Ideas Have Consequences
Worldviews shape communities, influence politics, steer economics, set social norms, and ultimately affect the well-being of both your life and your nation. Obedience to the Great Commission involves replacing false ideas with biblical truth. Together with the help of friends, our mission is to demonstrate that only biblical truth leads to flourishing lives, families, societies, and nations. This show explores the intersection of faith and culture, aiming to address pressing societal issues through a biblical lens. Ideas Have Consequences is the podcast of the Disciple Nations Alliance.
Episodes
216 episodes
The Church has the Answerers: Poverty, UBI, Homelessness, and AI jobs
Episode Summary: What if poverty isn’t mainly an economic crisis, but a discipleship crisis?This week, we sit down with a true expert, Ena Richards, founder of Work for a Living, to challenge the dominant narrative abo...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:07:52
The Same Idea Fueled the Holocaust and the Sexual Revolution | Seth Gruber
Episode Summary: The sexual revolution isn’t progress. It’s a regression into outright paganism. This is not an overstatement.Today, we trace a direct line from Malthus and Darwin to Galton, Havelock Ellis, and Margare...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:10:01
Book Release "Occupy Till I Come" | Darrow Miller
Episode Summary: Christians make up more than half of the American population, but culture is unraveling. The future of the West will not be decided by elections, but by whether the Church rises or retreats. In this episode, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:06:09
Is It Important That We Overturn Same-Sex Marriage? | Katy Faust
Episode Summary: Almost every cultural and political battle we face eventually lands on the shoulders of children. Modern culture talks endlessly about rights but often overlooks the rights of children. If children truly have...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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When Truth Collapses: AI, Wikipedia, and Venezuela’s Warning | Vishal Mangalwadi
Episode Summary: Truth is the engine of flourishing cultures. Season three of Ideas Have Consequences launches with a timely conversation with Vishal Mangalwadi on why nations collapse when truth is abandoned, and ho...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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Season Three Preview
We’re so excited for this next season of Ideas Have Consequences. In a moment of cultural confusion and competing narratives, we invite you to join us as we seek to move from knowing biblical truth to living it.Ideas and worldvi...
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Season 3
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Christmas Special: Eggnog, Joy to the World, & A Dragon-Slaying Messiah
Episode Summary: Christmas isn’t just a cozy story; it’s the moment the King of Kings invaded history. Christmas marks the turning point of history where the King claims His throne. From Isaiah 9 to Revelation 19, we trace th...
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Season 2
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Episode 100
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50:31
Is Your Church Still Bowing to Woke Jesus? | Jon Benzinger
Episode Summary: During the “Great Awokening” in 2020 many churches cracked under the pressure. These cracks ran deeper than political talking points and cultural morays but stemmed from a divide at the level of worldview. Pa...
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Season 2
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Episode 99
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1:15:42
Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing: Stockholm Syndrome Christianity | Dr. John West
Episode Summary: Why are so many Christian leaders thinking like the culture instead of shaping it?This week, we sit down with Dr. John West, Vice President of the Discovery Institute, to unpack his vitally important n...
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Season 2
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Episode 98
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1:17:16
Truth Rising: A Call to Action in a Civilizational Moment | John Stonestreet
Episode Summary: Western civilization is being washed away by a flood of corrosive ideas. In a moment such as this, we must anchor ourselves to the firm foundation from whom its flourishing grew. We need a last-ditch ‘Hail Ma...
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Season 2
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Episode 97
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52:30
Open Borders, Criminal Justice, & Seeking Shalom | Dr. Mark Moland
Episode Summary: Conversations about crime and immigration are extremely charged today, and sincere people see these issues very differently. Why? Today, Dr. Mark Moland joins us to go beyond headlines and soundbites, unpacki...
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Season 2
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Episode 96
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1:15:55
Can Society Fall as Churches Grow? | Pastor Teo Hayashi
Episode Summary: What if revival isn’t measured by packed worship nights, but by reformed schools, honest businesses, and just cities?Pastor Teo Hayashi joins us from Brazil to challenge the Church’s narrow vision of s...
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Season 2
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Episode 95
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57:16
Helping Your Kids Know God’s Good Design for Sexuality and Gender | Elizabeth Urbanowicz
Episode Summary: Whose will be the first voice your child hears about sex and identity, and will it be rooted in truth and beauty, fear and guilt, or cultural lies and deception? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz, founder...
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Season 2
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Episode 94
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1:06:40
Disciple Men, Build Families, Change Nations | Dr. Nancy Pearcey
Episode Summary: Something surprising is happening in churches across the West: young men are coming back! Not for hype or entertainment, but for meaning, mission, belonging, and direction. Are our churches ready to meet this...
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Season 2
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Episode 93
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Cultural Relativism vs. Cultural Reformation in Africa | Dr. Dennis Desire Mwesigwa
Episode Summary: Should the gospel transform African cultures, or are they perfect just the way they are? The gospel goes beyond “getting to heaven”; it has power to reshape societies. Pastor Dennis Desire of Beacon Life Chur...
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Season 2
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Episode 92
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1:10:11
Winsome Third Wayism & Its Consequences
Episode Summary: Softening truth to increase Christian cultural influence is simply quiet compromise. In this episode, Luke and Scott Allen discuss Tim Keller, Charlie Kirk, and the critical question: how should Christians ac...
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Season 2
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Episode 91
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1:13:16
The Church is the Chaplain of the Nations: Wokeism, Islam, and the West
Episode Summary: Freedom, tolerance, and human dignity only exist in Christian nations. In this episode, we dive into Tory (Conservative) Member of Parliament Danny Kruger’s viral speech on England’s Christian foundations, ex...
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Season 2
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Episode 90
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1:00:06
The Turning Point: Time to Disciple this Nation | Lennox Kalifungwa
Episode Summary: Revival in the United States of America? In this episode, we reflect on Charlie Kirk’s recent memorial service and its unprecedented proclamation of the gospel to one of the largest audiences in history...
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Season 2
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Episode 89
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1:32:47
God’s Plan to Transform the World and How You Fit In
Episode Summary: Here’s the full video: God’s Plan to Transform the World and How You Fit InAs followers of Jesus, what is our mis...
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Season 2
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Episode 88
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1:09:41
Fighting for Truth in Dark Times: Reflections on Charlie Kirk's Legacy
Episode Summary: The assassination of Charlie Kirk is a sobering reminder of how dark our cultural moment has become. Is there still room for civil discourse about what is good and true? What has led to such a loss of respect...
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Season 2
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Episode 87
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40:43
Special Episode: Building Good Citizens, Not Just Good Governments | Paulo Fillion
Episode Summary: What if true government starts not in politics, but in the choices we make every day? Paulo Filion shares how his YWAM School of Government equips Christians to apply biblical principles across every sphere o...
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Season 2
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Special Episode: Thinking Creatively About Transformation in Nicaragua | Daniel Borge & Andy Baker
Episode Summary: Born out of both a DNA vision conference and the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, the Nehemiah Center shows that real transformation requires more than relief—it demands a biblical worldview that shapes families...
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Season 2
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CNN Thinks Christians Are Trying to Take Over the Nation: A Response | Lennox Kalifungwa
Episode Summary: What does it take to build distinctly Christian institutions in today's ominous cultural climate? This week, we’re joined by our friend Lennox Kalifungwa—a rising podcaster, writer, and cultural commentator w...
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Season 2
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Episode 86
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1:13:11
Special Episode: Protecting Paraguay's Laws from the West | Jazmín Ozuna
Episode Summary: What happens when a 24-year-old lawyer becomes a legislative gatekeeper protecting her nation from harmful ideological infiltration? Jazmín Ozuna shares her remarkable journey of using a biblical worldview to...
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Season 2
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A Strategic Opportunity to Disciple Nations | Scott D. Allen
Episode Summary: What happens when we reduce the church’s mission to saving souls while neglecting culture? In this episode, Scott Allen and teammates, Luke and John, share the story of how the Disciple Nations Alliance grew ...
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Season 2
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Episode 85
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1:20:47