Stand Up For The Truth Podcast

On today’s edition of SUFTT, we review what it means to be a Berean, as outlined in Acts 17. When Paul was preaching Christ to the Thessalonian Jews, he also had the attention of the Greeks in attendance at the synagogue. Greeks often attended in those early days of the church because they weren’t interested in the rampant paganism, but opted instead to hear about the Jewish Messiah. While the Jews weren’t interested in having their traditional boat rocked, the Greeks of Berea were considered more noble because they were critical thinkers and sought to search the Old Testament daily to see if what Paul said was true, and many got saved. Today we use that context to talk about the ways the church must be Bereans as well – critical thinkers – when it comes to understanding and believing God about Israel and about prophecy. Churches that don’t teach prophecy, which permeates both old and New Testament, are not being Bereans. The challenge to filter everything we hear, every day by the Word of God may require time and diligence but it is of the utmost importance.

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Mary welcomes Brannon Hollingsworth of Brainy Pixel Productions to talk about creativity – “In the beginning God created…” and how it reflects Him and His glory revealed in us. Brainy Pixel is a Christian Animation and Production company responsible for the creation of or the production for brands such as TAGLife, Cubekins, Molly’s Memory Verse, Lily’s Lab, Righteous Warriors, Blissview, Chronicles of Faith, and many more. He’s been blessed to work with amazing Christian ministries and organizations such as Answers In Genesis, Angel Studios, Got Questions, Covenant Eyes, The Academy of Arts, Creator Films, All Things Possible Ministries and others. Brannon is a Christ-centered creator who strives to use his gifts, skills, talents, and abilities for God’s glory and to make disciples, regardless if he is writing, producing, directing, or highlighting what other amazing Christian creatives are doing. So, who is Bezalel? Let’s find out together on this edition of SUFTT.

 

 

 

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[From June 10, 2025] Mary welcomes back Olivier Melnick to discuss the new normal: antisemitism. He is a Jewish believer in Jesus from France, the son of Holocaust survivors, whose maternal grandfather was killed by the Nazis. Olivier is an internationally known speaker on antisemitism. He holds a BA from Moody Bible Institute and a masters from Dallas Theological Seminary, and has been equipping believers to understand and fight antisemitism since 2000. The ramping up of antisemitism is a complete surprise to some, it’s not that long ago that they were the target of genocide during WW2, and if anyone alive has a parent who fought in that war, the connection is still strong. So why now? How are things different? Today we talk about the stages of normalization from his book, “The Normalization of Antisemitism”. World leaders are not so subtly being drawn into this hate as the world turns their back on Israel. Words matter. Words turn to violence. Even our neighbor to the north is being drawn in. Israel can do nothing right, so they might as well do what they are going to do to stave off the end of the west through violence, immigration, and Islam.

 

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Mary welcomes back author, prophecy student and researcher Scott Townsend to talk about the converging and stage setting that is exploding, intensely, all around us. Maybe alien disclosure conversation is uncomfortable but there is value to at least enter the chat on some level because the world is talking about it, and in terms of the church no less. What does a Hollywood director understand about the church? Not much it turns out. Something big is coming nevertheless, and we need to be ready as a church, and as individuals. What does that look like, and will we be so exhausted by nonsensical headlines that we miss the forest for the trees? We also talk about Ai and since it is blazing out of control, how can we work with it, go around it, and in general not fear it? A full hour of free-range chat with a thoughtful prophecy student.

 

 

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Mary welcomes back John Haller to get a glimpse of where his depth of research has him this week. While it seems that things are raging out of control on many fronts — there’s no reason to believe that is not absolutely true. Turkey: are they saying they are technically at war with Israel? This week brings us a sound byte that says they want to control Jerusalem; another says that Israel is destabilizing the entire region. They sure have a lot to say about everything and we wonder how much of it is even true. As to who is friends with whom and who is an enemy in the region among Russia, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon, it is difficult to say.  We also talk about Ai backlash – I call it a summer “Hate Wave” – what is really going on behind the scenes? Have people had enough of these oligarchs running their future? Data Clouds: what are those, and why.  Massive amounts of money are being thrown around among competitors for cloud data but maybe they are all on the same side.  People are feeling like it is out of control on a massive scale, and the church has stopped caring or discerning.  Will there be fuel shortages this summer? Warnings are out there that by mid July there could be rationing. Then there is Iran: why is it no one can follow what is going on? Are all the confusing headlines by design, and why does it seem Trump doesn’t even have a handle on it? Today’s edition of SUFTT is an attempt to bring order to global chaos. Is it possible?

 

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