Stand Up For The Truth Podcast

[Original airdate: 8/6/24] Mary chats with Holly Varnum of Reasons for Hope in her role as Director of Curriculum Development, writer, editor and proofreader. With a new school year looming, once again we turn our thoughts to how to best educate our kids, in the way that they should go - as individuals made in God's image, male and female. Holly has a love of teaching truth and having a strong biblical worldview. In these times of gender homogenization, what are the hard-wired differences in the brains of men and women? How does acknowledging and living out these differences bring glory to God? Holly has some fascinating insights into our God-given traits and physical characteristics that originate in the brain. In particular, we look at how we learn differently and to celebrate the differences, while the world tries its best to erase them. Thought provoking, mind altering topic! Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

Dr. JB Hixson Mary welcomes back JB Hixson as we tackle the biblical topic of wisdom, something the world could certainly use a lot more of. Isaiah 33:6 tells us, "Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, and the strength of salvation. The fear of the Lord is His treasure." Instability and chaos are not the product of wisdom, something that resides with God and is given to His people who desire it. Wisdom was present in creation, before anything was made. Solomon asked for wisdom and it was said that he was the wisest man who ever lived, and yet there was a huge disconnect and he did not finish well. When God gives us wisdom, what do we do with it? We are free moral agents and can accept or reject any of it. But when we desire to be wise and act wisely, we are a blessing, preserved and stable for those around us. The Bible has much to say on this topic in both testaments. The world may see us as fools for Jesus, but we know where we are headed when our days are accomplished, and so we seek to persuade men.     Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

[Original airdate: 6/28/24] We welcome back Kyle Peart and Flynn Huseby of Once Lost Ministries, apologists and evangelists who work tirelessly to bring truth and clarity to those caught up in false teaching. Today we discuss the Catholic faith and the various aspects that are unscriptural: Tradition, relics, sacraments, purgatory, and veneration of Mary. With all the religious aspects, extra-biblical focus and gospel of good works, how is it that a Catholic can never be assured of salvation? There is a lot of busy-ness, as in all religions, but none of it ever seems to produce the fruit of repentance and a biblical understanding of the new birth. We also discuss the ecumenical bent that has long been part of this huge denomination but we have to ask ourselves, to what end? Dominionism, or something more sneaky - the desire to bring all Protestants "home to Rome". A thoughtful discussion that will hopefully open eyes to the vanity of religiousity. Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

Mary talks with Linda Harvey today of Mission America, a ministry that has always been on the cutting edge of teaching and warning about those things that would destroy the faith of our kids - the lies and the identities that the world says should be important to them. Young people have always been on a search to "find themselves" - more overtly since the 1960s but really, every young person wants to find their place in this world. The devil is always on hand to get them at a critical point in their lives to steer them far from a biblical, Judeo/Christian worldview. This is easily revealed by a simple glance at a public school calendar as the woke agenda pushes LGBTQ and trans awareness days and months on students, and in the SEL agenda. In this installment of Stand Up, we emphasize how to model and teach a real faith, a biblical faith - not their parents' faith but their very own rock solid, biblical faith, by rejecting the paganism the kids are exposed to daily; how to tune out all the crazy lifestyle propaganda and reject the falsehoods. Mom and Dad, God has no grandchildren. Make sure you take them from holding on to your hand, to leading them safely into the Fathers' arms by the power of the Holy Spirit.     Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

On today's headline day we look at the trajectory of antisemitism around the world. It seemed to have taken a bit of a break during the election cycle but nothing has, or will change, the current direction of antisemitism and it will get worse and worse, a tragedy and a pox upon humanity. From Amsterdam to Belgium, from sea to shining sea in the US, here we go again. And we will speak up about it and we will defend Israel with all we have because it represents the heart of God. And yet "evangelical" churches choose the wrong side in so many churches. Then we look at speaking up about bible prophecy, a great evangelical tool that again, many churches refuse to teach or speak up about. Afraid to mention the rapture? You are not alone because more than ever, you will get an eye-roll followed by a denunciation of some historical sort. And the pulpits are silent on yet again another thing. Headlines and more on today's Stand Up for the Truth, speaking the truth about as many things as we can, of import to the church.   Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

[Original airdate 6/4/24] Mary chats with author and apologist team Richard and Linda Nathan, who met in San Francisco in 1962, lived through the Sixties, and spent many years together in New Age mysticism before becoming Christians in 1976. Since then, they have taught numerous seminars and classes on discerning our times. They have authored the Omega Point Series of books, Lighthouse Trails booklets “The Cross and the Marijuana Leaf” and “Psychedelic Seduction: Drugging the World and the Church” which we explore in depth today, and have contributed a chapter in the Lighthouse book “A New Narrative for a New World”, a glossary of New Age Terms”. We take on as much as we can in an hour, from the culture of Big Pot which is bigger than ever - and creeping into the church at large. What is THC, CBD and what alarm bells should be going off? An endless source of "boomer humor", pot today bears little resemblance to the '50s-'70s version. We also discuss psychedelics, particularly the "plant-based" type that is so hip these days, but is the same old illicit drug that destroys minds and hearts, no matter what the celebrity sports figures say.   Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

Today, Mary Danielsen talks with Pastor Jeff Solwold of Calvary Chapel of Madison. Jeff's teaching ministry, Upward Call, is a thorough, edifying systematic look at the Scriptures with fresh and encouraging insights to help the listener draw ever closer to the Saviour. Today we look at the role of the pastor, the definition of which is all too often taken from a file drawer job description, or - heaven forbid - an example gleaned from a YouTube channel focused on modern day methodology, often devoid of the Holy Spirit. We understand from Acts 20:28,"Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood." In other words, give attention to and devote thought to, leading like a shepherd - those God has put in your charge, because this flock of yours was purchased with the blood of Jesus. A sobering charge from Paul that pop culture pastors among us should, well, give heed to.   Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

[Original airdate: 4/2/24] Mary Danielsen talks with Mike Gendron and ministering to those who are held captive by religious duty and obligation, things that have no effect in remediating the sin that we are all born with. Mike takes no hostages as he delineates those issues such as good works, baptismal regeneration, and the bedrock issues that Roman Catholics have with the inerrancy of God's Word. We will talk about religious zeal without knowledge and the numbness of heart and soul that results in false hope and being inoculated to the truth.  Mike was a devout Roman Catholic for over 30 years, but that changed in 1981 while attending an evangelical seminar when he realized the Bible is the supreme authority for knowing truth. Proclaiming the Gospel has developed many resources to equip and encourage Christians to be effective witnesses to Roman Catholics.   Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

Today we welcome back speaker, author, apologist Jay Seegert of The Starting Point Project. Jay speaks to audiences on the evidence for the existence of God, evidence for the inerrancy and Divine inspiration of the Bible, worldviews and our “starting point”; creation vs. evolution, and the ongoing Bible vs. science controversy. In this podcast we chat about the many issues and challenges we continue to face as the worldviews of biblical Christianity and secular humanism clash daily. Is the church prepared for these challenges, and if not, why not? We can always study more of course, but do we prioritize it? How can we do better as we see 2024 wind down, post-election? Of course there are spiritual attacks on our own lives, distracting us from the task at hand. Is it possible to be fluent in prophecy? Cult apologetics? A conversation about all the issues and how to better "apologize" for our faith.     Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

Mary welcomes back Elijah Abraham, pastor, evangelist and speaker who tirelessly sounds the alarm about the Islamic threat to the church and the world. Today we catch up with his extensive travels to the Eastern hemisphere to spread the gospel and equip pastors to combat the threat of Islam both politically and spiritually. His unique testimony is used by God to show Americans it's getting awfully late on the clock to wake up to the Islamic threat here, there, and everywhere. We discuss his latest travels and how the Lord is working overseas via the gospel. Then we discuss the encroaching Islamization of Europe, particularly in the UK and France, Birmingham and Strasbourg, respectively. An eye-opening hour that might give the church something to ponder when it comes to fear and naivete on a global level.   Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

[Original airdate 5/30/24] Mary Danielsen chats with Patrick Wood on the Trilateral Commission and it's 40+ year run in planning the future of the world, the one you and I have to suffer through for now. At first, they were the subject of conspiracy theories, today they carry on boldly,  using tech as their weapon of choice to usher in the end game of a New World Order, a phrase first mumbled out loud by George W. Bush. The changes in the world are tectonic, thanks to the Sam Altman types who really think it's all just a game, but a prison planet - cashless and inescapable - is coming soon. Oh wait - it's here. A packed hour talking about the darker parts of the last days, climate change, and how to endure just a little bit longer.   Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

Here on Election Day USA we once again as a ministry whole remind the listener that elections have consequences that stretch far into the future. Until we go home to be with Jesus, we must live and do ministry in this world, under some sort of leadership. What will it be America? What will it be, church? We trust God with the outcome, of course - but we have civic responsibilities to uphold. So, a brief look today at the election regarding voting machine integrity. Then we go on to talking about the wider picture of Israel, that prophetic timepiece. Also discussed: a Russia/Iran military pact and how it will affect Israel; the world-changing recent BRICS summit and their closing Manifesto. What is BRICS and should we care in the West? A quick look at the dollar and how it is being weaponized by eastern nations, and then a look at censorship, and that elections have consequences far into the future, should the Lord tarry. Christian, this is the Home Stretch. Make it count.   Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

[Original airdate: 5/17/24] Mary Danielsen looks at yet another aspect of how multinational corporations and their "better living through science" mindset has continued to wreak havoc on the world. As if the origins of the inorganic chemical industry didn't bring enough grief - from 1854 right on up to Pfizer's Cov19 jab - they won't rest until they control the world's ability to produce enough food. It's amazing to consider the grace of God in providing for a world of billions - and all the food that is produced to accomplish just that. And yet the food is not unadulterated, as seen in the rising cost of keeping people healthy that seems to coincide with mass produced food. How did we get here? Monsanto is its name, now Bayer -  the company that gave us Zyklon-B gas for use in Nazi camps. It's a sin-sick world and today we connect some dots. "Big Farm" is here to stay. The original podcast with part 1 of this discussion on Big Pharma can be found here.   Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

Mary chats in studio with Robert Meyer, editorial writer for Renew America. Today we take the opportunity to use the full hour to talk about the election and some of the issues facing us collectively as a nation - and as a church in her temporary citizenship. Abortion tops the list, and we look at it from the perspective of the party that deems it the pivotal issue. Why exactly is the abortion demographic so important to the democrats? Half the voting public is women, but not women who are looking to kill their children. Why does the progressive party not get this? Then we chat about Trump and the fear and loathing he engenders on a scale that is wildly out of proportion. This election is, unfortunately, not about issues, but personalities, like a high school class election. Someone has to be the adult in the room, and it's not going to be the progressives. Finally we look at the subject of taxes and how that has to be on the front burner when it comes to what the voters do look at. Closing thoughts at the closing bell in America.   Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

Mary welcomes Dr. Danny Faulkner of Answers in Genesis to discuss the heavens and all that is in them. The Psalmist tells us that they declare the glory of God - and the God Who made them lives in the believer.  How can that not inspire awe all by itself? As a culture, going from the beginnings of the space race in the 1960s to today's complex telescopic arrays and the Hubble, we know more than ever about the heavens, vast and boundless. Looking up at the night sky, humans have been doing that from our own beginnings,  this connects us all across the millennia. Today we discuss astronomy, the science - what is it, how does it differ from other sciences? The Bible refers to the heavens over 700 times, so there should be no question as to how they came about, but the complexity, that's an endless subject. Auroras, nebula, galaxies and novas describe things and power far beyond our human comprehension. More glory than we can even consider, but we will try in this fascinating hour with Dr. Faulkner. Dr. Danny Faulkner holds an MS in physics from Clemson University, an MA and a PhD in astronomy from Indiana University, and he taught at the University of South Carolina—Lancaster for over 26 years. He has published over 100 papers in various journals. He works as a researcher, author, and speaker for Answers in Genesis. He also hosts Ark Encounter trips down to Red River Gorge (in eastern Kentucky), and Stargazer’s Nights (at the Johnson Observatory); he also hosts Astronomy Live programs, and “The Skies Proclaim His Handiwork” workshops at the Creation Museum. His books can be found here.     Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

Mary welcomes back Pastor and speaker Andy Woods to talk about all the ways Israel is in the news every day. From a replica of the Ark of the Covenant that's making headlines, to Iran and their vulnerability since Israel took out their defenses, there is always something going on over in the tiny nation.  It's very interesting that all eyes are over there even with the election cycle. We discuss Russia's contributions to Iran's defenses and how they might react to Israel taking down one of their most marketable weapons; Hezbollah's riches as Lebanon's expense; and the latest connections with Gog and Magog. Also discussed, Iran's spreading its proxy wings to Africa and where Turkey fits in. As for America, the Biden admin talks out of both sides of its mouth when it comes to supporting or shaming Israel; the election could certainly make things interesting on that front.     Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

[Original airdate: 6/13/24] Mary chats with Pastor and author Mike Abendroth who has written a 31 day devotional on how to allow God to shepherd us when we find ourselves suffering from chronic illness. The title alone is very freeing, and when we search the Scriptures, how much more is this true and verified over and over as we seek to get to know our Good Shepherd better. Everyone is shepherded, led - and follows -  something in this life, we are all serving something, someone. But for the believer, the true Shepherd cannot be supplanted by something as temporal as illness; beyond that, He cherishes and cares deeply for each of us each day, in sickness and in health. As he says in this devotional, "Cancer is not your shepherd. Cancer is not in charge. Cancer is not all powerful. Cancer does not have the last word. Cancer is not a surprise to the Lord. Cancer - is NOT your shepherd". A much needed devotional in these trying, perilous times in which it seems more and more people are struggling with serious health issues. Mike is currently working on a video series on this subject.   Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

[Original airdate: 9/10/24] Mary chats with Olivier Melnick, a Jewish believer from France; son of Holocaust survivors and whose maternal grandfather was killed by the Nazis. He is an internationally known speaker on antisemitism. He holds a BA from Moody Bible Institute and a masters from Dallas Theological Seminary. He has been equipping believers to understand and fight antisemitism since 2000, and has written 5 books on the topic and contributed over 600 articles to print and digital media. He currently serves with Chosen People ministries as a US regional director and vice-president of their French work. Today we look at his books “You Know Somebody Jewish! Now What? - Answering 50 Important Questions” and, “The Normalization of Antisemitism - When the Oldest Hatred Becomes the New Normal". Christians who encounter Jews in their course of life often have no idea how to present Jesus, their and our Messiah, to them in a way that cuts through the preconceived ideas both sides have. So let's ask some questions: Why do the Jews struggle with the deity of Jesus? Why don't they say the name of God? Who exactly is a Jew, is it an ethnicity or a faith? All these and more questions will be answered by Olivier, along with, how to witness.       Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

Today Mary welcomes back David Bowen to discuss God's map and man's map, two different trajectories altogether. According to Ezekiel 5:5, Jerusalem is the center of the world. Can you imagine the uproar in this world if mapmakers followed the Bible's focus on this? But God's economy and man's are polar opposites, and so the war rages on. Psalm 2 tells us that those who would plot against God cause Him to laugh at their plans, but judgment awaits those who would rebel against His claims on their lives. We discuss Jerusalem from the media's perspective, then we go on to the UN's global pact and see if it has any sticking power; at this late hour, probably, but does anyone take the UN seriously? Finally we dig into the latest biometric tech as the world readies for a global ID eventually. Pastor, evangelist, teacher Dr. David Bowen joined the Lamb & Lion Ministries team in 2023 as their Teaching Evangelist. He also serves as a co-host on their Christ in Prophecy television program and travels to participate in prophecy conferences. He has been pastoring for thirty years and is the Founding and Senior Pastor of Standing Stones Community Church.     Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!

Mary welcomes back Pete Garcia for a conversation about the Apocalypse. The media is using "of biblical proportions" more and more to describe the world we are in. Climate change, economic meltdown, natural disasters ("birth pangs") and AI takeover of the human race all contribute to apocalyptic fear and fervor. We look at the exponential increase of these types of films over the last 100 years, as well as headlines that invoke fear. To what end? There are multiple answers to that question, but they do include keeping the masses fearful and in crisis mode, but also it plays right into the anticipation of the man with the answers - the Antichrist. Is there also a fear of death that these movies seem to bring actual consolation? Perhaps, since the phrase, "post-apocalyptic" is so common today, and describes those who have survived the worst and lived to tell, and renovate, and repopulate. A fascinating subject that ends with our hope, and how to spread that instead of terror.  Pete Garcia is a military combat veteran and aviator, writer, researcher, speaker, and teacher of Bible prophecy and apologetics with a BA in International Relations and a graduate of the US Army's prestigious Command and General Staff College. He wrote for Jack Kinsella's The Omega Letter from 2011-2018. To date, he has written hundreds of articles that are carried on numerous websites and platforms.     Shameless plug for swag for our listeners/donors! https://www.redpillprints.com/stand-up-for-the-truth - Thanks for YOUR Support!