J. Warner Wallace and his son Jimmy Wallace join the podcast to talk about their new graphic novel called: Case Files: Murder and Meaning. We discuss the role of creativity in apologetics and communicating a Christian worldview through compelling art. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: GOOD RANCHERS Good Meat Delivered Go to www.goodranchers.com/alisa for more information. Use my code: ALISA FOUNDATION WORLDVIEW Foundation Worldview cre...
Apr 10, 2025•51 min
Should Christians advocate for the complete abolition of abortion or try to pass bills that bring incremental change? Should abortion be criminalized? What is the difference between pro-life and abolition? Can the two work together? My friend and Director of Alliance Family Services, Ginna Cross joins the podcast to talk about her change of mind from being broadly pro-life to advocating for the complete abolition of abortion. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thi...
Apr 06, 2025•53 min
What if your great-grandmother consulted a medium? What if your father is an addict? What if your mother had mental health issues? What if someone in your ancestry practiced witchcraft? In episode four of our series on deliverance ministry, we discuss the claim that Christians can have generational curses, and see what Scripture says. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: SEVEN WEEKS COFFEE Taste the Coffee that is Saving Lives. Go to www....
Apr 03, 2025•2 hr 30 min
In episode three of our series on deliverance ministry, we dive into the question of what is going on in other countries. As we've challenged the paradigm of deliverance ministry, many commenters have suggested that my guests and I might not understand the true nature of deliverance because we live in America. But what about the idea that there is a heightened experience of demonic activity in other countries? Do Christians outside of the influence of the West need access to different teachings ...
Mar 30, 2025•1 hr 29 min
I'm joined today by my Pastor, John Joseph. Pastor John shares his story of growing up in Maryland in a nominal Catholic home, then pursuing a life of promiscuity, partying, drugs, alcohol, and drug dealing. John shares about how God led him to study apologetics, which convinced him that Christianity is true, which led him to discover the gospel, repent, and believe. He has a heart for the skeptic and the sufferer and I'm so excited to share his powerful story with you! -------------------------...
Mar 23, 2025•1 hr 11 min
In this video, I talk about the danger of anti-intellectualism, which can keep you from understanding your Bible and from living a vibrant Christian life. I also discuss the history of anti-intellectualism, and how it has led to several false movements and cults throughout Christian history. I also respond to some of the comments left under the videos of my current series that questions the concept of modern deliverance ministry from a biblical lens. ---------------------------------------------...
Mar 20, 2025•53 min
In today's episode, I interview my Pastor of the last 8 years! We talk about how he shepherded my family through the spiritual abuse and church hurt that left us nervous about attending church. We also discuss how he handled the choppy cultural waters of 2020 that gave us a global pandemic and racial unrest. He also shares some principles that help keep other pastors under his leadership on track theologically, and how to build healthy church environments. ---------------------------------------...
Mar 16, 2025•1 hr
In part two of our series on deliverance ministry, we discuss the Greek word daimonizomai, which many deliverance ministers translate as "demonization." We ask whether or not the Bible teaches that Christians can be demonized and what Scripture teaches about how Christians should interact with the demonic. We discuss several Scripture passages that mention binding, loosing, and binding the "strongman," and ask what they mean. Then we discuss the concept of "legal rights," and see what the Bible ...
Mar 09, 2025•3 hr 32 min
Thaddeus Williams joins the podcast to talk about how getting to know God in his word will lead to a much deeper experience of joy and true happiness. This episode is perfect for the Christian who is seeking a deeper relationship with God and a more profound experience of the joy we can find only when we truly live out our purpose, which is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. We also discuss how having a proper understanding of God is essential for true worship. Revering God: https://www.amazo...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 4 min
In the first episode of our new Pastor series, Jonny Ardavanis, Pastor of Stonebridge Bible Church in Brentwood, TN joins to talk about finding peace in a world filled with distractions, financial pressures, political stress, cultural upheaval, and social media hysteria. Jonny talks about how Christians can approach the topic of anxiety from a biblical worldview and turns our focus onto the nature and character of God, who is our strength and peace. ----------------------------------------------...
Mar 02, 2025•1 hr 8 min
In today's podcast, Alisa shares some insights from Elisabeth Elliot's Through Gates of Splendor, and give some practical tips on how to spot if your favorite influencer, teacher, or leader is leaning toward progressive Christianity. Plus, she shares some important info about what it means to make the Bible your authority. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: GOOD RANCHERS Good Meat Delivered Go to www.goodranchers.com/alisa for more info...
Feb 27, 2025•52 min
Dr. Erwin Lutzer joins the podcast to talk about his new best-selling book, The Eclipse of God. In this encouraging conversation, we discuss culture, the culture war, and the very real spiritual battle Christians are in. Dr. Lutzer touches on topics like speaking truth in love, living faithfully in a culture of distractions, and what to do when culture brings the war to our doorsteps. He also shares some history about the corrosive influence of Darwin, Freud, and Marx. --------------------------...
Feb 23, 2025•55 min
Many churches today practice deliverance ministry, which seeks to free people from the oppression and possession of demonic spirits and influence. Deliverance can involve practices like prayer, naming and binding demons, breaking generational curses, taking authority over spirits, and identifying sin patterns that (according to deliverance ministers) give demons "legal rights" to oppress or demonize believers. In this new multi-part series, I'm joined by Doug Geivett and Richard Howe to pose som...
Feb 16, 2025•2 hr 48 min
Former public school teacher Shanda Fulbright joins the podcast to talk about how each Christian parent can navigate the cultural challenges their kids will encounter whether they choose to send them to public school, private school, or homeschool. We talk through practical ways parents can disciple their kids with a biblical worldview in each stage of development. Plus, Shanda is teaching a course for 7th-9th graders on apologetics that includes the foundation of truth and Christianity, as well...
Feb 13, 2025•50 min
Jinger Duggar Vuolo joins the podcast to talk about how important it is to fear God over man, and how "people-pleasing" can harm relationships, silence truth, and cause mission drift. She shares her story of growing up on TV, breaking free from the false teachings of Bill Gothard, and ultimately overcoming people-pleasing to speak out against these doctrines. She speaks about navigating conflict, applying the Bible to everyday situations, and what it has cost her to fear God over man. ----------...
Feb 09, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Can you defend the inerrancy of Scripture? What do we mean when we say the Bible is inspired by God? Maybe you've heard that the Bible contains the word of God, or that it becomes the word of God, or that the Bible's concepts are the word of God. In today's podcast, I hope to show that the Bible, in its entirety, IS the Word of God. We talk through different views of biblical inspiration, and discuss the philosophical argument for inerrancy. ------------------------------------------------------...
Feb 06, 2025•45 min
Natasha Crain joins the podcast to discuss her new book, "When Culture Hates You: Persevering for the Common Good as Christians in a Hostile Public Square." In this episode, we discuss the radical shift in culture since 2020 and how many Christians are now divided on how to engage with culture and politics. We cover topics such as social justice narratives, Christian nationalism, the biblical principles surrounding government, and moral issues such as abortion and gender ideology. Natasha also g...
Feb 02, 2025•56 min
Dave Stovall, former guitar player for Audio Adrenaline and Wavorly joins the podcast to talk about how he began to deconstruct while touring in contemporary Christian music. His deconstruction took him into progressive Christianity, where he found himself befriended by a local pastor. They began to study the Bible together, and Dave began his journey back into the historic Christian faith. Today he is a husband, dad, and local worship leader. Dave shares his story and offers some key insights i...
Jan 26, 2025•1 hr 18 min
In today's podcast, I offer some commentary about the recent discussion on YouTube between Sean McDowell and Preston Sprinkle. I thought Sean did a great job asking the right questions and pushing back in the right places, but thought I'd offer some additional commentary regarding the blurry language that is often used in "Side B Christianity."
Jan 23, 2025•17 min
Social and Emotional Learning is a widespread process that’s implemented in public schools, and in many Christian schools. It’s a positive-sounding phrase that describes a process that claims to help people develop healthy identities, manage their emotions, establish supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions. That all sounds great, but in today’s episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz joins the podcast to shine light on the dark side of this seemingly neutral tool that employs t...
Jan 19, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Melissa Dougherty joins the show to talk about how a widely practiced but little known movement called "New Thought" has influenced everything from the Word of Faith Movement to the Seeker Sensitive Movement to the Self-Help Industry to Progressive Christianity. Melissa spent years ascribing to various New Thought beliefs and practices such as positive affirmations, the power of positive thinking, manifesting, Christ consciousness, visualization, and believing that the vibrations and frequencies...
Jan 12, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Join me LIVE for the first podcast of 2025 where I will unpack the top 7 unbiblical teachings that I see influencing the Evangelical church. Discerning the times can be difficult given the many deceptions and errors that are proliferating in books, podcasts, and social media. Many of these errors are quite subtle, but thankfully, God has given us His Word to help guide us through! Let’s go to Scripture together as we discuss some of these ideas and apply common sense, reason, and biblical truth....
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 17 min
During my Sabbatical, I wanted to post some short podcasts that only reached a limited number of people several years ago. They are short answers to tough apologetics and theological questions. I hope you enjoy. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: GOOD RANCHERS Good Meat Delivered Go to www.goodranchers.com/alisa for more information. Use my code: ALISA SEVEN WEEKS COFFEE Taste the Coffee that...
Dec 29, 2024•10 min
During my Sabbatical, I wanted to post some short podcasts that only reached a limited number of people several years ago. They are short answers to tough apologetics and theological questions. I hope you enjoy. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: GOOD RANCHERS Good Meat Delivered Go to www.goodranchers.com/alisa for more information. Use my code: ALISA SEVEN WEEKS COFFEE Taste the Coffee that...
Dec 22, 2024•12 min
During my Sabbatical, I wanted to post some short podcasts that only reached a limited number of people several years ago. They are short answers to tough apologetics and theological questions. I hope you enjoy. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: GOOD RANCHERS Good Meat Delivered Go to www.goodranchers.com/alisa for more information. Use my code: ALISA SEVEN WEEKS COFFEE Taste the Coffee that...
Dec 15, 2024•10 min
During my Sabbatical, I wanted to post some short podcasts that only reached a limited number of people several years ago. They are short answers to tough apologetics and theological questions. I hope you enjoy. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: GOOD RANCHERS Good Meat Delivered Go to www.goodranchers.com/alisa for more information. Use my code: ALISA SEVEN WEEKS COFFEE Taste the Coffee that...
Dec 08, 2024•10 min
During my Sabbatical, I wanted to post some short podcasts that only reached a limited number of people several years ago. They are short answers to tough apologetics and theological questions. I hope you enjoy. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: GOOD RANCHERS Good Meat Delivered Go to www.goodranchers.com/alisa for more information. Use my code: ALISA SEVEN WEEKS COFFEE Taste the Coffee that...
Dec 01, 2024•10 min
Dr. Doug Groothius joins the podcast to talk about the influence of Blaise Pascal who is famous for coming up with “Pascal’s Wager.” We talk about the importance of church history, and how many of the ideas and questions posed by progressive Christianity have already been thought through and dealt with. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This video is sponsored by: A'DEL NATURAL COSMETICS A family run business providing clean, high-end, natural, handcrafted, toxin...
Nov 24, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Should Christians be okay with abortion only in the cases of incest or rape? Today’s guest is living proof that God can bring beauty, redemption, and healing in even the most dire circumstances. Ryan Bomberger was conceived in rape, but was adopted by loving Christian parents. Ryan is a passionate and courageous voice for the pro-life cause, and in today’s podcast he and his lovely wife Bethany bring clarity to what it means to be pro-life. Bethany shares her own story of choosing life, and how ...
Nov 17, 2024•1 hr 4 min
I recently received a question from someone hoping to minister to a friend who was raised Christian and had a great family. Lately, she's questioning the sexual ethic of her faith tradition. Her friend wonders if this is coming from progressive Christianity, but doesn’t know how to spot it. In today’s podcast, I do my best to help navigate the murky waters of what progressive Christianity is, and how Christians can engage their doubts and question their faith tradition without abandoning the his...
Nov 14, 2024•27 min
