JB Hixson: Keeping Watch in the Night – Church Trends

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Dr. JB Hixson

Mary welcomes back JB Hixson to talk about trends in the church that bear continual surveillance. Putting together 10 was no challenge at all. So what are we watching? Everything from the state of biblical authority to tech to self-induced isolation from each other. And when you throw in the rise of preterism and the waning of dispensationalism, that tells us an awful lot about interest in the blessed hope. Americans are unique in the world in our emphasis on independence and personal freedoms – that “personal relationship” that is not meant to be stuffed into a bottle but translate into evangelizing, fulfilling the “one anothers” and bearing each others burdens. But all too often all we are seeing is the warning that Paul gave Timothy about the last days and lovers of selfism. Choosing a church based on emotion and what’s in it for us is a community killer. And so many of these trends reflect that, the busy busy church that really doesn’t even disciple, as if being busy is the mark of a Spirit-filled congregation. And just as Paul warns us what flows from selfism is very bad, so it would seem – and a lot of it is, well, really bad. A very full hour with Pastor JB.

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0:00.0	Three, three, two, two, one, zero, zero, zero, zero,
0:08.0	from the studios of WORQ in Wisconsin,
0:12.0	this is the stand-up for the truth podcast.
0:15.0	Today's issues, overlooked headlines,
0:18.0	and biblical observations,
0:20.0	equipping the remnant around the globe got your sword handy this is stand up for the truth january 20 days into 2026 good morning i'm kras kate l mary danielsen is here and we have a wonderful anointed theologian for you on this podcast not today but soon
0:43.2	anybody get you back for that I'm pretty sure although I don't know J.B. Hickson Dr. Hickson is in the room, boys and girls, Mary.
0:56.4	Yes, he is here.
0:58.0	Jaby's back, and I think we're going to have a lively discussion today.
1:01.2	As I think on what it means to be an effective church today, I can't help but also think about the battle we also have for sound doctrine presenting the Jesus of the scriptures not the
1:12.2	Jesus of pop culture churchianity so with that in mind one of the greatest challenges facing
1:17.7	the church in this new year lists will vary but we made our own and we hope that this will give
1:24.4	you the listeners something to really think about today.
1:30.6	I'll maybe bring up some things that you hadn't thought of.
1:32.4	And so that's where we're going today.
1:35.1	But I'm going to open with 2 Timothy 2, 1 to 7.
1:39.0	You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
1:42.4	And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses,
1:45.4	commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
1:51.7	No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please
1:56.7	him who enlisted him as a soldier. And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the
2:04.4	rules.
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