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Hey everybody, this is Heidi St. John. I'm glad you guys have joined me at Off the Bench.

Thank you so much for taking some time out of your day to get off the bench and onto the battlefield with me.

Today I've got a couple of guests in the studio. So for those of you who are watching this on YouTube,

check it out. We've got some guests here, Jennifer Haini-Witty and Keith Adams are here.

They have teamed up these two powerful organizations, parents rights in education,

and the Family Policy Institute of Washington coming together to equip churches and parents to

help get involved in what's happening in our education system. Stick around. I think you're going to be encouraged.

All right, so I'm glad you guys have joined me today. I reminded you last weekend that I am getting

ready to do a study on identity at Mom's Strong International. I think this is one of the big

reasons why we're struggling so much in the culture right now is that we have forgotten that we are

who God says we are. We're not defined by our gender. We're not defined by a political stance. We're

not defined by what's happening around us. The culture might be in crisis, but the church doesn't

have to be. We need to get back to teaching the word of God. It's one of the reasons why I'm so excited

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