Lighthouse Faith

After reading a troubling report on the decline of traditional American values, Princeton Professor Robert George founded Fidelity Month—a grassroots movement celebrated in June to encourage devotion to God, family, and country. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith, Professor George discusses the movement's growing momentum and explains why Fidelity Month isn't meant to replace Pride Month, but to serve as a separate celebration of shared values and patriotism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

God's promises of hope and joy can appear out of reach when you're in a season of suffering or pain, but God always has a purpose. He will either remove the pain or walk with us through it; He will never leave us to suffer alone. Anne Graham Lotz and her daughter, Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright, focus on that theology in their new book, "God Won't Leave You There: Joseph's Story." On this episode of the Lighthouse Faith podcast, Lotz—daughter of renowned evangelist Billy Graham—and her daughter provide vulnerable anecdotes of their own battles with health issues and personal loss, sharing powerful testimonies to God's power and promise in the face of hardship and heartbreak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Life is a journey that is rarely easy, and many times the challenges seem insurmountable when you're in them. However, looking back from a distance helps us see God's plan within the suffering. That sentiment perfectly describes the faith journey of Victoria Arlen, award winning sportscaster, TV Host and gold-medalist swimmer. After being diagnosed with two rare medical conditions, at the age of eleven, she spent four years in a vegetative state battling suicidal ideation, but now Victoria is breaking mental health stigmas by sharing her story. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Victoria Arlen talks about her book The View Is Worth It. It is her gift to those seeking strength, offering hope to anyone battling the silent pain of mental health struggles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At just 15 years old, one image changed the life of Live Action founder Lila Rose and launched her pro-life activism. After encountering a graphic image of a fetus, she felt emboldened to educate young people about the reality of abortion. In 2008, she founded her non-profit organization, which became well-known for its college campus activism and undercover investigations at Planned Parenthood. On this episode of the Lighthouse Faith podcast, Lila discusses her investigative work, her hopes for Gen Z as they navigate adulthood, and her steadfast commitment to the pro-life movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In February, a Communist-controlled court sentenced Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison. His daughter, Claire Lai, has been steadfastly advocating for his release, and on this episode of Lighthouse Faith, she shares how her father remains rooted in his faith despite his imprisonment. Claire discusses his continued stand against religious persecution as the region loses its status as a safe haven for Chinese Christians. With Jimmy’s health declining, she details the urgent international pressure to overturn his conviction and secure his freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This weekend, millions of Christians worldwide will gather to celebrate Easter. Beyond the secular traditions of bunnies and decorative baskets, the holiday centers on faith, a beautiful reminder that Jesus Christ's resurrection is the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies about a Messiah. On this episode of the Lighthouse Faith podcast, Dr. Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Dallas, explains how Easter, above all holidays, is truly about the greatest existential reality that mankind faces: What happens when I die? The resurrection of Jesus is the assurance that there is a spiritual reality beyond this earthly life...that sins are atoned for, and that death has been defeated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They sat on seemingly opposite ends of the spiritual spectrum: Benjamin Franklin, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, a man of science and reason, and George Whitefield, a man of God who ignited a religious revival in the 1700's called "The Great Awakening." Yet Divine Providence brought them together to form an unlikely friendship and partnership. Franklin printed Whitefield's sermons and writings, while Whitefield preached to thousands in the open air of the relationship they are called to have with Jesus Christ. Their union launched an awakening that Director Joshua Enck says helped to strengthen the faith foundation of America, and the belief that liberty is not granted by an earthly king but by God Almighty. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Enck talks about the Sight & Sound film, "A Great Awakening" opening in theaters on Good Friday, and shares what spurred him to take on the project to coincide with the 250th Anniversary of America's founding, as well as the awakening that is needed today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's a biblical narrative that mirrors today's war in Iran and cannot be ignored. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Bible story of Queen Esther of 2,300 years ago, when the young Jewish woman confronts the Persian King Xerxes about the plot to kill all the Jews hatched by his high official Haman. The king then allows the Jews to protect themselves against their aggressors, which becomes a bloody conflict. Today, many Jewish leaders are noting the parallels in Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who frequently touted "Death to Israel" and was killed just days before Purim began on March 2. On this episode of the Lighthouse Faith podcast, Rabbi Josh Joseph, Executive Vice President and COO of The Orthodox Union, discusses how Purim serves as a continual reminder for the Jewish people to remain diligent in their faith and identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is the Devil sexist? Yes, and No. Satan has a war chest of spiritual deceptions in his arsenal; some are tailored specifically for women, says Christian author and speaker Emily Wilson Hussem. It doesn't matter the age, the enemy tries to destroy women with discouragement, sorrow, and even despair in life against the particular light that women bring to the world. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Hussem talks about her book Sincerely, Stoneheart. It's modeled after C.S. Lewis' famous book The Screwtape Letters, about a senior devil agent named Screwtape, writing to a junior agent about how to corrupt and discourage God's image bearers. While Satan attacks both men and women, there is a very specific way he goes after women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Always feisty. Always blunt. The Catholic League's president, Bill Donohue, is not terribly fond of New York City's new Mayor, Zohran Mamdani. And it's not because Mayor Mamdani is Muslim. He doesn't care about that. What he cares about is the observation that Mamdani has excluded traditional religious practices, specifically, Judeo-Christian heritage. On this episode of the Lighthouse Faith podcast, Donohue unleashes a laundry list of complaints he's logged that prove his points. He also has some words for the state of Catholic higher education and how he believes they're moving from traditional Christian values to adopt a more secular agenda. Believe him or not, Bill Donohue always does his homework and has the facts to back up his claims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are many films and documentaries about World War II and the grim reality of the Holocaust of the six million Jewish lives taken at the hands of Nazi's, and the subsequent allied victory that brought it all to an end. Or did it? The documentary "Among Neighbors," shows the lingering effects of the cruelty of the Third Reich, when even six months after the end of the war, as Jewish survivors of the death camps returned to their homes and villages, they found that life could never be the same with the neighbors with whom they once enjoyed a blissful co-existence. For seventy years one woman, who witnessed the brutal killing of five Jewish neighbors, kept her silence.... until now. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast , filmmaker, writer and director Yoav Potash, talks about the making of the film, and why so little is known of these precarious days of supposed peace, which brought so little of it to so many. And how the malignancy of Hitler's hate continued to spread for years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No matter what your professed faith is, it has to be lived through relationships. It's unavoidable. Faith without interaction with other image bearers will inevitably be weak. But it's in the most intimate and close relationships that we are tested and tried to our very limits. Best-selling Christian author Lysa TerKeurst bares her soul in her books, bringing to light our greatest wants and needs. She's been frank and open about her divorce from the man who just a few years ago, she renewed vows with after the union of two decades went sour. On this episode of the Lighthouse Faith podcast, Lauren revisits her conversation with Lysa on her book, "Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are." Love is complicated. It's the one lesson any spouse or parent learns, oftentimes, the hard way. But it can also bring us closer to understanding who we are, while strengthening and loving who we are meant to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices