The Christian Worldview

GUEST: GRANT CASTLEBERRY, pastor, Capital Community Church (Raleigh, NC) God created the universe and every living thing. There is no being greater than God and thus He is sovereign over all, which definitionally means "possessing supreme or ultimate power." We see God's sovereignty, His rule, His control all throughout Scripture—from the parting of the Red Sea to prophecy-fulfilling events of Christ's life, death, and resurrection to nations rising and falling. We marvel and praise God for His sovereignty when He ordains events that save or bless. But we question God's sovereignty when the storms and sin and chaos of life causes suffering and pain. For example, how do we reconcile God's sovereignty… In devastating hurricanes like Helene and Milton? When we learn a trusted preacher like Steven Lawson has not been above reproach? When a godless civil leader may rise to power? Grant Castleberry is the pastor of Capital Community Church in Raleigh, NC and the Bible teacher of Unashamed Truth. He joins us this weekend to explain God's sovereignty in light of these challenging current events. Grant will also tell us about a new Christmas resource that he and his wife designed to be used by families in the lead-up to Christmas titled Manger in Danger.

GUEST: CAL THOMAS, Syndicated Journalist and Author A post online summed up in part the current situation in America and abroad: "Major U.S. ports are closed due to striking longshoremen. Hundreds of Americans missing in a natural disaster. ICE says there are over 600k mid-high level criminals in our midst. War breaking out in the Middle East. And Kamala Harris wants a promotion." It would seem with the troubled condition of America, adding to the list high prices and inflation, unaffordable housing, rampant crime, millions of illegal immigrants being dropped all over the country, poor public education and much more, that there would be no way Americas would give Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, that promotion on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 5. But alas, the polls, if one can trust the polls, have the race between Harris and Trump very close. It's helpful in these times to hear from someone with a wide breadth of historical experience along with a Christian worldview. That would be Cal Thomas, 81-years-old and one of America's leading journalists over his 50+ year career. Cal has been up-close and lived through many national and international events and crises along with presidential elections. What would one with that degree of life experience say about our current situation? Join us this weekend on The Christian Worldview to hear from Cal Thomas.

On Thursday, September 19, a statement was released from Trinity Bible Church in Dallas announcing that their pastor, "Steven J. Lawson has been removed indefinitely from all ministry activities at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas. Several days ago, the elders at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas were informed by Steve Lawson of an inappropriate relationship that he has had with a woman." The shocks of this earthquake were immediately felt throughout the Evangelical Christian world. How could the 73-year-old popular and influential theologically conservative pastor/preacher who had been in ministry for nearly 50 years, who preached at the biggest conferences around the world, who was "a preacher to aspiring preachers", who had written dozens of books on Christian doctrine, history, and practice, fall into this kind of disqualifying sin? Surely, the best of preachers, one who fastidiously studied and accurately preached the Word with such passion and conviction, he must surely be sanctified beyond this? Someone once said, "The best of men are men at best." Or Scripture puts it even better, "The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; Who can understand it?" (Jeremiah 17:9 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)] ). That means all men and women. Great preachers and you and me. We will discuss this tragic news this weekend on The Christian Worldview, not in any way to judge a man, but so that all of us would "Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life" (Proverbs 4:23

GUEST: STEVE DEACE, BlazeTV host, Steve Deace Show Donald Trump has been nearly assassinated twice, legally prosecuted in politically-motivated show trials, had his home raided by the FBI, falsely accused of colluding with Russia, called a "danger to democracy", and generally vilified all day every day by the Left and the media. What is it about Donald Trump that the Left hates so much that they equate him to Hitler who actually murdered millions of people? Could it be that those who seek his defeat and death actually see him simply as the flag-bearer for those behind him that they ultimately must defeat to enact their Marxist and globalist plans? Steve Deace, BlazeTV host, best-selling author, and executive producer of the Nefarious film, joins us to discuss the election and how Biblical Christians are the ultimate target of the Left. Late in the program, we will also air a portion of the message at the recent Overcomer Foundation event.

GUEST: JAMES WHITE, Alpha and Omega Ministries Proverbs 28:2 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)] in the The New Living Translation reads this way: "When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily. But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability." Well, that's certainly descriptive of our nation. Over 60 million abortions of unborn human beings Celebration of sexual immorality, whether heterosexual, homosexual, or transgender Redefining God-designed one-man one-woman marriage and the male-female fixed binary Multi-billion dollar pornography industry There's more to the "moral rot" than this—economic policies that disincentivize work and reward sinful behavior, legalization of recreational drugs, disinformation from government, no or low consequences for criminals. And the list goes on. It should be stated that Proverbs are general principles and not guarantees. Moral rot within a nation doesn't always topple the government but sometimes it does. The Roman Empire was marked by moral rot and it collapsed, despite a large geographic scale of rule, military might, educational advancement, and economic prosperity. It's the second part of this Proverb that is up for discussion—"wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability". We have moral rot but do we have "wise and knowledgeable leaders" to bring stability? In part 1 last week, guest Dr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries, explained the Romans 1 tidal wave in how America has gone from revering God and His Word to rejecting and detesting Him. This week in part 2, James will explain why an explosion of sexual sin results from suppressing God truth and exchanging

GUEST: JAMES WHITE, Alpha and Omega Ministries In the opening chapter of the apostle Paul's letter to the Romans, he describes God-rejecting mankind, who "suppress the truth in unrighteousness", whose "foolish hearts were darkened", who "exchanged the truth of God for the lie", and worship themselves and their pleasures rather than the Creator. God's judgment on these rebels is the wrath of abandonment, where God "gives them over" to plunge deeper into sin. When this occurs, wickedness explodes—heterosexual immorality becomes homosexuality immorality becomes a "depraved mind" which takes delight in and gives "hearty approval" to all manner of iniquity. The United States of America, though founded with Christian values, has descended over the decades into a Romans 1 society. What God established—marriage, morality, gender, truth, life—is now vehemently rejected. And as we near a pivotal election, half or more of the electorate will vote for the Democratic Party, the loud and proud leaders of Romans 1, to normalize and expand their sinful "freedoms". The Republican Party, on the other hand, is trailing a decade or two behind. Who would have thought that the GOP would abandon its former commitment to protect unborn humans in the womb? Who would think they would give up the fight for the family and go silent on unnatural "marriages" and child-rearing? But moving left is what has happened on these and other issues, such as illegal immigration, spending, and globalism. Donald Trump has led the Republican Party since becoming president in 2016. Now running for reelection in 2024, he has sniffed the wind in the country and concluded that to get elected, he needs to give our

GUEST: DARRELL HARRISON, pastor and co-host, Just Thinking podcast It's been an unprecedented ascent for Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee for president. She dropped out early in the 2020 Democratic primary due to low poll numbers but was then chosen by Joe Biden to be his running mate after he promised to select a woman. And then late in her unremarkable term as vice president, Harris was chosen to be the party's nominee for president after Biden was forced out of the race due to cognitive decline. Aside from delegates at the recent Democrat National Convention, no one has directly voted for Kamala Harris to be nominee for president. No matter—half of the electorate are fully enthused at the prospect of "making history with the country's first black, female president". Never mind that she was considered the most leftist member when she was a U.S. Senator from California. Never mind that she fully supports the killing of unborn babies all the way up to the time of birth. In fact, Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz are the highest ranking government officials to visit an abortion center. And she checks all the rest of the left's boxes—homosexual/transgender advocacy, illegal immigration, redistributive economic policies, pro-Palestine, and more. So how it is possible in a nation built on Christian values with individual liberties that a candidate who opposes that may very well be our next president? Darrell Harrison is on the pastoral staff Redeemer Bible Church in Gilbert, AZ and the co-host of the Just Thinking podcast. He will join us this weekend to better understand Kamala Harris and why she garners so much support. We do this topic, not to tell