S5E20 - Activated Faith with Eric Metaxas

Orbis Ministries

Home Give App

S5E20 - Activated Faith with Eric Metaxas

May 16, 2024 • Ken Fish and Eric Metaxas • James 2:18

Give

This week, Ken and Grant speak with the one and only Eric Metaxas to discuss living out our faith. Eric is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Bonhoeffer and many other books, including Is Atheism Dead?, Martin Luther, Amazing Grace, and Letter to the American Church, which was made into a full-length documentary by the same name. Metaxas's latest book is Religionless Christianity: God's Answer to Evil. He has written over thirty children's books, including the bestsellers Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving and It's Time to Sleep, My Love, illustrated by Nancy Tillman which have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. He hosts Socrates in the City and the nationally syndicated Eric Metaxas Radio Show — "The Show about Everything!" — which also airs as a weekly TV program on TBN. For more information about this week's guest, go to ericmetaxas.com.

We long for your Faith to be encouraged and the fire of the Holy Spirit to ignite in your life by hearing these testimonies. We look forward to what God has in store for all of us living and working in His Kingdom as we prove to our World that "God is not a Theory."

Thanks for watching God is Not a Theory, a podcast of Orbis Ministries. For more information, visit orbisministries.org. If you'd like to hear more from Ken or join the Orbis Ministries community, you can download the free Orbis Ministries mobile app here: https://get.theapp.co/kjwz.

Join us in Nashville for Kingdom IGNITION! The IGNITION conference follows last year’s FUSION conference to explore how we become God's partners in building a SUSTAINABLE MOVE of God in our generation. Click here for more information and registration! ⁠https://kingdomignition.org/

Check out Ken's book, On the Road with the Holy Spirit here: https://orbisministries.org/product/on-the-road-with-the-holy-spirit/

Partner with Orbis Financially: http://tinyurl.com/yfe3974h

Are you interested in Holy Spirit-led ministry? Visit Orbis School of Ministry at https://orbissm.com, or email our Registrar, Jo McKay, at jo@orbisminstries.org

Upcoming Orbis Ministries overseas ministry trips are posted behind the registration/login portal under the Train-Join an International Ministry Trip link on orbisministries.org.

Do you want to join Ken's private God is not a Theory discussion group on Facebook? Please send a Facebook Direct Message to Bryan Orbis ALONG WITH a Friend Request asking to be added.

If you'd like to receive Ken's monthly prayer letter, please go to orbisministries.org and scroll down to the bottom right for "Prayer Letter Signup".

"The evidence from science for the existence of God is slam dunk. It is over. There is no debate.” - Eric Metaxas

"We are fighting a war, which is a good thing. The only sad thing is the people sitting on the sideline doing nothing." - Eric Metaxas.

"The only thing worse than Christians doing nothing is Christians doing nothing for religious reasons." - Eric Metaxas.

"We are called to be activist Christians, …which means we have to live our faith in the public square." - Ken Fish.

‘Some are hostile to God not from an intellectual standpoint but to oppose God's authority.’ - Eric Metaxas.

‘Living out your faith heroically will attract people to the Gospel.’ - Eric Metaxas.

"People eventually have to grow beyond just being a new convert." Ken Fish

"Put your faith into action." - Eric Metaxas.

‘I don't care what you say you believe. I care about how you act out your belief.’ - Eric Metaxas

"We are called to do the small thing that God has called us to do." - Eric Metaxas.

https://lettertotheamericanchurch.com

S5E24 - Embracing Being a SON or DAUGHTER of God with Elizabeth Woning

June 13, 2024 • Ken Fish with Grant Pemberton, Elizabeth Woning • Revelation 12:11

This week, Ken and Grant are joined by Elizabeth Woning. Elizabeth is the founder of CHANGED, a network of men and women who have walked away from LGBTQ identity. In addition to member support, the CHANGED Movement works with legislators and think tanks to protect the First Amendment rights of all those seeking freedom from LGBTQ culture and its social labels. Elizabeth "came out" in her early 20s and attended a Presbyterian Church (USA) seminary living openly as a lesbian after questioning her sexuality for several years. As a student in seminary between 2000 and 2003, she lobbied for marriage and ordination of LGTBQ individuals and ministered among gay youth, espousing a theology that embraced homosexuality. Upon graduating, she served as a youth pastor in a small rural community, where an encounter with Jesus radically shifted her perspective. The love of God drew her into a revelation that led to repentance and healing. She married her husband Doug in 2005. Elizabeth holds a Master's in Theology and is completing her Doctor of Ministry degree in New Testament Theology at Houston Theological Seminary at Houston Christian University in Texas. She is a licensed pastor and teaches emerging leaders at Bethel Church's School of Ministry in Redding, California. Our upcoming IGNITION conference follows last year's FUSION conference to explore how we become God's partners in building a SUSTAINABLE MOVE of God in our generation. Join us in Nashville for Kingdom IGNITION! Registration is open. Click here for more information! ⁠https://kingdomignition.org We long for your faith to be encouraged and the fire of the Holy Spirit to ignite in your life by hearing these messages. We look forward to what God has in store for all of us living and working in His Kingdom as we prove to our world that "God is not a Theory." Thanks for watching God is Not a Theory, a podcast of Orbis Ministries. For more information, visit http://orbisministries.org If you'd like to hear more from Ken or join the OrbisMinistries community, you can download the free Orbis Ministries mobile app here: https://get.theapp.co/kjwz. Check out Ken's book, On the Road with the Holy Spirit here: https://orbisministries.org/product/on-the-road-with-the-holy-spirit Partner with Orbis Financially: http://tinyurl.com/yfe3974h Are you interested in Holy Spirit-led ministry? Visit Orbis School of Ministry at https://orbissm.com, or email our Registrar, Jo McKay, at http://orbisminstries.org Upcoming Orbis Ministries overseas ministry trips are posted behind the registration/login portal under the Train-Join an International Ministry Trip link on http://orbisministries.org Do you want to join Ken's private God is not a Theory discussion group on Facebook? Please send a Facebook Direct Message to Bryan Orbis ALONG WITH a Friend Request asking to be added. If you'd like to receive Ken's monthly prayer letter, please go to http://orbisministries.org and scroll down to the bottom right for "Prayer Letter Signup". “Here we are as Christians. We’re standing against the tide.” – Ken Fish “The furor over the need for these [conversion therapy] bans is interesting. What it is effectively doing… is it’s limiting free speech in a confidential setting…. The state can control what we talk about…. That means state-sanctioned or government-mandated sexual identity…. Worldwide, what it means is that those kinds of bans are being introduced at very great cost to religious freedom.” – Elizabeth Woning “In Canada and Australia right now, a private living room conversation can give you jail time, if you, through even a moment of prayer, encourage a person to desist from LGBT identities and that individual takes that wrongly. It is very invasive, and it is probably the biggest anti-Christian movement that we’re seeing worldwide right now.” – Elizabeth Woning ‘In [California]… if your child identifies as anything other than straight and cis-gendered, if you even question it… the authorities can take the child out of your home…. To me that is a terrifying prospect and it is analogous to what we used to see in communist nations....’ – Ken Fish “It’s not about LGBT. It’s about the change of government structure, the way big government controls society and what ideas and what speech that we may have in the public arena…that is being fought for and LGBT is being used by cultural elites… to make a huge political change in the United States.” – Elizabeth Woning “Following Jesus is the route to the need that you have for fulfillment. The love of Jesus is the thing that you most desire.” – Elizabeth Woning “So often the very first cutoff point for someone who identifies as LGBTQ is ‘God will not receive me” or ‘I could not become a Christian.’ And so I want to just say that God WILL receive you and is always welcoming." – Elizabeth Woning “The Lord holds the keys to our identity.” – Elizabeth Woning

S5E21 - Update from Israel with Avner Boskey

May 23, 2024 • Ken Fish and Avner Boskey

S5E21 - Update from Israel with Avner Boskey This week, Ken and Grant speak with Avner Boskey. Avner is a long-time friend of Ken's and a resident of Israel, as well as a biblical scholar who illuminates a historical perspective on the current conflict in the Middle East and a look into the future. We will also welcome him as one of our IGNITION conference speakers this October. We long for your Faith to be encouraged and the fire of the Holy Spirit to ignite in your life by hearing these testimonies. We look forward to what God has in store for all of us living and working in His Kingdom as we prove to our World that "God is not a Theory." Thanks for watching God is Not a Theory, a podcast of Orbis Ministries. For more information, visit http://orbisministries.org/. If you'd like to hear more from Ken or join the Orbis Ministries community, you can download the free Orbis Ministries mobile app here: https://get.theapp.co/kjwz. The IGNITION conference follows the FUSION conference to explore how we become God's partners in building a SUSTAINABLE MOVE of God in our generation. Join us in Nashville for Kingdom IGNITION! Registration is open. Click here for more information! ⁠https://kingdomignition.org/ Check out Ken's book, On the Road with the Holy Spirit here: https://orbisministries.org/product/on-the-road-with-the-holy-spirit Partner with Orbis Financially: http://tinyurl.com/yfe3974h Are you interested in Holy Spirit-led ministry? Visit Orbis School of Ministry at https://orbissm.com/, or email our Registrar, Jo McKay, at mailto:jo@orbisminstries.org Upcoming Orbis Ministries overseas ministry trips are posted behind the registration/login portal under the Train-Join an International Ministry Trip link on http://orbisministries.org/. Do you want to join Ken's private God is not a Theory discussion group on Facebook? Please send a Facebook Direct Message to Bryan Orbis ALONG WITH a Friend Request asking to be added. If you'd like to receive Ken's monthly prayer letter, please go to http://orbisministries.org/ and scroll down to the bottom right for "Prayer Letter Signup". "If the Jews can come back to Israel. It means that Islam was not triumphant." - Avner Boskey "It will be interesting when Jesus returns what language He will be speaking, Arabic or Hebrew." - Avner Boskey "Secularism has cast a spell on the West." - Avner Boskey "Do we take the Bible seriously?" - Ken Fish "What is going to make the Jewish people jealous about the way the church is living right now?" - Avner Boskey

S5E23 - So, You're Praying for Revival? with Marc Dupont

June 6, 2024 • Ken Fish and Grant Pemberton, Marc Dupont

This week, Ken and Grant are joined by Marc Dupont, founder of Mantle of Praise Ministries, a ministry concerned with revival and restoring a prophetic edge to the whole body of Christ. Marc and his wife Kim now reside in San Diego, CA. They have three grown children, Allie, Taylor and David. Marc is also on staff at Foothills Christian Church in El Cajon, CA. His pastoral responsibilities include preaching at services and conferences and mentoring. Marc was on staff at the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship from 1992 to the spring 1996. Marc's latest book, "Breakthrough in Times of Breakdown," talks about how there is divine help in times of turmoil, fantastic grace in times of suffering, and the Prince of Peace in any age of confusion. He is also locally involved with ministry on an ongoing basis with many different churches of various denominations. Ken and Marc have an in-depth conversation about what is happening in the church. Marc has been a guest on the podcast before, and you can listen to his first episode here. Our upcoming IGNITION conference follows last year’s FUSION conference to explore how we become God's partners in building a SUSTAINABLE MOVE of God in our generation. Join us in Nashville for Kingdom IGNITION! Registration is open. Click here for more information! ⁠https://kingdomignition.org/ We long for your faith to be encouraged and the fire of the Holy Spirit to ignite in your life by hearing these messages. We look forward to what God has in store for all of us living and working in His Kingdom as we prove to our world that "God is not a Theory." Thanks for watching God is Not a Theory, a podcast of Orbis Ministries. For more information, visit http://orbisministries.org/. If you'd like to hear more from Ken or join the Orbis Ministries community, you can download the free Orbis Ministries mobile app here: https://get.theapp.co/kjwz. Check out Ken's book, On the Road with the Holy Spirit here: https://orbisministries.org/product/on-the-road-with-the-holy-spirit Partner with Orbis Financially: http://tinyurl.com/yfe3974h Are you interested in Holy Spirit-led ministry? Visit Orbis School of Ministry at https://orbissm.com/, or email our Registrar, Jo McKay, at mailto:jo@orbisminstries.org Upcoming Orbis Ministries overseas ministry trips are posted behind the registration/login portal under the Train-Join an International Ministry Trip link on http://orbisministries.org/. Do you want to join Ken's private God is not a Theory discussion group on Facebook? Please send a Facebook Direct Message to Bryan Orbis ALONG WITH a Friend Request asking to be added. If you'd like to receive Ken's monthly prayer letter, please go to http://orbisministries.org/ and scroll down to the bottom right for "Prayer Letter Signup". "A Prophet is a burden bearer." - Marc Dupont "We are talking about a lifestyle where we practice holiness." - Marc Dupont "As leaders, we reproduce who we are, not what we say." - Marc Dupont "The organization's tone is set at the top with the leader." - Ken Fish "In the Bible, more blessings are promised to those who FEAR the Lord than those who LOVE the Lord." - Marc Dupont "God is the great I Am. We are the great I'm not." - Marc Dupont "We have been championing lawlessness." - Marc Dupont "Pastors have a greater fear of offending someone, rather than sharing the truth." - Marc Dupont "The slippery slope is that our ministry to man eclipses our ministry to God." - Marc Dupont "The time of slow-paced living is behind us. We have to create space to have quiet time with the Lord." - Ken Fish The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything – Stephen M. R. Covey "We have to be in a relationship that keeps us accountable and will call out." - Marc Dupont "There is no right way to do the wrong thing." - Ken Fish Two books recommended by Ken are The Bait of Satan and The Awe of God by John Bevere. "God is cleaning the house and getting ready for a bunch of guests to be invited." - Marc Dupont "Let's make our hearts a resting place for the Holy Spirit." - Marc Dupont