GUEST COLLEEN TRONSON Executive Director Metro Women's CenterAdvances in medical technology over the decades have saved countless lives whether through new types of surgeries imaging therapies medications etc Of course it hasn't all been positive consider the harm caused by certain medications including the Covid so-called vaccine The advances in fertility and pre-natal technologies has been no less astounding Procedures like artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization IVF have helped childless couples have children But with these technologies come ethical questions what about the extra human lives in embryo form created through IVF that are frozen and then not used [... more]

GUEST DARRELL HARRISON pastoral staff Redeemer Bible Church Gilbert AZThere are only two foundations for thinking and living the perfect Word of God or the flawed word of man In running further and further away from the truth of God's Word our leaders and people run headlong into the fallen and foolish reasonings of man that Paul warned Christians to avoid See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men according to the elementary principles of the world rather than according to Christ Colossians The empty deceptions of our [... more]

GUEST GRANT CASTLEBERRY Senior Pastor Capital Community Church Raleigh NC While no one but God knows and determines the events and timing of the future portends to be a turbulent year A presidential election looms in November which will impact to varying degrees whether the United States continues to run full-speed ahead on its God-rejecting globalist course Many other major fissures contribute to the uncertainty aggressive deconstruction of the Biblical marital moral and gender norms unprecedented financial debt massive illegal immigration major wars in Israel and Europe and much much more Before His crucifixion and ascension Jesus timelessly declared in [... more]

GUESTS TWILA BRASE president Citizens Council for Health Freedom JESSE JOHNSON pastor and author City of Man Kingdom of GodGovernment mandates during the Covid pandemic wear a mask get vaccinated shut down your church or be fined and arrested caused Christians to consider the Biblical line between submission to governing authorities and resisting when the commands go beyond the sphere of their authority Over the last several months we have heard from guests such as pastor Travis Allen and journalist Alex Newman on the increasing authoritarianism in our nation and how Christians should respond This weekend in the opening segment [... more]

GUESTS ABRAHAM HAMILTON III General Counsel and Public Policy Analyst American Family Association and SOEREN KERN Writing Fellow for Middle East ForumThis week on The Christian Worldview we are going to examine some current events taking place in America and Europe First Abraham Hamilton General Counsel and Public Policy Analyst for American Family Association will join us to analyze three decisions by the U S Supreme Court Affirming the right of a Colorado website designer to not be compelled to design a site for a homosexual weddingOverturning affirmative action at colleges and universities where a prospective student's minority racial profile [... more]

You have likely heard about and may have seen The Chosen television series Tens of millions of people all over the world are watching it It's been translated into dozen of languages Most Christians love it and call it life-changing Even many non-Christians say how it's given them a new perspective on Jesus The series now in its third season depicts the life of Jesus generally based on biblical accounts and particularly from the perspectives of those closest to Jesus Generally being the important word because what Dallas Jenkins lead creator has done is added all kinds of plausible fiction [... more]

For listeners near the Minneapolis and St Paul metro area there is still opportunity for you to attend The Christian Worldview Speaker Series event on Saturday May from am - am at Fourth Baptist Church in Plymouth MN International journalist Alex Newman who specializes in global trends will be our featured speaker on Being Informed and Prepared for the Great Reset There will be an interview and audience Q and A following Alex's presentation A pre-event breakfast is from - am in the foyer of the church If you want to come to the breakfast please register but you don't [... more]

GUEST TOM ASCOL Senior Pastor Grace Baptist Church Cape Coral FL In Timothy the apostle Paul under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit wrote to the younger pastor Timothy regarding the authority structure God established for the church A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man but to remain quiet For it was Adam who was first created and then Eve And it was not Adam who was deceived but the woman being deceived fell into transgression Timothy - This passage of Scripture and [... more]

GUESTS General Michael FlynnRobert Knight columnistIn contradiction to President Biden's promise to unify the country after the election he and his administration have made the decision to accuse who he calls MAGA Republicans Trump voters as enemies of the state and the cause of all that ails America He recently labeled tens of millions of Trump supporters as semi-fascists and then gave a fascist-looking and -sounding speech in Philadelphia with blood red lighting and two U S Marines behind him blaming and vilifying those who oppose him Robert Knight columnist for The Washington Times joins us on The Christian Worldview [... more]

GUEST OWEN STRACHAN author Christianity and WokenessThe Bible says See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men according to the elementary principles of the world rather than according to Christ Colossians Notice the words philosophy empty deception tradition of men elementary principles of the world And notice what these do takes you captive or enslaves people from believing the truth of Christ and His Word This sums up what America's new woke religion has done to the minds and hearts of both non-Christians and Christians An empty deceptive [... more]

Guest Matthew Fletcher senior pastor Webster Bible Church NY Last week we discussed the very troubling situation that the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention Ed Litton plagiarized sermons for several years from the immediate past president JD Greear What's worse is that as of yet Litton hasn't resigned nor has the SBC removed him for a transgression that would result in expulsion for any seminary student The only guesses as to why Litton remains as SBC president is that Christian leaders don't consider repeated plagiarism a type of lying and deception to be a disqualifying sin for a [... more]

Three news stories dominated the headlines in The spread and response to COVID- Social unrest and violence over systemic racism The Presidential election with ongoing allegations of voting fraud While a virus racism and an election may not seem related to one another the first two were cleverly used to effect the outcome of the third and thus shape the future of our country [... more]

Sidney Powell one of the leading members of President Trump's legal team alleging election fraud said this week American patriots are fed up with the corruption from the local level to the highest level of our government We are not going to be intimidated We are not going to back down We are going to clean this mess up now President Trump won by a landslide We are going to prove it And we are going to reclaim the United States of America for the people who vote for freedom If it can be proved that the recent presidential election [... more]

Unity is a concept that most everyone desires After all isn't life better when people and nations and churches unite around shared values Division the opposite of unity is widespread in our nation The recent presidential election bears this out The electorate is nearly equally divided amongst Trump voters and Biden voters The political parties push policies that are diametrically opposed to each other And now allegations of voting fraud have caused even more division And yet presumptive president-elect Joe Biden called for unity in his acceptance speech With the campaign over it's time to put the anger and the [... more]

This is our final program before election day on Tuesday November when the American people will choose which governing worldview they believe best for the near-future of our nation Will there be a deeper dive into Socialism the worldview that replaces God and His Word with tried-and-failed big government political social and immoral policies based on sinful human reasoning advocated by the Democratic Party Or will it be American Exceptionalism the worldview of limited government separation of powers individual liberties free market economics and biblical morality based largely on a Christian worldview advocated by the Republican Party [... more]

As Bible-believing Christians our world view affects everything in life Yet we live in a society hostile toward our views In this message Adrian Rogers explains five basic principles of our Christian world view and how to articulate it to a post-Christian society [... more]

As Bible-believing Christians our world view affects everything in life Yet we live in a society hostile toward our views In this message Adrian Rogers explains five basic principles of our Christian world view and how to articulate it to a post-Christian society [... more]

One of the most well-known and most misused passages in Scripture is Romans And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God to those who are called according to His purpose In a nutshell the apostle is saying under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that God uses everything in life hard things good things and everything in between for good purposes in the life of the believer It's well-documented that has been a very hard year A global pandemic and the government response has impacted almost everyone Civil unrest based [... more]

GUEST PHIL JOHNSON Elder Grace Community Church Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering for He who promised is faithful and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds not forsaking our own assembling together as is the habit of some but encouraging one another and all the more as you see the day drawing near Hebrews - Open in Logos Bible Software if available For nearly six months churches around the country have either been closed or partially open due to government shutdown orders to stop the spread of COVID- [... more]

GUEST TROY DOBBS pastor and author The Blessed Life When Jesus saw the crowds He went up on the mountain and after He sat down His disciples came to Him He opened His mouth and began to teach them saying Matt - Open in Logos Bible Software if available The Sermon on the Mount as it is known is Jesus' most well-known sermon It is found in Matthew - with a more condensed version in Luke Jesus covers all kinds of ground in the sermon opening with nine statements called the beatitudes about the person who is blessed due to [... more]

Over the past month over statues and monuments depicting American history from Christopher Columbus to Confederate-era figures to founders like George Washington have been torn down or defaced by vandals or removed by local governments all over the U S Why Because those with a leftist worldview believe that America was established illegitimately and then founded and built by white supremacist slave owners These lies are now commonplace in the educational system thanks to deconstructionist Marxist historians like Howard Zinn listen to recent program on Zinn here Destroying American history in an attempt to blow up the system is troubling [... more]

What with the attempted removal of the President from office the COVID- pandemic and left-wing uprisings in cities across the country it would have been easy to miss an extremely consequential Supreme Court decision The New Yorker Magazine put it this way in a opinion written by the Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch the Court ruled that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or transgender status is illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of It was the single biggest victory in the history of the L G B T Q -rights movement If a left-leaning writer makes [... more]

GUESTS BRUCE AND MARY JANE WHEATON host David Wheaton's parents If the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do Psalm Open in Logos Bible Software if available While it may appear that ending racism is the purpose behind the protests and violence taking place in our country the real intent is the destruction of God-defined family and morality as is made clear on the website of Black Lives Matter BLM the organization at the forefront of this movement The What We Believe page of BLM's website states We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other [... more]

For over five minutes that are excruciating to watch a white Minneapolis police officer presses his knee into the back of the neck of a handcuffed black man lying face down on the street pleading that he can't breathe and calling for his mother until the man eventually dies It's a video that has been seen around the world and is being used as the animating force behind the worst riots and looting this country has seen in decades Hundreds of buildings and businesses in Minneapolis and neighboring St Paul have been damaged pilfered and burned including the Minneapolis Police [... more]

Depending on where you live it has now been nine weeks since government officials have ordered churches in America to cease worship services due to stated concerns about the spread of COVID- In many states there is no timetable for when government will allow churches to reopen But have you driven by your local big box retailer recently like Home Depot Walmart or Target Parking lots are packed people are lined up to enter and dozens and dozens if not hundreds are shopping inside So is it essential and reasonable and equal treatment that Home Depot is allowed to be [... more]

How much do you know about church history over the past years Do you know the people places events doctrinal debates councils splits persecutions and martyrs that have formed the church age Sadly very few Christians know how God has worked in His church since the close of the New Testament The great English preacher Charles Spurgeon said It seems odd that certain men who talk so much of what the Holy Spirit reveals to themselves should think so little of what He has revealed to others The truth is the Holy Spirit has revealed much to those who have [... more]

Right now the world is focused on a viral pandemic called COVID- that many have contracted and from which many have died But have you considered that there is an even greater spiritual pandemic that is fatal for every person What would that be The answer is the sin pandemic This pandemic is always terminal physically and if not treated according to God's word is terminal spiritually as well The Bible says for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and the wages of sin is death Romans [... more]

The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc all over the globe partly from the virus itself but perhaps more from the societal shutdowns that have been instituted by governments As businesses schools and other institutions have been forced to close people are losing jobs or becoming unemployed Fearing economic catastrophe Congress crafted and President Trump signed a trillion rescue package this week that is intended to keep workers and companies from being bankrupted [... more]

COVID- the coronavirus disease continues to dominate not just the headlines but the way of life all over the world Countries like Spain are not allowing citizens to leave their homes Here in America states have ordered closures of business along with other almost unprecedented restrictions As of March there are cases and deaths in the U S CDC These numbers may not seem proportionate with the strong government actions being taken but many health professionals are predicting case numbers and deaths will rise in the coming weeks and months if people aren't kept apart This weekend on The Christian [... more]

Over the past two programs Tom Ascol pastor of a Southern Baptist Church in Cape Coral Florida has joined us to discuss two issues currently being debated within the Southern Baptist Convention SBC the largest Protestant denomination in America Those issues are women teaching men and Critical Race Theory a humanistic perspective on race and society This week in part we will discuss a third issue professing Christians who identify as same sex attracted Is it possible to be a Christian and accept desires for homosexuality as who I am even if not acting on those desires i e celibate [... more]

You will alter the future if you influence the young Looking at recent news stories indoctrinate the young is a more accurate description Consider -year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg lectures the United Nations about adults' failure to act on global warming School children being allowed to skip class to take part in climate change protests Public libraries inviting drag queens to read stores to children Minnesota school district hiring equity director to eliminate white privilege and Christian privilege and integrate Islam This weekend on The Christian Worldview we'll discuss the ongoing effort to capture the hearts and minds of [... more]

Todd Friel is the long-time host of a popular radio and television program called Wretched Based in Atlanta and broadcasting nationwide the program focuses on evangelism theology apologetics and current events Todd recently visited Minnesota the state where he lived for much of his life and where The Christian Worldview Radio Program is based Host David Wheaton asked Todd if he'd be willing to do an in-studio interview to discuss the top five things he's been covering on his own programs this year He listed six [... more]

If you have ever been in a group Bible study you have probably heard an attendee say What this passage means to me is With all due respect it matters not one whit what the Bible means to any given person but rather what God means in the Bible The goal of studying Scripture is to understand God's intent via the human author whom He inspired to write the text Hermeneutics is a theological term for interpreting Scripture Abner Chou professor of Biblical studies at The Master's University and Seminary and editor of What Happened in the Garden is our [... more]

It's my conviction that much of the rhetoric about this latest issue social justice poses a more imminent and dangerous threat to the clarity and centrality of the gospel than any other recent controversy evangelicals have engaged in That's quite a statement from pastor John MacArthur about the hottest topic in the church and mainstream society social justice Sadly a great division in the Evangelical church has formed over the issue of social justice One side sees the pursuit of social justice i e working to rectify perceived social inequalities related to ethnicity gender privilege sexuality economics and immigration status [... more]

We live in a culture that values youth For example older candidates for public office are readily dismissed as too old as if the experience of a long life is a detriment And yet God's Word values the aged at least those who follow after God Job said Wisdom is with aged men with long life is understanding Job Wisdom is the skill of thinking and living as God intends The aged who have immersed themselves in the Bible and followed Christ for decades have grown in wisdom that is invaluable for the next generations When their counsel and example [... more]

Take note that the program title does not say Why Christians SHALL NOT Drink Alcohol but rather Why Christians SHOULD NOT Drink Alcohol What's the difference Shall Not is all-encompassing prohibition like the Commandments' shall nots with regard to murder adultery lying etc Should Not is an exhortation to be wise and cautious In other words it is better and safer for Christians to not drink alcohol because of the spiritual physical and testimonial perils [... more]

An idol is something or someone that is venerated above God To identify the idols of a society just ask What attracts people's attention to the neglect of God Wealth influence celebrity material items and even Ivy League education are just a few examples of the idols in our country Sadly too many worship these man-made gods rather than the one true God The idol list would not be complete without mentioning sports There are television and radio stations devoted to discussing sports The heroes of our society are those who get paid tens of millions of dollars to throw [... more]

On Memorial Day Weekend when we remember the sacrifices made by members of our military and their families to protect the unique individual liberties we enjoy in the United States such as freedom of religion and speech a new law euphemistically named the Equality Act already passed in the Democrat-majority House of Representatives would greatly suppress those liberties The Equality Act adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act the federal non-discrimination law which makes it illegal to discriminate because of the person's race color religion sex national origin age disability or genetic information Equal Employment Opportunity [... more]

Socialism is an all-encompassing worldview which believes a bigger more intrusive government ordering every aspect of life will result in a better more equitable future for all The structure for socialism can be attributed to Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels in their book The Communist Manifesto Unfortunately the worldview of socialism and communism didn't die with the fall of the Soviet Union or the death of Lenin Stalin Mao Hitler or Castro In fact socialism and communism seem to be the natural bent of unregenerate mankind to achieve an earthly utopia through global government Socialism is alive and well in [... more]

During the eight years of President Barack Obama conservative Christians were regularly alarmed at the leftist policies he promoted expansion of abortion homosexuality and transgenderism anti-Israel and pro-Islamic policies climate change fearmongering and above all bigger government With the election of Donald Trump the new faces of the Democrat Party Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Cory Booker Kamala Harris Ilhan Omar Rashida Tlaib Beto O'Rourke and others are even further left advocating for more extreme policies than President Obama [... more]

This week U S Congresswoman NY- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the -year-old self-described Democratic Socialist released the framework for a Green New Deal which includes meeting percent of the power demand through clean renewable and zero-emission energy sources upgrading all existing buildings in the country for energy efficiency eliminate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from farms overhauling transportation systems to reduce emissions including expanding electric car manufacturing building charging stations everywhere and expanding high-speed rail to a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary A guaranteed job with a family-sustaining wage adequate family and medical leave paid vacations and retirement security for [... more]

Abortion is the intentional killing of a pre-born human being Infanticide is the intentional killing of a human being after birth Because God has written His law on the human heart everyone knows unless they ignore their conscience that the intentional killing of another human being except in cases of personal civil or national defense is morally wrong and unjust With that in mind it is difficult to understand how proponents of killing pre-born or post-born babies can be so zealous and self-righteous in their advocacy of murder even if legal [... more]

Conservative radio show host Dennis Prager predicts in a column that will be a dark year Our guest this weekend on The Christian Worldview pastor Eric Davis uses a different descriptor in his column tumultuous Why the foreboding view of being a year of conflict upheaval and instability In the political realm with the takeover of the U S House of Representatives by Democrats with particularly leftist ideology there will be non-stop opposition to President Trump even efforts to impeach along with advocacy for Marxist Socialist policies bigger government divisive identity politics expanding abortion open immigration removing gun rights etc [... more]

At first glance productivity can seem a subject more suited for business-people than for Christians But God's Word specifically Jesus' parable of the talents in Matthew - Open in Logos Bible Software if available is clear that God expects His followers to use and grow the resources and opportunities He gives whether finances skills time to advance His kingdom God calls us to be productive [... more]

Canadian Jordan Peterson is a psychology professor author of the wildly popular book The Rules for Life and speaks to large audiences all over the world Ben Shapiro is also a well-known author and speaker and has been called the voice of the conservative Millennial movement Both men are known for strongly pushing back against the Cultural Marxist worldview that dominates higher education media culture and the political Left and which seeks to overthrow those they perceive as oppressors Christians males whites creating social justice for the oppressed women homosexuals minority ethnicities and religions homosexuals [... more]

Last week on the program pastor John MacArthur joined us to discuss Christ's Call to Reform the Church also the title of his new book based on the messages or letters Christ gave to seven churches in Asia Minor late in the first century MacArthur talked about these churches being illustrative of churches throughout history Two of the seven were remaining faithful but the other five were in various degrees of decline and compromise [... more]

In the opening chapters of the final book of the Bible Revelation Jesus writes a message to each of seven historic churches in Asia Minor modern-day Turkey Two of the seven churches received commendations for their faithfulness while five were warned to repent of their errant ways or there would be severe consequences So considering the Evangelical church in America today what do you think Jesus' message would be [... more]

Social justice is a gospel issue If you've heard this said once recently you've likely heard it dozens of times This phrase has become the rallying cry of prominent evangelical leaders many of which are under who believe that Christians and the church have the duty to rectify perceived injustices against blacks women homosexuals transgenders and other designated oppressed groups [... more]

Once saved always saved This is David Wheaton host of The Christian Worldview It's an age-old debate about whether a Christian can lose their salvation Jesus gives a clear answer in John where He says My sheep hear My voice and I know them and they follow Me and I give eternal life to them and they will never perish and no one will snatch them out of My hand My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand John - Eternal security for [... more]

The last two weeks on the program we have discussed discernment and apostasy Discernment is the call for the believer to measure everything especially spiritual teachers and their teaching against the truth of Scripture so that sound doctrine can be elevated and errant doctrine can be exposed and removed Where discernment is not exercised all manner of false teaching fills the vacuum leading the church into apostasy which is a departing or falling away from primary doctrines of the faith such as the character and nature of God and the person and work of Jesus Christ [... more]