then are the defining aspects of love that both you and I need to be continually working on and growing in? Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

One of the most profound character qualities a man or woman in office can possess is truthfulness–even when it affects him or her negatively. Truth is the bulwark of personal integrity. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

In the same-sex marriage debate, there is increasing reluctance by believers to mention the book of Leviticus. In this study, I will attempt not only to familiarize you with this book, but also explain how it impacts the debate. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

When America in any way denigrates God's ordained institution of husband-wife marriage, our nation loses one of His primary means of heralding His nature to our country!Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

The book of Joshua provides God's example of leadership under fire!Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

What does the highest authority in the universe have to say about this matter—that authority being God Almighty as revealed in His Word? Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

If you don't see the world through the lens of Scripture, then you're headed for a downfall. Let's take the Truth of the Gospel to public servants: “Right actions begin with right thinking. Right thinking begins with thinking right about God.” Listen as Ralph talks through the following questions: How do you explain the dual nature of man?  Does sin infect and affect more than just the person?  Does sin infect and affect the whole world?  Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

How disciplined are you in your speech patterns? Let us open up Ephesians 4:29 this week and learn what God has to say to us in this regard. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Oftentimes on the Hill we refer to someone as a “good person.” That compliment is nice to say concerning a colleague, keeping in the back of our minds of course, that everyone is fallen and possesses a sinful nature. If we use that term to describe another person as does Solomon in the book of Proverbs, what specifically does the wisest man say should characterize a “good person”? Let us discover this week all that Solomon has to say about this admirable adjective and make application to our own life.As we study, be thinking of at least one aspect of your life God wants to remove and another (from His book) that He wants you to add to your life. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

This week, in honor of Mother's Day, talk through our most downloaded Bible study!Only through the power and timing of the indwelling Holy Spirit can any of us, male or female, attain Christlikeness. In theological language, progressive sanctification. So rather than look at these forthcoming passages as a legalistic measuring stick demanding immediate performance, view this study as a tool God can use in His own way and timing to help mature you in Christ, bringing you into a more intimate, personal relationship in which these virtues are borne and honed. Support a Local Ministry!: https://capmin.org/donate/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.