Something unexpected and scary happened to us this weekend! It's a good time for us all to remember that God is good and in control. He directs our steps! Scriptures Referenced: Proverbs 16:9 Proverbs 16:1 Proverbs 19:21 Proverbs 20:24 Psalm 37:23 Jeremiah 10:23 *** Castle Rock Women's Health is a pro-life and pro-women health care ministry. They n…

April 1, 2024 was no April Fool's Day for many fast food workers in California. When a new law went into effect promising a $20 minimum wage for fast workers, many found themselves worse off. Slashed hours or even laid off, young people felt betrayed by pipe dream politics. The law included a controversial carve out that benefits some food chains a…

In an interview on April 1, Richard Dawkins gave an "Easter message" in an interview. Expressing his concern about the spread of Islam in the UK, Dawkins called himself a "cultural Christian." He likes to live in a "Christian culture" but he is "not a believer" and doesn't "believe a word of the Christian faith." While some claim this is a "change"…

Christ is King! This statement has become controversial in the last week. Instead of arguing over the politics of it, I talk about the doctrines of Jesus Christ that make Him king: Christ is King because of the Trinity Christ is King because of the Incarnation (which depends on the Trinity) Christ is King because of substitutionary atonement (which…

I talk about how some current news items reflect an unbiblical crusade against the intuitions of human nature. We all know the Ten Commandments make perfect sense for both personal virtue and a flourishing society. However, we also recognize how the Fall of man tempts us to yield to base desires. The philosophies of world that we see all around us …

Chelsea and I recall a few Sunday School stories from the Bible that demonstrate a running theme: they all required courage to trust God with results. *** Castle Rock Women's Health is a pro-life and pro-women health care ministry. They need your help to serve the community. Please consider a monthly or one-time donation. *** We value your feedback…

I go "solo" in this episode, but I have a virtual companion for some of the episode. Artificial Intelligence (AI) engines may offer us untold potential for productivity. However, if used for political control of news and research, they could cause chilling effects. First, we look at how Google Gemini's "diversity" pictures caused backlash and blunt…

On February 20, 2024, The Alabama Supreme Court in the case James LePage, et al. v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Mobile Infirmary Association ruled in favor of the plaintiffs who suffered a loss of their frozen offspring as a result of an accident at a fertility clinic. The issue now is what happens to in vitro fertilization (IVF) in th…

Disclaimer: we talk about some gruesome details of abortion procedures and results. In March of 2022 the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising group obtained five bodies of babies possibly birth-sized babies in a box of 115 aborted bodies destined for processing as "medical waste." For two years D.C. has claimed to investigate if the "D.C. five" were …

Once again a multimillion-dollar campaign called "He Gets Us" aired an ad during the Super Bowl. The ad presented a slide show of people often at political odds washing one another's feet. Well, usually it was the "conservative" washing the feet of the "liberal." It ended with "Jesus didn't preach hate. He washed feet." What does the Bible saying a…

Better than a Hallmark movie! Well, in our opinion, anyway. Join us for a walk down memory lane as we share our love story. Chuckle together with us through our journey of how we met, became friends, dated, got engaged, and ultimately married. The cuteness factor just may be off the charts! As we celebrated 12 years of marriage, we hope our story w…

When a distressed woman wrote to Scottish Pastor Alistair Begg about how to handle her son's "transgender wedding," he counseled her to attend it and bring a wedding gift--as long as her son knows that she doesn't affirm this unbiblical relationship. Over four months after Dr. Begg mentioned this in an interview the Christian sphere on the Internet…

Disclaimer: This episode discusses some explicit topics but we do our best to be discrete. With the unsealed information coming out about the mysterious trafficking criminal Jeffrey Epstein, Chelsea and I are doing a series about his life and effects. This episode is part 2 and covers Epstein's legal issues and court cases that kept the depth of hi…

So, the World Economic Forum (WEF) met again at their luxurious resort in the alpines at Davos, Switzerland. Their theme was "Rebuilding trust in the future." In this episode we look briefly at how the WEF began and how their major agendas include promoting "stakeholder capitalism" and global cooperation in the "Fourth Industrial Revolution." Next,…

Disclaimer: This episode discusses some explicit topics but we do our best to be discrete. With the unsealed information coming out about the mysterious trafficking criminal Jeffrey Epstein, Chelsea and I are doing a series about his life and effects. This episode is part 1 and covers Epstein's early career and general influences as a financial inv…

With the complaints about redacted documents leading to starting this new year with unsealing names in a Jeffrey Epstein case, Chelsea and I talk about the practice of redactions. A lot of sensitive information must be redacted for the public to access court filings without endangering innocent people. But, can people and entities with power go too…

Recording this episode just before the New Year 2024, Chelsea and I discuss "new" things found in the Bible to ponder: A New Song A New Testament A New Creation A New Man Scriptures Referenced: Psalm 149:1 Psalm 40:3 Revelation 5:9 2 Corinthians 5:17 Galatians 6:15 Ephesians 4:22-24 Colossians 3:9-10 *** Castle Rock Women's Health is a pro-life and…

Charles Dickens' timeless tale A Christmas Carol endures for good reason! Its lessons in redemption, charity, and "Christmas spirit" tug at the heartstrings with lighthearted bluster and a bit of spookiness. Chelsea and I look at some highlights of the life of Charles Dickens that inspired the social themes and characters in his fiction. We then se…

While we're counting down the days until Christmas let's reflect on the One Whom it's all about with Isaiah 9:6. This verse is a wealth of splendor about the child who is born and given who will bear the kingdom on his shoulder forever. Let's see what the phrase "mighty God" (el-gibbor) tells us about this promised ruler. We will see how the Jehova…

It's that time of year again! Yes, the Christmas season is upon us, but that's not the only season. Flu season descended on the family this week. That also unexpectedly triggered another season: "episode REWIND season." In this REWIND episode, Scott Distler, pastor of Gaylord E-Free Church joins me to talk about his book The Cave: When Ministry Bec…

Another discussion with an abortion advocate on X! Shrugging off ad hominems, I pressed him to provide an absolute standard that can distinguish "medicine" from "murder." Eventually, he was kind enough to provide a theory from an article. This is the "brain-life" theory for when human life functionally begins. The article was from neuroscientist Dr…

In part 2 of studying the legacy of Margaret Sanger, we look at what she had to say in speeches, books, and articles. Sanger's "birth control" may seem as innocuous as she articulated sometimes, but her goals were far more top-down. Eugenics, Malthusian population control, and racial bias all played a role in Sanger's totalitarian prescriptions for…

In part 1 of studying the legacy of Margaret Sanger, we look at a short biography of her life. Margaret Sanger believed large families caused poverty and that "prudish" laws like the Comstock Act forced women into "unwanted pregnancies." She was a relentlessly defiant advocate for "birth control" via contraceptives. Facing several arrests and trial…

After Ohio Issue 1 passed, enshrining abortion access virtually up to birth into the Ohio state constitution, I saw a post from Laura Klassen on X explaining that abortion kills someone else's body. One woman replied that this justifies abortion even more because an unwanted pregnancy makes the baby a trespasser. I had a brief exchange with this wo…

Chelsea and I cover what went on over the summer since we last covered Colorado's evil ban on abortion pill reversals. Bella Health and Wellness, a comprehensive, life-affirming family healthcare clinic sued the state administration of Colorado to prevent them from enforcing the terms of SB23-190. This law went into effect in April and restricts ho…

What did Paul mean by "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling"? We look at Philippians 2:12 and some surrounding verses to see that the context is sanctification, humility, and testimony. Perhaps this was a common quip from Paul to church members when they were striving and bickering with each other. *** Castle Rock Women's Health is a…

In this episode of Truthspresso I chat about Jesus and socialism. A coworker a while ago made the claim to me that Jesus was a socialist. I have certainly heard this claim before, but I figured I would address it. In part 9 we look at the claim that Jesus taught against property rights and owning wealth because He said in Luke 14:33 that one must g…

We cannot even begin to understand the terrorist brutality from Hamas and their slaughter of civilians in Israel. What compounds the shock amid the rubble and barbarous deposits of dead men, women, and children are the surprising numbers of people in Western nations cheering on the carnage and defending Hamas' actions. A single episode cannot do ju…

No Christian podcast worth its salt can avoid answering the all-important question: just who were those Nephilim, anyway? After analyzing three theories about the Nephilim in the previous episodes in this series, Chelsea and I present our own theory using ideas from those three. Theories about the Nephilim seem to depend on who were "the sons of Go…

No Christian podcast worth its salt can avoid answering the all-important question: just who were those Nephilim, anyway? Chelsea and I present the third of three popular theories about the Nephilim: that they are the offspring of wicked rulers taking wives from among the peasantry by force. Theories about the Nephilim seem to depend on who were "t…

In this episode I look at passages in the gospels of Matthew and Mark in which Jesus said that blasphemy against Himself was forgivable but blasphemy against the Holy Spirit could never be forgiven. Did Jesus mean that if someone today utters an incantation against the Holy Spirit that his fate is sealed forever with no hope of repentance and forgi…

In this episode of Truthspresso I look at one passage I consider to be one of the hardest to explain. It is an excuse for some people to believe the Bible really isn't the Word of God or that Christianity isn't true. Psalm 137:9 says "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." Does God favor or reward people for…

In this episode of Truthspresso I look at one passage deemed the hardest verse to explain from an article addressed to Christian writers: Why did Jesus say He didn't know the day or hour of His return? If He's God incarnate, wouldn't He know this? We look at four explanations and evaluate which one (or two) are the most likely. Sources Consulted: D…

No Christian podcast worth its salt can avoid answering the all-important question: just who were those Nephilim, anyway? Chelsea and I present the second of three popular theories about the Nephilim: that they are the offspring of Seth's descendants intermarrying with Cain's rebellious descendants. Theories about the Nephilim seem to depend on who…

In this episode of Truthspresso Express I look at one passage among others considered "difficult-to-understand" from an article addressed to Christian writers: Who are "the spirits in prison" to whom Jesus preached, and when did He preach to them? We look at five different views and I reveal which one I hold. Sources Consulted: Dr. Henderson Ward, …

No Christian podcast worth its salt can avoid answering the all-important question: just who were those Nephilim, anyway? Chelsea and I present the first of three popular theories about the Nephilim: that they are the offspring of fallen angels and humans. Theories about the Nephilim seem to depend on who were "the sons of God" and "the daughters o…

In this episode of Truthspresso Express I look at two passages among others considered "difficult-to-understand" from an article addressed to Christian writers: Where did Cain get his wife? (Genesis 4:16-17) Why did Matthew say that Jeremiah spoke a prophecy that we find written in Zechariah? Sources Consulted: Dr. Henderson Ward, "The Most Difficu…

Elizabeth Marbach was the communications director for Ohio Right To Life. But on that fateful day of August 15, 2023, she dared to do the unthinkable! She tweeted a message on X that said that faith in Jesus Christ alone was the only hope anyone could have. Ohio Republican Representative Max Miller replied that it was the most bigoted post he had e…

In this episode of Truthspresso Express I respond to an article I read Wednesday night about how someone use ChatGPT to write some fake Bible verses. A "trans" person asked ChatGPT to conjure some virtual Bible verses that show Jesus "affirming" this lifestyle. Some comments claimed that these verses sounded more "Christian" than most Christians. I…

In this episode of Truthspresso Express I examine a 2017 contributing article from the Huffington Post. David Wygant, a "dating and relationship coach" argues that we need to "redefine" marriage to fit modern society. How original! Wygant treats a lifetime commitment as an "illusion" and a childhood fairy tale. Since we live longer on average than …

Chelsea and I look at events surrounding, during, and after the Hunter Biden plea deal hearing in the U.S. District Federal case United States v. Biden. Wednesday, July 26, Hunter Biden was scheduled to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of tax evasion and a federal charge of illegal firearm possession. Critics called this a "sweetheart" plea …

Chelsea and I look at some highlight's of Hunter Biden's sordid past that led to the U.S. District Federal case United States v. Biden. Wednesday, July 26, Hunter Biden was scheduled to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of tax evasion and a federal charge of illegal firearm possession. Critics called this a "sweetheart" plea deal. The hearing…

In this episode of Truthspresso Express I chat about Jesus and socialism while driving to work. A coworker recently made the claim to me that Jesus was a socialist. I have certainly heard this claim before, but I figured I would address it. In part 8 I look at the claim that Jesus taught "universal healthcare" by a few verses saying that He "healed…

Chelsea and I look at the recent federal court case that is arguably the greatest battle over the First Amendment in United States history! In Missouri v. Biden, several silenced individuals join the states of Missouri and Louisiana to accuse a slate of individuals and administrative agencies of the federal government of aggressive censorship. From…

Chelsea and I look at the recent Supreme Court ruling on a case weighing the First Amendment's "free speech" clause against state "anti-discrimination" laws. In 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, Christian web designer Lorie Smith wanted to expand her skills into the wedding business. Because she believes the Bible defines marriage as between one man and …

In this episode of Truthspresso Express I chat about Jesus and socialism while driving to work. A coworker recently made the claim to me that Jesus was a socialist. I have certainly heard this claim before, but I figured I would address it. In part 7 I look at the three parables in Luke chapter 15 about "lost things": The lost sheep The lost coin T…

Chelsea and I look at the recent Supreme Court ruling on two related cases about "student loan forgiveness." In one case, students believed they were entitled to an unconstitutional handout for which they didn't qualify. In the other case, the U.S. President believed he was entitled to make promises for the unconstitutional program itself. The cons…

Chelsea and I look at the ruling in the recent Supreme Court ruling on two related cases about affirmative action in college admissions. Before addressing the quarreling between the justices over how to apply the Fourteenth Amendment to college admissions, I give my own opinion that the First Amendment's "freedom of association" should legally allo…

Chelsea and I had an exhibit for Castle Rock Women's Health at the annual Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference presented by Christian Home Educators of Colorado. The keynote speakers were Jeff Myers, Ruth Chou Simons, and Paul Washer. We talk about our experience there as we shared the truth of God's design for life in the womb with adults and chil…

In this episode of Truthspresso Express I challenge and encourage us with Ecclesiastes 7:10 not to long for the so-called "Good Old Days." We can deceive ourselves about the past as the Israelites did about their bondage to Egypt. We should treat every day as a blessing from God and boldly face today's battles. Today is the best day to be a Christi…