Ideas Have Consequences

Episode Summary: What if true government starts not in politics, but in the choices we make every day? Paulo Filion shares how his YWAM School of Government equips Christians to apply biblical principles across every sphere of life—self, family, community, and civil institutions. Drawing on his experiences in Latin America, he shows how good citizens and families, grounded in Scripture, form the foundation for strong governments.This special episode comes from DNA's 2025 Forum in Panama, where Luke and Tim sat down with Paulo Filion, the creator and operator of the YWAM School of Government and Biblical Worldview. Hear powerful stories of how he is actively championing biblical worldview training in Medellín, Colombia.Who is Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/🎙️Featured Speaker: Paulo works with YWAM and is the creator of the School of Government and Biblical Worldview, and the founder of the Teachers for the Nations School in Medellín, Colombia.📌 Recommended Links     👉 Our Primary Course: Kingdomizer 101: Truth and Transformation     👉 Our Newest Bible Study: 10 Words to Heal Our Broken World     👉 Guest Website: escuelagobierno.com     👉 Guest’s Instagram: Instagram💻 Follow Us:     📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations     📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations     📽️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/Episode Webpage

Episode Summary: Born out of both a DNA vision conference and the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, the Nehemiah Center shows that real transformation requires more than relief—it demands a biblical worldview that shapes families, communities, and entire cultures. From creative outreach through sports and family activities to discipling over 100 families in a single year, their approach fosters reconciliation, integrity, and thriving communities. Their work with the indigenous Miskito people demonstrates how small acts of biblical living—like modeling honesty and refusing bribes—can spark lasting economic and social change.This special episode comes from DNA's 2025 Forum in Panama, where Luke and Tim sat down with Nehemiah Center leaders, Andy Baker and Daniel Borge, who are championing biblical worldview training in the beautiful nation of Nicaragua. Hear powerful stories of paradigm shifts, and how every believer can practically play a role in discipling their families, churches, communities, and even nations.Who is Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/🎙️Featured Speaker: Andy BakerAndy Baker has served with the Nehemiah Center in Nicaragua for nearly a decade, alongside his wife and family. Andy has dedicated himself to holistic ministry that equips pastors, disciples families, and strengthens local churches. With a passion for moving beyond Sunday worship to everyday discipleship, Andy focuses on helping leaders apply a biblical worldview in all areas of life.Daniel BorgeDaniel Borge is a Nicaraguan pastor and facilitator with the Nehemiah Center. Before joining the Center’s staff, Daniel served as a local church pastor and experienced firsthand the life-changing impact of biblical worldview training. For the past six to seven years, he has been part of the Nehemiah Center team, where he helps equip pastors, disciple families, and lead cultural transformation initiatives. 📌 Recommended Links     👉 First Coram Deo Course: Kingdomizer 101: Truth and Transformation     👉 Guest Website: Nehemiah Center: Cultivating Transformation💻 Follow Us:     📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations     📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations     📽️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/Episode Webpage

Episode Summary: What does it take to build distinctly Christian institutions in today's ominous cultural climate? This week, we’re joined by our friend Lennox Kalifungwa—a rising podcaster, writer, and cultural commentator whose journey has taken him from Zambia to Moscow, Idaho. Lennox shares lessons from a recent appearance on a hostile CNN segment, responds to Dr. Larry Arnn’s claim that Jesus’ words, “My kingdom is not of this world,” should be taken literally, and offers strategies for navigating cultural conversations in a polarized world.Together, we explore why truth and love must go hand-in-hand, how Christians can engage faithfully with secular society, and why religious liberty and freedom of conscience are uniquely rooted in a Christian worldview. This episode offers practical wisdom for believers seeking to make a lasting impact in their communities while standing firm in the authority of Christ over all of life.Who is Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/🎙️Featured Speaker: Lennox Kalifungwa is a cultural strategist, communicator, and creative innovator committed to cultivating free and flourishing societies in every sphere. Through his writing and public speaking, he calls audiences to think deeply and build wisely, with particular emphasis on education, politics, media, business, economics, aesthetics, art, culture, and the shaping of thriving civilizations.He is the podcast host of Kings & Statesmen and Of Flames & Crowns.His work has been featured in Forbes, American Thinker, Republic Sentinel, The Classical Difference, and EU Today.He is passionate about developing and shaping institutional environments that cultivate truth, beauty, freedom, and human flourishing.📌 Recommended Links     👉 Substack: State of Mind by Lennox Kalifungwa | Substack     👉 Recommended Episode: Is Illiteracy the Devil's Greatest Weapon? | Scott Allen | Of Flames and Crowns Ep. 07      👉 CNN Interview: He thinks America should adopt a Christian theocracy. And he's finding a new audience under Trump     👉 Book: 10 Words to Heal Our Broken World     👉 Bible Study: 10 Words to Heal Our Broken World💻 Follow Us:     📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations     📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations     📽️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/Episode Webpage

Episode Summary: What happens when a 24-year-old lawyer becomes a legislative gatekeeper protecting her nation from harmful ideological infiltration? Jazmín Ozuna shares her remarkable journey of using a biblical worldview to analyze proposed legislation in Paraguay, revealing how subtle language changes can threaten fundamental, God-given freedoms.This special episode comes from our recent DNA Forum in Panama. During the week, we had the opportunity to sit down with a few of the people who are championing biblical worldview training in their nations. They share powerful stories of how their mindsets have shifted and how God is working through them to be His hands and feet in discipling their countries. These conversations reveal the incredible ways God is moving around the world and inspire us to envision how He can use each of us—right where we are—to tangibly obey His Great Commission. Every one of us has a role to play in discipling our families, churches, communities, and nations!Who is Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/🎙️Featured Speaker: Jazmín Ozuna lives in Asunción, Paraguay, with her husband, Axel. She serves as the National Director of OneHope, where she leads efforts to bring God’s Word to children and youth across Paraguay. In addition to her ministry leadership, Jazmín is a practicing legal advisor, using her expertise to support organizations and initiatives that advance the Kingdom of God.📌 Recommended Links     👉 Course: Kingdomizer 101: Truth and Transformation     👉 Bible Study: 10 Words to Heal Our Broken World💻 Follow Us:     📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations     📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations     📽️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/Episode Webpage

Episode Summary: What happens when we reduce the church’s mission to saving souls while neglecting culture? In this episode, Scott Allen and teammates, Luke and John, share the story of how the Disciple Nations Alliance grew out of a moment of repentance over thirty years ago—a moment that sparked a vision to equip local churches as God’s primary agents for discipling nations, not just growing congregations.In light of this vision, we believe there is a unique opportunity for the Church today, as we sit at a pivotal civilizational moment. We are witnessing an unlikely resistance to the four powerful ideological “waves”—Marxism, sexual revolution, radical Islam, and corrupt Western elitism—that are seeking to reshape societies around the world. Surprisingly, this resistance is being led outside the Church, as prominent secular thinkers rediscover the neglected message of Christianity and boldly point out that biblical principles provide the foundation for free and just societies.In this conversation, we reflect on how to promote this crucial message and what it truly means to embrace Christ’s lordship over every sphere of life. We call the Church to repent from a narrow understanding of mission and reclaim our role in transforming culture. Through personal stories, biblical insights, and practical vision, we invite you to discover how the Church can disciple nations and create societies that reflect God’s character.Who is Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/📌 Recommended Links     👉 Book: A Toxic New Religion     👉 Book: Why Social Justice is Not Biblical Justice     👉 Book: Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World      👉 Book: OUR CIVILIZATIONAL MOMENT     👉 Book: Shepherds for Sale     👉 Book: The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God     👉 Course: Kingdomizer 101: Truth and Transformation     👉 Bible Study: 10 Words to Heal Our Broken World💻 Follow Us:     📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations     📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations     📽️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/Episode Webpage

Episode Summary: When the church stays quiet, society suffers. In this episode, Richard Nelson joins us to explore how Christians can faithfully engage in politics without falling into one of two extremes: ignoring politics or putting too much hope in and idolizing politics. We tackle common misconceptions about the separation of church and state and look at the chilling effects of the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations from engaging in any political campaign activity. Since most churches have this status, the amendment applies to them. Richard urges the church to disciple believers in speaking truth with integrity, resist partisan co-opting, and address pressing moral issues like conscience rights for healthcare workers. This conversation challenges Christians to step boldly into public life with a biblical vision rooted in truth, integrity, and a fear of God above all else.Who is Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/🎙️Featured Guest: Richard Nelson is the founder and Executive Director of the Commonwealth Policy Center. He has served on multiple state and local boards, including chairing both the Hopkinsville Community College Board and the Pennyrile Christian Community Board. From 2010 to 2014, he was an elected magistrate on the Trigg County Fiscal Court. He’s an active member of Buck Run Baptist Church in Frankfort.Richard’s background includes work as a policy analyst, and a representative for several public policy organizations. He holds a B.S. in biology and a Master’s in public policy.Father of three girls and a boy, he resides in Franklin County with his wife Bobby Jo on Dry Ridge Farm.📌 Recommended Links     👉 Book: Christianity & Politics: A Memoir of Spiritual Formation and Field Guide for Christians in the Public Arena: Nelson, Richard Ryan: 9798218463045: Amazon.com: Books     👉 Recomended Episode: Christian, Stop Avoiding Politics with Richard Nelson - Disciple Nations Alliance     👉 Guest’s Website: Commonwealth Policy Center | Frankfort, KY     👉 Bible Study: 10 Words to Heal Our Broken World by Scott Allen💻 Follow Us:     📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations     📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations     📽️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/Episode Webpage

Episode Summary: In this episode, we reflect on our time at the recent DNA family Global Forum in Panama. We share personal highlights, moving stories, and key insights on the essential role of the local church in discipling nations. From the power of truth to the necessity of addressing social issues, the conversation explores why righteousness, not size or wealth, determines a nation’s greatness. Together, we unpack how ideas shape culture and why Christians must remain faithful in their discipleship, rooting God’s truth deeply in the life of their communities.Who is Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/📌 Recommended Links     👉 Kingdomizer 101 Course from DNA: Truth and Transformation💻 Follow Us:     📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations     📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations     📽️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/Episode Webpage

Episode Summary: What if climate change isn't primarily about science, but religion?Darrell Harrison, co-author of A Biblical Theology of Climate Change, makes the provocative case that climate alarmism is more than politics or science—it's a full-fledged worldview rooted in modern pantheism. He exposes how this ideology treats Earth as a deity. This deity demands radical sacrifice and drives policies that often harm both people and the very planet they claim to protect.We hope this conversation challenges you to approach environmental concerns not with fear or uncritical submission, but with truth, wisdom, and a biblical framework. Ideas really do have consequences. Understanding the worldviews behind today's most pervasive ideas will give you the clarity and confidence to exchange illusion for reality and respond faithfully to even the most controversial issues. Who is Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/🎙️Featured Guest: Darrell is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and came to faith in Christ at approximately 28 years of age. Prior to joining the pastoral staff at Redeemer Bible Church (Gilbert, AZ), Darrell served at Grace to You as Director of Digital Platforms. He is co-host of Just Thinking, one of the leading Christian podcasts in the world. Darrell is a fellow of the Black Theology and Leadership Institute at Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) and holds a graduate certificate from the Theology and Ministry program at PTS. He has a passion for expository teaching, cultural apologetics, and biblical counseling. In his spare time, he enjoys college sports, NFL, writing, classical music, and reading the Puritans. Darrell and his wife Melissa have three adult children, Collin, Naomi, and Yasmine, each of whom resides in their native state of Georgia.📌 Recommended Links     👉 Book: A Biblical Theology of Climate Change – G3 Press     👉 Recommended Episode: EP # 124 | A Biblical Theology of Climate Change - Just Thinking Ministries     👉 Recomended Episode: Underlying Worldviews: DEI & Climate Alarmism | Darrell Harrison - Disciple Nations Alliance     👉 Recommended Episode: Why are Climate Scientists Anti-Science? With Dr. David Legates - Disciple Nations Alliance     👉 Book: Get Our Amazon Bestseller: Climate and Energy: The Case for Realism – Cornwall Alliance💻 Follow Us:     📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations     📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations     📽️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/Episode Webpage

Episode Summary: "This is the answer to poverty." These words came to Sandra Drury in the middle of the night—and they changed everything. As a leader within World Vision, Sandra has spent the last decade championing the Biblical Empowered Worldview, a transformative approach to poverty alleviation that's producing results traditional development models never could.In this episode, Sandra joins the guys to share how this mindset-shifting strategy is breaking cycles of poverty—from small villages in Tanzania to global adoption across World Vision's 44,000 staff. The key? Aligning beliefs about identity, purpose, and agency with biblical truth.Whether you're passionate about global development or need encouragement, this conversation offers practical insights and a hopeful vision of how every ordinary Christian can contribute to lasting transformation.Who is Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/🎙️Featured Guest: Sandra Drury is a member of World Vision's National Leadership Council. She has travelled extensively in Africa, teaching on what she refers to as “a biblically empowered worldview.” She also serves on the board of directors of Tyndale House Publishing Company. She has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Kentucky and a master’s degree in Biblical Studies from Wheaton College. She is married, with four children and nine grandchildren.📌 Recommended Links     👉 Make a lifesaving impact | World Vision | World Vision     👉 Recommended Episode: Healing the Poverty Mindset pt. 1 with Tim &  Terry Andrews     👉 Book: Discipling Nations     👉 Course: Kingdomizer 101 Course from DNA: Truth and Transformation     👉 Video: Why Does Your Worldview Matter? 💻 Follow Us:     📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations     📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations     📽️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/Episode Webpage

Episode Summary: The Kingdom of God is the story of God’s rule returning to the earth through Christ. It’s about all of life—spiritual, relational, and physical—being restored to the way God originally designed it. And we’re invited to be part of that story.Through the power of the Spirit, we live as agents of renewal, bringing shalom and reconciliation into every corner of our lives and our world. This is what it means to be the people of the Kingdom. And this is what it looks like for nations to truly flourish.In this episode, you’ll hear Dwight Vogt’s training from the 2022 DNA Global Forum as he unpacked the Bible’s big story: the Kingdom of God. Explores how the gospel of the Kingdom touches every part of life. He challenges narrow, privatized views of the gospel and invites us to recover a broader, richer understanding of God’s redemptive mission.Who is Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/🎙️Featured Guest: Dwight Vogt is the former Vice President at the Disciple Nations Alliance. Prior to his work with the DNA, he spent 27 years with Food for the Hungry, serving in field-based leadership roles in Bangladesh, Peru, Thailand, and Guatemala. Throughout his career, Dwight has been passionate about equipping the global church to live out a biblical worldview and bring holistic transformation to communities and nations.📌 Recommended Links👉 Kingdomizer 101 Course from DNA: Truth and Transformation👉 Video: The Transforming Story👉 Presentations from DNA’s 2022 Global Forum💻 Follow Us:     📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations     📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations     📽️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/Episode Webpage