Kingdom Culture Conversations

Produced by Dallas Jenkins, the Jesus-centered web-based, episodic program "The Chosen" premiered in April 2019 and became the largest crowdfunding media project in history. More than 16,000 people contributed over $10 million to the production for its first season.And the culture's appetite for the program has only grown  since then.Twice "The Chosen" has premiered new episodes in movie theaters:  Fathom Event's top two best-selling events have come from The Chosen with ‘Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers' grossing over $13.5 million in 2021 and ‘The Chosen Season 3 episodes 1 & 2' grossing over $14 million, placing second in gross box office on the Friday of its opening weekend,  Further, when Season 3's episodes 1 & 2 ticket sales went live, the overwhelming demand crashed the Fathom Events website.Today's Kingdom Culture Conversations--a "What About? Wednesday episode featuring nationally-recognized apologist Robby Lashua--finds the KCC team asking fundamental questions about the viral video phenomenon.  Why is this series so popular?  Is the theology sound?  What do we make of the rumors that funding for the program has come from the Mormon church?What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"?   Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes?  Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Produced by Dallas Jenkins, the Jesus-centered web-based, episodic program "The Chosen" premiered in April 2019 and became the largest crowdfunding media project in history. More than 16,000 people contributed over $10 million to the production for its first season.And the culture's appetite for the program has only grown  since then.Twice "The Chosen" has premiered new episodes in movie theaters:  Fathom Event's top two best-selling events have come from The Chosen with ‘Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers' grossing over $13.5 million in 2021 and ‘The Chosen Season 3 episodes 1 & 2' grossing over $14 million, placing second in gross box office on the Friday of its opening weekend,  Further, when Season 3's episodes 1 & 2 ticket sales went live, the overwhelming demand crashed the Fathom Events website.Today's Kingdom Culture Conversations--a "What About? Wednesday episode featuring nationally-recognized apologist Robby Lashua--finds the KCC team asking fundamental questions about the viral video phenomenon.  Why is this series so popular?  Is the theology sound?  What do we make of the rumors that funding for the program has come from the Mormon church?What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"?   Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes?  Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

When we talk about YouTube, the second most frequented website in the world, we have to use the word "Billions".  Not "Millions".  "Billions". Billions of viewers.  Billions of videos.  Billions of dollars paid in by advertisers.  Billions of dollars paid out to content producers. Today, in a riveting conversation with Alex Overall, the Media Specialist for Frameworks and Northwest Christian School Online, we take a deep dive into these numbers but we also take a look forward and assess the top nine trends on YouTube and discuss their potential impact--good and bad--on culture, considered in the light of Biblical worldview.To reference the sources used within this episode, please visit the following sites:Youtube statistics: https://www.comparitech.com/tv-streaming/youtube-statistics/#:~:text=YouTube%20users%20view%20a%20whopping,and%2013%20minutes%20in%202019).Top channels:  https://socialblade.com/youtube/Trends:  https://www.cyberlink.com/blog/youtube-video-editing/245/youtube-trends-2021"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

When we talk about YouTube, the second most frequented website in the world, we have to use the word "Billions".  Not "Millions".  "Billions". Billions of viewers.  Billions of videos.  Billions of dollars paid in by advertisers.  Billions of dollars paid out to content producers. Today, in a riveting conversation with Alex Overall, the Media Specialist for Frameworks and Northwest Christian School Online, we take a deep dive into these numbers but we also take a look forward and assess the top nine trends on YouTube and discuss their potential impact--good and bad--on culture, considered in the light of Biblical worldview.To reference the sources used within this episode, please visit the following sites:Youtube statistics: https://www.comparitech.com/tv-streaming/youtube-statistics/#:~:text=YouTube%20users%20view%20a%20whopping,and%2013%20minutes%20in%202019).Top channels:  https://socialblade.com/youtube/Trends:  https://www.cyberlink.com/blog/youtube-video-editing/245/youtube-trends-2021"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Scott Hord started his career in youth ministry.  Serving as a pastor in the Pacific Northwest, he worked for years with junior high and senior high school students.  But, somewhere along the way, his care and concern for the wellbeing of students led him down a hard path.  For the last fifteen years, he's worked within Christian Family Care, a foster care agency, licensed in the state of Arizona.  In that time, he's seen a lot, learned a lot.Now, he's committed to taking the things that he's learned  and experienced and putting handles on those lessons.  He's leading the charge to commit a vast amount of parental training on a new online portal for parents--whether they are invested in foster care or not.Today, in the second part of a two-part conversation with Scott, you will hear his story and wrestle with some of the cold hard facts of child abuse and neglect.  But, you will also learn about Family Care Learning and the road that leads from ruin, through reconciliation, to restoration.For more information on Christian Family Care, please click here.To take advantage of the amazing parenting resources and supports that they offer through Family Care Learning, please follow this link,"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Scott Hord started his career in youth ministry.  Serving as a pastor in the Pacific Northwest, he worked for years with junior high and senior high school students.  But, somewhere along the way, his care and concern for the wellbeing of students led him down a hard path.  For the last fifteen years, he's worked within Christian Family Care, a foster care agency, licensed in the state of Arizona.  In that time, he's seen a lot, learned a lot.Now, he's committed to taking the things that he's learned  and experienced and putting handles on those lessons.  He's leading the charge to commit a vast amount of parental training on a new online portal for parents--whether they are invested in foster care or not.Today, in the first part of a two-part conversation with Scott, you will hear his story and wrestle with some of the cold hard facts of child abuse and neglect.  But, you will also learn about Family Care Learning and the road that leads from ruin, through reconciliation, to restoration.For more information on Christian Family Care, please click here.To take advantage of the amazing parenting resources and supports that they offer through Family Care Learning, please follow this link,"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

As Kingdom Culture Conversations wheels into the new year of 2023, we are starting a weeklong conversation--including multiple members of the Northwest Christian technology team--about the trajectory of technology, the pace of innovation, and the risks and opportunities implicit within both for Biblical worldview.  It's a full week with insightful conversations and some profound considerations!Our subjects for the week:Monday, January 9th:  Has Technology Become the New Tower of Babel?Tuesday, January 10th:   What are Transhumanism and Post-Humanism?Wednesday, January 11th:  The Risks and Opportunities within TranshumanismThursday, January 12th:  Coming to Grips with the MetaverseFriday, January 13th:  Developing a Theology of Technology"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

As Kingdom Culture Conversations wheels into the new year of 2023, we are starting a weeklong conversation--including multiple members of the Northwest Christian technology team--about the trajectory of technology, the pace of innovation, and the risks and opportunities implicit within both for Biblical worldview.  It's a full week with insightful conversations and some profound considerations!Our subjects for the week:Monday, January 9th:  Has Technology Become the New Tower of Babel?Tuesday, January 10th:   What are Transhumanism and Post-Humanism?Wednesday, January 11th:  The Risks and Opportunities within TranshumanismThursday, January 12th:  Coming to Grips with the MetaverseFriday, January 13th:  Developing a Theology of Technology"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

As Kingdom Culture Conversations wheels into the new year of 2023, we are starting a weeklong conversation--including multiple members of the Northwest Christian technology team--about the trajectory of technology, the pace of innovation, and the risks and opportunities implicit within both for Biblical worldview.  It's a full week with insightful conversations and some profound considerations!Our subjects for the week:Monday, January 9th:  Has Technology Become the New Tower of Babel?Tuesday, January 10th:   What are Transhumanism and Post-Humanism?Wednesday, January 11th:  The Risks and Opportunities within TranshumanismThursday, January 12th:  Coming to Grips with the MetaverseFriday, January 13th:  Developing a Theology of Technology"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

As Kingdom Culture Conversations wheels into the new year of 2023, we are starting a weeklong conversation--including multiple members of the Northwest Christian technology team--about the trajectory of technology, the pace of innovation, and the risks and opportunities implicit within both for Biblical worldview.  It's a full week with insightful conversations and some profound considerations!Our subjects for the week:Monday, January 9th:  Has Technology Become the New Tower of Babel?Tuesday, January 10th:   What are Transhumanism and Post-Humanism?Wednesday, January 11th:  The Risks and Opportunities within TranshumanismThursday, January 12th:  Coming to Grips with the MetaverseFriday, January 13th:  Developing a Theology of Technology"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

As Kingdom Culture Conversations wheels into the new year of 2023, we are starting a weeklong conversation--including multiple members of the Northwest Christian technology team--about the trajectory of technology, the pace of innovation, and the risks and opportunities implicit within both for Biblical worldview.  It's a full week with insightful conversations and some profound considerations!Our subjects for the week:Monday, January 9th:  Has Technology Become the New Tower of Babel?Tuesday, January 10th:   What are Transhumanism and Post-Humanism?Wednesday, January 11th:  The Risks and Opportunities within TranshumanismThursday, January 12th:  Coming to Grips with the MetaverseFriday, January 13th:  Developing a Theology of Technology"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Eliacquim Nkunzabijaru and his countrymen have known the harm and hurt of the Rwandan genocide for their entire lives.  In one form or another, its historic realities are not mere history.  Rather, they surface in their every day lives.  But Nkunzabijuru is bravely pushing back against the persisting hurts of losing an entire generation to ethnic violence.  As the principal of Joy Christian School within the City of Joy ministry in Rwanda, Africa, he courageously approaches each learning day as an opportunity to infiltrate the darkness with the light of Christian education. Today's conversation, held over Zoom, will illuminate that courage and inspire the listener to better understand the potential of Christian education.For more information on the City of Joy,  please visit this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

One year ago, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we sat down with Roger Erdvig, an author, speaker, and scholar who serves as the Education Director for Summit Ministries, and looked back on the highs and lows of 2021 through the lens of Biblical worldview.Today, we'll shift our focus to 2022 and do the same.  The fall of Roe v. Wade, the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, wokeness in Public School classrooms, the midterm elections, and so much more will be considered as we review a couple of critical research studies that reveal both encouraging and discouraging results.To read through the research presented in today's episode, please visit these links:https://sotb.research.bible/https://www.arizonachristian.edu/culturalresearchcenter/https://thestateoftheology.com/?_hsmi=227131954&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--Pn3a5vfiucmvdAxXYa_-8PDd3f5ycfUYDT5ilP3Mo8343EJ9kvfD_K9almetzNz-hrUzwbrTywH9QPitV9F_t_Q8uSwTo learn about Roger Erdvig, please click here.To learn about the wonderful resources from Summit Ministries, please click here."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Perhaps Charlie Brown had it right after all.  Maybe Christmas isn't all that we think it is.  In fact, it's been suggested by several prominent atheists that it isn't anything even remotely like  we would think as the apex of the Church calendar and the center of the liturgical year.  It's been suggested that Christmas and all of its commercial trappings--Santa Claus, gifts, mistletoe, caroling, all of it--are simply pagan traditions that have been repurposed into a semi-sacred amalgamation of truth and tradition.Could it be true?  Is it time to take down the Christmas lights?In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Robby Lashua of Stand to Reason helps us to go deep into the roots of Christmas traditions and assists in sorting the good from the bad.  You won't want to miss it!What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"?   Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes?  Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Avatar broke all the box office records.  And, this Friday, we will launch into the first of five scheduled sequels:  Avatar 2:  The Way of Water.But, as we'll learn today, secular media have dubbed James Cameron (Titanic, Terminator, Avatar), the director and producer, as "Pastor Cameron" and Avatar has been described as a big budget "sermon".If that is the case, what is it that James Cameron is preaching?  What sermon is being delivered through the Avatar movies?In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we are joined by Marcia Montenegro, a former New Age champion--a professionally licensed Astrologer and Psychic  who found Christ.  In the process, she founded "Christian Answers for the New Age" and became a missionary to her many, many friends and acquaintances who are still trapped in the New Age.  Marcia is uniquely positioned and qualified to consider our questions."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

As a "preacher's kid", Caleb Lynch grew up in a home in which he was blessed to experience genuine Christian faith expressed through authenticity and transparency.  As he set out to establish and grow his own home and family, he began to realize both the benefits and challenges within that aspiration.In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Caleb transparently walks us through both those challenges and benefits to the end of inspiring us to do the same.  The result is a truly moving conversation that you will not soon forget!For more information on Open Door Fellowship, please link here. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

You know Martin Luther--the great reformer, the man that launched Protestantism?  Well, he certainly didn't mince words when he said of the New Testament's epistle of James, "“Therefore St James' epistle is really an epistle of straw, compared to these others, for it has nothing of the nature of the Gospel about it.”  Believe it or not, Luther even suggested removing James from the canon of scripture.It's also been suggested that James' view of salvation is markedly different from that of Paul.  Further, allegedly, James rarely mentions Jesus in his contribution to the New Testament.Today, Robby Lashua works through these allegations and protestations, helping us to see the virtue in this brief epistle.  And, once we see it in the new light that Robby shares, we'll never again mistake the brevity of James for a lack of clarity in terms of who Jesus is and what He brings to the lives of His followers.What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"?   Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes?  Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Brain cancer.  For Peter Holcomb, a young husband and recent father who was just starting out on his family journey, it was a diagnosis that came out of left field, shaking him to the very foundations of his faith.  But that is the moment that God began to work.  As we'll hear today, cancer became secondary to the true miracle that the Heavenly Father rendered, quite unexpectedly, in Peter's heart and life."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

In 2017, legislators in Kentucky passed a bill that made a Biblical literacy an aspect of the state's academic standards for public schools.  The American Civil Liberties Union, however, had a fit and immediately began to challenge the law but in a curious way.  They published what they describe as a "consensus document", pulling together a number of religious and secular organizations, to align on what facets of Scripture can be taught in public schools in agreement with, at least in their view, the First Amendment.The resulting document is called "The Bible & Public Schools:  A First Amendment Guide" and it is an interesting read.Can the Bible be allowed to be taught in public schools?  Can you treat the Bible like a text book?  Is the transformational power of truth diminished when we do?  If the Bible is allowed, do we also allow other religious source texts like the Koran?In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we welcome back to the podcast Roger Erdvig from Summit Ministries.  Together, we work through these questions and more!To read "The Bible & Public Schools:  A First Amendment Guide", please click on this link.To better understand the American Civil Liberties Union, please follow this link.To learn about Roger Erdvig, please click here.To learn about the wonderful resources from Summit Ministries, please click here."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The lights in the theater fade and the audience goes silent.  Cue Critical Theory entering from stage right.  Immediately, the crowd boo's and hisses...Critical Theory has become what Darth Vader was in the seventies and eighties...the ultimate villainous archetype."But, hold on a second," a student recently asked, "isn't Critical Theory, at least in a form, in the Bible?"  After we work through the shock of such a supposition, it's not a bad question.  "Take a look at the theological concept of the imputation of sin," reasons the student.  "Here, we see God ascribing the consequences of sin to all of humanity for the sins of a single man, Adam.  Nevermind whether or not that is fair, the issue is the similarity to Critical Theory.  One of the main Evangelical knocks against Critical Theory is that a whole class of people are lumped into a bucket of 'oppressor' because of their ethnicity, gender, or faith.  Isn't that what God does with humanity?  He lumps us all into the class of 'sinner' because we are descendants of Adam?  Doesn't that make God the ultimate Critical Theorist?"Ouch.But, Robby Lashua, regular KCC contributing guest and apologist from Stand to Reason, enters from stage left to answer the question...but does he save the day?  Find out in today's episode!What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"?   Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes?  Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

"The science is settled".  It's a popular turn of phrase that has almost become ubiquitous since it was first made politically popular by Vice-President Al Gore in 2013 and then became all-too-familiar during the COVID-19 pandemic.  So, is it possible to "settle the science"?  Or, is the phrase simply a billy club used by both sides within our polarized culture to stifle the intellectual curiosity of the other?Nathan Johnson works within Colson Educators, an important facet of the ministry of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview.  Prior to his post there, however, Johnson worked with the aerospace industry where his role was to engineer rockets, helicopters, and jets whose precise designs were tantamount to life-and-death calculations.  The decisions that he helped to make, rooted in science, held men and women's lives in the balance.  In short, the notion of "settled science" has been of infinite importance throughout his career.   We are certain that you will appreciate Nathan Johnson's take on the issue!For more information on the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, please visit this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

With their right-on-the-nose name, The Jesus Church isn't mincing words.  They are a church set within a community in which, like Christ, they are bringing the Good News to the lost and needy.Lead pastor Aaron Phetteplace and associate pastor Kyle Malcomson know that a key piece of the Good News is the opportunity to be set free.  But, as we'll learn today, the second in a two-part conversation with the pastors of The Jesus Church, the invitation to freedom--from persistent sin, addiction, guilt, bitterness, and so much more--often needs to be extended to the "found" just as much as the "lost".  In a fascinating, Bible-rooted, and far-reaching conversation, Aaron and Kyle explain that believers can also inadvertently allow temptation and bondage into their homes and lives.But, of course, as we'll hear today, there's Good News.To learn more about The Jesus Church, click here.To plan a visit to The Jesus Church, please follow this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

With their right-on-the-nose name, The Jesus Church isn't mincing words.  They are a church set within a community in which, like Christ, they are bringing the Good News to the lost and needy.Lead pastor Aaron Phetteplace and associate pastor Kyle Malcomson know that a key piece of the Good News is the opportunity to be set free.  But, as we'll learn today, the first in a two-part conversation with the pastors of The Jesus Church, the invitation to freedom--from persistent sin, addiction, guilt, bitterness, and so much more--often needs to be extended to the "found" just as much as the "lost".  In a fascinating, Bible-rooted, and far-reaching conversation, Aaron and Kyle explain that believers can also inadvertently allow temptation and bondage into their homes and lives.But, of course, as we'll hear today, there's Good News.To learn more about The Jesus Church, click here.To plan a visit to The Jesus Church, please follow this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

In Anthony's last visit to the Kingdom Culture Conversations podcast, he explained how his work within Hope Partners International was born out of tragedy within his own family.  Today, Anthony returns to talk about daily tragedies that are a part of life for children living on the streets in places like Costa Rica.Anthony and G are also joined by Northwest Christian's Lindsay Schlesinger and Jackson Schlesinger who spent part of the summer of 2022 working at a Hope Center in Costa Rica and are preparing to lead a trip there during the summer of 2023.The upcoming Costa Rica trip is open to 8th through 12th grade students that are enrolled in Northwest Christian on-the-ground campus, online campus, or participating in Frameworks.  For more information on that trip, please follow this link.For more information on Hope Partners International, please follow this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Church attendance, Biblical literacy, and Evangelical affiliation:  all dropping in the U.S. to historic lows.  Some blame the pandemic, others the rise of post-modernism, cultural chaos in public schools, and the abundance of social media and technology.Pastor Eric Marvin suggests the problem may actually be a bit closer to home.In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Marvin walks us through the "what" and the "why" of theology and doctrine...revealing that America's first fully Biblical illiterate and doctrinally ignorant generation may be crying out for the hope found in scripture. To learn more about Pastor Eric Marvin and his high school ministry at Palmcroft Church, please follow this link.To find out more about Palmcroft Church, click here."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Earlier this year, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed Universal ESA's into law within the state.  Arizona, already a school choice leader, was suddenly propelled into the national spotlight, adding ESA's for every Arizona student to the already thriving state tuition tax credit system.When Ducey signed the law, he had Pastor Drew Anderson on hand to commemorate the moment for the media that had gathered to report the occasion.  Pastor Anderson did not mince words:  School choice is the defining civil rights issue of our generation.  Further, he reiterated, Arizona's Universal ESA moment was the greatest civil rights moment in the United States since the founding of our country.As shocking as a statement like that may be, there was another shocker in play:  Pastor Drew Anderson is a registered and politically active Democrat.  Why is that shocking?  In Anderson's view, school choice has largely been the domain of Republican white guys and, as a result, unless the political left wakes up to the educational perils plaguing this generation, we are going to miss out on a historical moment.So, how did Pastor Anderson buck the Democratic trends?  Why is school choice a civil rights issue?  Today we find out!For more information on Pastor Drew Anderson and his ministry, please click here.To read the Arizona Daily Independent op-ed pieced penned by Anderson, please follow this link.To watch the moment in which Anderson, a Democrat, was recognized, commended, and celebrated before the Arizona Senate by Arizona Republicans, please click here."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Terms like "American Exceptionalism", "Christo-Fascism", and "Christian Nationalism" are suddenly ubiquitous, culturally fashionable, and pervasive on talk radio, social media, and the opinion pages.  But, truth be told, they seem to be used most often towards Evangelicals as accusatory and pejorative phrases.So, are you a fascist?  Are you a Christian nationalist?  What do these terms mean?  Are they  good or bad?The New York Times recently presented an honest question:  "Christian nationalism has been empowered in American politics since the rise of Donald Trump. From 'Stop the Steal' to the storming of the U.S. Capitol and now, the overturn of Roe v. Wade — Christian nationalist rhetoric has undergirded it all. But given that a majority of Americans identify as Christian, faith also isn't going anywhere in our politics. So what would a better relationship between church and state look like?"Today, in a rousing Kingdom Culture Conversation with Ryan Helfenbein from Liberty University, we'll wrestle with that very question.  Ryan is the Executive Director of Liberty's Standing for Freedom Center, the host of Liberty University's popular "Give Me Liberty" podcast, and the vice president of communications and public engagement for Liberty University.To learn more about Ryan the Standing for Freedom Center, please click here.To enjoy the podcast, "Give Me Liberty", please follow this link.To read some of the articles by Ryan, mentioned in today's episode, from the Theology of Politics journal, please click here."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Scripture is silent on the issue of extraterrestrials and UFO's, right?  Maybe.  Maybe not.Mike Riddle has worked with the Creation Research Institute and Answers in Genesis.  Via his "Creation Training Initiative", he's made presentations on this question before NASA.  And, believe it or not, ever since the U.S. Government reclassified UFO's as as UAP's (Unexplained Aerial Phenomena) and committed to being more 'transparent' about their own investigations, this topic is Mike's top request from churches.Why?  Because, as it turns out, the concept of intelligent extraterrestrial life is a bit of a theologically thorny issue...some might even suggest a diabolical issue.Mike Riddle will be in Phoenix!When: October 15, 2022 (Saturday)Times: 8:30am – 5:30pmWhere: Black Mountain Baptist Church, 33955 N. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek. AZWho: High school and upCost: Adults $40, Teens $25 (special discount for teachers - $25) cost includes a 100- page manual and PowerPoint slides used in class.To register: www.creationtraining.org/event/cbt-cave-creek-az/For more information on the Creation Training Initiative, please click here."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

History will remember today as a tough time to be an adolescent.Based on UNESCO monitoring reports during the pandemic, 9 out of 10 students (87%) in 165 countries were affected by school closures in March due to the coronavirus. This translates to over 1.5 billion primary to tertiary learners.20%, or one in five American college students, admitted in an April 2020 survey that their mental health significantly got worse this year during the pandemic.78% of homes with American high school or college students reported educational disruptions due to COVID-19. Of these students, 80% admitted to suffering from increased stress due to these disruptions.Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is crucial:  Sarah Engelhardt of Professional Counseling Associates discusses practical ways in which students, parents, and teachers can mitigate stress.  Stress can't, and as we'll learn today shouldn't, be eliminated.  But, it can be made manageable.How?  Listen in...For more information on Sarah Engelhardt, MA LAC, and Professional Counseling Services, please click here."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

History will remember today as a tough time to be an adolescent.Based on UNESCO monitoring reports during the pandemic, 9 out of 10 students (87%) in 165 countries were affected by school closures in March due to the coronavirus. This translates to over 1.5 billion primary to tertiary learners.20%, or one in five American college students, admitted in an April 2020 survey that their mental health significantly got worse this year during the pandemic.78% of homes with American high school or college students reported educational disruptions due to COVID-19. Of these students, 80% admitted to suffering from increased stress due to these disruptions.Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is crucial:  Sarah Engelhardt of Professional Counseling Associates discusses practical ways in which students, parents, and teachers can mitigate stress.  Stress can't, and as we'll learn today shouldn't, be eliminated.  But, it can be made manageable.How?  Listen in...For more information on Sarah Engelhardt, MA LAC, and Professional Counseling Services, please click here."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

According to the website, "Northwest Chinese Baptist Church is a Bible-based New Testament Christian church that is committed to helping people enter into a personal and growing relationship with God. This is made possible by the death and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ."Sounds pretty standard for a southern Baptist church, right?  Not exactly.NCBC is a church committed to meeting the needs of all God's people but, with both English and Chinese-speaking services, is especially adept at speaking to the needs of Phoenix-based Chinese immigrants as well as 2nd and 3rd generation Chinese.This is a community without too many degrees of separation from the religious persecution in China or those living under the threat of the headline-making potential for military conflict between Taiwan and China.  Yet, the needs of these parishioners and this community, are very much like the needs of your own family.In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation with NCBC's Pastor Stephen Yee, we explore both dimensions:  the church's connectedness to the Chinese culture and the truths that could have an impact in your own home.To learn more about Northwest Chinese Baptist Church, please follow this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

This conversation is about to get very awkward.Recently, LeaderTreks, a curriculum resource ministry for youth pastors, published the "top 12 topics that youth pastors avoid".  Today, as the third and final part of a three part conversation, we sit down with Pastor Jayse Meyer from Desert Breeze Community Church and work through all twelve.Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation represents a no-holds-barred, no-punches-pulled, very candid conversation that you need to hear.To learn more about Desert Breeze Community Church, please click on this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

This conversation is about to get very awkward.Recently, LeaderTreks, a curriculum resource ministry for youth pastors, published the "top 12 topics that youth pastors avoid".  Today, as the second part of a three part conversation, we sit down with Pastor Jayse Meyer from Desert Breeze Community Church and work through all twelve.Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation represents a no-holds-barred, no-punches-pulled, very candid conversation that you need to hear.To learn more about Desert Breeze Community Church, please click on this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

This conversation is about to get very awkward.Recently, LeaderTreks, a curriculum resource ministry for youth pastors, published the "top 12 topics that youth pastors avoid".  Today and over the next two days, we sit down with Pastor Jayse Meyer from Desert Breeze Community Church and work through all twelve.Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation represents a no-holds-barred, no-punches-pulled, very candid conversation that you need to hear.To learn more about Desert Breeze Community Church, please click on this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

They said it could never happen.  Nevertheless, the impossible became possible when, on June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that many considered a judicial coup, mistakenly attributed the power to establish the "constitutional right" to abortion to the federal government, and led to the death of over sixty million unborn babies over fifty years. June 24th was a moment that Jordan Brittain, of Students for Life, has been working towards her entire life.  So, what now?As we will hear today in a riveting Kingdom Culture Conversation, the work for pro-life advocates is just beginning.  With self-statutory autonomy returned to the state level after being erroneously claimed by the federal government, in a culture in which the murder of innocents and vulnerable is called "healthcare", the mission of Students for Life isn't just to make abortion illegal.  Rather, they aim to make it unthinkable.This means hearts need to change.  This means prayer.  This means civil discourse with those that disagree.  And, Jordan is up for the challenge.To learn more about Students for Life, please follow this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

It's the elephant in the room.1 in 10 Americans believe that at any point in time, unforeseen and unceremoniously, they will suddenly disappear from the planet.If we extrapolate out Pew Research regarding the theology of Evangelicals and the percentage of American Evangelicals according to Barna, the "rapture" is a belief held by 10% of Americans.It's been the subject of best-selling books and movies.  So why aren't more people  talking about it?In today's "What about? Wednesday" episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations we do just that with apologist Robby Lashua of Stand to Reason.What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"?   Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes?  Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Greg Johannes knows multicultural ministry.  Born and raised in El Salvador, Greg worked for decades ministering on a bilingual basis within the Latino culture.   In a part-two to yesterday's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, today, Greg peels back the layers of multicultural ministry and encourages us to "go deeper" in our pursuit of understanding how to better understand, express appreciation for, and connect with individuals from cultures different than our own."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

Greg Johannes knows multicultural ministry.  Born and raised in El Salvador, Greg worked for decades ministering on a bilingual basis within the Latino culture.  And, according to research, during the time he has spent in the pulpit, the diversity within Christian congregations across the United States has increased dramatically.  As a result, the questions could be fairly posed:  Is Sunday morning still the most segregated time in America?  Have we made legitimate progress towards Evangelical desegregation?   Was there a problem to begin with?  Is there still a problem if there was?Greg's answers may surprise you as he unabashedly addresses both the diverse strengths and frailties of diverse cultures."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

It wasn't too long ago that Zac Driscoll was a student himself.  But, today, he is running point for student ministry at one of the fastest growing churches in the United States:  The Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona.Having grown within the context of ministry and the local church and then having graduated from Northwest Christian School, Zac has learned the pitfalls associated with youth culture both within and without "the church".  So, what is he seeing?  What are students experiencing within contemporary culture?  What do they need most?Zac pulls no punches.  He's clear.  He's concise.  He's direct.  And, his answers may surprise you.For more information on The Trinity Church, please follow this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The firestorm of controversy transcended the Twitterverse and actually became a subject of frequent discussion in homes and churches:  John MacArthur's two-word take-down of Beth Moore ("Go home") was a polarizing moment in Evangelical culture on a topic that was already very polarizing.  Does God's word teach that women cannot be pastors in a church?  Was Paul's teaching about women meant for the culture of the first century or does his prohibition apply to today's church?In today's first "What about? Wednesday" episode of the new school year, students have brought forward the question and, as is our every-other-Wednesday tradition, we put it--in unflinching style--in front of apologist Robby Lashua of Stand to Reason. Get ready for a memorable discussion!What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"?   Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes?  Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.