Kingdom Culture Conversations: Recent Episodes
Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative from Northwest Christian School
What would happen if we all came together to truly pray "Thy Kingdom come"? What would the world look like? How different would the culture be from the culture of the world today? Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona is pleased to present "Kingdom Culture Conversations" as part of Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative launched by the school. Northwest Christian uses God's word to address the issues that are confounding the culture in which our students are living: gender, race, the sanctity of life, sexuality, and more. Within each episode, recognized experts on these issues discuss the ramifications of holding to a Christian worldview during a time of cultural upheaval and work to equip students to understand and address the issues. Subscribe now! Upcoming episodes will feature crucial conversations with religious liberty attorney Erik Stanley, Cathi Herrod of the Center for Arizona Policy, Arizona gubernatorial candidate and current state treasurer Kimberly Yee, Matt Beienburg of The Goldwater Institute, and many others...
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Jay Rudolph has a reputation.
"The Plumb Line" is a nationally-syndicated radio program (KPXQ, FaithTalk Radio, 1360am in Phoenix) that Rudolph hosts and this long-time radio personality has become associated with straight-talk and apologetics.
At this point in the summer, a summer in which we have explored so many different ideas and so many theories, maybe we could use some straight-talk!
Join us today as Jay walks us through his personal testimony and conveys how it is that he came to rely so wholly and fully on God's word. Further, you will hear him take his measuring stick and plumb line and set it to work in God's word as we delve into the interconnectedness and interdependence between framing up those first few chapters in Genesis with the Gospel.
For more information on Jay's radio show, the Plumb Line, please follow this link.
To follow the Plumb Line podcast, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
As this very special Kingdom Culture Conversations hits your podcast feed, it is the week of August 3rd, 2026 and we are super excited! After a long and boring summer, students will finally begin returning to the ground and virtual campuses of Northwest Christian School and NCS Online!
As students begin showing up for registration, back-to-school fun, stitching events, and more, each day this week, we'll take the time to hear from the leaders of each of the respective divisions of our school.
Bree Tarbutton, Early Ed Director and Kinder Principal - Monday, August 3, 2026
Eric Dowdle, Elementary Principal - Tuesday, August 4, 2026
JT Barnes, Middle School Principal - Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Samantha Maszton, Assistant Superintendent/Interim HS Principal - Thursday, August 6, 2026
Jessica Gake, Director of C&I, NCS Online - Friday, August 7, 2026
The On Purpose series resumes next week...but enjoy these wonderful conversations as we learn a bit more about our school leaders...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
As this very special Kingdom Culture Conversations hits your podcast feed, it is the week of August 3rd, 2026 and we are super excited! After a long and boring summer, students will finally begin returning to the ground and virtual campuses of Northwest Christian School and NCS Online!
As students begin showing up for registration, back-to-school fun, stitching events, and more, each day this week, we'll take the time to hear from the leaders of each of the respective divisions of our school.
Bree Tarbutton, Early Ed Director and Kinder Principal - Monday, August 3, 2026
Eric Dowdle, Elementary Principal - Tuesday, August 4, 2026
JT Barnes, Middle School Principal - Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Samantha Maszton, Assistant Superintendent/Interim HS Principal - Thursday, August 6, 2026
Jessica Gake, Director of C&I, NCS Online - Friday, August 7, 2026
The On Purpose series resumes next week...but enjoy these wonderful conversations as we learn a bit more about our school leaders...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
As this very special Kingdom Culture Conversations hits your podcast feed, it is the week of August 3rd, 2026 and we are super excited! After a long and boring summer, students will finally begin returning to the ground and virtual campuses of Northwest Christian School and NCS Online!
As students begin showing up for registration, back-to-school fun, stitching events, and more, each day this week, we'll take the time to hear from the leaders of each of the respective divisions of our school.
Bree Tarbutton, Early Ed Director and Kinder Principal - Monday, August 3, 2026
Eric Dowdle, Elementary Principal - Tuesday, August 4, 2026
JT Barnes, Middle School Principal - Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Samantha Maszton, Assistant Superintendent/Interim HS Principal - Thursday, August 6, 2026
Jessica Gake, Director of C&I, NCS Online - Friday, August 7, 2026
The On Purpose series resumes next week...but enjoy these wonderful conversations as we learn a bit more about our school leaders...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
As this very special Kingdom Culture Conversations hits your podcast feed, it is the week of August 3rd, 2026 and we are super excited! After a long and boring summer, students will finally begin returning to the ground and virtual campuses of Northwest Christian School and NCS Online!
As students begin showing up for registration, back-to-school fun, stitching events, and more, each day this week, we'll take the time to hear from the leaders of each of the respective divisions of our school.
Bree Tarbutton, Early Ed Director and Kinder Principal - Monday, August 3, 2026
Eric Dowdle, Elementary Principal - Tuesday, August 4, 2026
JT Barnes, Middle School Principal - Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Samantha Maszton, Assistant Superintendent/Interim HS Principal - Thursday, August 6, 2026
Jessica Gake, Director of C&I, NCS Online - Friday, August 7, 2026
The On Purpose series resumes next week...but enjoy these wonderful conversations as we learn a bit more about our school leaders...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
As this very special Kingdom Culture Conversations hits your podcast feed, it is the week of August 3rd, 2026 and we are super excited! After a long and boring summer, students will finally begin returning to the ground and virtual campuses of Northwest Christian School and NCS Online!
As students begin showing up for registration, back-to-school fun, stitching events, and more, each day this week, we'll take the time to hear from the leaders of each of the respective divisions of our school.
Bree Tarbutton, Early Ed Director and Kinder Principal - Monday, August 3, 2026
Eric Dowdle, Elementary Principal - Tuesday, August 4, 2026
JT Barnes, Middle School Principal - Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Samantha Maszton, Assistant Superintendent/Interim HS Principal - Thursday, August 6, 2026
Jessica Gake, Director of C&I, NCS Online - Friday, August 7, 2026
The On Purpose series resumes next week...but enjoy these wonderful conversations as we learn a bit more about our school leaders...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
School is starting!
And, with the resumption of school just around the corner, with a summer of diverse perspectives on the age of the earth, scriptural translations, and cosmic origins behind us, in the final analysis, what is that Northwest Christian School teaches its students?
The largest private school in the state of Arizona...a school with the audacity to include "Christian" in its name! Does it teach Old Earth? New Earth? What is said about evolutionary theory? How is Genesis presented...allegory? Literal history?
The moment of truth has come!
Today, we spend time with Junior Bible teacher Nicole Hunter as she breaks down all of these questions and more! Although we still have a few weeks and episodes on origins and creationism ahead of us, today we enjoy insightful commentary and solid Biblical perspective on how this is all presented to students!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Sherman Mohler discovered a dinosaur.
Well, technically, he was part of the team that unearthed, cataloged, researched, and ultimately named Ornatops incantatus, a type of duck-billed dinosaur that roamed northern New Mexico approximately 80 million years ago.
By the way, Sherman discovered this dinosaur not too far from where he goes to church while he's on fossil expeditions.
Wait. Church? Fossils? 80 million years? Is it possible to include all of these things in the same episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations?
That is the reason that Sherman Mohler, a recognized and accomplished paleontologist, who serves as the president of the Southwest Paleontological Society, accepted the invitation to be our guest for what will be two days of very intriguing conversation. Plainly said, Sherman wants our students and listeners to know that you can follow Christ, believe your Bible, and hold to an understanding that the world is billions of years old. Further, he's inviting us to do the work -- read the research, study God's Word, examine the evidence -- and, decide for yourself, recognizing that your security in Christ and position in your Christian faith are not at risk.
To learn more about the Southwest Paleontological Society, please follow this link.
The SPS is part of the Arizona Museum of Natural History. To learn more about AZMNH, please click here.
Ready to take Sherman Mohler up on his challenge? BioLogos.org is a Christian nonprofit organization founded by geneticist Francis Collins, best known for leading the Human Genome Project. The organization seeks to promote what it describes as the harmony between Christian faith and modern science, particularly in areas such as evolution, genetics, cosmology, and the age of the earth. BioLogos generally advocates for “evolutionary creation,” the view that God used evolutionary processes in creation.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Sherman Mohler discovered a dinosaur.
Well, technically, he was part of the team that unearthed, cataloged, researched, and ultimately named Ornatops incantatus, a type of duck-billed dinosaur that roamed northern New Mexico approximately 80 million years ago.
By the way, Sherman discovered this dinosaur not too far from where he goes to church while he's on fossil expeditions.
Wait. Church? Fossils? 80 million years? Is it possible to include all of these things in the same episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations?
That is the reason that Sherman Mohler, a recognized and accomplished paleontologist, who serves as the president of the Southwest Paleontological Society, accepted the invitation to be our guest for what will be two days of very intriguing conversation. Plainly said, Sherman wants our students and listeners to know that you can follow Christ, believe your Bible, and hold to an understanding that the world is billions of years old. Further, he's inviting us to do the work -- read the research, study God's Word, examine the evidence -- and, decide for yourself, recognizing that your security in Christ and position in your Christian faith are not at risk.
To learn more about the Southwest Paleontological Society, please follow this link.
To learn more about the Arizona Museum of Natural History, please click here.
Ready to take Sherman Mohler up on his challenge? BioLogos.org is a Christian nonprofit organization founded by geneticist Francis Collins, best known for leading the Human Genome Project. The organization seeks to promote what it describes as the harmony between Christian faith and modern science, particularly in areas such as evolution, genetics, cosmology, and the age of the earth. BioLogos generally advocates for “evolutionary creation,” the view that God used evolutionary processes in creation.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Today:
Perhaps you should sit down.
In a Kingdom Culture Conversation that you will not soon forget, in today's episode we meet pastor and author Dean Davis. Dean has innumerable qualifications for ministry, is well educated, has served the Lord faithfully for decades, and is a profoundly avid student of scripture. And it is that study of scripture, followed by years of scientific research, that have led him to a remarkable conclusion.
Dean Davis believes that the Earth is the center of the universe.
The heliocentric model — the idea that the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun — gradually became the dominant scientific view between the 1500s and late 1600s. But, today, you will meet a credibly incredible individual who holds to the opposite: the geocentric model. And, in what will be a two-part episode, Dean will present what he holds to be both the scriptural and scientific justification for his position.
And, this is the part where you might want to sit down.
What you will hear him say today and tomorrow makes a lot of sense.
To learn more about Dean Davis' ministry, Come Let Us Reason, please follow this link.
To read Dean's testimony and about his call to ministry, please click here.
Dean's case for a Young Earth can be found here.
His exploration and explanation of what he believes is scriptural cosmology can be found here.
Background:
In the summer of 2016, the annual Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading campaign introduced us to Russ Miller, a storied and established Biblical creationist who lives, believe it or not, off-the-grid in a crater in northern Arizona. If that were not crazy enough, during that summer, Miller introduced us to his book, "The Cost", and he made two audacious claims.
First, Russ Miller claimed that the universe and all of creation was established by God in six 24-hour days, less than 10,000 years ago. He claimed he had scientific and scriptural evidence to back up his claims.
Second, Miller claimed that if our nation continued to deny God the creator and the concept of "Imago Dei" -- that we are created in the image and likeness of God, on purpose, and for a purpose -- our culture would go into a freefall, losing all concept of right and wrong, falling into chaos and disorder.
Now, ten years later, Russ Miller is back and his warnings and worries have exploded into reality. Our country and our culture are mired in confusion about truth, gender, marriage, race, identity, spirituality, and more.
We are paying what Miller called "The Cost" of losing track of who we are and whose we are.
This summer, we're going deep into creationism. We are going to spend time with audacious individuals who believe in Young Earth, Old Earth, Theistic Evolution, Geocentricity, and, yes, a Flat Earth. Our journey will be anchored in God's word as we enjoy some pretty amazing conversations.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
The 2025/2026 school year was a year of administrative transition for Northwest Christian School with assistant superintendent Samantha Maszton winning the day in a dual role as secondary principal, overseeing middle and high school as the school eased through several transitions. All the while, administration kept an eye out for the individual that would take the reins as a new principal.
The 2026/2027 school year brings that hunt to a close as J.T. Barnes moves into the role of Middle School Principal.
As you will hear in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, it has truly been an epic journey for Barnes! Having started as a student teacher and teaching both Bible and history, Barnes has served administratively in both primary and secondary settings.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Today:
Harvard biologist Ernst Mayr said the quiet part out loud.
In 1999, Mayr gave a lecture titled "Darwin's Influence on Modern Thought" and in this lecture he indicated what had only been suspected previously: that Darwinists believe that there is no corner of creation, no school of thought, aspect of culture, or pursuit of science to which Darwinian evolutionary theory cannot be made applicable.
That's not even the shocking part.
Mayr went on to suggest that to accommodate this general applicability, we needed to recognize that the science of chemistry and physics is not the same science as that of evolutionary biology. What?
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, author and Biblical creationist Russ Miller yanks back the curtain and reveals the endgame of Darwinists.
Background:
In the summer of 2016, the annual Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading campaign introduced us to Russ Miller, a storied and established Biblical creationist who lives, believe it or not, off-the-grid in a crater in northern Arizona. If that were not crazy enough, during that summer, Miller introduced us to his book, "The Cost", and he made two audacious claims.
First, Russ Miller claimed that the universe and all of creation was established by God in six 24-hour days, less than 10,000 years ago. He claimed he had scientific and scriptural evidence to back up his claims.
Second, Miller claimed that if our nation continued to deny God the creator and the concept of "Imago Dei" -- that we are created in the image and likeness of God, on purpose, and for a purpose -- our culture would go into a freefall, losing all concept of right and wrong, falling into chaos and disorder.
Now, ten years later, Russ Miller is back and his warnings and worries have exploded into reality. Our country and our culture are mired in confusion about truth, gender, marriage, race, identity, spirituality, and more.
We are paying what Miller called "The Cost" of losing track of who we are and whose we are.
Miller's latest book is "Consider the Cost" -- an updated and expanded version of "The Cost" that is available at no cost in the three offices of Northwest Christian School -- and his message remains the same: we must understand that we were created by God on purpose -- we are not biochemical happenstance -- and we were created for a purpose. We are loved and valued. The truth is knowable. We have a reason. We have a mission.
This summer, we're going deep into creationism. We are going to spend time with audacious individuals who believe in Young Earth, Old Earth, Theistic Evolution, Geocentricity, and, yes, a Flat Earth. Our journey will be anchored in God's word as we enjoy some pretty amazing conversations.
But, at the end of the day, diverse positions aside, every moment and every word of the KingdomCultureConversations.com episodes that we will hear this summer (between May 11th and September 28th) will be rooted in one truth: You were created on purpose and for a purpose.
To learn more about Russ Miller and his organization, "Creation and Evolution Science Ministries", please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
On the surface, David Weiss appears to be the quintessential, and stereotypical, New Yorker with a special emphasis on his hilarity and sense of humor. In point of fact, Weiss started his career as a stand-up comic in NYC whose act revolved around making fun of conspiracy theorist and folks that wear aluminum foil caps. He enjoyed success as a comic and lived life as an atheist, following whatever whim he wished.
That was until he was challenged by a Flat Earther to really start looking into the Flat Earth beliefs that he was mocking.
Today, Weiss is "Flat Earth Dave" and he found God. He has become a huge personality on the web, has a gargantuan number of followers on YouTube and social media, and is perhaps the highest profile Flat Earth advocate on the planet today.
Now, whether that planet is flat or round is up to you to decide today after listening to a hilarious, insightful, challenging, and altogether unexpected Kingdom Culture Conversation.
To learn more about David Weiss, please visit FlatEarthDave.com.
For a primer on Flat Earth thinking - a site that will blow your mind - please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Today, Robby Lashua and Geoff Brown step right into the do-do.
Christianity isn't meant to be a list of "don't do's" as so many in the world, and perhaps the church, perceive it. Rather, Christianity defines its followers as individuals who are aware of the the do-do's. It's all about what we do do. Our faith is intended to be active, purposeful, vibrant, loving, and mission-driven.
And all that do do stems from one thing: "Imago Dei".
Because we are created in the image and likeness of God, we are created "On Purpose" and "For a Purpose". Further, when we defy the cultural norms, and live the lives we were designed, defined, and destined for, our fulfillment and joy go through the roof!
Robby Lashua is the lead pastor at Palmcroft Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Having also served with Stand to Reason, he's a leading apologist who brings the defense of scripture and Biblical truth to bear powerfully within his teaching.
Today, Robby helps us to navigate away from the polarity of the creation vs. evolution debate (as truly fun as it is) and towards the reason for which we were created...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Today:
Dinosaurs on Noah's Ark? Dinosaur tracks and human artifacts within the same fossil layers? Fresh biological material within excavated dinosaur bones? We have found water-soluble dinosaur DNA that has survived?
You better buckle up. Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is going to spur a lot of conversations...
Background:
In the summer of 2016, the annual Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading campaign introduced us to Russ Miller, a storied and established Biblical creationist who lives, believe it or not, off-the-grid in a crater in northern Arizona. If that were not crazy enough, during that summer, Miller introduced us to his book, "The Cost", and he made two audacious claims.
First, Russ Miller claimed that the universe and all of creation was established by God in six 24-hour days, less than 10,000 years ago. He claimed he had scientific and scriptural evidence to back up his claims.
Second, Miller claimed that if our nation continued to deny God the creator and the concept of "Imago Dei" -- that we are created in the image and likeness of God, on purpose, and for a purpose -- our culture would go into a freefall, losing all concept of right and wrong, falling into chaos and disorder.
Now, ten years later, Russ Miller is back and his warnings and worries have exploded into reality. Our country and our culture are mired in confusion about truth, gender, marriage, race, identity, spirituality, and more.
We are paying what Miller called "The Cost" of losing track of who we are and whose we are.
Miller's latest book is "Consider the Cost" -- an updated and expanded version of "The Cost" that is available at no cost in the three offices of Northwest Christian School -- and his message remains the same: we must understand that we were created by God on purpose -- we are not biochemical happenstance -- and we were created for a purpose. We are loved and valued. The truth is knowable. We have a reason. We have a mission.
This summer, we're going deep into creationism. We are going to spend time with audacious individuals who believe in Young Earth, Old Earth, Theistic Evolution, Geocentricity, and, yes, a Flat Earth. Our journey will be anchored in God's word as we enjoy some pretty amazing conversations.
But, at the end of the day, diverse positions aside, every moment and every word of the KingdomCultureConversations.com episodes that we will hear this summer (between May 11th and September 28th) will be rooted in one truth: You were created on purpose and for a purpose.
To learn more about Russ Miller and his organization, "Creation and Evolution Science Ministries", please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Although thoroughly secular in nature, the National Center for Science Education benignly labels it as the "Creation/Evolution Continuum". Running from the extreme of Flat Earth creationism on the Biblical side to the extreme of atheistic evolution on the secular side, it is, however, anything but benign.
There are so many different views! So many different perspectives!
All the parties are looking at the same physical, natural evidence and the same passages of scripture. Yet, along this continuum there has historically been so much heat and disagreement!
It's almost like God never intended for us to fully understand...
Wait. Could that be it?
And, if we were never intended to understand the particulars of creation, what did He intend for us to draw from the passages of scripture that encompass the topic?
Robby Lashua is the lead pastor at Palmcroft Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Having also served with Stand to Reason, he's a leading apologist who brings the defense of scripture and Biblical truth to bear powerfully within his teaching.
In short, he's the perfect individual to help us answer these questions!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Today:
There is no such thing as "settled science". By its very definition, science cannot "prove" anything. While it can "disprove" and show something to be false, the impetus of scientific methodology is to continue to accumulate observations and then classify that new information in such a way as to produce reliable predictions which, eventually, can become hypotheses.
But, science is wont to continue collecting these observations -- if it is credible science, it must never stop -- and to account for those additional observations.
So, why does the US National Park Service suggest that the Grand Canyon was formed over millions of years by erosion caused by the Colorado River when there is near unanimous agreement within the US Geologic Survey that such would not be possible? Further, why is the US Geologic Survey content in reporting that the "millions and millions of years" narrative is not supported by the Canyon's geology? "Unconformities are gaps in the geologic record that occur when rocks or sediments are eroded away and time elapses before new deposition occurs. New sediment eventually forms new rock layers on top of the eroded surface, but there is a period of geologic time that is not represented. You can think of unconformities as missing 'pages' in the book of the geologic record."
Where did those pages go? Or, is it possible that they were never written?
Background:
In the summer of 2016, the annual Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading campaign introduced us to Russ Miller, a storied and established Biblical creationist who lives, believe it or not, off-the-grid in a crater in northern Arizona. If that were not crazy enough, during that summer, Miller introduced us to his book, "The Cost", and he made two audacious claims.
First, Russ Miller claimed that the universe and all of creation was established by God in six 24-hour days, less than 10,000 years ago. He claimed he had scientific and scriptural evidence to back up his claims.
Second, Miller claimed that if our nation continued to deny God the creator and the concept of "Imago Dei" -- that we are created in the image and likeness of God, on purpose, and for a purpose -- our culture would go into a freefall, losing all concept of right and wrong, falling into chaos and disorder.
We are paying what Miller called "The Cost" of losing track of who we are and whose we are.
To learn more about Russ Miller and his organization, "Creation and Evolution Science Ministries", please follow this link.
To get a copy of "Consider the Cost", you can pick up a free copy of the book in the three offices of Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona or you can order a copy by clicking here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Today:
Arizona's Grand Canyon is considered the "Eighth Wonder of the World". Epic is scale, it is difficult for most to imagine what momentous force produced this colossal, natural beauty.
"Most" does not include Biblical creationist Russ Miller.
Miller describes the Grand Canyon as a "scar of God's judgment", a remnant of a universal deluge that overwhelmed the Earth during the time of Noah. He points to Psalm 46:8: "Come behold the works of the Lord, what desolations He has made in the Earth.", and explains there is much, much more to the geology of the American southwest than we had been led to believe...
Background:
In the summer of 2016, the annual Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading campaign introduced us to Russ Miller, a storied and established Biblical creationist who lives, believe it or not, off-the-grid in a crater in northern Arizona. If that were not crazy enough, during that summer, Miller introduced us to his book, "The Cost", and he made two audacious claims.
First, Russ Miller claimed that the universe and all of creation was established by God in six 24-hour days, less than 10,000 years ago. He claimed he had scientific and scriptural evidence to back up his claims.
Second, Miller claimed that if our nation continued to deny God the creator and the concept of "Imago Dei" -- that we are created in the image and likeness of God, on purpose, and for a purpose -- our culture would go into a freefall, losing all concept of right and wrong, falling into chaos and disorder.
Now, ten years later, Russ Miller is back and his warnings and worries have exploded into reality. Our country and our culture are mired in confusion about truth, gender, marriage, race, identity, spirituality, and more.
We are paying what Miller called "The Cost" of losing track of who we are and whose we are.
This summer, we're going deep into creationism. We are going to spend time with audacious individuals who believe in Young Earth, Old Earth, Theistic Evolution, Geocentricity, and, yes, a Flat Earth. Our journey will be anchored in God's word as we enjoy some pretty amazing conversations.
But, at the end of the day, diverse positions aside, every moment and every word of the KingdomCultureConversations.com episodes that we will hear this summer (between May 11th and September 28th) will be rooted in one truth: You were created on purpose and for a purpose.
To learn more about Russ Miller and his organization, "Creation and Evolution Science Ministries", please follow this link.
To get a copy of "Consider the Cost", you can pick up a free copy of the book in the three offices of Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona or you can order a copy by clicking here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
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Today:
As we press forward within "Consider the Cost" with author Russ Miller, he drops a bombshell: "We have reached a point within the contemporary church wherein we will hardly allow iron to sharpen iron."
When asked where the chief opposition to the notion of a young Earth arises, Russ is straightforward and blunt. The church.
Why? If the lion's share of Scripture seems to point towards a young Earth and the theology of sin and death -- in the view of respectable theologians like Wayne Grudem -- is dependent upon it, why would we not at least be intellectually honest and search both the Word (the Bible) and the World (secular science) for reasons to dismiss it? Can we so casually dismiss this notion if we have not taken the time to be sure?
The summer of 2026 just got very, very awkward!
Background:
In the summer of 2016, the annual Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading campaign introduced us to Russ Miller, a storied and established Biblical creationist who lives, believe it or not, off-the-grid in a crater in northern Arizona. If that were not crazy enough, during that summer, Miller introduced us to his book, "The Cost", and he made two audacious claims.
First, Russ Miller claimed that the universe and all of creation was established by God in six 24-hour days, less than 10,000 years ago. He claimed he had scientific and scriptural evidence to back up his claims.
Second, Miller claimed that if our nation continued to deny God the creator and the concept of "Imago Dei" -- that we are created in the image and likeness of God, on purpose, and for a purpose -- our culture would go into a freefall, losing all concept of right and wrong, falling into chaos and disorder.
Now, ten years later, Russ Miller is back and his warnings and worries have exploded into reality. Our country and our culture are mired in confusion about truth, gender, marriage, race, identity, spirituality, and more.
We are paying what Miller called "The Cost" of losing track of who we are and whose we are.
This summer, we're going deep into creationism. We are going to spend time with audacious individuals who believe in Young Earth, Old Earth, Theistic Evolution, Geocentricity, and, yes, a Flat Earth. Our journey will be anchored in God's word as we enjoy some pretty amazing conversations.
But, at the end of the day, diverse positions aside, every moment and every word of the KingdomCultureConversations.com episodes that we will hear this summer (between May 11th and September 28th) will be rooted in one truth: You were created on purpose and for a purpose.
To learn more about Russ Miller and his organization, "Creation and Evolution Science Ministries", please follow this link.
To get a copy of "Consider the Cost", you can pick up a free copy of the book in the three offices of Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona or you can order a copy by clicking here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
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Today:
"Can we draw a distinction between 'creationism' generally and 'Biblical creationism' specifically?"
Wait. Read that question again. Author Russ Miller isn't just suggesting that creationism generally, within all its forms, or young Earth creationism specifically aren't Biblical, he's suggesting that there is a Biblical approach and perspective of Young Earth creationism rooted in a global reading of Noah's flood. He's advocating for a view in which he suggests the Bible is clear and Christian confusion about varied schools of thinking about creationism is rooted in a haphazard approach to God's word.
Controversial? Yep.
True? That's for you to decide.
Background:
In the summer of 2016, the annual Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading campagin introduced us to Russ Miller, a storied and established Biblical creationist who lives, believe it or not, off-the-grid in a crater in northern Arizona. If that were not crazy enough, during that summer, Miller introduced us to his book, "The Cost", and he made two audacious claims.
First, Russ Miller claimed that the universe and all of creation was established by God in six 24-hour days, less than 10,000 years ago. He claimed he had scientific and scriptural evidence to back up his claims.
Second, Miller claimed that if our nation continued to deny God the creator and the concept of "Imago Dei" -- that we are created in the image and likeness of God, on purpose, and for a purpose -- our culture would go into a freefall, losing all concept of right and wrong, falling into chaos and disorder.
Now, ten years later, Russ Miller is back and his warnings and worries have exploded into reality. Our country and our culture are mired in confusion about truth, gender, marriage, race, identity, spirituality, and more.
We are paying what Miller called "The Cost" of losing track of who we are and whose we are.
Miller's latest book is "Consider the Cost" -- an updated and expanded version of "The Cost" that is available at no cost in the three offices of Northwest Christian School -- and his message remains the same: we must understand that we were created by God on purpose -- we are not biochemical happenstance -- and we were created for a purpose. We are loved and valued. The truth is knowable. We have a reason. We have a mission.
This summer, we're going deep into creationism. We are going to spend time with audacious individuals who believe in Young Earth, Old Earth, Theistic Evolution, Geocentricity, and, yes, a Flat Earth. Our journey will be anchored in God's word as we enjoy some pretty amazing conversations.
But, at the end of the day, diverse positions aside, every moment and every word of the KingdomCultureConversations.com episodes that we will hear this summer (between May 11th and September 28th) will be rooted in one truth: You were created on purpose and for a purpose.
To learn more about Russ Miller and his organization, "Creation and Evolution Science Ministries", please follow this link.
To get a copy of "Consider the Cost", you can pick up a free copy of the book in the three offices of Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona or you can order a copy by clicking here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
In the summer of 2016, the annual Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading campagin introduced us to Russ Miller, a storied and established Biblical creationist who lives, believe it or not, off-the-grid in a crater in northern Arizona. If that were not crazy enough, during that summer, Miller introduced us to his book, "The Cost", and he made two audacious claims.
First, Russ Miller claimed that the universe and all of creation was established by God in six 24-hour days, less than 10,000 years ago. He claimed he had scientific and scriptural evidence to back up his claims.
Second, Miller claimed that if our nation continued to deny God the creator and the concept of "Imago Dei" -- that we are created in the image and likeness of God, on purpose, and for a purpose -- our culture would go into a freefall, losing all concept of right and wrong, falling into chaos and disorder.
Now, ten years later, Russ Miller is back and his warnings and worries have exploded into reality. Our country and our culture are mired in confusion about truth, gender, marriage, race, identity, spirituality, and more.
We are paying what Miller called "The Cost" of losing track of who we are and whose we are.
Miller's latest book is "Consider the Cost" -- an updated and expanded version of "The Cost" that is available at no cost in the three offices of Northwest Christian School -- and his message remains the same: we must understand that we were created by God on purpose -- we are not biochemical happenstance -- and we were created for a purpose. We are loved and valued. The truth is knowable. We have a reason. We have a mission.
This summer, we're going deep into creationism. We are going to spend time with audacious individuals who believe in Young Earth, Old Earth, Theistic Evolution, Geocentricity, and, yes, a Flat Earth. Our journey will be anchored in God's word as we enjoy some pretty amazing conversations.
But, at the end of the day, diverse positions aside, every moment and every word of the KingdomCultureConversations.com episodes that we will hear this summer (between May 11th and September 28th) will be rooted in one truth: You were created on purpose and for a purpose.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Each year, the Northwest Christian School Board enjoys a session with the entire Northwest Christian secondary Bible team. The open-ended conversation includes highs and lows, strengths and weaknesses, and a focus on whether or not the program is truly impacting students and helping them to develop a Biblical worldview.
Following the January 2026 version of the conversation, we recognized that we wanted to take it further and, in the spirit of transparency and authenticity, open it up for all to hear and participate. As a result, over the next several weeks and months, Kingdom Culture Conversations is going to take the time to walk through these conversations with each of the school's secondary Bible teachers.
Today, we continue this journey with Alana Heater, Northwest Christian's freshman Bible teacher. A Northwest Christian alumni herself, Alana is on the leading edge of the high school's theology program and serves as the intermediary between our middle and high school programs. Teaching Old Testament, especially in sum, can be challenging but she makes the experience both memorable and meaningful in designing opportunities for students to engage the text. Alana is also the director of Northwest Christian's Academic Affiliate partnership with the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. In her two roles, and with this threefold perspective, her contributions to this ongoing conversation are beyond insightful.
So, from this unique perspective, what does she have to say? What is working? What isn't?
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
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As we approach the month of May, a momentous shift is about to take place for students moving from high school and towards college and career. Students will graduate from high school and, for many, from the direct oversight of Dad and Mom on a daily basis as they head to university, the military, trade school, or a job.
So, how can we know that Christian high school students will remain engaged within the spiritual disciplines that will keep them walking a healthy course in pursuit of Christ.
We can't.
But, what we can do is work to be certain that students are involved, and truly invested, in a youth ministry -- from middle school, high school, and college -- that will incite a true love of discipleship in their lives.
Today, we spend time talking with two student ministries pastors from Palmcroft Church -- George Brown, the pastor of College and Assimilation, and Jacob Van Gysel, the pastor of High School ministry -- as they discuss moving young people away from entertainment in youth ministry and towards genuine, heartfelt engagement.
The Rooted article that serves as the jumping off point for our conversation, "Don't Entertain Teenagers, Disciple Them", can be found here.
To learn about Palmcroft Church, please follow this link.
To learn specifically about Palmcroft High School Ministry, click here.
To find out about Palmcroft College Ministry, please click on this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is a tad longer than the norm. It also follows a completely different format than what listeners may have come to expect. This episode captures a completely candid conversation between Rev. Sandi Anthony and a stellar group of 8th graders as they talk through, of all things, aliens, UFO's, the concept of "disclosure", and the possibility that some unidentified aerial phenomena may be diabolical in nature.
Rev. Sandi Anthony is a Phoenix-area minister who co-pastors in two East Valley churches. Her knowledge of God's word is deep and vested with a strong seminary education.
She is also, interestingly enough, a field investigator for the Phoenix, Arizona chapter of MUFON, the "Mutual UFO Network". In fact, she has been honored twice by the organization as "field investigator of the year".
What happens today is fascinating!
To learn more about Phoenix MUFON, please follow this link.
To check out the book that the students within the Northwest Christian Middle School Book Club are referencing, "Out of the Silent Planet" by C.S. Lewis, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
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On Friday, April 10th, 2026, Northwest Christian releases it's 14th student movie: "We Were Friends". And, with fourteen movies under our belt, you may suspect that this cinematic contribution is more of the same...
Not so.
As we will hear today during a thought-provoking conversation with Red Five Media's Chris Zimmerman, "We Were Friends" is completely different than any of the school films that have come before it. Just twenty minutes in length, featuring only two actresses, and shot within a single location, viewers will find this movie to be both a raw and unflinching look at forgiveness and unforgiveness.
Today, we hear what inspired this film and the impact that it may have in the lives of viewers -- high school students in particular!
"We Were Friends" debuts on NCS-Plus.com and NorthwestChristianFilms.com at 4:00pm on Friday, April 10th, 2026.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
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In April of 1953, during a sermon in which he confronted the base distinctions between Communism and Christianity, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "We must admit that we as Christians have often lagged behind at this point. Slavery could not have existed in America for more than two hundred and fifty years if the Church had not sanctioned it. Segregation and discrimination could not exist in America today without the sanction of the Church. I am ashamed and appalled at the fact that eleven o’clock on Sunday morning is the most segregated hour in Christian America. How tardy we have been! The Church has to often been an institution serving to crystalize the patterns of the status quo."
Is the criticism fair?
Or, as he goes on to say, are there underlying appeals within Communism that, although subtle, are having a profound impact on culture and the Church?
To wrestle with those questions, today we are joined by Joy Watson whose school, in the International Academy of St. Petersburg, resides within the residue of a form of Russian communism that fell in 1991 but whose presence is still felt.
Are we, as Americans who have just elected a socialist mayor in our nation's largest city, in danger of falling prey?
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Each year, the Northwest Christian School Board enjoys a session with the entire Northwest Christian secondary Bible team. The open-ended conversation includes highs and lows, strengths and weaknesses, and a focus on whether or not the program is truly impacting students and helping them to develop a Biblical worldview.
Following the January 2026 version of the conversation, we recognized that we wanted to take it further and, in the spirit of transparency and authenticity, open it up for all to hear and participate. As a result, over the next several weeks and months, Kingdom Culture Conversations is going to take the time to walk through these conversations with each of the school's secondary Bible teachers.
Today, we continue this journey with Brandon Southall, Northwest Christian's senior Bible teacher. Having served within Northwest Christian for fourteen years, nearly ten of which have been with students right before they graduate, Southall has a very unique perspective. On the one hand, he encounters our students at the end of their Northwest Christian journey and he gets to see the fruit of the school program within their lives. On the other hand, as their last point of contact within the school, he retains that contact long after graduation.
So, from this unique perspective, what does he have to say? What is working? What isn't?
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
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Axis.org is the parenting resource you need right now.
And, if you don't have a home church, or your Phoenix-area student is not invested personally and substantially within a youth ministry, Desert View Bible is the church you need to check out right now.
With these two statements our episode's thesis, we jump into a count-down of Axis' "Top 20" most influential cultural moments and phenomena that are impacting students right now. To take the conversation next level, Nick Fergerson, an establish youth minister with a storied and mature youth discipleship approach, is on hand to fuel the conversation: Do we agree with the list? Do we disagree? Would we add to it?
For more information on Axis, please visit Axis.org.
To discover the exciting things that are happening within youth ministry at Desert View Bible, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Each year, the Northwest Christian School Board enjoys a session with the entire Northwest Christian secondary Bible team. The open-ended conversation includes highs and lows, strengths and weaknesses, and a focus on whether or not the program is truly impacting students and helping them to develop a Biblical worldview.
Following the January 2026 version of the conversation, we recognized that we wanted to take it further and, in the spirit of transparency and authenticity, open it up for all to hear and participate. As a result, over the next several weeks and months, Kingdom Culture Conversations is going to take the time to walk through these conversations with each of the school's secondary Bible teachers.
Today, we continue this journey with Tyler Collins, Northwest Christian's sophomore Bible teacher. Having served within Northwest Christian for nearly two decades, and having overseen the Bible department for nearly half that time, Tyler is poised to offer a powerful perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of NCS Bible curriculum and spiritual formation strategies.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Each year, the Northwest Christian School Board enjoys a session with the entire Northwest Christian secondary Bible team. The open-ended conversation includes highs and lows, strengths and weaknesses, and a focus on whether or not the program is truly impacting students and helping them to develop a Biblical worldview.
Following the January 2026 version of the conversation, we recognized that we wanted to take it further and, in the spirit of transparency and authenticity, open it up for all to hear and participate. As a result, over the next several weeks and months, Kingdom Culture Conversations is going to take the time to walk through these conversations with each of the school's secondary Bible teachers.
Today, we continue this journey with Ethan Burson, Northwest Christian's 7th grade Bible teacher. Ethan has served the community of Northwest Christian for just over fifteen years and, in that time, he has served as an educational aide, a science teacher, and, for the past several years, a Bible teacher. His perspective is informed by history and the relevance that comes with being committed to young people and youth culture.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Many school advocate for "service learning", an educational concept defined as "an educational approach that combines meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities." But, at Northwest Christian, the bones of this concept are restructured, repurposed, and retitled "Missions Learning".
So, pragmatically, what is the difference between service learning and Northwest Christian's "Missions Learning"?
Tomorrow, March 4, is one of the 2025/2026 school year's "High School Serve Days" - a day completely dedicated to Missions Learning. As such, we thought it would be interesting to explore this question, as well as several others, with Tyler Collins, the high school teacher/leader that drives the program forward.
What is the difference between service learning and Missions Learning? What happens when over 500 high schoolers set out to work within the community? Where do they go and what do they do? And, perhaps most importantly, is it having the desire impact in the lives of students?
Missions Learning is an aspect of Northwest Christian's Pursuing His Purpose game plan and strategy. For more information, on Pursuing His Purpose, please follow this link to an explanatory PDF or visit this page within the school's website.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
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As a director within Missions Door, Bob Lehman has a span of ministerial impact that is VERY impressive. As the founding pastor of two unique church plants, his commitment to the community of the local church is BEYOND impressive.
But, what spurs incredulity is that he has the passion and drive to maintain both.
Where was that passion born? At what point did he realize that God's call on his life would be so vast and encompassing? What steps did he take and what spiritual disciplines does he maintain so that he remains attentive to God's lead as he leads? These questions are what drive an extremely insightful Kingdom Culture Conversation with a man that many call a "pastor's pastor".
For more information on Missions Door, please follow this link.
To discover more about Bob's home church where he both leads and learns, please click here: SonoranChapel.com
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
The U.S. Department of State describes the problem in jarringly acute terms: "The Government of Cambodia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so. Despite the lack of significant efforts, the government took some steps to address trafficking, including opening a victim support center, cooperating with foreign governments on anti-trafficking investigations, and launching an online trafficking victim identification training course available to government officials. However, corruption and official complicity – including by high-level senior government officials – in trafficking crimes remained widespread and endemic during the reporting period; this included the exploitation of tens of thousands of victims in forced criminality in online scam operations in Cambodia. Officials actively impeded countervailing efforts, including reportedly undermining anti-trafficking law enforcement and victim protection efforts and dispelling reported accusations through minimization and denial in public messaging of the prevalence and severity of online scam operations, including reports of government complicity."
It's for this reason that "Steven's" last name is redacted. A young man, faithful to being attentive to God's voice, standing in the gap and, in spite of the threat of harm and the potential dangers, working to rescue children from within a culture entrenched in forced slavery and sex trafficking...
Today, in a Kingdom Culture Conversation that you will not soon forget, you have the chance to hear about this young man's earnest pursuit of his calling, his first steps of obedience into a space rife with danger, and the success that he is encountering as he learns to wholly lean on God's provision and direction.
To support Steven's family and ministry in Cambodia, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
As this episode hits, we are just 48 hours from the premiere of Northwest Christian's 12th annual NXNW student film, "10:17"! This Friday, February 20th, at Harkins Norterra, the lights will drop and the film will roll.
10:17 is being described as "riveting" and the early word from folks that have seen it is that this will be Northwest Christian's best film to date. Is the hype real?
For over a decade, Northwest Christian School has done something few, if any, high schools have done: create a film starring students. Today, our Kingdom Culture Conversation with Chris Zimmerman, the writer and director behind 10:17, clues us in on what goes into make a film with students. We'll learn about story development, writing, auditioning, filming, acting, editing, and scoring.
To see the "teaser" for 10:17, please follow this link.
To get your tickets to the NXNW Film Festival and the premiere of the movie, please click here.
To enjoy previous Northwest Christian films, please go to NorthwestChristianFilms.com.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Each year, the Northwest Christian School Board enjoys a session with the entire Northwest Christian secondary Bible team. The open-ended conversation includes highs and lows, strengths and weaknesses, and a focus on whether or not the program is truly impacting students and helping them to develop a Biblical worldview.
Following the January 2026 version of the conversation, we recognized that we wanted to take it further and, in the spirit of transparency and authenticity, open it up for all to hear and participate. As a result, over the next several weeks and months, Kingdom Culture Conversations is going to take the time to walk through these conversations with each of the school's secondary Bible teachers.
Today, we continue this journey with Mark Reiswig who is in his third year of teaching eighth grade Bible. A former missionary and pastor, Mark's commitment to curriculum and care for his students is beyond inspiring.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
For the past three years, Northwest Christian School has helped spearhead a "pilot" program within the Colson Center for Christian Worldview: the Colson Educators Academic Affiliation. Every teacher has enjoyed training in Biblical worldview and nearly forty teachers, administrators, and staff have opted into a yearlong, deep-dive into Christian worldview through the Colson Fellows program.
It all sounds very impressive. But what, specifically, does it mean?
Today, we are joined by Billy Hutchinson, the Director of the Colson Center's Colson Educators program, who walks us through the training, the pilot program, and what it all means for the culture and community of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, click here.
To learn about the Colson Educators programs and opportunities, follow this link.
And, to learn about Colson Fellows and potentially join a Northwest Christian-centered cohort of Colson Fellows in Training, please visit: ColsonFellows.org/KCC.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
To say that Brooke Brown is an inspiration is an understatement.
As she spoke to Northwest Christian secondary students in two chapels during January 2026, the room was completely quiet. "Speaking" from a wheelchair, using a voice augmentation app, Brooke held two different 600+ audiences completely spellbound.
Her message was profoundly simple and two-fold. First, when you first meet a person, like her, who is atypically abled, assume competence. Second, all of us typically or atypically abled, are Imago Dei -- carefully crafted by a Creator, in His image and likeness.
Today, you have the opportunity to take this chapel message further and to hear, within a Kingdom Culture Conversation, about Brooke, her life, her cerebral palsy, and the unbelievable courage that drives her forward within her story.
To learn more about Brooke, please visit this site.
To learn about her ministry and storytelling services, please click here.
Trust us, you want to read her recently publish memoir...follow this link to order.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Do not push play! Do what you must do to skip this episode!
That would be the advice offered by Northwest Christian superintendent and Kingdom Culture Conversation co-host Geoff Brown.
Why?
Because this particular episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations will blow your mind. Or, if not your mind, it just might blow up the convenient buffer that many Evangelical Christians have placed between themselves and the spiritual realm. Although Scripture is filled with references to and stories about angels, demons, and a vast spiritual cosmology, for most of us, that reality remains unconsidered and unexplored.
And, in some (perhaps most?) instances, for good reason. We abide within a culture infatuated with demonic darkness in horror movies, music, television, books, podcasts, and more. At times, it seems as though the only safe harbor to sail within the spiritual realm is truly anchored within the word of God.
So, as today's episode launches into Joe Infranco's experiences with some special needs students who are describing engagement with the ethereal, God's word remains our lifeline.
But, should you choose to hit play, make sure you have God's word handy, and be prepared to be challenged to think Biblically and critically!
For more information on Highlands Church, please follow this link.
To be inspired by what Highlands Church is doing in terms of special needs ministry, click here.
To order a copy of "Decoding Cody" by Joe Infranco, follow this link.
To hear Joe Infranco's longer interview on the Blurry Creatures podcast, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
An open invitation.
That is the best way to describe the Kingdom Culture Conversation that you are about to hear.
Today, we are joined by two NCS secondary teachers that are actively involved in training and supporting the community of staff and students at the City of Joy Christian School is Rwanda. You will have the opportunity to hear how God directed their steps - in powerfully surprising ways - to see them become active in this African community. You will also learn how they are seeing, from a firsthand perspective, God move mightily in the lives of those that, in other instance, would be written off and neglected.
And, today, you will hear an open invitation to consider the role that the Lord may be moving in you to play...
For more information on the City of Joy, please follow this link.
To learn more about the potential to visit the City of Joy as part of a Northwest Christian trip, please click here and also here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Each year, the Northwest Christian School Board enjoys a session with the entire Northwest Christian secondary Bible team. The open-ended conversation includes highs and lows, strengths and weaknesses, and a focus on whether or not the program is truly impacting students and helping them to develop a Biblical worldview.
Following the January 2026 version of the conversation, we recognized that we wanted to take it further and, in the spirit of transparency and authenticity, open it up for all to hear and participate. As a result, over the next several weeks and months, Kingdom Culture Conversations is going to take the time to walk through these conversations with each of the school's secondary Bible teachers.
Today, we begin with Tanner Webb who is in his third year of teaching sixth grade Bible. An alumni of Northwest Christian, Tanner has the unique perspective reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of the program as both teacher and student.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!
Annually, Open Doors releases its World Watch List, a report on the state of the persecuted church and the nations wherein Christian persecution is happening.
And, annually, the report is both eye-opening and mind-blowing.
Today, we hear from Ryan Brown, the CEO for Open Doors US, as he brings this list home, helping us to understand what this list represents and the opportunities that it presents.
For more info on Open Doors US, please click here.
To download the World Watch List, released this Wednesday for 2026, please follow this link.
To join the Arise Africa effort, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
From hairy fruit to child rescue, today's Kingdom Culture Conversation certainly runs the spectrum!
Lonney Moore is a missionary with Hope Partners, an international, worldwide ministry enterprise that focuses on placing change-makers into communities wherein poverty takes many different forms. While financial poverty is the sort that most of us imagine when we think of the needs within developing nations, the truth is that poverty can be spiritual, moral, and more. Today, Lonney walks us through what that looks like specifically in Costa Rica.
As well, we discuss what happens when you place a Northwest Christian High School student right in the midst of it all...
For more information on Hope Partners, please follow this link.
To learn about Northwest Christian School's unique partnerships through the Build Here, Build There campus improvement plan, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Proactive vs. reactive.
We know that they are going to mess up. They're gonna do something really dumb. (It's kind of in their job descriptions.)
Too often, we allow 'fate' to guide our families, reacting to situations and circumstances as they develop. This is especially dangerous when it comes to discipling and disciplining our kids. Today, Mike Lee encourages families to take a proactive approach to the dumbness, not be shocked when it happens, and begin the coaching early...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
This past summer, Mark Reiswig, Northwest Christian's 8th grade Bible teacher, travelled with Voice of the Martyrs to Nigeria. Over the last few years, the encroaching influence of Islam in northern Nigeria has produced a hotbed of persecution -- and, tragically, martyrdom -- for the minority Christian population. In travelling to Nigeria, Mark knew this would be an intense and insightful trip...but he was not prepared for the things that God showed him...
**"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/*For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:* https://www.ncsaz.org/**To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Brian T. Moultrup serves as a chaplain and is Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, deeply committed to encouraging others through faith, service, and community.
Familiar listeners will also recognize that "G", Chris Gardiner, also serves as a Army Reserve chaplain.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation gives us an opportunity to 'eavesdrop' on the military chaplains as they consider the state of the world, the work impact of the chaplain within the U.S. Army, and the escalating global tensions that seem to permeate the headlines.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Christian education in Russia. Yes, you read that correctly. And, not only is it happening, it's been happening for thirty years.
Three decades of Christian education within a nation with a track record of hostility towards the Gospel is not for the faint of heart. For the brave men and women involved, it has required courage and a constant commitment to excellence.
And, Joy Watson has led that team. Today, we enjoy a remarkable Kingdom Culture Conversation with Joy has she articulates the courage of her team, the risks that they face, and how a commitment to excellence undergirds the ability to provide a transformational education in a very surprising locale.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Elijah Reid is thoughtful, intelligent, artistic, and committed to following God's leading as he endeavors to chart a course to the future. But, his road has taken some surprising turns.
A gifted musician, he once aspired to be a professional musician and had numerous music scholarship offers from universities...but, now he does little with music. Having studied sign language in high school, he's now working and learning within three languages...but, none of them are sign language.
Today, we enjoy a profound conversation with an alumni that makes his school and teachers proud. Elijah reflects on his journey and discuss how he's experienced God's voice and leading. The conversation is both instructive and inspiring!
In today's episode, mention is made of Elijah's talent submissions for Crusaders Got Talent...to enjoy the music videos that he discusses, please go to CrusadersGotTalent.com.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Nine months. Nine nations. A hurricane. Exotic locations. Primitive villages. Jungles.
For Northwest Christian alumni Jackson Schlesinger, the World Race, an amazing gap year journey directed by Adventures In Missions, there were the challenges that stemmed from the program's design to teach leadership while providing amazing spiritual formation - and then there were the challenges no one saw coming.
Like for example, a flood.
Today, we get to hear from Jackson as he recounts his adventures and talks about how God used the expected - and the unexpected - to grow and stretch him.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
God uses the strangest things to accomplish His Kingdom purposes.
Case in point: Jason Feeser's TikTok "blooper" has amassed over nine million views and brought in over 60K social media followers...to a pastor intent of preaching the Gospel from a fully transparent, authentic pulpit.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation demonstrates that candor but it also features a healthy dose of challenge for men to be men within a culture focused on crushing Biblical manhood.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading is Northwest Christian's annual summer reading campaign. During the summer of 2025, we're jumping -- with both feet! -- into Tim Kimmel's "Raising Kids for True Greatness - Redefining Success for Your Child". Throughout Summer 2025, swing by the school's offices to pick up a free copy and join us!
Both feet? Yes! The school's two podcasts -- Kingdom Culture Conversations and Off the Page -- are each working through the book all summer.
On Off the Page, Geoff and G are working through the book chapter-by-chapter, taking a deep dive into the ideas, concepts, and principles that will help us all, as parents, to reframe how we approach raising our kids.
Then, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are spending time with the "Top 10" list found at the conclusion of each chapter within the book. Specifically, we are putting those lists in front of members of the NCS faculty and community that might be able to offer insights based on their role in the school.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading is Northwest Christian's annual summer reading campaign. During the summer of 2025, we're jumping -- with both feet! -- into Tim Kimmel's "Raising Kids for True Greatness - Redefining Success for Your Child". Throughout Summer 2025, swing by the school's offices to pick up a free copy and join us!
Both feet? Yes! The school's two podcasts -- Kingdom Culture Conversations and Off the Page -- are each working through the book all summer.
On Off the Page, Geoff and G are working through the book chapter-by-chapter, taking a deep dive into the ideas, concepts, and principles that will help us all, as parents, to reframe how we approach raising our kids.
Then, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are spending time with the "Top 10" list found at the conclusion of each chapter within the book. Specifically, we are putting those lists in front of members of the NCS faculty and community that might be able to offer insights based on their role in the school.
It's going to be a great summer full of growth! Take the time to join us!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading is Northwest Christian's annual summer reading campaign. During the summer of 2025, we're jumping -- with both feet! -- into Tim Kimmel's "Raising Kids for True Greatness - Redefining Success for Your Child". Throughout Summer 2025, swing by the school's offices to pick up a free copy and join us!
Both feet? Yes! The school's two podcasts -- Kingdom Culture Conversations and Off the Page -- are each working through the book all summer.
On Off the Page, Geoff and G are working through the book chapter-by-chapter, taking a deep dive into the ideas, concepts, and principles that will help us all, as parents, to reframe how we approach raising our kids.
Then, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are spending time with the "Top 10" list found at the conclusion of each chapter within the book. Specifically, we are putting those lists in front of members of the NCS faculty and community that might be able to offer insights based on their role in the school.
It's going to be a great summer full of growth! Take the time to join us!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading is Northwest Christian's annual summer reading campaign. During the summer of 2025, we're jumping -- with both feet! -- into Tim Kimmel's "Raising Kids for True Greatness - Redefining Success for Your Child". Throughout Summer 2025, swing by the school's offices to pick up a free copy and join us!
Both feet? Yes! The school's two podcasts -- Kingdom Culture Conversations and Off the Page -- are each working through the book all summer.
On Off the Page, Geoff and G are working through the book chapter-by-chapter, taking a deep dive into the ideas, concepts, and principles that will help us all, as parents, to reframe how we approach raising our kids.
Then, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are spending time with the "Top 10" list found at the conclusion of each chapter within the book. Specifically, we are putting those lists in front of members of the NCS faculty and community that might be able to offer insights based on their role in the school.
It's going to be a great summer full of growth! Take the time to join us!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading is Northwest Christian's annual summer reading campaign. During the summer of 2025, we're jumping -- with both feet! -- into Tim Kimmel's "Raising Kids for True Greatness - Redefining Success for Your Child". Throughout Summer 2025, swing by the school's offices to pick up a free copy and join us!
Both feet? Yes! The school's two podcasts -- Kingdom Culture Conversations and Off the Page -- are each working through the book all summer.
On Off the Page, Geoff and G are working through the book chapter-by-chapter, taking a deep dive into the ideas, concepts, and principles that will help us all, as parents, to reframe how we approach raising our kids.
Then, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are spending time with the "Top 10" list found at the conclusion of each chapter within the book. Specifically, we are putting those lists in front of members of the NCS faculty and community that might be able to offer insights based on their role in the school.
It's going to be a great summer full of growth! Take the time to join us!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading is Northwest Christian's annual summer reading campaign. During the summer of 2025, we're jumping -- with both feet! -- into Tim Kimmel's "Raising Kids for True Greatness - Redefining Success for Your Child". Throughout Summer 2025, swing by the school's offices to pick up a free copy and join us!
Both feet? Yes! The school's two podcasts -- Kingdom Culture Conversations and Off the Page -- are each working through the book all summer.
On Off the Page, Geoff and G are working through the book chapter-by-chapter, taking a deep dive into the ideas, concepts, and principles that will help us all, as parents, to reframe how we approach raising our kids.
Then, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are spending time with the "Top 10" list found at the conclusion of each chapter within the book. Specifically, we are putting those lists in front of members of the NCS faculty and community that might be able to offer insights based on their role in the school.
It's going to be a great summer full of growth! Take the time to join us!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In his third year as Elementary Principal at Northwest Christian School, Eric Dowdle has worked, throughout his entire educational career, to create school culture in which every student feels valued. Yet, it can be challenging! The elementary years are those in which socialization is forming and students are moving from being entire self-aware towards being cognizant of the needs of their peers.
But, as Eric shares today, when school and home work together around some common objectives, we can take some of the bumps out of the road...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading is Northwest Christian's annual summer reading campaign. During the summer of 2025, we're jumping -- with both feet! -- into Tim Kimmel's "Raising Kids for True Greatness - Redefining Success for Your Child". Throughout Summer 2025, swing by the school's offices to pick up a free copy and join us!
Both feet? Yes! The school's two podcasts -- Kingdom Culture Conversations and Off the Page -- are each working through the book all summer.
On Off the Page, Geoff and G are working through the book chapter-by-chapter, taking a deep dive into the ideas, concepts, and principles that will help us all, as parents, to reframe how we approach raising our kids.
Then, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are spending time with the "Top 10" list found at the conclusion of each chapter within the book. Specifically, we are putting those lists in front of members of the NCS faculty and community that might be able to offer insights based on their role in the school.
It's going to be a great summer full of growth! Take the time to join us!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading is Northwest Christian's annual summer reading campaign. During the summer of 2025, we're jumping -- with both feet! -- into Tim Kimmel's "Raising Kids for True Greatness - Redefining Success for Your Child". Throughout Summer 2025, swing by the school's offices to pick up a free copy and join us!
Both feet? Yes! The school's two podcasts -- Kingdom Culture Conversations and Off the Page -- are each working through the book all summer.
On Off the Page, Geoff and G are working through the book chapter-by-chapter, taking a deep dive into the ideas, concepts, and principles that will help us all, as parents, to reframe how we approach raising our kids.
Then, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are spending time with the "Top 10" list found at the conclusion of each chapter within the book. Specifically, we are putting those lists in front of members of the NCS faculty and community that might be able to offer insights based on their role in the school.
It's going to be a great summer full of growth! Take the time to join us!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading is Northwest Christian's annual summer reading campaign. During the summer of 2025, we're jumping -- with both feet! -- into Tim Kimmel's "Raising Kids for True Greatness - Redefining Success for Your Child". Throughout Summer 2025, swing by the school's offices to pick up a free copy and join us!
Both feet? Yes! The school's two podcasts -- Kingdom Culture Conversations and Off the Page -- are each working through the book all summer.
On Off the Page, Geoff and G are working through the book chapter-by-chapter, taking a deep dive into the ideas, concepts, and principles that will help us all, as parents, to reframe how we approach raising our kids.
Then, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are spending time with the "Top 10" list found at the conclusion of each chapter within the book. Specifically, we are putting those lists in front of members of the NCS faculty and community that might be able to offer insights based on their role in the school.
It's going to be a great summer full of growth! Take the time to join us!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading is Northwest Christian's annual summer reading campaign. During the summer of 2025, we're jumping -- with both feet! -- into Tim Kimmel's "Raising Kids for True Greatness - Redefining Success for Your Child". Throughout Summer 2025, swing by the school's offices to pick up a free copy and join us!
Both feet? Yes! The school's two podcasts -- Kingdom Culture Conversations and Off the Page -- are each working through the book all summer.
On Off the Page, Geoff and G are working through the book chapter-by-chapter, taking a deep dive into the ideas, concepts, and principles that will help us all, as parents, to reframe how we approach raising our kids.
Then, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are spending time with the "Top 10" list found at the conclusion of each chapter within the book. Specifically, we are putting those lists in front of members of the NCS faculty and community that might be able to offer insights based on their role in the school.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
TODAY! Today, we kick off Summer 2025's "Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading" campaign with Pastor Aaron Dailey who serves as the Director of Community Involvement for Grace Based Families, a powerfully effective ministry established by Dr. Tim Kimmel, the author of this summer's book.
For over twenty year, Aaron has worked in inner city Phoenix with individuals and families that are unreached and under-resourced. His ministry reaches beyond ethnicity or economics as that God has uniquely positioned him to lead within contexts where family-strengthening resources and Biblical discipleship are deeply needed.
Today, Aaron sets the stage for what will be a powerful series for Summer 2025.
Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading is Northwest Christian's annual summer reading campaign. During the summer of 2025, we're jumping -- with both feet! -- into Tim Kimmel's "Raising Kids for True Greatness - Redefining Success for Your Child". Throughout Summer 2025, swing by the school's offices to pick up a free copy and join us!
Both feet? Yes! The school's two podcasts -- Kingdom Culture Conversations and Off the Page -- are each working through the book all summer.
On Off the Page, Geoff and G are working through the book chapter-by-chapter, taking a deep dive into the ideas, concepts, and principles that will help us all, as parents, to reframe how we approach raising our kids.
Then, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are spending time with the "Top 10" list found at the conclusion of each chapter within the book. Specifically, we are putting those lists in front of members of the NCS faculty and community that might be able to offer insights based on their role in the school.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As this episode hits, it is the final Monday of the school year. And, well, I guess folks around the International Podcasting Headquarters of Kingdom Culture Conversations are feeling a bit reflective.
So, G and Geoff invited in Beth Easley, as fine an alumni of Northwest Christian as one will find, to reflect on her experiences within the school. Foundational to it all is Beth's commitment to ministry within the local church as well as her countless experiences on the mission field.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
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If you’re a busy parent or caregiver that is looking for high-quality, research-based instruction designed to meet pressing needs within your home, Christian Family Care's Family Care Learning library of online, video-based courses is designed to make an immediate impact in your home. These courses are all facilitated by recognized experts in parenting, counseling, and psychology, designed to give you practical tips and vital resources.
Today, we are joined by Scott Hord, the statewide training manager for Christian Family Care as he works to address some of the greatest needs in parenting today and orients you to the courses that you can take advantage of immediately!
The Family Care Learning library is available free-of-charge to Northwest Christian families that have completed the NCS Parent University: Foundations of Biblical Worldview online course that is required of NCS parents as part of the re-enrollment process.
For more information on the NCS Parent University's Foundations of a Biblical Worldview course, please follow this link.
To investigate the Family Care Learning library, start here.
To learn more about Christian Family Care, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Colson Fellows is having a definitive impact on the campus of Northwest Christian School. School superintendent completed the program three years ago. Two years ago, three teachers went through it, and collectively, their rave reviews have inspired even more teachers to participate. This year, that number is close to twenty!
Colson Fellows is a masters-level, year-long deep-dive into Biblical worldview. The program equips the fellows to understand the Biblical foundations for issues that are, right now, impacting our culture in some pretty negative ways.
Today, we are joined by Ellen Millard (high school chemistry) and Alana Heater (freshman Bible) as they present their case for why all NCS faculty and staff should run through the program...and their case for why YOU should consider the same.
For more information on Colson Fellows, please follow this link.
Fore more information on the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As we continue to espouse the benefits of the Family Care Learning library of online parenting courses and resources, today we sit down for a Kingdom Culture Conversation with Jennie Dalcour, a clinical supervisor for Christian Family Care in Phoenix, Arizona. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Jennie considers major points and trends from the Center for Disease Control's recently published "Youth Risk Behavior Survey".
The Family Care Learning library is available free-of-charge to Northwest Christian families that have completed the NCS Parent University: Foundations of Biblical Worldview online course that is required of NCS parents as part of the re-enrollment process.
For more information on the NCS Parent University's Foundations of a Biblical Worldview course, please follow this link.
To investigate the Family Care Learning library, start here.
To learn more about Christian Family Care, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As we continue to espouse the benefits of the Family Care Learning library on online parenting courses and resources, today we sit down for a Kingdom Culture Conversation with Jennie Dalcour, a clinical supervisor for Christian Family Care in Phoenix, Arizona. In the first of a two-part conversation, Jennie speaks to the benefits of EMDR, the growing risks associated with emotionally unavailable parents, and the hope that stems from committing to Christian worldview in the midst of a culture mired with anxiety.
The Family Care Learning library is available free-of-charge to Northwest Christian families that have completed the NCS Parent University: Foundations of Biblical Worldview online course that is required of NCS parents as part of the re-enrollment process.
For more information on the NCS Parent University's Foundations of a Biblical Worldview course, please follow this link.
To investigate the Family Care Learning library, start here.
To learn more about Christian Family Care, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Wait...isn't it Friday? Why is there a "What about? Wednesday" episode on Friday?
Robby Lashua is a long-time friend of Kingdom Culture Conversations and, in his role as an apologist with Stand to Reason, has served the students of Northwest Christian by answering their questions in these special Wednesday episodes. Now, however, we're celebrating and congratulating Robby for his recent appointment as senior pastor at Palmcroft Church. So, this week, we're featuring the "best of Robby Lashua" with some of our favorite "What about?" episodes each day this week! And, yes, Robby has graciously agreed to continue engaging our students' questions...we're excited to have him back on the show soon!
If you are looking for a church grounded in God's word and prepared to equip you and your family in the defense of the faith, you need to head over to Palmcroft asap! For more info on this great church, please follow this link.
You also need to check out Robby's midweek Palmcroft podcast, "Sunday Rewind". In it, he does an amazing deep dive into his Sunday sermon. Without risk of overstatement, you will be blown away! Also, subscribe to the Sunday sermon podcast as the perfect complement to Sunday Rewind.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Wait...isn't it Thursday? Why is there a "What about? Wednesday" episode on Thursday?
Robby Lashua is a long-time friend of Kingdom Culture Conversations and, in his role as an apologist with Stand to Reason, has served the students of Northwest Christian by answering their questions in these special Wednesday episodes. Now, however, we're celebrating and congratulating Robby for his recent appointment as senior pastor at Palmcroft Church. So, this week, we're featuring the "best of Robby Lashua" with some of our favorite "What about?" episodes each day this week! And, yes, Robby has graciously agreed to continue engaging our students' questions...we're excited to have him back on the show soon!
If you are looking for a church grounded in God's word and prepared to equip you and your family in the defense of the faith, you need to head over to Palmcroft asap! For more info on this great church, please follow this link.
You also need to check out Robby's midweek Palmcroft podcast, "Sunday Rewind". In it, he does an amazing deep dive into his Sunday sermon. Without risk of overstatement, you will be blown away! Also, subscribe to the Sunday sermon podcast as the perfect complement to Sunday Rewind.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
We are enjoying an entire week of "What about? Wednesday"!
Robby Lashua is a long-time friend of Kingdom Culture Conversations and, in his role as an apologist with Stand to Reason, has served the students of Northwest Christian by answering their questions in these special Wednesday episodes. Now, however, we're celebrating and congratulating Robby for his recent appointment as senior pastor at Palmcroft Church. So, this week, we're featuring the "best of Robby Lashua" with some of our favorite "What about?" episodes each day this week! And, yes, Robby has graciously agreed to continue engaging our students' questions...we're excited to have him back on the show soon!
If you are looking for a church grounded in God's word and prepared to equip you and your family in the defense of the faith, you need to head over to Palmcroft asap! For more info on this great church, please follow this link.
You also need to check out Robby's midweek Palmcroft podcast, "Sunday Rewind". In it, he does an amazing deep dive into his Sunday sermon. Without risk of overstatement, you will be blown away! Also, subscribe to the Sunday sermon podcast as the perfect complement to Sunday Rewind.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Wait...isn't it Tuesday? Why is there a "What about? Wednesday" episode on Tuesday?
Robby Lashua is a long-time friend of Kingdom Culture Conversations and, in his role as an apologist with Stand to Reason, has served the students of Northwest Christian by answering their questions in these special Wednesday episodes. Now, however, we're celebrating and congratulating Robby for his recent appointment as senior pastor at Palmcroft Church. So, this week, we're featuring the "best of Robby Lashua" with some of our favorite "What about?" episodes each day this week! And, yes, Robby has graciously agreed to continue engaging our students' questions...we're excited to have him back on the show soon!
If you are looking for a church grounded in God's word and prepared to equip you and your family in the defense of the faith, you need to head over to Palmcroft asap! For more info on this great church, please follow this link.
You also need to check out Robby's midweek Palmcroft podcast, "Sunday Rewind". In it, he does an amazing deep dive into his Sunday sermon. Without risk of overstatement, you will be blown away! Also, subscribe to the Sunday sermon podcast as the perfect complement to Sunday Rewind.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Wait...isn't it Monday? Why is there a "What about? Wednesday" episode on Monday?
Robby Lashua is a long-time friend of Kingdom Culture Conversations and, in his role as an apologist with Stand to Reason, has served the students of Northwest Christian by answering their questions in these special Wednesday episodes. Now, however, we're celebrating and congratulating Robby for his recent appointment as senior pastor at Palmcroft Church. So, this week, we're featuring the "best of Robby Lashua" with some of our favorite "What about?" episodes each day this week! And, yes, Robby has graciously agreed to continue engaging our students' questions...we're excited to have him back on the show soon!
If you are looking for a church grounded in God's word and prepared to equip you and your family in the defense of the faith, you need to head over to Palmcroft asap! For more info on this great church, please follow this link.
You also need to check out Robby's midweek Palmcroft podcast, "Sunday Rewind". In it, he does an amazing deep dive into his Sunday sermon. Without risk of overstatement, you will be blown away! Also, subscribe to the Sunday sermon podcast as the perfect complement to Sunday Rewind.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Tim Reed has had an impact. With over forty years of personal and professional investment in youth ministry and youth minister’s Reed’s influence in the state and beyond is considerable.
Today, Tim and Geoff work through a recent article which critiques both the strengths and weaknesses in contemporary ministry.
Does the GOAT agree?
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Stuart Delony is unabashedly snarky. In fact, you could call it his trademark. He's unapologetic. He's direct. He uses profanity. And, he is calling out the inconsistencies within Evangelical Christianity and the American church, distinctions between what Jesus called His church to do and what we actually do.
He's also a former pastor from within Evangelical Christian culture.
That's awkward.
But, is he correct? And, if he is correct, is he going about it in the right way?
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is going to be very interesting!
Stuart Delony founded his blog and podcast--Snarky Faith--and it has grown to have a national reach. His tagline is "Radio for the Spiritually Disenfranchised" and he's been prominently featured within the documentary, "In God we Trump"--an expose on the American church and its relationship with President Donald Trump. With trademark snarky-ness as a key element of his communication tact, he can be seen as abrasive but the awkward part of it is, there are times where he may be right.
Or, is he? Today, you'll hear from Stuart directly and get the chance to decide.
To learn more about Stuart Delony and Snarky Faith, please visit SnarkyFaith.com.
To read the specific blog post that we discuss within the episode, "Culture Wars Distract from Jesus' Call", please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Video games are huge.
Approximately 3.26 billion people worldwide play video games. 89.5% of video game sales happen in the digital world. In 2022, gamers in the US spent $55.5 billion on games.
But, prior to the advent of Bible X, it's been a domain largely avoided by Christendom.
Why?
But now, through one of the most successful video game development Kickstarters, Bible X is bringing the Gospel to the digital realm of video games.
Today, we talk with Eunice Lenk, a community relations and marketing advocate for Bible X which is located in Norway. In 2024, Bible X is preparing to launch "Gate Zero", a first-player adventure game that takes players into the future (the year 2072AD) in order to take them back to first century Israel.
The hype is real. The game is legit.
To learn more about Bible X, please follow this link.
To enjoy the playable demo on Steam, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Talk about awkward moments! Scott MacIntyre is formerly an American Idol hero contest - his amazing story of persisting through blindness to compete on one of the world's biggest stages is beyond inspiring!
So, he's performing in chapel and as his performance ends, he opens the floor for questions. Could there have been a more awkward first question? The student asks, "What do the blind see when they dream?"
The dialog that followed between student and Scott was jaw-dropping. As it turns out, the question wasn't awkward. Rather, it was a springboard for a beautiful conversation...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Don't even ask.
Because we won't be able to tell you.
Joy Watson and Henrietta Jordan are literally on the frontlines of Christian ed, in countries so inhospitable to Christianity they cannot be mentioned on the podcast.
But, although we won't be able to assuage your curiosity, we can tell you that they stories they relay regarding the transformational impact of Biblical worldview through Christian education within the lives of students that need it desperately is flat-out inspiring.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Lifeway Research, the marketing and data arm of Lifeway Publishers, has just published what they have identified as the top trends - both good and bad - in ministry within 2025.
The list is very interesting but it becomes even more interesting when we consider it through the eyes of one of the valley's most dominant youth pastors, John Spooner from Pure Heart Church. John, who married Samantha, a NCS alum, is spearheading both Junior High and Senior High at a church that works exceptionally hard to speak to the needs of those experiencing brokenness.
For more info on the Lifeway survey and the trends, follow this link.
To get more information on the amazing youth ministry at Pure Heart Church, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Lifeway Research, the marketing and data arm of Lifeway Publishers, has just published what they have identified as the top trends - both good and bad - in ministry within 2025.
The list is very interesting but it becomes even more interesting when we consider it through the eyes of one of the valley's most dominant youth pastors, John Spooner from Pure Heart Church. John, who married Samantha, a NCS alum, is spearheading both Junior High and Senior High at a church that works exceptionally hard to speak to the needs of those experiencing brokenness.
For more info on the Lifeway survey and the trends, follow this link.
To get more information on the amazing youth ministry at Pure Heart Church, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Today, G has the chance to get real with Johnathon Tews, the youth pastor from his own church, Open Door Fellowship. As you listen, you'll hear how the conversation gets very real, very fast - the product of two men who know each other and are in the same work of ministering to students, invested in the same community of believers.
This Kingdom Culture Conversation starts with practical advices...some wisdom...some insight.
Then, BOOM. It gets real. Really good. Really candid.
And, you really, really need to hear it.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Viral. Really? Yes, really.
This past Christmas season, I Witness, the podcast-based audio drama featuring the voices of Northwest Christian students and staff, entered the Apple Podcasts charts in the top 200 for all podcasts and broke into the top 50 "Arts" podcast charts.
Today, we have the chance to sit with both I Witness newbies and returning vets to discuss how season 2 played out. The return of Miles and Quinn. The introduction of new explorers to the Elysium. And, a cliff hanger!
As well, the group looks forward to Season 3 - "I Witness - Between Two Worlds" - which will debut on April 23rd.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Community engagement" might be bit of an understatement.
Sean and Theresa lead the charge at St. Vincent de Paul - one of the nation's premiere ministries working to minister to the poor and homeless - in terms of pulling volunteers and donors into the mission. Their job titles each involve the words "community engagement".
But, those simple and benign words belie the fact that their joint impact within the issue perplexing most of our nation might be unparalleled.
But, how did they wind up on this journey and within these positions?
Their stories are stirring...and may very well stir the hearts of any aspiring high school students that are also seeking God's direction...
To learn more about the work of St. Vincent de Paul, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The City of Joy Christian School in Rwanda is an anomaly. Set in rural Africa, within a country ravaged by genocide, and serving students with little or no resources, you would not expect what is, in fact, happening. Students are thriving, learning, and growing. Scores on national tests are not just exceeding the average, they are running in the top 5% of all Rwandan students.
So what is happening? Why is Rwanda's Secretary of Education visiting the campus and investigating their outstanding outcomes?
As you will hear in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation with Dawna Underwood and Teri Beckner, the answer is simple. The Gospel. The Gospel as revealed in the vehicle of Christian education.
To learn more about the City of Joy, please visit this site.
To sponsor a student within this amazing community, please follow this link.
To ask any questions about how to get involved please Email: tbeckner@ncsaz.org
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The City of Joy Christian School in Rwanda is an anomaly. Set in rural Africa, within a country ravaged by genocide, and serving students with little or no resources, you would not expect what is, in fact, happening. Students are thriving, learning, and growing. Scores on national tests are not just exceeding the average, they are running in the top 5% of all Rwandan students.
So what is happening? Why is Rwanda's Secretary of Education visiting the campus and investigating their outstanding outcomes?
As you will hear in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation with Dawna Underwood and Teri Beckner, the answer is simple. The Gospel. The Gospel as revealed in the vehicle of Christian education.
To learn more about the City of Joy, please visit this site.
To sponsor a student within this amazing community, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
I'm nearly certain that today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is the first conversation we have published that includes the word "sexiness".
Uh-oh? Woops? Did we miss an edit?
No. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Pure Heart's Dondi Rodriguez has an epic mic drop moment in which he powerfully and memorably illustrates a Christian's call to reach their neighbor.
He also makes two or three powerful points regarding Psalm 23. Again, mic dropping moments.
So, where does the "sexiness" come in?
You're going to have to listen to find out...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Well, it happened. The second season of Northwest Christian's student-led, podcast-based audio drama "I Witness" went viral.
Again.
The first season ("The Lazarus Project") was published in April 2024 and was a viral sensation in its own right. But the second season ("Silent Night"), released over four consecutive weeks in December 2024, went gloriously viral. Featured by Apple podcasts as part of the lead-off podcast promotional page for podcasts in the "Arts" genre, I Witness spanned the globe and became one of the top 50 Arts podcasts on Apple podcasts.
The heart and mind behind I Witness is Chris Zimmerman, also the founder of Red Five Media. Zimmerman uses students to craft both audio dramas as well as student-featuring short films as part of Northwest Christian's "NXNW Film Festival" fine arts initiative.
Today, we have the chance to hear from Zimmerman, to understand his story, and better understand what motivates a young man that is using his gifts and talents to transformational effect within the lives of students.
To learn more about Red Five Media, please follow this link.
To learn about the podcast, I Witness, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Well, it happened. The second season of Northwest Christian's student-led, podcast-based audio drama "I Witness" went viral.
Again.
The first season ("The Lazarus Project") was published in April 2024 and was a viral sensation in its own right. But the second season ("Silent Night"), released over four consecutive weeks in December 2024, went gloriously viral. Featured by Apple podcasts as part of the lead-off podcast promotional page for podcasts in the "Arts" genre, I Witness spanned the globe and became one of the top 50 Arts podcasts on Apple podcasts.
The heart and mind behind I Witness is Chris Zimmerman, also the founder of Red Five Media. Zimmerman uses students to craft both audio dramas as well as student-featuring short films as part of Northwest Christian's "NXNW Film Festival" fine arts initiative.
Today, we have the chance to hear from Zimmerman, to understand his story, and better understand what motivates a young man that is using his gifts and talents to transformational effect within the lives of students.
To learn more about Red Five Media, please follow this link.
To learn about the podcast, I Witness, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Each year at Northwest Christian, the first chapel of December is an all-school chapel to celebrate Christmas. It's a tremendous amount of fun and a wonderful tradition - one of just two times per year that the entire pre-K through 12th grade community gathers together in the Don Sanderson Gymnasium.
Among the many traditions -- some very noisy and boisterous, others more reverent and worshipful -- one of the favorites is the opportunity for seniors to reflects on different aspects of the Christmas season.
This year, December 2024, those three seniors reflected on the meaning behind the three gifts brought to Jesus and His family. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Geoff and G sit with those seniors and further explore their reflections.
To enjoy a video of the Christmas 2024 chapel, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
51 countries around the world. 1,200 cities around the United States. Thousands of individuals. And counting...
The numbers are compelling. Within its two seasons ("The Lazarus Project" and "Silent Night"), Northwest Christian School's hit podcast-based audio drama, "I Witness", has gone viral. NCS students are literally making an impact around the globe!
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we have the opportunity to visit once more with Chris Zimmerman, NCS alum and the founder of Red 5 Media, the company which has partnered with Northwest Christian to produce the podcast. We'll hear about the impact from season 1, the inspiration behind season 2, the work behind creating the drama, and the trajectory of future seasons.
To learn more about Red 5 Media, please follow this link.
To enjoy the "I Witness" podcast, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Northwest Christian School's "Build Here, Build There" campus improvement campaign is unlike most any other capital campaign. In keeping with its mission to teach Biblical worldview to its students, the BHBT effort invests time and resources into ministries outside the school in an effort to provide ministry opportunities to young people.
That part of the plan will not change. However, as Mike Waypa discusses today, there are aspects of the plan that are changing...and it is time to get excited...
To learn more about the Build Here, Build There plan, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Northwest Christian School's "Build Here, Build There" campus improvement campaign is unlike most any other capital campaign. In keeping with its mission to teach Biblical worldview to its students, the BHBT effort invests time and resources into ministries outside the school in an effort to provide ministry opportunities to young people.
That part of the plan will not change. However, as Mike Waypa discusses today, there are aspects of the plan that are changing...and it is time to get excited...
To learn more about the Build Here, Build There plan, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
To call Nick Reynoso's testimony "powerful" would be an understatement to be sure. But today, we have the amazing opportunity to hear how a soldier in the U.S. Army experienced the power of the Gospel, saw it transform his life, and then dove head first into ministry - literally ministry in the trenches. As a chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve, Nick has the opportunity to meet soldiers where they are at and to convey that same power that he experienced to them...
To learn more about Nick Reynosa and his ministry, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As the NextGen Pastor at The Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, Zac Driscoll is doing an amazing job of connecting with the next generation of Christ followers that will become and lead the Church.
But, he has some concerns.
As he watches, young people are living in a time of unprecedented advantage, technology, and opportunity. Yet, they are bound to anxiety, addiction, sin, and fleshly desires. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Zac shows why he's a young man called to shepherd this next generation in pursuit of true freedom in Christ.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Homecoming. Was. Epic.
Maybe too epic? After a spirited Spirit Week chock full of hijinks and shenanigans, the Northwest Christian community wheeled into the day of Homecoming and blew the doors off. It started at 7:00am with Big Boys on Campus, our monthly men's prayer breakfast, continued with a parade, an assembly, a carnival, an alumni dinner, and ultimately a sound beating of St. Mary's High School's football team.
But, for all that happened that day, the morning's prayer breakfast speaker may have been the singular moment in which the power and purpose of Northwest Christian was most ably presented. Jared Nightingale, class of 2008, spoke and gave potent testimony to the enduring legacy of Christian education within his life.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we hear as Jared walks us through his testimony, his marriage, his growing family, and his career. In so doing, we're reminded not just of the potency of Christian education but what it means and what it looks like to thrive within the Biblical design for living that the Lord has ordained.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
This dude is in it to win it.
Marko Susnjara is leading the youth ministry at Phoenix Bible Church, located on the central corridor right in the middle of Phoenix. And, his ministry has traction. This is not a ministry with a country club mindset. It's a ministry where the students are real and they are working through the real issues that our meat-grinder culture is putting them through. It's a ministry where the full power of the Gospel is on display every week.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, you're going to get the view from the front lines of real youth ministry from a dynamic young man with courage, perspective, experience beyond his years, and wisdom.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Jay Rudolph is a renaissance man. What is a "renaissance man"? Websters states, in its inimitable and characteristic fashion, "a person with many talents or areas of knowledge."
And, yes, that definition certainly applies to Jay. A nationally syndicated radio host whose program, "The Plumbline", originates in Iowa but airs nationally, Jay knows apologetics, politics, theology, science, business...and, yes, goats.
So, while this particular Kingdom Culture Conversation starts in one of the oddest directions in the three year history of the podcast, it meanders into an area of culture and theology you won't soon forget!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
***It's like that moment at the end of Iron Man 1 when Tony Stark says, "I am Iron Man."
The Redeemed Zoomer has gone viral! We originally published today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations - an interview with the mysterious alter ego known as "Redeemed Zoomer" - on May 30, 2024 because so many Northwest Christian were into RZ's YouTube channel.
But, between then and now, the Redeemed Zoomer has gone viral! His identity is known but, more to the point, his heart for students and youth culture is all the more apparent! So, today, we're rebroadcasting that original interview so that our listeners can hear again that the Lord can literally use ANYTHING - including the video game sensation Minecraft - to reach people and grow the Kingdom.
The original show notes follow...***
He has a secret identity, an alter ego of sorts.
And, he's rather like a theological super hero.
No kidding.
Known only as the "Redeemed Zoomer", he's working to redeem mainline protestant churches from the inside, using Youtube and Minecraft as his primary tools. For the time being, he's not revealing his identity but instead is known only as his screen name, his Youtube handle. But with one of his videos having garnered over 7 million views, it's clear that his message is resonating with a very large and diverse audience around the world. Using Minecraft play as the visual that draws younger viewers in, as he plays the game, he explains Biblical worldview, Kingdom culture. and Biblical orthodoxy. In the process, he's inviting a younger generation of Christ followers not to leave the traditional, mainline denominations but to lay hold of the authority of God's word and begin working to redeem them.
By the way, he's only twenty-years-old. Wow. This is going to be a very interesting episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations!
To experience the Redeemed Zoomer's Youtube channel, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
So, Geoff takes a one day off. Just one day!
And, G takes over the International Podcasting Headquarters of Kingdom Culture Conversations with pastoral dynamo Aryan Wallwork and turns in an episode about pirates and eye patches.
But, seriously, you will LOVE today's conversation: Pastor Wallwork, repping His Church AZ, shows why charisma for legitimate community and passion for discipleship are causing a church plant meeting at Sonoran Foothills School in Arizona to go big time.
And, yes, somewhere in this unforgettable conversation a couple of guys spend far, far too much time talking about pirates.
To learn about Aryan and his wife Allison, and to get a sense of the excitement they bring to church life, please follow this link.
To plan your visit to His Church, click here.
And, apparently, if you want to learn more about pirates than you thought you needed to know, hit 'play'.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
1 in 22 Nigerian women will pass away during childbirth.
1 in 12 Nigerian babies pass away during birth. 55 out of 1,000 Nigerian babies will die in the first week of life. An additional 100 will pass in their first year of life. Then, another 100 die before reaching five-years of age.
And, apparently, we're good with it.
Today's American "headlines" have reporters tripping over themselves to find out the latest stupidity pertaining to Taylor Swift. Not a single mention of an African nation where babies are dying at a rate comparable only to an active war zone.
Why is it happening? Because while we're paying zero attention, American corporations are predatorily advancing profiteering: two-weeks of baby formula costs more than a month of the average Nigerian's annual salary. And, ignorance and animistic darkness compel Nigerians along a path leading towards destruction. Without a declaration of war against it or a single shot fired within it, the nation of Nigeria is suffering a defeat that will ultimately destroy it.
So, here's the deal. Mandolyn Crotts needs your money. One of far, far too few folks that have woken up to the entirely preventable genocide unfolding in Nigeria, she is desperately working to turn the tide. And, she needs cash. Your cash. Quick.
In today's unbelievable Kingdom Culture Conversation, you'll meet Mandolyn, hear her story, and recognize that right now--here and today--we can do something simple and soon to support an effort that has the potential to stop an ongoing holocaust.
To learn about about Carry Them Ministries, the ministry of Mandolyn Crotts and four brave Nigerian women, follow this link.
To watch the documentary that exposes the tragedy and opens the door to possible triumph, click here.
Most important, give money today right here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
There are too few churches like CityView.
You cannot rub shoulders with a CityViewer without getting a clear sense of their sense of calling and their commitment to ministry. This is clearly a church on mission. It's like everyone in the community is driving hard, working with a profound sense of purpose, to reflect Christ and to carry the Gospel into the community.
But, the most shocking part of it all? The leadership is young and they are working overtime--literally and figuratively--to invest in young men and women, raising up a generation of Christ followers who are wholeheartedly and earnestly engaging in making a difference.
Today, G and Geoff attempt to crack their pastoral code and try to understand how Jeremiah's leadership can attract young people, encourage them to follow Christ, and then lead them towards sacrificial investment in engaging the hurting world around them.
To learn more about CityView Church, follow this link.
To learn about Pastor Jeremiah Semmler, click here.
And, if you are not honestly and truly invested in a church community that is making a difference in your home and inspiring you to engage your community, it is time.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Youthful enthusiasm. Passion for Christ and students. Inexperience. A recipe for disaster?
Maybe. Maybe not. Today, in a memorable Kingdom Culture Conversation, the inimitable Jayse Meyer joins Geoff and G as they recount their youthful forays into youth ministry: the wins, the losses, and the lessons learned.
Jayse serves as the youth pastor at Desert Breeze Community Church and, if you're not already plugged into a youth ministry and anywhere near Phoenix, AZ, you need to connect with Desert Breeze! For more information on Anomaly Youth, please follow this link.
To visit the article from Relevant Magazine that served as the inspiration for today's conversation, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It would certainly be convenient if there were, but there is no recipe for successful spiritual formation in the life of a young person. To borrow a piece of parable from Jesus, as parents and educators we scatter the seed and pray that the heart's soil is such that, by the grace and mercy of the Holy Spirit, it yields fruit. That's why, if recipe is the correct analogy (it's not, by the way), prayer is the secret sauce.
But, nevertheless, when it all comes together, it is certainly glorious.
Today, we have the opportunity to revel in a bit of that: three remarkable Northwest Christian Seniors share their stories from the summer of 2024. In each case, they gave more of themselves to mission and spiritual formation than, at one point, they may have known that they had.
And, the fruit of that, as heard today in their reflections of the summer past and their dreams of God's plans ahead, is very, very exciting to observe.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!
Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day! And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.
Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As we prepare for our Summer 2024 Proverbs odyssey, working through the thirty-one chapters in Proverbs during the 31 days of July 2024, today we meet Peace Karorero, the author of the Proverbs journal that will serve as our Proverbial guide. (The journal, "A Journey through 31 Proverbs in 31 Days" is available for free in the Northwest Christian School office.)
Born in Burundi, Africa, a neighboring nation to Rwanda where NCS had a team serving this summer, Peace's story is surely compelling. But, the most compelling--and inspiring element to her testimony--is her personal pursuit of Godly wisdom and how that pursuit has shaped her life.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The image and importance of trees is inescapable in Scripture. From the Genesis account in the beginning--the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden--to the Tree of Life in the end within the book of Revelation, and every tree in between--the Tree in Psalm 1 or the Tree on Golgotha--trees are integral.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, G and Stefan tackle these trees, tying Psalm 1 to Genesis 1, and discuss practical steps that we can each take to see God's wisdom more fully realized in our lives.
As part of Northwest Christian School's annual "Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading" campaign, we are in pursuit of wisdom, gearing up for reading the 31 Proverbs during the month of July 2024.
For more information on this year's Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading campaign, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Wisdom and Worldview are two sides of the same coin."
It's a statement that seems obvious enough but it opens the door in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation with Stefan Wilson, to a deep dive into belief and behavior.
As part of Northwest Christian School's annual "Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading" campaign, we are in pursuit of wisdom, gearing up for reading the 31 Proverbs during the month of July 2024.
For more information on this year's Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading campaign, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Crusaders Charge into Summer 2024 picks up in our second week with the critical query, "What is it that wisdom is meant to produce in our lives?" Starting with King Solomon's thesis is Proverbs 1, Stefan and G discuss why true Godly wisdom runs so much deeper than an intellectual enterprise.
Running all summer long, Kingdom Culture Conversations features conversations drawn from the "Crusaders Charge into Summer 2024 Reading" campaign.
This summer, our theme is "WisDUMB" and all summer we will be wrestling with the question, "How do I stop making DUMB decisions and start walking in Godly WISDOM?"
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Starting today, and running all summer long, Kingdom Culture Conversations features conversations drawn from the "Crusaders Charge into Summer 2024 Reading" campaign.
This summer, our theme is "WisDUMB" and all summer we will be wrestling with the question, "How do I stop making DUMB decisions and start walking in Godly WISDOM?"
Today, we kick off the summer-long quest for wisdom with a conversation with Stefan Wilson, a member of the Colson Educators team at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Yesterday, we enjoyed a Kingdom Culture Conversation with Chris Zimmerman, the head of Northwest Christian School ministry partner Red Five Media and the mastermind behind "I Witness-The Lazarus Project", a podcast-based audio drama that has gone viral within the last month.
Today, as a special KCC episode, we're playing episode 1 of I Witness so KCC listeners can check it out!
To hear more episodes of "I Witness-The Lazarus Project", please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
We'd hoped it would be big. For the sake of the students and staff who poured their hearts and talents into it, we were praying that the reception for I Witness would honor their efforts.
God answered those prayers! I Witness--the story of a group of high school students who go back in time, via virtual reality, to Bethany in the first century--has been blowing up literally all over the country! And, to date, nearly two dozen countries outside the U.S.!
So, today, Geoff and the podcast's mastermind, Chris Zimmerman of Red Five Media, sit down to discuss the viral podcast and ask some looming questions...
Will there be a season 2 of I Witness?
Will we hear more from Miles or Quinn?
To listen or learn more about "I Witness--The Lazarus Project", please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Marietta Wright's earliest memories are framed by tragedy and trauma.
Wright vividly recollects that, when she was a child living in Holland, Nazis worked to exterminate Jews that she counted as friends and neighbors. Her parents hid the Jewish members of their community within their home--and in so doing became the targets of Nazi hostilities.
What motivated the Wright family to risk life and livelihood to defend their neighbors? Where did the strength come from to confront evil? How did Marietta find it in her heart to forgive the atrocities that she came to see as part of her daily existence?
Today's powerful Kingdom Culture Conversation follows a special chapel at Northwest Christian School in which the 85-year-old Marietta Wright told her story to 6th through 12th grade students. Following the chapel, students compiled a list of questions that they had for Mrs. Wright. And, in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Marietta answers those questions.
In the episode, G references a wonderful piece of art that Marietta painted for the school. You can see that piece here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
This year, Phoenix played host to the NCAA final-four and the NCAA national collegiate championship basketball game. The events brought tens-of-thousands of basketball fanatics to town.
As well, two Jesus fanatics.
With backgrounds steeped in the game of basketball, Randy Shepherd and Jaime Johnson put their b-ball talents and passion for the game on the alter before the Lord and asked Him to use their abilities for the glory of God and the Gospel. The end result was a phenomenal partnership and a thriving international ministry that has seen them globetrot in pursuit of lives changed.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we'll hear their amazing story!
For more information on Crossfire Ministry, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Debbie Yee is a force of nature! She serves Northwest Christian School in so many capacities, it's difficult to keep track. She's charging forward in school academic initiatives like the ACSI Regional Speech Meet or the NCS Math Olympiad team. She writes grant proposals to non-profit foundations on behalf of the school. On any given day--most days, in truth--she is the substitute teacher that fills in within a classroom on a moment's notice. And, as cornerstone to all of that, she's a mom and a pastor's wife.
Wow.
Though she doesn't have it to spare (surely), today Debbie takes the time to join Geoff and G for a Kingdom Culture Conversation that represents the culmination of the Red Letter Challenge. That's right, Sunday, April 21st was the final day of the Red Letter Challenge! Tune in as we reflect on students in the gospels for the last three months!
To download your own copy of the Spring 2024 edition of the Red Letter Challenge, please follow this link.
To learn more about the Red Letter Challenge and the extrinsic incentives the school is using to remind the students of the virtues of an intrinsic desire for daily time in God's word, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As you will hear discussed in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, there are a host of theological issues that our foundational to the Christian faith. Conversely, there are other issues that, while important, are not as pressing as others.
Some issues represent prerequisites to salvation. Others represent preferences.
But, as our student question goes today, where does baptism lie? Is it a necessary point in the journey towards eternity with Christ? Or, is it simply a point along the journey we all take in pursuit of Christ.
The difference may seem subtle. But does eternity hang in the balance?
For more information on Robby and Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As we continue to espouse the benefits of the Family Care Learning library of online parenting courses and resources, today we sit down for a Kingdom Culture Conversation with Jennie Dalcour, a clinical supervisor for Christian Family Care in Phoenix, Arizona. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Jennie considers major points and trends from the Center for Disease Control's recently published "Youth Risk Behavior Survey".
The Family Care Learning library is available free-of-charge to Northwest Christian families that have completed the NCS Parent University: Foundations of Biblical Worldview online course that is required of NCS parents as part of the re-enrollment process.
For more information on the NCS Parent University's Foundations of a Biblical Worldview course, please follow this link.
To investigate the Family Care Learning library, start here.
To learn more about Christian Family Care, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As we continue to espouse the benefits of the Family Care Learning library on online parenting courses and resources, today we sit down for a Kingdom Culture Conversation with Jennie Dalcour, a clinical supervisor for Christian Family Care in Phoenix, Arizona. In the first of a two-part conversation, Jennie speaks to the benefits of EMDR, the growing risks associated with emotionally unavailable parents, and the hope that stems from committing to Christian worldview in the midst of a culture mired with anxiety.
The Family Care Learning library is available free-of-charge to Northwest Christian families that have completed the NCS Parent University: Foundations of Biblical Worldview online course that is required of NCS parents as part of the re-enrollment process.
For more information on the NCS Parent University's Foundations of a Biblical Worldview course, please follow this link.
To investigate the Family Care Learning library, start here.
To learn more about Christian Family Care, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As you watch Colleen Pfitzinger, a member of Northwest Christian's third grade team, around campus, you might be tempted to think she's a bit reserved.
But, that's not the story that's coming out of her classroom.
Nope. For years, students have reported quite the opposite: that Colleen is not reserved, rather, she's a riot in the classroom...that Colleen knows how to make learning fun. And, when learning is fun, students cannot get enough.
Today, we have the chance to hear from Colleen: her testimony, her strategies for teaching, and her reflections on where we are in the Red Letter Challenge--Matthew 8.
To download your own copy of the Spring 2024 edition of the Red Letter Challenge, please follow this link.
To learn more about the Red Letter Challenge and the extrinsic incentives the school is using to remind the students of the virtues of an intrinsic desire for daily time in God's word, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
At first glance, Luke 2:52 seems harmless enough.
"Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favor with God and man."
But, wait a minute...
Jesus increased in wisdom? In other words, the pre-incarnate Word from John 1 "grew in wisdom" over the course of time? How? Or, Colossians 1's pre-existent, uncreated God-in-the-flesh became more wise?
Further, how did Jesus increase in favor with God? Is Luke suggesting that at one point God favored Jesus less and then, at another point, He favored Him more? How does that work?
And, so the argument goes: as the Gospels were written, the early church had a developing agenda for Jesus and therefore, over time, they began to exaggerate who He was and His significance. Is it possible that there are internal clues within Scripture that reveal an evolving Christology?
To the rescue: Robby Lashua, an apologist with Stand to Reason! Robby helps us to understand Luke 2:52...
Fore more information on Robby and Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
If you’re a busy parent or caregiver that is looking for high-quality, research-based instruction designed to meet pressing needs within your home, Christian Family Care's Family Care Learning library of online, video-based courses is designed to make an immediate impact in your home. These courses are all facilitated by recognized experts in parenting, counseling, and psychology, designed to give you practical tips and vital resources.
Today, we are joined by Will Savoy, a Family Coaching Supervisor for Christian Family Care . In working with families throughout the state, Will is uniquely positioned to describe the biggest challenges that are facing these families and how you can position your family to grow above the fray.
The Family Care Learning library is available free-of-charge to Northwest Christian families that have completed the NCS Parent University: Foundations of Biblical Worldview online course that is required of NCS parents as part of the re-enrollment process.
For more information on the NCS Parent University's Foundations of a Biblical Worldview course, please follow this link.
To investigate the Family Care Learning library, start here.
To learn more about Christian Family Care, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Matthew 1 is boring!"
"The genealogies are a waste of time!"
Think again, friend.
Given the absolute economy of words within Scripture, as we will learn today with Northwest Christian's Chelsey Lawson, there is an unrivaled efficiency to the presentation of unfettered truth in God's word...to the degree that there is no wasted wordage! Even within the genealogies, we find things that God is earnestly and urgently working to communicate to us!
To download your own copy of the Spring 2024 edition of the Red Letter Challenge, please follow this link.
To learn more about the Red Letter Challenge and the extrinsic incentives the school is using to remind the students of the virtues of an intrinsic desire for daily time in God's word, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
If you’re a busy parent or caregiver that is looking for high-quality, research-based instruction designed to meet pressing needs within your home, Christian Family Care's Family Care Learning library of online, video-based courses is designed to make an immediate impact in your home. These courses are all facilitated by recognized experts in parenting, counseling, and psychology, designed to give you practical tips and vital resources.
Today, we are joined by Scott Hord, the statewide training manager for Christian Family Care as he works to address some of the greatest needs in parenting today and orients you to the courses that you can take advantage of immediately!
The Family Care Learning library is available free-of-charge to Northwest Christian families that have completed the NCS Parent University: Foundations of Biblical Worldview online course that is required of NCS parents as part of the re-enrollment process.
For more information on the NCS Parent University's Foundations of a Biblical Worldview course, please follow this link.
To investigate the Family Care Learning library, start here.
To learn more about Christian Family Care, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As you spend time with Mike Potter, the CEO of the Tyndale Group of Christian Schools in Australia, you are first impressed by his warmth and wit. Actually, more than wit--the dude is seriously funny.
Spend even more time and you'll discover a man wholly committed to Christ and meeting the needs of students.
Spend a bit more time and, well, that is where things start to get messy. Why? Because Mike pulls no punches about the messiness that nearly shipwrecked him several years ago. He's done more than come through a storm, however. He's come through the storm and then gone back into that storm to share his vital story and the truths it taught him to men and women who are still caught up in the worst of the ugliness that life offers.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, you will be moved by Mike's transparency, candor, and courage.
To hear more from Mike Potter, please follow this link.
To learn about the Tyndale Group of Christian Schools, please click here.
To purchase Mike's book, "Life is Messy", visit this site.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Tanner Wisely is a Northwest Christian alum that is presently serving in the U.S. Army in Fort Bliss, Texas and about to move to a new post in Germany. Walker, his brother and a NC senior, is getting ready to play football at Western New Mexico University. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, you will here from two brothers who are the best of friends.
But it has not always been this way.
In fact, for a number of years, the two were estranged. But, over time, things changed...and, not always for the better. Nevertheless, as we'll hear today, these two brothers realize that their Heavenly Father used hardship, trials, and trauma--including the loss of their earthly father--to grow them as individuals and, ultimately, to reconcile their relationship.
These are two of the toughest dudes Northwest Christian has ever graduated but you better grab a box of tissues because this conversation is very, very real and emotionally raw.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
To say that Australian education is unique from American education is an understatement. Yet, even within that paradigm, Steve Downes' Calvary Christian College is vastly different than most Australian Christian schools.
How?
That's the subject of today's far-reaching Kingdom Culture Conversation. So far-reaching, in fact, that we learn of an Aussie's inability to select the finest album from the amazing slate of classic rock albums from the greatest-ever Australian band, Midnight Oil. ("Diesel and Dust"? Give me a break.)
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
What does it mean when Jesus says "abide in Me" within John 15? Is it a trick question? Can we bring ourselves to accept that His love surpasses my tarnished past?
Today, Geoff Brown and Chris "G" Gardiner walk through what may be Jesus' most amazing and revelatory truth claim: We have the standing invitation to find perfect rest and peace through surrender to Christ.
To download your own copy of the Spring 2024 edition of the Red Letter Challenge, please follow this link.
To learn more about the Red Letter Challenge and the extrinsic incentives the school is using to remind the students of the virtues of an intrinsic desire for daily time in God's word, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Craig Murison's research efforts are garnering international attention from Christian educators the world over.
And, they are starting to ask questions. Awkward questions.
Is it possible that the long-pursued aspiration of "Biblical integration" is actually misserving Christian schools and Christian educators?
As we'll hear today in a stirring and challenging Kingdom Culture Conversation, Murison would answer with a resounding "yes".
To discover more information about Dr. Craig Murison, please follow this link.
To learn more about Christian Heritage College, please click here.
To read some of the work that Murison is publishing, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In the span of a singularly beautiful chapter, John 8, we see Jesus coming to terms with the broken--a woman caught in adultery, facing a death sentence--and the self-righteous. As we will hear from Tyler and Tammy Collins today, Jesus does this all with His inimitable grace and truth.
Teaching Sophomore Bible, Tyler serves as the chair of Northwest Christian's Bible department. And, Tammy serves administratively as the hub of the front office. Together, their impact within the school and the community it serves is profound.
To download your own copy of the Spring 2024 edition of the Red Letter Challenge, please follow this link.
To learn more about the Red Letter Challenge and the extrinsic incentives the school is using to remind the students of the virtues of an intrinsic desire for daily time in God's word, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As we will learn today, education in Australia is different. Very different. Without the stringent separation between church and state that we find in the U.S., the Australian government uses public funding to support both public and private schools. As a result, close to half of Australian students are enrolled in private education with many of these young people enrolled in faith-based schools.
But, there's a catch.
In Australia, the government requires strict financial reporting of these schools. Paul Campey, an Aussie with feet in both the CPA world and the world of Christian education founded Resolve Consultants in order to stand in the gap. Paul developed a thorough reporting instrument that both provides the Australian government with the peace of mind that they are seeking and the ability for Australian Christian schools to glean a clear understanding of their financial standing and sustainability.
Having run this program for years, establishing a baseline for sustainable, financial performance through developing a series of Key Performance Indicators, Paul began to wonder how Australian baselines compared against American baselines. He was stunned to discover that no one in the U.S. was doing the sort of financial analysis that he was providing.
Today, we will hear Paul's story, learn how Grand Canyon University worked to bring Resolve to the U.S., and how American Christian ed is performing generally.
More to the point, having now done two analyses of Northwest Christian School over three years, Paul will reveal--candidly and forthrightly--how NCS is faring today and how it will likely fare in the years to come!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Elijah Mizsak has been doing theater for ten years with multiple theater companies. But, as a Christ follower, he soon began to see a growing disconnect between his personal faith and aspects of the productions in which he was involved.
So, in 2021, as a young man still in his teens, Elijah took a chance. A big chance.
Elijah started Patriot Productions, a community theater program rooted in the mission of bringing glory to God, providing performance opportunities to young people serious about their faith, and allowing for a forum for good, safe family fun. Today, we'll hear about his journey to start an independent community theater program and the courage required to follow God's leading.
To learn more about Patriot Productions Please Visit: https://www.patriotproductionsaz.com/
To purchase Tickets to Patriots Beauty and the Beast, Please Visit: https://patriotproductions.regfox.com/beauty-and-the-beast
Veterans and military families can find discount tickets on Vet Tix: https://www.vettix.org/visitor/home
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Brett Irwin is a member of Northwest Christian High's math team. He's also the point guy for the AIA Crusader Chess Team, the HAM radio club, and he coaches just under 1,000 teams. His wife Sara, is a crucial member of the NCS Online course development team. To be clear, Brett and Sara are critical members of the Crusader community!
Today, Brett and Sara join us in the International Headquarters of Kingdom Culture Conversations to continue our ongoing discussions regarding the Red Letter Challenge. Specifically, today we're looking at John 1 and working to "unwrap the free gifts" found therein...
To download your own copy of the Spring 2024 edition of the Red Letter Challenge, please follow this link.
To learn more about the Red Letter Challenge and the extrinsic incentives the school is using to remind the students of the virtues of an intrinsic desire for daily time in God's word, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As part of an update on Northwest Christian's unconventional building campaign, today's episode presents an opportunity to see how "Build Here" and "Build There" are both working together to further God's Kingdom purposes simultaneously in Phoenix, Arizona and Rwanda, Africa.
"Unconventional" may be an understatement. When BHBT was announced two years ago, the school recognized that if Biblical worldview was the mission-specific objective of the school, then it needed to be made manifest in every aspect of the school, including this building program. Given that "sacrificial generosity" is an element within Biblical worldview, the school communicated that it would be taking a portion of the BHBT proceeds and distributing those to five vital Missions Learning partners, including the City of Joy Christian School in Rwanda where NCS students and staff serve both virtually and physically.
Today, G and Geoff are joined by Jon Coughlin, the City of Joy president, to hear how those funds are impacting his school in Africa. At the same time, as evidence of the beautiful synergy that can happen when ministries work together, today, as this episode is published, the walls on Northwest Christian's new classroom building are going up in Phoenix.
Don't miss this moving update!
For more information on the City of Joy, please visit this link.
To see how you personally can invest in supporting the African students within the City of Joy, please follow this link.
To learn about Northwest Christian's Build Here, Build There campaign, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
We have kicked off the annual Red Letter Challenge and you are invited to join us!
Each year, as he did this year during chapel on January 24th, Geoff challenges the elementary students to read one chapter of the four gospels each day over the span of four months. In so doing, the school community moves corporately through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, come to see and understand Jesus, together, in fresh ways.
Today, G and Geoff are joined by first grade teacher Denise Skinner. Denise is the wife of a physician (like Luke!) and the mother of four boys. As they consider Luke 18, you will hear how Denise and her husband manage to make God's word a priority within their home and in the lives four very busy boys.
To download your own copy of the Spring 2024 edition of the Red Letter Challenge, please follow this link.
To learn more about the Red Letter Challenge and the extrinsic incentives the school is using to remind the students of the virtues of an intrinsic desire for daily time in God's word, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Born blind and with a life-threatening genetic kidney disorder, Scott MacIntyre has had plenty of excuses to be discouraged. Nevertheless, his indomitable disposition, self-effacing sense of humor, and realization of joy in Christ has kept him on a course that has allowed him to use his abundant musical gifts for the glory of God.
Along the way, that course led him to the upper echelons of contestants within American Idol. But, that was just the start of an amazing journey!
Today, in a surprise mid-week episode, Scott joins G and Geoff for a Kingdom Culture Conversation that will give listeners a perspective on joy and suffering that is hard-earned and wise beyond counsel...
For more information on Scott MacIntyre, his music and ministry, please follow this link.
To visit Scott's YouTube channel, please click here.
To enjoy Scott and Christina's Enduring Hope podcast, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
We have kicked off the annual Red Letter Challenge and you are invited to join us!
Each year, as he did this year during chapel on January 24th, Geoff challenges the elementary students to read one chapter of the four gospels each day over the span of four months. In so doing, the school community moves corporately through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, come to see and understand Jesus, together, in fresh ways.
Today, G and Geoff are joined by Northwest Christian's secondary Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Andrew Coley. After bringing us up to speed on the school's professional development, testing, and eSports--as well as his family--Andy challenges us to consider the priority of prayer within our lives. And, there's an interesting turn in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation: how would Jesus encourage us to respond as His followers to a culture that has turned hostile towards Christianity?
To download your own copy of the Spring 2024 edition of the Red Letter Challenge, please follow this link.
To learn more about the Red Letter Challenge and the extrinsic incentives the school is using to remind the students of the virtues of an intrinsic desire for daily time in God's word, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
We have kicked off the annual Red Letter Challenge and you are invited to join us!
Each year, as he did this year during chapel on January 24th, Geoff challenges the elementary students to read one chapter of the four gospels each day over the span of four months. In so doing, the school community moves corporately through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, come to see and understand Jesus, together, in fresh ways.
Today, G and Geoff are joined by Mark and Kim Reiswig, a married couple that are both deeply invested in teaching ministry at Northwest Christian School. After years on the mission field and in the pastorate, Mark teaches 8th grade Bible. Kim previously taught Spanish is a public school setting but now teaches within the Northwest Christian elementary Spanish program.
Together, they move through Luke 4, the Red Letter Challenge's reading for today. Join them as the move through the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness and Jesus' rejection in Nazareth.
To download your own copy of the Spring 2024 edition of the Red Letter Challenge, please follow this link.
To learn more about the Red Letter Challenge and the extrinsic incentives the school is using to remind the students of the virtues of an intrinsic desire for daily time in God's word, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
We have kicked off the annual Red Letter Challenge and you are invited to join us!
Each year, as he did this year during chapel on January 24th, Geoff challenges the elementary students to read one chapter of the four gospels each day over the span of four months. In so doing, the school community moves corporately through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, come to see and understand Jesus, together, in fresh ways.
Today, G and Geoff spend time discussing the Red Letter Challenge, the virtues and vices of Bible reading plans, and they take a deeper look at the first gospel to be tackled within the plan: the Gospel of Mark.
To download your own copy of the Spring 2024 edition of the Red Letter Challenge, please follow this link.
To learn more about the Red Letter Challenge and the extrinsic incentives the school is using to remind the students of the virtues of an intrinsic desire for daily time in God's word, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Welcome to the Red Letter Challenge - Superintendent Geoff Brown's annual challenge to the community to begin reading through the four gospels, one chapter per day, over three months. Interested? You can get all the details right here!
As we kick off three months of Kingdom Culture Conversations rooted in the Red Letters and the gospels, we welcome Gordon Wickert to the International Headquarters of Kingdom Culture Conversations!
You're going to have to hear this to believe it but Gordon has done the incredible: he's memorized a HUGE portion of God's word. So much so that he can take your birthday, signs around town, or any sequence of random numbers and recite the corresponding verse from scripture.
Again, you're going to have to hear this to believe it!
And, it is the PERFECT way to kick off the Spring 2024 Red Letter Challenge!
To learn more about Gordon Wickert and his ministry, Hope in Numbers, please follow this link.
To see why Gordon has gone big time on Youtube, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Video games are huge.
Approximately 3.26 billion people worldwide play video games. 89.5% of video game sales happen in the digital world. In 2022, gamers in the US spent $55.5 billion on games.
But, prior to the advent of Bible X, it's been a domain largely avoided by Christendom.
Why?
But now, through one of the most successful video game development Kickstarters, Bible X is bringing the Gospel to the digital realm of video games.
Today, we talk with Eunice Lenk, a community relations and marketing advocate for Bible X which is located in Norway. In 2024, Bible X is preparing to launch "Gate Zero", a first-player adventure game that takes players into the future (the year 2072AD) in order to take them back to first century Israel.
The hype is real. The game is legit.
To learn more about Bible X, please follow this link.
To enjoy the playable demo on Steam, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In 2015, Larycia Hawkins, a professor at Wheaton College in Illinois, decided to wear a headscarf during the Advent season as a gesture of solidarity with Muslims. In doing so, Hawkins quoted Pope Francis, saying that Christians and Muslims "worship the same God."
But, are they? Is Allah of Islam the same god as Jehovah or Judaism and Christianity? Is God the Father actually the father of three of world's biggest religions?
Wheaton, a Christian school, responded by putting the political science professor on paid administrative leave. The college said it needed time to review whether Hawkins' statement puts her at odds with the faith perspective required of those who work there.
In today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, we put that question to Stand to Reason apologist Robby Lashua!
To learn more about Robby Lashua and all the amazing apologetic resources available at Stand to Reason's STR.ORG, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
According to the Barna Group, six in ten senior pastors describe youth ministry as one of the top five priorities of their church.
Yet, too often these vital ministries are underfunded and understaffed. The result is that youth ministers are burning out and leaving the ministry altogether.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we talk transparently with a living legend: Tim Reed. Tim has served in youth ministry for years but, due to his faculty and pastoral role at Arizona Christian University, his spiritual thumbprint is all over the ministries of pastors across the country.
And, we ask the tough questions--working to download if anything can be done to reverse the trajectory of youth pastor burnout and falling youth ministry participation.
For more information on Tim Reed, please follow this link.
To learn more about Arizona Christian University, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
What was the biggest box office bomb of all time? Aren't you just a wee bit curious?
Today, we start the countdown to the NXNW High School Film Festival taking place at the Harkins Norterra theaters in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, January 19th. That evening will also see the premiere of the latest Northwest Christian School film production, "Test Takers", made in partnership with Chris Zimmerman from Red Five Media. Today, G and Zimmerman discuss financial flops, movies messes, and where worldview comes into play...
To watch the trailer for the new NCS/Red Five film "Test Takers", please follow this link.
To learn more about the NXNW High School Film Festival, please click here.
To better understand Red Five Media, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Today, we start the countdown to the NXNW High School Film Festival taking place at the Harkins Norterra theaters in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, January 19th. That evening will also see the premiere of the latest Northwest Christian School film production, "Test Takers", made in partnership with Chris Zimmerman from Red Five Media.
In the KCC studio today, G, JT, and Zimmerman discuss the scoring of the film "Test Takers" and ask the questions, "What makes for a good movie soundtrack?" and "What are the best movie soundtracks ever?"
To watch the trailer for the new NCS/Red Five film "Test Takers", please follow this link.
To learn more about the NXNW High School Film Festival, please click here.
To better understand Red Five Media, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
John Stuart Mill once wrote that "...even when mainstream views are true or justified, if they are never challenged, they risk becoming dead dogmas rather than living truths." In other words, according to Mill, there is value in controversy when it causes us to question social norms, lasting conventions, and established truths. Mill is suggesting that challenging truth and tradition, even when it generates controversy, breaths new life into them.
Do you agree?
Today, we start the countdown to the NXNW High School Film Festival taking place at the Harkins Norterra theaters in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, January 19th. That evening will also see the premiere of the latest Northwest Christian School film production, "Test Takers", made in partnership with Chris Zimmerman from Red Five Media. Today, G, JT, and Zimmerman attempt to determine if Mill was write in his thinking as they consider the ten most controversial TV programs ever aired.
To watch the trailer for the new NCS/Red Five film "Test Takers", please follow this link.
To learn more about the NXNW High School Film Festival, please click here.
To better understand Red Five Media, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Susan Konves fell into archery through happenstance--a casual afternoon of archery with her family at a Bible camp has led to a lifetime of fun and ministry using archery as the primary focus.
Considered by many to be one of the top archery coaches in Phoenix, Susan is actively involved in the National Archery in Schools Program, the Home Educated Archery Team (Phoenix HEAT), and serves as the lead coach within Northwest Christian's Crusader Archery team.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we'll get to know Coach Konves--her testimony, her adventures in archery, and how she uses archery to build the Kingdom.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As part of their accounts of the birth of Christ--the centerpiece to celebrating Christmas--both Matthew and Luke convey the genealogy/the lineage of Jesus.
But, "hold the phone" says a careful New Testament student reader in his question for our "What about? Wednesday" Kingdom Culture Conversations podcast episode today. "If Matthew and Luke consider Christ's lineage to be of such primary importance that they list it out at the very start of the respective gospels, why does Paul warn Timothy against it in I Timothy 1:4?"
Paul writes to Timothy, "...nor to devote yourself to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith."
So what's the deal?
As we head into the last few days before Christmas, it makes for a great question for Robby Lashua of Stand to Reason and a wonderful episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations!
To learn more about Robby Lashua and all the amazing apologetic resources available at Stand to Reason's STR.ORG, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Amy Yoder is the first post-doctoral fellow in the history of Grand Canyon University, a deserved designation that she achieved due to the cutting edge nature of her research into spiritual formation strategies and high school students. But, the qualification of "cutting edge" isn't just due to the fact that she making the first research forays into the effectiveness of Christian schools.
In large part, the 'edge' to her studies is her research subjects.
Her students.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, G and Geoff are joined by Dr. Yoder to begin a deep dive into the first round of her data collection. The three begin comparing two identical, anonymous surveys--one in Spring 2016 and the other in Fall 2023--in which every Northwest Christian High School Student participated.
The results are revelatory.
Revealed today, the completely candid conversation captures the highs and lows of our own school's effectiveness within its primary mission driver: Biblical worldview formation. Are we making a difference? More specifically, as we applied the data from 2016 to the interim years--leaning into our strengths and refining our weaknesses--was there meaningful change?
To learn more about Dr. Yoder's well-deserved recognition as GCU's first post-doctoral fellow, please follow this link.
To review the data that will be the subject of Kingdom Culture Conversations throughout the month of December, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
You know it is going to be a memorable episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations when we need to kick it off with a disclaimer!
As you'll hear on today's "What about? Wednesday" episode with Stand to Reason apologist Robby Lashua: "It truly is up to every believer to approach God’s word humbly and seek out truth independently. Today’s conversation is not meant to be the sole determinant of whether or not your home should celebrate Christmas or celebrate Christmas with Santa. Today’s conversation is simply meant to inspire you to think and discuss this issue and then to independently–using God’s word as a guide–decide the issue on your own."
Things are going to get interesting today as G, Robby, and J.T. Barnes discuss: is Santa an appropriate approach to Christmas in Christian homes?
To learn more about Robby Lashua and all the amazing apologetic resources available at Stand to Reason's STR.ORG, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Amy Yoder is the first post-doctoral fellow in the history of Grand Canyon University, a deserved designation that she achieved due to the cutting edge nature of her research into spiritual formation strategies and high school students. But, the qualification of "cutting edge" isn't just due to the fact that she making the first research forays into the effectiveness of Christian schools.
In large part, the 'edge' to her studies is her research subjects.
Her students.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, G and Geoff are joined by Dr. Yoder to begin a deep dive into the first round of her data collection. The three begin comparing two identical, anonymous surveys--one in Spring 2016 and the other in Fall 2023--in which every Northwest Christian High School Student participated.
The results are revelatory.
Revealed today, the completely candid conversation captures the highs and lows of our own school's effectiveness within its primary mission driver: Biblical worldview formation. Are we making a difference? More specifically, as we applied the data from 2016 to the interim years--leaning into our strengths and refining our weaknesses--was there meaningful change?
To learn more about Dr. Yoder's well-deserved recognition as GCU's first post-doctoral fellow, please follow this link.
To review the data that will be the subject of Kingdom Culture Conversations throughout the month of December, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Amy Yoder is the first post-doctoral fellow in the history of Grand Canyon University, a deserved designation that she achieved due to the cutting edge nature of her research into spiritual formation strategies and high school students. But, the qualification of "cutting edge" isn't just due to the fact that she making the first research forays into the effectiveness of Christian schools.
In large part, the 'edge' to her studies is her research subjects.
Her students.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, G and Geoff are joined by Dr. Yoder to begin a deep dive into the first round of her data collection. The three begin comparing two identical, anonymous surveys--one in Spring 2016 and the other in Fall 2023--in which every Northwest Christian High School Student participated.
The results are revelatory.
Revealed today, the completely candid conversation captures the highs and lows of our own school's effectiveness within its primary mission driver: Biblical worldview formation. Are we making a difference? More specifically, as we applied the data from 2016 to the interim years--leaning into our strengths and refining our weaknesses--was there meaningful change?
To learn more about Dr. Yoder's well-deserved recognition as GCU's first post-doctoral fellow, please follow this link.
To review the data that will be the subject of Kingdom Culture Conversations throughout the month of December, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Amy Yoder is the first post-doctoral fellow in the history of Grand Canyon University, a deserved designation that she achieved due to the cutting edge nature of her research into spiritual formation strategies and high school students. But, the qualification of "cutting edge" isn't just due to the fact that she making the first research forays into the effectiveness of Christian schools.
In large part, the 'edge' to her studies is her research subjects.
Her students.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, G and Geoff are joined by Dr. Yoder to begin a deep dive into the first round of her data collection. The three begin comparing two identical, anonymous surveys--one in Spring 2016 and the other in Fall 2023--in which every Northwest Christian High School Student participated.
The results are revelatory.
Revealed today, the completely candid conversation captures the highs and lows of our own school's effectiveness within its primary mission driver: Biblical worldview formation. Are we making a difference? More specifically, as we applied the data from 2016 to the interim years--leaning into our strengths and refining our weaknesses--was there meaningful change?
To learn more about Dr. Yoder's well-deserved recognition as GCU's first post-doctoral fellow, please follow this link.
To review the data that will be the subject of Kingdom Culture Conversations throughout the month of December, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Amy has always had a profound impact on the campus of Northwest Christian School. It's an impact that extends much further than the countless hours she invests in teaching--she has gone to extraordinary lengths to be certain that her influence is not just growing her students academically but that they are also growing in their individual relationships with Christ.
What length exactly? Her recent ground-breaking doctoral dissertation, "The Effectiveness of Spiritual Formation Strategies in Generation Z", has caused shockwaves in the field of Christian education. And, now, post-dissertation, she has become the first post-doctoral fellow at Grand Canyon University, professionally commissioned by Christian School Management, to continue and expand her research.
The interesting part of it all? The subjects of her research are her students at Northwest Christian School. In fact, in one form or another, every single high school student on the NCS campus has contributed to better understanding how students grow in their faith.
Today, with a re-broadcast of an earlier episode which will allow listeners to reacquaint themselves with Dr. Yoder, we launch a month-long deep-dive of podcast episodes in which we explore Amy's research.
In the process, you will have a front row seat to the most candid, the most transparent research done into the spiritual disciplines of high schoolers...our high schoolers!
To learn more about Dr. Yoder's ground-breaking research, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Amy has always had a profound impact on the campus of Northwest Christian School. It's an impact that extends much further than the countless hours she invests in teaching--she has gone to extraordinary lengths to be certain that her influence is not just growing her students academically but that they are also growing in their individual relationships with Christ.
What length exactly? Her recent ground-breaking doctoral dissertation, "The Effectiveness of Spiritual Formation Strategies in Generation Z", has caused shockwaves in the field of Christian education. And, now, post-dissertation, she has become the first post-doctoral fellow at Grand Canyon University, professionally commissioned by Christian School Management, to continue and expand her research.
The interesting part of it all? The subjects of her research are her students at Northwest Christian School. In fact, in one form or another, every single high school student on the NCS campus has contributed to better understanding how students grow in their faith.
Today, with a re-broadcast of an earlier episode which will allow listeners to reacquaint themselves with Dr. Yoder, we launch a month-long deep-dive of podcast episodes in which we explore Amy's research.
In the process, you will have a front row seat to the most candid, the most transparent research done into the spiritual disciplines of high schoolers...our high schoolers!
To learn more about Dr. Yoder's ground-breaking research, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Amy has always had a profound impact on the campus of Northwest Christian School. It's an impact that extends much further than the countless hours she invests in teaching--she has gone to extraordinary lengths to be certain that her influence is not just growing her students academically but that they are also growing in their individual relationships with Christ.
What length exactly? Her recent ground-breaking doctoral dissertation, "The Effectiveness of Spiritual Formation Strategies in Generation Z", has caused shockwaves in the field of Christian education. And, now, post-dissertation, she has become the first post-doctoral fellow at Grand Canyon University, professionally commissioned by Christian School Management, to continue and expand her research.
The interesting part of it all? The subjects of her research are her students at Northwest Christian School. In fact, in one form or another, every single high school student on the NCS campus has contributed to better understanding how students grow in their faith.
Today, with a re-broadcast of an earlier episode which will allow listeners to reacquaint themselves with Dr. Yoder, we launch a month-long deep-dive of podcast episodes in which we explore Amy's research.
In the process, you will have a front row seat to the most candid, the most transparent research done into the spiritual disciplines of high schoolers...our high schoolers!
To learn more about Dr. Yoder's ground-breaking research, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Known to millions as "Momma Lee", Debbie Lee is an author, public speaker and political activist who has traveled the nation telling her son's amazing story and advocating for our troops, their families, and the families of the fallen.
Debbie understands the sacrifice our troops make and that “Freedom isn’t free.”
On Aug 2, 2006 she received a knock on the door that would forever change her life. She was notified that her son, Marc Alan Lee, had been killed in action, becoming the first Navy SEAL killed in Iraq.
Since that day, Debbie has dedicated her life to honoring our troops and the families of the fallen, defending our defenders, and fighting to keep the freedoms that our troops have fought for. She has worked tirelessly to ensure that our troops and military and Gold Star families have access to respite and important services that help assist recovery after injury or loss.
By God’s strength she chose to rise above the most devastating circumstance of her life to impact other’s lives giving them hope and encouragement. In response to her son’s last letter home to “pass on the love, the kindness, the precious gift of human life” she founded America’s Mighty Warriors and is providing programs that improve quality of life, resiliency and recovery. Debbie has completed a multitude of cross country tours, visited Gitmo, and visited Iraq in 2007 and 2010, becoming the First Gold Star Mom in history to visit the combat zone where her son died. She has conducted over 1,000 media interviews and has been a regular on FOX news. Debbie appeared on stage with Tim McGraw at the ACMA’s in 2007, has met with President Bush numerous times, and can often be found on Capitol Hill advocating for our troops.
In today's very special episode, Debbie reveals that Christ is the source of the strength that she has relied upon throughout her brave journey.
To learn more about Debbie Lee, please follow this link.
To read about Debbie's amazing son, Marc, click on this link.
To read Marc's final letter to his mother, follow this link.
To understand the mission of "America's Mighty Warriors", click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Merriam-Webster defines a "plumb line" as "a line (as of cord) that has at one end a weight (such as a plumb bob) and is used especially to determine perfect verticality". For Jay Rudolph, who has spent decades in the radio industry, a plumb line is the perfect picture of what God has called him to do: to challenge listeners all across the United States to see the truths of God's Word as the "plumb line" of their lives, the key to living in a perfect, harmonious, vertical relationship with the Heavenly Father.
Today, we hear Jay's testimony--his journey to Christ and his call to move from traditional sports/talk radio to Christian talk radio. And, beyond that, as a champion of Christian radio ministry, Jay's ready to answer the critics who look to denigrate Christian radio as second-rate and ineffective.
To learn more about Jay Rudolph's dynamic radio ministry, please follow this link.
If you live in Phoenix, you can check out The Plumb Line each Saturday at 1:00pm on KPXQ/1360am. For more information, click here.
To check out The Plumb Line podcast, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In the post-pandemic world, the numbers tell us clearly that youth are at risk. Teen suicide and the frequency of mental health diagnoses are at a historic high.
Yet, just when youth need it most, their participation within local church youth ministry is in decline.
National polls of Evangelical Christian teens find young people reporting that 69% are saying that they attended youth group at age 17. But, that number is cut in half before they graduate high school at age 18.
Could these two alarming trends be connected?
Uh, duh.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, G is joined by Northwest Christian alumni Danny Trueblood who leads the thriving youth ministry at CCV North Phoenix. Together, they wrestle with the top reasons that participation is declining and what can be done to stem the tide of the resulting cultural ills.
To learn more about the youth ministry at CCV North Phoenix, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It's homecoming week on the campus of Northwest Christian School and the team is excited to welcome home former superintendent, Matt Davidson. Davidson served as Northwest Christian superintendent from 2007 to 2010 before taking the role at Timothy Christian School in Elmhurst, Illinois.
As a Christian Ed "lifer", and as a school administrator who has led in two very different socio-political environments, Davidson is uniquely positioned to get the proverbial lay of the cultural landscape and gauge the dangers that are overtly and covertly approaching on the social horizon. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, he joins Geoff and G as they each present what they see facing schools and families that are wholly committed to rising above the culture and chaos contained with contemporary culture.
For more information on Matt Davidson, please follow this link.
To learn about Timothy Christian School, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
So, maybe it's not exactly what you'd call "viral" but, nevertheless, it's a Youtube-based video that has been making the rounds within communities of evangelical Christian students that have a bent towards theology: "Destroying Calvinism in 3 Minutes". Try as we might, finding the specific Greenwood Baptist Church whose pastor is featured in this gloriously southern-Baptist-flavored tirade has been nigh near impossible!
Yet, the video has produced questions in the minds of some Kingdom Culture Conversations student listeners.
But, not the sort of questions that you might expect.
This is not an episode in which we attempt to resolve the longstanding theological tension between Calvinism and Arminianism. Rather, the student that brought this video forward is asking the question, "Why would God allow for a question of such seeming importance to remain unanswered or to be unclear in Scripture?" As an extension of that question, the student's question to Robby today is also, "When Scripture is unclear on an issue perceived to be significant, how do we proceed?"
To view the Youtube video in question--"Destroying Calvinism is 3 Minutes"--please click here.
To learn more about apologist Robby Lashua and his work with Stand to Reason, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The Sutton Project began in 2010 when a teacher was torn between her love for the students of NCS and her desire to impact an impoverished community of students in south Phoenix. She pulled a few students and teachers together and managed to scratch together 150 Thanksgiving meal boxes for these inner city families.
But, the Lord was just getting started.
What started as a simple mission to bless needy families at J.B. Sutton Elementary School within the Isaac School District became The Sutton Project. Now with over ten times that number of Thanksgiving meals, Christmas gifts for families within three different schools, countless volunteer hours, over $50K in annual fundraising, and student-written grants, The Sutton Project has become a monster blessing to families in central and south Phoenix--as well as to the students of Northwest Christian School.
Today on Kingdom Culture Conversations, Samantha Maszton, G, and Geoff discuss the ROI on all of the time, energy, and financial resources invested in The Sutton Project...and, in consider the return on that investment, we ask the awkward questions:
Is it worth it? Is it working?
To learn more about The Sutton Project, please follow this link.
If you would like to join the effort to bless the Mitchell family and help offset some of Cheryl's medical expenses, please also consider giving at this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The Sutton Project began in 2010 when a teacher was torn between her love for the students of NCS and her desire to impact an impoverished community of students in south Phoenix. She pulled a few students and teachers together and managed to scratch together 150 Thanksgiving meal boxes for these inner city families.
But, the Lord was just getting started.
What started as a simple mission to bless needy families at J.B. Sutton Elementary School within the Isaac School District became The Sutton Project. Now with over ten times that number of Thanksgiving meals, Christmas gifts for families within three different schools, countless volunteer hours, over $50K in annual fundraising, and student-written grants, The Sutton Project has become a monster blessing to families in central and south Phoenix--as well as to the students of Northwest Christian School.
Today on Kingdom Culture Conversations, facing a sobering health diagnosis, Cheryl Mitchell joins Geoff Brown, Chris Gardiner, and Samantha Maszton to reflect and recollect on the times that they have seen the Lord propel two different communities to move together to sacrificially bless each other beyond measure.
To learn more about The Sutton Project, please follow this link.
If you would like to join the effort to bless the Mitchell family and help offset some of Cheryl's medical expenses, please also consider giving at this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The unforgivable sin. According to Jesus in Mark 3:29, all sins will be forgiven men except for one--the unforgivable sin.
It would seem, reasoned the student that submitted this question to "What About?" Wednesday, that we'd want to figure out what the unforgivable sin is...
And, quick!
Yet, questions about the nature of this sin and the nature of blasphemy persist.
Cue Robby Lashua, apologist with Stand to Reason, who joins us on Kingdom Culture Conversations every other Wednesday, as part of our "What About?" Wednesday tradition of answering student/listener questions stemming from the intersection of theology, orthodoxy, and culture. In today's episode, we wrestle with the questions, "What is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?", and further, are we, within Christian culture, taking the notion of "blasphemy" seriously enough?
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
To learn more about apologist Robby Lashua and Stand to Reason, please click here.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Christian education in Russia. Yes, you read that correctly. And, not only is it happening, it's been happening for thirty years.
Three decades of Christian education within a nation with a track record of hostility towards the Gospel is not for the faint of heart. For the brave men and women involved, it has required courage and a constant commitment to excellence.
And, Joy Watson has led that team. Today, we enjoy a remarkable Kingdom Culture Conversation with Joy has she articulates the courage of her team, the risks that they face, and how a commitment to excellence undergirds the ability to provide a transformational education in a very surprising locale.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Stuart Delony is unabashedly snarky. In fact, you could call it his trademark. He's unapologetic. He's direct. He uses profanity. And, he is calling out the inconsistencies within Evangelical Christianity and the American church, distinctions between what Jesus called His church to do and what we actually do.
He's also a former pastor from within Evangelical Christian culture.
That's awkward.
But, is he correct? And, if he is correct, is he going about it in the right way?
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is going to be very interesting!
Stuart Delony founded his blog and podcast--Snarky Faith--and it has grown to have a national reach. His tagline is "Radio for the Spiritually Disenfranchised" and he's been prominently featured within the documentary, "In God we Trump"--an expose on the American church and its relationship with President Donald Trump. With trademark snarky-ness as a key element of his communication tact, he can be seen as abrasive but the awkward part of it is, there are times where he may be right.
Or, is he? Today, you'll hear from Stuart directly and get the chance to decide.
To learn more about Stuart Delony and Snarky Faith, please visit SnarkyFaith.com.
To read the specific blog post that we discuss within the episode, "Culture Wars Distract from Jesus' Call", please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The return of a tradition! It's the debut of "What About?" Wednesday for the 2023/2024 school year!
Today, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we're thrilled to welcome apologist Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason, back to the International Podcast Headquarters of Kingdom Culture Conversations. As has been our long-standing tradition, we invite Robby back into the studio to wrestle with theological questions and apologetic issues that are put forward by students and other KCC listeners.
But, today, we react to a recent STR article that Robby wrote: "Why My LDS Friend Isn't Trying to Convert Me to Mormonism". The article presents a conundrum: if my LDS friend believes that I don't believe...and, further, that not believing means that I'll spend eternity in hell...shouldn't they be motivated to see me accept Mormonism? But, as we'll learn today, the conundrum is rooted in an assumption: Mormons believe about hell and eternity the same things that Christians do...
Wait. What? They don't?
Tune in today to find out!
To read Robby's great article, please click here.
To learn more about Robby Lashua and all the amazing apologetic resources available at Stand to Reason's STR.ORG, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Yesterday, we started a conversation with Dean Schifferer, a general contractor who is called to what he calls "the ministry of construction".
Today, we continue the conversation as we discuss, specifically, the impact of the forthcoming collision between ministry, construction, and the campus of Northwest Christian School. As we start this new building, what will be the impact? Have we given proper attention to safety? Will there be inconveniences?
For more information on Schifferer Built, please follow this link.
For more information on Northwest Christian's "Build Here, Build There" campus improvement plan, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dean Schifferer isn't in it for the money.
Now, let's recognize that well say this. And, truth be told, sometimes it can be hard to tell.
But, not so with Dean. After listening to today's Kingdom Culture Conversations, you will be presented with some pretty solid evidence that profit margins are not Dean's prevailing priorities. For Schifferer Built, Dean's general contracting firm committed to building churches, Christian schools, and ministry sites, construction is a calling and a ministry.
And, as you listen today, you might just be inspired to think about the way you approach your career and business a bit differently...
For more information on Schifferer Built, please follow this link.
For more information on Northwest Christian's "Build Here, Build There" campus improvement plan, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Great Hearts America is a thriving network of publicly-funded charter schools, encompassing tens-of-thousands of students in Arizona, Texas, and Louisiana. They are rooted in what is popularly termed "Classical" education and their approach to learning and formation are very traditional. By all accounts, they have been very successful.
But, now the game has changed. Nationally, as the wheels (sadly and unnecessarily) come off public schools, school choice initiatives are blossoming. Nowhere is there more true than in Arizona where families can utilize state tuition tax credit scholarships and state-funded empowerment scholarship accounts. The net effect of this has been that the demand for Christian education has gone through the roof and it's never been more affordable.
In response, Great Hearts' founder, Dr. Dan Scoggins, has launched Great Hearts Christos, a new network of Great Hearts Christian schools.
Today, we have the opportunity to hear directly from Dan in terms of his vision for the Christos initiative. As well, we'll talk with Dr. Toyin Atolagbe, the head of school for the first two Great Hearts Christos locations and discover the Great Hearts approach to student spiritual formation.
Fore more information on Great Hearts America, please follow this link.
To learn about Great Hearts Christos, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As a function of their roles within the Association of Christian Schools International, Cecil Swetland and Jerry Bowen travel the western region of the U.S. and have a front row seat to an unsettling development within the cultural conflicts that are happening in schools and libraries. These unlikely venues have become ground zero for the implosion of misguided gender ideologies and rampant sexualization.
While that may be disturbing enough, what is most troubling is that conflicted culture warriors are taking the battle to children and attempting an end run around parents.
What exactly is happening and what can be done? How do we work towards winsomely working to win the hearts of these folks without sacrificing Biblical worldview? These questions are the foundation for a powerful Kingdom Culture Conversation!
To learn more about the Association of Christian Schools International, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
On Thursday, August 24th, 2023, Summit Ministry's Director of Biblical Worldview Education, Roger Erdvig, travelled throughout the campus of Northwest Christian School, visiting classrooms and assessing the strength of the school's Biblical worldview instruction.
Today, on August 25th, one day later, it's a Professional Development day on campus--school is closed--and teachers have assembled to hear the feedback he is going to provide as he cues up a rich morning of training.
And, in real time, as part of a fascinatingly atypical episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, you get the chance to hear a sneak-peek of both Dr. Erdvig's assessment of Biblical worldview instruction within the school and the training that school faculty will enjoy!
For more information on Roger Erdvig, please follow this link.
To learn more about Summit Ministries, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Roger Erdvig's is the Senior Director of Worldview Education within Summit Ministries, one of the leading purveyors of Christian Worldview education in the world. Erdvig's book, "Beyond Biblical Integration", represented a tectonic thinking shift within the world of Christian education.
Now, he's pressing even further into community of Christian ed with some fighting words.
It's time to grow up.
As you will hear in today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, Erdvig is working to inspire teachers and leaders into a more fully realized composite of education and discipleship. Today, we'll revisit some key foundations within Christian worldview and ask tough questions: How do we see these truths more fully realized in our schools, families, and churches?
For more information on Summit Ministries, please follow this link.
To learn more about Roger Erdvig, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Would Jesus get the Covid vaccine or wear a face mask?
Would Jesus advocate for open borders or immigration reform?
Would Jesus advocate for gun control?
Some within the church would say "yes". Some within the church would say "no". And, they would all point to specific scripture and Biblical passages that support their distinct positions.
Can they all be right? How do we know? And, how do we tackle these issues without falling into moral relativism or sliding down the slope of "your truth vs. my truth"?
Today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations pulls in Stefan Wilson and Nathan Johnson, two Colson Educators from the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Together with Chris "G" Gardiner and Geoff Brown, they have a frank and unflinching conversation that tackles all these tricky issues.
For more information on Colson Educators, please click here.
To learn more about the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Political corruption. Global warming. Resurgent racism.
Summer 2023 was one for the books.
After having spent the majority of the summer working through his seminal Christian worldview work Kingdom Education, today, we check in with Dr. Glen Schultz, the founder and director of Kingdom Education Ministries. Together, we scan some of the more significant headlines from the summer and talk through the issues and implications according to a Biblical worldview.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Summit Ministries is one of the leading Biblical worldview student engagement ministries in the world. As a Summit rep, each year, Bonnie Blair engages schools and families, representing over 80,000 students hungering to better understand how God's word interfaces with contemporary culture.
But, before Bonnie was a culture warrior, she was a mom.
And, she was a mom whose child began to ask those questions.
She'd done it all "right"...Christian school, solid family, and great church. Yet, her son was starting to ask those questions.
What do you do?
To learn more about Summit Ministries, please follow this link.
To learn about Summit Ministry Student Conferences, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Can you still pray in the USA?
Turns out, yes. You can.
With three public-school-educated students of his own, Eric Buehrer was a public school teacher before founding Gateways to Better Education. He is a published author and nationally-recognized authority on the subject of religion and public education. His advocacy for clarity on religious freedom in public schools led to meetings with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, meetings with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, and the 2020 updated release of the U.S. Department of Education’s “Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools.”
In today’s often-contentious climate, in which the classroom has become the front lines in the culture wars, Eric's approach is unique as it emphasizes camaraderie, not conflict; and reason, not rage.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, you'll be surprised to learn that the prevailing public understanding of what is legally acceptable in terms of Biblical worldview in public school classrooms is incorrect. And, Eric is campaigning to see American parents and teachers better understand that Biblical worldview in public school classrooms isn't just permissible, it's expected...according to laws on the books and current state standards in all fifty states.
For more information on Gateways to Better Education, please click here.
To learn more about the passionate public educator behind Gateways, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It's inevitable. There are some pains associated with progress...and, this year, we'll have a year of progress as Northwest Christian School builds a new classroom building...the first phase in what looks to be three years of ongoing construction involving three different projects.
To walk us through the changes coming to campus during the 2023/2024 school year, we are joined within today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations by Mike Waypa, the NCS Director of Operations. With oversight over the physical plant and responsibility for the forthcoming construction project, Mike will illuminate all of the ways in which we can expect the campus to improve this year and in the next several years.
To get a visual of the forthcoming classroom building project, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversation drops, the campus of Northwest Christian School is awash with preparations for the new year! Looking forward to the first day of the 2023/2024 school year, August 7th, folks may be curious...what academic adventures, memorable ministry moments, and hijinks await us?
To answer the question, we've assembled the largest group to ever congregate inside the hallowed halls of the International Podcasting HQ of Kingdom Culture Conversations. Today, we are joined by...
- Bree Tarbutton, Early Education and Kindergarten Director
- J.T. Barnes, Assistant Principal
- Eric Dowdle, Elementary Principal
- Samantha Maszton, Assistant Superintendent and Middle School Principal
- Jeff Parsons, High School Principal
(To see this illustrious group crowded into the sound booth, please click here!)
In anticipation of the exciting year ahead, we have the players and planners who will be able to answer all of our questions!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversation drops, the campus of Northwest Christian School is awash with preparations for the new year! Looking forward to the first day of the 2023/2024 school year, August 7th, folks may be curious...what academic adventures, memorable ministry moments, and hijinks await us?
To answer the question, we've assembled the largest group to ever congregate inside the hallowed halls of the International Podcasting HQ of Kingdom Culture Conversations. Today, we are joined by...
- Bree Tarbutton, Early Education and Kindergarten Director
- J.T. Barnes, Assistant Principal
- Eric Dowdle, Elementary Principal
- Samantha Maszton, Assistant Superintendent and Middle School Principal
- Jeff Parsons, High School Principal
(To see this illustrious group crowded into the sound booth, please click here!)
In anticipation of the exciting year ahead, we have the players and planners who will be able to answer all of our questions!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
School districts kicking out Christian student-teachers for reason of their Christianity. Teachers hiding pending student gender transitions. Explicit library books. American history being rewritten.
Have we lost our minds?
Glen Schultz is a legend in Christian education. Having had an instrumental part in the foundations of some of America's most storied Christian schools, having been involved in the genesis of Liberty University and Lynchburg Christian Academy, and working at Life Ways Christian Publishers during the explosion of home school education, Schultz knows the in's and out's, the high's and low's of Christian education and Biblical worldview.
And, having stood the tests of time and tumult, he's unafraid to speak his encouragement and correction directly, confronting the inevitable cultural decline that results when we try to segregate God and education. This summer, we have the amazing opportunity to spend seven weeks with Schultz, working through his ground-breaking book, "Kingdom Education". With new episodes each Monday throughout Summer 2023, listeners are going to take a deep dive into Biblical worldview, the catastrophic intersection between education and secularism, and the road map back to health in our homes, schools, and churches.
To get your copy of "Kingdom Education" by Dr. Glen Schultz, please click here.
To learn more about Kingdom Education Ministries, please follow this link.
You are invited to join us at Summer 2023's Kingdom Education Summit taking place at Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona on July 26-28! For more information, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
School districts kicking out Christian student-teachers for reason of their Christianity. Teachers hiding pending student gender transitions. Explicit library books. American history being rewritten.
Have we lost our minds?
Glen Schultz is a legend in Christian education. Having had an instrumental part in the foundations of some of America's most storied Christian schools, having been involved in the genesis of Liberty University and Lynchburg Christian Academy, and working at Life Ways Christian Publishers during the explosion of home school education, Schultz knows the in's and out's, the high's and low's of Christian education and Biblical worldview.
And, having stood the tests of time and tumult, he's unafraid to speak his encouragement and correction directly, confronting the inevitable cultural decline that results when we try to segregate God and education. This summer, we have the amazing opportunity to spend seven weeks with Schultz, working through his ground-breaking book, "Kingdom Education". With new episodes each Monday throughout Summer 2023, listeners are going to take a deep dive into Biblical worldview, the catastrophic intersection between education and secularism, and the road map back to health in our homes, schools, and churches.
To get your copy of "Kingdom Education" by Dr. Glen Schultz, please click here.
To learn more about Kingdom Education Ministries, please follow this link.
You are invited to join us at Summer 2023's Kingdom Education Summit taking place at Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona on July 26-28! For more information, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
School districts kicking out Christian student-teachers for reason of their Christianity. Teachers hiding pending student gender transitions. Explicit library books. American history being rewritten.
Have we lost our minds?
Glen Schultz is a legend in Christian education. Having had an instrumental part in the foundations of some of America's most storied Christian schools, having been involved in the genesis of Liberty University and Lynchburg Christian Academy, and working at Life Ways Christian Publishers during the explosion of home school education, Schultz knows the in's and out's, the high's and low's of Christian education and Biblical worldview.
And, having stood the tests of time and tumult, he's unafraid to speak his encouragement and correction directly, confronting the inevitable cultural decline that results when we try to segregate God and education. This summer, we have the amazing opportunity to spend seven weeks with Schultz, working through his ground-breaking book, "Kingdom Education". With new episodes each Monday throughout Summer 2023, listeners are going to take a deep dive into Biblical worldview, the catastrophic intersection between education and secularism, and the road map back to health in our homes, schools, and churches.
To get your copy of "Kingdom Education" by Dr. Glen Schultz, please click here.
To learn more about Kingdom Education Ministries, please follow this link.
You are invited to join us at Summer 2023's Kingdom Education Summit taking place at Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona on July 26-28! For more information, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Nathan Atkinson had been in the role of Executive Principal within Australia's Summerland Christian College for only five weeks when disaster hit.
Australia's ravaging wildfires had primed the nation for flooding. And, in 2022, historic storms produced disastrous floods that forever changed the area of Lismore. Twenty-two lives were tragically lost alongside the inestimable loss of homes and property.
But, Nathan and the Summerland team were ready. The team pulled together and had an indelible impact on their community. In today's moving Kingdom Culture Conversation, you will have the opportunity to reflect alongside Nathan as he looks back on that dark time and distills out the lessons that we can all apply to our lives.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Scholar and artiste extraordinaire Jon Bon Jovi (tongue firmly planted in cheek) said it best: "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
This certainly proves to be the case in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation with Nathan Atkinson, the Executive Principal for Australia's Summerland Christian College. Geoff and Nathan quickly discover that there are a healthy number of both similarities and differences between Australian and American Christian education.
But, as we hear today, one of the keen risks in front of believers engaging the culture in American has also come to fruition for our Aussie brothers and sisters.
To learn more about Summerland Christian College, please click here.
To learn more about Nathan Atkinson, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
School districts kicking out Christian student-teachers for reason of their Christianity. Teachers hiding pending student gender transitions. Explicit library books. American history being rewritten.
Have we lost our minds?
Glen Schultz is a legend in Christian education. Having had an instrumental part in the foundations of some of America's most storied Christian schools, having been involved in the genesis of Liberty University and Lynchburg Christian Academy, and working at Life Ways Christian Publishers during the explosion of home school education, Schultz knows the in's and out's, the high's and low's of Christian education and Biblical worldview.
And, having stood the tests of time and tumult, he's unafraid to speak his encouragement and correction directly, confronting the inevitable cultural decline that results when we try to segregate God and education. This summer, we have the amazing opportunity to spend seven weeks with Schultz, working through his ground-breaking book, "Kingdom Education". With new episodes each Monday throughout Summer 2023, listeners are going to take a deep dive into Biblical worldview, the catastrophic intersection between education and secularism, and the road map back to health in our homes, schools, and churches.
To get your copy of "Kingdom Education" by Dr. Glen Schultz, please click here.
To learn more about Kingdom Education Ministries, please follow this link.
You are invited to join us at Summer 2023's Kingdom Education Summit taking place at Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona on July 26-28! For more information, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Clarity that leads to confidence. Confidence that leads to courage. Courage to change the culture. This is the heartbeat of the Colson Fellows program, a flagship offering from the Colson Center for Christian Worldview.
Today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations represents a change of pace.
Effectively, it is an invitation to our listeners to participate in the 2023/2024 class of Colson Fellows. To round out this invitation, we hear from Nathan Johnson who is part of the leadership team driving the Colson Educators initiative within the Colson Center. Nathan and Geoff break down the specifics of the Colson Fellows program, explain how it works, discuss the objectives, and spell out the time commitments. In that Northwest Christian School teachers are all preparing to embark on a three-year Colson Educators training cycle, their conversation will also spell out the distinctions between Colson Fellows and Colson Educators.
The coursework for the 2023/2024 Colson Fellows cohort kicks off on July 1, 2023. The deadline to apply is Thursday, June 15th. To apply, please follow this link.
If you are a member of the Northwest Christian School faculty or staff, you have the opportunity to participate in the Colson Fellows program at the school's expense. And, the application deadline has been extended to Friday, June 22nd. If you are interested in participating, please email Geoff Brown at gbrown@ncsaz.org.
If you are an educator within the state of Arizona who would like to participate, you also can take advantage of the extended deadline. Please reach out to Nathan Johnson directly at njohnson@colsoncenter.org.
For more information on the Colson Fellows course of study, please follow this link.
To review Colson Fellows frequently asked questions, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
School districts kicking out Christian student-teachers for reason of their Christianity. Teachers hiding pending student gender transitions. Explicit library books. American history being rewritten.
Have we lost our minds?
Glen Schultz is a legend in Christian education. Having had an instrumental part in the foundations of some of America's most storied Christian schools, having been involved in the genesis of Liberty University and Lynchburg Christian Academy, and working at Life Ways Christian Publishers during the explosion of home school education, Schultz knows the in's and out's, the high's and low's of Christian education and Biblical worldview.
And, having stood the tests of time and tumult, he's unafraid to speak his encouragement and correction directly, confronting the inevitable cultural decline that results when we try to segregate God and education. This summer, we have the amazing opportunity to spend seven weeks with Schultz, working through his ground-breaking book, "Kingdom Education". With new episodes each Monday throughout Summer 2023, listeners are going to take a deep dive into Biblical worldview, the catastrophic intersection between education and secularism, and the road map back to health in our homes, schools, and churches.
To get your copy of "Kingdom Education" by Dr. Glen Schultz, please click here.
To learn more about Kingdom Education Ministries, please follow this link.
You are invited to join us at Summer 2023's Kingdom Education Summit taking place at Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona on July 26-28! For more information, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
School districts kicking out Christian student-teachers for reason of their Christianity. Teachers hiding pending student gender transitions. Explicit library books. American history being rewritten.
Have we lost our minds?
Glen Schultz is a legend in Christian education. Having had an instrumental part in the foundations of some of America's most storied Christian schools, having been involved in the genesis of Liberty University and Lynchburg Christian Academy, and working at Life Ways Christian Publishers during the explosion of home school education, Schultz knows the in's and out's, the high's and low's of Christian education and Biblical worldview.
And, having stood the tests of time and tumult, he's unafraid to speak his encouragement and correction directly, confronting the inevitable cultural decline that results when we try to segregate God and education. This summer, we have the amazing opportunity to spend seven weeks with Schultz, working through his ground-breaking book, "Kingdom Education". With new episodes each Monday throughout Summer 2023, listeners are going to take a deep dive into Biblical worldview, the catastrophic intersection between education and secularism, and the road map back to health in our homes, schools, and churches.
To get your copy of "Kingdom Education" by Dr. Glen Schultz, please click here.
To learn more about Kingdom Education Ministries, please follow this link.
You are invited to join us at Summer 2023's Kingdom Education Summit taking place at Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona on July 26-28! For more information, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
He has a secret identity, an alter ego of sorts.
And, he's rather like a theological super hero.
No kidding.
Known only as the "Redeemed Zoomer", he's working to redeem mainline protestant churches from the inside, using Youtube and Minecraft as his primary tools. For the time being, he's not revealing his identity but instead is known only as his screen name, his Youtube handle. But with one of his videos having garnered over 7 million views, it's clear that his message is resonating with a very large and diverse audience around the world. Using Minecraft play as the visual that draws younger viewers in, as he plays the game, he explains Biblical worldview, Kingdom culture. and Biblical orthodoxy. In the process, he's inviting a younger generation of Christ followers not to leave the traditional, mainline denominations but to lay hold of the authority of God's word and begin working to redeem them.
By the way, he's only twenty-years-old. Wow. This is going to be a very interesting episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations!
To experience the Redeemed Zoomer's Youtube channel, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
School districts kicking out Christian student-teachers for reason of their Christianity. Teachers hiding pending student gender transitions. Explicit library books. American history being rewritten.
Have we lost our minds?
Glen Schultz is a legend in Christian education. Having had an instrumental part in the foundations of some of America's most storied Christian schools, having been involved in the genesis of Liberty University and Lynchburg Christian Academy, and working at Life Ways Christian Publishers during the explosion of home school education, Schultz knows the in's and out's, the high's and low's of Christian education and Biblical worldview.
And, having stood the tests of time and tumult, he's unafraid to speak his encouragement and correction directly, confronting the inevitable cultural decline that results when we try to segregate God and education. This summer, we have the amazing opportunity to spend seven weeks with Schultz, working through his ground-breaking book, "Kingdom Education". With new episodes each Monday throughout Summer 2023, listeners are going to take a deep dive into Biblical worldview, the catastrophic intersection between education and secularism, and the road map back to health in our homes, schools, and churches.
To get your copy of "Kingdom Education" by Dr. Glen Schultz, please click here.
To learn more about Kingdom Education Ministries, please follow this link.
You are invited to join us at Summer 2023's Kingdom Education Summit taking place at Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona on July 26-28! For more information, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Please stop listening to this podcast!" It's an odd statement to make within an episode in which we're celebrating two years of podcasting.
It's an especially odd statement to make if we're trying to grow our audience.
But, here's the thing. We're not trying to grow our audience. At least not in the sense of numbers. Rather, the audience growth we're most interested in is growth in Biblical worldview.
When KCC started, it grew out of the deeply profound questions that students at Northwest Christian School (in Phoenix, Arizona) were asking during the pandemic relating to a culture in freefall. In the process, we've amassed an audience that has grown beyond what we imagined. And, while we're blessed that folks are listening and hopeful that our conversations and guests are helping to illuminate Biblical worldview and cultural issues, we're also hopeful that you, the listening audience, are truly getting what you came for!
As a result, in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, as we celebrate two years of podcasting, your hosts--Chris "G" Gardiner and Geoff Brown--talk through podcasts that are better than this one and which very well might do a better job of communicating Biblical worldview.
That's right: today you'll hear about ten podcasts that are better than this one.
So, listen away, celebrate two years of podcasting, and then check out one or two of these other podcasts!
(And, get ready for more podcasts as we launch into year three!)
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"I'm sorry, Dave. I cannot do that."
It's been 55 years since Stanley Kubrick prophetically took Arthur C. Clarke's visionary tale of machine evolutionary development gone awry--"2001: A Space Odyssey"--and turned it into a masterclass on dystopia. Yet, somehow, culture has just recently been surprised to see that ChatGPT reached a million users at a pace that blew past Netflix, Youtube, or Spotify.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence on culture through the lens of Biblical worldview. But, we dial in, specifically, to the impact of AI on education and the classroom. Is it a learning help or hindrance? Allison Van Liew, Northwest Christian's Instructional Technology Coordinator, brings us up to speed on AI, discusses risks and opportunities, and gives a glimpse into the strategies that the school is using in its approach to AI.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Arizona native and mother of five, Jenny Clark knows full well the unique variations in how children learn.
They thrive in a variety of different educational environments.
And, for several years now, across the state and nation, as the founder of "Love Your School" and a member of the Arizona state board of education, Jenny's been working to make that case.
Jenny grew up in Arizona, attended her local district school from K-12, and then continued on to the University of Arizona and received a BSBA in Business Economics. Today, she utilizes a variety of schooling options for her own family, and loves sharing with other families about their options and helping them find the right fit for their kids!
That’s what inspired Love Your School. Jenny wanted to create an avenue for families and schools to share more about the amazing ways Arizona kids are learning, and growing, and loving their education – whether they are in district, charter, private, online, homeschool, microschool, learning pod, or receive an Arizona Empowerment Scholarship.
To learn more about Jenny Clark, please follow this link.
To read about the work of Love Your School, click this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
When Paul and Lizzie Reed heard the Great Commission's objective to reach "the uttermost parts of the earth", they took that quite literally, taking Christian education to Russia.
Christian education in Russia? Yes.
And, beyond that, as a product of working within Russia, they were on hand to experience the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an event which precipitated their near-immediate evacuation.
Now, after spending a year in the US on furlough, the Reeds are preparing for their next great adventure: Budapest.
This is an adventure-fueled, two-part Kingdom Culture Conversation that you cannot miss!
For more information on Paul and Lizzie Reed's upcoming adventures in Budapest, please follow this link.
Please consider supporting the Reeds by clicking here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
When Paul and Lizzie Reed heard the Great Commission's objective to reach "the uttermost parts of the earth", they took that quite literally, taking Christian education to Russia.
Christian education in Russia? Yes.
And, beyond that, as a product of working within Russia, they were on hand to experience the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an event which precipitated their near-immediate evacuation.
Now, after spending a year in the US on furlough, the Reeds are preparing for their next great adventure: Budapest.
This is an adventure-fueled, two-part Kingdom Culture Conversation that you cannot miss!
For more information on Paul and Lizzie Reed's upcoming adventures in Budapest, please follow this link.
Please consider supporting the Reeds by clicking here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Church planting is hard, hard work. But, church planting is the future of the American church...for various and established reasons...
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Less than 18% of Americans attend church. This translates to the fact that there are 156 million unchurched individuals in the United States.
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47% of America’s unchurched report that they would be open to going to church if they were invited by a friend.
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A new church plant gains 60-80% of its eventual membership from unchurched individuals making first-time commitments to Christ.
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Churches that employ church planting strategies grow three times faster than those that do not have planting vested within their strategic plan.
Each of these numbers point to a proven fact, if the culture is ever going to find its way to a Biblical worldview, it will happen through the tireless efforts of church planters.
Aryan and Alison are inspiring, funny, and very congenial. And, they are courageous church planters. The aptly named "His Church" launched in February 2023 and, as you'll learn today, Aryan and Alison have taken their entire testimony--trials, tragedy, and ultimately triumph--and turned it into a growing ministry.
To plan your visit to His Church, please visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The blatant message of our misguided culture is, "This life is all about you." And, if that is a student's only frame of reference, the student's learning and growing is indelibly twisted into one in which academic aspirations become rooted in the self-serving pursuits of affluence and influence.
Statistically speaking, 66% of high school graduates immediately launch into university. But, since Covid, that number has been dropping.
Should we be alarmed? Maybe not. Maybe we have reason to hope that the culture is changing.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we're going to hear from three of Northwest Christian's strongest Class of 2023 graduates. As you will hear today, all three are remarkably poised, articulate, and vested with vast potential.
And, all three have set aside their university aspirations for at least a year. Drop-outs? Failure to launch? Not exactly! Today, enjoy an episode that will remind you that there is hope for the next generation of believers!
To learn more about the three programs that these three seniors are pursuing, follow the links below:
- The World Race
- Impact 360 Institute
- Torchbearers International
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Matthew Vines loves the church, cherishes God's word, and counts as precious the church communities to which he has and does belong. In fact, if you were to run into Vines at your church this weekend, it's probable that you would have a conversation just like any other Sunday morning discussion you are likely to have.
That is, until you realize that Matthew Vines also founded and facilitates The Reformation Project, a ministry with the mission to encourage LGBTQ inclusion within the church. That's where the conversation is bound to get very interesting.
Some studied estimates say that nearly 80% of members within the LGBTQ community have been or are invested in a church. Today's [Worldview Contrasts] episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations moves beyond debate to a genuine discussion that goes deeper than "Your side talks about these verses and our side talks about these verses." Matthew tells his story and talks about how and why The Reformation Project came to be. He also affords us the privileged opportunity to understand, without necessarily agreeing with, his convictions on homosexuality and the Bible. With honesty and transparency, we enjoy a two-part, robust discussion that identifies areas of consensus without either of us compromising our convictions.
In the process, we attempt to model both civil discourse and the brotherly love that Jesus advocates for in John 13: "By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another."
For more information on Matthew Vines, please visit this link.
To learn about Vines' book "God and the Gay Christian", please follow this link.
For more information about The Reformation Project, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Matthew Vines loves the church, cherishes God's word, and counts as precious the church communities to which he has and does belong. In fact, if you were to run into Vines at your church this weekend, it's probable that you would have a conversation just like any other Sunday morning discussion you are likely to have.
That is, until you realize that Matthew Vines also founded and facilitates The Reformation Project, a ministry with the mission to encourage LGBTQ inclusion within the church. That's where the conversation is bound to get very interesting.
Some studied estimates say that nearly 80% of members within the LGBTQ community have been or are invested in a church. Today's [Worldview Contrasts] episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations moves beyond debate to a genuine discussion that goes deeper than "Your side talks about these verses and our side talks about these verses." Matthew tells his story and talks about how and why The Reformation Project came to be. He also affords us the privileged opportunity to understand, without necessarily agreeing with, his convictions on homosexuality and the Bible. With honesty and transparency, we enjoy a two-part, robust discussion that identifies areas of consensus without either of us compromising our convictions.
In the process, we attempt to model both civil discourse and the brotherly love that Jesus advocates for in John 13: "By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another."
For more information on Matthew Vines, please visit this link.
To learn about Vines' book "God and the Gay Christian", please follow this link.
For more information about The Reformation Project, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
A guy gets swallowed by a whale. And lives.
Right...
A huge plant grows out of the ground overnight.
Really?
Yes! Really! In today's "What About? Wednesday" episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, we (finally) tackle the almost-too-fantastic-to-be-true book of the Bible--Jonah. And we ask the question: Is it history, allegory, parable?
The answers and conversation may surprise you!
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
We started with Henry Purcell, Arvo Part, Benjamin Britton, and Jean Christian Sibelius.
We ended with The Beatles, Queen, Metallica, Pink Floyd, and Motley Crue.
Uh oh. I don't think that this is going to be your "typical" Kingdom Culture Conversation. Today, we're going a little deeper.
But, what would you expect when our guest has a doctorate in choral studies from Yale University?
Dr. McNeil is the choral director from Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colorado, very near to Denver. Recently, McNeil's choir graced all three chapels at Northwest Christian, demonstrating tremendous vocal prowess. But, that was just the beginning. The CCU students spent the day in workshops with NCS choral students and, while they did, we discussed the things that you're never supposed to discuss with anyone: your politics, your religion, and your opinions on the merits of Motley Crue.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It was more than just clickbait.
I'm on Google and doing my research on Justin Hamilton who shared last week at our men's prayer breakfast and who will be speaking in high school chapel this week.
The first link that comes up is a video titled, "What I recently learned from a moral failure with another woman."
Uh oh. Did we invite the wrong guy? Turns out we didn't. Upon clicking on the video, Justin delivered a powerful message about the nature of morality and failure--it just wasn't what I thought. But, it drew me down the rabbit hole into hours of videos, recorded sermons, and blog posts that were priceless.
This guy is going to grab your attention and not let go!
Justin Hamilton is the senior pastor of Legacy Church in Chandler, Arizona--a faith family that came together just ten weeks ago. Prior to that, he'd served as the youth pastor at Impact Church in Scottsdale, Arizona.
For more information on Justin, please visit this link.
To learn about the Legacy Church, please click here.
To watch Justin's popular TED talk, "The Church Has Left the Building", please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
On February 8, 2023, following a routine chapel service at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, a handful of students stayed behind and continued to enjoy a time of praise and worship. Asbury President Kevin Brown sent out a brief two-sentence email to the faculty and student body: "There's worship happening in Hughes Auditorium. All are welcome to join."
Within a week, that small gathering had broadened to include as many as 15,000 visitors per day.
What in the world happened? What is "revival"? How can we know if an event of this nature is God's design or man's design? And, should that even matter?
Today, STR apologist Robby Lashua will help us sort through these tough questions...
To access the Christian Post article that is referenced in this episode, please click here.
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"It's too expensive."
"I don't want my kids to be sheltered."
"My kids will be salt and light in the local public school."
These, and more, represent the most common objections to Christian education. Are they legitimate? Is there good reason to keep some students in government-run schools and public education?
Today's conversation is a tough one but the stakes--our children and the future of the Church--are high. To answer these questions, we welcome Jeff Keaton, the founder, president, and CEO of Renewanation. Formerly a pastor who became frustrated watching students fall away from the faith of their parents, Keaton's life work has become uniting church, home, and school to baptize students in truth and Biblical worldview.
For more information on Renewanation, please visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Over the course of three decades, Dawna Underwood has seen her job grow and change as she served within Northwest Christian School, a school that was also experienced growth and change. As a result, she has been the tip-of-the-spear within many of the initiatives that kept Northwest Christian on the leading edge of progress.
Underwood came to NCS from Christian Unified in San Diego and started as a classroom teacher. In time, she became the school's first Director of Curriculum and Instruction, eventually becoming the Elementary Principal and Early Education Director.
But, during that time, aside from her decades-long commitment to NCS, she also served as a member of the ACSI Rocky Mountain Regional Accreditation Commission, helping to steer quality within Christian schools throughout the western United States. In fact, her commitment to quality Christian ed has taken her around the globe, most recently to the City of Joy Christian School in Rwanda, Africa.
As Underwood prepares for retirement from day-to-day operations within Christian schools, today we continue a multi-day conversation with her as she looks back and reflects on all that she has seen the Lord accomplish through her hands.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
During the summer of 2023, Eric Dowdle will take the reins of the Northwest Christian School elementary program from Dawna Underwood. Underwood, who is preparing to retire after 32 years of service to NCS and 45 total years within Christian education, served alongside Dowdle for over a decade as part of ACSI Rocky Mountain Regional Accreditation Commission.
For the last few years, Dowdle has served as Deputy Headmaster at Pusch Ridge Christian Academy in Tucson, Arizona. Prior to that, for nearly two decades, Dowdle was Head of School for Tucson's Casas Christian.
In today's episode, we'll spend some time conversing with Eric about the trajectory of his career, the passion he derives from keeping Christ central in education, and the journey that has brought him to Northwest Christian.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Over the course of three decades, Dawna Underwood has seen her job grow and change as she served within Northwest Christian School, a school that was also experienced growth and change. As a result, she has been the tip-of-the-spear within many of the initiatives that kept Northwest Christian on the leading edge of progress.
Underwood came to NCS from Christian Unified in San Diego and started as a classroom teacher. In time, she became the school's first Director of Curriculum and Instruction, eventually becoming the Elementary Principal and Early Education Director.
But, during that time, aside from her decades-long commitment to NCS, she also served as a member of the ACSI Rocky Mountain Regional Accreditation Commission, helping to steer quality within Christian schools throughout the western United States. In fact, her commitment to quality Christian ed has taken her around the globe, most recently to the City of Joy Christian School in Rwanda, Africa.
As Underwood prepares for retirement from day-to-day operations within Christian schools, today we continue a multi-day conversation with her as she looks back and reflects on all that she has seen the Lord accomplish through her hands.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Over the course of three decades, Dawna Underwood has seen her job grow and change as she served within Northwest Christian School, a school that was also experienced growth and change. As a result, she has been the tip-of-the-spear within many of the initiatives that kept Northwest Christian on the leading edge of progress.
Underwood came to NCS from Christian Unified in San Diego and started as a classroom teacher. In time, she became the school's first Director of Curriculum and Instruction, eventually becoming the Elementary Principal and Early Education Director.
But, during that time, aside from her decades-long commitment to NCS, she also served as a member of the ACSI Rocky Mountain Regional Accreditation Commission, helping to steer quality within Christian schools throughout the western United States. In fact, her commitment to quality Christian ed has taken her around the globe, most recently to the City of Joy Christian School in Rwanda, Africa.
As Underwood prepares for retirement from day-to-day operations within Christian schools, today we kick-off a multi-day conversation with her as she looks back and reflects on all that she has seen the Lord accomplish through her hands.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In a 2019 interview in The Christian Post, Keith Getty, the musician who penned the Christian standard, "In Christ Alone", called the contemporary worship "utterly dangerous", saying that it was leading to the "de-Christianizing of God's people".
Could this be true? Is it possible that worship styles or songs are doing more harm than good?
In today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are joined by worship pastor Josh James of Likewise Worship, a southern California-based worship consultancy that trains worship leaders and serves within churches across the nation to build healthy worship ministries. Using a rather snarky article from Crosswalk.com as the point of reference for the conversation, we consider the highs and lows of modern worship.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In a 2019 interview in The Christian Post, Keith Getty, the musician who penned the Christian standard, "In Christ Alone", called the contemporary worship "utterly dangerous", saying that it was leading to the "de-Christianizing of God's people".
Could this be true? Is it possible that worship styles or songs are doing more harm than good?
In today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, we are joined by worship pastor Josh James of Likewise Worship, a southern California-based worship consultancy that trains worship leaders and serves within churches across the nation to build healthy worship ministries. Using a rather snarky article from Crosswalk.com as the point of reference for the conversation, we consider the highs and lows of modern worship.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Today, we address a good news/bad news situation.
First, the good news. According to the website, "Celebrate Recovery" is a biblically balanced approach to help bring sustainable recovery and healing to hurts. The program guides participants toward new healthy truths and life-giving habits as they repair broken relationships. To date, the program has helped over seven millions individuals worldwide that have struggled with addiction of various sorts--substance abuse, food, sex, porn, and more.
Now, the bad news. According to CR leader Vincent McReynolds, you're an addict even if you don't realize it. We all are. In today's powerful KCC episode, McReynolds makes the point that our fallen state, our sin nature, holds us down and prevents us from realizing the potential that God has set before us. The keys to breaking free from the chains of sin are the same principles that drive programs like Celebrate Recovery.
For more information on Celebrate Recovery, follow this link.
To learn more about Vincent McReynolds and to read his stirring posts, please visit his blog here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Today, we address a good news/bad news situation.
First, the good news. According to the website, "Celebrate Recovery" is a biblically balanced approach to help bring sustainable recovery and healing to hurts. The program guides participants toward new healthy truths and life-giving habits as they repair broken relationships. To date, the program has helped over seven millions individuals worldwide that have struggled with addiction of various sorts--substance abuse, food, sex, porn, and more.
Now, the bad news. According to CR leader Vincent McReynolds, you're an addict even if you don't realize it. We all are. In today's powerful KCC episode, McReynolds makes the point that our fallen state, our sin nature, holds us down and prevents us from realizing the potential that God has set before us. The keys to breaking free from the chains of sin are the same principles that drive programs like Celebrate Recovery.
For more information on Celebrate Recovery, follow this link.
To learn more about Vincent McReynolds and to read his stirring posts, please visit his blog here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
On Thursday, February 16th, 2023, Northwest Christian's ninth student movie, "The Next Shot", will debut at the NXNW High School Film Festival taking place at the Harkins Norterra theater in north Phoenix. (Watch the trailer here!)
As we countdown to the premiere, this week we are enjoying a series of episodes featuring Chris Zimmerman, the writer and director of "The Next Shot". ZImmerman, who heads Red Five Productions and the "Eat. Sleep Movies." podcast, is deeply familiar with the business of movies and the perfect participant within a conversation about the top ten movies used popularly by pastors as sermon illustrations...a fun conversation!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
On Thursday, February 16th, 2023, Northwest Christian's ninth student movie, "The Next Shot", will debut at the NXNW High School Film Festival taking place at the Harkins Norterra theater in north Phoenix. (Watch the trailer here!)
As we countdown to the premiere, this week we are enjoying a series of episodes featuring Chris Zimmerman, the writer and director of "The Next Shot". ZImmerman, who heads Red Five Productions and the "Eat. Sleep Movies." podcast, is deeply familiar with the business of movies and the perfect participant for a week of conversations wrestling with the cultural impact of Hollywood...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
On Thursday, February 16th, 2023, Northwest Christian's ninth student movie, "The Next Shot", will debut at the NXNW High School Film Festival taking place at the Harkins Norterra theater in north Phoenix. (Watch the trailer here!)
As we countdown to the premiere, this week we are enjoying a series of episodes featuring Chris Zimmerman, the writer and director of "The Next Shot". ZImmerman, who heads Red Five Productions and the "Eat. Sleep Movies." podcast, is deeply familiar with the business of movies and the perfect participant for a week of conversations wrestling with the cultural impact of Hollywood...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
On Thursday, February 16th, 2023, Northwest Christian's ninth student movie, "The Next Shot", will debut at the NXNW High School Film Festival taking place at the Harkins Norterra theater in north Phoenix. (Watch the trailer here!)
As we countdown to the premiere, this week we are enjoying a series of episodes featuring Chris Zimmerman, the writer and director of "The Next Shot". ZImmerman, who heads Red Five Productions and the "Eat. Sleep Movies." podcast, is deeply familiar with the business of movies and the perfect participant for a week of conversations wrestling with the cultural impact of Hollywood...
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Does God change His mind? Believe it or not, there are scriptures that seem to suggest that He does!
Consider Jonah 3:10 in which God "relented".
Or, consider Genesis 6:6-7 in which we are told that God "regretted" making man.
These verses have given rise to a school of thinking that attempts to balance the free will of man against the omniscience or foreknowledge of God: Open Theism.
Some call it enlightened orthodoxy. Some call it heresy.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we'll enjoy a vigorous discussion that will equip you to make your own decision!
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
We started our conversation with John Beckett thinking that Summit Ministries' "Worldview Chart" would be a perfect starting point to compare his chosen religious path, Paganism and Druidry, with Biblical worldview.
"This isn't going to work," he said. "It's too simplistic." Boy, was he right!
In today's "Worldview Contrasts" episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, we meet Beckett, a practicing and accomplished polytheistic Pagan and Druid. Within minutes of starting our wonderfully congenial conversation, it becomes apparent that, perhaps and arguably just like Christianity, Paganism is a very diverse tradition. And, yes, a simple chart may not be enough to capture the scope of that diversity.
It's going to take a powerfully impactful Kingdom Culture Conversation...
To learn more about John Beckett, please visit his blog: Under the Ancient Oaks.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"It's not the years. It's the miles." -- Indiana Jones
Indy's witty quote might very well be applicable to recording wunderkind Alex Overall. At the ripe-old-age of twenty-years-old, Overall had a hand in the production of one of the top conservative talk radio shows in the country--in what was probably the most hostile environment (Seattle) during a very turbulent time (Covid).
The stories he could tell!
And, stories he does tell today on Kingdom Culture Conversations as Alex reflects back upon his adventures in talk radio. He asks the question, "Can Talk Radio and Podocasting save American or advance Biblical Worldview?"
Get ready for a very, very interesting and insightful conversation!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Produced by Dallas Jenkins, the Jesus-centered web-based, episodic program "The Chosen" premiered in April 2019 and became the largest crowdfunding media project in history. More than 16,000 people contributed over $10 million to the production for its first season.
And the culture's appetite for the program has only grown since then.
Twice "The Chosen" has premiered new episodes in movie theaters: Fathom Event’s top two best-selling events have come from The Chosen with ‘Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers’ grossing over $13.5 million in 2021 and ‘The Chosen Season 3 episodes 1 & 2’ grossing over $14 million, placing second in gross box office on the Friday of its opening weekend, Further, when Season 3's episodes 1 & 2 ticket sales went live, the overwhelming demand crashed the Fathom Events website.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversations--a "What About? Wednesday episode featuring nationally-recognized apologist Robby Lashua--finds the KCC team asking fundamental questions about the viral video phenomenon. Why is this series so popular? Is the theology sound? What do we make of the rumors that funding for the program has come from the Mormon church?
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Produced by Dallas Jenkins, the Jesus-centered web-based, episodic program "The Chosen" premiered in April 2019 and became the largest crowdfunding media project in history. More than 16,000 people contributed over $10 million to the production for its first season.
And the culture's appetite for the program has only grown since then.
Twice "The Chosen" has premiered new episodes in movie theaters: Fathom Event’s top two best-selling events have come from The Chosen with ‘Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers’ grossing over $13.5 million in 2021 and ‘The Chosen Season 3 episodes 1 & 2’ grossing over $14 million, placing second in gross box office on the Friday of its opening weekend, Further, when Season 3's episodes 1 & 2 ticket sales went live, the overwhelming demand crashed the Fathom Events website.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversations--a "What About? Wednesday episode featuring nationally-recognized apologist Robby Lashua--finds the KCC team asking fundamental questions about the viral video phenomenon. Why is this series so popular? Is the theology sound? What do we make of the rumors that funding for the program has come from the Mormon church?
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
When we talk about YouTube, the second most frequented website in the world, we have to use the word "Billions". Not "Millions". "Billions".
Billions of viewers. Billions of videos. Billions of dollars paid in by advertisers. Billions of dollars paid out to content producers.
Today, in a riveting conversation with Alex Overall, the Media Specialist for Frameworks and Northwest Christian School Online, we take a deep dive into these numbers but we also take a look forward and assess the top nine trends on YouTube and discuss their potential impact--good and bad--on culture, considered in the light of Biblical worldview.
To reference the sources used within this episode, please visit the following sites:
- Youtube statistics: https://www.comparitech.com/tv-streaming/youtube-statistics/#:~:text=YouTube%20users%20view%20a%20whopping,and%2013%20minutes%20in%202019).
- Top channels: https://socialblade.com/youtube/
- Trends: https://www.cyberlink.com/blog/youtube-video-editing/245/youtube-trends-2021
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
When we talk about YouTube, the second most frequented website in the world, we have to use the word "Billions". Not "Millions". "Billions".
Billions of viewers. Billions of videos. Billions of dollars paid in by advertisers. Billions of dollars paid out to content producers.
Today, in a riveting conversation with Alex Overall, the Media Specialist for Frameworks and Northwest Christian School Online, we take a deep dive into these numbers but we also take a look forward and assess the top nine trends on YouTube and discuss their potential impact--good and bad--on culture, considered in the light of Biblical worldview.
To reference the sources used within this episode, please visit the following sites:
- Youtube statistics: https://www.comparitech.com/tv-streaming/youtube-statistics/#:~:text=YouTube%20users%20view%20a%20whopping,and%2013%20minutes%20in%202019).
- Top channels: https://socialblade.com/youtube/
- Trends: https://www.cyberlink.com/blog/youtube-video-editing/245/youtube-trends-2021
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Scott Hord started his career in youth ministry. Serving as a pastor in the Pacific Northwest, he worked for years with junior high and senior high school students. But, somewhere along the way, his care and concern for the wellbeing of students led him down a hard path. For the last fifteen years, he's worked within Christian Family Care, a foster care agency, licensed in the state of Arizona. In that time, he's seen a lot, learned a lot.
Now, he's committed to taking the things that he's learned and experienced and putting handles on those lessons. He's leading the charge to commit a vast amount of parental training on a new online portal for parents--whether they are invested in foster care or not.
Today, in the second part of a two-part conversation with Scott, you will hear his story and wrestle with some of the cold hard facts of child abuse and neglect. But, you will also learn about Family Care Learning and the road that leads from ruin, through reconciliation, to restoration.
For more information on Christian Family Care, please click here.
To take advantage of the amazing parenting resources and supports that they offer through Family Care Learning, please follow this link,
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Scott Hord started his career in youth ministry. Serving as a pastor in the Pacific Northwest, he worked for years with junior high and senior high school students. But, somewhere along the way, his care and concern for the wellbeing of students led him down a hard path. For the last fifteen years, he's worked within Christian Family Care, a foster care agency, licensed in the state of Arizona. In that time, he's seen a lot, learned a lot.
Now, he's committed to taking the things that he's learned and experienced and putting handles on those lessons. He's leading the charge to commit a vast amount of parental training on a new online portal for parents--whether they are invested in foster care or not.
Today, in the first part of a two-part conversation with Scott, you will hear his story and wrestle with some of the cold hard facts of child abuse and neglect. But, you will also learn about Family Care Learning and the road that leads from ruin, through reconciliation, to restoration.
For more information on Christian Family Care, please click here.
To take advantage of the amazing parenting resources and supports that they offer through Family Care Learning, please follow this link,
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As Kingdom Culture Conversations wheels into the new year of 2023, we are starting a weeklong conversation--including multiple members of the Northwest Christian technology team--about the trajectory of technology, the pace of innovation, and the risks and opportunities implicit within both for Biblical worldview. It's a full week with insightful conversations and some profound considerations!
Our subjects for the week:
Monday, January 9th: Has Technology Become the New Tower of Babel?
Tuesday, January 10th: What are Transhumanism and Post-Humanism?
Wednesday, January 11th: The Risks and Opportunities within Transhumanism
Thursday, January 12th: Coming to Grips with the Metaverse
Friday, January 13th: Developing a Theology of Technology
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As Kingdom Culture Conversations wheels into the new year of 2023, we are starting a weeklong conversation--including multiple members of the Northwest Christian technology team--about the trajectory of technology, the pace of innovation, and the risks and opportunities implicit within both for Biblical worldview. It's a full week with insightful conversations and some profound considerations!
Our subjects for the week:
Monday, January 9th: Has Technology Become the New Tower of Babel?
Tuesday, January 10th: What are Transhumanism and Post-Humanism?
Wednesday, January 11th: The Risks and Opportunities within Transhumanism
Thursday, January 12th: Coming to Grips with the Metaverse
Friday, January 13th: Developing a Theology of Technology
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As Kingdom Culture Conversations wheels into the new year of 2023, we are starting a weeklong conversation--including multiple members of the Northwest Christian technology team--about the trajectory of technology, the pace of innovation, and the risks and opportunities implicit within both for Biblical worldview. It's a full week with insightful conversations and some profound considerations!
Our subjects for the week:
Monday, January 9th: Has Technology Become the New Tower of Babel?
Tuesday, January 10th: What are Transhumanism and Post-Humanism?
Wednesday, January 11th: The Risks and Opportunities within Transhumanism
Thursday, January 12th: Coming to Grips with the Metaverse
Friday, January 13th: Developing a Theology of Technology
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As Kingdom Culture Conversations wheels into the new year of 2023, we are starting a weeklong conversation--including multiple members of the Northwest Christian technology team--about the trajectory of technology, the pace of innovation, and the risks and opportunities implicit within both for Biblical worldview. It's a full week with insightful conversations and some profound considerations!
Our subjects for the week:
Monday, January 9th: Has Technology Become the New Tower of Babel?
Tuesday, January 10th: What are Transhumanism and Post-Humanism?
Wednesday, January 11th: The Risks and Opportunities within Transhumanism
Thursday, January 12th: Coming to Grips with the Metaverse
Friday, January 13th: Developing a Theology of Technology
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As Kingdom Culture Conversations wheels into the new year of 2023, we are starting a weeklong conversation--including multiple members of the Northwest Christian technology team--about the trajectory of technology, the pace of innovation, and the risks and opportunities implicit within both for Biblical worldview. It's a full week with insightful conversations and some profound considerations!
Our subjects for the week:
Monday, January 9th: Has Technology Become the New Tower of Babel?
Tuesday, January 10th: What are Transhumanism and Post-Humanism?
Wednesday, January 11th: The Risks and Opportunities within Transhumanism
Thursday, January 12th: Coming to Grips with the Metaverse
Friday, January 13th: Developing a Theology of Technology
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Eliacquim Nkunzabijaru and his countrymen have known the harm and hurt of the Rwandan genocide for their entire lives. In one form or another, its historic realities are not mere history. Rather, they surface in their every day lives. But Nkunzabijuru is bravely pushing back against the persisting hurts of losing an entire generation to ethnic violence. As the principal of Joy Christian School within the City of Joy ministry in Rwanda, Africa, he courageously approaches each learning day as an opportunity to infiltrate the darkness with the light of Christian education.
Today's conversation, held over Zoom, will illuminate that courage and inspire the listener to better understand the potential of Christian education.
For more information on the City of Joy, please visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
One year ago, on Kingdom Culture Conversations, we sat down with Roger Erdvig, an author, speaker, and scholar who serves as the Education Director for Summit Ministries, and looked back on the highs and lows of 2021 through the lens of Biblical worldview.
Today, we'll shift our focus to 2022 and do the same. The fall of Roe v. Wade, the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, wokeness in Public School classrooms, the midterm elections, and so much more will be considered as we review a couple of critical research studies that reveal both encouraging and discouraging results.
To read through the research presented in today's episode, please visit these links:
- https://sotb.research.bible/
- https://www.arizonachristian.edu/culturalresearchcenter/
- https://thestateoftheology.com/?_hsmi=227131954&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--Pn3a5vfiucmvdAxXYa_-8PDd3f5ycfUYDT5ilP3Mo8343EJ9kvfD_K9almetzNz-hrUzwbrTywH9QPitV9F_t_Q8uSw
To learn about Roger Erdvig, please click here.
To learn about the wonderful resources from Summit Ministries, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.
Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.
Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.
Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.
Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.
Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.
Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.
Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.
Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.
Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.
Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Started as a Kingdom Culture Conversation tradition during the Christmas of 2021, the 12 Days of Christmas 2022 will virtually drop KCC listeners into the midst of Christmas-themed church services and sermons, allowing for a special sampling of the various Phoenix-area (mostly) churches that serve the families of Northwest Christian School and Frameworks.
Consider it a KCC gift to you and your family!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Perhaps Charlie Brown had it right after all. Maybe Christmas isn't all that we think it is. In fact, it's been suggested by several prominent atheists that it isn't anything even remotely like we would think as the apex of the Church calendar and the center of the liturgical year. It's been suggested that Christmas and all of its commercial trappings--Santa Claus, gifts, mistletoe, caroling, all of it--are simply pagan traditions that have been repurposed into a semi-sacred amalgamation of truth and tradition.
Could it be true? Is it time to take down the Christmas lights?
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Robby Lashua of Stand to Reason helps us to go deep into the roots of Christmas traditions and assists in sorting the good from the bad. You won't want to miss it!
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Avatar broke all the box office records. And, this Friday, we will launch into the first of five scheduled sequels: Avatar 2: The Way of Water.
But, as we'll learn today, secular media have dubbed James Cameron (Titanic, Terminator, Avatar), the director and producer, as "Pastor Cameron" and Avatar has been described as a big budget "sermon".
If that is the case, what is it that James Cameron is preaching? What sermon is being delivered through the Avatar movies?
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we are joined by Marcia Montenegro, a former New Age champion--a professionally licensed Astrologer and Psychic who found Christ. In the process, she founded "Christian Answers for the New Age" and became a missionary to her many, many friends and acquaintances who are still trapped in the New Age. Marcia is uniquely positioned and qualified to consider our questions.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As a "preacher's kid", Caleb Lynch grew up in a home in which he was blessed to experience genuine Christian faith expressed through authenticity and transparency. As he set out to establish and grow his own home and family, he began to realize both the benefits and challenges within that aspiration.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Caleb transparently walks us through both those challenges and benefits to the end of inspiring us to do the same. The result is a truly moving conversation that you will not soon forget!
For more information on Open Door Fellowship, please link here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
You know Martin Luther--the great reformer, the man that launched Protestantism? Well, he certainly didn't mince words when he said of the New Testament's epistle of James, "“Therefore St James’ epistle is really an epistle of straw, compared to these others, for it has nothing of the nature of the Gospel about it.” Believe it or not, Luther even suggested removing James from the canon of scripture.
It's also been suggested that James' view of salvation is markedly different from that of Paul. Further, allegedly, James rarely mentions Jesus in his contribution to the New Testament.
Today, Robby Lashua works through these allegations and protestations, helping us to see the virtue in this brief epistle. And, once we see it in the new light that Robby shares, we'll never again mistake the brevity of James for a lack of clarity in terms of who Jesus is and what He brings to the lives of His followers.
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Brain cancer. For Peter Holcomb, a young husband and recent father who was just starting out on his family journey, it was a diagnosis that came out of left field, shaking him to the very foundations of his faith. But that is the moment that God began to work. As we'll hear today, cancer became secondary to the true miracle that the Heavenly Father rendered, quite unexpectedly, in Peter's heart and life.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In 2017, legislators in Kentucky passed a bill that made a Biblical literacy an aspect of the state's academic standards for public schools. The American Civil Liberties Union, however, had a fit and immediately began to challenge the law but in a curious way. They published what they describe as a "consensus document", pulling together a number of religious and secular organizations, to align on what facets of Scripture can be taught in public schools in agreement with, at least in their view, the First Amendment.
The resulting document is called "The Bible & Public Schools: A First Amendment Guide" and it is an interesting read.
Can the Bible be allowed to be taught in public schools? Can you treat the Bible like a text book? Is the transformational power of truth diminished when we do? If the Bible is allowed, do we also allow other religious source texts like the Koran?
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we welcome back to the podcast Roger Erdvig from Summit Ministries. Together, we work through these questions and more!
To read "The Bible & Public Schools: A First Amendment Guide", please click on this link.
To better understand the American Civil Liberties Union, please follow this link.
To learn about Roger Erdvig, please click here.
To learn about the wonderful resources from Summit Ministries, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The lights in the theater fade and the audience goes silent. Cue Critical Theory entering from stage right. Immediately, the crowd boo's and hisses...Critical Theory has become what Darth Vader was in the seventies and eighties...the ultimate villainous archetype.
"But, hold on a second," a student recently asked, "isn't Critical Theory, at least in a form, in the Bible?" After we work through the shock of such a supposition, it's not a bad question. "Take a look at the theological concept of the imputation of sin," reasons the student. "Here, we see God ascribing the consequences of sin to all of humanity for the sins of a single man, Adam. Nevermind whether or not that is fair, the issue is the similarity to Critical Theory. One of the main Evangelical knocks against Critical Theory is that a whole class of people are lumped into a bucket of 'oppressor' because of their ethnicity, gender, or faith. Isn't that what God does with humanity? He lumps us all into the class of 'sinner' because we are descendants of Adam? Doesn't that make God the ultimate Critical Theorist?"
Ouch.
But, Robby Lashua, regular KCC contributing guest and apologist from Stand to Reason, enters from stage left to answer the question...but does he save the day? Find out in today's episode!
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"The science is settled". It's a popular turn of phrase that has almost become ubiquitous since it was first made politically popular by Vice-President Al Gore in 2013 and then became all-too-familiar during the COVID-19 pandemic.
So, is it possible to "settle the science"? Or, is the phrase simply a billy club used by both sides within our polarized culture to stifle the intellectual curiosity of the other?
Nathan Johnson works within Colson Educators, an important facet of the ministry of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Prior to his post there, however, Johnson worked with the aerospace industry where his role was to engineer rockets, helicopters, and jets whose precise designs were tantamount to life-and-death calculations. The decisions that he helped to make, rooted in science, held men and women's lives in the balance. In short, the notion of "settled science" has been of infinite importance throughout his career. We are certain that you will appreciate Nathan Johnson's take on the issue!
For more information on the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, please visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
With their right-on-the-nose name, The Jesus Church isn't mincing words. They are a church set within a community in which, like Christ, they are bringing the Good News to the lost and needy.
Lead pastor Aaron Phetteplace and associate pastor Kyle Malcomson know that a key piece of the Good News is the opportunity to be set free. But, as we'll learn today, the second in a two-part conversation with the pastors of The Jesus Church, the invitation to freedom--from persistent sin, addiction, guilt, bitterness, and so much more--often needs to be extended to the "found" just as much as the "lost". In a fascinating, Bible-rooted, and far-reaching conversation, Aaron and Kyle explain that believers can also inadvertently allow temptation and bondage into their homes and lives.
But, of course, as we'll hear today, there's Good News.
To learn more about The Jesus Church, click here.
To plan a visit to The Jesus Church, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
With their right-on-the-nose name, The Jesus Church isn't mincing words. They are a church set within a community in which, like Christ, they are bringing the Good News to the lost and needy.
Lead pastor Aaron Phetteplace and associate pastor Kyle Malcomson know that a key piece of the Good News is the opportunity to be set free. But, as we'll learn today, the first in a two-part conversation with the pastors of The Jesus Church, the invitation to freedom--from persistent sin, addiction, guilt, bitterness, and so much more--often needs to be extended to the "found" just as much as the "lost". In a fascinating, Bible-rooted, and far-reaching conversation, Aaron and Kyle explain that believers can also inadvertently allow temptation and bondage into their homes and lives.
But, of course, as we'll hear today, there's Good News.
To learn more about The Jesus Church, click here.
To plan a visit to The Jesus Church, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In Anthony's last visit to the Kingdom Culture Conversations podcast, he explained how his work within Hope Partners International was born out of tragedy within his own family. Today, Anthony returns to talk about daily tragedies that are a part of life for children living on the streets in places like Costa Rica.
Anthony and G are also joined by Northwest Christian's Lindsay Schlesinger and Jackson Schlesinger who spent part of the summer of 2022 working at a Hope Center in Costa Rica and are preparing to lead a trip there during the summer of 2023.
The upcoming Costa Rica trip is open to 8th through 12th grade students that are enrolled in Northwest Christian on-the-ground campus, online campus, or participating in Frameworks. For more information on that trip, please follow this link.
For more information on Hope Partners International, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Church attendance, Biblical literacy, and Evangelical affiliation: all dropping in the U.S. to historic lows. Some blame the pandemic, others the rise of post-modernism, cultural chaos in public schools, and the abundance of social media and technology.
Pastor Eric Marvin suggests the problem may actually be a bit closer to home.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Marvin walks us through the "what" and the "why" of theology and doctrine...revealing that America's first fully Biblical illiterate and doctrinally ignorant generation may be crying out for the hope found in scripture.
To learn more about Pastor Eric Marvin and his high school ministry at Palmcroft Church, please follow this link.
To find out more about Palmcroft Church, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Earlier this year, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed Universal ESA's into law within the state. Arizona, already a school choice leader, was suddenly propelled into the national spotlight, adding ESA's for every Arizona student to the already thriving state tuition tax credit system.
When Ducey signed the law, he had Pastor Drew Anderson on hand to commemorate the moment for the media that had gathered to report the occasion. Pastor Anderson did not mince words: School choice is the defining civil rights issue of our generation. Further, he reiterated, Arizona's Universal ESA moment was the greatest civil rights moment in the United States since the founding of our country.
As shocking as a statement like that may be, there was another shocker in play: Pastor Drew Anderson is a registered and politically active Democrat. Why is that shocking? In Anderson's view, school choice has largely been the domain of Republican white guys and, as a result, unless the political left wakes up to the educational perils plaguing this generation, we are going to miss out on a historical moment.
So, how did Pastor Anderson buck the Democratic trends? Why is school choice a civil rights issue? Today we find out!
For more information on Pastor Drew Anderson and his ministry, please click here.
To read the Arizona Daily Independent op-ed pieced penned by Anderson, please follow this link.
To watch the moment in which Anderson, a Democrat, was recognized, commended, and celebrated before the Arizona Senate by Arizona Republicans, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Terms like "American Exceptionalism", "Christo-Fascism", and "Christian Nationalism" are suddenly ubiquitous, culturally fashionable, and pervasive on talk radio, social media, and the opinion pages. But, truth be told, they seem to be used most often towards Evangelicals as accusatory and pejorative phrases.
So, are you a fascist? Are you a Christian nationalist? What do these terms mean? Are they good or bad?
The New York Times recently presented an honest question: "Christian nationalism has been empowered in American politics since the rise of Donald Trump. From 'Stop the Steal' to the storming of the U.S. Capitol and now, the overturn of Roe v. Wade — Christian nationalist rhetoric has undergirded it all. But given that a majority of Americans identify as Christian, faith also isn’t going anywhere in our politics. So what would a better relationship between church and state look like?"
Today, in a rousing Kingdom Culture Conversation with Ryan Helfenbein from Liberty University, we'll wrestle with that very question. Ryan is the Executive Director of Liberty's Standing for Freedom Center, the host of Liberty University's popular "Give Me Liberty" podcast, and the vice president of communications and public engagement for Liberty University.
To learn more about Ryan the Standing for Freedom Center, please click here.
To enjoy the podcast, "Give Me Liberty", please follow this link.
To read some of the articles by Ryan, mentioned in today's episode, from the Theology of Politics journal, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Scripture is silent on the issue of extraterrestrials and UFO's, right? Maybe. Maybe not.
Mike Riddle has worked with the Creation Research Institute and Answers in Genesis. Via his "Creation Training Initiative", he's made presentations on this question before NASA. And, believe it or not, ever since the U.S. Government reclassified UFO's as as UAP's (Unexplained Aerial Phenomena) and committed to being more 'transparent' about their own investigations, this topic is Mike's top request from churches.
Why? Because, as it turns out, the concept of intelligent extraterrestrial life is a bit of a theologically thorny issue...some might even suggest a diabolical issue.
Mike Riddle will be in Phoenix!
When: October 15, 2022 (Saturday)
Times: 8:30am – 5:30pm
Where: Black Mountain Baptist Church, 33955 N. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek. AZ
Who: High school and up
Cost: Adults $40, Teens $25 (special discount for teachers - $25) cost includes a 100- page manual and PowerPoint slides used in class.
To register: www.creationtraining.org/event/cbt-cave-creek-az/
For more information on the Creation Training Initiative, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
History will remember today as a tough time to be an adolescent.
Based on UNESCO monitoring reports during the pandemic, 9 out of 10 students (87%) in 165 countries were affected by school closures in March due to the coronavirus. This translates to over 1.5 billion primary to tertiary learners.
20%, or one in five American college students, admitted in an April 2020 survey that their mental health significantly got worse this year during the pandemic.
78% of homes with American high school or college students reported educational disruptions due to COVID-19. Of these students, 80% admitted to suffering from increased stress due to these disruptions.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is crucial: Sarah Engelhardt of Professional Counseling Associates discusses practical ways in which students, parents, and teachers can mitigate stress. Stress can't, and as we'll learn today shouldn't, be eliminated. But, it can be made manageable.
How? Listen in...
For more information on Sarah Engelhardt, MA LAC, and Professional Counseling Services, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
History will remember today as a tough time to be an adolescent.
Based on UNESCO monitoring reports during the pandemic, 9 out of 10 students (87%) in 165 countries were affected by school closures in March due to the coronavirus. This translates to over 1.5 billion primary to tertiary learners.
20%, or one in five American college students, admitted in an April 2020 survey that their mental health significantly got worse this year during the pandemic.
78% of homes with American high school or college students reported educational disruptions due to COVID-19. Of these students, 80% admitted to suffering from increased stress due to these disruptions.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is crucial: Sarah Engelhardt of Professional Counseling Associates discusses practical ways in which students, parents, and teachers can mitigate stress. Stress can't, and as we'll learn today shouldn't, be eliminated. But, it can be made manageable.
How? Listen in...
For more information on Sarah Engelhardt, MA LAC, and Professional Counseling Services, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
According to the website, "Northwest Chinese Baptist Church is a Bible-based New Testament Christian church that is committed to helping people enter into a personal and growing relationship with God. This is made possible by the death and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ."
Sounds pretty standard for a southern Baptist church, right? Not exactly.
NCBC is a church committed to meeting the needs of all God's people but, with both English and Chinese-speaking services, is especially adept at speaking to the needs of Phoenix-based Chinese immigrants as well as 2nd and 3rd generation Chinese.
This is a community without too many degrees of separation from the religious persecution in China or those living under the threat of the headline-making potential for military conflict between Taiwan and China. Yet, the needs of these parishioners and this community, are very much like the needs of your own family.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation with NCBC's Pastor Stephen Yee, we explore both dimensions: the church's connectedness to the Chinese culture and the truths that could have an impact in your own home.
To learn more about Northwest Chinese Baptist Church, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
This conversation is about to get very awkward.
Recently, LeaderTreks, a curriculum resource ministry for youth pastors, published the "top 12 topics that youth pastors avoid". Today, as the third and final part of a three part conversation, we sit down with Pastor Jayse Meyer from Desert Breeze Community Church and work through all twelve.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation represents a no-holds-barred, no-punches-pulled, very candid conversation that you need to hear.
To learn more about Desert Breeze Community Church, please click on this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
This conversation is about to get very awkward.
Recently, LeaderTreks, a curriculum resource ministry for youth pastors, published the "top 12 topics that youth pastors avoid". Today, as the second part of a three part conversation, we sit down with Pastor Jayse Meyer from Desert Breeze Community Church and work through all twelve.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation represents a no-holds-barred, no-punches-pulled, very candid conversation that you need to hear.
To learn more about Desert Breeze Community Church, please click on this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
This conversation is about to get very awkward.
Recently, LeaderTreks, a curriculum resource ministry for youth pastors, published the "top 12 topics that youth pastors avoid". Today and over the next two days, we sit down with Pastor Jayse Meyer from Desert Breeze Community Church and work through all twelve.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation represents a no-holds-barred, no-punches-pulled, very candid conversation that you need to hear.
To learn more about Desert Breeze Community Church, please click on this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
They said it could never happen. Nevertheless, the impossible became possible when, on June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that many considered a judicial coup, mistakenly attributed the power to establish the "constitutional right" to abortion to the federal government, and led to the death of over sixty million unborn babies over fifty years.
June 24th was a moment that Jordan Brittain, of Students for Life, has been working towards her entire life. So, what now?
As we will hear today in a riveting Kingdom Culture Conversation, the work for pro-life advocates is just beginning. With self-statutory autonomy returned to the state level after being erroneously claimed by the federal government, in a culture in which the murder of innocents and vulnerable is called "healthcare", the mission of Students for Life isn't just to make abortion illegal. Rather, they aim to make it unthinkable.
This means hearts need to change. This means prayer. This means civil discourse with those that disagree. And, Jordan is up for the challenge.
To learn more about Students for Life, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It's the elephant in the room.
1 in 10 Americans believe that at any point in time, unforeseen and unceremoniously, they will suddenly disappear from the planet.
If we extrapolate out Pew Research regarding the theology of Evangelicals and the percentage of American Evangelicals according to Barna, the "rapture" is a belief held by 10% of Americans.
It's been the subject of best-selling books and movies. So why aren't more people talking about it?
In today's "What about? Wednesday" episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations we do just that with apologist Robby Lashua of Stand to Reason.
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Greg Johannes knows multicultural ministry.
Born and raised in El Salvador, Greg worked for decades ministering on a bilingual basis within the Latino culture. In a part-two to yesterday's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, today, Greg peels back the layers of multicultural ministry and encourages us to "go deeper" in our pursuit of understanding how to better understand, express appreciation for, and connect with individuals from cultures different than our own.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Greg Johannes knows multicultural ministry. Born and raised in El Salvador, Greg worked for decades ministering on a bilingual basis within the Latino culture. And, according to research, during the time he has spent in the pulpit, the diversity within Christian congregations across the United States has increased dramatically. As a result, the questions could be fairly posed: Is Sunday morning still the most segregated time in America? Have we made legitimate progress towards Evangelical desegregation? Was there a problem to begin with? Is there still a problem if there was?
Greg's answers may surprise you as he unabashedly addresses both the diverse strengths and frailties of diverse cultures.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It wasn't too long ago that Zac Driscoll was a student himself. But, today, he is running point for student ministry at one of the fastest growing churches in the United States: The Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Having grown within the context of ministry and the local church and then having graduated from Northwest Christian School, Zac has learned the pitfalls associated with youth culture both within and without "the church". So, what is he seeing? What are students experiencing within contemporary culture? What do they need most?
Zac pulls no punches. He's clear. He's concise. He's direct. And, his answers may surprise you.
For more information on The Trinity Church, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The firestorm of controversy transcended the Twitterverse and actually became a subject of frequent discussion in homes and churches: John MacArthur's two-word take-down of Beth Moore ("Go home") was a polarizing moment in Evangelical culture on a topic that was already very polarizing. Does God's word teach that women cannot be pastors in a church? Was Paul's teaching about women meant for the culture of the first century or does his prohibition apply to today's church?
In today's first "What about? Wednesday" episode of the new school year, students have brought forward the question and, as is our every-other-Wednesday tradition, we put it--in unflinching style--in front of apologist Robby Lashua of Stand to Reason.
Get ready for a memorable discussion!
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
For most of us, the cultural, religious, and political conversations about abortion get to stay philosophical.
When the Young family discovered that one of the twins they were expecting was seriously ill and placing the life of the other in risk, the conversation about abortion suddenly got very real. When their consulting geneticist discovered they were contemplating carrying both babies to term, they were called "dumb" and their potential decision was characterized as tantamount to murder.
Very, very real indeed.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Tony Young's journey has had some bumps and surprise twists in the road. An attorney once employed within the office of the attorney general of Arizona, Young changed course and found himself employed as the executive pastor of a rising church in the valley: CityView Church. Along the way, God used missions and family to direct his course but also to cement his growing understanding of God's love and designs.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The game is about to change.
According to Scholaroo.com, considering students in states across the U.S., Arizona ranks 47th for the least educated students, 38th for educational attainment, 48th for school quality and 48th in the number of colleges/universities per 100,000 adults. In order to change these statistics and give meaningful educational opportunities to all students in the state, Arizona voters need to recognize that we cannot continue to solely fund the archaic, ideologically-bankrupt systems that produced the numbers in the first place. Rather, we need to fund students and position parents to make independently informed decisions regarding the needs of their students and allow for a free and open education market to make course corrections.
Generally speaking in economic terms, authentic competition within the markets fuels innovation, price reduction, and increased standards of service. The same market forces come into play in the field of education. Some call this "school choice" but I prefer to term it "parental choice" or "educational freedom". The expansion of options that are available to families to meet the educational needs of their children--charter schools, online schools, home schooling, and private schools in addition to publicly-funded government-operated schools--means that across each of these school types, quality and service go up and prices go down.
Quite literally, this is on the verge of happening. And, in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Sally Henry (of ASTOA and ACSTO) helps to answer the pressing questions: Will Universal ESA's happen? Can we use both ESA's and STO's? How do we know which works best for our family?
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Today, Kingdom Culture Conversations is launching a new series of irregularly scheduled episodes called "Worldview Contrasts" which have a novel approach to exploring culture and worldview. In the interest of growing discernment, better understanding the variety of worldviews, and modeling what Kingdom-motivated civil discourse should looked like, KCC hosts Geoff Brown and Chris "G" Gardiner will be sitting down with actual proponents of these (often opposing) worldviews, discussing how these differing worldviews vary from Biblical worldivew.
And, we jump in with a bang!
Today's guest on Kingdom Culture Conversations is Lucien Greaves, the founder of The Satanic Temple. Making news currently for advocating for "After School Satan Clubs" in public and charter elementary schools, Greaves doesn't actually believe in Satan. Instead, he is a highly intelligent, Harvard-educated, motivated, charitable advocate for secularism and the separation of church and state. (Surprisingly, Brown and G actually believe in Satan more than Greaves!)
As part of the process of contrasting secularism and Biblical Christianity, we delve into Greaves' story, his motives for starting The Satanic Temple, his issues with evangelicalism, and the elements of secularism the spur him on within his efforts.
It's a fascinating (and very civil) conversation that we hope that you enjoy!
To facilitate this "Worldview Contrasts" Kingdom Culture Conversation (as well as the upcoming episodes of the same), the basis for comparison and conversation is the "Worldview Chart" from Summit Ministries. To investigate this resource, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In the third of three stirring episodes featuring worldview experts from the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, we spend time once more with Susan Leonard. But, today, we drop in on a presentation ("The Growing Secularism in Christian Schools") that Susan gave to the faculty and staff of Northwest Christian School on August 1st, 2022. In the process of unpacking and shining a light on that burgeoning secularism, Susan calls to our attention the "Fact Value Split", an insidious notion that is creeping into our homes, churches, schools, and even, dare we say it, our Christian schools.
A bibliography for today's episode:
- Understanding the Times- Summit Ministries
- How Then Should We Live?- Francis Schaeffer
- Total Truth- Nancy Pearcey
- Love Thy Body- Nancy Pearcey
- Loving God- Chuck Colson
- Knowing God- J. Packer
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The mission of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview is to ignite hope by informing, equipping, and uniting the Body of Christ to live a Christian Worldview in the cultural moment. Originally founded by political culprit turned evangelical culture champion Charles Colson, it is difficult to imagine if Colson, when setting the mission and course for the Colson Center, could have imagined how far adrift American culture would sail from objective truth.
In today's episode, the second in what will be three critically imporant episodes, KCC listeners will once more hear from two Colson Fellows, Susan Leonard and Nathan Johnson. Leonard and Johnson continue to answer questions posed by both educators and parents who are seeing the state of cultural decay and unbridled secularism creeping into school campuses--even Christian schools--and wondering what, if anything, can be done to change course.
The two also put forward the concept of the "fact value split" and discuss the devastating impact this insidious notion is having in our homes, churches, schools, and, yes, dare we say it, even our Christian schools.
A bibliography for today's episode:
- Understanding the Times- Summit Ministries
- How Then Should We Live?- Francis Schaeffer
- Total Truth- Nancy Pearcey
- Love Thy Body- Nancy Pearcey
- Loving God- Chuck Colson
- Knowing God- J. Packer
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The mission of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview is to ignite hope by informing, equipping, and uniting the Body of Christ to live a Christian Worldview in the cultural moment. Originally founded by political culprit turned evangelical culture champion Charles Colson, it is difficult to imagine if Colson, when setting the mission and course for the Colson Center, could have imagined how far adrift American culture would sail from objective truth.
In today's episode, KCC listeners will be introduced to two Colson Fellows, Susan Leonard and Nathan Johnson. As the first of a episode run, Leonard and Johnson answer questions posed by both educators and parents who are seeing the state of cultural decay and unbridled secularism creeping into school campuses--even Christian schools--and wondering what, if anything, can be done to change course.
The two introduce concepts and tools that parents and educators can use for just that purpose. And, in that context, they ask the eye-opening question: If the Christianity that we cherish was categorically proven to be untrue, would we/should we continue to believe in it? And, further, what is the value in even asking such a question?
A bibliography for today's episode:
- Understanding the Times- Summit Ministries
- How Then Should We Live?- Francis Schaeffer
- Total Truth- Nancy Pearcey
- Love Thy Body- Nancy Pearcey
- Loving God- Chuck Colson
- Knowing God- J. Packer
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Where have all the young men gone? And, while we're asking tough questions of universities, where's the money gone? Since 1960, the percentages of young men enrolling in university has fallen significantly. At the same time, statistics have shown that post-university earnings potentials are also on the decline. What is happening?
To help us make sense of these tough topics, Tom and Lindy Schneider, of America's College Advisors, provide some key insights that will help students and their family navigate these difficult questions. With a career in sales and marketing, Tom helped establish a thriving alternative model of schooling in Washington state that has been commended by the U.S. Department of Education. Lindy is an author with ten different titles that have appeared on the New York Times best seller list.
Frameworks and Northwest Christian School, have made their book "College Secrets of Highly Successful People" available for free in the school office for any junior or senior that is part of Northwest Christian's on-the-ground campus, online campus, or the Frameworks program.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In the last twenty years, the cost of college has sky-rocketed! Considered the "cheapest" route in higher ed, in-state universities, across the U.S., have seen a 211% increase in annual tuition. This has led to what many consider to be a student debt crisis.
How does a family afford this option for students? More specifically, is college still worth the investment after such a price point explosion?
To help us make sense of both college and calling, Tom and Lindy Schneider, of America's College Advisors, provide some key insights that will help students and their family navigate these difficult conversations. With a career in sales and marketing, Tom helped establish a thriving alternative model of schooling in Washington state that has been commended by the U.S. Department of Education. Lindy is an author with ten different titles that have appeared on the New York Times best seller list.
Frameworks and Northwest Christian School, have made their book "College Secrets of Highly Successful People" available for free in the school office for any junior or senior that is part of Northwest Christian's on-the-ground campus, online campus, or the Frameworks program.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
From posts in schools like Phoenix Seminary and Arizona Christian University, author and professor Dr. John DelHousaye has championed extensive research and academic study in what most would consider to be critical areas of understanding for Christ followers: Jesus Christ, the gospels, the patristics, mysticism, rhetoric, and spiritual formation. In today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversation, the second of two parts, DelHousaye begins de-mystifying these critical subjects, uncloaking the idea of spiritual formation in layman's terms.
In the process, he opens up new horizons of spiritual formation, inviting the reader to a revitalized relationship with God's word.
Dr. DelHousaye is a professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Arizona Christian University. To learn more about Arizona Christian University, please visit this link.
In today's episode, Geoff and John talk about John's spiritual formation commentary, "The Fourfold Gospel, vol. 1". To learn more about this book, the first in a four-volume series, please visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
From posts in schools like Phoenix Seminary and Arizona Christian University, author and professor Dr. John DelHousaye has championed extensive research and academic study in what most would consider to be critical areas of understanding for Christ followers: Jesus Christ, the gospels, the patristics, mysticism, rhetoric, and spiritual formation. In today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversation, the first of two parts, DelHousaye begins de-mystifying these critical subjects, uncloaking the idea of spiritual formation in layman's terms.
In the process, he opens up new horizons of spiritual formation, inviting the reader to a revitalized relationship with God's word.
Dr. DelHousaye is a professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Arizona Christian University. To learn more about Arizona Christian University, please visit this link.
In today's episode, Geoff and John talk about John's spiritual formation commentary, "The Fourfold Gospel, vol. 1". To learn more about this book, the first in a four-volume series, please visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Several years ago, at Northwest Christian in Phoenix, bowing to concerns regarding its content, Mr. Brown removed "1984" by George Orwell from the sophomore reading list.
Today, in a Kingdom Culture Conversation with Dr. Matt Spivey from Arizona Christian University, Mr. Brown asks the question, "Did I make the right decision?"
Get ready for a surprising Kingdom Culture Conversation.
For more information on Arizona Christian University, please visit this link.
To learn more about Dr. Spivey or to be both challenged and encouraged by more of what he has written, please visit his blog by clicking on this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It is unquestionably a dystopian classic: George Orwell's "Animal Farm". This brief book paints a poignant picture of Stalinism run rampant in culture using simple, almost amusing, allegorical images of animals living on a farm in turn-of-the-century England.
It's a book that has been required reading for high school students for generations. So how is it that we have, almost unwittingly, allowed this cautionary tale to be the clearest picture of our contemporary society?
Dr. Matt Spivey is the Chair of the English and Communication Department at Arizona Christian University. A published author of journal articles that wrestle with Austrian economics and dystopian society, he will lead a Kingdom Culture Conversation today that will certainly grab your attention.
For more information on Arizona Christian University, please visit this link.
To learn more about Dr. Spivey or to be both challenged and encouraged by more of what he has written, please visit his blog by clicking on this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As part of a Frameworks tradition, Throwback Thursdays represent our occasional forays into the past. In this iteration of Throwback Thursdays, we're going back several years to a summer reading series--spent in the Psalms--in which various staff and faculty of Northwest Christian enjoyed Kingdom Culture Conversations with the pastors from their own churches--sharing and talking about their own respective favorite Psalms.
This week, the conversation, centered on the Psalms, pulls in several members of the Pastoral Staff from Pure Heart Church, including Pastor Dan Steffen.
For more information on Pure Heart Church, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Avatar broke all the box office records. And, this Christmas, we will launch into the first of five scheduled sequels: Avatar 2: The Way of Water.
But, as we'll learn today, secular media have dubbed James Cameron (Titanic, Terminator, Avatar), the director and producer, as "Pastor Cameron" and Avatar has been described as a big budget "sermon".
If that is the case, what is it that James Cameron is preaching? What sermon is being delivered through the Avatar movies?
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we are joined by Marcia Montenegro, a former New Age champion--a professionally licensed Astrologer and Psychic who found Christ. In the process, she founded "Christian Answers for the New Age" and became a missionary to her many, many friends and acquaintances who are still trapped in the New Age. Marcia is uniquely positioned and qualified to consider our questions.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As part of a Frameworks tradition, Throwback Thursdays represent our occasional forays into the past. In this iteration of Throwback Thursdays, we're going back several years to a summer reading series--spent in the Psalms--in which various staff and faculty of Northwest Christian enjoyed Kingdom Culture Conversations with the pastors from their own churches--sharing and talking about their own respective favorite Psalms.
This week, we enjoy a conversation, regarding their favorite Psalms, between Pastor Daniel Dennis of Thomas Road Baptist Church and Joel Reiss, formerly Northwest Christian's middle school drama teacher.
For more information on Thomas Road Baptist, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Uh oh. We have finally done it. We kicked the hornet's nest.
The Harry Potter books and movies may very well be the biggest cross-genre franchise in the history of publishing. And, the titular character, a budding adolescent wizard, has become beloved by both Christians and non-Christians alike.
But, is he safe? Should Christians be watching or reading Harry Potter movies and books?
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we are joined by Marcia Montenegro, a former New Age champion--a professionally licensed Astrologer and Psychic who found Christ. In the process, she founded "Christian Answers for the New Age" and became a missionary to her many, many friends and acquaintances who are still trapped in the New Age. Marcia is uniquely positioned and qualified to assess Harry Potter and answer our pointed question.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As part of a Frameworks tradition, Throwback Thursdays represent our occasional forays into the past. In this iteration of Throwback Thursdays, we're going back several years to a summer reading series--spent in the Psalms--in which various staff and faculty of Northwest Christian enjoyed Kingdom Culture Conversations with the pastors from their own churches--sharing and talking about their own respective favorite Psalms.
This week, we enjoy a conversation, regarding their favorite Psalms, between Pastor Mark Driscoll of The Trinity Church and Matt Diaz, formerly with Northwest Christian and now with Dream City Christian School.
For more information on The Trinity Church, please click here.
To learn more about Dream City Christian School, please visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It's one of the first things that we learn when we study worldview...everyone, whether they know it or not, has a worldview. And, as a result, we all carry an intrinsic bias, a predisposition, into our lives. Each decision we make. Each piece of communication we produce. Each question we answer. Our worldview is reflected in them all.
So, to ask the question, "Does Disney have an agenda?" is somewhat ingenuine. We know they do. But, what is it?
Perhaps a clue can be found in a recent Disney blockbuster: Frozen 2. Yes, Anna, Elsa, and Olaf may be revealing more about Disney's agenda than we realize at first glance.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we are joined by Marcia Montenegro, a former New Age champion--a professionally licensed Astrologer and Psychic who found Christ. In the process, she founded "Christian Answers for the New Age" and became a missionary to her many, many friends and acquaintances who are still trapped in the New Age. Marcia is uniquely positioned and qualified to analyze both Disney and Frozen 2.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As part of a Frameworks tradition, Throwback Thursdays represent our occasional forays into the past. In this iteration of Throwback Thursdays, we're going back several years to a summer reading series--spent in the Psalms--in which various staff and faculty of Northwest Christian enjoyed Kingdom Culture Conversations with the pastors from their own churches--sharing and talking about their own respective favorite Psalms.
This week, we enjoy a conversation, regarding their favorite Psalms, between Pastor Bob Kerrey of Moon Valley Bible Church and Northwest Christian's Sandy Fraser.
For more information on Moon Valley Bible Church, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Ellie Cunningham, the Women's Ministry Director at CalvaryPHX, returns to Kingdom Culture Conversations to engage a simple, but difficult, question that nags at us all at one point or another: Why?
Why does God allow hard things to unfold in the lives of His children? Why is the Christian walk so difficult? Why must the road be so narrow?
Ellie's answers may surprise you!
To participate in the teaching, "How to Find Hope in the Hard Questions", that is referenced in today's episode, please visit this link.
To learn more about CalvaryPHX, the church where Ellie Cunningham serves as the Women's Ministry Director, please click here.
To get involved in the dynamic CalvaryPHX Women's Ministry, follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As part of a Frameworks tradition, Throwback Thursdays represent our occasional forays into the past. In this iteration of Throwback Thursdays, we're going back several years to a summer reading series--spent in the Psalms--in which various staff and faculty of Northwest Christian enjoyed Kingdom Culture Conversations with the pastors from their own churches--sharing and talking about their own respective favorite Psalms.
This week, we enjoy a conversation, regarding their favorite Psalms, with Pastor Sandy Mason, recently retired from Desert View Bible, and Dean of Secondary Students Jim James.
For more information on Desert View Bible, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It's a question that is increasingly being asked within the field of education and beyond.
Have we reached a point within our culture in which it is now time to do away with grades and academic marks of any sort?
As related in a recent article from the Los Angeles Times which relates that two of California's largest school districts--Los Angeles Unified and San Diego Unified--have radically restructured student feedback mechanisms and are, believe it or not, moving towards the elimination of grades.
But, before we get on the "anti-California" bandwagon, perhaps we should seriously consider both the pros and the cons of current grading strategies. Is there some virtue to these notions?
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As part of a Frameworks tradition, Throwback Thursdays represent our occasional forays into the past. In this iteration of Throwback Thursdays, we're going back several years to a summer reading series--spent in the Psalms--in which various staff and faculty of Northwest Christian enjoyed Kingdom Culture Conversations with the pastors from their own churches--sharing and talking about their own respective favorite Psalms.
This week, we enjoy a conversation, regarding their favorite Psalms, between Pastor Brian Dario, formerly with Open Door Fellowship, and Northwest Christian's Spiritual Formation Coordinator/Kingdom Culture Conversations host Chris Gardiner.
For more information on Open Door Fellowship, please visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Hybridized education. Online education. Blended education. On-the-ground education.
There is a growing menu of learning options that are available to families. What do each of these options mean? How do I know which is best?
In today's far-reaching Kingdom Culture Conversation, Samantha Maszton and Jessica Gake, both of Northwest Christian, dissect the options and plainly lay out what each of these looks like and how to determine the best option for you and your family.
Specifically, Samantha and Jessica will walk us through NCS Flex, a game-changing option for students.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It's a love/hate relationship.
On the one hand, there are some that love online education. On the other, there are those that despise, insisting that on-the-ground education is the clearly superior option.
Perhaps, however, the truth is that we have reached a point within contemporary culture in which the two are now inseparable.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation brings together two of the primary drivers behind Northwest Christian School's growing online program. As part of that program, there are several burgeoning elements: NCS Plus, NCS Online, Frameworks, and NCS Flex. What are they? How do they work?
Most importantly, how do we know for certain that they will have the impact on student learning that we hope them to have?
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
On Thursday, May 26th, 2022, in the Grand Canyon University Arena, Northwest Christian graduated the class of 2022. In an utterly enjoyable evening full celebration, reflection, and joy, the highlight very well may have been the commencement address given by Bill Harbeck.
Bill is a long-time champion within the culture of Northwest Christian School. He's been a coach, an administrator, and a teacher. In this case, he was the Bible teacher for a group of sophomores who became the graduating class of '22. In that Bill retired during Covid-19, we thought it appropriate to bring him back for one final, stirring message to the class.
In this episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, we present that message...
Bill Harbeck is a recognized, celebrated author and speaker. You can learn more about the books that Bill has authored both HERE and HERE.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As part of a Frameworks tradition, Throwback Thursdays represent our occasional forays into the past. In this iteration of Throwback Thursdays, we're going back several years to a summer reading series--spent in the Psalms--in which various staff and faculty of Northwest Christian enjoyed Kingdom Culture Conversations with the pastors from their own churches--sharing and talking about their own respective favorite Psalms.
This week, we enjoy a conversation, regarding their favorite Psalms, Pastor Sean Myers and Brandon Southall. Myers is presently the pastor of Pella Community and formerly served, at the time of this recording, as the pastor at Redemption Peoria. Brandon Southall is the senior Bible teachers at Northwest Christian and serves as an elder at Pella Community.
For more information on Pella Community, please click on this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
No matter how passionate you may be about pro-life causes, the numbers do not lie.
For years, abortion providers have been targeted on a spectrum of aggressiveness. The National Abortion Federation reports more than 176,000 instances of picketing at clinics (and nearly 34,000 arrests) since 1977. It has documented more than 16,000 reported cases of hate mail or harassing phone calls, over 1,500 acts of vandalism and 400 death threats. (cnn.com)
Do pro-life protests and demonstrations, often taking place within a stone's throw of organizations like Planned Parenthood, only open the door to the potential for violence? Has anyone's mind ever truly been changed because of a picket sign?
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation features Stacy, a Northwest Christian high school student who is deeply involved in the school's Students for Life club. "Involved" means that she's on the frontlines--protesting/educating at Planned Parenthood and she's been involved in counter-demonstrations at the state capitol as pro-choice advocates demonstrate against the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court's pending decision in the Dobbs case.
We put these tough questions in front of Stacy and, further, we ask, "What is it like on the frontlines? What do you see, hear, and experience when you are involved in these protests and demonstrations?"
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Disaster tourism. Creating dependency. Robbing dignity. Exacerbating racial divides. The detractor's list of criticisms for short term missions trips is long. Is there any virtue to be found in short term missions trips?
As today's podcast hits, there is a team of teachers and students from Northwest Christian that is on the ground at the City of Joy in Rwanda. And, serving alongside them is Jon Coughlin, the director of City of Joy. In advance of that trip, we recorded this episode and posed some difficult questions to Jon about whether or not places like Rwanda are more helped or hurt by visiting (in the words of the detractors) "white saviors".
To learn more about the City of Joy Rwanda, please visit this link.
To support the dynamic ministry of the City of Joy financially, prayerfully consider following this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As part of a Frameworks tradition, Throwback Thursdays represent our occasional forays into the past. In this iteration of Throwback Thursdays, we're going back several years to a summer reading series--spent in the Psalms--in which various staff and faculty of Northwest Christian enjoyed Kingdom Culture Conversations with the pastors from their own churches--sharing and talking about their own respective favorite Psalms.
This week, we enjoy a conversation, regarding their favorite Psalms, between the husband and wife team of Mike and Courtney Anderson. Mike is the campus pastor for CCV North Phoenix--a relatively new CCV campus that is growing by leaps and bounds. Courtney, Mike's wife, is a Northwest Christian alumni and an elementary physical education teacher at NCS.
For more information on CCV North Phoenix, please click on this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
To say that Ellie Cunningham "grew up in the church" is neither an exaggeration or a figure of speech. Quite literally, under the constant gaze--and, sometimes, scrutiny--of parishioners within one of the largest churches in the city, she experienced life in a fishbowl: her high's and low's were visible to all.
But, even when the limelight shone on some of the hardest, most painful moments in her young life, the Holy Spirit was ceaselessly navigating her towards a very surprising destination: a career in vocational ministry. Where hardship might have pulled many away from a full-time commitment to life in the church, this was not the case with Ellie. The hardships and struggles only served to heighten her sense of care and compassion for others just like her.
How does that happen? In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, you will learn how the Lord sometimes allows difficult circumstances into the lives of His children to position them to be real difference-makers with others.
To learn more about CalvaryPHX, the church where Ellie Cunningham serves as the Women's Ministry Director, please click here.
To get involved in the dynamic CalvaryPHX Women's Ministry, follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As part of a Frameworks tradition, Throwback Thursdays represent our occasional forays into the past. In this iteration of Throwback Thursdays, we're going back several years to a summer reading series--spent in the Psalms--in which various staff and faculty of Northwest Christian enjoyed Kingdom Culture Conversations with the pastors from their own churches--sharing and talking about their own respective favorite Psalms.
This week, we drop into a conversation between Pastor J. Mark Martin of CalvaryPHX and recently-retired Crusader teachers Debby Noland and Pauline Henry. With a deep commitment to expository Bible study, Pastor Martin and friends present a stirring case for believers to be frequent visitors to the Psalms as part of individual study of God's word.
For more information on CalvaryPHX, please visit https://calvaryphx.com/ .
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The numbers are not good.
And, they are getting worse.
Stephanie Siete has been recognized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a frontline warrior in the battle against drug abuse. She works closely with first responders, federal investigators, government officials, educators, and community leaders.
The frontline report that she brings to Kingdom Culture Conversations today is stark, sobering....and hopeful? Yes! Siete works to educate various communities and illuminate both problems and solutions. While you will find today's conversation to be eye-opening, you will also find it to be inspiring.
To learn more about Community Bridges, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
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As part of a Frameworks tradition, Throwback Thursdays represent our occasional forays into the past. In this iteration of Throwback Thursdays, we're going back several years to a summer reading series--spent in the Psalms--in which various staff and faculty of Northwest Christian enjoyed Kingdom Culture Conversations with the pastors from their own churches--sharing and talking about their own respective favorite Psalms.
We kick off this weekly series of podcast episodes with Pastor Dan Gavaza of Palmcroft Church and Northwest Christian superintendent Geoff Brown. "Dan has been both my friend and pastor for more years than either of us would care to admit," explains Geoff. "He's had a tremendous impact on me personally but also the way in which I have come to understand what it means to see education as 'Christian'. And, he's the type of pastor--some might call him old school--that truly shepherds a flock through both Bible teaching, discipleship, and meaningful relationship. As my own son has aspired for pastoral ministry, Dan has been a frequent point of reference and model."
Enjoy today's episodes and Dan and Geoff talk through their favorite Psalms!
For more information on Palmcroft Church, please visit https://palmcroft.church/.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Is it possible? Could we become so fixated on working out, diet, looks, and fitness, that our body image becomes a distraction in our pursuit of Christ? If our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (I Cor. 6:19-20), we need to keep the temple in good repair--but can that be carried to unhealthy extremes?
Today, the "What about?" Wednesday team is joined by Holli Barnes, a Northwest Christian alumni who has studied nutrition and performed as an athlete. Her studied perspective is intriguing and there's no doubt, this particular Kingdom Culture Conversation will spark some real conversation in your home!
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It seemed as though the earth shook on May 2nd, 2022 when Politico published an alleged "leak" from the U.S. Supreme Court: a February 2022 draft of a majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, which would overturn Roe v. Wade, a travesty of justice which has permitted the deaths of over 60 million unborn babies since 1973.
Is the draft legitimate? Is the legal judgment sound? What would have motivated someone to leak the draft? If it's true that Roe is history, what does that mean for abortion in the United States?
Erik Stanley is with the Provident Law Group, an attorney and religious liberty champion who has twice argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Erik breaks down the history of the case that produced the opinion and its implications for the future of the caustic pro-life/pro-choice debate.
For more information on The Provident Law Group, please click here.
For more information on attorney Erik Stanley, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Some have called it the Great American Experiment. In the words of James Madison: “We are teaching the world a great truth, that religion flourishes in greater purity without, than with, the aid of government.”
All these years later, how's that working out, James? It's time to get real.
And, that's what we do today in an intriguing conversation with Janet Ruth, the author of "Separate for a Reason: Re-examining the Separation of Church and State in America". As a retired federal prosecutor and Christ follower, Janet is highly familiar with the U.S. Constitution, its implications, and the opposing sides who both base their positions on religion and religious liberty within it.
Today, you'll enjoy a compelling conversation that very well may challenge your perspective on God's designs for the roles that believers are meant to play in culture.
For more information on Janet Ruth, please visit www.JanetRuth.com.
To learn more about the book "Separate for a Reason", please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
January 6th, 2021 produced a host of thorny issues. Aside from the historic events of that day, as Christ-followers, we're left to do the forensics on that day. In so doing, we are well served to wrestle with a question posed on January 7th, 2021 by John Stonestreet, the president of the Colson Center for Christian Apologetics: What if what we saw yesterday in the U.S. Capitol was us?
Janet Ruth is a Christian author and former federal prosecutor. With the keen insights of an attorney who has experience wrestling with issues stemming from the U.S. Constitution, in her book "Separate for a Reason", she encourages Christ followers to consider their commission in a new and different light. As a result, today's far-ranging conversation will is bound to provoke you to think a bit more deeply about the steering documents that undergird the foundation of the United States and God's word.
To read the John Stonestreet article that is referenced in today's episode, please click here.
For more information on Janet Ruth, please visit www.JanetRuth.com.
To learn more about the book "Separate for a Reason", please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Young Life is a Christian ministry that reaches out to middle school, high school, and college students, on their campuses and in the homes, in all 50 of the United States and in more than 100 countries around the world.
How is it that while ministries around the nation are being chased from the public square, the appetite for Young Life programming has only grown? Further, as you consider that 1 in 3 students that attend a Young Life camp come to faith in Christ, one has need of asking: What does Young Life do to produce such an appetite for an authentic relationship with Christ and a desire for the truth of Scripture?
These are questions that the church desperately needs to ask today. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we do.
To learn more about Young Life, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It's a Star Wars sequel of sorts! In our "May the Fourth" What About Wednesday? episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, we got just a bit carried away discussing Star Wars and worldviews. Therefore, today, a "part two"!
For all of the popcorn-summer-movie fun that the Star Wars franchise has produced since its unexpected success and launch in 1977, should we feel completely comfortable with the worldview that is being promoted by Luke Skywalker, Yoda, the Mandalorian, and friends? Is there a redeeming element of Christian worldview present in these movies/books/TV shows as some would suggest? Or, is there something detrimental hidden there?
The "worldview chart" from Summit Ministries is mentioned in this episode as part of the basis for the conversation. You can link to that chart here.
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It's "May the Fourth", a date that has become synonymous with celebrating the cultural phenomenon that is Star Wars. For all of the popcorn-summer-movie fun that the Star Wars franchise has produced since its unexpected success and launch in 1977, should we feel completely comfortable with the worldview that is being promoted by Luke Skywalker, Yoda, the Mandalorian, and friends? Is there a redeeming element of Christian worldview present in these movies/books/TV shows as some would suggest? Or, is there something detrimental hidden there?
The "worldview chart" from Summit Ministries is mentioned in this episode as part of the basis for the conversation. You can link to that chart here.
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
What if the Christian hope for America has nothing to do with laws, politics, or freedom? What if the calling of Christians in America has nothing to do with fixing our culture?
Do we even dare to ask questions like that on a podcast called "Kingdom Culture Conversations"? Yes, we do.
Janet Ruth is a Christian author and former federal prosecutor. With the keen insights of an attorney who has experience wrestling with issues stemming from the U.S. Constitution, in her book "Separate for a Reason", she encourages Christ followers to consider their commission in a new and different light. As a result, today's far-ranging conversation will is bound to provoke you to think a bit more deeply about the steering documents that undergird the foundation of the United States and God's word.
For more information on Janet Ruth, please visit www.JanetRuth.com.
To learn more about the book "Separate for a Reason", please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Just a year out of high school, Joel Mucklow is passionate about his pursuit of ministry and possesses a sense of maturity and insight that far surpasses his years. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, you will hear from a young man who is driven, insightful, transparent, authentic, and no-holds-barred committed to pursuit of a career in full-time vocational ministry.
But, as you will hear today, ministry is not something he's just preparing for--he's already participating in it. As such, Joel is in the first year of Grand Canyon University's ground-breaking Barnabas pastoral program--a five-year program that will equip him with both a Bachelor of Arts degree in theology as well as a Masters in Divinity through the GCU Theological Seminary.
In today's conversation, you will hear Joel's testimony, his call to ministry, and what the game-changing Barnabas program looks like on a day-to-day basis in the life of a dynamic young man.
To learn more about Grand Canyon University's Barnabas program, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Collette House is an accomplished educator who is part of the governing board for the Association of Christian Schools International while serving as the Superintendent of Aurora Christian Schools in Illinois.
Recently, Illinois has become a front in the culture wars as the state's littlest citizens are put in harm's way through the adoption and implementation of new state teaching and learning academic standards. As district schools and university teaching programs work to rid state standards of the "evils" of racism, homophobia, unearned privilege, and Eurocentrism, it would seem that Biblical worldview is also being displaced as part of the "New Enlightenment". As an ACSI board member, school leader, and public education advisory committee member, Dr. Collette House has a front row seat to the whole debacle.
But, her advice to parents may surprise you. Give up the ship? Retreat? Surrender the culture?
Not exactly. Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is a stirring call to action!
To reference the Illinois Daily Journal article mentioned in today's episode, please click here.
To learn more about the governing board of the Association of Christian Schools International, please click here.
To find out more about Aurora Christian Schools, follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Did God intend for us to enjoy marijuana recreationally and medicinally? Could this be what He meant when, in Genesis 1:29, God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it."
Today's "What about? Wednesday" episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations finds Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason, tackling some aspects of the legalized marijuana debate that is raging in the culture presently: If it's legal, natural, and medicinally beneficial, should we not be free to enjoy marijuana as Christ followers? A growing number of members of the Evangelical culture are saying "yes". Are they correct?
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Proverbs 12:10 is pretty clear: "The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel."
Does that mean that hunting is prohibited in scripture and that, as Christ followers, we should not be involved in hunting or fishing?
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we are joined by Northwest Christian alumni (class of '20) alumni Wes McClenny. During his time at Northwest Christian, Wes was involved and instrumental in the school's outdoor adventure club, the Adventure Cru. Wes is employed at Cabela's where he works in the fishing division. And, he's deeply investing in mentoring young people as part of the Christian Hunters of America.
How will Wes justify his commitment to hunting and fishing in light of scripture? What does he do with a verse like Proverbs 12:10?
For more information on the Christian Hunters of America, please visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Twice in April 2022, members of the CCV youth ministry team have been involved in chapel. Riley Reinhardt--a student within the CCV Leadership Institute--spoke at the beginning of the month. And, Ryan Schultz and Matt Newman will be speaking in two day's time on April 20th.
Today, in a Kingdom Culture Conversation that encompasses three leading voices in youth ministry, we talk through three or four major take-aways from a recent Pew Survey that worked to connect the dots between parents and students in terms of worldviews and the perpetuation of faith within a family. Are there habits and disciplines within a family that lead to sustainable faith and commitment to Christ?
To read the Pew research, please click here.
To learn more about Christ's Church of the Valley (CCV), please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Walt Disney, the Beatles, Harry Potter, Martin Scorsese, Starbucks, Heinz, Wells Fargo, and Home Depot. All these brands--and many others to boot--have been literally given the boot by evangelical families who placed them on the business end of boycott.
In today's "What about?" episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, a student asks, "Is it possible that we're now on the receiving end of the sword that we originally forged?" In other words did evangelical boycotts establish the foundation upon which today's cancel culture is based? In the 80's, 90's, and 00's, we were happy to short-change these businesses to get our way--but now that the sparks have jumped from the firepit and the prevailing direction of the cultural bonfire of vanities is moving in a uniquely different direction, could it be that we were the ones that originally lit the fire?
Join Robby Lashua of Stand to Reason for a all-perspectives-considered conversation!
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, " 'What About?' Wednesday"? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
You will hear it said in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation: "Lee Humes was a force of nature." Lee was the founder of Deep Within Rehab, a self-supporting residential drug and alcohol rehab facility located in Peoria, Arizona. But, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lord call Lee home to glory. So, did Deep Within pack its bags and call it a day?
No. Another force of nature took over. Cindy Humes is Lee's widow and every bit the spiritual dynamo that her husband was. Having grown up in dysfunctional homes, Cindy knows the pains of drug/alcohol addiction and abuse. Further, she's reared her family within the same residence used by Deep Within.
And, today, Deep Within continues without missing a beat.
How did this happen? What is it like to live day-in and day-out with those that are struggling with addiction? How bad is addiction and abuse becoming on the streets? Today's Kingdom Culture Conversations addresses these questions in an unflinching fashion.
And, introduces you to the matriarch or Deep Within--a champion you won't soon forget.
For more information on Deep Within, please take the time to visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Today's "What about? Wednesday" episode of Kingdom Culture Conversation presents a unique twist on the recent and raging debate over the use of preferred pronouns. A student asked the increasingly common question regarding preferred pronouns this way: "I understand that Biblical worldview presents the truth that genders are not fluid. But, if I have a non-Christian friend who doesn't hold to this perspective and asks me to use their preferred pronoun, what should I do? On the one hand, I want to hold to my convictions about the truth of scripture. On the other hand, if I don't use my friend's preferred pronoun, I might lose my friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Christ."
Tough question. Today's episode provides tough answers.
What is this Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, "What About? Wednesday? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Katy Hubbard is a Northwest Christian alumni, a current Crusader parent, and the Kids Ministry Director at the Anthem campus of Palmcroft Church. She is also passionate about helping the K-5th grade students that she works with to understand the priority of God's word.
Sadly, recent statistics have pointed to a precipitous and alarming decline in Biblical literacy since 2009. The resulting confusion about God's word has given rise to fallacies and confusion regarding the truths that scripture presents--a significant variable in undermining American culture--to the point where certain percentages of the world today believe that figures like Harry Potter and Superman are found in the Bible.
How did this happen? How do we fix it within our families and churches? What if we don't get around the front of this? Today's riveting Kingdom Culture Conversation wrestles with these questions and points us towards understanding that we can make a difference in this decline.
For more information on Palmcroft Church, please visit this link.
To learn more about Katy's ministry to kids at Palmcroft Anthem, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
After a run of KCC episodes in which Mr. G has been absent as one of the two KCC hosts, there have been some expressions of curiosity: "Hey, where's G?"
Chris Gardiners has been in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, completing training as a military chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Geoff Brown catches up with G to hear about how that training is going, why chaplains are such an integral part of the military, and how the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is impacting the soldiers and chaplains in the U.S. Army.
It's a stirring episode in which PTSD, suicide, combat stress, and how the potential for large scale, global conflict is part of the sacrificial, courageous life of a soldier.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It's all over the headlines and certainly the topic of choice around most school campuses and in most American homes: what are the implications of the Russian/Ukrainian war? Specifically, as Christ followers, how should we respond? Students are asking: Is war ever justified? Under what circumstances? What about the Biblical prohibition against murder and the concept of loving our neighbors as ourselves? In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Robby Lashua joins Geoff Brown to unpack scripture around these questions.
What is this new Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, "What About? Wednesday? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In a chapel on the campus of Northwest Christian High School early in the spring of 2022, Melisha Alhambra opened by explaining that she was going to reveal the Gospel through TikTok. From word one, everyone in the room was spellbound.
Immediately after that chapel, Geoff Brown and Melisha enjoyed a Kingdom Culture Conversation that did envelope TikTok--but so much more beside.
Melisha, who is single, shared the compelling story of how God led her to adopt four children, essentially rescuing them from a desperate situation. And, this was just the start of her journey--a moving journey that culminated not just with seeing the names of her newly adopted children changed, but her name was changed as well...
To learn more about Redemption Alhambra, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Just days before the start of his senior year at Northwest Christian High School, during Summer 2021, Luke Deal was enjoying a hike through the wilderness on the south end of Lake Tahoe. As he and his family enjoyed the stunning mountain lake views, Luke was crossing a creek.
That's all he remembers. The next subsequent memory he has is waking up in a hospital bed several days later with grim-faced doctors explaining that the prognosis was not good.
What his family remembers is Luke's slip and near-tragic fall over a 50-foot waterfall. Then, they remember scrambling down the mountainside to see if he had survived, the 20-30 minutes it took for the first team of emergency responders to make it out to the remote area, and then placing him in a helicopter for a life-saving flight, alone, to an area hospital.
And, the story only gets more exciting from there. This is a Kingdom Culture Conversation that you will be talking and thinking about for some time to come!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The "What About?" Wednesdays podcast tradition continues to take us into interesting new cultural territories! Based on "What about?" questions submitted by students, G and Geoff question special guest Robby Lashua on the subject of tattoos.
Are tattoos prohibited in scripture? Should a Christian get tattoos? It's certainly an interesting Kingdom Culture Conversation today!
What is this new Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, "What About? Wednesday? Every-other-Wednesday, we are joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is an uncomfortable one. Very uncomfortable. Why? Because Austin Maranto doesn't mince words.
Austin graduated from Northwest Christian in 2016 and today works at Grand Canyon University. He is also deeply involved in his church, Apologia Church, in Mesa, Arizona. Apologia meets on Sundays, like most churches, but in the afternoon. But, unlike most churches, on Sunday mornings, its congregants can be found on the sidewalks around Planned Parenthood centers, providing "sidewalk counseling" to the men and women who are going into the Planned Parenthood to secure an abortion.
This is where Austin doesn't mince his words. Abortion is murder and an affront to God. Planned Parenthood is a murder mill.
Now, to be clear, as Austin provides sidewalk clarity, like any good apologist, he operates with both clarity and compassion. But, he does speak the unfettered, unvarnished truth in love.
Thus, an uncomfortable Kingdom Culture Conversation. "Uncomfortable" because Austin's clarity challenges the listener to survey their own convictions and perspectives on abortion. Do we truly believe that abortion is the murder of a child? If so, how has that understanding altered the course of my life? Or, for reason of convenience, do we effectively ignore this thorny issue? In so doing, are we complicit? Ouch.
To learn more about the ministry of Apologia Church, please visit this link.
To discover the resources that are mentioned in this episode, please follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
By all accounts, the OB/GYN private medical practice of Dr. Allan Sawyer was successful. So what compelled him to leave it all behind in order to be a medical missionary in some of the most desperate and dangerous situations on the planet? In places ravaged by war, tribal conflict, disease, and the desperation of extreme poverty, Allan has been the boots-on-the-ground for Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse relief organization. In so doing, he has faced risks on many different fronts, confronted dangers that many would struggle to understand, and experienced unrivalled joy as he brings the hope of the Gospel to those living in remote, unreached areas.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation has several jaw-dropping moments that will prompt you to ask, "Do I understand how desperate and dangerous life can be?"
To learn more about the work of Samaritan's Purse, please click here.
To understand how you can specifically support Dr. Sawyer's work around the world, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
For twelve years, Northwest Christian School has been involved in an annual, school-wide "Missions Learning" effort: providing Hope to families in what is arguably the neediest public school district in the state, the Isaac School District. All those years ago, it started with J.B. Sutton Elementary and a campaign to provide several dozen Thanksgiving meal food boxes for Sutton families that needed it most. Over time, the effort has grown to envelope twelve different schools within a campaign that encompasses 1,500 Thanksgiving meals valuing $60K, Christmas gifts for students in three different schools, and countless volunteer hours in which Northwest Christian students are serving Sutton students, families, and teachers.
The effort has grown to include dynamic partnerships as well. The Legacy Foundation is the largest non-profit foundation in Arizona and they have worked closely with Crusader student leaders to write grant proposals that have yielded financial grants as well as access to the Working Poor Tax Credit--both of which complement the generosity of Crusader families. This year, the campaign will be coupled with the Avondale campus of Christ's Church of the Valley--pointing the families on the receiving end of the Sutton Project blessings to CCV Avondale as an avenue to find true hope in Christ.
Our guest within this episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations is Dr. Randy Martinez who has served as the principal for Sutton for the last five years. Martinez is a charismatic catalyst who refuses to acknowledge the many challenges in his community--poverty, language barriers, COVID-19--as anything more than the opportunity to dig deeper and work harder to create family-like community with staff and students and provide authentic learning during a time characterized by pandemic-driven learning loss.
In today's episode, Mr. Brown and Dr. Martinez follow-up on an earlier Kingdom Culture Conversation that they enjoyed. In that conversation, the two discussed how the Sutton Project partnership was changing. Today, we have a chance to hear how those changes impacted the Sutton community.
To support this effort financially, including the opportunity to take advantage of the Working Poor Tax Credit, please visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/giving/sutton-project
For more information on Dr. Martinez, please visit: https://www.isaacschools.org/o/jbbes/page/meet-the-principal
To learn about J.B. Sutton Elementary, visit: https://www.isaacschools.org/o/jbbes
For more information on the Isaac School District, visit: https://www.isaacschools.org/
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
Simply stated, Brett Henry's resume is impressive. So impressive, in fact, it could realistically open the door for him to serve and lead within any school in the world. But, instead of serving within any school in the world, Brett is leading one of the largest schools in the world wide web. Brett Henry leads SevenStar, one of the largest online Christian schools out there.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Geoff Brown and Brett Henry discuss the transformational moment that is happening in education, what some have termed "education's great reset". This is a moment in which schools and educators are confronting new horizons in technology integration and, in the process, moving the historically slow-to-adapt field of education from its "Blockbuster moment" towards its "Netflix moment".
To read more about Brett Henry, please follow this link.
To learn more about SevenStar, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
After ten years, these aren't "missions trips". They have become "family reunions".
For over a decade, Northwest Christian students have served in the Kids Kingdom orphanage in Imuris, Sonora. There, the catch-phrase has been "God is on the move"...and this is not a trite, inspirational, or aspirational turn of phrase.
Rather, it's been a simple statement of fact that students have enjoyed realizing with each return visit. Students have personally seen and experienced God moving within the lives of the orphans that they have come to love as friends and family. They have also seen God move within their own lives.
What makes this place so special? In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we enjoy our first international conversation via a remote connection: Geoff Brown and Chris Gardiner enjoy a stirring conversation with Arturo and Lilly Jimenez, the founders of Kids Kingdom.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The "What About?" Wednesdays podcast tradition hits on a bit of controversy . In our third "What About?" Wednesday episode, we tackle our first question from a high school student: If I disagree with President Biden on significant issues, is it 'okay' to formalize my dissent through the use of the phrase, 'Let's Go, Brandon!'? This far-reaching conversation pulls in the issues of profanity, profane speech in the Bible, and so much more!
What is this new Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, "What About? Wednesday? Each Wednesday in February 2022 and then every-other-Wednesday beginning in March, we will be joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
To date, each of the episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations has featured either Geoff Brown or Chris Gardiner interviewing guests to the podcast. Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation presents a twist: Geoff Brown interviews Chris Gardiner.
Chris "Mr. G" Gardiner has led between six and eight missions trips per year to the Kids Kingdom orphanage and church community in Imuris, Sonora, situated beautifully between Nogales and Magdalena in scenic Mexico.
As you will hear today, these trips have been transformational. They served to transform the relationship between Geoff and Chris. They ultimately transformed the Gardiner family. And, along the way, they have transformed the lives of hundreds of students--on both sides of the border.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Mason Naimo had dreamed of someday visiting Calcutta, India where his mother had served as a missionary. But, tragically, suddenly, and unexpectedly, the Naimo family lost Mason and he was never able to see the places his mother had told him about in her riveting missions stories.
Or, at least in person. Mason's hope of traveling to the mission field took on a new form when his parents opened "Mason's Hope"--a "hope center" for Indian children--in his honor. This hope center eventually became part of a network of similar Hope Centers around the world.
In today's inspiring Kingdom Culture Conversation, Mason's father, Anthony Naimo, tells Mason's story and explains the ministry and impact of Hope Partners International.
To learn more about Hope Partners International, please visit this link.
To enjoy the video--"What is a Hope Center?"--that is mentioned in today's conversation, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
The new "What About?" Wednesdays podcast tradition is up and rolling. Today, we enjoy our third "What About?" episode, tackling some tough questions! Does God's word teach that there is a literal Hell? Is the eternal conscious torment of the lost a real thing? How could a loving God send people to hell forever?
What is this new Kingdom Culture Conversation podcast tradition, "What About? Wednesday? Each Wednesday in February 2022 and then every-other-Wednesday beginning in March, we will be joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Jon Coughlin considers himself an unlikely champion for the students and staff of the City of Joy Christian School in Rwanda, Africa. But, truth be told, in just a few minutes with Jon you begin to see the Lord's wisdom in leading him into the role. Jon's passion for the mission of City of Joy is both apparent and abundant. Further, his background and training in trauma-based care and counseling is the perfect match for a Rwandan community that still bears the scars of genocide.
It is in the context of poverty and genocide that the City of Joy has risen to be a bright light on a number of fronts: spiritually, academically, and culturally. You will be inspired by today's Kingdom Culture Conversation!
To learn more about the City of Joy Rwanda, please visit this link.
To support this dynamic ministry financially, prayerfully consider following this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Jon Coughlin considers himself an unlikely champion for the students and staff of the City of Joy Christian School in Rwanda, Africa. But, truth be told, in just a few minutes with Jon you begin to see the Lord's wisdom in leading him into the role. Jon's passion for the mission of City of Joy is both apparent and abundant. Further, his background and training in trauma-based care and counseling is the perfect match for a Rwandan community that still bears the scars of genocide.
It is in the context of poverty and genocide that the City of Joy has risen to be a bright light on a number of fronts: spiritually, academically, and culturally. You will be inspired by today's Kingdom Culture Conversation!
To learn more about the City of Joy Rwanda, please visit this link.
To support this dynamic ministry financially, prayerfully consider following this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Today, we enjoy our second-ever "What About?" Wednesday podcast episode--a new Kingdom Culture Conversations tradition. Each Wednesday in February 2022 and then every-other-Wednesday beginning in March, we will be joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Tracy Munsil is the Executive Director of the Cultural Research Center and is also Associate Professor of Political Science at Arizona Christian University. Dr. Munsil chaired the collaborative process to develop the ACU CORE liberal arts curriculum and teaches political science and Humanities courses at ACU. She was appointed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments and serves on the Board of Directors for Voices for the Voiceless, a next-generation pro-life organization based in Phoenix. Dr. Munsil was a full-time lecturer in the Arizona State University School of Politics and Global Studies. Her doctorate was her third degree from ASU, after earning both a political science master’s and a bachelor’s degree in journalism. At ASU she met her husband, ACU President Len Munsil. Dr. Munsil home-educated their eight children for 14 years.
As the Executive Director of the Cultural Research Center--where she works closely with both ACU President Len Munsil and Dr. George Barna, a renowned Christian thought leader--Dr. Tracy Munsil is spearheading some of the most culturally vital research being produced today. In this episode, she will begin to unpack some of the stunning results of the CRC's first research publications.
For more information on Dr. Tracy Munsil, please click on this link.
To learn about Arizona Christian University, please follow this link.
To begin working through the dynamic research presented by the Cultural Research Center, please visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Tracy Munsil is the Executive Director of the Cultural Research Center and is also Associate Professor of Political Science at Arizona Christian University. Dr. Munsil chaired the collaborative process to develop the ACU CORE liberal arts curriculum and teaches political science and Humanities courses at ACU. She was appointed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments and serves on the Board of Directors for Voices for the Voiceless, a next-generation pro-life organization based in Phoenix. Dr. Munsil was a full-time lecturer in the Arizona State University School of Politics and Global Studies. Her doctorate was her third degree from ASU, after earning both a political science master’s and a bachelor’s degree in journalism. At ASU she met her husband, ACU President Len Munsil. Dr. Munsil home-educated their eight children for 14 years.
As the Executive Director of the Cultural Research Center--where she works closely with both ACU President Len Munsil and Dr. George Barna, a renowned Christian thought leader--Dr. Tracy Munsil is spearheading some of the most culturally vital research being produced today. In this episode, she will begin to unpack some of the stunning results of the CRC's first research publications.
For more information on Dr. Tracy Munsil, please click on this link.
To learn about Arizona Christian University, please follow this link.
To begin working through the dynamic research presented by the Cultural Research Center, please visit this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Going back to the summer of 2016, long before there was a "Kingdom Culture Conversations" podcast or the Frameworks Biblical worldview initiative, each summer, Northwest Christian School produced a series of weekly videos that stretched through each summer. These teaching videos were based on the summer reading for that particular summer: sometimes a passage of scripture or a book centered around Biblical worldview. As part of this new tradition, we're pulling the audio from those videos and revisiting some of the key worldview concepts that we explored during that time.
In today's Throwback Thursday episode, we have the privilege of listening in on a conversation between creationist Russ Miller (of CreationMinistries.org) and Deb Waymire, the department chair for Northwest Christian's history and social studies department.
In this episode, we mention that many of these "Throwback Thursday" episodes are videos that can be viewed on the NCS/Frameworks RightNow Media page. We would love for you to enjoy complementary access to that page! Interested? Click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Today, we kick-off an exciting new Kingdom Culture Conversations podcast tradition: "What About?" Wednesdays. Each Wednesday in February 2022 and then every-other-Wednesday beginning in March, we will be joined by Robby Lashua, of Stand to Reason Ministries, an apologetics ministry based in Southern California.
Robby's role within these special "What About?" Wednesday episodes? Podcast listeners have the opportunity to email/text in their own "What About?" questions and during these episodes, Robby will work to answer the questions, point students towards the scriptural truth underlying their inquiry, and equip them to defend their faith!
If you are interested in submitting a question, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org.
To learn more about Stand to Reason, please visit this link!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In our last episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, President Len Munsil, of Arizona Christian University, pulled back the curtain on the university's newly commissioned Cultural Research Center which is being led by internationally-recognized Christian thought leader and researcher, Dr. George Barna.
In today's episode, in addition to articulating the vision and direction of the Cultural Research Center, Munsil begins to unpack one of the CRC's first major unveilings: the "American Worldview Inventory, 2021". It's a far-reaching conversation that will excite the listener about the trajectory of the CRC while also providing insights into the prevailing worldviews that our shaping contemporary American culture.
For more information on President Munsil, please visit this link.
To learn more about Arizona Christian University, please follow this link.
Click here to get up to speed on the Cultural Research Center.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Len Munsil has been a champion of Biblical worldview and religious liberty on both the local front and the national front. But, given the trajectory of Arizona Christian University, those two fronts are getting ready to cross as part of a perfect storm of cultural opportunity.
Locally, Munsil helped to pioneer the Center for Arizona Policy, an Arizona-based, conservative advocacy organization. He also ran a very successful campaign that very nearly landed him in the Governor's seat.
Nationally, as a well-recognized attorney who has championed pro-life advocacy and religious liberty, he was a cornerstone within the Republican party's 2016 Presidential platform committee, leading to election platform policies for the Trump/Pence ticket that even the esteemed Dr. Wayne Grudem of Phoenix Seminary recognized as closest to true Biblical worldview in the history of the nation.
But, as president of Arizona Christian University, "local" and "national" tracks are about to cross as ACU has been recognized as one of the fastest growing Christian universities in the country and the establishment of ACU's Cultural Research Center under the leadership of the internationally-recognized Christian thought leader, Dr. George Barna.
In today's stirring Kingdom Culture Conversation, President Munsil brings us up to speed on the breakneck pace of growth and change at ACU and describes the vision and direction of the Cultural Research Center and its looming impact within culture.
For more information on President Munsil, please visit this link.
To learn more about Arizona Christian University, please follow this link.
Click here to get up to speed on the Cultural Research Center.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Going back to the summer of 2016, long before there was a "Kingdom Culture Conversations" podcast or the Frameworks Biblical worldview initiative, each summer, Northwest Christian School produced a series of weekly videos that stretched through each summer. These teaching videos were based on the summer reading for that particular summer: sometimes a passage of scripture or a book centered around Biblical worldview. As part of this new tradition, we're pulling the audio from those videos and revisiting some of the key worldview concepts that we explored during that time.
In today's fourth Throwback Thursday, we have the privilege of hearing from creationist Russ Miller (of CreationMinistries.org) as he expands upon the Global Flood--the account of Noah, the ark, and the universal deluge from Genesis--and reveal hows that truth undermines the foundations of old earth thinking and theories.
In this episode, we mention that many of these "Throwback Thursday" episodes are videos that can be viewed on the NCS/Frameworks RightNow Media page. We would love for you to enjoy complementary access to that page! Interested? Click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
It's a stereotype that is commonly propagated: guys in their mid-twenties, living in their parents' basements, playing video games. This trope suggests that young men are increasingly trading their real lives for virtual lives and, in the process, escaping from their God-given responsibilities to lead within families, the work place, church, and the community.
Is this stereotype legitimate?
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we talk with Ethan Burson, a middle school Bible teacher at Northwest Christian School. Ethan is also the coach of the Northwest Christian High School eSports team. As part of the the Arizona Interscholastic Association, Northwest Christian's eSports team competes against other high school throughout the state within games like Super Smash Bros., Rocket League, Overwatch, and others.
In an important Kingdom Culture Conversation, pertaining to the context of video gaming culture, we discuss a recent book by Hanna Rosin called "The End of Men" in which the author suggests that this stereotype just scratches the surface of the issue.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In January of this year, it became official: the World Health Organization officially approved classifying video game addiction, or gaming disorder, as a disease. The unanimous vote means that gaming disorder will officially be added with the revisions to the International Classification of Diseases, commonly known as the ICD.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we talk with Ethan Burson, a middle school Bible teacher at Northwest Christian School. Ethan is also the coach of the Northwest Christian High School eSports team. As part of the the Arizona Interscholastic Association, Northwest Christian's eSports team competes against other high school throughout the state within games like Super Smash Bros., Rocket League, Overwatch, and others.
In an important Kingdom Conversation, we ask, "Is video game addiction a legitimate issue?" How do we know if this addiction is in our homes?
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Within the recent trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, which ended in an acquittal, there was a surprising moment in which the prosecutor started a line of questioning with the defendant, inquiring about his interest in "Call of Duty", a "first person shooter". The very clear suggestion was that there is a link between the virtual violence within that particular game and the real world violence of which Rittenhouse was being accused.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we talk with Ethan Burson, a middle school Bible teacher at Northwest Christian School. Ethan is also the coach of the Northwest Christian High School eSports team. As part of the the Arizona Interscholastic Association, Northwest Christian's eSports team competes against other high school throughout the state within games like Super Smash Bros., Rocket League, Overwatch, and others. At the same time, through the High School Esports League, the team competes in Call of Duty tournaments.
Is it responsible for the school to encourage students to play these sorts of games? Does video game violence propagate violent behavior in the real world? Today's conversation will cause you to think--and, undoubtedly, everyone will have an opinion!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
We're gearing up to start a new podcast tradition, "Throwback Thursday".
Going back to the summer of 2016, long before there was a "Kingdom Culture Conversations" podcast or the Frameworks Biblical worldview initiative, each summer, Northwest Christian School produced a series of weekly videos that stretched through each summer. These teaching videos were based on the summer reading for that particular summer: sometimes a passage of scripture or a book centered around Biblical worldview. As part of this new tradition, we're pulling the audio from those videos and revisiting some of the key worldview concepts that we explored during that time.
In today's third Throwback Thursday, we have the privilege of listening in on a conversation between creationist Russ Miller (of CreationMinistries.org) and Garry Kaiser, a brother in Christ who has gone on to be with the Lord this past year as a result of COVID-19. In today's episode, you will hear a portion of Garry's amazing testimony--how the Lord used Garry's studies of origins--as an atheist--to bring him to a saving understanding of Jesus as the Creator.
Garry and Russ discuss the Global Flood--the account of Noah, the ark, and the universal deluge from Genesis--and reveal how that truth undermines the foundations of old earth thinking and theories.
In this episode, we mention that many of these "Throwback Thursday" episodes are videos that can be viewed on the NCS/Frameworks RightNow Media page. We would love for you to enjoy complementary access to that page! Interested? Click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Warning: Although it is not a central topic in today's episode, this particular episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations does make mention of sexual sin and we would encourage parents to listen to this episode before allowing your younger children to hear it.
Mike Genung is the founder of Blazing Grace, a unique ministry to men and women who struggle with pornography, sexual addiction, and the harm that they cause to both the individual and the family.
Mike struggled with multiple forms of sexual sin from his teen years until 1999. After being in bondage to sexual sin for 20 years, eight of which were spent in various recovery programs, he was set free after finally putting all my hope and trust in God.
As part of his road to recovery, Mike came to realize that the seeds of his undoing were sown before he was even a teenager. Further, he has come to appreciate that although teens and adolescents may not have even met their future spouse, they can engage in disciplines and decisions today that will bear fruit in their marital relationships tomorrow. As part of today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Mike talks this all through--you don't want to miss it!
For more information on Mike's ministry, Blazing Grace, please click here.
For info regarding Mike's story, visit this site.
To hear Mike's radio program on KPXQ/1360am, click here.
You can enjoy current and past episodes of Mike's "Blazing Grace" podcast, by following this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Warning: Although it is not a central topic in today's episode, this particular episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations does make mention of sexual sin and we would encourage parents to listen to this episode before allowing your younger children to hear it.
Mike Genung is the founder of Blazing Grace, a unique ministry to men and women who struggle with pornography, sexual addiction, and the harm that they cause to both the individual and the family.
Mike struggled with multiple forms of sexual sin from his teen years until 1999. After being in bondage to sexual sin for 20 years, eight of which were spent in various recovery programs, he was set free after finally putting all my hope and trust in God.
Ultimately, Mike realized that the key to his freedom--the key to personal and corporate revival--was prayer. Too often overlooked by believers, prayer is the discipline that points us in the direction of true intimacy with God. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Mike Genung and Geoff Brown discuss the power and priority of prayer within the life of a Christ follower.
For more information on Mike's ministry, Blazing Grace, please click here.
For info regarding Mike's story, visit this site.
To hear Mike's radio program on KPXQ/1360am, click here.
You can enjoy current and past episodes of Mike's "Blazing Grace" podcast, by following this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
During the on-the-ground chapel for Northwest Christian High School on Wednesday, January 12th, the school welcomed four panelists for a Kingdom Culture Conversation that centered around movies, media, television, books, music, and more. The conversation was recorded and makes up the bulk of yesterday's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations.
Today, we have the opportunity to hear those same panelists continue their conversation--even more in-depth--as their Kingdom Culture Conversation on movies continued on after the chapel mics were turned off!
Who were the panelists?
Matt Spivey and Adam Sonstroem are professors within the English and communications department at Arizona Christian University. In particular, both are involved in teaching university-level courses that focus on movies and film.
Damon Evans and Chris Zimmerman work within Cabin Fever Films and Film School 4 Teens. Cabin Fever Films partners with Northwest Christian School on an annual basis to produce a student film and facilitate the NXNW High School Film Festival.
To see the trailer for this year's NCS/Cabin Fever production, "Split Second", please click here.
To get tickets for the premiere of "Split Second" at Harkins Norterra on Thursday, January 20th, please click here.
To watch other NCS/Cabin Fever Film productions, sign up for Northwest Christian's free RightNow Media streaming app by clicking here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
During the on-the-ground chapel for Northwest Christian High School on Wednesday, January 12th, the school welcomed four panelists for a Kingdom Culture Conversation that centered around movies, media, television, books, music, and more. The conversation was recorded and makes up the bulk of today's special episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations.
Tomorrow, we have the opportunity to hear those same panelists continue their conversation--even more in-depth--as their Kingdom Culture Conversation on movies continued on after the chapel mics were turned off!
Who were the panelists?
Matt Spivey and Adam Sonstroem are professors within the English and communications department at Arizona Christian University. In particular, both are involved in teaching university-level courses that focus on movies and film.
Damon Evans and Chris Zimmerman work within Cabin Fever Films and Film School 4 Teens. Cabin Fever Films partners with Northwest Christian School on an annual basis to produce a student film and facilitate the NXNW High School Film Festival.
To see the trailer for this year's NCS/Cabin Fever production, "Split Second", please click here.
To get tickets for the premiere of "Split Second" at Harkins Norterra on Thursday, January 20th, please click here.
To watch other NCS/Cabin Fever Film productions, sign up for Northwest Christian's free RightNow Media streaming app by clicking here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
We're gearing up to start a new podcast tradition, "Throwback Thursday".
Going back to the summer of 2016, long before there was a "Kingdom Culture Conversations" podcast or the Frameworks Biblical worldview initiative, each summer, Northwest Christian School produced a series of weekly videos that stretched through each summer. These teaching videos were based on the summer reading for that particular summer: sometimes a passage of scripture or a book centered around Biblical worldview. As part of this new tradition, we're pulling the audio from those videos and revisiting some of the key worldview concepts that we explored during that time.
In today's second-ever Throwback Thursday, we'll hear from Chris "Mr. G" Gardiner, the Spiritual Formation Coordinator for Northwest Christian School and one of the regular voices that you hear on Kingdom Culture Conversations. In this episode, we travel back in time to June 2016 and listen in on G as he reflects on the question, "What does Scripture mean when it calls us God's workmanship?"
In this episode, we mention that many of these "Throwback Thursday" episodes are videos that can be viewed on the NCS/Frameworks RightNow Media page. We would love for you to enjoy complementary access to that page! Interested? Click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Glen Schultz's "Kingdom Education: God's Plan for Educating Future Generations" is a seminal work in Christian education...and the author himself, with over fifty years in the trenches of Christian Ed, is one of the architects of Christian schooling throughout the world. In December 2021, Northwest Christian was blessed to have Dr. Schultz drop by the campus unexpectedly and, in the process, we recording three consecutive episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations (airing January 10-12, 2022) around three salient questions: "Is God's Word enough for this particular cultural moment?", "Is the evangelical Christian church breaking apart?", and "Is it possible for 'Christian education' to be secularized?"
In today's third and final Kingdom Culture Conversations with Dr. Schultz, we acknowledge that at this point in culture, there are both possibilities and pitfalls in front of Christian education. One of the most significant pitfalls is the growing "secularization" of Christian schools and universities as God's word is insidiously displaced by the "wisdom" of the contemporary age.
For more information on Dr. Glen Schultz and Kingdom Education Ministries, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Glen Schultz's "Kingdom Education: God's Plan for Educating Future Generations" is a seminal work in Christian education...and the author himself, with over fifty years in the trenches of Christian Ed, is one of the architects of Christian schooling throughout the world. In December 2021, Northwest Christian was blessed to have Dr. Schultz drop by the campus unexpectedly and, in the process, we recording three consecutive episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations (airing January 10-12, 2022) around three salient questions: "Is God's Word enough for this particular cultural moment?", "Is the evangelical Christian church breaking apart?", and "Is it possible for 'Christian education' to be secularized?"
In today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, Dr. Schultz and Mr. Brown wrestle with that second question: Is the evangelical church breaking apart? As you will hear in the episode, there are two articles that are referenced and you can link to them here:
- "Is the Church Falling Apart?" by Dr. Glen Schultz
- "The Evangelical Church is Breaking Apart: Christians Must Reclaim Jesus from His Church" by Peter Wehner/The Atlantic
For more information on Dr. Glen Schultz and Kingdom Education Ministries, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Glen Schultz's "Kingdom Education: God's Plan for Educating Future Generations" is a seminal work in Christian education...and the author himself, with over fifty years in the trenches of Christian Ed, is one of the architects of Christian schooling throughout the world. In December 2021, Northwest Christian was blessed to have Dr. Schultz drop by the campus unexpectedly and, in the process, we recording three consecutive episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations (airing January 10-12, 2022) around three salient questions: "Is God's Word enough for this particular cultural moment?", "Is the evangelical Christian church breaking apart?", and "Is it possible for 'Christian education' to be secularized?"
Today's potent episode centers around that first question: the sufficiency of scripture and whether or not the Bible is able to adequately address the chaos and confusion that is reigning in culture presently. Does the Bible require additional wisdom and perspective from authors and speakers? Does it contain all the truth needed to successfully combat the untruths that are populating movies, music, television, universities, and tragically, even some churches?
For more information on Dr. Glen Schultz and Kingdom Education Ministries, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Having just recently finished a new Kingdom Culture Conversations podcast tradition--"The 12 Days of Christmas"--we're gearing up to start another new podcast tradition, "Throwback Thursday".
Going back to the summer of 2016, long before there was a "Kingdom Culture Conversations" podcast or the Frameworks Biblical worldview initiative, each summer, Northwest Christian School produced a series of weekly videos that stretched through each summer. These teaching videos were based on the summer reading for that particular summer: sometimes a passage of scripture or a book centered around Biblical worldview. As part of this new tradition, we're pulling the audio from those videos and revisiting some of the key worldview concepts that we explored during that time.
In today's debut Throwback Thursday, we'll enjoy hearing a brief conversation between Mr. Brown and Russ Miller, an author and creation apologist based in northern Arizona.
Russ is also the Subject Matter Expert for a popular Frameworks course, available to public, private, charter, online, and home high school students for credit, "Creation and Biblical Worldview".
For more information on Russ Miller's remarkable ministry, click here.
In this episode, we mention that many of these "Throwback Thursday" episodes are videos that can be viewed on the NCS/Frameworks RightNow Media page. We would love for you to enjoy complementary access to that page! Interested? Click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Jim Palmer is an engineer by trade but a truly courageous adventurer at heart. With a career in aerospace at Honeywell, he has been deeply invested in private and military aerospace contract work, including support of NASA in several projects. But, on the side, he has worked as part of search and rescue teams, wildland firefighting, emergency medical transport, and the like.
But, the adventure that has captured his heart more than any other is exploring the beauty of God's creation through astronomy. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation with Jim, he reflects on all of this--but the most salient point of the episode comes when our attention turns to Psalm 19, "The heavens declare the glory of God..."
For more information on the Astronomy Association of Arizona, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In our final Kingdom Culture Conversation of the year, once more we are joined by Summit Ministries author Roger Erdvig. As part of a 2021 year-in-review, Roger and Geoff discuss a recently published report from the Barna Research Group: "State of the Bible, 2021: Five Key Findings". Within a day and age in which our culture seems to be in chaos, what are the public perceptions and expressed opinions of God's word? Is the Bible and the Godly wisdom that is presents being dismissed and forgotten by a growing number of people who are abandoning objective truth in favor a relativism?
The findings of this Barna report may surprise you. Don't miss this conversation!
To read Barna's "State of the Bible, 2021: Five Key Findings", please click here.
For more information on Roger Erdvig, please visit https://www.rogererdvig.com/
To order a copy of "Beyond Biblical Integration", please click this link.
To learn more about Summit Ministries, please visit this page.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY TWELVE: Palmcroft Church
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY ELEVEN: The Trinity Church
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY TEN: Desert Breeze Community Church
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY NINE: CalvaryPHX
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY EIGHT: North Phoenix Baptist Church
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY SEVEN: Christ's Church of the Valley
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
As the end of the 2021 calendar year approaches, it is customary, and healthy, to look back at the year and reflect on how well we are performing within the roles and responsibilities that the Lord has put before us. Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is an opportunity for the Northwest Christian and Frameworks community to do just that.
Roger Erdvig's "Beyond Biblical Integration", published by Summit Ministries, the leading purveyor of Biblical worldview resources and curriculum, was released in 2020 and has since become a road sign for families and schools attempting to navigate towards true Biblical worldview. In November of 2021, Northwest Christian School invited the author to campus to visit classrooms and provide a snapshot assessment of how the school is performing in its stated mission to "provide a Bible-based program of education that enables students to develop a Christian worldview." Today, Roger and Geoff discuss those observations and identify areas of strength and opportunity for the school.
As they do, you will have the opportunity to do the same sort of reflection within your own life and home. Don't miss this critical episode!
For more information on Roger Erdvig, please visit https://www.rogererdvig.com/
To order a copy of "Beyond Biblical Integration", please click this link.
To learn more about Summit Ministries, please visit this page.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY SIX: Axiom Church
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY FIVE: Shiloh Community Church
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY FOUR: Phoenix Bible Church
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In 1980, Chuck Deheinaut was given just 4 months and $50,000.00 to start Northwest Christian School. In that limited time and with those limited resources, Chuck established a school that went on to become the largest single-location private school in the state, one of just seventeen ACSI Exemplary Accredited schools in the world, and the top Arizona private school for nine consecutive years according to Ranking Arizona magazine.
But, according to Chuck, it all started with prayer.
Take some time to enjoy a wonderful conversation between Northwest Christian's current superintendent and its very first superintendent in today's wonderful episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY THREE: Pure Heart Church
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY TWO: Open Door Fellowship
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Shaw didn't see it playing out this way. But, God did. And, she wouldn't change a thing.
As an accomplished and legitimate college and professional basketball star (a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame!), Dana Drew Shaw imagined her life going in a different direction, perhaps something on the athletic side. But, God used a happenstance conversation with her uncle while in high school to start her gears turning: how could a career in law and policy be used to shape culture in a God-honoring way?
Today, with a husband who played in the NBA and a brother who coached Baylor University to a national championship, Dr. Shaw is the tip-of-the-spear: working to create impact by playing point guard in Grand Canyon University's public policy, government, and community efforts.
In today's episode, she discusses a staggering statistic: the fact that this year's freshman class at GCU features 20% of students who are the first to attend university within their family of origin, a reality that is literally transforming the community around the school. She also discusses a unique partnership with CityServe--another community-transforming effort.
After listening to today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, you'll have a fuller confidence that God uses the little things within our daily lives to direct our lives in big ways!
To find out how GCU is transforming communities in helping first generation university students to affordably earn the first college degree in their families, please link here.
To read about GCU's exciting venture with CityServe, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
DAY ONE: Redemption Peoria
To enjoy this particular Christmas message in its entirety, please click here!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a Northwest Christian School podcast rooted in Biblical worldview that will pull you into critical cultural conversations. Our "12 Days of Christmas" gift to you this year is twelve episodes of Kingdom Culture Conversations that will be published--one per day--each morning for the next 12 days.
Our theme within these particular episodes will be the "gift of community"--the wonderful opportunity that we have as Christ followers to link arms within a local church body.
Over the next twelve days, starting today and ending on Christmas day, each daily episode will feature a five minute snippet from a Christmas-themed sermon from one of the nearly 200 separate churches that Northwest Christian families attend. Our prayer is that every one of these episodes will inspire and encourage your family--consider listening to them together!
Further, for our school families that have not yet fully invested themselves in a local church community, you are going to virtually drop in on some amazing churches between now and Christmas. Consider joining one of these faith communities!
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Steven Yarbrough is a legend in the state of Arizona. His bio tells half the story:
"Steven B. Yarbrough is a former Republican member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 17 from 2011 to 2019. Yarbrough served as state Senate president from 2017 to 2019. Yarbrough was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the Arizona State Senate because of term limits. Yarbrough previously served as Senate majority leader from 2015 to 2017. Yarbrough served in the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 21 from 2003 to 2011. Yarbrough' professional experience includes working as a Partner with Yarbrough, Moll and Dunn, as a teacher at Mesa Community College, as Director of the Office of Student Affairs at Arizona State University, and as the Executive Director of the state's largest State Tuition Tax Credit Scholarship Organization: Arizona Christian Schools Tuition Organization."
The other half of the story is that of a committed Christ follower who has held to his ideals in spite of outrageous attacks in the media and being a target for standing firm on religious liberty and educational freedom. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, that's the half of the story we delve into... How do you hold up when attacked? How do you stick to your guns when everyone is gunning for you?
For more information on Senator Yarbrough's track record in Arizona politics, please click here.
To learn about the Arizona Christian Schools Tuition Organization, follow this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations may very well be unlike any other podcast episode that you have ever heard. Why? Because one of our two guests cannot hear.
When he was just two-years-old, Mark Lowenstein lost his hearing in a bout with spinal meningitis. As a result, he grew up a stranger in a hearing world. But, as the product of a deaf pastor that worked to engage him, Mark found the Lord and eventually, courageously came to realize that God was calling him to lead Pioneer Bible Translator's momentous effort to translate the entire Bible for the world's largest unreached people group: the 70 million deaf people around the world. Tragically, of this huge number, only 20% can read and write and only 2% have ever even "heard" the Good News of Jesus.
We are also joined by Frank Kollman, also of Pioneer Bible Translators, who is a champion of deaf ministry and Christian education. Frank works to translate today's compelling conversation with Mark.
To learn more about Pioneer Bible Translators, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Warning: Today's episode deals with sexual sin and we would encourage parents to listen to this episode before allowing your younger children to hear it.
Mike Genung is the founder of Blazing Grace, a unique ministry to men and women who struggle with pornography, sexual addiction, and the harm that they cause to both the individual and the family.
Mike struggled with multiple forms of sexual sin from his teen years until 1999. After being in bondage to sexual sin for 20 years, eight of which were spent in various recovery programs, he was set free after finally putting all my hope and trust in God.
Because the church didn’t talk about sex or porn, Mike always assumed that he was a freak. But after being set free from bondage, he began to see the surveys which reveal that 50% (or more) of Christian men were viewing porn, He began to ask, "How could so many Christians be struggling with a sin so devastating that it destroys marriages, yet no one is talking about it?"
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is frank and honest as Mike shares his story and talks about the depths he fell to before the Lord set him free. As part of this vital conversation, he shares some of the means by which those trapped in this reality can exercise in pursuit of Christ and the freedom He provides.
For more information on Mike's ministry, Blazing Grace, please click here.
For info regarding Mike's story, visit this site.
To hear Mike's radio program on KPXQ/1360am, click here.
You can enjoy current and past episodes of Mike's "Blazing Grace" podcast, by following this link.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee's career is a career of "firsts". Yee is the first Asian American woman elected to the Arizona State Legislature. She is also the first Chinese American Republican woman to win a major statewide office in the history of the United States. But the "first" that Kimberly Yee prefers to talk about is the prudent reality that sound financial stewardship needs to be a first priority in our homes and in educating our children.
In today's second of two episodes featuring State Treasurer Yee, she gets candid and talks openly about the stories within her own life which served as the foundation for her deeply held positions on the sanctity of life, school choice, and financial literacy. For Yee, these are not simply position statements within a political platform. Rather, she understands, from personal experience, why Biblical worldview within in these areas is vital.
For more information on Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee, please visit: https://www.aztreasury.gov/treasurer-kimberly-yee
To learn about the role and responsiblities of a state treasurer, click on the following link: https://www.aztreasury.gov/
To learn about the upcoming Frameworks course, "Dave Ramsey's Foundations of Personal Finance", please visit the Frameworks website.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
A nursing grad from Grand Canyon University, after working for Phoenix Children's Hospital and Hospice of the Valley, Mrs. Anna Johnson has served as the lead nurse in the Northwest Christian Student Health Office for two years. And, what a two years they have been! Anna literally started at the school as the pandemic was gearing up and has spent nearly every day in these last two years working overtime to keep the Crusader community safe.
In today's special Kingdom Culture Conversation, Anna sits down with Geoff Brown and talks through the driving motivations behind the release of a slightly revised COVID-19 Campus Readiness Plan for Northwest Christian School. In today's conversation, the two candidly discuss the current strategy, its efficacy, and the resulting impact in terms of infections, quarantines, and isolations.
To review the updated version of Northwest Christian's COVID-19 Campus Readiness Plan, please follow this link: https://conta.cc/3Gejo4K
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee's career is a career of "firsts". Yee is the first Asian American woman elected to the Arizona State Legislature. She is also the first Chinese American Republican woman to win a major statewide office in the history of the United States. But the "first" that Kimberly Yee prefers to talk about is the prudent reality that sound financial stewardship needs to be a first priority in our homes and in educating our children.
In today's first of two episodes featuring State Treasurer Yee, she explains how that priority became personal to her. As part of a family that understands that legal immigration and hard work can make the American Dream a reality, she has moved from a corner market established shortly after our state was founded to managing a $40 billion cache of state savings...and growing the state's savings account by $23 billion.
For more information on Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee, please visit: https://www.aztreasury.gov/treasurer-kimberly-yee
To learn about the role and responsiblities of a state treasurer, click on the following link: https://www.aztreasury.gov/
To learn about the upcoming Frameworks course, "Dave Ramsey's Foundations of Personal Finance", please visit the Frameworks website.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Mrs. Hillorie Schrock is the Northwest Christian high school American Sign Language instructor. Her love for Jesus, her students, and ASL have wonderfully fused into an immersive classroom environment in which students are learning so much more than a second or third language. Hillorie does an amazing job of conveying her love and compassion for the deaf community--a group that some of called the world's largest, unreached people group.
What is it that has worked to make this group so difficult to evangelize? Why are they so much more vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse?
Answers to these questions lead into a Kingdom Culture Conversation in which Hillorie explains an innovative initiative in which she is facilitating a sign language-based video exchange between her Northwest Christian classes and deaf students at a school in Rwanda, HVP Gatagara.
The effort is part of Northwest Christian's growing partnership with Rwanda's City of Joy Christian School. For more on City of Joy, click here.
To learn more about HVP Gatagara, please follow this link.
To watch the first video that Northwest Christian students sent to Rwanda, click here.
To see the first video that the Rwanda Gatagara students sent to NCS, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Russ Miller pulls no punches. He's direct. He knows God's word. He knows the science. He has years of experience in the field.
But, is he right? Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is the second interview in two weeks with Russ and we invite you to decide!
Russ is a recognized voice in the field of Biblical creationism, a powerful presenter who routinely presents creationism in churches across the country, and an accomplished authority within the science that supports a Biblical worldview of origins. But, more to the point, he is adamant in his belief that a "young earth" perspective of creation is critical theologically and culturally.
Will you agree?
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Jesus loves me at the bottom of my garbage can."
An inescapable, inevitable truth that Hollie Koeningsberg came to realize along a long, perilous road. An Iraqi war vet who worked in very difficult combat operations. A Purple Heart recipient. A former cop. A survivor who saw her family devastated by cancer.
Hollie's story inspired the families, students, and veterans that came together on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 for Northwest Christian School's all-school Veterans Day Chapel and still has everyone talking. You will not soon forget her story as she reflects upon her life of service to the country, her insights regarding contemporary America, the lengths that our Savior will go to in order to win our hearts, and how deeply we are loved by Him.
Hollie serves as a Director at Clydehurst Christian Ranch in Montana. To learn more about her ministry at Clydehurst, please visit: https://www.clydehurst.com/
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Dr. Amy Yoder is a cornerstone in the Northwest Christian English department. Beloved by students although she pushes them hard, engaging in the classroom, and creative within her lessons, her courses (Honors Junior English and Honors Senior English) earn her Northwest Christian students college credit at both Grand Canyon University and Colorado Christian University. Her research into effective spiritual formation strategies within high school students has been professionally published and she has been invited to speak on the subject at different conferences.
In short, she is the perfect person to ask the question, "Should we completely avoid literature, art, and music if it conflicts with a Biblical worldview?" As an extension of the question, should be only engage artistic expression if it is created by those in a right-standing relationship with their Creator?
Will you agree with her answer?
For information on Dr. Yoder's research, please click here.
Within this episode, mention is made of a book by Dr. Roger Erdvig: "Beyond Biblical Integration" from Summit Ministries. For more info on the book or to read it yourself, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Russ Miller pulls no punches. He's direct. He knows God's word. He knows the science. He has years of experience in the field. But, is he right? Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation invites you to decide.
Russ is a recognized voice in the field of Biblical creationism, a powerful presenter who routinely presents creationism in churches across the country, and an accomplished authority within the science that supports a Biblical worldview of origins. But, more to the point, he is adamant in his belief that a "young earth" perspective of creation is critical theologically and culturally.
Will you agree?
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
After serving the community of Northwest Christian School as superintendent, Matt Davidson has served as superintendent of Timothy Christian Schools in the Chicago area for nearly a dozen years. In today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, past and present superintendents of Northwest Christian come together to talk through the fleeting nature of religious liberty, organizational autonomy, and personal freedoms within an increasingly secularized culture. This year, the Timothy Christian school year kicked off with a debacle that illuminated the increasing pressure being placed upon autonomous organizations like Timothy Christian.
For more information on Matt's role at Timothy Christian Schools, please click here.
For more information on Timothy Christian, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
After spending years as a certified, professional psychic, Christ rescued Marcia Montenegro out of darkness and revealed to her His marvelous light. Now, standing in that light, she is bringing forward two salient messages. The first is an evangelical message through her missions organization, Christian Answers for the New Age, directed towards those trapped in the occult like she was. The second is a message to the evangelical church: are we growing too comfortable with the rising tide of occultic influences in our homes?
As an extension of this second emphasis, Marcia has spent a great deal of time with the Enneagram, a "personality" tool that is growing in popularity with Evangelicals and within the church. In today's episode, we ask Marcia, "Is the Enneagram spiritually sound?" "Is it rooted in truth?" No doubt about it, the Kingdom Culture Conversation we kick off today will resonate with many, polarize some, and, hopefully, send us all to God's word as we reach conclusions on these pivotal questions on our own.
For more information on Marcia's work, to read/hear more from her, and learn about Christian Answers for the New Age, please visit: http://www.christiananswersforthenewage.org/
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
Where most Kingdom Culture Conversation episodes are intended for the communities of Northwest Christian School, our Frameworks students and families, and the various church communities that both of these ministries are pleased to serve, today's special Saturday episode is primarily directed to the students and families that Northwest Christian serves on-the-ground.
Northwest Christian is attempting to intervene in a rezoning request that is going in front of the Phoenix City Council. (If you missed those earlier communications, they are available here and also available here.) The issue is a request before the city of Phoenix (Z-66-20-1), in which Asura Healthcare, LLC is seeking to rezone the 3.12 acres located at the southeast corner of 43rd Ave. and Juniper from C-O (Commercial Office) to C-1 (Neighborhood Retail), allowing the space to be used as a 54-bed "Community Residence Center" for drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
On Thursday evening, October 28th, Northwest Christian's Rezoning Opposition Committee updated the Crusader community on the substantive reasons that the school needs your help in opposing a local rezoning application. In this unique episode, we have taken the audio from the video recording of that virtual meeting and uploaded it here.
If you prefer to watch the video, simply click here.
Once you have listened/watched, if you agree that the risks in this situation are greater than the potential gains, please click here to learn about three ways in which you could help.
If you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts, please don't hesitate to reach out to Geoff Brown directly at either his personal cell phone, (623)225-5573, via email: gbrown@ncsaz.org.
Roger Munchian survived death row and today serves as the head of one of the largest prison ministries in the United States, "Rescued, not Arrested". As a young man, in southern California and Arizona, Roger was a significant player within drug trafficking. Eventually, his lifestyle caught up to him and he faced charges that could have resulted in capital punishment.
Instead, the Lord used that moment to change Roger's heart. From a prison cell, he began studying God's word--the Holy Spirit used this pursuit to grab hold of his heart, transform his mind, and, eventually, completely change his circumstances.
In chapel at Northwest Christian School on Wednesday, October 27th, Roger used his story of how God's word transformed his life to help Mr. Brown launch the 2021 Red Letter Challenge. The Red Letter Challenge is an annual campaign in which students are encouraged to read through the four gospels, one chapter per day, over the course of three months.
For more information on the Red Letter Challenge, click here.
To download the Red Letter Challenge Bible reading plan, click here.
To watch the summer 2021 Kingdom Culture Conversations video that featured Roger Munchian, click here.
To work through Roger's biographraphical book, "Rescued, Not Arrested", with Roger himself, check out another Frameworks podcast, the "Off the Page Book Club" podcast.
To learn more about Rescued, Not Arrested, please click here.
To read the biographical book that captures Roger's compelling testimony, click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
When Chuck Norris grows up, he wants to be Willow Humes. In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, you will have the opportunity to meet a young lady who will likely be one of the toughest, bravest people you will meet.
Willow grew up living within Deep Within Rehab in Peoria, Arizona, a center for recovering addicts and ex-cons operated by her parents Lee and Cindy Humes. At an early age, she was providing meals to the homeless population in downtown Phoenix. From there, she launched into the mission field, often serving in the Kids Kingdom orphanage in Imuris, Sonora and other needy areas around the world. Since graduating from both Northwest Christian and Grand Canyon University, she has been teaching gradeschool students at Jean Alexis Kuislin Christian Academy in Haiti through Mission-Haiti. During her time in Haiti, the island nation has been ravaged by earthquake, hurricane, tropical storm, assasinations, and numerous abductions of foreign nationals--so much so that the U.S. State Department now urges Americans to avoid travel to the country.
Having recently been evacuated from Haiti due to civil unrest and gang violence in the village where she was posted, in a Kingdom Culture Conversation with Mr. G, Willow opens up about what motivates her to stay on mission and refuse the comforts that so many commonly seek. In the process, we are left to ponder, "As Christ followers, are we meant to live comfortable lives?"
To be inspired by the work of Deep Within Rehab, click here.
For more information on Mission Haiti, please click here.
You can learn more about Jean Alexis Kuislin Christian Academy by clicking here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
Marcia's story will grab your attention and not let go! Springing from a misguided quest for truth and spirituality in her youth, as an adult she fell into New Age philosophy which led her deeper and deeper into the occult. After spending years as a certified, professional psychic, Christ rescued her out of darkness and revealed to her His marvelous light. Now, standing in that light, she is bringing forward two salient messages. The first is an evangelical message through her missions organization, Christian Answers for the New Age, directed towards those trapped in the occult like she was. The second is a message to the evangelical church: are we growing too comfortable with the rising tide of occultic influences in our homes?
For more information on Marcia's work, to read/hear more from her, and learn about Christian Answers for the New Age, please visit: http://www.christiananswersforthenewage.org/
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
Scott Brownson is a director at Clydehurst Christian Ranch in Montana--a pristine and rustic camp set in the epically beautiful Boulder River Valley, a wondrous space made popular in the Robert Redford film, "A River Runs Through It". The camp is primed to be the perfect escape from the work-a-day world--no cell phone reception, few demands pressing upon our time. For seventy-six years, the camp has been a place of respite and solace for many families.
But as Scott shares with us today, even here, within this earthly paradise, the tyranny of the urgent can supplant the peace of God.
How does that happen? What forces are at work in our culture that rob us of rest and peace? How do we overcome them? What is the difference between the solitude that recharges and the isolation the drains us? Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation hits each of these questions squarely on the nose!
For more information on Clydehurst Christian Ranch, please visit: https://www.clydehurst.com/
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
Erik Stanley is a Crusader dad. He's also a nationally recognized champion of religious liberty and a formidable player in what has been called the "culture wars". As an attorney with the Provident Law Group and formerly with the Alliance Defending Freedom, he has twice argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Erik helps us to understand the nature and agenda of "The Equality Act". Does it truly grant the "equality" that it promises? Why do so many consider it to be an affront to religious liberty? If it passes into law, is there truly harm done to religious institutions or does opposition to the Equality Act really just represent a new form of bigotry?
For more information on the Equality Act, please visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5
For more information on Erik Stanley, please visit: https://providentlawyers.com/attorneys/erik-stanley/
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
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For twelve years, Northwest Christian School has been involved in an annual, school-wide "Missions Learning" effort: providing Hope to families in what is arguably the neediest public school district in the state, the Isaac School District. All those years ago, it started with J.B. Sutton Elementary and a campaign to provide several dozen Thanksgiving meal food boxes for Sutton families that needed it most. Over time, the effort has grown to envelope twelve different schools within a campaign that encompasses 1,500 Thanksgiving meals valuing $60K, Christmas gifts for students in three different schools, and countless volunteer hours in which Northwest Christian students are serving Sutton students, families, and teachers.
The effort has grown to include dynamic partnerships as well. The Legacy Foundation is the largest non-profit foundation in Arizona and they have worked closely with Crusader student leaders to write grant proposals that have yielded financial grants as well as access to the Working Poor Tax Credit--both of which complement the generosity of Crusader families. This year, the campaign will be coupled with the Avondale campus of Christ's Church of the Valley--pointing the families on the receiving end of the Sutton Project blessings to CCV Avondale as an avenue to find true hope in Christ.
Our guest within this episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations is Dr. Randy Martinez who has served as the principal for Sutton for the last four years. Martinez is a charismatic catalyst who refuses to acknowledge the many challenges in his community--poverty, language barriers, COVID-19--as anything more than the opportunity to dig deeper and work harder to create family-like community with staff and students and provide authentic learning during a time characterized by pandemic-driven learning loss.
In today's episode, Mr. Brown and Dr. Martinez address all of these things and talk about the enduring relationship between Northwest Christian School and J.B. Sutton Elementary School.
To support this effort financially, including the opportunity to take advantage of the Working Poor Tax Credit, please visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/giving/sutton-project
For more information on Dr. Martinez, please visit: https://www.isaacschools.org/o/jbbes/page/meet-the-principal
To learn about J.B. Sutton Elementary, visit: https://www.isaacschools.org/o/jbbes
For more information on the Isaac School District, visit: https://www.isaacschools.org/
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
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Chelsi Johnson cannot tell us where she is going. Why? For her safety and the safety of those with whom she is working. After three years of working with Northwest Christian School and helping to launch Frameworks and NCS Online, she is leaving for a Muslim-dominated country in Europe.
Given that she is a Christian, white, American female, how doese she hope to make a difference in the patriarchal culture of Islam? These questions and more dominate today's special episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations.
To learn more about WorldVenture, please visit: https://worldventure.com/
To learn how you can financially support Chelsi on the mission field and stay up-to-date on her upcoming adventures, please visit: https://worldventure.com/pworker/4000-115-johnson-chelsi/
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Ryan Brown serves as the Chief Development Officer for Food for the Hungry, an international relief and development agency based in Phoenix, Arizona. For five decades, FH has invested itself into needy communities around the globe and experienced remarkable success in getting these impoverished areas established and sustainable. To do so, FH looks beyond financial poverty and sees that true community transformation requires addressing the root issues which give rise to multiple forms of poverty. Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is an unflinching discussion which addresses the reality that sometimes our compassion can do more harm than good.
To learn more about Food for the Hungry, please visit https://www.fh.org/
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In Matthew 11:16-19, Jesus is accused of being a "friend of sinners". If I am meant to follow His example, does that mean that I should also have sincere friendships with individuals who have opposing worldviews?
Adam Brooks serves as a popular consultant to schools, corporations, and churches regarding a number of cultural issues. A native of Phoenix, his clients have included SRP, Arizona State University, and the Scottsdale Unified School District.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we tackle the issue of "inclusitivity", recognizing that Christians are often accused of being "exclusive". In fact, the phrase "lack of inclusivity" has been used as an accusation against churches and Christian organizations. Is that a fair perception? How did Jesus handle being "full of grace and truth" in His "friendships with sinners"?
For more info on Adam, visit https://www.adamleebrooks.com/
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Adam Brooks serves as a popular consultant to schools, corporations, and churches regarding managing the digital dimension of our lives. A native of Phoenix, his clients include SRP, Arizona State University, the Scottsdale Unified School District...and, most recently, Northwest Christian School. His NCS Parent University sessions are popular and, as a result, many requests were made at Adam's most recent PU to record/stream his session.
Unfortunately, as you will hear today, we botched that task and the recording was lost. Generously, Adam volunteered to come back and record a Kingdom Culture Conversation with us so that the same information could be distributed to students and parents in this form.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Brooks tackles the issue of how best to manage our digital lives. Helping us to understand that social media is not the root of all evil and digital devices can be effective tools, Brooks walks us through healthy, God-honoring strategies.
Adam Brooks is the best-selling author of "The Social Media Handbook: an Adult's Guide to the Digital Life of a Teen". You can find that book here.
Within the episode, Adam mentions a useful tool to start healthy conversations in your family: Drive-a-Logue. To get more information, click here: https://drivealogue.com/
For more info on Adam, visit https://www.adamleebrooks.com/
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
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Does God love transgender students? More than we can ever begin to understand! His love includes both a template and design whereby they can grow and thrive--a template found in Scripture--and He offers unconditional reconciliation for those that get confused along the way.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation features Cathi Herrod of the Center for Arizona Policy once more as she and Geoff Brown finish the second part of a discussion about educational freedom, the power of educational choice, transgenderism in athletics, and how to get involved in an effort to be a difference-maker.
To learn more about Cathi Herrod, click here.
To better understand the Center for Arizona Policy, click here.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
What would the world look like today if each us truly believed that God was madly in love with us? That's the question that Mr. G and national Christian recording artist Tim Timmons ask in today's first-ever-Saturday episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations. After two decades of ministry and a lifetime of looking for Jesus, Timmons is no stranger to pain, cancer, sorrow, failure, joy and hope. “For most of my life,” Timmons shares, “I found myself working FOR God, and not WITH Him, which lead to my tired soul desperately searching for more. Saying, ‘Jesus, is this all there is?’”
Get ready for a powerful conversation!
As you will hear within this Kingdom Culture Conversation, Tim is the host of a podcast called "The 10,000 Minute Experiment"...for more information, visit: https://www.10000minutes.com/
To learn more about Tim Timmons, visit: https://www.timtimmonsmusic.com/
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As the 2021 ACSI Legal Legislative Conference wraps up in Washington D.C., Mr. Brown has the unique opportunity to sit down with three key players within the Legal and Legislative ACSI advocacy group: Tom Cathey, the ACSI Chief of Staff; Steven Novotny, the ACSI General Counsel and Vice-President of Public Policy; and George Tryfiates, ACSI's Director of Governmental Affairs. The resulting Kingdom Culture Conversation that they enjoy is far-reaching but, in light of the recent news that President Biden has announced a federal vaccine mandate, the four of them spend some time on this topic.
Does President Biden's federal vaccine mandate have any legal standing based on the U.S. Constitution? Does OSHA have the legal authority to pursue this announcement and develop the rules that President Biden has ordered? Will the mandate be applicable to Christian schools? What is ACSI doing to pursue this issue?
In addition, the Kingdom Culture Conversation finds the group talking through other areas of religious liberty and school choice pursuits in which the team is involved.
For more information regarding the Association of Christian Schools International's Legal Legislative advocacy, please visit this link: https://www.acsi.org/legal
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In another episode from Washington D.C., during the Association of Christian School International's Legal Legislative Conference, Mr. Brown has the unique opportunity to engage a conversation with Merle Skinner, the Executive Director of Pennsylvania's Christian Family and Children's Center, which includes Champion Christian School. Beyond Merle's local responsibilities, he has led an effort to catalyze Christian schools and ministries across ten states on the eastern seaboard. The result has been outstanding growth in educational freedom and religious liberty.
Merle's message today is directed towards two clubs on the campus of Northwest Christian School: Turning Point USA and Students for Life. As these two clubs begin to work together and apart to affect change in culture through activism within the Arizona state legislature, Merle offers several sound pieces of wisdom and encouragement.
For more information on Pennsylvania's Christian Family and Children's Center, and Champion Christian School, please follow the links found here.
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When you visit the web page for Roanoke Valley Christian Schools in Virginia, one of the things that will first strike you is the "non-discrimination" statement emblazoned across the main page. Why is it so prominent? As we have seen in the news, Virginia is ground-zero for cultural clashes involving Critical Race Theory and a newly enacted Sexual-Orientation-Gender-Identity law. The prominence of this statement is part of the school's efforts to protect and affirm its deeply held convictions regarding Biblical orthodoxy and to do so in a loving, grace-filled manner.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, while in D.C. with the ACSI Legal Legislative Conference, Mr. Brown has the chance to talk with the school's headmaster, Rick Brown, regarding the precipitous cultural slide that we watch happening in Virginia on the news.
For more information regarding Roanoke Valley Christian Schools, please click here.
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Does God love transgender students? More than we can ever begin to understand! His love includes both a template and design whereby they can grow and thrive--a template found in Scripture--and He offers unconditional reconciliation for those that get confused along the way.
Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation features Cathi Herrod of the Center for Arizona Policy and kicks-off with a discussion of educational freedom. But, that conversation then morphs into a candid dialog about transgenderism in schools. This week and next (sorry for the awkward transition between episodes!), we listen in as Geoff Brown and Cathi Herrod talk this through...
To learn more about Cathi Herrod, click here.
To better understand the Center for Arizona Policy, click here.
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Kenna Deters was an activist at eight-years-old. She grew up as a conservative in Southern California, a place where she felt very alone with her values. Eventually, she came to the helm of the Turning Point USA chapter at Grand Canyon University, the largest TPUSA chapter in the nation. From there, she was hired on by Charlie Kirk and TPUSA as a field representative in the desert southwest. She is the perfect person to be asked: "Can political activism further God's purposes?" Or, "Do our political agendas and aspirations sometimes supplant the priority of the Gospel within our lives?" Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is a no-questions-go-unasked episode around which you are bound to develop an opinion!
For more information on Turning Point USA, please visit: https://www.tpusa.com/
For more information on Turning Point Faith, visit: https://www.tpusa.com/faith
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Matt Beienburg is the Director of Education Policy at the Goldwater Institute. He also serves as director of the Goldwater Institute’s Van Sittert Center for Constitutional Advocacy. Published in local and national outlets, Matt’s work focuses on promoting educational freedom, parental rights, and greater civic appreciation of America’s founding principles. Prior to joining Goldwater, Matt served as a senior analyst at the Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), where he regularly drafted fiscal estimates and briefed members of the state legislature on major policy initiatives in K-12 and higher education.
But, prior to all of that, way back in fourth and fifth grade, Matt was one of Mr. Brown's students. Having survived that ordeal, and finding a real voice as a culture-influencer on the national stage, Matt joins Mr. Brown for the second of a two-part Kingdom Culture Conversation that encompasses school choice, educational freedom, the 1619 Project, Critical Race Theory, and the impact of educational transparency.
For more information about The Goldwater Institute, please click on this link.
To learn a bit more about Matt Beienburg specifically, please visit this site.
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Matt Beienburg is the Director of Education Policy at the Goldwater Institute. He also serves as director of the Goldwater Institute’s Van Sittert Center for Constitutional Advocacy. Published in local and national outlets, Matt’s work focuses on promoting educational freedom, parental rights, and greater civic appreciation of America’s founding principles. Prior to joining Goldwater, Matt served as a senior analyst at the Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), where he regularly drafted fiscal estimates and briefed members of the state legislature on major policy initiatives in K-12 and higher education.
But, prior to all of that, way back in fourth and fifth grade, Matt was one of Mr. Brown's students. Having survived that ordeal, and finding a real voice as a culture-influencer on the national stage, Matt joins Mr. Brown for the first of a two-part Kingdom Culture Conversation that encompasses school choice, educational freedom, the 1619 Project, Critical Race Theory, and the impact of educational transparency.
For more information about The Goldwater Institute, please click on this link.
To learn a bit more about Matt Beienburg specifically, please visit this site.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, please visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
Jordan Brittain works with high schools and universities throughout Arizona and Southern California, establishing and supporting chapters of "Students for Life", a pro-life student activist organization. As she works to establish a group at Northwest Christian, we start a Kingdom Culture Conversation which encompasses some of the thornier issues and often unspoken questions inherent within pro-life campaigns: How do we work to support the moms of these unborn babies? How do we walk out the Kingdom priority of loving our neighbor if that neighbor has just had an abortion?
Students for Life is holding an informational meeting on the campus of Northwest Christian today, August 26th during high school lunch in room 216.
For more information on Students for Life, please visit: https://studentsforlife.org/
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After kicking the hornet's nest in the previous episode, we continue wrestling with some very hard questions in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation. Moving from "Does 'Under God' belong in the Pledge of Allegiance?", we begin to wrestle with the intent of the Founding Fathers regarding the separation of church and state. In her book "Separate for a Reason", former federal prosecutor and author Janet Ruth challenges American Christians to think through the implications of getting church and state confused.
For more information on Janet Ruth, please visit: https://janetruth.com/
To get a copy of Janet's "Separate for a Reason", click here.
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Meet Janet Ruth, a former federal prosecutor from the state of Arizona. In her fascinating book, "Separate for a Reason", Janet kicks the hornet's nest and brings her legal expertise to bear on the separation of church and state, asking the question of the Christian community, "Are we doing this right?" Today's episode (with a bit of an awkward transition between the two parts...sorry!) is the first of two episodes in which we converse about the juxtaposition between the two citizenships of American Christians: our allegiance to the King of kings and our allegiance to our country. In today's polarizing political climate, is it becoming too easy to get our Kingdom priorities wrong? Has pursuit of political agendas supplanted loving our neighbor?
For more information on Janet Ruth, please visit: https://janetruth.com/
To get a copy of Janet's "Separate for a Reason", click here.
Kingdom Culture Conversations is a podcast brought to you by Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School. For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
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Cathi Herrod is president of the Center for Arizona Policy (CAP), a nonprofit advocacy organization committed to promoting and defending the foundational principles of life, marriage and family, and religious freedom. A total of one hundred seventy four (174) CAP-supported bills have been passed into law since CAP made its first appearance at the state Capitol in 1995. She is the recipient of the Family Champion Award from Focus on the Family, the William Wilberforce Award from Students for Life of America, and the Deborah Award from Family Life Radio. Alliance Defending Freedom recognized Cathi and CAP with the Alliance Award in 2014.
In today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, Cathi continues to share her story of growing in her walk with the Lord, expanding her understanding of God's word, and how these worked together to change her personal position with the debate raging within contemporary culture around the sanctity of life.
To learn more about Cathi Herrod, click here.
To better understand the Center for Arizona Policy, click here.
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Cathi Herrod is president of Center for Arizona Policy (CAP), a nonprofit advocacy organization committed to promoting and defending the foundational principles of life, marriage and family, and religious freedom. A total of one hundred seventy four (174) CAP-supported bills have been passed into law since CAP made its first appearance at the state Capitol in 1995. She is the recipient of the Family Champion Award from Focus on the Family, the William Wilberforce Award from Students for Life of America, and the Deborah Award from Family Life Radio. Alliance Defending Freedom recognized Cathi and CAP with the Alliance Award in 2014.
But, this is not Cathi's whole story.
In today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, Cathi transparently shares her journey from liberal feminism towards a fuller walk with Christ. In doing so, not only does she share how and why she came to be doing what she is doing today but she also articulates the real risks to the faith and freedom of Arizonans and how to get involved. Over the course of this fall, we will hear from Cathi three more times as she addresses issues like abortion, transgender athletes, and more.
To learn more about Cathi Herrod, click here.
To better understand the Center for Arizona Policy, click here.
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Just days into the new school year, on Wednesday, August 11th, 2021, Kingdom Culture Conversations is releasing a "special", non-Monday podcast episode featuring an important conversation with Jason Ellis. As part of the counseling team at Thrive Therapy Phoenix and a graduate of the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Fuller Seminary, he has spent the last thirty years working in youth ministry in Arizona and Oregon. In his work with Thrive Therapy, Jason specializes in working with adolescents and is keenly aware of the pandemic-induced, mental health crisis unfolding with adolescents, emerging adults, couples and families.
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study of more than 5,400 American young adults age 18 and older revealed more than 60% reported feeling anxious and depressed. The results – three times as high as the same time in the prior year – also include a reported increase in thoughts associated with self-harm and substance use.
In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Jason alerts parents to practical steps that they can take to engage their students and better understand how they are coping within a culture that is untethered from the assurances of God's word. As a certified counselor who employs outdoor therapy, Jason also discusses the merits of slowing down and celebrating the marvels of God's creation as part of these engagements within your family.
For more information on Jason Ellis and Thrive Therapy Phoenix, please visit this link.
To better understand the increased risks of anxiety and depression mentioned within this episode, consider starting your investigation here.
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Over the last two weeks, we have heard from Erik Stanley, a Crusader dad and a champion for religious liberty in the legal realm as an attorney with the Provident Law Group in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Within these previous episodes, we have heard Erik's testimony, his take on the current risks to religious liberty, what it is like to argue before the Supreme Court, and about high profile cases working their way through the court system in the U.S.
But, in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Erik answers questions regarding the impact that Covid-19 has had and is having on religious liberty in the United States. This is a far-reaching and crucial conversation which addresses vaccine mandates, face coverings, religious assembly, and more.
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Not once...but twice, Erik Stanley, a Crusader dad and religious liberty attorney with the Provident Law Group (and formerly the Alliance Defending Freedom), has argued significant cases before the highest court in the land: the United States Supreme Court. What does it take to prepare? How did he feel on the day of oral arguments? What were the outcomes and the impact on religious liberty in the United States?
This week and next, we will hear Erik's take on the current risks to religious liberty, Covid-19, vaccine mandates, high profile cases working their way through the court system, and more.
Would you like to read more about the McCreary County v. ACLU case discussed in this episode? Click here.
Would you want to learn more about the Trinity Lutheran case that was also discussed? Click here.
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On July 26th--with just days before the start of the 2021/2022 school year!--NCS Spiritual Formation Coordinator Chris Gardiner is joined by the three Northwest Christian School division principals: Dawna Underwood, Samantha Maszton, and Jeff Parsons. They talk through the next two weeks as well as Covid-19 protocols for the new school year.
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Erik Stanley is a Crusader dad. He's also a formidable player in what has been called the "culture wars". As an attorney with the Provident Law Group and formerly with the Alliance Defending Freedom, he has twice argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the next two weeks, we will hear Erik's take on the current risks to religious liberty, Covid-19, vaccine mandates, high profile cases working their way through the court system, and more.
But, in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we will first hear the stirring story of how Erik came to faith in Christ and how his pursuit of Christ came to intersect with championing religious liberty.
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Roger Munchian's story is amazing--having gone from pending punishment on Arizona's death row to leading one of the largest prison ministries in the country, "Rescued, Not Arrested". Roger helps us to understand what Kingdom Culture realities look like for those living on the margins.
You can read Roger's incredible story in his biography, available here. Roger will be featured within upcoming episodes of another Frameworks podcast, "Off the Page Book Club". (October 2021)
To learn more about Roger's incredible ministry, please click here.
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"Serving others is the start. It's the start of the hallway that leads to the grand ballroom of kinship--being one with another."--Father Greg Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart.
Shawn Donnelly is a Community Engagement Coordinator at St. Vincent de Paul in Phoenix, a site where many Crusaders have served over the years. In week eight, Shawn helps us to understand how pursuit of Kingdom Culture means a pursuit of kinship with the poor, the marginalized, and those that are different than us.
Looking to get involved at St. Vincent de Paul? Click here!
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Be still. Cease striving. Stop fighting. In the sixth week of Summer 2021's Kingdom Culture Conversations, Mrs. Hunter and Mr. G hit the "pause" button for a week in order to unpack some of the weighty conversations that they have enjoyed over the first half of the summer. They invite us to take a moment ourselves--or with our families--to discuss where we are uniquely within the grand Biblical narrative of Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration.
Were you blessed by the music of Josh Garrels? You NEED to check this artist out! Click here!
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Mrs. Hunter and Mr. G are joined again by Pastors Aaron Dailey and Wayne Wynter who serve as the lead pastors for Redemption Alhambra, a unique community of believers within the Redemption network of churches in Arizona. The vital conversation about race, racial reconciliation, and Kingdom living continues.
Interested in learning more about Redemption Alhambra? Click here!
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Aaron Dailey and Wayne Wynter serve as the lead pastors for Redemption Alhambra, a unique community of believers within the Redemption network of churches in Arizona. Situated at 19th Ave. and Indian School, the church is home to a very diverse family of Christ followers who are living out diversity and unity in an inspiring way.
Interested in learning more about Redemption Alhambra? Click here!
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Joined again by Pastor Robby Lashua, the Pastor of Apologetics from Desert Springs Community Church, Mr. G and Mrs. Hunter tackle the issues of gender, sexuality, and marriage: we are free to choose our path...but along that path do we have the ability to re-create our reality in a way that we feel would best suit our own desires?
Robby is the host of an AMAZING podcast which deals wonderfully with some tough issues within apologetics! Stop listening to our podcast and immediately click here!
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In today's Kingdom Culture Conversations episode, Mr. G and Mrs. Hunter are joined by Pastor Robby Lashua, the Pastor of Apologetics for Desert Springs Community Church. The three discuss "How Things Are" in the light of "How Things Will Be".
Summer 2021's "Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading" campaign finds the community of Northwest Christian School returning to Kingdom Culture Conversations. This was a theme that we started in Summer 2020 and then continued within secondary chapels throughout the year. In today's podcast, Mr. G and Mrs. Hunter set the stage for all the heavy cultural issues that we'll be examining this summer through the lens of Biblical worldview by describing the over-arching theme of God's story in our lives and the world: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration.
Chris Gardiner and Nicole Hunter continue the discussion regarding the priority of establishing "intentional attention" in creating Biblical worldview in classrooms and our homes. It's said that worldview is both "caught and taught"--we need to both teach worldview but we also need to recognize that our students are "catching" their worldviews via so many different channels.
Chris Gardiner and Nicole Hunter discuss the importance of integrating a Christian worldview in the classroom.
Chris Gardiner and Nicole Hunter discuss the upcoming worldview episodes for this summer's podcast.
Students open up about the relationships they've created at Kids Kingdom and discuss the importance of missions.
Ashley and Art from Choices AZ discuss the sanctity of life of the unborn. All life is sacred and all life should be valued.
As a foster and adopting mother of 20 kids, Jenna discusses how every life has value. Lindy talks about how her daughter with down syndrome teaches her compassion, acceptance and how to celebrate the little things in life.
Chris Gardiner invites his friends, Lilia and Arturo Jimenez to talk about how they have shown and received Christ's love from the kids they care for at Kid's Kingdom in Imuris, Mexico.
In this episode of Kingdom Conversations, we will continue the conversation with pastors Robby Leshua and DeVaughn Cunningham as well as Mr. G and Mrs. Hunter as they discuss some tough topics of gender and sexuality and how we should act in the Kingdom Culture.
In this episode of Kingdom Conversations, join pastors Robby Leshua and DeVaughn Cunningham as well as Mr. G and Mrs. Hunter as they discuss some tough topics of gender and sexuality and how we should act in the Kingdom Culture.
In this episode of Kingdom Culture, we will hear from Dr. Allan Sawyer as he once again discusses the sanctity of life and how that relates to treating others as God would treat them.
What does it look like to live in the world but not of the world and how do we accomplish this in our culture? Pastor Devon Cunningham and Mr. G will help us answer these questions in this episode.
How do you handle disagreements with others about Kingdom Culture topics? In this episode, we will understand how we should conduct ourselves when disagreements with others about the Christian faith arise.
In this episode, the team talks about how to have conversations about Kingdom Culture with kindness and gentleness.
This episode features a special guest, Propaganda, a Christian rapper and poet. Mr. G, Mrs. Hunter, and Mr. Young will also discuss that we should live our lives in a way that people ask us why we do what we do and why we live how we live in the Kingdom Culture. "Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it." - 1 Peter 3:15 (NLT)
In this episode, learn about the school's theme for the 2020/2021 school year from the Student Body President, Lauren, as well as Mr. G and Mrs. Hunter. What does it look like to live with joy in the Kingdom Culture?
The issue of racism is exploding in the culture right now. The cultural confusion envelopes charged words and phrases like critical race theory, "Black Lives Matter", reparations, white fragility, and so much more. As followers of Christ, believers with aspirations of reflecting the character of Christ, how do we approach the issues pertaining to race and racism in the light of "Imago Dei"?
In today's vital Kingdom Culture Conversation, we are joined by three individuals who are close to the ground on these issues. Given our growing understanding of the implications of "Imago Day", these three draw our attention to God's designs and purposes for race within His Kingdom.
Willow Humes graduated from Northwest Christian in 2016 and is presently working with Mission Haiti, a missions organization that provides Christian education for students in Haiti.
Robby Lashua is with Stand to Reason, an apologetics ministry located in California.
Devaughn Cunningham is a pastor at CalvaryPHX.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
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To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
In the debut episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations, pastors Robby Lashua and DeVaughn Cunningham discuss how "Imago Dei", the idea of being created in God's image, changes everything in terms of how we relate to ourselves, each other, and the culture at large...
Robby Lashua is presently the Pastor of Apologetics at Desert Springs Community Church and the host of an internationally recognized apologetics podcast called "Christ, Culture, and Coffee".
To learn about Robby, please click here.
For more information on Christ, Culture, and Coffee, please click here.
DeVaughn Cunningham is a pastor at Calvary PHX. For more information on DeVaughn or Calvary, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
This episode of Kingdom Culture Conversation kicks-off with an awkward question: Should what is being communicated within this two-part episode of the KCC podcast be considered "hate speech"? Many in the world would consider these self-evident, scripturally true precepts to be just that!
The concept of "Imago Dei" continues to be the centerpoint of ongoing Kingdom Culture Conversations and in this second part of a critical two-part episode, we feature pastors Robby Lashua and DeVaughn Cunningham. They discuss how "Imago Dei", the idea of being created in God's image, changes everything in terms of how we relate to ourselves and each other. More specifically, Imago Dei is the baseline for the immutable, unchanging nature of gender and sexuality.
Robby Lashua is presently the Pastor of Apologetics at Desert Springs Community Church and the host of an internationally recognized apologetics podcast called "Christ, Culture, and Coffee".
To learn about Robby, please click here.
For more information on Christ, Culture, and Coffee, please click here.
DeVaughn Cunningham is a pastor at Calvary PHX. For more information on DeVaughn or Calvary, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
The concept of "Imago Dei" continues to be the centerpoint of ongoing Kingdom Culture Conversations and in this critical episode, we feature pastors Robby Lashua and DeVaughn Cunningham. They discuss how "Imago Dei", the idea of being created in God's image, changes everything in terms of how we relate to ourselves and each other. More specifically, Imago Dei is the baseline for the immutable, unchanging nature of gender and sexuality.
Robby Lashua is presently the Pastor of Apologetics at Desert Springs Community Church and the host of an internationally recognized apologetics podcast called "Christ, Culture, and Coffee".
To learn about Robby, please click here.
For more information on Christ, Culture, and Coffee, please click here.
DeVaughn Cunningham is a pastor at Calvary PHX. For more information on DeVaughn or Calvary, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
Whether visiting ebola hot zones or areas rife with tribal conflict and bloodshed, you might think that Dr. Allan Sawyer has been to each of the most dangerous places in the world. Not so, he explains in this incredibly emotional episode...there is another place even more dangerous: a mother's womb in the United States of America.
As Kingdom Culture Conversations continues to unpack the concept of "Imago Dei" as a critical aspect of Biblical worldview, we begin the conversation about its role within a proper understanding of the sanctity of life. Armed with this understanding, listeners will have a fuller understanding of the opposition to abortion.
For more information regarding Dr. Sawyer's involvement with Samaritan's Purse, take a moment to enjoy the inspiring SP video found at this link.
For more information on Samaritan's Purse, please click here: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
Why should the theological concept of Imago Dei matter to students? On a day-to-day basis, does Imago Dei impact student choices and lifestyles? These questions form the basis of a stirring conversation that Chris Gardiner has with four teachers from Northwest Christian School: Nicole Hunter, Stasi Gibson, Brandon Southall, and Tyler Collins.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/