Ron Johnson Discipleship Podcast

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.

Today we begin an exciting discussion of Rod Dreher's book, _Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents. _ Is America drifting toward some form of totalitarianism? Our elite institutions are abandoning old-fashioned liberalism, which defends the rights of the individual, and replacing it with a progressive creed which promotes social justice through group identity. Dissenters from the wok...

As followers of Christ, we are increasingly feeling like strangers in a strange new America. The rise of expressive individualism, with its radical transformation of our understanding of selfhood, creates its own wave of societal conformity. As believers, we feel a growing sense of urgency as to how we should respond. In today's podcast, we'll discuss some suggestions for moving forward in a spiri...

Our Declaration of Independence firmly enshrines our inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The freedoms of speech and religion have been appreciated and enjoyed since the birth of our great nation. With the rise of expressive individualism, however, these self-evident liberties have come under intense pressure. Religious conviction is now viewed as hateful bigotry. Free...

The LGBTQ+ coalition has been one of the greatest political success stories of the last half century. The speed, depth and scope of this revolution is impressive. But a closer look reveals some serious fault lines within the coalition. If the ideology behind this movement is embraced and implemented into our legal and political systems, the result will be mass chaos. Trans ideology cannot be avoid...

We used to find our identity and belonging from a shared national narrative. Our families, our churches and our nation provided a moral framework and a national identity which created a sense of belonging and unity. With the advent of the internet, we are able to pick and choose our own communities and identities. The result is a divided nation marked by instability, volatility and contentiousness...

Our world used to be relatively stable and fixed. All we needed to do to successfully navigate life was to find our place within it. But things have drastically changed. We now live in a world that is both plastic and fluid. While we have more choices than ever, it also makes finding our identity more challenging. We talk today about five massive societal shifts that have led to the rise of "expre...

Our government is actively promoting the sexualization of our children. Traditional marriage is now ridiculed as an artificial and oppressive social construct. Our children are being introduced to a sexual smorgasborg featuring a perverted assortment of behaviors and identities. Objecting parents have become the new oppressors. Today we'll discuss the man behind this "sexual revolution." Find out...

The marketplace represents the front lines in the battle for religious liberty. That's why we are encouraging business leaders to gather together for relationship, inspiration and practical input as they work to glorify Christ in the marketplace. Our Marketshare ministry is designed for you! Indiana just experienced a big win for the sanctity of life and the unborn. In response, two "woke" corpora...

Today on the Ron Jonson Discipleship Podcast: Sex used to be something we DID. It was a behavior. Today sex is who we ARE. It has become an identity. To be human is to be sexual. Witness the ever-expanding LGBTQ+ identities and you get an idea of the impact of this radical shift in understanding what it means to be human. Who is responsible for this idea? And what about the current push to sexuali...

Today on the Ron Johnson Discipleship Podcast: On today's episode we examine the ideas of another madman, Friedrich Nietzsche. As one who boldly declared, "God is dead," Nietzsche was bold enough to connect the dots between God's passing and the powerful implications of that idea. If we have no Creator, we are free to create ourselves. We are our own masters. Morality is a myth. The self-expressiv...

Today on the Ron Johnson Discipleship Podcast: The America we live in today is filled with the fruit of a godless madman named Karl Marx. His ideas, and the atheistic communistic regimes they have spawned, have been directly responsible for the deaths of over 100 million people. The current hatred of the nuclear family, capitalism, the free market and religion finds its roots in Marxist ideology....

Today on the Ron Johnson Discipleship Podcast: The SCOTUS overturn of Roe is just the beginning of the battle for life! Now the decision is in the hands of the people. It's time for you and I to be seen and heard. Please plan on attending one or both of the pro-life rallies we highlight on the podcast. Also, today we highlight the ideas of two men, Rene Descartes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who pav...

Today on the Ron Johnson Discipleship Podcast: The Church has been given an historic opportunity to re-build a culture of life in our nation. Nearly 50 years of Roe v. Wade rhetoric has resulted in an American culture with little value for life. Why is life sacred? What are the building blocks for human dignity? How do we begin the monumental task of restoring decency, civility and the intrinsic v...

Today on the Ron Johnson Discipleship Podcast: Ideas have consequences, and so do elections. In the last several weeks, we've witnessed several major SCOTUS rulings supporting religious liberty and life! Important issues like the sanctity of life, public prayer, school choice and religious liberty have all won in the highest court because people of faith chose to engage in the public arena. Today...

Today on the Ron Johnson Discipleship Podcast: Today we discuss the concept of what philosopher Charles Taylor called "the social imaginary." It describes how people think about the world, how they imagine it to be, and how they intuitively act in it. It helps us understand how our larger culture comes to embrace certain lifestyles and ideas which Christians find sinful. We'll examine two radicall...

Today on the Ron Johnson Discipleship Podcast: We hear a lot today about being true to one's self. Authenticity is achieved by acting in accordance with one's inner feelings. We are told to reject cultural norms or outside sources of authority. Self is the new king! And unfortunately, this "king" is an absolute tyrant and community life becomes impossible. Find out more at https://ron-johnson-disc...