"I'm Glad You Said That" - Jim Minnery Talks Faith & Politics

From a review of Pastor Levi Secord's book " Servant Not Savior " - "God’s design is for the state to be a servant, not our savior. Sadly, as we’ve abandoned God’s instructions, people across the political spectrum treat the state as a potential savior. Today is the day of big government as people consistently cry out to the state for salvation. Politicians take on Messiah-like...

- Nativity scenes on the lawn at a City Hall. - In God We Trust displayed prominently in public courthouses. - A Ten Commandments poster in public schoolrooms across Alaska. Sound like a memory from the past ? Can't imagine it coming to fruition in today's climate ? Think again.  Thanks in large part to the Coach Kennedy case (you can read about that HERE ) where six (6) United States Su...

I'm thrilled to have Garry Sigle, Central Regional Director, and Sharon Nelson, Sr. Director of Legal Services for the Association of American Educators (AAE) on the show today. AAE provides professional benefits public school employees desire, like liability insurance and job protection, without funding partisan politics or non-education issues. The cost is $234 per year that includes $2 mil...

Jack Thompson came on board as President of the Turning Point USA Chapter at the University of Alaska Anchorage about a week before its founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated. It has been, as you can imagine, a bit of a whirlwind for the Freshman from Anchorage. I'm humbled and fortunate to have Jack on the show today to discuss his journey, thoughts he has on his generation in light of the...

Absolutely blessed to have Stacey Jewel on the show today. Her production, 7 Layers Captive , will be in Anchorage on Sunday, October 5th at 5pm in the Discovery Theatre of the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.  Here's the story...I hope you can tune in. " Written and performed by award-winning artist Stacy Jewell, 7 Layers Captive is a globally acclaimed, one-woman theatrical exper...

Former Legislator Ben Carpenter is on the show today to discuss how Grand Juries in Alaska are being prevented from a Constitutional duty they have been given. The Alaska Constitution grants grand juries broad powers to investigate public welfare and safety matters, but a 2022 Alaska Supreme Court ruling introduced restrictions on these powers, limiting their ability to investigate corrupt officia...

Going from fighting with Muslims in the Bosnian civil war along with a Pakistani militant group that ultimately had him being convicted and imprisoned for nearly 14 years on weapons charges for violating U.S. neutrality laws is not a background you'd expect for a recently appointed member of President Trump's White House’s Religious Liberty Commission. But that is the story of Ismail Roy...

John Stonestreet loves a fine cigar coupled with deep dives into theology, philosophy and the meaning of life. I've had the distinct pleasure of enjoying both with him in year's past. As head of the Colson Center , John will be on the show today to chat about how to " Go beyond inviting Jesus into your life, to taking your place in His ." John is an intellectual on a grand scal...

Hillsdale College could and should be what you see when you look up the word exemplary. They are...on every level. If you haven't heard of this school, I can't recommend highly enough that you check them out and subscribe to Imprimis - their free monthly publication with nearly 7 million readers. If you are a Hillsdale enthusiast, you'll be thrilled to know a Hillsdale-affiliated K-...

Time To Get Rid of Ranked Choice Voting For Good ! Bethany Marcum is on the show today talking about the 2nd effort to repeal the highly political and disturbingly complicated ranked choice voting method that Alaskans approved in 2020 after millions of dollars of dark outside funds poured into the state to confuse voters. The former head of Alaska Policy Forum and Americans for Prosperity in Alask...

Dr. Deena Bishop, Commissioner of Education and Early Development in the Dunleavy Administration, is on the show talking about what's good and what's bad in the current educational environment in Alaska. With the recent override of Dunleavy's veto by a crazy number of Republicans who voted to disregard accountability, this is a hot topic. Tune in and stay informed. Support the show

Abortion Has Just Changed ADF Attorney Denise Burke on the Show Today A decision recently from the U.S. Supreme Court allows states to redirect taxpayer dollars away from abortion facilities like Planned Parenthood. In Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic , Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys represented the director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The high c...

U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Parental Rights Plaintiff in Mahmoud v Taylor Case on Show Today In 2022, a Washington, DC public school district told parents they were introducing a bundle of LGBTQIA+ affirming books to students to be more "inclusive." One of the books tasked three- and four-year-olds to search for images from a word list that includes “intersex flag,” “[drag] queen,” “under...

Parents need all the help they can get to raise resilient, God-honoring, community-contributing kids. In 2010, Eleanor Rodriguez, an elementary school principal in Santa Ana, California, reached out to community leaders for help. Rising poverty, gang violence, drugs, and other high-risk behaviors were impacting the education and well-being of the city’s children. The city’s youth were being lost....

I'm privileged to chat with my friend Chloe Cole on the show today. We'll discuss the recent landmark victory for children’s health and science-based medicine when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s law protecting minors from harmful and life-altering drugs and surgeries. From personal experience, Chloe has become the leading voice for protecting minors and families from having to...

Education seems to always be on the public mind. School Choice. School Funding. School Politics. School Performance. And on and on it goes. Today on " I'm Glad You Said That ", I'm privileged to chat with Dr. Jessica Parker, the Superintendent of Mountain City Christian Academy about many of these important issues. Dr. Parker is an educational leader with 25+ years of public sc...

Can Christians know with certainty if a seminary or Christian college is adhering to fundamental tenets of the faith ? Have Christians entered into a new role politically where "preserving the moral architecture" is more important than elections ? Big questions that are related. I'll converse with Andrew Walker about these and other topics on " I'm Glad You Said Tha t&quot...

Congress passed a major piece of legislation on the evening of Wednesday, May 21—the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act (HR1) was voted out of the US House of Representatives and moved on to the US Senate. Eric Teetsel , President of Center for Renewing America, joins AFC President Jim Minnery on today's episode of " I'm Glad You Said That " to unpack what the passage of this bill mea...

John Daniel Davidson has a wonderfully grounded sense of what is most important. Climbing up the ladder of influence in the literary world on a national stage, he realized that "careerism" isn't what makes us tick as much as finding a place to till and produce and live off the fat of the land with your family. It was Thomas Jefferson who said " Agriculture is our wisest pursuit...

 I love Bob Bird's intellect. I love his feistiness. I love his passion for his ancestry and his family. Have we had our disagreements through the years? Yep. But we're both quick to recognize that we have way more in common than not and we are cut from much the same mold. Speak up with passion about the things that matter. Place your feet firmly on the rock of Jesus Christ crucified and...

Republicans yesterday were able to uphold Governor Dunleavy's appropriate veto of HB69 , the massive education funding increase passed by Democrat-led majorities in both Legislative chambers that included absolutely no measurable outcomes to ensure that public school students would benefit. Today, I have the pleasure of chatting with Senator Mike Shower, a MatSu legislator who leads the Alask...

In a fun article in The Imaginative Conservative , that had me admiring C.S. Lewis more than I already did, we learn about how the Mere Christianity author emulated in his life what he wrote and spoke about so eloquently. From that article... " Lewis relished disagreement and debate. George Watson, who attended Lewis’s lectures at Oxford and later worked alongside him at Cambridge, recalls ho...

You know his voice. He's been doing Christian radio forever. Now you get to meet the man behind the voice. Tom Stigelman with Christian Broadcasting Incorporated on the show today. Let's go. Support the show

David Boyle has spent as much time as anyone thinking about and writing on the issue of education in Alaska. As the former Executive Director of the Alaska Policy Forum, he and his wife, Linda, have a total of 45 years in the Air Force and have three children. We talk education today on the show and he has a lot of insight.  I hope you can tune in. Support the show

I get to chat with Scott Baker on today's show. Scott is the Chief Strategist for Cojency Strategic , a nationally recognized public relations agency dedicated to helping pro-life advocacy groups win critical campaigns for life. From their website - Through innovative, data-driven digital strategies, they amplify life-affirming messages, mobilize voters, and increase donor support. With a tea...