Author: John

  • A Message To Pastors & Church Leaders

    In this episode, Mark shares his personal journey where he was questioning the if the founding was biblically justifiable, and through years of study came to appreciate the founding was not only biblical, but that active Christian citizenship is the responsibility of every sincere Christian in the communities and nations in which they left.  This…

  • Is Deportation Immoral?

    One of President Trumps hallmark policies will be to secure the southern border and begin deporting those here illegally. The plan is to start with the thousands of criminals here committing crimes, but the question will be, should we deport those who are not criminals – especially if it means separating families? Many in the…

  • Can We Make America Great Again By Just Focusing On Policy?

    Trump won the election handedly and is now aggressively moving to enact the policies he ran on to make American Great again. But can we return America to our founding principles focusing on policy alone? In this episode Mark explains how Christians must make the case for a return to patriotism by pointing our follow…

  • What The 2024 Election Is Really About

    The 2024 election is nearly over with each side making their closing arguments. The patriotic republicans are saying the issue is bad policy and the progressive democrats are saying it is about Donald Trump – both are incorrect. The issue at stake this election cycle is over our American identity. In this episode, Mark summarizes…

  • Disagreement Within The Church

    The overwhelming majority of the modern evangelical church believes they should not engage in politics, but there are a handful of pastors who see citizenship as a duty. In this episode Mark explains why this is the case and why this division between pastors is not a new phenomenon in America.

  • Getting Excited Over Politics

    Should Christians get excited over politics or favorable political outcomes? Modern day pastors often besmirch believers who get excited about an election or political leader asserting they are spiritually immature, but in this episode, Mark explains how it is these leaders who are spiritually deficient.

  • The Tale Of Two 2024 Election Sermons

    Should pastors give election sermons ahead American elections? And if Yes, what should they talk about? In this episode, Mark compares two messages given this past month ahead of the 2024 election.

  • The Difference Between Today’s Church And The German Church Of The 1930s

    The modern evangelical church has been largely silent and disengaged in the political arena. Today’s church is following the same pattern as the German church in the 1930’s. In this episode, Mark shares how after WWII, the German church made a remarkable admission of guilt, that unfortunately came to late.

  • Evangelism Through Justice

    One of the reasons pastors in the modern church give for not engaging in politics is that it hurts evangelism. In this episode, Mark explains how pastors have this completely backwards and are actually missing out on a massive evangelistic opportunity.

  • DNC – Policy Cover-Up And Sowing Division

    The DNC recently held its national convention – What should Christians take away from what was said? In this episode, Mark focuses on two things Proverbs 6:19 says God hates – a lying tongue and a person who sows division.