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Dr. Mark Christian grew up in Egypt as the firstborn son of a respected physician and religious leader. He was leading prayers in mosques by age nine and later led prayers in Mecca. He studied hard to prove his faith was true, and the more he studied, the more questions he had. Asking them, he says, made him a threat to his own father. In his memoir, The Apostate: My Search for Truth, he tells what happened next: a call at dawn to his father's old medical office, a fire trap behind the door, and the stumble on a rug that he and Eric believe saved his life. Then, in the back of an ambulance, came the decision that changed everything: "I will follow Jesus, God of love."Eric was handed this book at an event and couldn't put it down. Here's why. And if you know someone who is quietly asking hard questions about their faith, Eric says, share this so they know they're not crazy.Dr. Mark Christian (a pen name) is the founder of Global Faith Institute in Omaha, Nebraska, and the president of the Truth and Freedom Foundation. The Apostate: My Search for Truth (Fidelis Publishing) is available at bookstores and Amazon. Global Faith: globalfaith.org. Sign up for Eric's newsletter at ericmetaxas.com.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Chapter -- Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/🦅 Patriot Mobile -- America's ONLY Christian Conservative Wireless Provider: https://patriotmobile.com/partners/metaxas🏛️ Socrates in the City CRUISE: https://socratesinthecity.com/cruise/00:00 Eric on the Book He Couldn't Put Down02:56 Dr. Mark Christian Joins Eric04:04 The Apostate: My Search for Truth05:14 A Physician's Son Leading Prayers at Nine08:24 Like the Apostle Paul09:07 Leading Prayers in Mecca10:05 Grace vs. Works11:54 Punished at Five for a Movie13:34 What He Was Taught About God16:59 Choosing a Loving God19:16 The Grand Narrative of His Story19:54 He Studied to Prove It. He Found the Opposite22:21 Why Asking Questions Was Dangerous23:03 The Biggest Question of All27:05 "Afraid Beyond Words"28:16 Why He Wrote The Apostate29:47 To Anyone With Doubts: You're Not Crazy30:40 A Father and Son32:27 Like Luther: Seeing the Abyss33:37 The Night on the Balcony36:06 "I Became a Threat"37:52 The Call at Dawn39:18 The Trap Behind the Door41:46 "A Miracle of God"42:35 A Message at the Hospital43:25 In the Back of the Ambulance44:27 Where to Find The Apostate- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

Pastor Allen Jackson of World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, has a challenge for "spectator" Christians: stop sitting in the stands and complaining. Too many believers, he says, sit out with excuses like "I won't support Donald Trump because he doesn't talk nice, or I won't support Pete Hegseth because he has a tattoo or whatever nonsense." His answer: "I would rather be engaged." He explains why "be kind" is not the 11th commandment ("the goal isn't to be kind to wickedness; the goal is to overcome evil with good") and why prayer comes first. His new book is Let's Pray for America: 30 Prayers for Our Nation's Future. And he has a parable about a Ferrari, some dirt and a tomato patch that you won't forget.Then Oxford theologian Alister McGrath, on the release day of his new book, Rethinking Christianity (Thomas Nelson). He asks: why won't Christianity stay buried? McGrath says Oxford students used to ask him to prove that Christianity makes sense. Now they ask whether it can give them meaning, purpose and a reason to live. He and Eric also talk about why faith and science aren't enemies, what skeptics taught him, and why C.S. Lewis, the atheist who became a Christian, still reaches people that many church leaders can't.Plus, the Bonhoeffer film returns to theaters January 24–27. Ask your church to bring it to a theater near you at bonhoeffermovie.com.Join Eric at Socrates in the City events in New York: Ignat Solzhenitsyn on November 12, the annual Christmas Gala on December 9 and Frank Turek on December 15. Details are at socratesinthecity.com. Pastor Allen Jackson: allenjackson.com. Alister McGrath: rethinking-christianity.com. Sign up for Eric's newsletter at ericmetaxas.com.00:00 Welcome: Book Signings and Eric's Newsletter02:18 The Cruise, the Gala and Ignat Solzhenitsyn04:55 The Bonhoeffer Film Returns January 24–2707:35 Pastor Allen Jackson Joins Eric08:45 Let's Pray for America: 30 Prayers11:19 Stop Being a Spectator Christian12:27 Churches That Stay Silent14:32 What Happened to the Church in Europe17:00 "Be Kind" Is Not the 11th Commandment18:57 America, a Gift We Have to Steward20:18 Get Busy: Works, Not Works Righteousness24:21 A Ferrari Full of Tomatoes25:06 Pray, Vote, Use Your Voice27:58 Bear the Name of Jesus in This Season30:48 Alister McGrath Joins Eric31:21 Why Rethink Christianity?33:25 Why Won't Christianity Stay Buried?35:46 What Oxford Students Ask Now37:33 After Covid: A Search for Meaning38:35 Faith and Science Are Not at War40:07 What Skeptics Taught Alister McGrath43:09 What C.S. Lewis Says to This Generation44:32 Who Rethinking Christianity Is For

The midterms are one week away, and Eric has a warning for every Christian: "If you do not vote, your soul is in danger." John Zmirak of The Stream joins Eric to talk about what's at stake on November 3, why Eric is encouraged that the Justice Department is finally looking into Ilhan Omar, and why Zmirak says candidates like Ilhan Omar and Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed are "laughing at" Christians who stay home.First, a debate Eric has wanted to have: did Jesus have brothers and sisters? Zmirak explains that Martin Luther, the early Anglicans and "basically every Christian before the year 1600" believed Mary remained a virgin. He makes his own argument about why a bloodline of Jesus would have ruled the church for centuries if it had existed. Then the two friends spar over praying to Mary and the saints. Eric's reply: "She's the mother of the judge. So who are you kidding?"Plus, Eric is back home in Danbury, Connecticut, where he learned that his childhood trumpet teacher, who played taps on Flag Day 1973, is still alive in his 90s. He also calls On the Waterfront "a profound Christian film," and announces that Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. returns for a special theatrical event January 24–27. Ask your church to request a theater at bonhoeffermovie.com.Join Eric for the Socrates in the City live broadcast with Ignat Solzhenitsyn on November 12 and the annual Christmas Gala on December 9: socratesinthecity.com. Read John Zmirak at The Stream (stream.org). Rod D. Martin's book is Trump's New World Re-Order. Sign up for Eric's newsletter at ericmetaxas.com.00:00 Back Home in Danbury: Eric's Old Teachers03:49 Taps on Flag Day 1973: Mr. Piccolo06:19 Dr. Jeannie Constantinou in Danbury09:10 The Bonhoeffer Film Returns January 24–2711:11 On the Waterfront: A Profound Christian Film13:18 Socrates in the City: The Gala, the Cruise and Ignat Solzhenitsyn14:23 John Zmirak Joins Eric15:13 Did Jesus Have Brothers and Sisters?16:45 What Martin Luther Believed About Mary21:11 The Jesus Dynasty That Never Was24:52 What the Ancient Churches All Believed28:04 Did Protestants Throw Out Mary With the Bathwater?29:19 "She's the Mother of the Judge": Praying Through Mary32:11 Why Pray to the Saints?34:31 The Midterms Are One Week Away35:32 Ilhan Omar and the Justice Department42:10 "Your Soul Is in Danger": Eric's Message to the Church46:02 Why Every Vote Matters

Doctors called it schizophrenia. He believes it was demonic. Urban missionary and apologist Angelos Kyriakides tells Eric his story: he was getting high at 12, using drugs by 16, and had a breakdown at 17. He explains how a Good Will Hunting scene at 3 a.m. and a mentor who slammed a Bible on the floor finally brought him to Christ, and why he believes the West needs a public confrontation with the gospel.First, filmmaker and pastor Dimas Salaberrios, author of Street God, talks about his new thriller, Fettered, the story of a girl from the Bronx who wakes up in the woods after a prom-night party, and the warning every parent and grandparent should pass on: never pick up a drink you walked away from. Fettered stars his daughter, Skylar Salaberrios, along with Al Sapienza, Sean Ringgold and the late John Capodice. It's streaming on Tubi, and Dimas says it's coming to Amazon Prime. He also discusses Chicago: America's Hidden War, his documentary about churches taking to the streets of Chicago, made with the backing of Denzel Washington and now on Amazon Prime.Dimas also tells the story he shares in Street God: how he went from drug kingpin to Christ, and the judge who gave him a second chance.Angelos's book is Leaving the Labyrinth; find it and his work at therightstory.org. Dimas's memoir, Street God, is available from Tyndale.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Chapter -- Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/🦅 Patriot Mobile -- America's ONLY Christian Conservative Wireless Provider: https://patriotmobile.com/partners/me...🏛️ Socrates in the City CRUISE: https://socratesinthecity.com/cruise/00:00 Dimas Salaberrios and His New Film, Fettered01:09 The Prom-Night Drink Warning04:27 Street God: From Drug Kingpin to Christ05:47 The Gun That Wouldn't Fire and the Judge's Mercy07:49 Chicago: America's Hidden War14:19 Inside Fettered: The Cast and the Real Stories20:34 Angelos Kyriakides and Leaving the Labyrinth27:14 Anxiety, Demons and a Psychiatric Ward34:58 The Slammed Bible and the Night at the River38:01 An Urban Missionary on the Downtown Eastside
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Did the Trump administration really call Putin a "humanitarian," or did the media miss the point? Rod Martin joins Eric to break down Steve Witkoff's comments after Russia freed American Stephen Hubbard, and why Eric says it's diplomacy, not praise.They also take on the media's soft treatment of Ilhan Omar after the federal search of her home, the jobs and investment boom that Larry Kudlow calls the "greatest story never told," why gas costs more than it should, and how a few votes per precinct could decide the House in the midterms.Rod explains the argument of his new book, Trump's New World Re-Order: Dismantling the Deep State and Ending Postwar Globalist Rule (with a foreword by Eric). He argues that Trump is dismantling the bureaucratic order FDR built and replacing the postwar globalist order abroad, and that the Supreme Court's overturning of Humphrey's Executor changed the game.Plus: Eric's first pheasant hunt in South Dakota, and news on the Socrates in the City Mediterranean cruise, Eric's Nov. 12 conversation with Ignat Solzhenitsyn and the Dec. 9 gala. Trump's New World Re-Order is available now from Odysseus Books. Eric's book Revolution is available wherever books are sold.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Chapter -- Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/🦅 Patriot Mobile -- America's ONLY Christian Conservative Wireless Provider: https://patriotmobile.com/partners/metaxas🏛️ Socrates in the City CRUISE: https://socratesinthecity.com/cruise/00:00 Socrates in the City: Cruise, Solzhenitsyn and the Gala06:22 Eric's First Pheasant Hunt12:42 Rod Martin and Trump's New World Re-Order15:32 A Million New Jobs and the Greatest Story Never Told20:04 Gas Prices and Energy Dominance24:45 Witkoff, Putin and the "Humanitarian" Uproar28:03 Ilhan Omar, USAID and the Media34:56 Four Votes Per Precinct: The Midterm Math40:00 FDR's Deep State and Humphrey's Executor43:07 Alternative Media and Why Rod Is Optimistic- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.