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August 27, 2025 | 22:2

Allie Beth Stuckey joins Allen Jackson to discuss crime and safety in the Unites States.

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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Crime & Safety | Allen Jackson Now | August 27, 2025

Well, good evening and welcome to nashville.
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I'm alan jackson.
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When the u.s.
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Was close to ending the vietnam war.
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Henry kissinger famously declared that peace is at hand.
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The war had gone on for years, and in the end, kissinger
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And his vietnamese counterpart
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Were jointly awarded the nobel peace prize.
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We'll roll forward to 2025, and a lot of people are talking
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About a peace prize for all the wars
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That president trump has settled this year,
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But now he's taking on the war at home,
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Where he's activated the reserves
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And brought the crime rate in washington to a near halt.
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A lot of our cities aren't safe.
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People of faith are being targeted,
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Not just globally, but here as well.
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So president trump decided to do something about it.
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But like everything else
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These days, politics has replaced even personal safety.
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Democratic leader chuck schumer may well have been sleepwalking
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When he made this comment.
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I walk around all the time.
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I wake up early in the morning sometimes and take a nice walk
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As the sun is rising around
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Some of the capitol and the other monuments
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And things, and i feel perfectly safe.
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But what he left out is the fact that he has a full time
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Security guard, so he should feel safe with that.
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I want to bring in our guest tonight, ali beth stuckey,
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A longtime friend of the show.
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Welcome back.
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Thank you so much.
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How can anyone be criticized for trying to suppress crime
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And keeping people safe,
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Whether they're shopping at a church service
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Or just home with their family?
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Seems like common sense to me.
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It does seem like common sense, but as you know,
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Common sense is no longer common.
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And you made such a good point of politics taking the place
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Of so many things today, including personal safety.
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I think the reasons here are twofold.
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Number one, anything trump does.
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Democrats are going to reflexively oppose
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Simply because they don't want to give him credit for anything.
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They're thinking about the next election.
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They've got to demonize trump in order to do that.
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And then also, there's something more
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Deeply ideological and probably spiritual here.
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There is the belief
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That stopping crime is bad and is inherently oppressive.
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And really,
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In order to, quote unquote, fight crime,
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We just need to be really nice to people.
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We need to pump more money
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Into programs that haven't proven themselves
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To be successful.
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And then maybe one day someone will wake up and decide
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They no longer want to be violent.
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It's very backwards, and it can really only
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Be explained by spiritual blindness.
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But the thing about progressivism
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Is that it doesn't understand
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Human nature, because it doesn't understand
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The god who created human beings,
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And therefore all of its policy prescriptions
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End up being very destructive.
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All the president is cleaning up the mess,
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And he says chicago and new york may be next.
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I did see a glimmer of hope in new york
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That showed, despite the crime there, more young
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People are attending church services.
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Cardinal dolan
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Says they're looking for answers in this messy world.
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What are you seeing?
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Yes. you know what?
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I think that you're absolutely right about that.
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And, you know, i'm just.
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I'm grateful.
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I'm grateful
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That people are kind of waking up to the reality of good
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And evil here.
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Obviously,
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We still have a lot of people
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Who are still asleep, and there's a lot of work
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That still needs to be done, but it does seem like more
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People are realizing, okay, i need something more
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Than what the world is offering, and i'm grateful for that.
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Now here's another encouraging sign.
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For the first time in a while, several
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Christian musicians are rising in the billboard charts
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And the pew research center says christianity in this country
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Is rising for the first time in many years.
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What are you seeing in your corner of the country?
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You know, i am so grateful.
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There are a few artists right now
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Who are christian artists, and they're young people,
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And they have a very widespread, even mainstream appeal for us.
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Frank is one of those people.
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Josiah queen has a lot of good music out.
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I'm sure there are many others.
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But what i'm hearing from moms in particular, moms of preteens
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And teenagers who may be would be susceptible.
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These kids would be susceptible
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To, you know, degenerate music of all different genres.
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They're now listening to these christian artists
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Not just because of the message, but because
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They're actually good.
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They want to listen to them. they're catchy songs.
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And i'm
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Just very thankful that we seem to have this new generation
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Of artists who are willing to use
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All of their talents for the glory of god.
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And music is very powerful, for better and for worse.
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So i just pray that god continues to use
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This segment of his kingdom to bring more people to himself.
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Amen.
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Well, i know you've got a big conference coming up soon.
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It's called share the arrows conference.
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Tell us what that's about and where and when it's happening.
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Yes. share the arrows is a one day christian
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Women's conference in dallas, texas on october 11th.
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As you know, there are many women's ministries out there.
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Not the women's ministry at your church,
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Not the women's ministry at my church,
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But many women's ministries out there that honestly don't
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Talk to women about the important
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Hard truths of the bible.
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They won't tell them the truth about sin,
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The need for repentance, the need for salvation.
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They won't bring them difficult theological truths.
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They won't train them in apologetics.
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Basically, what they'll offer
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Women is a form of secular self-help.
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You're perfect the way you are. you're beautiful.
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They might say some true things like jesus loves you,
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But the truth is, is that that's not enough.
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Women need the gospel. we need hard truths.
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We need to be trained in theology.
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Whether you're a stay at home mom,
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Whether you are a student at a university,
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You need to be equipped to be bold
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About the truth of god's word.
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And that's what share the arrows is about.
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It's about courage.
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It is about biblical teaching.
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It's about coming together in fellowship, in corporate
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Worship, and for women to walk out of their feeling
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That they have no fear of man, and that they're going to honor
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God in every sphere of life that god has placed them in.
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You know, allie
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Beth, i appreciate your courageous voice for truth.
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You are really unflinching in your willingness
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To talk about what's happening in our culture.
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A lot of people are afraid to do that,
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But it seems your influence seems to be expanding.
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What would you say to the people that are reluctant
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To speak the truth about what they see?
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Well, thank you for that.
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I say clarity is kindness.
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There are a lot of people
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In this chaotic and confusing and cowardly world
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That are searching for something more.
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They want to know what is true.
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The world is telling me one thing
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And it's leaving me feeling confused and lost and empty.
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Is there anything else out there?
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And we just have this gracious privilege as christians
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To have so much clarity
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And so many answers in the very word of god.
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In fact, in the first chapter
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Of the first book of the bible, god answers
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A lot of the questions that people have
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About the culture war issues, like the dignity of life.
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He says that we are made in his image,
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The reality of two genders.
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He says that he made us, male and female.
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The definition of holy sexuality and marriage.
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The first chapter of the first book of the bible
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Says that he brought together man and woman in marriage.
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And so we have so much clarity on all of the questions
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That the culture has in the word of god.
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And the only thing that we have to do
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As christians is live and represent that truth.
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So it's not always easy, but it is simple.
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We've got some other items we'd like to go through.
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Could you stay with us for another segment?
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Yes, please.
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Okay.
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Well, for those of you watching, you can jump in
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With your thoughts through aj now.com.
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We'll work through them in future shows.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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We're back now with allie beth stuckey,
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The host of the relatable podcast,
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Which you can find anywhere you go for your other podcast.
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You've got some competition in the podcast space now
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With the california governor,
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Who seems to spend every day taking shots at president trump.
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Yet he's the same guy who's failed miserably
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At almost
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Everything he's tried to do,
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And now he thinks he ought to be in the white house.
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Do you have any idea
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Of democratic voters see, through his pr efforts?
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You know, unfortunately, i think most democrats will vote
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For anyone who is running against donald trump.
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But it takes a whole lot
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Of arrogance to be someone like gavin newsom
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With such an obvious, tangible recent
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Background of devastation in his state,
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Whether it is the mismanagement of wildfires, whether it is
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Driving amazing businesses out of his state,
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Whether it's
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Rampant crime, taking a state that used to have a surplus
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Into a deficit, i mean, by every tangible measure.
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Gavin newsom has been a failure and, of course, a wicked one.
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I encourage people to remember just a few years ago,
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After god graciously allowed the overturning of roe v wade,
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That gavin newsom decided that california was going to be
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A sanctuary state for abortions, that women could travel from
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Pro-life states to pro-abortion states like california
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Get abortions and have abortions covered by the taxpayer.
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And if that weren't evil enough, the billboards that he used
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And the southern red states included a bible
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Verse that said, love your neighbor as yourself.
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So he blasphemous used the word of god
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To tell women that they can come in for free.
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Murder their children in the state of california.
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The fact that we have someone
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That has the audacity to run for president
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After that, every christian needs
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To speak up in a loud voice and say, no, that is,
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It's an,
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You know, an understatement to say,
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But that is the bridge too far for our country.
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Well, there's another
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Politically confusing event in the new york mayor's
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Race, the socialist versus the republican.
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Curtis lee
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Was the former governor, andrew cuomo,
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And the current mayor, eric adams.
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The socialist is getting the majority of the media attention.
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Do you have any idea
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If the city will vote for him and if they do?
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Do you think they understand
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That he wouldn't have the authority to do
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Most of what he claims he would do if he's elected?
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I don't think most people
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Vote based on logic.
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They vote based on what feels good.
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Not everyone, but a lot of people vote
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Based on what they want to hear.
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And what we know about this
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Country in general is that a lot of
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People are attracted to the disruptor.
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Now, that can either be good
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When you've got someone like donald trump
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Who disrupts in a great way, like stopping crime in dc,
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Or you have a disruptor who claims to be an outsider
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And is going to disrupt a system with socialism.
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And of course, that is a destructive thing.
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But i think, like all socialists and like all progressives,
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They are judging policy proposals based
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On their stated intentions, not based on their outcomes.
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And the great thomas sowell encourages us
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To judge policies by their outcomes,
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Not by on their stated intentions.
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Something might sound good,
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Might sound compassionate,
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But actually end up being really dangerous
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And really devastating.
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That is true of every progressive
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And especially every socialist policy.
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That's the wisdom.
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Well, candidate
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Cuomo was looking for voters on fox news recently,
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But he handled it pretty awkwardly
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Because from one side of his mouth,
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He was quite positive about president trump.
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But he was asked about the president's
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Anti-crime plan for new york city.
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Cuomo said all is well and the city doesn't need his help.
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Listen to his comment.
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You don't need the national guard in new york city.
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If we thought we needed
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The national guard in new york city, then,
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The governor can call out the national guard, or
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The mayor can ask the governor to call out the national guard.
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But no, we don't need federal intervention
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In the day to day management of new york city.
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Well, young mothers and single women in new york
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Are particularly worried about the rising crime there.
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Shouldn't cuomo know that?
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And wouldn't that be a good way
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To get them out to vote for him rather than a socialist?
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So he's just not paying attention?
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You know what?
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It's one thing for him to say we don't need the national guard,
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But for him not to follow up and acknowledge that there's
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A very real crime problem and to say,
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This is how i'm going
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To solve this on the local and state level.
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That is the delusion. okay.
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Prove it.
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Prove that you don't need the national guard
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By coming up with a solution
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To stop people from getting murdered.
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Until then,
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I would say that it is donald trump's responsibility
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To serve the well-being of the american people.
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To do whatever it takes to stop crime.
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Well, ali, i know you spend a lot of time
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With young women, young mothers, and the issues that face them.
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What are the most
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Hopeful things you see in that segment of the country?
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Look, i think a lot of people do feel really hopeful right now,
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And they're thankful that, you know,
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We have better leadership in washington, d.c..
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I think the immigration issue
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Is something that a lot of people care about,
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Because we're seeing it affect our communities.
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Illegal immigration and the crime and the chaos
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And the economic devastation that it causes
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Has a very real effect on young families
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Trying to buy homes, trying to raise their kids
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In a safe community. it affects education.
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It affects so much.
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And so i think they want to see even more of that seriousness,
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Policy wise from president trump.
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I think they're hopeful about what they see.
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And then, of course, when it comes to
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What seems like a resurgence in interest in christianity,
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Like there is a big reason
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For christians to be excited about that.
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Most moms are focused
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On discipling their kids
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In the lord, no matter what's going on in the political realm.
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And so i think women are balancing that caring about
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What's going on in politics and culture
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While focusing on their responsibility
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Of raising their kids.
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And we know that no matter what's going on in the world,
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That the lord is very faithful to equip moms
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And dads to raise their kids in a way that glorifies him.
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Well, beth, thank you for your voice, for biblical values,
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And i pray your conference is an overwhelming success.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you, pastor, i appreciate that.
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Anytime.
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Well, in a moment. signs of hope that we can see.
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Trust me, they're there when you know where to look.
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Trust me, they're there when you know where to look.
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You know, our major
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Cities have become increasingly violent.
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The crisis can be addressed if we would
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Begin to enforce the laws that already exist.
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You know, i've been to d.c. many times.
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It's a city that's been steeped in chaos and violence.
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They've acknowledged that they've reclassified crimes
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To make them seem less violent,
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Pretending that the city was safe.
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So the administration took action,
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And they sent in the national guard reinforcements
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To combat the lawlessness in d.c..
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Well, predictably, crime rates have declined.
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Carjackings have decreased by 83%.
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Robberies are down by 46%.
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They've gone days without a murder.
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The. rather than celebrate the restoration of order.
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Many influential voices are complaining
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That the president is trying to take over,
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And that the use
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Of the national guard threatens individual freedoms.
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Well, i don't hear that from the citizens of the city,
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But i hear it from the politicians
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And those same people.
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They're not complaining after january 6th.
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They put a fence around the capitol,
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Deployed the national guard to protect lawmakers, not people.
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And now they're offended when the national guard's
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Been brought in to protect the people of the city.
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Well, think about this.
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We literally have mayors and
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Governors that are speaking out against law and order.
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It's absurd.
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And unfortunately, as the church,
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We have some complicity in this.
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We have witnessed
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And tolerated murky messages of compassion and inclusivity
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Emerging from pulpits in many christian circles.
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Absent the truth of scripture.
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Many have fallen under the spell of this cultural good.
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Well, i'd submit to you that the church has to stand up
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And champion law and order.
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We have to make a distinction between legal and illegal
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And stop accommodating a secular culture.
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We have to bring
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Our biblical values back into the public square.
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If our nation is ever going to really regain its strength,
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It'll be because the church has the courage
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To bring back a biblical worldview and live it out.
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If we'll speak the truth with the courage
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To live it before the world, we can redeem a culture
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And our nation will experience better outcomes.
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And that gives us more reasons for hope than despair.
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I promise we'll be right back with your emails.
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I promise we'll be right back with your emails.
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Thank you for spending a few minutes of your day with us.
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If you ever miss a live episode,
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Just a reminder, you can go to aj now.com.
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All the shows are archived there.
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You can watch any show at your leisure.
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Invite some friends to watch.
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The more the merrier.
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Your emails are always a highlight of the program.
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Judy bui from california wrote,
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I began fasting usually once a week after following you.
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I often wonder how jesus did it for 40 days.
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I'm not certain. you mean you saw me
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And you thought you needed to be thinner?
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I don't know.
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I don't know how jesus did it for 40 days.
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I know he's god, but he was also human after about half a day.
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I'm praying for 4:00.
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God truly blessed me when he led me to you.
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God bless you and thank you more times than i can count.
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Well, judy, it's an important point.
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Fasting is a significant spiritual discipline
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For those of you may be new to the idea.
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It's simply abstaining from food for spiritual purposes.
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You take the time when you normally enjoy a meal,
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And you take that time
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You read your bible, pray, seek the lord a bit.
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Fasting is a discipline, and like any discipline,
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You gain momentum in it the more you practice.
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I think if you're beginning to learn too fast
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And you're fasting before a clock,
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That's a huge accomplishment. god honored in your life.
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Austin in question.
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In the states that don't require a voter id,
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What is stopping people from other states
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From voting there as well?
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Maybe that's part of the problem.
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I think there's a lot of questions
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And problems around our voting practices across the nation.
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I pray they're able to sort that out.
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Dorothy ann wrote on facebook, thank you for
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Having this program to inform us on the truth.
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Truth is hard to find today.
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It's in short supply.
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Very few places to find it.
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Thankful for this one.
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God bless you.
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You know, dorothy, and for me, one of the challenges
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Is just simply knowing what sources of truth to trust.
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You know, once upon a time, we trusted the legacy media
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To give us the news we needed to know.
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Unfortunately, we're not in that place any longer.
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So i think it begins with knowing god's truth
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That becomes the filter
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Through which we understand the information we're receiving.
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And with that, that's a good momentum to those next steps.
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And finally, a.j.
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Mccormick emailed, i'm a 93 year old bible believing christian.
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I don't get out as much as i used to.
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How are your sermons and your personality
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Presenting our lord's message or special?
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Thank you for making.
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Thank you for your great and honest way of preaching.
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It makes being at home a blessing.
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Well, you are very kind.
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You know, one of the great honors of our lives
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Is having the freedom
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To talk about our faith in the public square.
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It's a part of our nation that is protected
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By our constitution. but it is unique.
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And i think
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An important part of our way forward is having the courage
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To simply share the good news of our faith
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With our friends and our families.
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We take it to work with
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Us, to the schools where our children go.
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We're not leaving it in the church building.
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We're going to live that out every day.
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If we'll do that, it presents a hopeful future
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For our children and our grandchildren.
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And i believe we'll see.
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God bless america again.
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Well, i appreciate you taking
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A few minutes of your day and spending it with us.
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I'm alan jackson, and you have a wonderful evening.
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