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How Long Can America Remain a Christian Nation?
A nation does not lose its identity in a single day. It changes by degrees, through what it approves, what it tolerates, and what it stops proclaiming with conviction.
That was the burden behind this co
Is North Carolina Turning Into an Islamic State?
A loose, funny opening on The Smith and Rowland Show quickly turned into a sharp warning about North Carolina, Ramadan, and the silence many Christians feel around public faith. If you heard the title
Has God Still "Had It"? LGBTQ+ Festival at the Dead Sea
A planned LGBTQ+ festival at the Dead Sea became the focus of a blunt and uneasy conversation on The Smith and Rowland Show. What caught Alan and Jeff's attention was not only the event itself,
Repent, what does that really mean, and what does "the kingdom of heaven is at hand" mean for believers today? On this special edition of The Smith and Rowland Show Podcast, Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland take a hard look at repentance, unbelief, reviva
How Far Will God Go to Prove a Point in Church?
Sometimes a church gets more than a guest speaker. It gets a warning, an invitation, and a moment that demands a response.
That is the burden behind this conversation from The Smith and Rowland Show. Wh
Should Podcasters Be Apostles? Why Local Church Beats Online Exposure
A lot of Christians are hearing the same message right now: God is "purging" his church, and the proof is all the public scandal, online callouts, and ministry exposés. If you've f
Finding The Resurrected Jesus
Alan Smith
The resurrection is not a side note in the Christian faith. It is the event that holds everything together.
Yet many believers know the story so well that they stop hearing it. On Resurrection Sunday, familiar
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Captive in Iran
Marziyeh Amirizadeh and her friend knew they were putting their lives on the line
Part 3: Falling Off the High Horse
Status-seeking disciples, church conflict, and the path back to glory
If you want proof that status is hard to kill, look at the disciples.
They walked with Jesus. Ate with Jesus. Heard Him predict His death. And they
How Jesus handled status, from glory to swaddling cloth
If status is a ladder, Jesus looked at it and walked the other direction.
Philippians says He was “in the form of God” and yet He emptied Himself. Not because He lost glory, but because He refus
Global Harvest Missions
Uganda Revival Report
After almost 5 years of Pastor David pouring into Africa from the U.S through radio, TV, and preaching at crusades through Zoom, he and the Lord sent me to go on the ground. My task was to spy out the lan
An Attempt to Destroy Judeo-Christianity (Part 5): Consequences, Lawlessness, and the Only Real Hope
What happens when a culture tries to keep "Christianity" but throw out the Judeo-Christian ethic that shaped its conscience, courts, and sense of rig
An Attempt to Destroy Judeo-Christianity: Why the Fight Over "Ethics" Shapes Politics, Law, and Daily Life
What happens when a culture tries to cut itself loose from the Judeo-Christian ethic that helped form its laws, its conscience, and even its sh
An Attempt to Destroy Judeo-Christianity (Part 3): What Happens When We Stop Believing in Consequences?
By Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland
What happens to a culture when it stops believing actions have real outcomes? In this episode of The Smith and Rowl
Part 1: The Status Engine: Why we keep ranking ourselves… even when we swear we’re not
There’s a line from a Christmas song that grabbed me by the collar and wouldn’t let go:
“From a throne of endless glory… to a cradle in the dirt.”
That phrase is a t
Why Judeo-Christianity Can't Be Separated From Christianity (Smith and Rowland Show, Ep. 830)
People throw around the phrase "Judeo-Christian" like it's optional, or like it's just a political slogan that can be edited for the times. On this episode
Why Some Voices Want to Separate "Judeo" From Christianity (Smith & Rowland Show Ep. 829)
Can Christianity stand without its Jewish roots? On this episode of The Smith and Rowland Show, Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland argue that the phrase Judeo-Christia
Truth Is the First Casualty of War: Tucker Carlson and Doug Wilson on Israel, Islam, and Media
What happens when a public debate becomes so charged that people can't even say, out loud, that killing innocents is wrong? In this wide-ranging conversati
Communism as a Replacement for Acts 2: What Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland Warn About
by Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland
When a culture starts calling old ideas by new names, it gets harder to spot what’s really being sold. In this episode of The Smith and
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