The Alisa Childers Podcast

Chip and Joanna Gaines made headlines last week when their new show, "Back to the Frontier," prominently featured a same-sex couple with children procured through IVF and surrogacy. The significant backlash from their largely Christian base has caused quite the stir. But this isn't the first time the Gaineses have been tested in the public square. In today's podcast, I go back to 2016 to when they were criticized for not featuring ...

Alexa Cramer joins the show to talk about here recent deep dive into the teachings of Richard Rohr. Rohr is a Franciscan Friar whose teachings are tremendously influential in the movements of deconstruction and progressive Christianity. Praised by celebrities such as Bono, Oprah Winfrey, Brene Brown, and Rainn Wilson, as well as progressive Christian voices such as Nadia Bolz Weber, Jen Hatmaker, and positively quoted by more mains...

Dr. Kathy Koch a best-selling author and founder of Celebrate Kids, which helps parents inspire their kid’s strengths. In today’s show we discuss the intersection of Original Sin and how it affects our individual personalities, strengths, gifts, and talents.

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Dr. Robert Gagnon is the foremost traditional interpreter of the Bible when it comes to issues surrounding biblical marriage, gender, and sexuality. He joins the podcast today to answer claims made by Dr. Dan McLellan, a Bible scholar who approaches the topic from the opposite perspective. In today's episode, we discuss the claim that Jesus never mentioned homosexuality, and that the word "homosexual" first appeared in English Bibl...

Dawn Hill was a recognized "Prophet" and deliverance minister in the New Apostolic Reformation who has since repented of her false prophecies, teachings, and practices. On today's show she talks about her current ministry which includes ministering to women who have been harmed by deliverance ministries. She shares some of the most common stories that include abuse, strained marriages and family relationships, and mental anguish. D...

Bob DeWaay joins the podcast to talk about his extensive research on the topic of contemplative spirituality. In this episode, we discuss figures like Richard Foster and Ruth Haley Barton, concepts like spiritual direction, lectio divina, and contemplative prayer. We compare these teachings and practices to scripture and see what the Bible says. 

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Dave Stovall joins the podcast to talk about his experience coming from CCM to becoming a local worship pastor. Alisa and Dave discuss their pet peeves with modern worship music, as well as their views on how to choose theologically sound songs for congregational singing. What does it mean to worship? Should worship songs prepare hearts for the sermon, or is there something more important going on when we sing? How should we approa...

Have you heard that there are 60 gospels about the life of Jesus? Why did Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John make the cut? Historian Adam Claasen joins the podcast to talk all about the gnostic gospels...what they are, when they were discovered, and why they aren't in the Bible. 

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Darren Tyler pastors Conduit church in Franklin, Tn, which does amazing work all over the world to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, and meet the needs of widows and orphans. Pastor Darren does all of this work with the gospel at the center. In today's episode, we discuss the tendency of Christian charities to leave the gospel behind in favor of social justice work, and how that fails to meet the true needs of the people they are t...

In previous episodes of our deliverance series, we've compared the common teachings and practices of modern deliverance ministries to the Bible. Today's episode will focus on the biblical teachings of how to fight our spiritual battles. Who or what are our enemies? What are some helpful Scriptures to inform Christians about how we are to fight? 

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Kirk Cameron joins the podcast to talk about converting to Christianity at the height of his fame while playing Mike Seaver on the '80s sitcom Growing Pains. We talk about what it was like being a Christian in Hollywood, what it means to be salt and light in culture, and what is the biggest cultural topic Christians need to wake up about. 

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What if American culture isn’t collapsing because of crusading secularists? What if it’s failing because leading Christians identify more with secular elites than with their fellow believers? Dr. John G. West joins the podcast to talk about his book, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why American's Christian Leaders are Failing—and What we can do About it. He shares the story of Seattle Pacific University drifting into progressive C...

Pastor Josh Blevins pastors a Calvary Chapel right down the road from a very prominent and influential progressive church. He has discipled many Christians out of progressive Christianity, and into a true biblical faith. Josh shares about how he accidentally stirred controversy by simply teaching the Bible, not realizing it was refuting what the progressive Church was teaching. This propelled him into a study of the movement of pro...

Michael Moore, better known as The Honest Youth Pastor joins the podcast to analyze and critique a sermon from a Nashville area "progressive Christian" church. The sermon is on Matthew 22:1-14, which the progressive pastor radically reinterprets...and claims that his interpretation is what Jesus intended us to understand. Have we really misunderstood this parable for 2,000 years?



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Christopher Yuan joins the podcast to talk about the most prominent voices in the "Side B" sexuality conversation. We begin with the trajectories of Rob Bell and Andy Stanley, and demonstrate how similar tactics are being used by leaders in the church to promote unbiblical views of sexuality. Please see link below to a pdf with resources and links referencing the topics/teachers we discuss in this episode.

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In the first of a two-part series, Christopher Yuan joins the podcast to talk about the biblical mandate to call out false teachers. When someone writes a book, produces a video, or some other type of public content, is an individual Christian required to go to the author personally before critiquing the teachings publicly? How does Matthew 18 apply in this situation? What are some Scriptures that teach Christians how to deal with ...

Former Deliverance Minister Bob DeWaay joins the podcast to talk about what led him out of the deliverance ministry worldview. We discuss the practices of spiritual mapping, the nature of humans being dichotomous or trichotomous, pleading the blood of Jesus and more from a biblical perspective. Bob shares a powerful encounter he had with demonic possession and how he interprets that experience today, in light of Scripture. 

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Maybe you've heard that women were the first witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus but do you know about Joanna, who was likely the main eyewitness for Luke? This resurrection Sunday, Shane Rosenthal joins the podcast to talk about who he believes to be the main eyewitness of Jesus' resurrection. Along the way, he answers an apologetic question Alisa has had for several years!

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This holy week, many Christians are talking and thinking out the resurrection. The Shroud of Turin is an ancient burial cloth that bears the image of a man who has wounds consistent with Jesus of Nazareth. It is one of the most fascinating and talked-about objects in all of Christian history. But is it an authentic artifact or fake relic? In today's episode, Jeremiah Johnston joins in-studio to try and convince Alisa that the Shrou...