Keith Crosby: Out of My Mind

We often hear "clueless Christians" used to describe all Christians because our culture takes a dim view of our beliefs. But there's another kind of "clueless Christian" and we want to provide you a clue as to what that means. Join Keith and Mark as they discussed becoming a clued-in Christian. 

What are we to make of a Christian activist (or Christian activism)? Christians don’t overthrow governments, riot, or “burn down the system.” But they do try and change the world. How then shall we think? Join Keith and Mark as they reason their way through this issue using the Bible.

With the spate of embarrassing (and forced) retractions, it has become painfully obvious that the news media is hopelessly biased. We see this from media scandals from the 1990’s until today. But how long has the media been biased and what can be done about it? Keith and Mark discuss the problem and solutions.

You’ve been groomed and manipulated by media, social media and cultural forces aligned with Critical Justice (or Critical Race) Theory. And it’s only just begun. Law abiding citizens are forfeiting their freedoms as the result of coordinated manipulation. How is this done and how can it be reversed? Join Keith and Mark as they discuss answers to both questions!

Is prayer returning to California public schools? If the authors of the new Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum have their way the answer is yes. Not only would prayer return but there would also be a "new kid in town"; a state religion with which our children would be indoctrinated via mandated ethnic studies. This is a top-down full-court press whose genesis began in the state university system...

Jesus Christ is the God of mercy, grace, and facts—not lived experience. Today, as in Jesus day, we are confronted by legalistic Pharisee types who are woke, graceless, and merciless. What can we do? Join Keith and Mark as they discuss lessons learned from seemingly unrelated events like Meghan and Harry accusing the Royal Family of racism and the Bachelor’s Chris Harrison losing his job for “defe...

Both LinkedIn and the Coca Cola Company come under scrutiny for racist ideology that potentially discriminates against “white people” on the basis of race. Employees are increasingly being subjected to reverse racism bullying. All discrimination is sin and evil. What’s an employee to do? Join Keith and Mark as they discuss the problem and recommend a way forward.

There has been a significant increase with young people between the ages of 14 and 21 coming out as LGBTQ. What's the cause and what should a parent or a family member do when a son, daughter or sibling “comes out"? Join Keith and Mark as they discuss this phenomenon.

It seems that the Church (capital C) is better at identifying homosexuality as sin than it is loving those who struggle with same-sex temptation. How should the church receive, love, accept, and support those believers struggling with homosexuality? Listen as Keith and Mark discuss this ministry opportunity of the Church.

As we continue our discussion of sexual identity and sexuality as gifts from God, join Keith and Mark for a gracious and sober discussion on the topic of homosexuality. 

Is there a transgender pandemic? How is it that we go from a diagnostic rate of 1 in 100,000 girls and 1 in 30,000 boys, to 4 and 5 in a school or a Facebook Group. Join us as Keith and Mark tackle the topic. 

There could not be a more controversial topic in today's culture (and the Church). Remember that conversations have a beginning, a middle, and an end. We humbly ask that you hear us out until the end before passing judgment. In our initial podcast episode and discussion we ask; are all things fluid or subjective. Join Keith and Mark for the opening discussion and consideration of Transgenderism.&n...

Keith and, best-selling New York Times author and national commentator, Rod Dreher, discuss what lies ahead in an increasingly woke world where the institutions of "woke corporations" and the educational establishment combine to bring about a soft totalitarian state. Rod and Keith discuss the coming persecution of Christians and the challenges they will face as they try to survive under this new f...

When a person is drowning you have to go and get them--or try to do so. The same is true of an addict. Sometimes, to help them reach rock bottom and come to their senses, loved ones must intervene and lovingly confront them. But how?! Actually, Jesus gives us an example in Matthew 18:15-17. Listen as Keith and Mark describe how this passage can apply to staging an intervention in the life of someo...

Where does addiction lead? There are two possible destinations—death or life (recovery). The path is difficult but not impossible to overcome. The obstacles are many. The greatest impediments to recovery are both the addict’s pride and sense of victimhood or entitlement, and the enablers who do dumb things with the best of intentions. Join Keith and Mark as they consider all the ins and outs addic...

Last week's events at the Capitol building were hard to watch. A peaceful protest seemed to degenerate into a riot. What happened, and who is to blame? Join Keith and Mark for a discussion of this event, who is to blame, what the Bible says about such types of behavior and what the future may hold. 

During the holidays and other otherwise happy seasons of life, people continue to struggle with addiction. In this miniseries within a series, Keith and Mark discuss addiction over the course of 4 podcasts. There's so much confusion about addiction. Is it a disease, a sinful behavior, or just what? Keith and Mark wrestle through these questions in today's episode, as always, using the Bible as the...

During the holidays and other otherwise happy seasons of life, people continue to struggle with addiction. In this miniseries within a series, Keith and Mark discuss addiction over the course of 4 podcasts. There's so much confusion about addiction. Is it a disease, a sinful behavior, or just what? Keith and Mark wrestle through these questions in today's episode, as always, using the Bible as the...

There are so many competing narratives today, depending on which side of the "political (or cultural) aisle" you sit. But for Christians, it seems like we have lost our narrative--our story--by tainting it or blending it with that of a political party or metanarrative. We don't want to be like Martha distracted by so many things--we want to be like Mary, keeping the main thing the main thing....

In our last podcast (Illegal aliens) we compared 1 Peter's 'aliens and strangers' terminology and today's terminology of 'illegal aliens' to employ a metaphor, to discuss how Christians should look and respond to outsiders as people who are not of this world (i.e. aliens and strangers). In Podcast 17, borrowing the popular term 'sanctuary city', we talk about how believers and the Church should ha...

Imagine being in some country "illegally." You may be living in a culture that doesn't quite make sense to you. In some cases, it may be a culture that is not welcoming or friendly. Because of your status as "an illegal," you have to be cautious and careful. You don't want to call unnecessary attention to yourself and invite arrest, sanctions, or retribution. How then do you live? If you are wise,...

This week Keith and Mark discuss  Moralistic Therapeutic Deism , a worldview that looks to supplant the content and theology of the Christian faith within the church. A 2005 study of 3,000 teens revealed that most teens subscribe to this view that was provided by churches and parents oversimplifying the Christian Faith. Many agree that it is this worldview, foisted on teens by churches and pa...

At the end of October, Pope Francis stunned the world by advocating for Gay Civil Unions. Many, including many Catholics, see this as a decided, gradual shift toward making Gay Marriage a doctrine of the Roman Church by first affirming the practice and then changing the official doctrine at a later date. Does the mean that the Pope also affirms sexual activity (homosexual or otherwise) outside of...

It seems believers and the Church are heading into a season of persecution independent of this last election. It's not if, but when persecution will come. That's why Season 2 is called "The Coming Persecution." In today's podcast, we provide both perspective and prescription on what you can do to prepare through concrete principles from the hard-won wisdom of believers who lived through Marxi...

As Christians, we will be labeled many things after this election as we face the coming persecution. But we must learn to see ourselves as dissidents and be willing to embrace suffering for the cause of Christ. This episode introduces the concept of seeing yourself not as a victim but a dissident.