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God’s first words to Abram in Genesis 12 are simple and disruptive: leave your country, your relatives, and your father’s house, then walk toward a land God will show you. We sit with that tension the way real people have to, because obedience is rarely abstract. When God calls, He often asks us to loosen our grip on comfort, identity, and control, and to trust His promise before we see the full plan.

We also step back and trace the bigger storyline from Babel to God preserving a witness in the world. Human hearts drift toward idols, yet God does not fail, and He chooses a man through whom He will form a people and ultimately bring the Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Along the way we address the hard questions that surface when God’s choices feel unfair, reminding ourselves that the Lord is King over the nations and we are not the authors of the story.

Then the devotion turns personal and practical. I share what answering God’s call can look like on the ground: my wife serving as a nurse missionary in Gaza, the dangers she faced, and our daughters serving overseas in places like Yemen and Venezuela. We talk honestly about the fear parents carry, and we ask the blunt question many believers avoid: if disaster strikes, does that mean the call was foolish?

Jesus sends His people as lambs among wolves, and Revelation 12:11 reminds us how believers overcome: by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, even when the cost is high. If this challenges you, good. Listen, share it with a friend, and leave a review, then tell me: what is God calling you to obey right now?

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A viral clip about aborting a baby with Down syndrome lit up the internet, but the part that matters most to me isn’t the comments section. It’s the question sitting underneath it: what is the unborn, really? As a physician and a dad, I walk through that question with the one person who has made it impossible for our family to keep this debate theoretical our son Thomas, now 26, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome and fought for his life from his first moments.

Thomas was born on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, rushed to the ICU, and spent his earliest weeks in congestive heart failure before a pediatric heart surgeon repaired his heart. I share what that season looked like in real life, and why those details matter when we talk about prenatal diagnosis, disability, and the choices parents feel pressured to make. Then we shift to what Thomas has taught us over decades: how caregiving forms a servant’s heart, how joy can be louder than fear, and why his simple, wholehearted worship often moves a room full of guarded adults to actually sing.

From there, I lay out the moral framework I believe we can’t avoid: is the unborn a human being or a potential human being? We talk personhood, the image of God, and why I don’t believe value changes with size, location, age, health, or circumstances of conception. If you care about the abortion debate, Down syndrome advocacy, Christian ethics, or the dignity of human life, this conversation will challenge you and it may change how you speak about it. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs a clearer lens, and leave a review with the question you’re still wrestling with.

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A genealogy can look like filler until you realize it is the backbone of a promise. We open Genesis 11:10-32 and follow the generations of Shem, right after the Tower of Babel and the dispersion of nations, to see how God keeps a single redemptive thread alive even when humanity scatters and the knowledge of the true God grows dim.

As we trace the line forward, we talk about why Scripture guards these names so carefully: the promised seed from Genesis 3 is being preserved on purpose, moving history toward the Messiah. Along the way, we notice a dramatic shift in human lifespan after the flood and explore reasons often discussed in creation science circles, including the water vapor canopy idea, radiation exposure, and the accumulating effects of genetic and environmental change in a harsher post-flood world.

Genesis 11 also introduces Abram and the family tension that sets up everything to come: Sarai’s barrenness, the move from Ur of the Chaldees toward Canaan, and Terah’s decision to settle in Haran instead of finishing the mission. That stop becomes more than a travel detail. It becomes a warning about delayed obedience, spiritual discipline, and the fear of becoming “disqualified” in the sense described in 1 Corinthians 9:27. If you want Bible study that connects the text to daily faithfulness, this one will challenge you. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more listeners can find these Genesis devotions.

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A baby asks for “mama,” and two adults laugh back, “There is no mama.” That short viral moment is heartbreaking on the surface, but we think it also reveals something deeper about the way modern culture talks about same-sex marriage, commercial surrogacy, and what counts as a family.

I’m joined by my daughter Hannah as we slow down and look past the news cycle. We start with why the video felt so evil to so many people, not only because it provokes a child to tears, but because it treats a child’s mother as optional. From there we revisit a question some people warned about years ago after Obergefell: what about the children? We talk plainly about how no “private” adult choice stays private once a child is involved, and why children’s rights must come before adult agendas.

We also bring in the child development and sociology side. We outline what social scientists commonly acknowledge about socioemotional health: biology matters, gender differences matter, and parental loss is harmful whether it comes through divorce, abandonment, death, adoption, IVF, or third party reproduction. We challenge the slogan “love is enough,” discuss why some studies are methodologically weak, and point listeners to research associated with Paul Sullins and Mark Regnerus. Finally, we share testimony from adult children and stories drawn from Katie Faust’s Them Before Us, where “father mother hunger” shows up again and again.

If you care about faith, family, and the real-world impact of marriage and reproductive technology on kids, listen through to the end, then subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show.

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A single sentence in Genesis can wreck the comforting myth of a distant God: “the Lord came down.” We lean into Genesis 11:5–7 and the Tower of Babel to ask what it means that God watches nations, weighs motives, and intervenes when human pride hardens into organized rebellion. If you’ve ever wondered whether God is actually active in the world or whether history is just spinning on its own, this devotional draws a clear line from Scripture to the headlines in your own heart.

We walk through why the Babel story is more than an origin tale about languages. The real tension is unity with the wrong aim: one people, one language, one coordinated project set against God. We talk about Nimrod, the spiritual stakes behind centralized power, and why confusing language can be an act of restraint and mercy. Along the way, we unpack anthropomorphism, connect “Come, let us go down” to the Trinity, and echo Psalm 2’s picture of rulers taking counsel against the Lord while heaven remains utterly unthreatened.

Then we widen the lens to hope. From real-life mission travel and cross-cultural ministry, we reflect on how language and culture can create distrust, yet worship in Christ can knit believers together in a way nothing else can. Finally, Revelation 5 lifts our eyes to Jesus purchasing people from every tribe and tongue, reversing Babel’s fracture with a deeper unity grounded in the Lamb. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review. What do you think is the difference between godly unity and dangerous unity?

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If you’ve ever felt that quiet inner nudge that something is off, you’re not alone and you’re not crazy. We take that instinct seriously and put it through a biblical lens, because preparedness is not about panic. It’s about wisdom, stewardship, and protecting the people God has put in our care.

I pick up with principle six, “prepare for opposition,” through Nehemiah’s rebuilding of Jerusalem’s wall while enemies threatened the work. From there, we translate ancient strategy into modern emergency preparedness: a 30-day supply of essential medications, keeping small bills on hand, thinking through barter realities when the grid is down, and building a go bag. We also talk plainly about home security, self-defense basics, legal rights in your state, and why you should not broadcast your preparations to everyone.

Next, we move into warnings and spiritual resilience. Noah acted on what others couldn’t see, and some Egyptians survived the plagues because they heeded the warning and prepared. Then we look at David on the run, showing why spiritual preparation sustains you when supplies can’t. Fear, anxiety, despair, and hopelessness can break a person faster than any outage, and that’s why prayer, Scripture, memorisation, and community matter. We close with practical, low-cost prepping steps for tight budgets: water storage, simple food rotation, light, charging habits, and essential household know-how.

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“Pro-life” is easy to say on a stage. It’s much harder to define in law when the questions get sharp: rape and incest, disability, medical prognosis, and whether the people involved in abortion should be treated as legally accountable or automatically immune. That’s why we sat down with Dr. Matt Clark, CEO of Personhood South Carolina, to talk plainly about personhood, equal protection, and what South Carolina voters should demand from candidates ahead of the governor runoff.

We walk through the personhood principle in simple terms: babies before birth must be treated the same way we treat babies after birth. From there, we test the logic against the exceptions politicians often defend. If the state would never allow the killing of a born child because of the circumstances of conception or because the child is sick, why do lawmakers treat those factors as “reasonable” exceptions for abortion? We also address a topic many leaders avoid: whether blanket immunity for mothers is compatible with justice for all, and how courts can still weigh coercion, threats, and other mitigating factors while keeping the law consistent.

Along the way we talk about South Carolina abortion legislation, the Unborn Child Protection Act (S 1095), the limits of the heartbeat law, and why campaign wording can get slippery right before an election. Our goal is not to trade in rumors, but to give you a clear set of questions to press directly onto the candidates so you can vote with a clean conscience and an informed mind.

If this conversation helps you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more voters can find it before the runoff.

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A city that promises security. A tower that promises unity. A plan that quietly says, “We don’t want God’s way.” We open Genesis 11:3–4 and slow the story down until you can see why the Tower of Babel still feels familiar in modern life and modern culture.

We talk through Nimrod’s rise, why ancient tradition paints him as more than a talented leader, and how a single decision can steer a whole people toward centralised power instead of obedience to God’s command to spread out and fill the earth. We also dig into the practical details: why they chose bricks in the Mesopotamian valley, what “burn them thoroughly” implies, and how tar mortar and archaeology make Babel feel grounded in real history.

Then we follow the spiritual trajectory of the tower itself. What starts as a permanent community project becomes reputation-building, defiance, and a religious centre tied to the host of heaven, astrology, and deception. We wrestle with the idea that Babel becomes a seedbed for corrupt worship and the kind of spiritual confusion Scripture later describes as “Babylon.”

We close by turning from darkness to clarity: Jesus Christ is the truth, and His word is truth. John 8:31–32 is our anchor, reminding us that continuing in His word leads to freedom. Subscribe, share this devotional with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find Bible teaching that points to Jesus as more than enough.

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