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What if God never answered another one of your prayers? Would what He’s already done be enough?

With Thanksgiving around the corner, I’ve been wondering what it would be like to sit around the table with Jesus and His disciples. I recently talked with Dallas and Amanda Jenkins, the creative team behind The Chosen, about their new book, Taste and See, and they shared a beautiful Jewish tradition called Dayenu (“it would have been enough”) that could completely change how you celebrate this year.

Then we open the mailbag:

• How do you explain grace to someone who thinks it’s a license to sin?
• What do you say to a friend into manifesting and vision boards?
• How do you build a real Sabbath into an always-on week?
• What do you do when you feel like you’ve failed as a parent?

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Is Allie Beth Stuckey wrong about Halloween? Here’s my question: if scary stories are so bad for Christians, why does God tell so many of them in the Bible?

Today I’m digging into the Halloween debate that has Christians going back and forth online. We look at Allie Beth’s warnings, N.D. Wilson’s response, and what Scripture shows us about darkness in God’s story. From the flood to the crucifixion, God doesn’t hide the scary parts. G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis weigh in too, because kids already know dragons exist. They need to know dragons can be killed.

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Today we’re talking about affirmative illusions. Ever wondered if you’re seeing the world as it really is, or just through whatever your eyes happen to be locked onto? James brought a three-legged elephant, a spinning circle, and a $20 bill trick of my own, and what started as fun optical illusions turned into a serious question: how much of what we see in our lives, our relationships, and even our politics is shaped by fear and past hurt instead of truth?

The good news is that Scripture shows us where to look. Romans 12, Philippians 4, and Hebrews 12 teach us how God renews our minds so our beliefs line up with reality, not the other way around.

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God says “do not murder.” Then he commands the death penalty. Is that a contradiction? I don’t think so, and I want to walk through why.

I recently heard a minister describe the Old Testament as God constantly looking for reasons to kill people. That’s a caricature, and it’s easy to knock down. In this episode I look at what those laws actually say about adultery, dishonoring parents, and the Sabbath, and why they point to how much God values life. Then we hear what Jesus does with “you shall not murder,” and it gets uncomfortable fast, because it reaches the anger, contempt, and gossip we’d rather excuse.

If you’re feeling the weight of it, there’s real hope at the cross. And I’m leaving you with one thing to do this week.

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I just had my 56th birthday, and this morning I was reading my Bible when a thought hit me: what if life is actually The Hunger Games?

If God never wrote a book, we’ve all been dropped into an arena where the strong survive and you either hide or fight. But if He did, everything flips. The meek inherit the earth, the last come first, and the cross, which looked like Satan’s big win, was really his defeat. Welcome to the Humble Games.

My challenge to you: open the book, start with Matthew 5 through 7, and ask yourself which game you’re playing.

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Can you manifest the life you want just by believing hard enough? James and I dig into the viral manifestation trend, why so much of it has crept into the church, and why I’m grateful God doesn’t always give me what I want. Let Him write your story. He knows the best ones.

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This Monday, let’s talk about the fear of making the wrong decision. The wrong job, the wrong move, the wrong relationship. I wrestled with that worry for decades until I discovered something that gave me real peace: God reroutes.

When you miss an exit, your GPS doesn’t tell you the whole trip is ruined. It just says “rerouting.” From Romans 8:28 to the prodigal son to Paul shipwrecked on a beach, we’ll see that you can’t accidentally ruin God’s plan for your life. Your peace doesn’t come from making perfect choices. It comes from a Father who stays faithful even when you blow it.

Stop asking God for the whole map. Ask Him for enough light to take the next faithful step.

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Christa Pike tortured and murdered a 19-year-old girl in 1995. Last month, Tennessee tried to execute her, and she survived. Now the question is whether they get to try again. I want to go beyond the headlines and ask what God actually says about capital punishment, because forgiveness and justice aren’t enemies. Where do you stand? Tell me in the comments, and bring your Bible.

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Why is Gen Z more politically extreme than ever? Is it what they believe, or what they’ve inherited?

Today, we get into how the algorithm rewards attacking the other side, and why a generation that grew up through Covid and an economy they can’t get ahead in is reaching for radical solutions. But the fix isn’t your favorite influencer. It’s getting our hearts right before God and still loving the person on the other side of the aisle.

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We’ve never been more connected, and we’ve never felt more alone. Why? I think C.S. Lewis put his finger on it decades ago: we want love without the risk. In this episode, I unpack what Lewis wrote in The Four Loves about the heart that’s locked away to keep it safe, and why the very thing we do to protect ourselves is making us lonelier. Jesus didn’t love from a safe distance. He moved toward us, all the way to the cross. And I’ll give you one simple action step to start pushing back against our black pill culture today.

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Seven college men accused of assaulting one incapacitated young woman. A Snapchat message allegedly inviting more guys into the room. And I keep asking one question: where were the good men?

Today I’m talking about the Cornell lawsuit, and the 1,000 pound elephant that the legal debate keeps walking past: the character of our men. We’ll look at Lot’s catastrophic failure in Genesis 19, Quasimodo crying “Sanctuary!”, and Jesus, the ultimate hero, who laid down His life for His bride. Then I’ll share an uncomfortable suspicion about why so many young men lack moral courage, and it starts with us dads, pastors, and grandfathers.

Dads, if your son got that message, what would he do? And has he seen that kind of courage in you? Let’s get to work.

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My son James picked today's topic: why is marriage becoming so unattractive to young people? In 1993, over half of Americans ages 25 to 29 were married. Today it's just 29%. We dig into the money pressure of homes costing four times a family's income, hookup culture, cohabitation going from 1 in 100 couples to 3 out of 4, divorce scars, and a culture that keeps young men from ever growing up.

A lot of people think they can hack the system and get the benefits of marriage without the covenant. How's that working for us? God's design isn't a cage. It's the map home to blessing, protection, and real joy. And who you marry is one of the two biggest decisions you'll ever make, so choose carefully.

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Are you married, waiting, or wondering if it's even worth it? Tell me in the comments.

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What if God never gives you the life you've been praying for? The marriage, the money, the healing, the happy family. Would He still be good to you?

After 40 years of following Jesus, I've noticed something a lot of us Christians do without realizing it. We turn God into a delivery system, a kind of spiritual Amazon Prime. We follow Him, and He drops off the good life at our front door. But the Bible doesn't present God as the middleman to something better. He is the treasure. When Christ becomes your definition of the good life, you can enjoy His gifts without worshiping them, and when those gifts are taken away, your whole world doesn't have to collapse.

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Millie Bobby Brown just adopted her second child, and when I heard the news, I smiled. Adoption wasn't plan B for our family either. It was plan A. Chelsea was adopted, four of our six kids were adopted, and today I'm sharing what that journey taught me about the heart of God. From Moses in the basket to Joseph raising Jesus as his own, adoption runs all through the Bible. And if you belong to Christ, it's your story too. God doesn't just forgive you from a distance. He brings you into His family, gives you His name, and invites you to call Him Father.

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Why are millions of Americans taking a diabetes drug when they don't have diabetes? James picked this one for today's Dangerous Conversation, and roughly 1 in 9 adults are now on Ozempic or another GLP-1 just to lose weight.

We dig into what these drugs actually do, and what happens when people stop. Most of the weight comes right back. Great for the drug companies, not so great for you. I also share how I've been eating for the last three years and why I think the real answer is eating the way God designed us to eat.

Is Ozempic a miracle or a trap? Let me know in the comments.

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Are you trying to impress everybody? Your looks, your success, your resume? That's exhausting, and it's the wrong audience. Samuel was impressed by tall, kingly Eliab, but God chose the overlooked shepherd boy David. God looks straight at the heart.

When you learn what God values, it changes how you see yourself, your spouse, and your kids. And it frees you from chasing everybody else's applause. Let's talk about what really leaves an impression on God.

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Did the devil make you do it? Or was it your own heart?

Spiritual warfare talk has been driving me a little crazy lately, so I've got a hot take. If Jesus crushed the serpent's head and holds ALL authority in heaven and on earth, how much does that leave for Satan? Christians sometimes talk like there's a demon behind every bush waiting to ruin date night. But Jesus said evil comes out of the human heart, and there's enough sin in there to scare a demon to death.

So today I'm tackling the big questions. Can a Christian be possessed? What does D-Day have to do with Christ's victory over Satan? And why is studying the darkness one of the biggest mistakes the church makes? The answer isn't obsession with demons. It's saturation in the Word of God.

Know the truth. Follow the King. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Is it ever okay for a Christian to lie? If a Nazi officer knocks on your door asking about the family hiding in your house, what do you say?

James picked this one after a Christian book club insisted every lie is a sin, no exceptions. We dig into Rahab, the Hebrew midwives, Michal helping David escape, and what the ninth commandment actually says.

This isn't a license to deceive for your own gain. That's always sin. But God's law was never meant to be a weapon in the hands of evildoers.

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Have you ever prayed with everything in you, believed without a doubt, and then watched the answer go the other way? I've walked alongside people whose faith fell apart in that exact moment, and I think it's because we've been handed a definition of faith the Bible never actually gave us.

In this episode we go straight to Scripture. To Abraham. To Mary at the foot of the cross. To three young men in front of a blazing furnace who said, "but even if he does not." True faith was never deciding what God should do and believing hard enough to make it happen. It's trusting who He is when you can't see what He's doing. Grab your Bible and pull up a chair. This one might change the way you pray.

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Is AI actually making us smarter, or is it quietly making us dumber?

That's the question I couldn't shake this week. We've handed our kids machines that answer every question instantly, and we call them smart for knowing how to use them. But if a computer remembers, calculates, writes, and thinks for you, what happens to your own mind? Are we outsourcing the very struggle God designed to grow wisdom in us?

Here's the danger: AI doesn't just get things wrong. It gets them spectacularly wrong while sounding absolutely certain. And if you don't know the truth for yourself, you'll never catch it.

In this episode I make the case that critical thinking just became a survival skill, then James joins me to react to some clips you won't want to miss, ending with one of the most powerful testimonies of a changed life I've ever heard.

Test everything. Hold fast to what is good. And don't rely on a machine to do your thinking for you.

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