The Kirk Cameron Show

There is an important difference between "reporters" of culture and "reformers" of culture. While the reporters merely gossip, repeat, and spread culture's problems, reformers are the ones who work toward solutions to those problems. Too many U.S. citizens are reporters, and are doing nothing to improve the state of American culture for future generations, which is why the family of faith needs to step up. Without the transforming power of the gospel, good policies and principles will not be able to create lasting change. In order to be true reformers, we need hearts that have been transformed by the gospel, because on our own, we are slaves to the desires of our sinful hearts. With the Bible as the ultimate source of truth, we must be the ones to convince this crooked culture that it needs change. To heaven-ize earth and follow the example of Jesus, we must be the reformers of culture, equipped with courage and strength.To learn more, visit kirkcameron.comTo learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Government authorities should be obeyed, when they are doing their job of restraining evil so that citizens can do good. But when the government acts corruptly and fails to protect the people, that may be a time for civil disobedience. During the COVID-19 pandemic, churches across the country were deemed "nonessential," while institutions like strip clubs and smoke shops remained open. One particular pastor from Thousand Oaks, California decided that it was time for an act of civil disobedience, and while adhering to health precautions, he reopened his church as a place for community and spiritual renewal. This pastor, Rob McCoy, understood that the church was a placed ordained by God, and as such, fought back against the government to open the doors of the church. Like Rob, members of the family of faith need to constantly be asking ourselves what we can do to create a bright and hopeful future in this country. We need to be fighting for biblical values in a culture that desperately needs care for sinful hearts. To learn more, visit kirkcameron.comTo learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jesus has tasked the family of faith to occupy the earth until he comes back, and we need to take that mission seriously, using the gifts that He has given us to multiply His kingdom. We see an example of this in the "Parable of the Talents," which tells the story of a nobleman who entrusts his servants with five talents, asking them to invest the money while he is away. When the nobleman finally returns, he is a king, and rewards the servants who invested their money wisely by multiplying their talents. When the king gets to the last servant, who had done nothing with what he was given due to fear, the king casts him away. As representatives of heaven, we are given a similar task -- to use what God has given us for the goodness of the Lord and His Kingdom, so we must not stand idly by out of fear.To learn more, visit kirkcameron.comTo learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's culture, we need to be wary of the media that our children are surrounded by, which sadly includes children's books. The once wholesome Scholastic is now choosing to publish books that threaten to corrupt our children, and we can't sit idly by while this happens. Many parents, caregivers, and teachers believe that there is nothing we can do, but we must take the stance of David against the Goliath of secular children's books. We must take a stance of courage and be advocates for the future that we want our children to be living in. To learn more, visit kirkcameron.comTo learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Instead of complaining about culture, the family of faith should aim to be the creators of culture. Our society is a garden that has been overridden with weeds that are choking out all that is beautiful, and that is due to our own neglect. The Lord called Adam and Eve to populate the earth and take dominion over it, and our sacred calling as humankind is to build a world that gives honor to God and blessing to future generations. As children of God, shaping culture is our calling. So don't give up on the culture, give up on fear.To learn more, visit kirkcameron.comTo learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some people believe that God's plan is to snatch Christians away from earth and into heaven, yet that doesn't seem in line with what we see in Scripture. Instead, the family of faith is called to "heaven-ize" the earth, bringing the life of heaven down to our imperfect world. Society will tell you that secular humanism allows for freedom of religion, but even in a society that deems itself religiously neutral, someone's ideas will inevitably dominate. Their idea of heaven puts man on the throne as supreme leader, but man's laws will only lead to misery and slavery. If we want to be truly free and flourishing, our country must nourish the biblical values that it were once founded upon.To learn more, visit kirkcameron.comTo learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are some of us, including some in the family of faith, who believe that the world is inevitably going to decay until it is eventually destroyed. And yet, this is not what we see in Scripture, or in the teachings of Jesus. This world needs to be filled with people who love God and want to beautify the earth, allowing for the flourishing of all creation. In order to do this, we need to challenge false binaries that are undermining biblical truth and the exercise of our faith. Kirk outlines three sets of false binaries—sacred versus secular; spiritual versus physical; and church versus state—and encourages listeners to stop viewing these things as competing ideas. The sacred can exist in secular spaces, and it should. The spiritual world and the physical world are equally important in the eyes of God. And the church does not and should not exist outside of the state. If you don't recognize these false dichotomies, you many be standing in your own way of exercising your faith authentically and freely.To learn more, visit kirkcameron.comTo learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American citizens have been witnesses to a shift in leadership that is favoring progressive extremists who will destroy our schools, our economy, and the morals we once held. Those who intend to hold seats of power will usher in a new secular, humanist, socialist version of America, which is why the family of faith needs to uphold the wisdom of heaven now more than ever. We can look back on examples of spiritual revival throughout history, and one particular story from Great Britain in 800 B.C. stands out. If it weren't for the faithfulness of King Alfred of Wessex, the viking extremists would have destroyed even more of the country and wiped out all Christian morality. Instead of surrendering to the vikings, King Alfred assembled an army of likeminded Christians who defeated the vikings, and even offered mercy to their ruler, a man named Guthrum. When Guthrum accepted Alfred's offer of peace, he himself became a Christian and was baptized, and Wessex experienced a spiritual awakening all because of the dedication and courage of one man. Will the family of faith in America follow this example?To learn more, visit kirkcameron.com To learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whoever cares more about the future that our children will inherit will get the privilege of defining it. If you don't care about discipling your children, radical progressivism will gladly take over and raise your children as it sees fit. You were placed at this point in history, in your own spheres of influence, and with your own resources and gifts, to positively impact the world in your unique way. All you must do is put complacency and cowardice behind you in order to enact a cultural revival in your community, country, and world.To learn more, visit kirkcameron.com To learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine an America where emptiness and brokenness is replaced with the presence of God, where the fear of man is replaced with trust in the Lord, where love floods the places that have been burned by hatred. This vision of America cannot be achieved without the courage of the family of faith, and change is inevitable if we decide to truly live out the birthright that we have been given. If we apply the God-given, biblical strategies for family, community, and the government, our country will begin to flourish once more. As a new creation in Christ, you were not called to look like everyone else, but to be an advocate for change in a culture that is straying farther and farther from God.To learn more, visit kirkcameron.com To learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices