It is one of the most controversial books in the Holy Bible; some say its theological underpinnings are responsible for launching the Protestant Reformation, blaming the Jews for the problems in the world, and challenging the cultural conflicts of today's post-modern society. But right in the middle of the Apostle Paul's letter to the churches in Rome is the summation of Christianity, its power, its hope in a Spirit filled life, and the edict that nothing can separate us from God's love! On this...
Oct 21, 2023•44 min
It's the part of Christianity that is not often talked about but is central to its doctrine embedded in the Gospel. Theologians call it eschatology, that which is "concerned with death, judgment and the destiny of our souls." But Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham, and her daughter Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright, simply call it, "Preparing to Meet Jesus." The Bible is very clear that no one really knows when the end of the world is, although Anne is certain that with all the wars and...
Oct 15, 2023•37 min
Last March 27th, a tragedy of unimaginable proportions unfolded in Nashville, Tennessee, as a transgender gunman opened fire at The Covenant Christian School, killing three adults and three children. While news outlets brought the calamity to the world, counselors at Daystar Counseling Ministries, some three miles away, mobilized immediately, grabbing therapy pets and other tools to the reunification centers. Sissy Goff, Director of Child and Adolescent Counseling, was one of them. She spent the...
Oct 08, 2023•42 min
Pastor Joel Penton discovered not too long ago a well-hidden law in the United States that allows children to be dismissed for one-hour during school for religious education. The only three stipulations: it must be off school property, it must be privately funded, and the child must have a parent's permission. Pastor Penton said, "No problem." He is the founder and CEO of Lifewise Academy, a non-profit created to teach the Bible to children during school hours. In less than five years, Lifewise ...
Oct 01, 2023•28 min
A Duck blind is a camouflage hut that hunters use to hide from their intended targets. Until the popular TV reality show "Duck Dynasty" became popular, most folks probably didn't know the term. So, the new movie "The Blind," about the couple behind the dynasty, has a double meaning: Duck hunting, and the darkness we live in when sin is our master. The Blind is a raw and rough look at the love story of Kay and Phil Robertson, without whom there would be no Duck Dynasty. While faith overcoming har...
Sep 24, 2023•24 min
There is hardly a more incendiary topic of conversation than homosexuality and the Bible. It is a debate that people of faith have been forced to deal with, because it confronts them in the public square, schools, government, neighborhoods and in their families. Pastor Sam Allberry's take on the issue may surprise many people. His position is purely personal but could have widespread influence, as he was the featured pastor at the memorial service for Dr. Tim Keller back in August. Keller chose ...
Sep 17, 2023•37 min
Some folks with less than stellar reputations may feel they are beyond God's help or interest. Biblical phrases like "God is love" simply ring hollow for them because their life has been one big sinful escapade after another. Best-selling author and minister Pastor Max Lucado destroys that kind of thinking with something that may surprise people. He uses one of the patriarchs of the Bible, Jacob, the father of twelve sons that become the twelve tribes of Israel. On this episode of Lighthouse Fai...
Sep 10, 2023•33 min
As a secular society is trying to redefine right and wrong, one pastor says a revival is already underway that is combatting the forces of spiritual evil. Think Asbury, Kentucky and other pop-up revivals as young people hungry for Truth and meaning are coming to Christ. Pastor Signorelli, the lead pastor of The V1 Church in New York City, is unabashedly preaching the Word, seeing the devil fall and the truth spread like dominoes. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Signorelli talks abou...
Sep 03, 2023•28 min
The Catholic Church is in a precarious cultural moment in history as it balances the need stay true to its teachings, but also to being a welcoming church. And there's hardly a more reasonable voice out there than Bishop Robert Barron, who says the church must first decide what it means by the word "welcoming". It can mean different things to different people depending on what side of the political aisle they sit. But Barron's passion is really engaging the younger generations who are fast losin...
Aug 27, 2023•36 min
It's full circle for actor Kelsey Grammer. Beer and Faith. Grammer, the star of the long running sitcom "Cheers," its spinoff "Frasier," and the recent film "Jesus Revolution," is living his dream of running a brewery. The result is his new microbrew, Faith American, the product of his own brewery in the Catskills he founded in 2015. He recently promoted two of four flavors of the ale at one of the most popular restaurants in the Hamptons of New York's Long Island, 75 Main in Southampton. That's...
Aug 20, 2023•18 min
Born in America, raised in Silver Springs, Maryland, Rabbi Dov Lipman loves the land of his birth. But the call from Israel, his spiritual home, was so great that he renounced his citizenship after winning a seat in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset. The first American born MK in thirty years. He experienced what is known as Aliyah, the Hebrew word meaning rising, ascending, or exalted. It's the word used for Jews making the pilgrimage to Israel. Lipman explains, "There was a moment on a visit...
Aug 13, 2023•23 min
Men becoming women, women becoming men... Best-selling author Stephen Strang says it's why he wrote his new book, "Spirit-Led Living in an Upside-Down World." Strang is the founder and CEO of Charisma Media, a Christian multi-media company. He's probably most known for his books on the faith of Donald Trump: "God and Donald Trump," "God, Trump and the 2020 Election," and more. But his latest book focuses on faith itself. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast recorded at the National Religi...
Aug 06, 2023•28 min
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, has become all too familiar a topic today. Most of the time it's in reference to veteran soldiers, coming back from the theater of war after experiencing its untold horrors. But what about the victims of conflict who are not trained soldiers? What about the children? David Rubin is the former Mayor of Shiloh, Israel. In 2001 he was driving home from Jerusalem with his 3-year-old son in his car seat, when a hail of terrorist's bullets struck their car. His...
Jul 30, 2023•20 min
The Old Testament's book of Ezekiel mentions precious stones like beryl, carbuncle, diamonds, emeralds and more. This means that these stones were likely available in the Middle East where the Scriptures were written. Also, the books of Job, Isaiah and others also mentions jewels. So where are these precious stones? Well, at this year's National Religious Broadcasters convention in Orlando, a company called Holy Gems displayed some of the jewelry they've made using the precious stones excavated ...
Jul 23, 2023•26 min
For Scott Beck, Artificial Intelligence is a technological tool that can be used for human flourishing. For example, imagine your depressed teen searches a site asking for advice about living or dying. Then imagine that when that teen gets search results back, that teen sees a message inviting them to connect to someone for conversation or prayer. When they respond, they’re connected minutes later to a local church or pastor who can talk with them about life, and be a listening ear. This is the ...
Jul 16, 2023•31 min
Heresies have existed in Christianity for more than two-thousand years, since the faith began. Early followers of Jesus Christ fought hard, first to understand the faith, and then to create doctrines that more faithful through the centuries could follow. The Nicene Creed, promulgated at the Council of Nicaea in the 4th century, comes out of that struggle, and is still the accepted profession of faith for the majority of Christian denominations whether Protestant, Orthodox or Roman Catholic. But ...
Jul 09, 2023•33 min
The depths of depravity of human sin are never more blatantly on display than in the horrors of human trafficking. It is the focus of actor Jim Caviezel's new movie, "Sound of Freedom", being released on July 4th, the day America celebrates its independence. We fought the Revolutionary War to gain that freedom from British rule. Less than a century later the country was embroiled in the Civil War to end race-based, chattel slavery in America. But sadly, the evil of slavery persists in every part...
Jul 02, 2023•21 min
For theologian and Bible scholar Dr. Alex McFarland, there is no separating America's Constitution from the Bible. Where does the right to life and liberty come from? From Buddha? No. From the pagan god of Ekron? No. How about from ourselves? No! The only worldview that provides a framework for those basic rights is in the Bible. There's a lot of debate over whether America is a Christian nation. For McFarland, there is no question that our U.S. Constitution is founded on biblical principles. Li...
Jun 25, 2023•33 min
Author Nancy Pearcey says the problem with our view of manhood today is that "There are two competing scripts for masculinity." They are the God Man vs the Real Man. The Bible says men are made in God's image, as are women. And that men's unique masculine strengths are not given to them just to get whatever they want, but to provide, protect and take care of the people they love. So where did the idea infiltrate culture that masculinity is toxic? The irony is that the secular view of masculinity...
Jun 18, 2023•46 min
As many prepare to celebrate their dads on Father's Day (June 18), statistics show there's a huge problem of fatherlessness in the country. According to a report, 39 percent of students in the United States, from the first grade to their senior year of high school, do not have a father at home. And fatherlessness is the cause of several other social issues like crime. 85 percent of youth who are currently in prison grew up in a fatherless home. But it can also lead to drug addiction, depression,...
Jun 11, 2023•36 min
Abraham Hamilton III, the General Consul and Public Policy Analyst for the American Family Association, homeschools his children. It's not because of any recent objections, but because he says public schools were created for the purpose of evangelizing children into the church of humanism. When parents point to indoctrination by public schools today, Hamilton says the reason is far more foundational than most people understand. He says, "We did not just arrive here accidentally. It has been the ...
Jun 04, 2023•34 min
FOX News Correspondent Benjamin Hall is grateful to be alive, grateful to have survived a bomb blast, while still mourning the deaths of the four others traveling in the vehicle with him covering the war in Ukraine. But there is something he's sure of: he was saved by an angel, a messenger from God. Millions of people know the harrowing story of Hall's recovery from the attack. His book "Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make it Home," recounts the details of the attack on March 14, 2022. And w...
May 28, 2023•47 min
Recent polls showing how many Generation Z adults believe Jesus was NOT sinless, shows the chasm between real theological knowledge and what the secular culture is preaching. This is a problem. So, what's a Christian supposed to do when faced with erroneous, and often heretical beliefs about their faith? Learn the core beliefs and learn them well. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Dr. Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Dallas Church, talks about how "Christians are refusi...
May 21, 2023•35 min
This the last podcast I did with Dr. Timothy Keller who passed away on Friday May 19, 2023, after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 72. It is with such a heavy heart that I think of him this day and this last podcast. He was my pastor and my mentor. He influenced millions through the ministry at Redeemer Presbyterian Church and his books. He brought untold numbers of people to Christ. For me I know there would be no Lighthouse Faith podcast without Tim Keller, because there would be no Lighthou...
May 20, 2023•39 min
It is the site where Moses first saw the burning bush, where God commanded him to tell Pharoah, "Let my people go!" It is where the Israelites traveled to after being freed from slavery in Egypt, by God's Holy hand, and where He gave them His law, The Ten Commandments. Mount Sinai is a critical and monumental part of the redemptive narrative in the Bible. And yet archeologists have not definitively pinpointed its exact location. St. Catherine's Eastern Orthodox Monastery is built in the Sinai Pe...
May 14, 2023•38 min
If you're not exactly sure what Christian Nationalism is, just keep watching or reading mainstream media outlets and you'll learn a lot of negative things about it, and by default, Christianity. What's clear is that it's a term meant to evoke fear and loathing. In fact, the majority of people who've heard of Christian Nationalism see it as something negative. Why is that? Because it's primarily a term liberals wield in order to marginalize conservative Christians who are pro-life, support tradit...
May 07, 2023•36 min
While Disney is embroiled in the culture wars and litigation with the state of Florida, another entertainment alternative is coming into its own; one that holds to the foundational faith values that built America, perhaps the values the Disney brand used to have. It's called The Logos Theater. And it's not just stage productions, but also a film studio and a conservatory that's part of its umbrella organization, The Academy of the Arts based in Taylor, South Carolina. Logos is Greek for 'Word'. ...
Apr 30, 2023•43 min
No disrespect to the Pew organization, but Reverend Samuel Rodriguez insists its numbers don't tell the whole story. Pew recently released its survey on the changing faith of Hispanics in the nation, the largest minority group in the United States. As of 2022, Pew shows that 43 percent of adults identify as Catholic, a drop of 24 percent from 2010. And the number of religiously unaffiliated rose to 30 percent, up from 10 percent in 2010. What's going on here? Rodriguez, the president of the Nati...
Apr 23, 2023•39 min
The increased attacks on churches and Christians are just the latest chapters in a long narrative of Christian persecution. While the Roman Empire brutally tortured, maimed and slaughtered the first Christian believers, Christians today are being maligned and massacred for much the same reason, because they will not renounce their faith in Jesus Christ. Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world today, with a third of the 2.5 billion Christians living in dangerous conditions. Even...
Apr 16, 2023•40 min
Holy Week is the most sacred time in Christianity. Palm Sunday to the victory of Easter seven days later, is what defines the faith. There is no Christian religion without the resurrection of Jesus. And there is no resurrection without His crucifixion, and no crucifixion without understanding why, just a few days before his arrest, Jesus was hailed as a hero when he entered Jerusalem with throngs waving palms and shouting hosannahs. Biblical scholar Dr. Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou, says what ...
Apr 09, 2023•1 hr 4 min
