Truthspresso

Truthspresso

A Christian podcast addressing theology, politics, economics, and practical life tips as caffeine for your mind.

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April 22, 2024 12 mins

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

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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 at the expense of others. And laws like California's updated FAST Recovery Act devastat...

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April 8, 2024 41 mins

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" from Dawkins' past, I remain skeptical.

Let's look at some verses in the Bible to see i...

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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:

  1. Christ is King because of the Trinity
  2. Christ is King because of the Incarnation (which depends on the Trinity)
  3. Christ is King because of substitutionary atonement (which depends on the incarnation)
  4. Christ is King because of the resurrection (which depends...
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March 25, 2024 36 mins

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 in the news try to subject the human nature that reflects the image of God to the whims...

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March 18, 2024 13 mins

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.

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March 11, 2024 40 mins

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 blunted the success of its debut. Meta's AI also showed similar problems.

Then, I ask Google ...

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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 the state of Alabama? The state House and Senate both passed emergency bills to protect ...

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February 26, 2024 40 mins

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 killed illegally (as opposed to killed legally).

As the Biden administration has attempt...

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February 19, 2024 45 mins

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 about foot washing?

What does the "He Gets Us" campaign get right in the ad and its websit...

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February 12, 2024 49 mins

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 will encourage singles to seek God's will for their future and couples to be dearest friend...

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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 exploded, calling him to repent. Begg doubled down that his advice was only specific ...

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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 his depravity sealed for over a decade. Once the house of cards fell, Epstein found himse...

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January 22, 2024 55 mins

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, we see three hypocrisies with the messages and lifestyles of the Davos elites:

  1. "reb...
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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 investor and socialite hiding his dark secrets.

Sources Cited:

Taylor Nicole Rogers, "Jeffre...

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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 far?

Are we seeing a lot of excessive redactions to protect the guilty rather than the...

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January 2, 2024 32 mins

Recording this episode just before the New Year 2024, Chelsea and I discuss "new" things found in the Bible to ponder:

  1. A New Song
  2. A New Testament
  3. A New Creation
  4. 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

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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 see what elements of Christianity are in the original story that are lost in modern adapt...

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December 18, 2023 28 mins

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 Jehovah's Witnesses and how a Muslim try to explain away who the Messiah of Isaiah 9:6 is. Is...

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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 Becomes Misery.

Pastor Scott shares his testimony of how his apparent ministry success qui...

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