Ideas Have Consequences

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Worldviews shape communities, influence politics, steer economics, set social norms, and ultimately affect the well-being of both your life and your nation. Obedience to the Great Commission involves replacing false ideas with biblical truth. Together with the help of friends, our mission is to demonstrate that only biblical truth leads to flourishing lives, families, societies, and nations. This show explores the intersection of faith and culture, aiming to address pressing societal issues through a biblical lens. Ideas Have Consequences is the podcast of the Disciple Nations Alliance.

  1. 4d ago

    Abortion Isn’t the Root Problem. Worldview Is | Scott Klusendorf

    The abortion debate is ultimately a worldview debate: What is a human being? Where does human value come from? Who is God? What is freedom? And is morality objectively true, or something we construct for ourselves? In this episode, Scott talks to Scott, and the second Scott is none other than esteemed pro-life apologist Scott Klusendorf, bestselling author of The Case for Life. Together, they unpack the competing worldviews behind abortion and explore why defending unborn life is an essential part of Christian discipleship and the Great Commission. We explore how naturalism, postmodernism, and the biblical worldview lead to radically different conclusions about human dignity, truth, morality, choice, and the right to life. We also discuss the state of the pro-life movement after Roe v. Wade, the debate between incrementalism and abortion abolitionism, the role of the Church, and how Christians can make a clear and persuasive case for life in our current cultural moment. Who is the Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/ 🎙️Featured Guest:  Scott Klusendorf travels throughout the United States and Canada training pro-life advocates to persuasively defend their views in the public square. He contends that the pro-life message can compete in the marketplace of ideas if properly understood and properly articulated. Scott has debated or lectured to student groups at over 80 colleges and universities, including Stanford, USC, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, Loyola Marymount Law School, West Virginia Medical School, MIT, U.S. Air Force Academy, Cal-Tech, UC Berkeley, and University of North Carolina. Scott is a graduate of UCLA and holds a Master’s degree in Christian Apologetics from Biola University. 📌 Recommended Resources:        👉 Book: The Case for Life      👉 YouTube: Scott Klusendorf - YouTube       👉 Pro-life training: Untitled | Training Others to Save Lives       👉 Website: Home - Scott Klusendorf  💻 Follow Us:      📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations      📽️YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/      📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations 📩 Ask us anything: info@disciplenations.org  Episode Webpage

  2. Sep 23

    Raise Culture Makers, Not Culture Survivors | Brett Kunkle

    Who will disciple whom? How can we raise our children to be culture shapers, not conformers? Who is discipling the next generation? Because someone is. And right now, smartphones, social media, and secular culture are shaping our kids for hours every day. How do we raise young Christians who will influence the world toward God’s truth, goodness, and beauty, who will disciple the world rather than simply be discipled by it? Brett Kunkle, co-founder and president of MAVEN, joins us to talk about raising the next generation with a strong biblical worldview, young Christians who actually know what they believe and live it out. We talk about Christian parenting, technology and social media, apologetics, why young people are leaving the church, and why discipleship can’t stop at a private faith. If Christianity is true, it should shape the way we think about every area of life and culture. How do we prepare the next generation not just to survive a secular culture, but to faithfully influence it? Who is the Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/ 🎙️Featured Guest:  Brett Kunkle is the co-founder and president of MAVEN, a movement equipping the next generation to know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty. With more than 30 years of ministry experience, Brett equips students, parents, and leaders to develop a thoughtful, confident, and biblically grounded faith.  A nationally recognized speaker on apologetics, worldview, culture, and evangelism, Brett previously served at Stand to Reason, where he founded the Reality Apologetics Conference. He is also the co-author of A Practical Guide to Culture and A Student’s Guide to Culture and serves as a Teaching Fellow at Impact 360 Institute. Brett holds an M.A. in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics from Talbot School of Theology. He and his wife, Erin, have five children and live in Southern California. 📌 Recommended Resources:        👉 Website: About Us – Maven       👉 YouTube: MAVEN's Vision -- Why We Do What We Do         👉 Book: A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today's World 💻 Follow Us:      📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations      📽️YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/      📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations 📩 Ask us anything: info@disciplenations.org  Episode Webpage

  3. Sep 16

    Sex, Marriage, & Children: What the Sexual Revolution Tore Apart | Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse

    Episode Summary: The Sexual Revolution didn’t just loosen society’s rules around sex. It fundamentally changed what our culture believes sex is for, what marriage and gender mean, and what children are owed. This week, we sit down with Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, founder of the Ruth Institute, economist, and author of The Sexual State, to trace the ideas that brought us to where we are today. Dr. Morse expertly walks us through three interconnected ideologies at the heart of the Sexual Revolution: contraception ideology, which separates sex from children; divorce ideology, which separates children from the lifelong union of their parents; and gender ideology, which separates personal identity from their biological sex. But this conversation isn't only about what went wrong. We discuss the often-overlooked human cost of these ideas, especially for children, and why Christians need to offer something better than opposition. What is the better story of sex, marriage, family, and the human body? And how can the Church obey its God-given mandate and build a culture marked by truth, goodness, beauty, and love? Who is the Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/ 🎙️Featured Guest:  Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse is the founder of the Ruth Institute, an international coalition dedicated to defending the family and addressing the harms of the Sexual Revolution. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and taught economics at Yale and George Mason Universities for 15 years. Dr. Morse has authored or co-authored six books and spoken around the world on marriage, family, and sexual ethics. Her latest book, The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along, examines the ideologies behind the Sexual Revolution and their impact on individuals, families, and society. 📌 Recommended Resources:        👉  Book: The Sexual State: https://ruthinstitute.org/product/the-sexual-state-2/      👉 The Ruth Institute: Home - Our Values Are Under Attack – Ruth Institute       👉  Podcast: Dr J Show Archives – Ruth Institute       👉  Recommended Episode: The Same Idea Fueled the Holocaust and the Sexual Revolution      👉  Recommended Episode: Is It Important That We Overturn Same-Sex Marriage? | Katy Faust      👉 Book: Love and Economics - It Takes a Family to Raise a Village – Ruth Institute       👉 Greater Than Movement: Join the Movement to Protect Kids | Greater Than Campaign  💻 Follow Us:      📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations      📽️YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/      📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations 📩 Ask us anything: info@disciplenations.org  Episode Webpage

  4. Sep 2

    We Can Put the Bible Back in Public Education | Nate Lundquist

    Episode Summary: Is public education really neutral? I think we all know the answer to that question now. Emmy and Dove Award-winning filmmaker Nate Lundquist, creator of the documentary Off School Property, joins us to challenge the myth of neutrality in public education and reveal a path to put the Bible back in front of public school students across America. Every education system teaches a worldview. Students are being taught answers to life’s biggest questions about truth, meaning, morality, human identity, and freedom, whether we recognize it or not. We explore how secularism has shaped American public schools, the difference between science and scientism, the Bible’s influence on Western civilization, and why a biblical worldview provides the foundation for human dignity, equality, freedom, and progress that our culture often takes for granted. Then we turn to a fascinating movement happening in public education today that you need to know about: LifeWise Academy. Nate explains how released-time religious instruction allows students to receive Bible education during the public school day as long as it takes place off school property, is privately funded, and has parental permission. Listen in and discover how you can help put biblical education back within reach of public school students across America. Who is the Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/ 🎙️Featured Guest:  Nate Lundquist is an Emmy and Dove Award-winning filmmaker and visual effects artist, recognized for his powerful storytelling. With over a decade of experience, he has directed music videos, documentaries, and commercials, working with top artists in the industry. Nate joined LifeWise Academy in 2021, bringing his visionary expertise to the organization.  📌 Recommended Resources:        👉 The Film: Off School Property - Streaming on Angel - LifeWise Academy       👉 Website: During School Hours - Home - LifeWise Academy  💻 Follow Us:      📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations      📽️YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/      📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations 📩 Ask us anything: info@disciplenations.org  Episode Webpage

  5. Aug 26

    From Changed Hearts to Changed Nations | A Christian’s Purpose

    Episode Summary: The Great Commission is about more than making converts; it’s about discipling entire nations. That's your purpose. God’s plan for transforming a broken world begins with changed hearts, but it doesn’t end there. In this episode, Scott, Nelson, and Luke unpack the biblical “theory of change” behind Disciple Nations Alliance: changed hearts lead to renewed minds, transformed lives, flourishing families, healthy communities, and ultimately changed nations. They explore why evangelism is essential but incomplete without discipleship, and why Christians need a biblical worldview that shapes not only what they believe, but how they live in every area of life. Along the way, they challenge the sacred-secular divide that has convinced many Christians that pastors, missionaries, and evangelists are doing the “real” work of God’s Kingdom while plumbers, bankers, artists, parents, business owners, and teachers are simply passing the time or earning a living. Instead, Scripture gives Christians a much bigger vision: every area of life belongs to Christ. Our work, families, churches, education, economics, government, art, and culture all matter to God. The Bible has something to say about all of them. Using our new short animated training video, From Changed Hearts to Changed Nations: A Christian’s Purpose, as a guide, we explore what it really means to fulfill the Great Commission, develop a biblical worldview, renew the Christian mind, disciple the nations, and live out the Gospel in everyday life. You have a role to play in God’s mission of restoration, and it may begin much closer to home than you think and go much further than you can imagine. Who is the Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/ 📌 Recommended Resources:        👉 The Short Video: From Changed Hearts to Changed Nations | A Christian’s Purpose       👉 Book: Discipling Nations by Darrow Miller      👉 Our Strategy: Our Approach at the Disciple Nations Alliance       👉 Recommended Podcast Episode: The Church Has Shrunken Discipleship. Jesus Didn't 💻 Follow Us:      📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations      📽️YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/      📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations 📩 Ask us anything: info@disciplenations.org  Episode Webpage

  6. Aug 19

    Your Work Is Part of God’s Mission. Do You Agree? | Bob Varney

    Episode Summary: You can believe God cares about your life and still live like He clocks out when you walk into the office on Monday. For many Christians, our unseen sacred-secular divide is so deeply ingrained that faith becomes something we practice at church, while work, business, and everyday life operate by a different set of rules. Dr. Bob Varney joins us to expose that divide and explore what it looks like to live with an integrated biblical worldview where discipleship reaches every part of life. Bob brings a unique perspective as a computer scientist, technology entrepreneur, and former senior leader with Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru). In this discussion, he shares how a business crisis forced him to rethink the relationship between faith and work. We explore practical ways to practice the presence of God, build Christ-honoring workplace cultures, glorify God through our gifts, and replace fear with small acts of faithful obedience. If you want to understand how a biblical worldview transforms the way you work, lead, serve, and engage culture, this conversation is for you. Who is the Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/ 🎙️Featured Guest:  Bob was a serial entrepreneur for 25 years. Prior to that, he received his Ph.D. in computer science from Penn State, followed by research at Bell Laboratories for three years. During his business career, he was invited to the White House under Pres. Clinton and testified on Capitol Hill for mid-sized companies in the USA. He appeared in The Wall Street Journal, on ABC television, and also chaired the Washington Chapter of the Council of Growing Companies. For the last 20+ years, he has done pro bono work with Christian organizations. He was architect of Bill Bright’s transition out of presidency of Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) and Senior Advisor for new president, Steve Douglass and was Chairman of Table 71 a major partnering model. 📌 Recommended Resources:        👉 Website: Integrate Faith & Work | Christian Leadership | Cities Project Global       👉 Recommended Episode: How The Bible Impacts the Workplace: with John Beckett      👉 Bob Varney’s Podcast: Podcasts - Cities Project Global  💻 Follow Us:      📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations      📽️YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/      📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations 📩 Ask us anything: info@disciplenations.org  Episode Webpage

  7. Aug 12

    Your Mission Field is Local: How to Start | Adam Peacocke

    Episode Summary: For most of us, the greatest mission field God’s calling us to isn't across the world... but right outside your front door? Why do so many churches struggle to make a positive impact on the communities they're planted in? In this conversation, Adam Peacocke shares a biblical vision for local discipleship, community transformation, and the Church's role in bringing God's Kingdom to every neighborhood. Discover why repentance must come before strategy, why consistent presence matters more than big events, and how each Christian can begin renewing their cities one faithful step at a time. If you've ever wondered how your church can move beyond Sunday services and become a catalyst for lasting communal change, this episode will equip you to be the change. Who is the Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/ 🎙️Featured Guest:  Adam Peacocke is the founder of FeatherVine, a ministry designed to cultivate expressions of faith and faithfulness in the united church of Sonoma County. That effort has been built upon the sustained work of prayer and relationship among pastors and churches in Sonoma County for over 25 years. Adam enjoyed eight years on staff at GoStrategic followed by fifteen years as the pastor of a local church. In 2017, Adam transitioned into his current ministry and helped lead the response to the historic wildfires that destroyed over 5,000 homes in the community. The united outreach efforts have now expanded beyond disaster relief to include significant advances into local schools, the Foster Care system, and reaching the homeless. Adam’s passion for the proclamation of the Gospel, the unity of the Body of Christ, and the call to community transformation has opened doors for him to minister in communities around the world, but his passion to see transformation in Sonoma County has kept him firmly rooted in seeking God’s glory in the place he calls home. Adam and his wife, Jo, reside in Santa Rosa, where they are raising four children.  📌 Recommended Resources:        👉 FeatherVine School Partnership Video      👉 GoStrategic       👉 Our Strategy - Disciple Nations Alliance  💻 Follow Us:      📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations      📽️YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/      📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations 📩 Ask us anything: info@disciplenations.org  Episode Webpage

  8. Aug 5

    The Church Has Shrunken Discipleship. Jesus Didn't | Scott, Nelson, & Luke

    Episode Summary: What happens when most Christians have a definition of discipleship that's too small? For many believers, discipleship means Bible studies, church programs, quiet times, or spiritual disciplines. While all of these are important, what if they're only part of the picture? In this episode, Scott, Nelson, and Luke explore the most common definitions of discipleship, affirm what's right about each one, and explain what's missing. They argue that many Christians have unintentionally reduced discipleship to a handful of spiritual activities, leaving the Church with a fragmented vision of following Jesus and the Great Commission. More importantly, they present a fuller vision of discipleship, one that extends into every area of life. They explain why Jesus' command to "make disciples of all nations" only makes sense when we recover a robust understanding of what discipleship really is. Fragmented ideas about discipleship produce fragmented consequences for the Kingdom. In this episode: The difference between a disciple and discipleshipWhy discipleship is about every area of life, not just "spiritual" lifeHow the sacred-secular divide has shaped modern ChristianityWhy information alone doesn't produce transformationHow a biblical understanding of discipleship can transform individuals, churches, communities, and even nationsIf Jesus has authority over all things, then discipleship must include all things. This conversation will challenge you to rethink one of Christianity's most familiar words and recover a vision of discipleship that extends far beyond Sunday morning. Who is the Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA)? Since 1997, DNA’s mission has been to equip followers of Jesus around the globe with a biblical worldview, empowering them to build flourishing families, communities, and nations. 👉 https://disciplenations.org/ 📌 Recommended Resources:        👉 Core Video: From Changed Hearts to Changed Nations | A Christian’s Purpose       👉 Our Short Core Training Videos: Core Message Videos – Disciple Nations Alliance         👉 Our Strategy - Disciple Nations Alliance       👉 Book: Discipling Nations - Darrow Miller  💻 Follow Us:      📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disciplenations      📽️YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscipleNationsAlliance/      📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disciplenations 📩 Ask us anything: info@disciplenations.org  Episode Webpage

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Worldviews shape communities, influence politics, steer economics, set social norms, and ultimately affect the well-being of both your life and your nation. Obedience to the Great Commission involves replacing false ideas with biblical truth. Together with the help of friends, our mission is to demonstrate that only biblical truth leads to flourishing lives, families, societies, and nations. This show explores the intersection of faith and culture, aiming to address pressing societal issues through a biblical lens. Ideas Have Consequences is the podcast of the Disciple Nations Alliance.

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    Disciple Nations Alliance
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
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