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Why 'Choose Faith Over Fear' Is Making Your Anxiety Worse | Luke Kjolhaug
Pastor and author Luke Kjolhaug talks the truth about anxiety, the fear of being known, FOMO, and why love — not courage — is the real antidote to fear!Luke Kjolhaug is a Lutheran pastor based in central Minnesota and a former civil engineer who followed God's call to ministry over a decade ago. His new book, Fear Not: How the Gospel Disrupts Our Deepest Anxieties, tackles the root spiritual causes of fear and anxiety in a culture where mental health struggles are reaching every demographic.He explains:■ Why courage is the wrong antidote to fear, according to 1 John 4■ Why showing only your highlight reel keeps you imprisoned in anxiety■ Why FOMO is secretly linked to the commandment against coveting■ The Christus Victor lens that finally freed him from anxiety-driven guilt■ Why "fear not" in scripture is a life-giving word, not a crushing command
Chapters
0:00 Fear Crops God Out
1:58 Meet Luke Chellog, Pastor & Author
6:03 Writing the Book "Fear Not"
9:30 Fear's Spiritual Root
16:07 Christus Victor & Anxiety's Relief
22:16 Love, Not Courage, Casts Out Fear
24:33 The Fear of Being Known
33:00 Pastoral Vulnerability Done Wisely
44:07 "Fear Not" as Command or Comfort?
46:19 Fearing the Right Things
49:04 FOMO, Coveting & Contentment
57:43 Tribe's Unpleasant Truth
Grab a copy of his book here - https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Not-Disrupts-Deepest-Anxieties-ebook/dp/B0H7FD3VLT (https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Not-Disrupts-Deepest-Anxieties-ebook/dp/B0H7FD3VLT)
15 Sept 2026
The Real Reason Christians Keep Losing The Culture War | Justin Giboney
Justin E. Giboney, founder of the AND Campaign, reveals the truth about Christian political identity, the civil rights movement's forgotten theology, and why compassion without conviction is failing the church today!
Justin Giboney is an attorney, political strategist, and ordained minister based in Atlanta, Georgia. As co-founder and president of the AND Campaign, he has spent over a decade building a biblical framework for Christian civic engagement. His new book, Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around, recovers the orthodox theology behind the civil rights movement to challenge today's culture wars.
He explains:
■ Why choosing a political side is not the same as choosing the right position
■ Why the civil rights movement was orthodox and Bible-believing, not progressively ideological
■ Why conviction without justice discredits the church just as much as justice without truth
■ The real reason Christians stay silent when their own party gets it wrong
■ Why seeing your opponents as irredeemable is the surest way to become what you're fighting
Chapter Markers:
0:00 Christianity Beyond the Moment
1:27 Justin's Faith Journey
5:56 Founding the AND Campaign
8:06 Right Positions, Not Just Sides
13:19 Civil Rights Church as Model
17:23 When Ideology Replaces Faith
21:44 Truth, Compassion, and Courage
27:39 Fighting Evil Without Becoming It
40:01 Writing "Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around"
46:59 Restoring Christ to the Conversation
53:29 Fred Shuttlesworth's Unpigeonholed Faith
56:33 Principles Over Election Cycles
1 Sept 2026
The Church Is Teaching You To Follow People, Not Jesus | Michael Moore (The Honest Youth Pastor)
Known online as The Honest Youth Pastor, Michael Moore reveals how getting fired from his church sparked a 12-year social media movement, the 3 questions he uses to evaluate any sermon, and the dangerous phrases spreading through the church that sound Christian but aren’t. He also shares the regret that changed how he understands the gospel — not what happened to him, but how long it took him to realise what the gospel actually meant for his own life.
Michael Moore is a bi-vocational pastor and creator behind The Honest Youth Pastor. With nearly 12 years of ministry and online content, he created the Sermon Review Guide to help ordinary believers think critically about the preaching they hear each week.
We dive into:
◼️ The 3 simple questions every Christian can use to evaluate a sermon
◼️ How online discipleship can quietly teach Christians to hate those they disagree with
◼️ The Christian-sounding phrases that can actually point to something far from Christ
◼️ One of his deepest preaching regrets
To find out more about Michael and his work - www.thehonestyouthpastor.com (https://thehonestyouthpastor.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorwhM_0qbDGu1hyuigcnz13y93Cm9q6rOWyQCa2VO3oxhdjH0ko)
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