Under God | with Pastor Stephen Martin

Listen as Pastor Nathan Brown and Pastor Daniel Hayworth break down the biggest cultural battles of the week through a biblical lens — perfect for your commute, workout, or morning routine. In this Friday Culture Review, the pastors tackle the manufactured hantavirus panic, the theological reasons behind Iran's stalemate, Trump's high-stakes China summit, the Texas Runoff Election, and the...

In Episode 308 of the Under God Podcast, Pastor Nate Brown continues "The Cross & the Crescent" series with a thoughtful look at how spiritual amnesia has dismantled the Christian West. Listen as Pastor Nate traces the history — from the fall of Constantinople to the French Revolution to modern American classrooms — showing how forgetting God's truth always precedes cultural coll...

Pastor Nate Brown and Pastor Daniel Hayworth sit down with Shahriq "Shark" Khan, ex-Muslim evangelist and founder of Christ Underground, for part 12 of the Islamification of America series. Listen as Shark walks through his journey from devout Pakistani Muslim to leading one of the largest Muslim evangelism ministries in America, and shares the Master Key — a systematic 5-pillar method t...

Pastor Stephen Martin and Pastor Daniel Hayworth recently returned from a White House Faith Office briefing and a meeting of the National Faith Advisory Board. In this episode, they walk you through the 100+ documented wins for people of faith from the Trump administration — many of which have received little public attention. Listen as they cover the first cabinet-level White House Faith Office i...

Listen as Pastor Daniel Hayworth restores three forgotten Christian heroes to memory in Part 7 of The Cross & The Crescent series — the men of the faith we were never taught to remember. Hear how Duke Godfrey of Bouillon refused a crown of gold where his Savior wore a crown of thorns. How Richard the Lionheart waded into 20,000 enemies with 2,000 men because "to live is Christ and to die...

What does ministry look like in a nation where converting from Islam can cost you everything? In this episode of the Under God Podcast, Pastor Nate sits down with a longtime missionary serving in the Middle East for a candid conversation on Islamification, persecution, and the unprecedented number of Muslims coming to Christ in our lifetime. Listen as Pastor Nate and his guest unpack the four-stag...

The 6th assassination attempt on President Trump unfolded at the White House Correspondents Dinner the same week the Southern Poverty Law Center was exposed for funding the KKK and the Charlottesville rally. Listen as Pastor Nate Brown, Pastor Daniel Hayworth, and Pastor Josh Brown work through what Scripture says about leftist violence, biblical justice, the radicalization pipeline, and the mascu...

Listen as Pastor Daniel Hayworth guides Christians through three miraculous battles in church history where God raised up faithful men to defend what He'd entrusted to them. From the Siege of Constantinople in 717 to the Battle of Tours in 732 to the Siege of Vienna in 1683, hear how Emperor Leo III, Charles Martel, and King Sobieski stood in the gap when no other kings answered the call. Part...

In Part 10 of our Islamification of America series, Pastor Stephen Martin, Pastor Nate Brown, and Pastor Daniel Hayworth tackle one of the most pressing theological questions of our day: when is war just? Listen as they walk through Augustine's foundational framework from City of God, Thomas Aquinas's expansion into seven criteria, and how Scripture from Romans 13 to Deuteronomy 20 lays ou...

Listen as Pastor Stephen Martin, Pastor Nathan Brown, and Pastor Daniel Hayworth walk through the biggest headlines of the week with biblical clarity. This Culture Review covers Trump's multi-generational Iran strategy, the Pope's controversial war comments, the disturbing gay surrogacy video going viral, James Carville's plan for Democrats, Virginia's gerrymandering push, and Alli...

Listen as Pastor Stephen Martin traces the biblical theology of freedom from Mount Sinai to the cross, then contrasts it with Islamic dhimmitude — the doctrine of permanent subjugation that has shaped 1,400 years of Islamic rule. In Part 5 of The Cross & the Crescent series, Pastor Stephen explains why freedom is God's idea, why the imago Dei is the foundation of every right Christians enj...

Listen as Pastor Stephen Martin launches a year-long challenge for Christian men rooted in 1 Corinthians 16:13. Drawing from Genesis 3, Pastor Stephen unpacks Adam's failure of responsibility and offers five practical lessons for Christian men navigating today's culture. From real-world stories about presence with his sons to an honest Easter weekend reflection on guilt, shame, and blame, this epi...

Listen as Pastor Daniel Hayworth sits down with Killeen City Council candidate Christy Wilbanks for a deeply personal and politically urgent conversation. Christy shares her powerful testimony of walking through her son Martin's four-and-a-half-year battle with cancer and how that season drew her closer to God and prepared her to serve her community. Hear how Christy breaks down the real issue...

Listen as Pastor Nate Brown interviews Theresa Schwab — Vintage Church member and candidate for the Salado Library District Board — about what's really happening inside your local public library. From transgender picture books in the children's section to sexually explicit content slipping past parent review, this conversation offers a biblical and practical roadmap for Christians who want...

Listen as Pastor Nate Brown talks with Kurt Freeman from Compassion International about how one of the world's largest Christian child sponsorship ministries operates across 29 countries — and why they've never compromised their gospel focus. Hear the remarkable story of the consulting firm that told them to "water down Jesus," the 2.2 million kids currently being sponsored, and...

In Part 4 of The Cross & the Crescent series, Pastor Stephen Martin moves from theology to history, tracing how the doctrine of jihad fueled the rapid Islamic conquest of half of Christendom in a single century. Listen as he breaks down the Quran's explicit commands for holy war, the three-option system imposed on non-Muslims, and how internal Christian disunity accelerated the collapse of...

Listen as Pastor Daniel Hayworth walks through the true history behind the First Crusade — a story your textbooks never told. After four centuries of Islamic expansion that consumed three-quarters of the Christian world, Christendom finally united for a coordinated response. You'll Learn: ✅ The 400-year timeline of conquest that preceded the Crusades ✅ How dhimmitude stripped Christians of t...

Coming out of Holy Week, Pastor Stephen Martin, Pastor Daniel Hayworth, and Pastor Nathan Brown catch you up on the biggest headlines shaping our world right now. Listen as they unpack the Iran ceasefire and Trump's strategic maneuvering, the incredible Ghost Murmur technology used in a daring rescue mission, and Tucker Carlson's alarming pivot against Protestant Christianity. Hear the hea...

Can you prove the Bible is true — and that the Quran isn't? Listen as Pastor Daniel Hayworth walks through the manuscript evidence that sets Scripture apart from every other document in human history, then uses Islam's own sources to expose the fatal contradictions within the Quran. Whether you're on your commute or at the gym, this episode equips you with the evidence and confidence t...

What really caused the Crusades — and why should Christians care today? In Part 8 of the Islamification of America series, Pastor Nate sits down with Dr. John Holser, a professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and author of The Siege of Acre and Jerusalem Falls. Listen as they walk through the centuries of Islamic expansion that led to the Crusades, the brut...

This Good Friday, Pastor Nate Brown and Pastor Keegan Sidhu walk through 2,000 years of how the church has understood the cross — from Christus Victor and ransom theory to satisfaction theory and penal substitutionary atonement. Listen as they trace what the earliest church fathers believed, how later theologians shifted the conversation, and why understanding the cross correctly changes how you s...

Are Muhammad and Jesus really just two men offering different paths to the same God? In Part 2 of this 10-part series, Pastor Daniel Hayworth examines the historical fruit of both men's lives — and the contrast couldn't be more clear. Listen as Pastor Daniel walks through the documented record of Muhammad's life using Islam's own sources, then shifts focus to the life, death, and r...

What does jihad really mean — and why does the answer matter for every Christian in America right now? In this episode, Pastor Daniel Hayworth and Pastor Nate Brown walk through the real definition of jihad, the critical distinction between "greater" and "lesser" jihad that's being used to mislead the West, and the four-phase conquest strategy that Islam has used for 1,400...

This Friday Culture Review covers it all. Listen as Pastor Stephen Martin, Pastor Nathan Brown, and Pastor Daniel Hayworth walk through the week's biggest headlines with biblical clarity — from Joe Kent's stunning betrayal in the Charlie Kirk case to Trump's strategic genius deploying ICE to airports, the SAVE Act voter ID battle, and why James Talarico's version of Christianity is...

What if the greatest threat to the Christian church isn't new at all — but 1400 years old? Listen as Pastor Daniel Hayworth launches The Cross and the Crescent, a powerful 10-part series laying the biblical and historical foundation for understanding Islam's ongoing war against Christianity. You'll Learn: ✅ Why cities like Ephesus, Nicaea, and Jerusalem are no longer Christian ✅ The biblical cas...