Category: Apologetics

Juan Valdez: Critical Thinking, Culture Wars, and Apologetics

by Stand Up For The Truth | Nov 26, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Creation, Evangelism, Podcast, Worldview | 0 |

People often ask fair questions about faith, God, the Bible, or about truth. Today’s youth are no different. Can you really know God, does absolute truth exist, if God is love why is there evil, do Christians live by blind faith? And many other honest questions.

But there’s a problem. Too often, believers in Christ do not have good, thoughtful answers for them. Are we equipped to answer these questions let alone help today’s young people for the spiritual and cultural battles they face every day?

Jay Seegert on Creation vs Evolution

by Stand Up For The Truth | Nov 22, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Creation, Jay Seegert, Podcast, Worldview | 0 |

The universe reveals a complexity, design, and magnificence that staggers the imagination, and logic shows us that life could not have appeared by some random, spontaneous process. Evidence seems to point to a master plan and an intelligent being; such intricate, organized design must have come from a Designer.

The theory of evolution however, has been generally accepted by the scientific community and academia, and taught as fact in most public schools across America.

God Determines What Satisfies

by Stand Up For The Truth | Oct 22, 2019 | American Church, Anxiety, Apologetics, Apostacy, Beliefs, Catholic, Christian Church, Christian Growth, Christianity, Dave Wager, Gospel, Moral Relativism, Podcast, the Gospel | 0 |

Today’s discussion is a powerful one that everyone in Christ needs to hear. Dave spoke the assertion that “many attending churches today think they are saved, but they are not.” Is that scriptural?

Hard Scriptures to Read In God’s Word

by Stand Up For The Truth | Oct 15, 2019 | Apologetics, Beliefs, Christian Growth, Dave Wager, Discipleship, Education, Gospel, Halloween, immorality, Media Watch, Podcast | 0 |

Narrow is the road. Narrow is the gate.

Matthew 7:14 (ESV Strong’s)

14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Matthew 7:21-23 (ESV Strong’s)

Gathering Storms of War in the Middle East

by Stand Up For The Truth | Sep 17, 2019 | American Church, Apologetics, Christianity, Church Leadership, Economics, Evangelism, Globalism, Islam, Israel, One world religion, Podcast, Politics and Faith, Worldview | 0 |

The Bible teaches us that in the final years before our Lord’s return there would be a large, destructive war against Israel by her enemies. Could we be witnessing the stage being set for the final chapter of Earth’s history before the Lord Himself returns to judge mankind and establish his everlasting kingdom?

Gary Kah of Hope for the World joins Mike to discuss the events that seem to be pushing the world one step closer to the return of our Lord and Savior?

Christians Vs LGBTQ in “Post-Christian” America?

by Stand Up For The Truth | Sep 12, 2019 | American Church, Apologetics, Beliefs, Biblical Social Justice, Christianity, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Discrimination, Evangelism, Podcast | 0 |

There can be no doubt the rules of cultural engagement for Christians is changing rapidly – especially as we attempt to share our faith and live our lives. Just the mere mention of the Bible or the word “Christian” conjures up accusations of being an intolerant bigot, homophobe, and hater.

What do we do as Christian witnesses who are instructed to be salt and light in the world?

Today Mike and David take a comprehensive look at the controversy surrounding New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees who is being criticized from all angles over his recent support of the national campaign, “Bring Your Bible to School Day” (Oct. 3). Brees also responded to the criticism he received from cultural bullies and LGBTQ advocates as well as the Christian Community.

The Subtle Erosion of Biblical Literacy

by Stand Up For The Truth | Sep 11, 2019 | American Church, Apologetics, Beliefs, Christianity, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Discrimination, Evangelism, Government, Podcast, Religious Freedom | 0 |

Change is sometimes abrupt and immediate, but more often it is comprised of a slow erosion over time as little by little truth is replaced with opinions and emotions. The serious decline of Christianity in America is the result of decades of subtle changes in what has been and is currently being taught in public education, what is presented in media, and from pulpits that often seem more interested in placating culture instead of speaking God’s truth and shining the light of Christ truth into it.

Reconciling God’s Various Attributes

by Stand Up For The Truth | Sep 10, 2019 | American Church, Apologetics, Beliefs, Christianity, Culture & Morality, Evangelism, Gospel, Podcast | 0 |

God is righteous, just and holy. He gets angry and will one day pour out His wrath upon a fallen, sinful world and many will perish. But He is also loving and kind; patient and long suffering; He is merciful and offers His grace to those who believe in Jesus Christ.

Our human level of thinking and understanding cannot readily reconcile these attributes—they often seem contradictory to us. Dave Wager joins Mike and Crash to discuss God’s attributes as we look at the Book of Nahum.

The Church, Public Schools, and the Hebrew Scriptures

by Stand Up For The Truth | Sep 5, 2019 | American Church, Apologetics, Christian Church, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Evangelism, Government, Israel, Podcast, Seeker Friendly | 0 |

In our first segment today, we are joined by Julaine Appling of Wisconsin Family Council to discuss how Christian parents can prepare their children for a godless school system and culture, and how the church can better equip youth for the challenges they will face in education and adult life.

Jeffrey Johnson, author of a new book “Divine Mysteries: Concise and Thoughtful Ancient Biblical Wisdom” joins us in our second segment to discuss how the church and Christian community needs to change how we read and understand the Bible.

Can Our Nation Ever return to What it Once was?

by Stand Up For The Truth | Sep 4, 2019 | Abortion, American History, Apologetics, Christian Church, Culture & Morality, Higher Education, LGBTQ, Liberalism, Podcast, Politics and Faith, Religious Freedom | 0 |

Today, we look at the continuing decline of morality and law in our nation as we visit with Christian scholar Vishal Mangalwadi. Vishal refers to the Bible as Western Civilization’s founding text and believes that our nation faces catastrophe unless we return to the God’s Word as our source of law and morality.

Vishal Mangalwadi has been called one of India’s foremost Christian intellects. His latest book is titled “This Book Changed Everything” chronicling the Bible’s amazing impact on the world.

Friendship Over Truth?

by Stand Up For The Truth | Aug 29, 2019 | American Church, Apologetics, Beliefs, Christian Church, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Entertainment, False Teaching, Government, Podcast, Politics and Faith, Progressive Christianity | 0 |

There’s an old saying, “politics makes strange bedfellows,” but these days professing Christianity, government, and worldliness also seem to be aligning more often, developing very strange partnerships. We’ve seen so-called “Celebrity pastors” often embrace Hollywood stars or elite sports celebrities who claim to be Christians, but they often do so without a modicum of discernment or wisdom, causing more confusion in a a church that is confused enough already.

In our final segment today we look at a resolution passed by the Democratic Party that applauds “non-religious Americans” while disdaining Christian churchgoers. Our guest today is Don Veinot of Midwest Christian Outreach. He joins Mike and David to discuss how friendship seems to be more important than truth to a growing number of Christian leaders, and how heresy is on the rise in the church itself.

How Christian Students Handle Argumentative Atheist Teachers

by Stand Up For The Truth | Aug 27, 2019 | American Church, Apologetics, Christianity, Creation, Culture & Morality, Education, Higher Education, Jay Seegert, Podcast, Public Schools, Worldview | 0 |

Our youth are headed back to school—grade school, high school or college. There is a good possibility they may run into atheist teachers who will present theories and “teachings” that contradict the Word of God. How can we prepare our Christian students for a potential onslaught of propaganda and secular theory that will encourage them to abandon the Word of God for what is presented as “scientific fact” these days?

Jay Seegert of The Starting Point Project joins Mike and Crash this morning to share ideas on how we can equip our students to respectfully interact with public school teachers. They also touch on Jay’s Question of The Month from his website.

Ryan Mauro: National Security Update / Gaye Willard: A Christmas Collection

by Stand Up For The Truth | Dec 5, 2019 | American History, Christianity, culture war, Government, Islam, Middle East, Podcast | 0 |

Two special guests today! Ryan Mauro is a national security analyst at Clarion Project, (segment 1) “Finding the Mountain of Moses” documentary; and Gaye Frances Willard, an an author and award-winning artist (segment 2) discussing, “Every Knee Shall Bow – A Christmas Collection.”

David Fiorazo: How Did We Get Here? A Lesson for America

by Stand Up For The Truth | Nov 28, 2019 | Abortion, American History, Christianity, Culture & Morality, Education, Government, Religious Freedom | 0 |

The Apostle Paul stated, For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which...

Juan Valdez: Critical Thinking, Culture Wars, and Apologetics

by Stand Up For The Truth | Nov 26, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Creation, Evangelism, Podcast, Worldview | 0 |

Walter Hoye: Black Pre-Born Lives Matter to God

by Stand Up For The Truth | Nov 25, 2019 | Abortion, American Church, Christianity, Liberalism, Podcast, Pro-Life | 0 |

Black lives in mother’s wombs are perhaps some of the most endangered human beings. There is an abortion every 26 seconds in America, and in recent years, statistics show the black and Hispanic populations taking the hit. In New York City, for example, more black babies are now aborted than born.

Jay Seegert on Creation vs Evolution

by Stand Up For The Truth | Nov 22, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Creation, Jay Seegert, Podcast, Worldview | 0 |

The theory of evolution however, has been generally accepted by the scientific community and academia, and taught as fact in most public schools across America.