Stand Up For The Truth Podcast

Mary welcomes JB Hixson back to the podcast to talk about how Christianese often ventures into platitudes and fridge magnets, and from time to time, just absolute contextual disasters. Back in 2016, a book was published about things Jesus “never said”, followed by a raft of memes that were alternately funny and cringe-worthy. And unfortunately, even these, without discernment, are all over the doctrinal map. What’s to keep the publisher from releasing “Things Jesus Never Said: Cult Edition”? Instead, we look at some sayings that just don’t make the cut of biblical truth. Does God help those who help themselves? Is all truth God’s truth? Then we look at the Hallmark-card-friendly Jeremiah 29:11 and 2 Chronicles 7:14, checking into the context of 2 passages that are constantly misapplied. We might just challenge some long held presumptions today.

Here’s some of what we tackled:

1. “You’ve got to wear your Sunday best.”

2. “Go into all the world and twist the Scriptures so no one is offended.”

3. “If you don’t like the church I established, just make up your own.”

4. “God helps those who help themselves.”

5. “You make your own luck.”

6. “You make your own opportunities.”

7. “Opportunity doesn’t come knocking. You have to go looking for it.”

8. “All truth is God’s truth.”

9. “God’s truth is all truth.”

10. “If it works, it must be true.”

11. “Live your truth.”

12. “The bigger the church, the more popular it is, the more it must be doing things right.”

13. “This too shall pass.”

14. “Love the sinner, hate the sin.”

15. “Haters are gonna hate.”

16. “All things work together for good.”

17. “God will not give you more than you can handle.”

18. “Share the Gospel, and if necessary, use words.”

19. “My life models the Gospel.”

20. “Just watch me and you’ll get saved.”

21. “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you.”

22. “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

23. “Judge not, lest you be judged.”

24. “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.”

25. “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray, I will heal their land.”

26. “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.”

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Mary welcomes back filmmakers Mark and Amber Archer to discuss their 5th documentary film, “Principalities: Doctrines of Demons”.  It examines the spiritual warfare behind the cultural, educational, political and ideological battles we are witnessing today. Through firsthand testimony, interviews, and primary-source footage, they examine competing doctrines and worldviews, particularly their influence on children, families, the Church, and society. What a lot of us in the west fail to grasp is that what we see in this world, the architecture and infrastructure of politics, fame, societal issues and culture, has as it’s underpinning spiritual values; a worldview. The kingdom of Light vs the kingdom of darkness – and the spoils are the souls of men. This goes on unabated, around the clock, whether we perceive it or not. So where is the front line of the battle? Our kids, our doctrine, our discernment, our biblical literacy, our vigilance. A great hour of encouragement to stay in the war, so much is at stake in this late hour.

 

 

 

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Some of our listeners might remember the intro to the black-and-white classic, “Outer Limits”, in which the narrator told the viewer that what you are seeing, while bizarre, does not indicate a problem with the messenger, that big old console television “set”. But rather, an outside force that exists independently from your moderated TV reality is doing things you might not understand. And truly, 60 years later, there are things going on that the average person does NOT understand. And that TV set will not help them.  Only true spiritual light from the Holy Spirit will brighten our path and our understanding. As believers, we not only should have a basic grasp of events, but even the knowledge of how they all fit together. Now is not the time for a normality bias, but to understand our world –  that is headed for judgment. On today’s headlines podcast, we talk about a first time ever religious gathering of all religions of the world. There have been many such confabs claiming to unite the world, but not quite like this one. We also look at the unhinged conversation that the Mayor of Seattle had with any scoffers who might listen in, that the Jews and Christians – and technocrats – are going to bring us all kicking and screaming into Armageddon. Another topic: Elon Musk and his ancestral technocratic dreams. And speaking of unhinged, El Sayed wants to ban any Sharia bans in America. Fun times.

 

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Mary welcomes back Alex Newman to talk about keeping the faith when it comes to encroaching legal double standards.  First we look at the Maine court case in which a mom is being cut off from any rights to allow her daughter to be raised with biblical standards and a biblical worldview. The 13 year old daughter, who is a believer, is at the center of a case in which the father, an atheist, has forced a court decision to disallow any bible reading or church attendance when she is with her mother.  The court has been very careful to hide their bias by saying it’s about co-parenting “successfully”, awarding the father sole authority in the daughter’s spiritual upbringing, meaning, none. What about mom’s rights? Then we look at the new California mandate that would force churches to provide employees with “Anti-Hate Speech Training” and yet another encroachment into church’s rights. Then we address the September Lifeway poll that says that while most Christians they polled feel they can confidently defend the biblical worldview, a full third of those polled said that parts of the bible can also be considered “obsolete” as the culture changes, and in particular, and half of the Zoomers think this is acceptable. Does anyone have a high view of Scripture anymore? The bible warns us in anticipation of this slide to not be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.  And finally, midterms: El Sayed, candidate for Michigan US Senator, is trying to shut down proposed nationwide bans on Sharia by claiming these efforts constitute “White Supremacy”. So, if the daughter of the Maine father was Muslim and attending a mosque, would any of this matter to Maine? Or Michigan? Show your work.

 

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Mary welcomes back apologist and author Chris Lawson to talk about a subject both had hoped would never come up again: the phenomenally successful The Shack. William Paul Young has done it again in publishing a sequel to his 25 million selling book that was never intended to go into the Christian book market. The new book, “Return to the Shack” must be vetted as thoroughly as the original. Problem is, the original was largely swallowed hook, line and sinker, much to the detriment of the church. The original was very much a Kodak moment in the church already. So what’s new if anything in this 2026 model? We talk about his theology, the doubling down of his unorthodox New Age flavored universalism, and look at how the church can take a stand against such postmodern, heretical drivel. Chris has written several outstanding booklets for Lighthouse Trails Research as well, and you can find those here.

 

 

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