Pushback with Dr. Jonny

This week, a court ruling overturned the 1954 Johnson Amendment which prohibited nonprofits from endorsing or opposing candidates if they want to remain tax-exempt. Dr. Jonny sees this as a major win for podcasts like Pushback, for free speech, and for the body of Christ in America! However, It is only a huge win if we utilize the pulpit, our influence, our love, our courage and the spiritual insight given to His ministers!

From Eden to Revelation, the Bible is one example to the next of heavenly encounters with earthly people. In fact, the separation of heaven and earth was created very thin, and we should expect to see and hear heavenly manifestations because we are spiritual beings.. Dr. Jonny encourages us to stop, look and listen so that we may become more spiritually aware and mature in order to battle the dark places!

 The 4th of July is a great opportunity to celebrate the greatest and longest lasting democracy in history. It is a celebration of the freedom to celebrate, worship, disagree and protest. Our culture has become so angry with those that disagree with us, but, as Dr. Jonny explains, it is because we have lost perspective on who or what the real enemy is!

Dr. Jonny lays out new and exciting changes coming to goFam Ministries and the Pushback podcast for this year and into 2026! The ministry is growing, expanding and providing increased resources for you and your family to change and impact the world!

Dr. Jonny shares his trials he faced this week, and compels us to embrace patience and even waiting. As Pentecost Sunday approaches, we remember that the key that unlocked the Promise was to wait. Waiting isn’t passive, but rather positional!  We are to position ourselves with expectancy for the next and the greater assignment for His kingdom!

We live in an instantaneous society; we don’t like waiting and patience has become counter-cultural. Dr. Jonny explains that patience is not an inactive word, but actually unlocks our inheritance and aligns ourselves to the working of the Spirit. Patience is a surrendering of our own way and a connecting to His ways and to His cadence.

Dr. Jonny reviews a scene from The Chosen, where the writers and producers decided to have Jesus give an explanation as to why some do not get healed. This extra-biblical explanation did not line up with the nature and will of God and did not accurately depict the ministry of Jesus, which was…He healed them all! He is not defined by our disappointments, we are defined by HIs goodness!

PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED.  As parents, we have the God-given dominion to influence and steer our children’s culture. Dr. Jonny gives many examples just over the past week where the world’s culture has exposed our children to vile and damaging propaganda. It is time for parents to rise up and become what they were created to be and prejudiciously defend their children and moral truth.

Antisemitism isn’t just an atrocity of the past, but is alive and well today. Dr. Jonny explores our prejudices and our position as Christians toward the Jewish faith and the nation of Israel.. It wasn’t the Jews that crucified Christ, it was our sin. But, He didn’t stay in the grave, He rose again for the salvation of all! This Easter, let’s continue to pray for the salvation and protection of Israel!

The is only One mediator between God and mankind and that is the Man Christ Jesus. Yet, if we are not careful we can exalt the things or people created by God above God himself. He has never asked for religion, rituals, trinkets, superstitions, other humans or any other image to be needed to appease Him or to find Him. We are His offspring and He is all we need!

Dr. Jonny shares his experience traveling the Aegean Sea and following in the Apostles Paul’s footsteps. Paul had an encounter with the Living God that propelled him with such courage even to hostile regions. This dedication started a movement of the kingdom and established the church. In so many ways, though, Paul was just like us, just a regular dude with a choice to make…his choice change world history, and so can we!

Dr. Jonny is taking his wife on a Mediterranean Cruise to celebrate their 30th Wedding Anniversary! In this podcast, He describes the word Selah, explaining the importance of not only “going” for His kingdom, but pausing, reflecting and responding. Dr. Jonny will be pausing for two weeks as He focuses on the Lord’s voice and His wife. Stay tuned for more Pushback in April!

Jesus is not some far off and distant God.  Rather, He has called us into an intimate and covenant relationship with Him. He doesn’t just look to help us or impact us, He looks to become one with us. Dr. Jonny wants to help those who are hurting or searching by sharing the “Co-Co List” from scripture that demonstrates the heart of Jesus as our Bridegroom. 

Many scientists have surrendered the truth to propagate an atheistic evolutionary religion. The lack of objective evidence has left them desperate and they have abandoned science altogether. Dr. Jonny wants sprinkle in simple and irrefutable evidence that contradicts the evolutionary theory and provides confidence, courage and language that displays the marvelous handiwork of our Creator.

Several executive orders by the Trump administration have been lauded as simple “common sense.” However, Dr. Jonny warns that the word common is a movable target and we need to be more focused on what is “normal sense” than what is common. Normalcy is directly tied to a standard and abnormal behavior is tied to sin. We should courageously hold His standard for the benefit, well-being and health of America!

Congress is looking to pass the Kids Online Safety Act, a bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media and other online platforms. While Dr. Jonny commends congress for trying to introduce such bill, he exhorts parents to exercise the greatest discretion over our children’s lives and the content they are exposed to. This is an emergency and requires radical change and oversight for the health of our children!

President Trump temporarily halted federal funding to the States this week citing that the use of Federal funds to advance DEI, transgenderism and green policies don’t improve the live of those we serve. The liberal media call this chaos. However, Dr. Jonny explains that Jesus was the greatest cultural reformer of all time, and sometimes it requires tipping over tables to effect real change!