Pastor Jeff talks with magician Ben Jackson about the life of a magician and how he came to know Jesus Christ as his Savior.

Pastor Jeff defines the term snowflake, which is usually used by those on the right of the political spectrum to describe those entitled and easily offended people on the left.  Don't be a snowflake.

Pastor Jeff talks with Bishop EW Jackson about issues of the day and the upcoming Project 76 Standathon.  Visit StandAmerica.US for more information on the event.

^{1 Peter 5:8-11}

⁸ Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 

⁹ Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 

¹⁰ And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 

¹¹ To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.

^{Psalms 139:23-24}

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart;  Try me and know my anxious thoughts;²⁴ And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

Colby Barrett is the producer of A Faith Under Siege. An entrepreneur, filmmaker, and former U.S. Marine Corps Captain. He led infantry and scout/sniper platoons across the Pacific Rim and the Middle East. Colby previously served as CEO, President, and Vice Chairman of GeoStabilization International, and he now owns and operates Honey Rock Landing Orchard.

Darrell B. Harrison, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, is a pastor, biblical counselor, and cohost of the influential Just Thinking podcast, which has garnered millions of downloads since its debut in 2017. He previously served as Dean of Social Media and Director of Digital Platforms at Grace to You, the Bible-teaching ministry of Dr. John MacArthur, from 2019 to 2024. In January 2024, he joined the pastoral staff at Redeemer Bible Church in Gilbert, Arizona. Harrison is a 2013 Fellow of the Black Theology and Leadership Institute and a 2015 graduate of the Theology and Ministry program at Princeton Theological Seminary. He also studied Psychology with a focus on Christian Counseling at Liberty University.

1 Chronicles 12:32

Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”

Do you know what the next big thing is in your life? The Bible says in Proverbs 16:1, "The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord." Verse 2 adds, "All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, but the Lord weighs the motives." Finally, verse 3 encourages us, "Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” Jeff and Chris discuss planning and preparing for the next step in your life, no matter where you are. We all need to be ready for the next big thing.

Mike Barber, a former NFL player who spent ten years (1976-1985) with the Houston Oilers and Los Angeles Rams, transitioned from a celebrated football career to a life dedicated to prison ministry after a transformative experience visiting a prison at a friend's request. Initially expecting to pursue NFL coaching, Barber's encounter with inmates shifted his passion from football to sharing the Gospel of Christ, leading him to spend his off-seasons during the last six years of his NFL career ministering in prisons. For the past 30 years, through Mike Barber Ministries, a 501c3 tax-exempt organization, he has leveraged relationships built during his football career to bring hope and forgiveness to inmates in some of the toughest facilities, finding greater fulfillment in this calling than in his professional sports achievements.

Pastor Jeff welcomes author and pastor Dr. David Allen to the program to discuss his new book, Liberating Romans from Reformed Captivity-A Critical Evaluation of Calvinism's Interpretation of Paul's Letter.  Dr. Allen is founder and host of the website, PreachingCoach.com, which helps pastors and bible teachers to preach and teach with clarity, competence and confidence.

2 Samuel 3:38

Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

^{1 Corinthians 9:20-23}

²⁰ To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under ^[i]the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law; ²¹ to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law. ²² To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some. ²³ I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

³⁵ but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.³⁶ They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.³⁷ They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods.³⁸ They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.³⁹ They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.

2 Samuel 18:31-33

³¹ Then the Cushite arrived and said, “My lord the king, hear the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today by delivering you from the hand of all who rose up against you.”

³² The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom safe?”

The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man.”

³³ The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!”

John 7:24

 "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."

Proverbs 11:3

Good people are guided by their honesty, but crooks who lie and cheat will ruin themselves.

2 Corinthians 1:3-5

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.