The City of God

Sonja Shaw is the President of the Board of Education of The Chino Valley Unified School District in California. She recently made headlines for protecting parental rights as well as protecting children by passing a mandatory gender identity disclosure policy for her school district. Sonja has since received many death threats for passing this policy and her school board is currently being sued by the California Attorney General for this policy. We talk with Sonja on what lead her to run for school board, and why she thinks parental rights is such an important issue today.

All around the world Christians are being persecuted for their faith in huge numbers. In places like China and North Korea, Christianity is not tolerated. Wendy Wright has been fighting for Christians across the globe for years and currently serves as the president of Christian Freedom International. On today’s episode of The City of God, Wendy gives us an update on the state of Christian persecution, and tells us stories from her many trips to various countries. Also, she gives us an update on The Mayflower Church, a Church that fled China in order to freely express their Christian faith. This episode was recorded live at the Family Research Council’s Annual  Pray, Vote, Stand Conference in Washington D.C.

There are many cultural lies permeating our society today. From gender identity to Americas Christian heritage, many Christians are hard pressed to find Biblical truth in American society. On this episode of The City of God Podcast, we expose some of the biggest lies we hear today and discuss how to combat them. Alex McFarland is the Co-Host of Exploring the World on American Family Radio. He is a pastor, evangelist, and author, who is a great voice in the Christian space today. This episode was recorded live at the Family Research Council’s Annual  Pray, Vote, Stand Conference in Washington D.C.

We often hear in the news about racism, bigotry, and xenophobia running rampant across America, when in reality, racist policies are really coming from those on the radical left. This past summer the Supreme Court struck down Affirmative Action for college admissions, putting an end to racial discrimination in academia. But today, with Diversity Equity and Inclusion programs still all the rage, there seems to be no end to America's race relation issues. Dr. Carol Swain is a former Princeton and Vanderbilt professor, a speaker, and author. Her latest book is titled “The Adversity of Diversity.”

Studies show the majority of self-professing Christians don’t hold to a Biblical worldview. Biblical Christianity has been watered down and pastors have embraced relevance over the revelation of scripture. Meanwhile, the world around us has been flipped upside down. What is the solution to the chaos we see all around us? Virgil Walker is a speaker, author, and popular podcaster. He is the Executive Director of G3 Ministries and the co-host of the “Just Thinking Podcast”. Virgil will be speaking at the 2024 Kingdom Come conference at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church March 14-16.

Prominent members of the evangelical Church have been affirming progressive ideologies in recent times, and many evangelicals are either blind to what’s taking place or unwilling to call out what they see happening in the Church today. Pastor Lucas Miles has written a great book on this phenomenon called Woke Jesus: The False Messiah Destroying Christianity. Pastor Lucas Miles is a well-known speaker and author, and he is the founder of The American Pastor Project.

Biblical manhood has been in the crosshairs of the radical left for years. With phrases like “toxic masculinity” being thrown around, men today are being discouraged from holding to the traditional standards of Biblical manhood. On this episode of The City of God podcast we break down the attack on men that is permeating our culture. Dr. Owen Strachan is Provost and Research Professor of Theology at Grace Bible Theological Seminary and the author of the new book “The War on Men: Why Society Hates Them and Why We Need Them”.

More and more today Churches are advancing the ideas of progressive Christianity, which is leading to many Christians deconstructing their faith. One individual who sat under the teaching of a progressive Pastor is Alisa Childers. On todays episode of The City of God Podcast, Alisa shares her story of deconstructing her own faith and how the lies being used to push progressive Christianity are easily refuted with a Biblical worldview.     Alisa Childers is a best selling author and popular podcaster. Her latest book is called Live Your Truth: and Other Lies. Alisa will be speaking at the 2024 Kingdom Come conference at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church March 14-16.

More, now than ever, prominent evangelical churches across the country are capitulating to the woke ideologies of the radical left. What is behind this surge of progressive Christianity, and what can be done about it? On this episode of The City of God Podcast, we speak about this issue with Samuel Sey. Samuel is a writer and podcaster whose blog, “Slow to Write” addresses racial, cultural, and political issues with Biblical theology. Samuels writing has been featured on The Daily Wire, The Christian Post, and The Blaze.

Christian Nationalism is a term that has been thrown around often, but what exactly does it mean? David Bibee, who holds a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, has done a great amount of research into Christian Nationalism and helps lay out what exactly it is, and what implications it has for Christians. In part 2 of this discussion on Christian Nationalism, we talk about how Americas founding was heavily influenced by Christianity, and how today, many in the Church have drifted away from Biblical principles that the founders followed.