Into the Fire: Powered by Dream City Church

This week, Debi is joined by Pastor Saeed Hosseini, prayer pastor at Dream City Church and founder of the Global 365 Prayer Network

Pastor Saeed shares his background growing up in a Muslim family in Iran. Debi and Pastor Saeed discuss some of the tenets of Islam, the dangers and oppressions of the belief system and how that ideology is incompatible with American freedom. They also discuss the alarming rise in Islam in Ame...

This week, Debi is joined by Kim Ketola, author of Cradle My Heart and volunteer for Dream Life Pro-Life Ministries at Dream City Church.

Debi and Kim discuss Kim's own post-abortion healing journey. They also discuss the prevalence of abortion within the church at large. One in three women sitting in a church has had an abortion.  

Debi and Kim discuss some of the ramifications of having had an abortion including substance abus...

This week, Debi is joined by Pastor Jim Black, Director of the Care Network at Dream City Church.

Pastor Jim oversees congregational care and has performed hundreds of funerals for Dream City Church.

Debi and Jim discuss the aftermath of tragedy. It often brings out either the best or worst in people and can either bring families together or amplify existing issues. The Congregational care network has a uniqu...

This week, Debi is joined by Adam Ranney, worship pastor at Dream City Church Glendale Campus, and a leader in men's ministry.

Debi and Adam talk about how across ministries and churches, men are being called higher, back into their divine purpose.

Adam shares a picture of the importance of covering. God created Adam, Eve was created from within Adam and children are created from within women. There is a beau...

This week, Debi is joined by Sloan Adams, Central Senior Strategic Manager of TPUSA Faith

Debi and Sloan discuss the faith arm of TPUSA and its work unifying and empowering churches to speak truth in love to culture. 

They discuss how so many cultural and political issues over the last several years including COVID, BLM, Antifa, men calling themselves women and the overturn of Roe v Wade have impacted churches. So...

This week, Debi is joined by Alison Furno, one of the volunteer leaders of Dream City Civics Ministry and former co-host of Into the Fire podcast.

Debi and Alison discuss the importance of biblically based civics.  They go through some scriptural examples of godly men and women interacting with, influencing and participating in government affairs.  

They tackle some of the common arguments against biblically based...

This week, Debi is joined by special guest Dr. Krista Fabrick business and marketing professor Mesa community college, marketing consultant and business coach (Sam Oriza was out sick)

Debi and Krista discuss the growing concerns with the effects that use of AI can have on the brain and on the effects that screen time in general can have on young developing minds.

Just like many other things, AI is not inherently g...

This week, Debi is joined by Alison Furno one of the volunteer leaders of Dream City Civics Ministry and former co-host of Into the Fire podcast.

Debi and Alison discuss the rise in violence in our culture. From school shootings to subway stabbings to a public assassination, it feels as if the world has gone crazy.  

They talk about a recent survey showing that a high percentage of college students believe that vi...

Note: This episode was prerecorded prior to the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk

This week, Debi is joined by Carrie Bradley a sex trafficking and domestic violence survivor and founder of Identifreed. 

Warning: This is an episode that discusses difficult adult topics.  Please preview this episode before allowing young children to listen.

Carrie shares her story of being trafficked by gang members, being held c...

This week, Debi and Sam are joined by Kevin Theriot, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom. 
Kevin talks with Debi and Sam about his career at ADF, some of the important cases he has worked on, and why we must continue to fight for Life, Law and liberty. 

Kevin explains how a case might progress through the courts, using the Dobbs v Jackson case as an example.  Cases progress from state to federal level and can ...

This week, Debi and Sam host a solo episode on school choice and the ongoing battle over ESAs in Arizona.

Much has been made of a recent news article highlighting supposed fraud in the ESA system. But, Empowerment Scholarship Accounts have long been a target of those who do not like our school choice options in AZ.   Arizona was the first state to offer such accounts, which allow some, not all, of the education dollars to ...

This week, Debi and Sam are joined by Rich Jessup, former Chief of Police
Rich shares highlights of his lengthy career in law enforcement.  Rich shares with Debi and Sam about being Chief of Police in one of the busiest border cities in America. They discuss how changing border policies during different administrations affected law enforcement morale and their ability to do their job.

Rich, Debi and Sam also discuss th...

This week, Debi and Sam are joined by Griffin McGrath, the Network Youth and Young Adults Director for the Assemblies of God Arizona District
Griffin shares his own story of loss and resilience.   Glod does not promise us that we will live without heartache or tragedy. In fact, His Word clearly tells us that we will have trials, but that He will be with us through those things.

Gen Alpha appears to have some of the hig...

This week, Debi and Sam host a solo episode of Into the Fire

Debi and Sam discuss the issue of truth and deception in modern world. With AI, fake news, social media and a 24 hour news cycle we are bombarded with information but it can be difficult to sift through to determine what is truth and what is not. 

Sam and Debi discuss how to analyze information wisely and with discernment and discuss both biblical and pr...

This week, Debi and Sam are joined by Beth Boyer, a staff nurse at Choices Pregnancy Centers

Beth talks with Debi and Sam about the importance of an ultrasound when a woman is considering or planning to have an abortion. They talk about why your last menstrual period (LMP) is not always an accurate predictor of gestational age which can impact both the failure rate and potential complications of taking the abortion pill. T...

This week, Debi and Sam are joined by Hughie Johnston, also known as Hughie Vuitton, a former National Boxing Champion.

Hughie shares his faith background with Sam and Debi and talks about his career as a fighter and what he learned in that season of life as well as how becoming a father has changed his perspective on issues.

He also talks about how he's become a speaker for the MAHA movement to make America ...

This week, Debi and Sam are joined by Michael Hunter, C.O.O of Christian Family Care.

Michael talks about his own journey of becoming a foster parent and then adopting two children out of the foster care system who are a sibling set and both have special needs.  

Michael, Sam and Debi discuss the important work being done at Chirstian Family Care and why Christian non-profits are so important.  They also discuss h...

This week, Debi and Sam are joined by Alison Furno, girls' volleyball coach, former collegiate athlete, and previous co-host of Into the Fire.

Alison, Debi and Sam talk about the importance of sports for girls and why it is worth fighting to protect female only sports.  They explain some of the updates in the battle over Title IX both at both the federal and state levels.  

They discuss how compassion has bee...

This week, Debi and Sam are joined by Lacy Cooper, an attorney who has held positions such as federal prosecutor , border security section chief in the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Deputy County Attorney in Gila County.

Lacy  talks with Debi and Sam about her legal experience and firsthand knowlege of the decades long operation of the Mexican Cartel at our Southern border.

Lacy shares the difference between smugglin...