The Ben Peterson Show

This week on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast, Ben Peterson sits down with a retired Special Operations veteran who spent more than 25 years serving America on the front lines of modern warfare. From surviving brutal firefights in Afghanistan to helping advise America's Defense Science Board on the future of AI and national security, Sean Hagerty shares what he's learned about courage, faith, leade...

This Independence Day, join Ben Peterson for a special message celebrating 250 years of America and the incredible story of faith, freedom, and God's providence. As America marks its 250th birthday, Ben reflects on the courage of the Founding Fathers, the miracles that shaped our nation, and why gratitude, prayer, and unity matter now more than ever. From the Revolutionary War to today's cultural...

Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than anyone expected. But what happens when AI becomes powerful enough to challenge national security, reshape global power, and influence the way we seek truth? In this emergency episode of The Ben Peterson Show, Ben unpacks the shocking reports surrounding AI systems capable of exposing vulnerabilities in one of the world's most secure intelligence age...

What if the reason you can't focus, feel restless, or struggle to find satisfaction isn't a lack of discipline, but the way your brain has been trained? In this episode of The Ben Peterson Show, Ben explores how AI-driven technology, social media, pornography, and endless short-form content are reshaping our brains through dopamine. While the world promises constant excitement, it leaves us less s...

This week on The Ben Peterson Show, we dive into one of the most eye-opening conversations yet with combat veteran, military strategist, and author Rob Heber. After 17 deployments across the Middle East, Europe, and conflict zones around the world, Rob shares what he has witnessed firsthand about modern warfare, global instability, emerging technology, and what the future may hold as AI rapidly tr...

Your success or your destruction may come down to one decision. This week on The Ben Peterson Show: Faith for the Way Forward, Ben shares a direct and personal message about one of the greatest battles people face today: what we allow to capture our hearts. Through stories of Elijah, Samson, Solomon, and David, this episode explores how even the strongest people in Scripture were shaped not by a l...

This week on The Ben Peterson Show, we dive into one of the most thought-provoking conversations on faith, artificial intelligence, mental health, and the future of human connection. Ben sits down with Dr. Fred Moss, a psychiatrist with over four decades in the mental health field, to wrestle with a question many people are quietly asking: What happens when technology begins meeting needs that wer...

Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than most people realize, and the Church is finally beginning to respond. This week on The Ben Peterson Show, Ben reacts to Pope Leo’s official stance on AI and asks the question many believers are already wrestling with: Is the Church moving fast enough to address what artificial intelligence is doing to humanity? From autonomous warfare and government...

This week on The Ben Peterson Show, Ben unpacks one of the most powerful stories in Scripture through a lens most people miss. David didn’t defeat Goliath because he was fearless. He defeated him because God had already been forming him long before the battle. But what if the real battle isn’t the habit, addiction, anger, anxiety, or distraction? What if those are only the spears… And the real gia...

This week on The Ben Peterson Show, Ben sits down with Mick Wienholt for one of the most powerful conversations we’ve had yet. After surviving a catastrophic avalanche that left his skull shattered in multiple places, Mick walked away believing he had simply beaten the odds. But years later, after the devastating loss of his unborn son, he came face-to-face with a pain he could not overcome on his...

This week on The Ben Peterson Show, retired Lieutenant General Jerry Boykin shares the incredible story of how faith carried him through war, leadership, near death experiences, and some of the most intense military operations in modern American history. As one of the original members of Delta Force, General Boykin opens up about the brutal selection process that shaped America’s most elite counte...

This week on The Ben Peterson Show, we dive into one of the most important conversations happening in our culture today, the hidden science behind violence, identity, and human behavior. Ben sits down with violence prevention expert Robert Mahoney to unpack why violence is rarely random, how people slowly spiral toward destruction, and what society continues to misunderstand about anger, trauma, i...

This week on The Ben Peterson Show, we confront one of the most unsettling questions of the AI era: what happens when artificial intelligence begins influencing darkness instead of restraining it? After reports surfaced involving mass shooting suspects allegedly using ChatGPT to help strategize attacks, Ben Peterson breaks down the deeper spiritual, cultural, and moral implications behind the rise...

This week on The Ben Peterson Show, we confront one of the most dangerous spiritual and cultural shifts of our generation: artificial intelligence becoming a false source of truth, purpose, and even worship. As AI rapidly advances, some of the world’s leading technologists are already discussing AI-generated religions, AI “Messiah” figures, and the future of digital spirituality. What happens when...

This week, we step into a pivotal moment on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast as we introduce The Ben Peterson Show—a new chapter focused on faith, culture, and the rising influence of artificial intelligence. As technology rapidly reshapes the world, a deeper question emerges: are we using AI as a tool… or allowing it to become our guide? In this episode, Ben Peterson shares the heart behind the re...

This week on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast, we sit down with Andrea Hand, artist, songwriter, and founder of Sound of Hope, for a powerful conversation about suicide, trauma, mental health, and the healing power of faith. Andrea shares how her life changed after losing three people to suicide in a single year, including her cousin. What began as a calling in music became a mission to confront th...

This week on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast, we share a powerful testimony from an undisclosed base in the Middle East, a story of warfare, prayer, and the undeniable intervention of God. In the middle of ongoing incoming attacks, a chaplain cried out for a miracle: a six-hour window to rescue a family trapped in a war zone. What happened next is a reminder that God still moves on the battlefield...

This week on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast, Ben Peterson takes on one of the most urgent questions of our time: Is A.I. slowly eroding your faith? As artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in everyday life, military operations, decision-making, and even the way people search for meaning, this conversation goes deeper than technology. Ben unpacks how AI can quietly become a substitute for...

This week on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast, we step into a conversation most people will never hear inside the life of a Special Forces chaplain who has walked through war, brokenness, and redemption. From the battlefields of Ramadi to ministering to elite warriors in the Middle East, Justin shares what it means to carry faith into some of the darkest places on earth. This is not theory it is li...

This week on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast, we step into a conversation that goes far beyond technology. As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes warfare, culture, and daily life, a deeper question emerges—what is it forming in us? From the frontlines of Iraq to the frontlines of today’s digital battlefield, Ben Peterson shares what he witnessed in combat, the spiritual battles soldiers carry...

This week on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast, we’re hearing real-time reports from the battlefield—stories most people will never hear. From deployed units in the Middle East, we’re witnessing something undeniable. Drones that should have detonated didn’t. Soldiers survived impossible situations. Men are awakening to faith in the middle of war. But this isn’t just about what’s happening on the bat...

This week on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast, Ben Peterson breaks down a viral AI-generated video showing Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in a fight scene that never actually happened. Every frame, voice, and movement was created entirely by artificial intelligence. As deepfake technology rapidly advances, we are entering a world where video may no longer be reliable evidence. If AI can recreate anyone’s...

This week on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast, we bring you urgent messages from inside Iran — from underground Christians praying for freedom and from U.S. soldiers taking enemy fire on the front lines. As war intensifies in the Middle East, we examine what’s really happening beneath the headlines. The underground church in Iran is growing despite persecution. Believers are risking their lives. So...

This week on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast, we confront one of the most urgent questions of our time: What happens when artificial intelligence enters the battlefield? The U.S. military is accelerating AI training across all service branches. A $200 million Pentagon contract with Anthropic has ignited tension over autonomous drones, mass surveillance, and AI systems that can potentially make kil...

This week on the Engage Your Destiny Podcast, we confront one of the biggest spiritual questions of our time: Is AI becoming your new best friend — or your new master? As artificial intelligence rapidly integrates into military systems, daily routines, and even personal relationships, we unpack what this means for your faith, identity, and spiritual formation. From productivity hacks and life opti...