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Lights On with Carl Lentz

Beyond The Divide: A Conversation with Dr. A.R. Bernard

Lights On with Carl Lentz

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Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.6701 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Is it true you cannot be a Christian AND a Democrat? Is there one candidate really "chosen" by God? How do we remain loving and kind to those who do not share our political beliefs? 


Carl meets with Dr. A.R. Bernard, a trusted advisor to multiple presidents and founder of the Christian Cultural Center megachurch in Brooklyn, New York to discuss the crucial impact on the political landscape in NYC and our nation! 


Dr. Bernard shares his unique background, including his Panamanian heritage, his experience growing up in a racially diverse environment, and early exposure to figures like Malcolm X. He also shares his spiritual journey, his involvement with the Nation of Islam, and his eventual conversion to Christianity.  


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0:00.0

You provided counsel to many presidents. What's the, what's your takeaway from doing that over

0:07.3

decades? Like, and you're, and you serve whoever's in the house. Like you've always, you know,

0:13.9

what do you, what's it like? What's it like the council? People ask me, it doesn't matter who is,

0:19.2

who's in office? Yes and no.

0:22.2

Yes, because I have my preferences.

0:24.3

But no, because I have to have a relationship with whoever's in the seat of power in order to get things done.

0:29.4

That's the reality.

0:31.0

With Donald Trump, he's a New Yorker.

0:33.9

And he took New York attitude into politics, took it to the South, and took it into the Republican Party,

0:41.2

who, you know, didn't see New York as Republican, as many of us are here. I'm a conservative, right?

0:49.4

I make no apologies for that. And I'll talk about the tension that I live in as a conservative.

0:56.7

But Donald Trump was who he has always been.

1:02.0

He is a master at creating an image.

1:13.6

Hey y'all.

1:15.1

Welcome to this episode of Lights on.

1:18.7

So grateful that you hear.

1:20.4

And I just want to quickly mention this episode is sponsored by Better Help, which, as you know, if you've been watching this pot at all, I've been really

1:29.4

open about my own journey with getting healthy mentally and how much therapy has played a

1:35.5

huge role in that. So what I want you to consider as you listen to this episode, which I know

1:40.7

you're going to love, how free do you want to feel? How healthy do you want to get?

1:45.7

And why better help matters so much is because the biggest gap, when I talk to people about

1:51.4

getting healthy, it's always the same thing. Where do I go? How do I find it? Is it going to be

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