Much has been written about Biblical Citizenship but what does it really mean ? How are we as Christ-followers called to engage with our leaders who implement laws and regulations influencing our lives ? We have dual-citizenship according to Philippians 1:27-2:4 but how does that manifest itself in our walk? Today on " I 'm Glad You Said That ", I get to chat with Loran Baxter, an Alaskan working with the Patriot Academy to reach the Body of Christ in our state with how to apply B...
May 13, 2024•44 min
In many respects, when people think of Seattle, what comes to mind is progressive politics, homelessness and tent cities and protesters taking over city blocks to create police-free 'autonomous zones. Turns out that didn't work so out so well after all. But we're called to seek the welfare of our city where God has placed us (Jer 29:7) and for Brian Noble, Seattle and the state of Washington is that place. As a former pastor and now head honcho at the Family Policy Institute of Wa...
May 02, 2024•44 min
For many of us who are unapologetically Christian and believe that America has been blessed by God as a general influence for good in the world, the term Christian Nationalist is seen as pejorative. For other Christ followers, they wear the label as a badge of honor. But definitions matter. What leftist Rob Reiner portrayed in his recent, and abysmally received documentary, God & Country, is a movement of Neanderthal simpletons intent on creating a theocracy in America. Nothing new under the...
Apr 22, 2024•43 min
Patricia Silva's Planet Fitness membership in Fairbanks got cancelled. Her crime ? Reporting on a male who was shaving in the female locker room. She took a photo of him in the locker room and made a video in the parking lot that went viral. In light of the incident catapulting into social media, Planet Fitness stock dove , members cancelled their membership in droves and once again, we're at a cultural moment where people still believe the Emperor has clothes on. I'm honored to h...
Apr 16, 2024•44 min
The issue of birth control has a wide range of opinions within Christendom. To be sure, as my friend Bob Bird pointed out in this article , " as casual sex springs up, along with divorce and STD rates, and new pressures placed upon women: not only to succumb to seduction but also to take care of the undesired results of sexual union ." And...as he notes in the same article, " Malcolm Potts, Planned Parenthood’s thoroughly accurate and honest medical statistician, said in the 1970s...
Apr 05, 2024•45 min
Dr. Douglas Frank would rather be working on gadgets in his home laboratory than shining a bright light on election fraud across the country. But duty called. Frank earned a Ph.D. in Surface Electroanalytical Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati in 1990, has 60 peer-reviewed publications, and has feature articles in Science, Nature and other journals. He discovered and developed a new type of microscopy capable of producing three-dimensional images of molecules resting on metal surfaces. ...
Mar 25, 2024•44 min
A Catholic couple in Indiana has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hold the state accountable for removing their son from their home because they wouldn't identify him as a girl. I'm privileged to speak with their attorney, Josh Hersberger, today on "I'm Glad You Said That". Josh is the lead counsel on the case and works with our sister organization, the Indiana Family Institute . In M.C. and J.C. v. Indiana Department of Child Services , Indiana investigated Mary and Jere...
Mar 16, 2024•44 min
Isabel Brown is a Gen Z influencer on a grand scale. As a full-time streamer and independent content creator, author, and speaker, this 27 year old has figured out her Generation has to accept the baton at breakneck pace. And she's joyfully and ambitiously embraced that challenge. In her latest work, The End of the Alphabet - How Gen Z Can Save America , she says these "young and often underestimated Americans are here to fight for a better future—and we won’t wait for permission to le...
Mar 16, 2024•44 min
As Vice President of Government Relations at The Heritage Foundation, Eric Teetsel has a long track record of experience in government at the federal, state, and local levels. Most recently, he was Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, where he also held the roles of Legislative Director and Special Assistant. Teetsel previously served as President of the Family Policy Alliance of Kansas, Director of Faith Outreach for the Marco Rubio presidential campaign, Executive Director o...
Feb 15, 2024•44 min
Jon Faulkner is a lifelong Alaskan, graduate of Harvard, husband, father of five, and pilot. In addition to owning the spectacular Lands End Resort in Homer, he's invested in real estate projects on the Kenai River and in Girdwood. He's been in the political arena and has always been a voice for building Alaska into a place where people can dream and creating an economy where those dreams can flourish. Faulkner recently purchased the ubiquitous MustRead Alaska and in all likelihood, wi...
Feb 15, 2024•44 min
Mike Shower is a no-nonsense, former fighter pilot who speaks with the kind of confidence and clarity that is as refreshing as it is rare. He is existing right now in a three-member Alaska State Senate Minority because, once again, the Republicans in Juneau couldn't play together in the sand box. Despite having a majority, they gave power to the Democrats and sequestered the most conservative members to a small island. At least we know who is willing to stand for what they campaigned on and...
Jan 25, 2024•44 min
Alaska Senate Minority member Shelley Hughes, a Republican from Palmer, has always been someone I have deeply respected. She articulates her position with passion and clarity and grace whether sitting as the Senate Majority Leader or as a member of a micro-minority of just three (3) as she is now. Today, on "I'm Glad You Said That", we'll chat about what she has in store for this second half of the Alaska legislative session including bills she has introduced regarding concea...
Jan 25, 2024•20 min
I've worked alongside and have had the privilege of being friends with Bernadette Wilson for a long time. When she told me she was getting out of politics for awhile to go make "real money" in the private sector, I knew she could thrive in the business world. I didn't think she's be gone long for the world of civic engagement. It's in her blood. She's still building her business but her real passion, a love for our state and it's ability to be a prosperous...
Jan 25, 2024•34 min
Tami Jo Watson and Victoria Ross, Executive Director and Deputy Director of Alaska Adoption Services , know first hand of the challenges and joys of adoption. They both have adopted children and are engaged in that arena every work day. I'm thrilled to have both of them on the show today. Every year in Alaska, somewhere between 1,200 and 1,900 pre-born children are aborted primarily because of inconvenience. It is hard to estimate how many of those children would be alive today had the moth...
Jan 11, 2024•23 min
Excited to talk today with Sarah Montalbano about two recent articles she wrote about education - " How We Spend Matters More Than What We Spend " " Charter Schools Are Public Schools " Sarah hails from Wasilla and is the Policy Manager for Alaska Policy Forum . where she writes about education, healthcare, state fiscal issues, and more. She is a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum and also the Northwest Regional Leader and writer with Young Voices. Graduating fr...
Dec 13, 2023•43 min
Michael Dowling has a story to tell. His own and through the books he now publishes. While holding an MBA degree from Columbia Business School in New York and an engineering degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville, MIchael is also a professional "ghost-writer" and has written several children's books, including " Frog's Rainy-Day Story and Other Fables " that World Magazine has called one of the 6 best Christian picture books of the 21st century! From M...
Nov 29, 2023•44 min
Josie A is on the show today. It's a pseudonym. Jodie is the compiler of a recent book, Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans. (PITT) She also helps to manage a substack with the same name. From their site... " We publish stories written and edited exclusively by parents with first-hand experience in the upside down world of gender ideology. Send your story to Pitt@genspect.org. PITT is a space for parents that have been impacted by gender ideology to share their uncensored stor...
Nov 28, 2023•44 min
Ole Larson is a salt of the earth guy who is running for MatSu School Board as an incumbent and former Board President. He worked in an arena, prisons and youth detention facilities, for decades and has a refreshing no-nonsense style free of pretension and manure you'll often find on school boards. I get to interview Ole today on the show but in many ways, it's as much about his opponent, Diane Shibe, as it is about Ole. As my friends Suzanne Downing in MustRead Alaska ( HERE ) and Joe...
Nov 02, 2023•43 min
Peter Murphy and the group he represents called Invest In Education believes that school choice is something that is beneficial to all children. The Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA), a federal piece of legislation he is working hard to advance, is a $10 billion scholarship tax credit to expand educational freedom and opportunity for up to two million students throughout the nation. Under the bill, individuals and businesses contribute to non-profit scholarship granting organizations wh...
Oct 31, 2023•43 min
Did you know that the Greek word for “sin” is hamartia, an archery term for “missing the mark”? Making Christ the Target of Our Lives is the slogan and vision of a wonderful group I've come to discover called CenterShot Ministries . Using archery as a means of reaching more people for Christ, CenterShot Ministries, when asked why, says... It is affordable. It levels the playing field. It can be done year-round. It is completely safe. It promotes a growth mindset. It is fun, exciting, and ad...
Oct 31, 2023•43 min
Jonathan Keller is one of the nicest guys I know working in one of the most difficult places to advance pro-family, pro-life, pro-liberty measures. He heads up our sister organization, California Family Council , and does an unbelievable job in one of the most socialist leaning locales in all the country. At the same time, he reminds me, there were more Republicans who voted for President Trump in California than in all of Texas. In other words, that's quite a "remnant" of Truth f...
Oct 11, 2023•45 min
One of the great realities often overlooked is how people and groups don't fit as nice and tidy together in perceived boxes as we think. Gays Against Groomers is a fairly accurate example of that. If you have a mindset that everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community is supportive of sexually charged curricula in public schools, Drag Queen Story hours and 13 year old girls getting double masectomies because they feel as though they are boys...you would be wrong. From their website... " Our comm...
Oct 04, 2023•43 min
Moms for Liberty has landed in the Great Land and they're on the show today. Their founders are former school board members, who witnessed how short-sighted and destructive policies directly hurt children and families. Now, with their growing organization, they're uniting parents across the country to fight those who stand in the way of liberty. Today, we'll chat with Melissa Wilkins & Kali Ponder who are leading the Mat Su Chapter and are hopeful other chapters will get going...
Oct 04, 2023•44 min
The number 40 appears in the Bible over 150 times. Of those times, the words 40 days and 40 nights are found 24 times. Each time, they denote a significance for God and his people. The 40 Days for Life campaign, the world’s largest grassroots movement to end abortion, starts on Wednesday, September 27th and pro lifers across the globe, including here in Alaska, are gearing up. Mary Kemper, a local nurse in Anchorage and coordinator of the campaign, is on the show today to discuss this remarkable...
Sep 08, 2023•43 min
With nearly 350,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter) Chris Elston, now known internationally as Billboard Chris , has made quite a splash. A Canadian from Vancouver, BC, Chris simply calls himself a " Father of two girls. Traveling the world to expose gender ideology and why children cannot consent to medical transition. " On "I'm Glad You Said That" today, I get the privilege of interviewing Chris about his journey to educate the world on the distinct harms of the &quo...
Sep 06, 2023•43 min
It is always a big-time treat to chat with my good friend Suzanne Downing with MustRead Alaska . Her insight, wisdom and clarity are a blessing to the Great Land. Today, we'll chat on everything from Chloe Cole to Riley Gaines to Ben Carson. All with a common theme. Keep speaking truth and never give up. Support the show...
Aug 26, 2023•43 min
Ari DeWolf describes himself as somewhat of a "Unicorn" being gay, black and Jewish while leading the effort to expose "gender affirming" health care as fraudulent and harmful. Ari cut his political teeth through ten years of battling the Chicago political machine, first as an outspoken student activist and then as a lobbyist in the state legislature. For a season, he was an education outreach manager at Reason Foundation , working on legislative outreach and coalition buildi...
Aug 26, 2023•44 min
Dig deep on Dr. Jay Richards bio and your eyes keep widening. He's written more than a dozen books covering everything from physics to fasting to money to The Hobbit. He has produced multiple documentaries including The Call of the Entrepreneur, The Birth of Freedom, and The Privileged Planet. In addition to his current role as William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, he is also a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, Executive Editor of The ...
Jun 24, 2023•43 min
Priscilla likes to say God saved her three times. As a Christ follower, she knows that your soul is saved once and for all but her story is different than most. She is a survivor of an attempted abortion, with her twin sister dying in the process. She had two abortions herself and while working at an abortion clinic in Southern California, was in a horrific car accident that should have killed her. And finally, through God's everlasting grace and mercy, she found salvation, forgiveness and ...
Jun 12, 2023•44 min
Dr. Jim Garlow is a good friend and is my guest today on " I'm Glad You Said That. " In addition to writing 15 books, including the New York Times best-seller Cracking DaVinci's Code, Dr. Garlow is a former Senior Pastor at Skyline Church in La Mesa, California and is founder of Well Versed , an international ministry that brings biblical principles of governance to government leaders. Jim is a joy to speak with on so many levels and I'm honored to call him a brother in ...
Jun 03, 2023•44 min
