Be Worthy of the Bullet That Charlie Kirk Took For You — Why Independence Day? with Steve Deace PLUS Q&A

About this episode

Steve Deace discusses the significance of Independence Day and his new book while answering listener questions.

How do you take a BIG idea like the importance of Independence Day and make it accessible for young readers without watering down the truth? Look no further than Steve Deace and his new book, 'Why Independence Day? America is Great Because God is Good'. Steve recently joined Frank on his recent tour of the U.S. Capitol with Speaker Mike Johnson and shares some of his biggest takeaways while answering questions like: How did Steve get started in radio? How does Steve jokingly explain the difference between reformed and charismatic Christians? Is there a Nefarious 2 in the works? What inspired Steve to write a series of children books? What does Steve mean when he says, "Be worthy of the bullet that Charlie Kirk took for you"? Then, later in the program Frank addresses some listener questions, including: Is God evil because He created people who do horrible things? If God appoints all leaders why is Satan considered the ruler of this world? What's the best way to share the Gospel at a wedding? Have a question for Frank? Send it to hello@crossexamined.org and stay tuned for Friday's episode with Eric Metaxas where you'll learn more about his brilliant new book (available to order…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Frank Turek

Guest: Steve Deace

Topics covered

• Independence Day
• Christianity
• Children's books
• Radio
• Gospel sharing
• Leadership

Keywords

• Independence Day
• Steve Deace
• Christianity
• children's books
• Gospel
• leadership
• radio

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Why Independence Day? America is Great Because God is Good, Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World

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