The Rise of Christian Celebrity Culture and the Fall of the Church
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
I met an Iraqi born Christian when I was in Arizona recently. What he said about our southern border sent shivers up my spine. America is ripe for judgment. As much as I'd love to talk about sourdough and homeschooling—the message God has put on my heart is simple: the only thing that will stop what's coming to the United States and Europe is repentance.
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| 0:00.0 | This past August, my husband's alma mater and the school that deepened my walk with Jesus removed the statement of faith requirement for students. |
| 0:09.0 | And a few days ago, the Dev Awards had decided to tolerate men wearing dresses in their |
| 0:15.7 | award ceremony. |
| 0:16.7 | And I have to wonder, when did compassion in the church become so distorted? |
| 0:21.2 | When did we decide that it was all right to sacrifice truth on the |
| 0:24.8 | altar of a misguided mercy? This is the Heidi St. John podcast. We're going to talk about |
| 0:28.8 | it today. Stick around. I think you're going to be encouraged. Thank you guys for tuning in today. I spent this weekend. |
| 0:40.0 | Thank you guys for tuning in today. |
| 0:42.0 | I spent this weekend celebrating the 50th birthday of one of my younger |
| 0:47.8 | sisters and we went to, we had the privilege of going to stay at another sister's house just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. |
| 0:56.0 | My goodness, you guys, it is hot there. |
| 0:58.0 | I mean, even for this time of year, it is still pretty hot there. |
| 1:01.0 | It was well over 100 degrees, but we had a hooten-hollering good time |
| 1:04.6 | hanging out with my daughter and some of my nieces and just celebrating one of my sisters. |
| 1:12.2 | And a really phenomenal thing happened to me aside |
| 1:17.3 | from just you know floating down the lazy river for a day and getting a little bit of |
| 1:20.6 | sunshine and just I'm hanging out with some people that I love and don't get |
| 1:24.4 | to see very often. |
| 1:26.2 | My daughter and I took an Uber from the airport and then back to the airport. |
| 1:32.1 | And both times, we had drivers that were not |
| 1:36.8 | from the United States. |
| 1:37.8 | So the first guy that picked us up at the Phoenix Airport was from Jordan and when we went back the second time |
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