Podcasts about true worldview

Transformation Tip: “When we choose what to see and who we hang out with, we're actually choosing our future.” Many people don't consciously choose their worldview. There is a battle for our attention, our beliefs, and our values which is pushed through media outlets. What is my truth? Transformation Application: Find a headline of a current event and go and read that story in three divergent outlets. See the truth in them and find a balanced view.Leadership Lessons From The Great BooksLeaders are readers of the Great Books of Western literature.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyConnect On Social: Podcast Facebook Page Steve Facebook Steve Instagram Steve LinkedIn Pete Facebook Pete Instagram Pete LinkedIn

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Exclusivity is one of the most popular charges leveled against the Christian faith. Here, author and apologist Ravi Zacharias challenges the assumption that Christianity is alone in making exclusive claims.How do you know that Christianity is the one true worldview?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWY-6xBA0PkSupport Paulogia athttp://www.patreon.com/paulogiahttp://www.paypal.me/paulogiahttps://teespring.com/stores/paulogiaPaulogia Audio-Only-Version Podcasthttps://paulogia.buzzsprout.comFollow Paulogia athttp://www.twitter.com/paulogia0http://www.facebook.com/paulogia0https://discord.gg/BXbv7DSSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/paulogia)

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All of us are shaped by what we hear, by what we read and watch, and by the people we hang out with. Our kids are no different. Are your kids influenced more by the world or by Christ? Do you really know how they spend their time online and what they talk about with their friends? And how can you be sure that the main message they hear is Jesus and the Gospel? Listen in as Christi and Paul talk about some of the messages children today hear and how we can combat them.  Read more at https://www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/children-influence Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson. Follow us on Instagram for Devotional Videos: @true_worldview  

The world says to love yourself, but the Bible says to die to self. A discussion on loving yourself leads Christi and Paul to talk about self-worth, self-care, and self-esteem. Can we comfort ourselves with words like "You are valuable" "You are worthy" "You are enough" or does that miss the mark? Listen in for more. Read more at https://trueworldview.net/the-podcast/love-yourself Follow us on Instagram for Devotional Videos: @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

A new audio commentary on a recent news item from Randall House Church is now available on SermonAudio: Title: The Gift of Prophecy, Part 1 Subtitle: True Worldview Speaker: Dr. Paul J. Dean Jr. Broadcaster: Randall House Church Event: Current Events Date: 5/22/2020 Length: 28 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Randall House Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Gift of Prophecy, Part 1 Subtitle: True Worldview Speaker: Dr. Paul J. Dean Jr. Broadcaster: Randall House Church Event: Current Events Date: 5/22/2020 Length: 28 min.

What is the church? And what is the responsibility of Christians in society? Listen in as Christi and Paul discuss common views of the church, biblical names for the church, and what Christians are to do as the church. Read more at www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/church-and-mission Follow us on Instagram for Devotional Videos: @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.  

Christi and Paul continue their discussion on the gift of prophecy and talk about John Piper and John MacArthur's views of prophecy. They also talk about 1 Corinthians 13 and the huge role it plays in understanding whether or not the revelatory gifts are still in effect today.  Read more at https://trueworldview.net/prophecy2 Follow us on Instagram for devotional videos: @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

Much of popular Christianity is influenced by Charismaticism. Is the Charismatic view of prophecy the biblical view? And what does the Bible say about healing, visions, and words of knowledge? And are they different from ordinary spiritual gifts? Listen in to part 1 of a 2-part discussion as Christi and Paul discuss these topics and more. Read more at http://trueworldview.net/prophecy Follow us on Instagram for devotional videos: @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

A new MP3 sermon from Randall House Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Shame & Tyranny of Contact Tracing Subtitle: True Worldview Speaker: Dr. Paul J. Dean Jr. Broadcaster: Randall House Church Event: Current Events Date: 5/12/2020 Length: 32 min.

Contact tracing is, in some cases, being required even though it's supposed to be a voluntary opt-in. Some state leaders are requiring churches to take down the names and addresses of anyone attending services as states start to open up. Workplaces are doing the same thing as well. Listen in as Paul and Christi talk about this heartbreaking reality. Read more at https://trueworldview.net/the-podcast/contactracing Follow us on Instagram for Devotional Videos: @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.  

Read More at https://trueworldview.net/the-podcast/happiermarriage Follow us on Instagram for Devotional Videos: @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

Read more at https://trueworldview.net/the-podcast/abortion Follow us on Instagram for Devotional Videos: @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.  

Read more at https://trueworldview.net/the-podcast/socialdistancing2 Follow us on Instagram for Devotional Videos: @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

Read more at https://trueworldview.net/the-podcast/socialdistancing Follow us on Instagram for Devotional Videos: @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

A new MP3 sermon from Randall House Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Move to Abolish Homeschooling Subtitle: True Worldview Speaker: Dr. Paul J. Dean Jr. Broadcaster: Randall House Church Event: Current Events Date: 4/24/2020 Length: 33 min.

Read more at https://trueworldview.net/the-podcast/abolishhomeschooling Follow us on Instagram for Devotional Videos: @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

In today's special 2-part episode on covid-19, Dr. Dean has a plea. It's time for the coronavirus shutdown to end. Read more at https://trueworldview.net/the-podcast/shutdown2 Follow us on Instagram for devotional videos @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

In this special 2-part episode, Dr. Dean discuses covid-19 again. It's time for the coronavirus shutdown to end. Listen in for more. Read more at https://trueworldview.net/the-podcast/shutdown1 Follow us on Instagram for devotional videos @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

Learn more at www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/think Follow us on Instagram for devotional videos: https://instagram.com/true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

A recent study found that "Children may be benefiting from the stay-at-home orders many states have in place during the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. According to a Gallup poll, a large majority of children report “enjoyment” and “happiness” while spending their days with their families." Listen in as Christi and Paul discuss homeschooling, hope for stressed parents, and more.  Read more at https://trueworldview/net/the-podcast/coronaviruskids Follow us on Instagram for Daily Devotional Videos @true_worldview.     Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

A new MP3 sermon from Randall House Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: How Are the Children? Coronavirus & Kids at Home Subtitle: True Worldview Speaker: Dr. Paul J. Dean Jr. Broadcaster: Randall House Church Event: Current Events Date: 4/10/2020 Length: 24 min.

What is revival? How is it brought about, and how is it not brought about? How can we prepare for revival, and when does God work? Christi and Paul tackle these questions and more, and it's all in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. Could God use this to cause a revival? We know nothing is too hard for God. Listen in for more.  Read more at www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/coronavirusrevival Follow us on Instagram for Daily Devotional Videos @true_worldview Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

Is this how we want to live?  Read more at www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/howwewanttolive Follow us on Instagram @true_worldview for daily devotional videos. Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

Identity Politics is destructive. It's a power play, it's not rooted in liberty for all, and it's hypocritical. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s was about equality, but the movements in our culture are not about equality, but power. A piece by Paul Craig Roberts outlines the story of a college professor who emigrated to the US from the Soviet Union as a young woman, and she describes the Sovietization of America. "She doesn’t mean the economy has been communized or socialized. She means the rise of denunciation in place of reasoned discourse." On today's show, Christi and Paul talk about the consequences of Identity Politics in everything from schools to workplaces. Listen in for more. Read the blog post for this episode at www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/consequences Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

Today, Christi and Paul discuss some of the constitutional liberties we see being violated by the US government in the midst of the novel Coronavirus outbreak. Read more at whttps://www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/covid19-freedom For daily devotional videos from Dr. Dean, follow @true_worldview on Instagram or search True Worldview on Facebook.  Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

How dangerous is the new Coronavirus? How far will it go? How effective is social distancing and the other drastic measures that have been imposed? Is the cost of shutting down public gatherings, restaurants, bars, and the like, resulting in businesses closing, massive lay-offs, the disappearance of personal savings, bankruptcies, supply chain derailments, and a lot more, or is the cost of simply taking ordinary precautions and letting the virus run its course greater? Knowing how viruses work and what COVID-19 is, some medical experts say the steps we’ve taken will actually make matters worse. Is that right or wrong, and how do we know? And yet, there is still a more important question: a question of ultimate significance. What is God up to? None of this has taken Him by surprise. He’s doing something and we’d do well to ponder that. Listen as Christi and Paul talk about what God might be doing in the middle of this global pandemic.  Read more at www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/coronavirus-god Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

There is a real threat upon us with this Coronavirus. We all know that people have died, and it’s spreading. We also know that the virus is most dangerous/deadly to people who are older, who have underlying health problems, or who are immunocompromised. For most however, the virus appears to pose no greater threat than seasonal flu. More people have been infected and died with seasonal flu than COVID-19 this winter, and there are other more serious threats to some. Over one million die each year from tuberculosis for example.  And yet, we’re all experiencing the media’s frenzied hype. There is much misinformation due in part to the drive for ratings and perhaps in part due to some who can’t resist embellishment for whatever personal reasons. One government official when on television said COVID-19 is ten times more deadly than seasonal flu. The same official stated to congress that it’s no more deadly than seasonal flu. Of course, the media has played up the first statement. Leaders on both sides of the political aisle have run the gamut from dismissal of a threat, to making jokes about who they wished would contract it, to excoriation, to near-panic. And the media has puffed it all. And then there are the opportunists. We may wonder at the differing motivations for different actors across the globe in this thing. Regardless of your political leanings, there’s one thing we can all agree on: it’s an election year, and those who have a visceral hatred of the President are using this crisis against him every way they can. As Rahm Emanuel quipped, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that, it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Read More at www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/coronavirus Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

Some people wonder, "couldn't the earth be billions of years old?" If the earth is billions of years old, then there had to be death before the fall. But the Scriptures tell us that there was no death before Adam sinned. Some may ask a new questions: what about plants? Don't they die? Join Christi and Paul as they discuss these questions and more.  Read the blog for this episode at www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/plants-alive Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

When speaking recently, Joe Biden when quoting the Declaration of Independece said, "We hold these truths to be self-evidence [sic]. All men and woman created by you know, you know the thing.. You know the thing we say...." Was this just a memory slip by Joe Biden, or did he catch himself almost talk about God and change the subject? Either way, there is a collective fear of God-talk from the left. Listen in as Christi and Paul talk about rights and worldview.  Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.

Here’s a shocker that’s not so shocking to those who think: transgenderism has grown by 1500% among Swedish girls between thirteen and eighteen over the last ten years. What is truly stunning is the comment from Peter Salmi, an investigator at the national Board of Health and Welfare, who said, “Yes, that the increase is clear, there is no doubt, however, we do not know what the increase is due to.” Wait, what? Listen in as Christi and Paul discuss this topic.  Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. The newsletter also features True Worldview, a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean and his daughter, Christi Johnson.  

Everyone's talking about the Coronavirus, and rightly so. But let's think at a worldview level about something. Where did the hospitals in China come from where all the people are getting treatment for the virus? The truth is they came from Christian missionaries prior to the rise of Communism in China. Listen in as Christi and Paul discuss the worldview that produces hospitals vs. the worldview that imposes child limits on people. Read more at www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/coronavirus-hospitals.  Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included.

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Here's more poisoned fruit produced by a culture that’s rejected the true worldview. “Over the course of the last few years, there has been a ‘dramatic change’ in Hollywood. According to the Parents Television Council, it’s been a very ‘dangerous turn.’ ‘Instead of children just being collateral damage in the way of whatever explicit content they want to deliver to adults, Hollywood now seems to be directly marketing some of the most explicit stuff to children’. . . Such shows . . . include HBO’s ‘Euphoria,’ which focuses on a drug-addicted teenager; Hulu’s ‘PEN15’; and Netflix’s shows ‘Sex Education’ and ‘Big Mouth.’ These are shows that are overtly teen-targeted and are very troubling, very pornographic, very toxic in nature,” PTC said. Interestingly, PTC also noted the “FCC publicly confirmed what the PTC has been saying for years about the TV content rating system and its inaccuracies, inconsistencies and lack of oversight in really serving the needs of parents as opposed to protecting the financial interests of Hollywood.”  Read more our online home at www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/hollywoodchildren Sign up free for "True Worldview News," a weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting relevant news stories affecting Christians. Dr. Dean’s comments on selected stories along with editorials are included. 

A new MP3 sermon from Randall House Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Profanation of our Culture Subtitle: True Worldview Speaker: Dr. Paul J. Dean Jr. Broadcaster: Randall House Church Event: Current Events Date: 2/19/2020 Length: 22 min.

Josh Brolin, The Avengers actor, recently made your typical modern clap back to a perceived troll on one of his Instagram photos. This so-called news story led Christi and Paul to discuss the larger issue of the profanation of our culture in news, media, and even in the church. In today’s multimedia culture, one might comment on something and find themselves on the wrong end of a fight. People are quick to clap back, and it becomes news. No matter who said what, no matter how irrelevant, it’s a news flash, and the clap back is usually hate-filled and foul. That’s one example, but such is the state of our so-called civil society. The foul, the profane, the abuse, the invective is everywhere. How should Christians respond not just to profanity but to cancel culture, aggression, the increasing immorality, and other issues in our world today? Join Christi and Paul as they talk about the profanation of our culture. Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net 

Christi and Paul discuss practical ways to engage in conversational evangelism with friends, peers, colleagues, coworkers, and even strangers. If it's helpful, you can remember the acronym CAUSES while keeping our two great causes in your mind: the glory of God and the good of others. C - Current Events A - Authority U - Ultimate Questions S - Share Christian Worldview E - Explain Current Event from Authority  S - Segue to Gospel Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

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When do you speak up about sin when talking to unbelievers? How and when do you have difficult conversations about divorce or other hard topics? Listen in as Christi and Paul explore these topics and more.  Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

How should we approach evangelism with friends? Should we think of them as projects to be completed or is there a better way? Join Christi and Paul as they talk about respecting and loving people while pointing them to Christ. Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

From Christian Today: "The US Education Department is sending out memos to school leaders telling them that they cannot block students or teachers from praying in public. The plans were revealed on the same day as President Donald Trump welcomed to the Oval Office a group of Christian, Jewish and Muslim students who have experienced discrimination in schools. They met the US President to mark National Religious Freedom Day on Thursday."  Listen in as Christi and Paul discuss religious freedom and its implications and how Christians should think about this move from President Trump's administration.  Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

If the Bible doesn't have prescriptive texts on government, how then should a Christian formulate a biblical view of government? Listen in as Christi and Paul discuss biblical principles we can apply to government.  Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

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What does the Bible have to say about government? Listen to Christi and Paul as they discuss everything from theocratic rule to the monarchies of the Old Testament to government in the New Testament and how Christians should think about government today.  Visit our online home and find more resources at www.trueworldview.net

“A Rutgers University-New Brunswick professor told a student that he should not quote Bible verses in essays because of the ‘separation of church and state.’” Is that professor right? What is the separation of church and state all about? What does it mean to say there’s “a wall of separation” between the two? Can there be no God-talk in the public square? Listen in to Christi and Paul as they discuss these important issues. Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net for more resources

Join Christi and Paul as they discuss a biblical view of money and ask questions like, "should parents leave an inheritance for their children?" and "what does the Bible say about money?"  View more resources at www.trueworldview.net

Christi and Paul continue their discussion on dealing with heart issues and getting to the root cause of sin. What does it look like to practically fight sin in your life? The Bible is clear that through the Holy Spirit we have the power to overcome our feelings of worry, anxiety, fear, anger, sadness, and more. Listen in as we talk about this important and practical topic.  Download the Chart Christi references here: http://www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/activefaith Get Counseling Resources Here: https://www.randallhousegreer.com/counseling

How do you deal with everyday issues like anger, anxiety, or fear? Are they just feelings that you have no control over, or can you overcome them? Listen in as Christi and Paul discuss what the Bible has to say about our responsibility and our hope for overcoming sin.  Find the chart Christi references here: http://www.trueworldview.net/the-podcast/heartissues  

The LGBT Community has long argued that persons are gay, bisexual, transgender, etc., because they’re born that way. On the other hand, the new argument from the transgenders is that gender is a choice and not tied to sexual biology. Of course, there’s a contradiction there. But it seems that the bible and science are on the same page. New research indicates there is no such thing as a gay gene, and gender is tied to biology. Listen in to Christi and Paul as they discuss some implications. Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

Most people live under the grand illusion that we’re uninfluenced by outside ideological forces, that politically active organizations are civic minded, and that our government is basically good and seeks to spread that good across the globe. Most people are like sheep to the slaughter. A good example of that is the false flag of climate change. People are being duped. It’s not about saving the planet, but power. Listen in to Christi and Paul’s eye-opening discussion. Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

It's a sad time in America as Nancy Pelosi has announced that Congress will be moving forward with articles of impeachment. The real issue is whether there is any warrant to remove President Trump. If not, then what we are experiencing is an attempted coup d'état. At the same time, Pelosi invoked divine providence in what they are doing and implied that God had guided them in their decision. Listen to Christi and Paul as they discuss biblical implications.

What about anger? Is it sin? Is there such a thing as righteous anger? If so, what does it look like? The Scripture has much to say about putting off anger. Can we do such a thing? What if I’m just an angry person? Is there hope for me? Join Christi and Paul on today’s broadcast as they discuss these important issues. Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

Christi and Paul continue their discussion on gender fluidity and related issues. Is gender dysphoria sin or not? Is homosexual desire sin or not? Do Christians have their head in the sand, or are concepts like gender fluidity simply made up? Listen in to this informative discussion. Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

One of the major debates in our culture has to do with whether or not gender and/or even sex are social constructs or tied to biology. For many, the concept of male and female is oppressive, just as denying gender fluidity is also oppressive. For others, these things seem nonsensical. How can we make sense of the different voices in our culture? Join Christi and Paul as they shed some light on this critical issue.

A lot of people have been talking about Chick-Fil-A over the last few days. After donating to more than 300 charitable organizations this year, they will instead focus on three initiatives with one accompanying charity each: education, homelessness and hunger. The company confirms that it will be breaking ties with Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and the Paul Anderson Youth Home. Some see it as caving to the LGBT community. How should we think about this move? Christi and Paul try to answer that on today’s episode. Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

A group of students at Adelphi University gave up their smartphones for one week in an effort to break them of their near universal addiction. They actually discovered that life can be better than what they had been experiencing. The project was not a call to avoid phones altogether, but it did yield a call for more balance. Christi and Paul talk about the wonders of smartphone technology along with the dangers and pitfalls such wonders bring. Listen in as they talk about getting smart with your smartphone. Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

Forbes is out with a piece saying that college may not be for everyone. Many college grads end up earning less income than those who never went to college. In fact, half of all college grads have an average income right out of school of only $28,000 per year. Some real concerns are raised including student debt and ill-preparedness for the workforce, among others. Listen in to Christi and Paul as they discuss these and other related issues.  Visit our online home at www.trueworldview.net

Human beings have always been divided, but people are more divided than ever in our culture. One of the dynamics that contributes to that division is the rise of numerous social media platforms. But, can they be redeemed? Christi and Paul discuss this issue on today’s broadcast: somehow, someway individual Christians need to see the power of social media, organize, and take personal responsibility for unified gospel proliferation. Listen in!  Find other resources at www.trueworldview.net

There is power in social media. It’s given rise to immediate news, fake news, and viral news. And, it brings people together. Or does it? If you think about it, social media actually divides. Our culture is splintering and social media is a massive tool being used to bring it about. Indeed, there’s power in social media. So, can we harness that power for the gospel? Christi and Paul think we can. Listen in to their discussion. For more resources, visit www.trueworldview.net

It’s not uncommon to hear Christians talk about cultural engagement especially in connection with the culture war. Abortion is a good example; we war against it, as well we should. At the same time, we should also recognize that cultural engagement is not only about what we’re against. It should be about what we’re for, and more than that, it should be about what we’re contributing. Join Christi and Paul as they talk about creating new cultural goods that glorify God and benefit others for the sake of the gospel.  View other resources at www.trueworldview.net  

Here’s a word about the Great Commission and full-orbed discipleship. We’ve certainly deepened our understanding of the Lord’s command over time -- it’s not a command to merely go, but to make disciples as we go; it’s not a command about discipling geo-political states, but the myriad people-groups that make up the world -- things like that. But Darrow Miller takes another step forward. He talks about discipling whole nations. It’s not that we’re to disciple people out of every people group, though we are, but there’s more to it. Disciple-making spreads as new disciples are made; it spreads throughout entire cultures. Beyond that, disciple-making is not merely about evangelism, teaching doctrine, and teaching to obey, it’s also about inculcating a thorough-going biblical worldview in the hearts and minds of Jesus’ disciples. We can apply these principles to numerous life-situations, not the least of which is missions and relief. Missionaries and relief workers have a heart for God and people; they work hard at spreading the gospel and helping others. However, by way of example, sometimes they adopt less than biblical worldviews to help impoverished persons. Evolution says there’s nothing more than the physical world and the limited resources it contains. When Christian relief workers blame a lack of resources for generational poverty and sometimes write whole countries off, they buy into such a worldview. They buy into the same worldview as those calling for population control or the Elon Musk’s of the world desperately seeking a way to move to Mars when our planet is used up. Others adopt a Marxist approach to aid rooted in wealth redistribution or Critical Theory. Woke Culture has slipped into the church as calls for a re-ordering of the social structure reverberate throughout the evangelical world. Then there are those missionaries who want to save souls and merely feed the hungry along the way. They give them fish, a good thing, but they’re not interested in training them to catch fish. Why bother with such when Jesus is coming soon? Certainly, we recognize dispensational underpinnings here. At the same time, there’s a sense in which, at a worldview level, a sort of neo-animistic understanding has taken hold. If evolution says ultimate reality is only physical, animism says that ultimate reality is only spiritual. An animistic influence is at work when we downplay the importance of this world’s connection to the kingdom and focus solely on Heaven. God’s word presents a different vision. Contra evolution, God has given us resources of which we’re unaware at the present time. He’s also given us minds for creativity and innovation. Subduing the earth takes on new meaning in light of that reality, particularly when it’s connected to the Great Commission. Contra Marxism, that reality also militates against evil redistribution and/or revolution schemes that contradict biblical principles including the goodness and necessity of work; biblical justice as opposed to so-called social justice; as well as compassion and mercy to name a few. Contra animism, this world and its people are important to God, the kingdom is to be brought to bear in the here and now, and certain cultural goods will last into eternity. Therefore, as Miller says, our goal is nothing short of a radical reorientation of a person’s life. As this reorientation spreads, whole cultures are discipled. I would describe it as the creation of a kingdom citizen who has kingdom understanding and kingdom goals and engages in, to borrow another word from Miller, kingdomizing activities. We’re talking about people who take seriously the words of our Lord when He taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.” Join Christi and Paul as they discuss these issues and more on True Worldview.

Truth Transforms Cultures Most Christians agree that lies enslave and truths transform. At the same time, many believers fail to grasp the significance of such a reality. Darrow Miller points out that lies not only enslave individuals spiritually, mentally, and socially, but those same lies enslave entire cultures in the same ways. For most, it’s probably a new concept to think at such a macro level. The implication is that entire cultures could be set free from certain things if enough persons understood and were committed to the truth God has revealed. The Lord Jesus said the truth will set us free. The primary emphasis there, of course, is the fact that Christians are set free from enslavement to sin, Satan, and death. Beyond that, their minds are set free. By virtue of the Word and Spirit, Christians uniquely have an ability to see what’s real. They understand the reality of God, His world, our problem, and His solution. But they understand more than that as well. By way of example, there are certain intellectual and/or spiritual commitments that enslave entire cultures in poverty, instability, and hopelessness among other equally devastating dynamics. When it comes to the issue of poverty, only the truth of God will enable persons and indeed entire cultures to overcome their impoverished state. Too many are enslaved by Satan’s lie that poverty is the result of a lack of resources or infrastructure. God’s reality is otherwise. He has given us minds to overcome seeming limitations with innovation, development, and so much more. But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, it all starts with the gospel. Individuals are transformed when they come to know Christ. They then begin to learn the truths of who God is, what He’s about, who we are, and what we’re about. Others move beyond the basics of the faith and are discipled in a greater way. They learn to take the truths of Scripture and apply them to their hearts. They shed old, destructive habit patterns and adopt new, life-giving habit patterns rooted in God‘s reality. But we need to go even further and help others do the same. We must help persons grasp a full-orbed, biblical worldview to combat the multitude of lies Satan throws our way through a host of cultural avenues. We must carry the Great Commission to its full conclusion. We must not only make disciples from all the nations, but as Miller would say, we must disciple entire nations. It is that dynamic that takes the implications of the gospel and the inaugurated kingdom to its fullest extent, as it should: thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Join Christi and Paul as they discuss these issues and more on True Worldview.

Like so many, President Trump is a bad man who sometimes does good things. While some of those good things put the lie to certain false accusations against him, my thoughts here don’t center on the President but on religious freedom, a good thing, and the fact that the President has done some good things in that arena. Recently, he addressed the annual Values Voter Summit where he said, “We believe that every American has the right to live by the dictates of their conscience and the teachings of their faith. We believe in the right to free exercise of religion.” There are certain things that Christians need to be reminded of and think thoughtfully about on a regular basis. When we fail to do so, we forget not only the importance of those things but also the ground for them. We ignore them until they’re threatened, when they should never have been threatened at all. And perhaps they wouldn’t have been threatened had we been diligent. One of those massively important things is religious freedom. Religious freedom is vital for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the reality that all other freedoms rest upon it. Without religious freedom, the freedom of speech goes out the window. Without free speech, it’s easy to see that certain political ideas would be banned along with the books, magazines, radio stations, or web sites espousing them. Next, it wouldn’t be long before certain common businesses would be banned. And we could go on. The President further said that “our shared values are under assault like never before,” and he’s right. People need to be reminded that certain rights come from God, not the government. If murder is wrong, then there is an implied right to life. If stealing is wrong, there is an implied right to property. We could add more. The point is that government doesn’t grant rights but merely recognizes them. That’s why Americans have long held that certain of our rights are inalienable. Our government can’t take them away because the government didn’t grant them; God did. Religious freedom is an inalienable right given by God to all persons. That doesn’t mean that all paths lead to God. They don’t. There is only one way to God and salvation: faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. But it does mean that God has given all human beings liberty of conscience, whether they’re right or wrong. As John Leland, the Baptist preacher instrumental in the adoption of the Bill of Rights declared, "Every man must give account of himself to God, and therefore every man ought to be at liberty to serve God in a way that he can best reconcile to his conscience. If government can answer for individuals at the day of judgment, let men be controlled by it in religious matters; otherwise, let men be free." Join Christi and Paul as they discuss these issues and more on True Worldview.

So, here’s just a little something extra on racism, privilege, and power. Critical Theory is all the rage today; it sounds so compassionate, so equitable, and so plausible. Oppressor groups have indeed oppressed oppressed groups. Of course, the leap from that fact to the notion that all persons in majority groups are racist -- or whatever evil du jour -- simply because they are members of the majority group is, in a word, oppressive. It’s fair to say that God hates racism, and therefore Christians should too. All persons are created in the image of God and have essential worth, dignity, and honor. Slavery, hatred, making fun of, and numerous other forms of demeaning persons because of their race or orientation is not only an attack on those persons, but an attack on God Himself. I trust you see the logic. An attack on a human being is an attack on the image of God in that human being, and therefore is, in some sense, an attack on God. But here’s the rub: just because someone calls something racist doesn’t mean it’s so. I actually went to a Hispanic Appreciation Dance at a local college and danced to a number of Hispanic tunes. Not one of the Hispanics there accused me of cultural appropriation. They seemed to appreciate the fact that I was at the appreciation dance to appreciate them. Yet, despite the sensibleness of all that mutual appreciation, there are those who would disagree. But let’s not kid ourselves; the world sees and defines all kinds of things differently than God does. While God grants the liberty to a same-sex couple to call themselves married, they in fact are not married regardless of what they, the culture, or the state says. God is the one who defines marriage. And God is the one who defines racism, not the academy. Indeed, there are those who are privileged for one reason or another. God is ultimately in charge of that. And with privilege often comes power. It’s our responsibility to use that privilege and power the way God would have us to. He’s our authority, not the culture. Our mandate is to glorify God and do good unto others. If we do that, we might get accused of cultural appropriation from time to time, but in God’s estimation, we’ll be serving in a way that’s culturally appropriate.

It’s a new normal in American culture: a culture in which seismic upheavals in terms of worldview and resulting legislation are wreaking havoc. A major segment of academia, a large segment of political pundits, and a growing segment of the population now believe in some sense that white persons are racist simply because they are white. More specifically, because they are the beneficiaries of white privilege, they are racist by necessity whether they realize it or not. As Stephanie Wildman declared, “all whites are racist in this [systemic] use of the term because we benefit from systemic white privilege.” As with all things, there’s a worldview behind this new normal. In popular parlance it’s referred to as Cultural Marxism, while in academic circles it’s referred to Critical Theory. Neil Shenvi defines Critical Theory as “an ideology that divides the world into oppressed groups and oppressor groups and seeks to liberate the oppressed.” He points out that “it is currently the reigning theoretical paradigm in academic disciplines like gender studies, critical pedagogy, critical race theory, anthropology, and queer theory, and forms the ideological foundation for large segments of the secular social justice movement.” The oppressed as well as the oppressors must come to see the so-called truth of the situation. They must be “woke.” Certainly, racism is wrong. But is one a racist simply by virtue of being white or anything else for that matter? The testimony of scripture is no. God is the one who made us who we are. Accordingly, a primary need for Christians is to think at a worldview level. These issues are not mere differing political opinions. They’re issues rooted in a worldview diametrically opposed to Christ and his gospel. These are in fact gospel issues in a sense. Certainly it is the gospel that saves, but the gospel has implications for civil society and God’s program for humanity. God’s kingdom is brought to bear when persons come to know Him, but it’s also brought to bear when those who know Him influence society for His glory and the good of those in that society. It’s part and parcel of being salt and light, and It’s time for Christians, not to become woke, but to be awakened for the task. Join Christi and Paul as they discuss these issues and more on today’s episode of True Worldview.

Christi and Paul move beyond their reflections on the coming deaths of nearly every Rock legend to contrast their music with pop music today. They touch on consumerism vs. creativity as competing forces behind music production, which leads to some thoughts concerning biblical, cultural engagement rooted in the beauty of God and our call to image Him.

Icons dies over time, but we're about to be confronted with the deaths of thirty or so Rock & Roll legends -- likely in the next ten years. Such things cause us to think about our own mortality, the fleeting nature of life, and what it all means. Of course, the defiance and rebellion that characterizes Rock culture is thought provoking too. "The Who" belting out "I hope I die before I get old" comes to mind. Join Christi and Paul as they discuss these issues and more.

On today’s episode Christi and Paul talk about the religion of our culture. There’s a common idea that one can come to a subject from a position of neutrality; that we can leave religious issues at the door and simply talk in terms of science, or the latest political “truth” of our day. But every idea has a worldview behind it. Listen in as Christi and Paul debunk the idea of neutrality and highlight certain cultural religious elements along the way.

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, came under fire recently after a photo emerged of him wearing blackface to a party when he was 29. Christi and Paul tackle this head on and ask questions like "What is racism?" They discuss the political climate of the Civil Rights Movement vs. when the photo was taken and compare it all to our current culture. How should Christians respond? Listen in for more.

Paul and Christi finish their discussion on "The Not so Great Reason Divorce Rates are Down." What does God say about social equality, and is it the same thing as equal rights? Listen in for more. 

If you wait until you're older to get married, will you have a happier marriage? Just how pervasive is selfishness in marriage? Christi and Paul discuss these issues and more in this episode. Tune in now.

Can women, or any of us "have it all," or "do it all?" That's part of what Christi and Paul get into in this episode. They also deal with the issue of marriage and declining divorce rates among other items. How does a biblical worldview inform our decisions on when to marry, why to marry, when to have children, or how to balance a career and home-life? Listen in to their discussion.

What is a worldview, why is it important, and how do you know yours holds up? In this episode, Christi Johnson and Dr. Paul Dean discuss common pitfalls in formulating worldviews and how we can avoid them.

Christi and Paul continue their discussion on worldview matters. What does it look like if you follow an evolutionary worldview to its logical conclusion? Listen in to learn more.

If God is good and if God is sovereign, then why does he take things away from us? Why does he let bad things happen? Does everything really happen for a reason?In this introductory episode, Doug explains the purpose of the Seers See podcast and lands on a discussion about the problems with building a theology around the verse that says, "The LORD giveth and the LORD taketh away." The purpose of the Seers See podcast is to see the world around us the way God sees it, and develop a worldview from that perspective from which to live. And to start things off, we need a clear picture of just who God is.