Ron Johnson Discipleship Podcast

I am joined today by Ivan Tait, the CEO of What Matters Ministries and Missions, a ministry committed to serving widows, orphans and the poor. Ivan's ministry is marked by powerful demonstrations of the Holy Spirit's presence. Today we talk about the ministry of the Holy Spirit and the need for the Church to move out of the natural and into the supernatural.  Find out more at https://ron-johnson-d...

I am joined today by Ryan McCann, Executive Director of the Indiana Family Institute. Ryan and IFI work tirelessly to create an environment in Indiana where families can thrive. We talk today about the importance of God honoring public policy. Ryan addresses critical pieces of legislation currently moving through our state legislature. Finally, we discuss the Lordship of Jesus over all of creation...

The scientific, technological, military, and economic success of the West came from the fact that it became a thinking civilization. Where did this confidence in reason, thought, logic, and the mind come from? For Christians, the ultimate reality behind the universe was the rational Word (logos) of a personal God. Rationality is part of the nature of God. When you reject the belief in a rational C...

While contemporary secularists posit our modern understanding of human rights with the ancient Greeks, we refute this myth while demonstrating that a high view of human value and dignity actually finds its roots in the Bible. How did our Christian conception of human beings become so radically different from the rest of the world? Since ideas have consequences, how does one's view of humanity impa...

Ideas are the infrastructure of ultimate reality. It follows that ideas have consequences. Our notions of what is good, true and beautiful literally contain the power to shape nations. In the opening the Apostle John's gospel, he elegantly outlines what I call the building blocks of reality. These are five key principles or propositions that serve as intellectual steel girders forming the support...

On today's podcast we celebrate the exciting move of the Holy Spirit taking place primarily on Christian University campuses. We talk about the importance of both heart and head, fire and light, Word and Spirit. Spiritual awakenings in the heart must be married to biblical revelation and a distinctly Christian view of the world for lasting transformation for occur. Our thoughts are the architects...

Cultures cannot survive without a unifying, shared comprehensive worldview. In America, the Bible has been the foundation of our common culture. American ideals such as freedom, justice and truth found their intellectual moorings in the Scriptures. These foundations are currently under assault, especially in our institutions of public education where academic liberty is replaced by woke political...

Having a dream is only the first step. The next step is to own it.  But we’re not finished yet. You can have a dream, own the dream and still fall flat on your face. How? It's called FOG. If our dreams are foggy, we become paralyzed by indecision and stress. We often feel out of control. We must get rid of the fog. We must bring clarity to our vision. Today we tell you how! Find out more at https:...

One of the greatest joys we share with God is our ability to dream. Unfortunately, many of us have stopped dreaming. We find ourselves trapped in an endless cycle of simply going through the motions of life. For the dreamless, life becomes a joyless ritual. But when God places a dream in a person’s heart everything changes. The dream energizes your life. You prepare. You plan. You make sacrifices....

Godly resolves mixed with faith are good and serve to grow us and to expand Christ's kingdom. Unfortunately, we can't move forward if we simply believe we are destined to fail. We become on the outside what we believe on the inside. If we are cynical about our success we'll run around popping our balloons before someone else does. Many experience a form of self-sabotage simply because they believe...

We've all played the New Year's resolution game, and if you're like most people, the results have been less than spectacular! So the general conclusion for many is to just skip the whole process. After all,it's doomed for failure! The problem is that God has placed a desire in our hearts to make a lasting impact with our lives. We want to live lives that matter. Maybe our focus is wrong. We are of...

Today I am joined by Jim Anderson, author of the powerful book, "Unmasked: Exposing the Cultural Sexual Assault." We discuss the devastating effects of the sexual revolution on today's culture. We then discuss God’s gift of sexuality, how to understand the heart of a woman, a true picture of biblical masculinity, a father’s role in protecting his daughters and training his sons, and the church's m...

One of the blessings of persecution is that it reveals what we truly believe. Admirers of Christ love to be associated with Him, but when trouble comes, they either turn on Him or distance themselves. admirers never make true sacrifices for the gospel. They love to play it safe. True followers, on the other hand, recognize the cost of discipleship and are willing to pay the price. Find out more at...

Christmas is only days away and that means last minute gifts are being purchased, wrapped and placed under the tree! One gift that will not be exchanged is the gift called "suffering." In fact, for Christians in the West, suffering is to be avoided at all costs. We have much to learn from our brothers and sisters in the persecuted Church. They have had to embrace this despised gift and, as a resul...

In times of government tyranny and oppression, connecting with others who share your beliefs is a critical tool for resistance. Community creates a space where freedom is preserved. And freedom promotes a sense of corporate courage where people are able to face their fears and courageously fight against evil. In light of the growing government overreach we are seeing in America today (remember the...

As the scope of government grows, so does the attack on both religion and family life. Why? Because the faith and family are God-ordained checks to the government abuse of power. Both remind politicians that they are not all-powerful. Someone, namely God Almighty, has greater authority than the State. Today we learn from the faith of those who have endured the suffering and abuse of totalitarian g...

The nuclear family is the first institution created by God and the building block of healthy communities and nations. Perhaps this explains why Satan hates the family and does everything in his power to destroy it. It should come as no surprise that families act as resistance cells in the battle against totalitarian regimes around the globe. Today we discuss the ongoing assault on marriage and fam...

Memory matters. Without a collective memory, you have no culture, and without culture you have no shared identity. Our shared cultural memories function to legitimize the present social order. This is why revolutionary movements work to erase our shared history so that the new order can emerge. Every totalitarian movement strategically attacks the nuclear family and the local church. Why? Because...

In recent weeks, we have discussed the many forms of soft totalitarianism emerging in American culture. Today we shift our focus to what we can do about it. We begin with the challenge to "value nothing more than truth." In a culture poisoned with lies, we must have the courage to "live in the truth." Yes, this decision will come with a price. You will be mocked and ridiculed. You may lose your jo...

The marriage between woke corporate thuggery and information technology harvesting is creating a hostile environment for those who hold biblical values. Whether it's book contracts that are sabatoged, banking services that are suddenly cancelled, or social media accounts that are de-platformed, the stakes are high for those who are courageous enough to stand in opposition to the current assault of...

For years, corporate America landed on the right of the liberal/conservative continuum. Those days are long gone. Big business has moved steadily leftward on social issues. In addition, we have witnessed the marriage of the "woke" corporate world and the radical social justice movement. Americans who violate the social justice code are routinely deplatformed, demonetized or cancelled by corporate...

God reveals Himself as a God of justice and truth. As human beings made in His image, we share His revulsion for injustice. However, the biblical pursuit of "justice" and today's modern cult of "social justice" have little, if anything, in common. Today we examine five major assumptions of the social justice creed and the practical implications these beliefs have on our life together as Americans....

Every movement needs a transcendent source of legitimacy to fuel its mission. For America's Leftists, it's progress. Progressives hold that the present is better than the past, and that the future will inevitably be better than the present. Those who oppose progress are maligned as backward bigots on the wrong side of history. Progressivism, without God, is focused on the pursuit of equity, the id...

It's easy for us to look at the rise of totalitarian dictatorships of the past and wonder how such evils were allowed to happen. That would never happen under our watch, or so we think. But the precursors of tyranny are all around us in America today. The question remains, "Do we have eyes to see?" Join us today as we discuss six historical pre-conditions or parallels present in America right now....

Americans are not experiencing the hard totalitarianism of the former Soviet gulags. Instead, it manifests control in soft forms. This tyranny is therapeutic. It masks its hatred of dissenters from its progressive utopian ideology in the guise of helping and healing. The end result is a political authoritarianism with an ideology that seeks to control all aspects of life.