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  • Stewards of the Earth: Church Teams up With Scientists to Show How Evolution is Not Carved in Stone

    Stewards of the Earth: Church Teams up With Scientists to Show How Evolution is Not Carved in Stone
    Aug 31 2025
    Earth Day is in the rearview mirror for 2025, but its beginnings and reason for being are lodged firmly in a secular worldview of how the world began. Not that it's a bad thing to protect the environment. In fact, God calls us to be good stewards of His creation. But today, the majority of public schools and institutions of higher learning teach the theory of evolution as fact. But is it? Today, many scientists are finding holes in Darwin's "Origins of the Species". At Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida, they've partnered with Creation Studies Institute to quote: "Make the biblical and scientific case for creation." It's easy to reject the biblical account of creation. After all, science has proven the speed of light is a constant that has helped them peer deep into space and into ancient history, thus surmising the universe is billions of years old. How does that square with the Bible's account of the world being created in seven days? Dr. Robert Pacienza, CEO of Coral Ridge Ministries, who is in charge of this new partnership, talks about how to pair the Bible's account of creation and science. The bold move is turning around the meaning of Earth Day, saying, "It's an opportunity for people who belong to God to celebrate that God created the heavens and the earth. And as we read in Genesis 1, God looked at what he had created, and He called it good." What's important to understand is that this is not an opportunity to ignore scientific facts. It's the courage to interpret them differently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    33 min
  • Pastor Max Lucado: Thoughts Create Consequences. Tame Them

    Pastor Max Lucado: Thoughts Create Consequences. Tame Them
    Aug 24 2025
    It’s standard fare to say beliefs have consequences. But where do those beliefs come from? Where do they begin? They begin in the mind, in our thought processes. That’s why it’s so important to not only be aware of them but control them, says Pastor Max Lucado. Pastor Lucado is a popular Christian minister and international best-selling author.. He’s sometimes called the "Ted Lasso of ministry" because of his upbeat nature and positive approach to understanding God’s purposes for us. On this episode of the Lighthouse Faith podcast, Pastor Lucado discusses his newest book, Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life, and how he's drawing on scripture to help people manage their thoughts in a world that heavily influences their beliefs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 min
  • Ken Ham's Unwavering Belief That Science Bows to the Authority of Scripture

    Ken Ham's Unwavering Belief That Science Bows to the Authority of Scripture
    Aug 17 2025
    Ken Ham, the man behind the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter, is also the person media loves to hold up as an example of why people shouldn't believe the Bible. Specifically, what's targeted is his belief in a young earth, one that is a few thousand years old as opposed to more than 4.5 billion years old. Yet Ham never wavers from his belief in what the Bible says about creation, the age of the earth, evolution, and the like. On this episode of the Lighthouse Faith podcast, Ham doubles down on his conviction in the authority of the Bible in all things, and yes, even science. For instance, Ham says that regardless of what science has discovered about light may not be the complete picture of its inimitable qualities. The Bible says God created light, "And God said, 'Let there be light.'" But what God didn't tell us in Genesis is of light's wave/particle duality, or that the speed of light is 671 million miles per hour. Ham is a scientist; one who looks at the exact same data as any other trained expert. The difference is that, because of his belief in the authority of the Bible, Ham's conclusions diverge from conventional scientific thought. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    39 min
  • Science and Religion Meet at a Museum in Tennessee

    Science and Religion Meet at a Museum in Tennessee
    Aug 10 2025
    You don't have to check your religion at the door at the Science Museum of Tennessee. You also don't have to suspend your scientific knowledge to enter its portals. In fact, both your faith and your intellect will be stimulated by the intense marriage of the two. And not only that, but their meeting will also have a profound effect on both. And you may realize that science and faith come from the same source: God Almighty. David Rives, founder of the Wonders Center & Science Museum in Dickson, Tennessee, explains how science, if understood correctly, can enhance faith, not destroy it. The Bible's Psalm 19 says, "The Heavens declare the glory of God... that day after day they pour forth speech." To Rives, the Psalm simply presents in poetry what his scientific mind has discovered materially. Since God created both our mind and the universe, they communicate with each other, providing us with a complete picture of the wonders of creation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 min
  • Vineyard Owner Says Jesus's Words "I am the vine, you are the branches" Hold Incredible Meaning For Her

    Vineyard Owner Says Jesus's Words "I am the vine, you are the branches" Hold Incredible Meaning For Her
    Aug 3 2025
    Jesus's words in the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel of John are so much more powerful when you're the owner of a vineyard; when you witness the grapes growing on the vines and tend to its spiraling branches. For the Savaryn family of Waconia, Minnesota, their vineyard, Sovereign Estate, is an everyday living out of, "I am the vine and you are the branches". While California produces over 80 percent of the wine output in America, the 30-acre vineyard that sits on the banks of Lake Waconia in the south central part of the North Star state, is a testament to the legacy of the Savaryn clan's core values: Faith, Family, Beauty and Excellence. It's also a dynamic part of what has become a $325 billion dollar industry in the United States: Wine and the making of it. Some of Sovereign's wines have even won international awards and competitions. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Terri Savaryn, the co-founder and owner along with her husband Paul, talks about the faith that built the vineyard; how Paul's father, a doctor and immigrant from Ukraine, started a hospital and bought up farm property on the shores of one of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes. And how it turned out that the elevation was perfect for vine growing. But most of all, how Sovereign is not only how their name is pronounced, but what God's presence means in their lives: He is Sovereign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    40 min
  • Abdu Murray on Zohran Mamdani: Is He More Muslim or Marxist?

    Abdu Murray on Zohran Mamdani: Is He More Muslim or Marxist?
    Jul 27 2025
    The Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City has become the darling of the party. He's young, personable, good looking with an electric smile. He's also a Muslim; and if he wins the general election, he will be the first to lead a major U.S. city. But he's also a socialist, a Marxist that may take the Democratic party even further to the left. But for many watching the political process unfold, there's the question of whether to be more concerned about his religious beliefs or his politics. It has been twenty four years since the 9/11 attacks, when radical Islamists aligned with Al-Qaeda committed the worst terrorist act on U.S. soil. For many New Yorkers, Mamdani, who was 9 years old at the time, is a possible extension of the worst Islam has to offer. But for others, it signals the victory of humanity and the power to forgive, along with the warning of never to paint with the proverbial broad brush of any one race or religion. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, best-selling author and founder of Embrace the Truth, Abdu Murray, takes on the Mamdani question. Murray grew up as a devout Muslim but now is an apologist for Christianity. His foundation answers people's questions about Christianity and religion in the public square. He explains why Mamdani appears more of a cultural Muslim than someone who embraces the faith. But that may not matter to the three quarters of a million Muslims who live in the Big Apple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 min
  • Grammy Nominated Musician and Pastor Tauren Wells Sings and Preaches About Joy!

    Grammy Nominated Musician and Pastor Tauren Wells Sings and Preaches About Joy!
    Jul 20 2025
    Musician and Pastor Tauren Wells has a passion for teaching people about the joys of knowing and serving Jesus Christ. Once known as part of the praise team for Pastor Joel Osteen at Lakewood Church in Houston, Wells now co-pastors his own church, Church of Whitestone in Austin, Texas, with his wife Lorna. His new book takes a deep dive into the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, exploring how happiness comes not from external things but from a changed heart, a heart that's growing in closeness to Jesus. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Pastor Wells explains his new book, "Joy Bomb: Unleash Jesus's Explosive Joy for an Extraordinary Life," that true joy is "rooted in God's unchanging character and boundless love for us." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 min
  • Faith in the Midst of the Storm: Fr. Joshua Whitfield on Deadly TX Floods

    Faith in the Midst of the Storm: Fr. Joshua Whitfield on Deadly TX Floods
    Jul 13 2025
    For parishioners and staff of St. Rita's Catholic Church, making sense of tragedy and trauma alongside the belief in a loving God is not a spiritual exercise, but a stark reality in the wake of the devasting flood waters that took the lives of two young parishioners, Blair and Brooke Harber. The sisters, 11 and 13, were found fifteen miles downstream from the cabin they slept in with their grandparents; their bodies still clinging to one another. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Fr. Joshua Whitfield, pastor of St. Rita's, talks about faith in a God who would allow young children with so much passion for their faith to die so suddenly and tragically. Father Whitfield explains how their faith in so many ways has been deepened; how the girls' heartbroken parents have been comforted through the Catholic Mass, knowing that Jesus is not some distant deity, but the God who died on a cross and is with them in their sorrow and pain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    35 min