Pushback with Dr. Jonny

We live in an instantaneous society; we don't like waiting and patience has become counter-cultural. Dr. Jonny explains that patience is not an inactive word, but actually unlocks our inheritance and aligns ourselves to the working of the Spirit. Patience is a surrendering of our own way and a connecting to His ways and to His cadence.

Dr. Jonny reviews a scene from The Chosen, where the writers and producers decided to have Jesus give an explanation as to why some do not get healed. This extra-biblical explanation did not line up with the nature and will of God and did not accurately depict the ministry of Jesus, which was…He healed them all! He is not defined by our disappointments, we are defined by HIs goodness!

PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED.  As parents, we have the God-given dominion to influence and steer our children's culture. Dr. Jonny gives many examples just over the past week where the world's culture has exposed our children to vile and damaging propaganda. It is time for parents to rise up and become what they were created to be and prejudiciously defend their children and moral truth.

Antisemitism isn't just an atrocity of the past, but is alive and well today. Dr. Jonny explores our prejudices and our position as Christians toward the Jewish faith and the nation of Israel.. It wasn't the Jews that crucified Christ, it was our sin. But, He didn't stay in the grave, He rose again for the salvation of all! This Easter, let's continue to pray for the salvation and protection of Israel!

The is only One mediator between God and mankind and that is the Man Christ Jesus. Yet, if we are not careful we can exalt the things or people created by God above God himself. He has never asked for religion, rituals, trinkets, superstitions, other humans or any other image to be needed to appease Him or to find Him. We are His offspring and He is all we need!

Dr. Jonny shares his experience traveling the Aegean Sea and following in the Apostles Paul's footsteps. Paul had an encounter with the Living God that propelled him with such courage even to hostile regions. This dedication started a movement of the kingdom and established the church. In so many ways, though, Paul was just like us, just a regular dude with a choice to make…his choice change world history, and so can we!

Dr. Jonny is taking his wife on a Mediterranean Cruise to celebrate their 30th Wedding Anniversary! In this podcast, He describes the word Selah, explaining the importance of not only “going” for His kingdom, but pausing, reflecting and responding. Dr. Jonny will be pausing for two weeks as He focuses on the Lord's voice and His wife. Stay tuned for more Pushback in April!

Dr. Jonny and his family attended a rally at the Minnesota State Capital on Monday to support a bill banning biological males from competing in women's and girls sports. The magical and delusional arguments against this bill left a feeling of being trans-ported to an alternate reality. However, this is where the battle (and many others like it) is taking place. Our battle is not against flesh and blood, but principalities and powers, and we need to pray and be activists for the politics of earth AND of heaven!

Jesus is not some far off and distant God.  Rather, He has called us into an intimate and covenant relationship with Him. He doesn't just look to help us or impact us, He looks to become one with us. Dr. Jonny wants to help those who are hurting or searching by sharing the “Co-Co List” from scripture that demonstrates the heart of Jesus as our Bridegroom. 

Many scientists have surrendered the truth to propagate an atheistic evolutionary religion. The lack of objective evidence has left them desperate and they have abandoned science altogether. Dr. Jonny wants sprinkle in simple and irrefutable evidence that contradicts the evolutionary theory and provides confidence, courage and language that displays the marvelous handiwork of our Creator.

Several executive orders by the Trump administration have been lauded as simple “common sense.” However, Dr. Jonny warns that the word common is a movable target and we need to be more focused on what is “normal sense” than what is common. Normalcy is directly tied to a standard and abnormal behavior is tied to sin. We should courageously hold His standard for the benefit, well-being and health of America!

Congress is looking to pass the Kids Online Safety Act, a bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media and other online platforms. While Dr. Jonny commends congress for trying to introduce such bill, he exhorts parents to exercise the greatest discretion over our children's lives and the content they are exposed to. This is an emergency and requires radical change and oversight for the health of our children!

President Trump temporarily halted federal funding to the States this week citing that the use of Federal funds to advance DEI, transgenderism and green policies don't improve the live of those we serve. The liberal media call this chaos. However, Dr. Jonny explains that Jesus was the greatest cultural reformer of all time, and sometimes it requires tipping over tables to effect real change!

The Trump Inauguration and subsequent Executive Orders this week created a swift and decisive shift in our nations direction and culture. Dr. Jonny reviews many topics that were discussed in prior podcasts that were cultural wins this week. However, the political price for these wins came at a cost of compromise in one critical cultural arena: the fight for the unborn. We learned this week how dramatically things can shift when the majority of the electorate unite, and it can happen again in our fight for life!

As Christians, we can't only complain about what doesn't work in our culture, we need to sell what does work! Dr. Jonny explains that Jesus offers a “higher way;” something that cannot be achieved on our own. Jesus promises us an abundant life that is superior to anything this world offers and will allow us to achieve our cultural goal of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness!

We are not helpless victims of the culture, but rather we are called to set and shape the culture. Dr. Jonny sets the stage for Season 6, by focusing on culture and the amazing shift or potential that he currently sees in our culture. The “ways” of the world have not worked, but His “ways” are higher. We need to be able to articulate and demonstrate these ways to a desperate world!

At the end of Season 5, Dr. Jonny recaps five years of Pushback, where we are culturally today, and the direction for the podcast into 2025 and season six!  There is cultural momentum today as much of what the secular world is offering isn't working and is increasingly being rejected. We need to pushback at a culture of pain, dysfunction and selfishness and push forward as we promote His “ways.”

Dr. Jonny addresses scripture from the New Testament that seems to limit or restrict women in the operation and teaching of the New Testament Church. These passages were never intended to subordinate women for all eternity, but rather to bring order in a time of unprecedented freedom and liberation! 

Jesus not only came to save us, but to restore the heart of the Father. Women were created as the equal and comparable strength to men and Jesus came to liberate women into their created destiny. Dr. Jonny describes empowered women in the Old Testament and in the New Testament Church. The Spirit was poured out on all flesh, male and female, and it is time for the Church to operate in full capacity!

Dr. Jonny answers common questions about women in marriage, motherhood and ministry. When we drop a plumb line from the Garden of Eden, we see how scripture lines up with the Father's original plan and heart for women. When women are promoted to their rightful place in oneness it empowers the home, the body of Christ and the next generation.

Dr. Jonny continues his position on women in marriage and the church, and how the misapplication of headship in Ephesians 5 has kept women from their rightful place in oneness with their husbands. Husbands weren't called to rule or control their wives, but rather to live inseparable. The church needs to be all it was created to be in order to impact and equip the next generation!

Young women are leaving the church in unprecedented numbers, as they struggle to find their purpose in the body. The subordinate role of women being taught in the church has separated them from their created, rightful place as wives, mothers and ministers. Dr. Jonny begins a series on the Father's heart for women, by describing the original marriage in Genesis Chapters 1 and 2. Husbands ruling over their wives, as noted in Genesis 3, was the result of sin and the fall; it wasn't the new order…it was the out of order! 

Churches and Church leaders have the difficult task of balancing structure and surrender. Sound doctrine and orderly gatherings are essential for victorious living but do we also allow room for the Holy Spirit's agenda, or do we confine Him to our way of doing things? “Thy kingdom come,” is a powerful prayer, but it can also be messy, unpredictable and even uncomfortable.  The next generation is comfortable with the uncomfortable…as longs it leads to an authentic encounter!

So often what happens in the natural mirrors what is happening in the spiritual. The landslide victory for conservative values this week, including a remarkable shift from young people, speaks to a generational momentum toward God's “ways.” Dr. Jonny describes how the woke ideology is being rejected and that we, as the church, have an incredible opportunity to fill the void with a landslide of freedom and truth!

Election week is upon us, and this is not the time for the Church to be distant, quiet and hidden. The Church is called to the public square and even to politics to be the most most potent and influential force and the earth! Dr. Jonny ends the misinformation about the separation of church and state and calls us to never take for granted the freedoms we have inherited.

The LGBTQ+ community has staggering statistics regarding depression and suicide, not because of societal rejection or bullying, but because of hurt and trauma. The church has compromised on scriptural truth regarding sexual orientation and instead of offering healing and restoration found in Jesus, they have “given them over” to the lusts of their hearts. We, the church, can save our children by offering the answer to their problems…the uncompromising truth mixed with uncompromising compassion!

The secular faith is attacking our foundational beliefs. The result is a crumbling foundation and a compromised worldview. The first eleven chapters of Genesis forms the very basis and foundation of our faith, and it is not contradicted by science and is referenced by Jesus, so we need to have an uncompromising confidence in all of scripture and boldly promote its promises to the next generation.

A recent survey showed that only 6% of self-proclaimed Christians and only 1/3 of pastors have a Biblical worldview! Absolute truth is a person, and the church cannot profess a belief in relative truth and at the same time profess a belief in Jesus. The church is in a compromising position, and the younger generation sees it, and is rejecting it. It is time to pushback, rise up, and be the glorious church that re-presents Jesus on the earth!

Jesus is the answer to all our problems and the church has been given the task to make Him and His Kingdom known. Unfortunately, church attendance and Christian affiliation is declining and the next generation is leaving because they are after a real encounter with the presence of an authentic God that offers authentic love. Dr. Jonny calls for church leaders to demonstrate the works of Jesus and even greater works!

Voting is the ultimate way to express love for your country.  Dr. Jonny compels you to inject yourself into the political process to send a powerful message to the politicians about what is important to you and your family. Voting is about influence and saving our children from dangerous policy.

By becoming hyphenated Americans, we have unknowingly allowed a political spirit to cause a deep division in our country.  Dr. Jonny proposes that despite political, social and racial unrest, politicians have intentionally categorized us and have pit us against each other. We can save our children by protecting them from this division, and by demanding that politicians champion Americanism!

Dr. Jonny continues his series on how the political spirit is killing our kids. We need to look no further than Tuesday night's presidential debate to see how easily and effortlessly politicians (and moderators) operate in the realm of lies. They lie because it works.  They are counting on you to believe anything they say and that you will not research or discern the truth. Truth is a person, and it is Jesus and His realm that will help us, and our children, discern truth from the lies.

Vladimir Lenin famously said, “Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” The dangerous left woke ideology has a strategy and is recklessly targeting schools and universities to harmfully indoctrinate your children. However, the heart of the Father wants your children healthy and impactful. Because of this, Proverbs 22:6 similarly states, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Our children will be sown into, we choose the seed!

Mark Zuckerberg admitted this week that the White House pressured his company to censor information from Americans regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Jonny discusses why this should ignite new discussions about free speech in America, the imminent danger of losing the free movement of information and how this critical right is of paramount importance for our culture and our children. 

While some of the promises of socialism sound tempting at first, they will eventually all flutter away. Dr. Jonny explains the danger of a socialistic world view and how reckless political promises endanger and damage our children.  We must resist anything that erodes our children's determination and purpose!

Climate change alarmists have set policy based on “facts” that have been proven to be untrue. Because of this, the only way for politicians to maintain power is through control, manipulation and mandates. Dr. Jonny explains that these manufactured doomsday scenarios have created unnecessary stress and mental illness among our children, but also, have created an economic poverty that is even a greater threat to their long term health and well-being.

The crisis at the border is more than just a political talking point, a secure border is essential for our national sovereignty. Dr. Jonny answers the important questions of why anyone would want open borders, and who benefits? When we lead with depravity of mind and selfish desires our culture crumbles and our children suffer. As ambassadors, we are called to bring order and maintain sovereignty!

Abortion is literally killing our kids. The real conversation is being swept under the rug by a political spirit that seeks to maintain power and control, and a citizenry that is selfish, uninformed  and oblivious. When politicians refuse, Dr. Jonny will answer the one and only question in this debate: “when does life begin?”

It wasn't the Republicans shouting, “Joe's gotta go” this week, but rather a small group called the “donor class.”  A plutocracy is an elite or ruling class of people whose power derives from their wealth; the president was beholden to them, and stepped down. Dr. Jonny exposes the danger of a plutocracy especially because it limits the diversity of perspectives in political leadership and thwarts generational thinking.

Donald Trump has said “God alone” saved his life from an assassination attempt.  We witnessed something more than mere chance or human agency. We saw the very hand of God stay a bullet and preserve not just a life but a nation. But, America needs more than just the providence of a near-miss. We need an awakening across our nation, to get back into the public square, to fight for our children, our country, and our future.

The current political environment is not generational in mindset and is therefore killing our kids! The further away we get from the heart of the Founding Fathers, the more rules and control will be required to govern. That is why history is being scrubbed, because it provides evidence of divine influence and personal accountability in the foundations of the greatest democracy in history!

Our country was founded on a Declaration of Independence, but an independent mindset is counter-cultural to God's plan for His people. Dr. Jonny calls for a cultural shift, starting with marriage and parenting, toward a healthy dependence on one another. He is a relational God, and He designed us to need Him and be dependent on His voice.

Doctor Jonny continues his series on how the attack on culture is killing our kids.  He saw the presidential debate on Thursday night as the perfect transition from pseudo-science (the doctors who concealed the severity of the President's physical and mental compromise) to politics (with the only agenda of re-election, power and control.) We, as ambassadors of heaven, and for our children, have the responsibility and power to engage in the political arena. 

Many are now, in hindsight, criticizing the decisions made by scientists during the Covid-19 pandemic and Dr. Fauci recently took questions by members of congress. Dr. Jonny reviews the pertinent history of the pandemic, distinguishes between science and pseudo-science, explores the consequences of giving up freedoms, and how those difficult decisions effected our children.

Like with any battle, there is a cost for standing up and pushing back, especially when fully engaged in a culture war! Dr. Jonny shares a current story of a young doctor who stood up for what is right and true and is now feeling the price of his conviction. He said, “If we don't fight back, what world are we delivering our children into?”

Abraham Lincoln taught us in his Gettysburg Address that we are responsible to never forget and to live a life that honors those that have died. While on family vacation and after visiting Gettysburg, Dr. Jonny shares his heart about the power of remembrance. He shares his heart on what would have been his granddaughter Lucy's 4th birthday, so that he would never forget and would live a life that honors her.

Dr. Jonny continues his series on how pseudo-science damages our culture and our children by abandoning real science for political agendas. Climate change activists have implemented fear tactics and have caused economic ruin based on poor scientific data. The victims are the poor and the younger generation who have believed the false narrative that the “sky is falling.”

Even though the most basic study of biology, anatomy and genetics support an objective binary human body, many in the medical community have affirmed the feelings and emotions of a non-binary gender identity. Dr. Jonny explains that this is not only embarrassing to those claiming to be scientists, but damaging to those they are trying to affirm!

Pseudoscience has entered the medical profession, as truth and rationality has been replaced by woke ideology. The result has been a breech of the first principle of medical ethics: first do no harm! Dr. Jonny passionately explains how medicine's approach to “transgender care”has been an embarrassment to his profession and will go down as one of the worst medical scandals in U.S. History.

Scientists, science publishers and science journalist have bowed to god-less religion and have laid aside the scientific method and the search for truth for a progressive and political worldview. Dr. Jonny explains that this has led to a compromised product and a compromised people. The public trust in science is at a historical low as the pseudoscientists have formed an unholy alliance with a political agenda.

Systemic racism refers to systems in place that create and maintain racial inequality.  Surprisingly, our public education system is one of those systems. Evolution is a cruel and hopeless religion, but there is something even deeper and more sinister at play in our public schools and colleges that is never talked about.  Dr. Jonny exhorts parents and students to stand up to our science teachers and professors and expose the systemic and insidious racism in their teaching.