From wars and rumors of war abroad, to the rise of anti-Christian, "woke" ideology here at home, it’s clear that Americans are living in perilous and unprecedented times. Some would even say that we’re witnessing biblical prophecy unfold in real time. Stakelbeck Tonight will make sense of these stunning developments through a bold and biblical lens.
#Faith
#Author
#Singer/Songwriter
#Israel
#Racism
#Prayer
#War
#Culture
#Government
#Terrorism
#ErickStakelbeck
#Politics
#News
#Prophecy
#Anointing
#EricMetaxas
#Worship
#Media
#Transgender
#SeanFeucht
Closed captions
Show Timecode
Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: February 11, 2025 | Stakelbeck Tonight | February 11, 2025
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
- 00:00:04.218 --> 00:00:05.619
- I'm erick stakelbeck
- 00:00:05.619 --> 00:00:06.821
- And the battle lines have now been drawn.
- 00:00:06.821 --> 00:00:10.291
- We told you last night about the horrific abuse
- 00:00:10.291 --> 00:00:12.827
- That hamas
- 00:00:12.827 --> 00:00:13.994
- Has inflicted on hostages, including three israeli men
- 00:00:13.994 --> 00:00:17.431
- Who were released over the weekend.
- 00:00:17.431 --> 00:00:19.333
- The men were emaciated
- 00:00:19.333 --> 00:00:21.268
- And showed clear signs of physical and mental torment.
- 00:00:21.268 --> 00:00:25.206
- Israel and the u.s.
- 00:00:25.206 --> 00:00:26.407
- Expressed outrage over their treatment.
- 00:00:26.407 --> 00:00:28.742
- And then on monday, when hamas announced that it would delay
- 00:00:28.742 --> 00:00:32.513
- The next round of hostage releases, president trump
- 00:00:32.513 --> 00:00:35.916
- Had seen enough.
- 00:00:35.916 --> 00:00:38.953
- Well, i would say this, and i'm going to let that,
- 00:00:38.953 --> 00:00:41.255
- Because that's israel's decision.
- 00:00:41.255 --> 00:00:42.890
- But as far as i'm concerned, if all of the hostages are
- 00:00:42.890 --> 00:00:46.627
- Returned by
- 00:00:46.627 --> 00:00:48.629
- Saturday at 12:00, i think it's an appropriate time.
- 00:00:48.629 --> 00:00:52.333
- I would say cancel it
- 00:00:52.333 --> 00:00:54.735
- And all bets are off and let hell break out.
- 00:00:54.735 --> 00:00:58.706
- I'd say they ought to be returned by 12:00 on saturday.
- 00:00:58.706 --> 00:01:01.942
- And if they're not returned, all of them not in drips
- 00:01:01.942 --> 00:01:05.012
- And drabs, not two and one and three and four and two,
- 00:01:05.012 --> 00:01:12.153
- Saturday at 12:00.
- 00:01:12.153 --> 00:01:14.522
- And after that, i would say
- 00:01:14.522 --> 00:01:18.692
- All hell is going to break out.
- 00:01:18.692 --> 00:01:22.897
- Now, israeli government
- 00:01:22.897 --> 00:01:24.064
- Officials say they support trump's ultimatum for hamas
- 00:01:24.064 --> 00:01:27.101
- And his plan to relocate palestinians and rebuild gaza.
- 00:01:27.101 --> 00:01:31.672
- A proposal they call revolutionary.
- 00:01:31.672 --> 00:01:34.608
- Folks, that word is very important.
- 00:01:34.608 --> 00:01:37.011
- It represents exactly the kind of vision
- 00:01:37.011 --> 00:01:39.880
- That the middle east needs and that america needs.
- 00:01:39.880 --> 00:01:43.017
- Things had gone way off the rails these past few years.
- 00:01:43.017 --> 00:01:46.654
- No longer could we go on stumbling in the darkness
- 00:01:46.654 --> 00:01:50.224
- And doing what the prophet isaiah warned about
- 00:01:50.224 --> 00:01:53.093
- Calling good evil and evil good.
- 00:01:53.093 --> 00:01:56.697
- It is revival or bust.
- 00:01:56.697 --> 00:01:59.667
- That's why i said on inauguration day
- 00:01:59.667 --> 00:02:01.268
- That donald trump needed to model his presidency
- 00:02:01.268 --> 00:02:04.371
- After the biblical king josiah rooting out evil.
- 00:02:04.371 --> 00:02:08.342
- Shining light in the darkness.
- 00:02:08.342 --> 00:02:10.311
- Tearing down the high places and sparking a national revival.
- 00:02:10.311 --> 00:02:15.049
- In the 22 days since he took office.
- 00:02:15.049 --> 00:02:17.351
- Trump is on his way to doing exactly that.
- 00:02:17.351 --> 00:02:20.321
- Through a series of executive actions, he's moved
- 00:02:20.321 --> 00:02:23.524
- At lightning speed to eliminate the gender madness
- 00:02:23.524 --> 00:02:27.061
- That's infected our institutions and targeted our kids
- 00:02:27.061 --> 00:02:30.664
- To crack down on criminals
- 00:02:30.664 --> 00:02:32.466
- And stop the invasion at our southern border.
- 00:02:32.466 --> 00:02:35.102
- To root out corruption and waste at the highest levels.
- 00:02:35.102 --> 00:02:38.672
- To end cancel culture and d-i programs
- 00:02:38.672 --> 00:02:42.343
- That favor gender, race and sexual identity over merit.
- 00:02:42.343 --> 00:02:46.914
- And when it comes to other core issues
- 00:02:46.914 --> 00:02:49.350
- That matter to the body of christ.
- 00:02:49.350 --> 00:02:51.418
- Trump has already signed several pro-life orders and late
- 00:02:51.418 --> 00:02:55.022
- Last week
- 00:02:55.022 --> 00:02:56.290
- Established a white house faith office and created a task force
- 00:02:56.290 --> 00:03:00.127
- To crack down on anti-christian bias.
- 00:03:00.127 --> 00:03:03.497
- Now, that's more than most presidents do in four years,
- 00:03:03.497 --> 00:03:06.634
- And trump has done it all in just over three weeks.
- 00:03:06.634 --> 00:03:09.903
- He's a man on a mission.
- 00:03:09.903 --> 00:03:11.472
- He knows that god spared his life for a reason,
- 00:03:11.472 --> 00:03:15.142
- And he is making the most of his second chance.
- 00:03:15.142 --> 00:03:18.212
- As a result, we have a second chance as a nation.
- 00:03:18.212 --> 00:03:21.949
- Folks, god has given us a reprieve.
- 00:03:21.949 --> 00:03:24.785
- As christians,
- 00:03:24.785 --> 00:03:25.953
- We have a unique opportunity here to work in the light
- 00:03:25.953 --> 00:03:29.423
- And to advance the kingdom under an administration
- 00:03:29.423 --> 00:03:32.359
- That supports christians rather than canceling them.
- 00:03:32.359 --> 00:03:35.829
- So be encouraged.
- 00:03:35.829 --> 00:03:37.197
- I can tell you that sean foyt most certainly is.
- 00:03:37.197 --> 00:03:40.267
- He's with us to share some incredible stories
- 00:03:40.267 --> 00:03:42.670
- About how god is moving in this new day for america.
- 00:03:42.670 --> 00:03:46.840
- And it all starts now
- 00:03:46.840 --> 00:04:05.993
- Is revival here.
- 00:04:06.393 --> 00:04:08.796
- Folks, god was moving at the super bowl
- 00:04:08.796 --> 00:04:11.231
- And he's moving in and through the white house.
- 00:04:11.231 --> 00:04:14.335
- These are exciting times for the body of christ.
- 00:04:14.335 --> 00:04:17.004
- And sean foyt is at the center of it.
- 00:04:17.004 --> 00:04:19.473
- He's a worship leader.
- 00:04:19.473 --> 00:04:20.541
- Speaker and founder of the let us worship movement.
- 00:04:20.541 --> 00:04:23.444
- Sean's new album, prayer of your people,
- 00:04:23.444 --> 00:04:25.746
- Recorded live on capitol hill, is available for preorder
- 00:04:25.746 --> 00:04:29.516
- Starting today.
- 00:04:29.516 --> 00:04:30.751
- And he joins us now.
- 00:04:30.751 --> 00:04:31.885
- Sean, always great to see you, my friend.
- 00:04:31.885 --> 00:04:33.554
- Hey, you're fresh off the super bowl.
- 00:04:33.554 --> 00:04:35.522
- You just returned from new orleans
- 00:04:35.522 --> 00:04:37.024
- And we saw number one coaches, players are glorifying god.
- 00:04:37.024 --> 00:04:41.295
- Number two, we saw lauren daigle perform.
- 00:04:41.295 --> 00:04:44.231
- Sean, it seemed like some great things
- 00:04:44.231 --> 00:04:45.933
- Were happening at the super bowl.
- 00:04:45.933 --> 00:04:47.568
- Yeah, it's awesome.
- 00:04:47.568 --> 00:04:48.602
- I mean, i think any time as a believer,
- 00:04:48.602 --> 00:04:50.738
- You need to celebrate when these in the midst of these massive
- 00:04:50.738 --> 00:04:54.441
- Cultural moments like god has lifted up.
- 00:04:54.441 --> 00:04:57.711
- And not just god.
- 00:04:57.711 --> 00:04:58.645
- I mean, people are saying the name jesus.
- 00:04:58.645 --> 00:05:00.581
- People were worshiping a need like worship was breaking out.
- 00:05:00.581 --> 00:05:03.817
- We had a jesus march the day
- 00:05:03.817 --> 00:05:05.786
- Before the super bowl with a thousand people
- 00:05:05.786 --> 00:05:08.822
- Through the streets of new orleans.
- 00:05:08.822 --> 00:05:10.324
- We had coaches and players and,
- 00:05:10.324 --> 00:05:12.593
- You know, hall of famer tony dungy was with us.
- 00:05:12.593 --> 00:05:15.028
- I mean, it's like
- 00:05:15.028 --> 00:05:16.029
- There's a boldness right now across america
- 00:05:16.029 --> 00:05:19.166
- To rise up and declare that jesus the king over our nation.
- 00:05:19.166 --> 00:05:22.336
- Yeah, it's incredible, sean.
- 00:05:22.336 --> 00:05:23.404
- And look on your ex
- 00:05:23.404 --> 00:05:24.638
- Account, folks, follow sean on x and throughout social media,
- 00:05:24.638 --> 00:05:27.307
- You actually led some worship
- 00:05:27.307 --> 00:05:28.842
- On the plane ride home from new orleans as well.
- 00:05:28.842 --> 00:05:30.811
- Pretty cool.
- 00:05:30.811 --> 00:05:31.678
- Hey, speaking of what's
- 00:05:31.678 --> 00:05:33.113
- Breaking out across the nation, sean,
- 00:05:33.113 --> 00:05:34.748
- I think a lot of this starts at the top.
- 00:05:34.748 --> 00:05:37.251
- The white house.
- 00:05:37.251 --> 00:05:37.918
- Last week, president trump
- 00:05:37.918 --> 00:05:39.019
- Announced a faith office in the white house, a new task
- 00:05:39.019 --> 00:05:43.157
- Force committed to rooting out anti-christian bias.
- 00:05:43.157 --> 00:05:47.060
- How encouraged are you by what you see
- 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:49.196
- From the trump administration
- 00:05:49.196 --> 00:05:50.330
- So far in these first three weeks in office than i am?
- 00:05:50.330 --> 00:05:54.535
- Every day i wake up, it feels like christmas.
- 00:05:54.535 --> 00:05:57.004
- You know,
- 00:05:57.004 --> 00:05:57.671
- I had the privilege
- 00:05:57.671 --> 00:05:58.672
- Of being in the oval office in his first term,
- 00:05:58.672 --> 00:06:01.875
- Worshiping, laying hands on him, praying over him.
- 00:06:01.875 --> 00:06:04.778
- But the prophetic words over president trump
- 00:06:04.778 --> 00:06:07.414
- Are that he's going to come in whispering the name of jesus,
- 00:06:07.414 --> 00:06:10.551
- And he's going to leave office shouting the name of jesus.
- 00:06:10.551 --> 00:06:13.854
- And i'm telling you those prophetic words,
- 00:06:13.854 --> 00:06:15.689
- We're seeing them come to pass right now.
- 00:06:15.689 --> 00:06:17.324
- What he has done
- 00:06:17.324 --> 00:06:18.559
- Installing the faith office inside of the white house,
- 00:06:18.559 --> 00:06:21.061
- Good friends of mine are leading that.
- 00:06:21.061 --> 00:06:22.896
- And i'm telling you every single day
- 00:06:22.896 --> 00:06:25.098
- Now, not just a few times a year, every single day,
- 00:06:25.098 --> 00:06:27.367
- Worship, prayer,
- 00:06:27.367 --> 00:06:29.069
- Intercession, it's going on inside of the white house.
- 00:06:29.069 --> 00:06:31.638
- You'll probably see me there many times
- 00:06:31.638 --> 00:06:33.440
- This year as well with many other people.
- 00:06:33.440 --> 00:06:35.642
- So i'm just excited.
- 00:06:35.642 --> 00:06:37.744
- I feel like
- 00:06:37.744 --> 00:06:39.146
- Especially what we've endured over the last
- 00:06:39.146 --> 00:06:41.048
- Four years of the perversion and the evil
- 00:06:41.048 --> 00:06:43.150
- And i mean even cocaine found inside the white house.
- 00:06:43.150 --> 00:06:46.053
- I mean, what it stays what a miracle that god has done
- 00:06:46.053 --> 00:06:50.324
- Just over the last few weeks.
- 00:06:50.324 --> 00:06:51.825
- It truly is.
- 00:06:51.825 --> 00:06:53.060
- You know, during his first term, sean, a lot of people said,
- 00:06:53.060 --> 00:06:55.095
- Well, president trump is like a j who i think in this term.
- 00:06:55.095 --> 00:06:58.065
- And i think he's showing it so far.
- 00:06:58.065 --> 00:06:59.633
- He needs to be like a josiah.
- 00:06:59.633 --> 00:07:01.969
- Tearing down the many high places
- 00:07:01.969 --> 00:07:04.238
- That, as you mentioned, had built up
- 00:07:04.238 --> 00:07:05.839
- During the previous four years.
- 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:07.541
- And really decades. what do you think of that?
- 00:07:07.541 --> 00:07:09.843
- Is this a josiah moment for america and for president trump?
- 00:07:09.843 --> 00:07:15.682
- Yeah, i mean, it's undeniable at the hand of the law is on him.
- 00:07:15.682 --> 00:07:18.819
- I mean, listen, we his cabinet members,
- 00:07:18.819 --> 00:07:21.555
- I mean, i have personally laid hands on them.
- 00:07:21.555 --> 00:07:23.590
- We've anointed them with oil.
- 00:07:23.590 --> 00:07:25.025
- I mean, he has a crew with them this time that we've
- 00:07:25.025 --> 00:07:28.929
- Never seen in american history.
- 00:07:28.929 --> 00:07:30.464
- All believers that are spirit filled that believe
- 00:07:30.464 --> 00:07:33.333
- That the best days in america are right in front of us.
- 00:07:33.333 --> 00:07:35.903
- And you know, that verse, it says,
- 00:07:35.903 --> 00:07:37.738
- You know, blessed is a nation with god is the lord.
- 00:07:37.738 --> 00:07:40.374
- You know, we are living in the conflict.
- 00:07:40.374 --> 00:07:43.076
- So that i believe that we're going to see
- 00:07:43.076 --> 00:07:45.045
- After these
- 00:07:45.045 --> 00:07:46.246
- Altars are torn down, we're going to see incredible peace.
- 00:07:46.246 --> 00:07:49.149
- We're going to see the favor of god.
- 00:07:49.149 --> 00:07:50.884
- You know,
- 00:07:50.884 --> 00:07:52.052
- When the righteous are in rulership, the people rejoice.
- 00:07:52.052 --> 00:07:54.354
- And i really feel this is the tower.
- 00:07:54.354 --> 00:07:56.423
- The our our nation will sound rejoice.
- 00:07:56.423 --> 00:07:58.392
- God is moving in really big ways.
- 00:07:58.392 --> 00:08:00.527
- Yeah. speaking of which, look at d.c.
- 00:08:00.527 --> 00:08:02.763
- And i was at the inauguration,
- 00:08:02.763 --> 00:08:04.031
- By the way, sean, a few weeks ago.
- 00:08:04.031 --> 00:08:05.432
- I lived in d.c. for 17 years.
- 00:08:05.432 --> 00:08:07.768
- There was just a
- 00:08:07.768 --> 00:08:08.969
- Different spirit in washington during that inauguration week.
- 00:08:08.969 --> 00:08:11.772
- And you know very well prayer of your people.
- 00:08:11.772 --> 00:08:14.408
- Your brand new album available for preorder today.
- 00:08:14.408 --> 00:08:17.010
- You recorded it on capitol hill.
- 00:08:17.010 --> 00:08:19.112
- Sean, tell us more about what you did there
- 00:08:19.112 --> 00:08:21.114
- And what the album's all about.
- 00:08:21.114 --> 00:08:23.617
- Yeah, so the lord spoke to me a few years ago
- 00:08:23.617 --> 00:08:26.386
- To buy a piece of property about two blocks away
- 00:08:26.386 --> 00:08:29.156
- From the supreme court, a block from the capitol building.
- 00:08:29.156 --> 00:08:32.192
- And this was in the
- 00:08:32.192 --> 00:08:33.627
- In the kind of beginning of the fight in there,
- 00:08:33.627 --> 00:08:35.462
- Just just to worship and pray and to do prayer walks
- 00:08:35.462 --> 00:08:38.732
- And to do ministry.
- 00:08:38.732 --> 00:08:39.700
- And we called it kampala after the the
- 00:08:39.700 --> 00:08:43.170
- The valley of a law in the bible where david picked up
- 00:08:43.170 --> 00:08:45.906
- The smooth stones,
- 00:08:45.906 --> 00:08:47.107
- Just believing that our smooth stones of worth
- 00:08:47.107 --> 00:08:49.309
- And prayer could slay really big giants.
- 00:08:49.309 --> 00:08:51.678
- And so we saw roe v wade, we saw the giant of abortion
- 00:08:51.678 --> 00:08:54.581
- Come down.
- 00:08:54.581 --> 00:08:55.449
- We saw we're seeing giants of secular
- 00:08:55.449 --> 00:08:57.517
- Progressivism and perversion come down.
- 00:08:57.517 --> 00:08:59.386
- And we're continuing to worship there.
- 00:08:59.386 --> 00:09:00.988
- So every week there's there's revival nights
- 00:09:00.988 --> 00:09:04.057
- Happening on capitol hill.
- 00:09:04.057 --> 00:09:06.259
- And we just thought, how cool would it be to capture
- 00:09:06.259 --> 00:09:09.363
- A night of live
- 00:09:09.363 --> 00:09:10.564
- Worship, of prayer
- 00:09:10.564 --> 00:09:12.032
- Happening on capitol hill in the heart of d.c.
- 00:09:12.032 --> 00:09:14.368
- So that america could see that man.
- 00:09:14.368 --> 00:09:16.937
- God is really moving in a grassroots
- 00:09:16.937 --> 00:09:18.972
- Way across our nation's capital.
- 00:09:18.972 --> 00:09:20.707
- Yeah, shots. amazing. real quick.
- 00:09:20.707 --> 00:09:22.209
- It's available for preorder today.
- 00:09:22.209 --> 00:09:23.944
- Any place in particular, we should go to pick it up.
- 00:09:23.944 --> 00:09:26.513
- You can go to itunes, you can go to spotify.
- 00:09:26.513 --> 00:09:28.415
- The full album
- 00:09:28.415 --> 00:09:29.483
- Will be released on spotify in i tunes this friday.
- 00:09:29.483 --> 00:09:32.386
- So definitely you can check it out anywhere.
- 00:09:32.386 --> 00:09:34.054
- But man, it is just it's it's just an album you can play
- 00:09:34.054 --> 00:09:38.291
- To pray to spoke to.
- 00:09:38.291 --> 00:09:40.193
- And i know it's going to be a blessing
- 00:09:40.193 --> 00:09:41.395
- To a lot of you guys love it.
- 00:09:41.395 --> 00:09:42.629
- Sean and it is for such a time as this as you just laid out for
- 00:09:42.629 --> 00:09:46.433
- Sean for it.
- 00:09:46.433 --> 00:09:47.334
- Let us worship.
- 00:09:47.334 --> 00:09:48.135
- Keep up the great work, my friend.
- 00:09:48.135 --> 00:09:49.336
- Congrats on new album. we'll see you again soon.
- 00:09:49.336 --> 00:09:51.605
- And coming up after the break, eric metaxas, another voice
- 00:09:51.605 --> 00:09:55.108
- For truth, is here to talk more about this revival
- 00:09:55.108 --> 00:09:58.545
- That i think we're seeing break out in america right now.
- 00:09:58.545 --> 00:10:01.882
- You won't want to miss this. stick around.
- 00:10:01.882 --> 00:10:08.996
- You won't want to miss this. stick around.
- 00:10:08.996 --> 00:10:11.690
- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight in the gospel of luke,
- 00:10:12.791 --> 00:10:15.827
- Jesus said there is nothing hidden
- 00:10:15.827 --> 00:10:18.329
- That will not be disclosed and nothing concealed that
- 00:10:18.329 --> 00:10:22.067
- Will not be known or brought out into the open, folks.
- 00:10:22.067 --> 00:10:25.837
- Over the past three weeks, we've seen exactly that darkness
- 00:10:25.837 --> 00:10:29.541
- Exposed and high places torn down at a rapid clip.
- 00:10:29.541 --> 00:10:34.045
- Our good friend
- 00:10:34.045 --> 00:10:35.213
- Eric metaxas has been watching all of this very closely.
- 00:10:35.213 --> 00:10:38.083
- He's host of the eric metaxas show
- 00:10:38.083 --> 00:10:39.984
- And author of several bestsellers,
- 00:10:39.984 --> 00:10:41.686
- Including religion, this christianity
- 00:10:41.686 --> 00:10:44.055
- Letter to the american church and donald drains the swamp.
- 00:10:44.055 --> 00:10:47.759
- Eric joins us now.
- 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:49.227
- Great to see you, my friend.
- 00:10:49.227 --> 00:10:50.462
- And you and i were talking off camera.
- 00:10:50.462 --> 00:10:51.896
- It's tough to keep track
- 00:10:51.896 --> 00:10:53.531
- Of all the incredible victories over these past three weeks
- 00:10:53.531 --> 00:10:56.701
- For america and for the body of christ.
- 00:10:56.701 --> 00:10:59.037
- Eric, what are your impressions
- 00:10:59.037 --> 00:11:00.772
- Of these first 22 days of the trump administration?
- 00:11:00.772 --> 00:11:04.075
- Well, first of all, i have to laugh
- 00:11:04.075 --> 00:11:05.744
- That you cite my book, donald drains the swamp.
- 00:11:05.744 --> 00:11:08.813
- I wrote three children's books.
- 00:11:08.813 --> 00:11:11.249
- And listen, donald drains the swamp,
- 00:11:11.249 --> 00:11:14.219
- Which is, you know, it's
- 00:11:14.219 --> 00:11:15.053
- A kid's book,
- 00:11:15.053 --> 00:11:16.254
- But adults usually love it even more because they get some
- 00:11:16.254 --> 00:11:18.690
- Of the jokes. but that's what's happening.
- 00:11:18.690 --> 00:11:21.259
- And frankly, it's what we hired
- 00:11:21.259 --> 00:11:24.562
- The president to do in 2016.
- 00:11:24.562 --> 00:11:27.232
- He was stymied by what we now call the deep state
- 00:11:27.232 --> 00:11:30.902
- Entrenched bureaucrats who are not friends of we,
- 00:11:30.902 --> 00:11:34.639
- The people who are who are not they were not voted in.
- 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:38.576
- So you have corruption.
- 00:11:38.576 --> 00:11:40.311
- And by the grace of god and his by the grace of god
- 00:11:40.311 --> 00:11:44.048
- Alone that donald trump is back in,
- 00:11:44.048 --> 00:11:46.985
- He now knows what he's dealing with in trying
- 00:11:46.985 --> 00:11:50.855
- To drain the swamp, trying to do the will of we the people.
- 00:11:50.855 --> 00:11:54.959
- And because he's
- 00:11:54.959 --> 00:11:55.994
- Now aware of it, he's able to be more effective,
- 00:11:55.994 --> 00:11:59.597
- Let's be honest, you know, than most of us had even dreamt.
- 00:11:59.597 --> 00:12:03.001
- This is a dream come true, but it's really an answer to prayer.
- 00:12:03.001 --> 00:12:06.638
- I just always want to be clear about that,
- 00:12:06.638 --> 00:12:08.239
- Not just because it's the theologically correct thing,
- 00:12:08.239 --> 00:12:11.142
- But because it's actually true.
- 00:12:11.142 --> 00:12:12.944
- The prayers of the saints
- 00:12:12.944 --> 00:12:14.379
- Christians have been interceding like crazy for this nation,
- 00:12:14.379 --> 00:12:18.016
- And we are now seeing the lord deliver us from corruption.
- 00:12:18.016 --> 00:12:22.854
- We've got a long way to go, but it is frankly astonishing
- 00:12:22.854 --> 00:12:26.658
- And exciting.
- 00:12:26.658 --> 00:12:27.892
- Eric, god is going ahead of us. he is fighting the battles.
- 00:12:27.892 --> 00:12:29.994
- God is on the battlefield right now.
- 00:12:29.994 --> 00:12:31.763
- We have a national reprieve, as you said, and yet
- 00:12:31.763 --> 00:12:35.667
- The democrat party and the hard core left
- 00:12:35.667 --> 00:12:37.969
- Do not seem to have gotten the memo.
- 00:12:37.969 --> 00:12:39.838
- Eric, here's a clip from the recent democrat
- 00:12:39.838 --> 00:12:42.307
- National committee.
- 00:12:42.307 --> 00:12:43.174
- Now, they were choosing a new dnc chair
- 00:12:43.174 --> 00:12:45.777
- And it was more of the same gender madness.
- 00:12:45.777 --> 00:12:49.047
- Take a look.
- 00:12:49.047 --> 00:12:52.217
- The non-binary individual is counted as neither male
- 00:12:52.217 --> 00:12:55.353
- Or female,
- 00:12:55.353 --> 00:12:56.487
- And the remaining six offices must be gender balanced
- 00:12:56.487 --> 00:12:59.791
- With the results of the previous four elections.
- 00:12:59.791 --> 00:13:02.827
- Our elected officers are currently two male
- 00:13:02.827 --> 00:13:06.297
- And two female.
- 00:13:06.297 --> 00:13:08.299
- In order to be gender balance,
- 00:13:08.299 --> 00:13:10.568
- We must
- 00:13:10.568 --> 00:13:13.671
- We must elect
- 00:13:13.671 --> 00:13:16.341
- One male, one female
- 00:13:16.341 --> 00:13:18.643
- And one person of any gender.
- 00:13:18.643 --> 00:13:21.779
- So again, this is what we have to do for this vice chair race.
- 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:26.451
- We have to elect one male, one female
- 00:13:26.451 --> 00:13:29.153
- And one person of any gender.
- 00:13:29.153 --> 00:13:33.191
- Eric i like to say that when donald trump
- 00:13:33.191 --> 00:13:34.993
- Dodged a bullet on july 13th in butler,
- 00:13:34.993 --> 00:13:37.095
- Pennsylvania, we dodged a bullet as a nation.
- 00:13:37.095 --> 00:13:39.530
- I think he just saw that in that clip. more of the same.
- 00:13:39.530 --> 00:13:42.300
- From the left, it's insanity and they're doubling down on it.
- 00:13:42.300 --> 00:13:47.438
- Listen,
- 00:13:47.438 --> 00:13:48.339
- When you know, years and years from now,
- 00:13:48.339 --> 00:13:50.909
- Should the lord, terry, when they're trying
- 00:13:50.909 --> 00:13:53.077
- To make sense of how the democratic party
- 00:13:53.077 --> 00:13:55.079
- Lost, you know, a generation or two.
- 00:13:55.079 --> 00:13:59.083
- This is exhibit a. i mean, you watched that.
- 00:13:59.083 --> 00:14:01.619
- There are just moments in history where you go,
- 00:14:01.619 --> 00:14:04.088
- They're insane.
- 00:14:04.088 --> 00:14:05.223
- Everyone knows they're insane,
- 00:14:05.223 --> 00:14:06.858
- But they keep going forward as though they're not insane.
- 00:14:06.858 --> 00:14:09.594
- There are moments like that in history.
- 00:14:09.594 --> 00:14:11.195
- This is one of those moments where most people
- 00:14:11.195 --> 00:14:14.699
- Can clearly see they've gone too far.
- 00:14:14.699 --> 00:14:18.236
- You don't even need to be a born again
- 00:14:18.236 --> 00:14:19.971
- Believer to understand this stuff is anti reality.
- 00:14:19.971 --> 00:14:23.041
- It's insane.
- 00:14:23.041 --> 00:14:24.175
- Anybody with common sense,
- 00:14:24.175 --> 00:14:25.777
- Anybody who loves america and freedom understands
- 00:14:25.777 --> 00:14:28.680
- This is just lunacy and it's it's harmful lunacy.
- 00:14:28.680 --> 00:14:32.717
- Eric well said.
- 00:14:32.717 --> 00:14:33.818
- You've never had a problem with biting your tongue.
- 00:14:33.818 --> 00:14:35.653
- You don't do that, nor should you, nor should any believer.
- 00:14:35.653 --> 00:14:38.389
- But there was a feeling among
- 00:14:38.389 --> 00:14:39.824
- Some of hesitation during the biden years.
- 00:14:39.824 --> 00:14:42.160
- It seems that's gone now.
- 00:14:42.160 --> 00:14:43.428
- Eric there's not that fear of cancel culture
- 00:14:43.428 --> 00:14:46.030
- And people are speaking out more boldly than ever before.
- 00:14:46.030 --> 00:14:48.800
- And i really give a lot of credit.
- 00:14:48.800 --> 00:14:49.867
- President trump, i think he's inspired
- 00:14:49.867 --> 00:14:51.869
- A lot of people to say, you know what, we're fed up
- 00:14:51.869 --> 00:14:53.871
- And we're not going to take it anymore.
- 00:14:53.871 --> 00:14:56.607
- Well, i guess
- 00:14:56.607 --> 00:14:57.842
- For me, because
- 00:14:57.842 --> 00:14:58.943
- My mom grew up in east germany, which is communist,
- 00:14:58.943 --> 00:15:02.246
- Because my dad grew up in greece,
- 00:15:02.246 --> 00:15:03.982
- Where the communists tried to take over after world war two.
- 00:15:03.982 --> 00:15:06.584
- They raised me to know the evil of communism.
- 00:15:06.584 --> 00:15:09.687
- And as a result, to love america and to love american freedom.
- 00:15:09.687 --> 00:15:13.925
- So the cancel culture, when it when it first came out strongly,
- 00:15:13.925 --> 00:15:18.062
- You know, in his first term, that if you like trump, you're
- 00:15:18.062 --> 00:15:21.199
- A racist or you're a homophobe or you're this or that.
- 00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:24.202
- I was offended.
- 00:15:24.202 --> 00:15:25.136
- I thought to myself,
- 00:15:25.136 --> 00:15:26.204
- You're talking about my mom and dad.
- 00:15:26.204 --> 00:15:27.805
- You're talking about most americans,
- 00:15:27.805 --> 00:15:30.208
- Working class americans. you're demonizing this way.
- 00:15:30.208 --> 00:15:32.543
- You're telling them they need to shut up.
- 00:15:32.543 --> 00:15:34.912
- I was really offended.
- 00:15:34.912 --> 00:15:36.247
- And that's part of what animated me
- 00:15:36.247 --> 00:15:39.050
- And got me to be more outspoken because i thought,
- 00:15:39.050 --> 00:15:41.719
- This is this is not right, this cancel culture.
- 00:15:41.719 --> 00:15:44.822
- It's wicked on many levels, but it is attacking
- 00:15:44.822 --> 00:15:48.459
- Salt of the earth americans, people who love this country.
- 00:15:48.459 --> 00:15:52.263
- And so i,
- 00:15:52.263 --> 00:15:53.331
- I really became much bolder because i
- 00:15:53.331 --> 00:15:55.666
- You know, i used to kind of be a little bit like, well,
- 00:15:55.666 --> 00:15:58.403
- I don't want to say the wrong thing.
- 00:15:58.403 --> 00:15:59.537
- When my bonhoeffer book
- 00:15:59.537 --> 00:16:00.938
- First came out in 2010, you know,
- 00:16:00.938 --> 00:16:02.673
- I was the toast of the evangelical world.
- 00:16:02.673 --> 00:16:04.909
- And, you know, the liberals were reading my book and whatever.
- 00:16:04.909 --> 00:16:07.678
- I didn't want to offend anybody. but by the time
- 00:16:07.678 --> 00:16:10.048
- 2016 came around, i thought, you know what?
- 00:16:10.048 --> 00:16:12.650
- I can't play this game.
- 00:16:12.650 --> 00:16:13.985
- I have to repent of being silent in the face of evil
- 00:16:13.985 --> 00:16:17.789
- In my own life.
- 00:16:17.789 --> 00:16:18.756
- And we all have a little bit of that to do.
- 00:16:18.756 --> 00:16:21.192
- Some of us have a lot of that to do,
- 00:16:21.192 --> 00:16:22.894
- But it's a glorious time to actually see that
- 00:16:22.894 --> 00:16:26.030
- God wants us to be bold as lions, to speak the truth.
- 00:16:26.030 --> 00:16:30.068
- And when we do it, we encourage others to do the same.
- 00:16:30.068 --> 00:16:32.937
- Amen. eric well said, my friend.
- 00:16:32.937 --> 00:16:34.772
- And you'll be right back with us
- 00:16:34.772 --> 00:16:35.907
- After the break a little bit more on that, eric.
- 00:16:35.907 --> 00:16:37.909
- This concept of religion, this christianity,
- 00:16:37.909 --> 00:16:40.244
- The letter to the american church that you penned more
- 00:16:40.244 --> 00:16:43.214
- With the one and only eric metaxas after the break.
- 00:16:43.214 --> 00:16:45.850
- The body of christ needs to step up, find out how next.
- 00:16:45.850 --> 00:16:55.989
- The body of christ needs to step up, find out how next.
- 00:16:55.989 --> 00:16:59.326
- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight,
- 00:17:00.094 --> 00:17:01.495
- We're talking to our good friend eric metaxas.
- 00:17:01.495 --> 00:17:03.564
- And before the break, we were talking about
- 00:17:03.564 --> 00:17:05.632
- The need for the church to step up and be bold
- 00:17:05.632 --> 00:17:09.036
- Against the kind of nonsense that you're about to see.
- 00:17:09.036 --> 00:17:11.505
- Now, this is a so-called pastor up in canada named brant hawks,
- 00:17:11.505 --> 00:17:15.909
- And he gives new meaning to the term wokeness.
- 00:17:15.909 --> 00:17:19.313
- Take a look.
- 00:17:19.313 --> 00:17:21.982
- But when i got to that word savior,
- 00:17:21.982 --> 00:17:24.685
- It was a problem.
- 00:17:24.685 --> 00:17:26.887
- And it was a problem because i'm from another faith tradition
- 00:17:26.887 --> 00:17:31.125
- Or it's a problem because i don't believe that
- 00:17:31.125 --> 00:17:34.795
- Everyone has to accept jesus as personal lord and savior,
- 00:17:34.795 --> 00:17:38.332
- Like the fundamentalists say
- 00:17:38.332 --> 00:17:40.701
- It is a stumbling block for people who do interfaith work.
- 00:17:40.701 --> 00:17:43.470
- How do we explain that phrase
- 00:17:43.470 --> 00:17:44.938
- To muslims and to jews and to hindus?
- 00:17:44.938 --> 00:17:48.942
- Eric metaxas is here with us.
- 00:17:48.942 --> 00:17:50.677
- Eric, with this pastor, so called is saying,
- 00:17:50.677 --> 00:17:53.380
- Is that the term savior, calling jesus our lord and savior
- 00:17:53.380 --> 00:17:57.985
- Is offensive?
- 00:17:57.985 --> 00:17:59.052
- And really, you and i talked about before the break
- 00:17:59.052 --> 00:18:01.321
- This kind of madness, i believe, would have
- 00:18:01.321 --> 00:18:03.123
- Taken major root right here in america.
- 00:18:03.123 --> 00:18:05.559
- That was canada.
- 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:06.760
- But right here in america, had the election gone another way?
- 00:18:06.760 --> 00:18:11.932
- Well, listen, when he says things like, you know,
- 00:18:11.932 --> 00:18:14.902
- If i'm doing interfaith work, what gobbledygook is that?
- 00:18:14.902 --> 00:18:18.672
- What is interfaith work?
- 00:18:18.672 --> 00:18:20.207
- You talking about evangelism?
- 00:18:20.207 --> 00:18:22.676
- Listen, most of the church, let's be honest, is lost.
- 00:18:22.676 --> 00:18:27.047
- Walk crazy, fearful.
- 00:18:27.047 --> 00:18:30.584
- I have to say, listen, there's a place for sensitivity.
- 00:18:30.584 --> 00:18:33.253
- You know,
- 00:18:33.253 --> 00:18:33.954
- You don't need to say everything
- 00:18:33.954 --> 00:18:34.755
- You believe in the first 3 minutes
- 00:18:34.755 --> 00:18:36.056
- Of a conversation with everybody.
- 00:18:36.056 --> 00:18:37.658
- I get that. but it can go too far.
- 00:18:37.658 --> 00:18:40.327
- And in the culture in which we live
- 00:18:40.327 --> 00:18:42.062
- And in the church in which we live,
- 00:18:42.062 --> 00:18:43.597
- It has gone way, way, way too far.
- 00:18:43.597 --> 00:18:47.668
- So people are afraid of speaking the truth.
- 00:18:47.668 --> 00:18:49.903
- We say, what's offensive?
- 00:18:49.903 --> 00:18:51.271
- What is offensive about saying jesus loves
- 00:18:51.271 --> 00:18:55.275
- You and dying for you and wants to save you from hell?
- 00:18:55.275 --> 00:19:00.247
- Who wants to save you from yourself?
- 00:19:00.247 --> 00:19:03.517
- It's the
- 00:19:03.517 --> 00:19:04.484
- Most beautiful, glorious gift imaginable.
- 00:19:04.484 --> 00:19:07.120
- And so i think, frankly,
- 00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:08.288
- There are a lot of christians
- 00:19:08.288 --> 00:19:09.223
- That they don't really themselves believe
- 00:19:09.223 --> 00:19:10.624
- That they don't know what they believe, honestly. eric.
- 00:19:10.624 --> 00:19:13.293
- And so they're timid.
- 00:19:13.293 --> 00:19:15.329
- Listen, many of them, they're themselves very, very lost.
- 00:19:15.329 --> 00:19:18.799
- So i don't want to condemn them,
- 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:20.968
- But i want to say they're lost.
- 00:19:20.968 --> 00:19:22.336
- And so it's the blind leading the blind.
- 00:19:22.336 --> 00:19:24.137
- They have nothing to sell because they themselves
- 00:19:24.137 --> 00:19:26.306
- Don't know what it is.
- 00:19:26.306 --> 00:19:27.441
- They believe they're not filled
- 00:19:27.441 --> 00:19:29.042
- With the joy of the lord themselves.
- 00:19:29.042 --> 00:19:31.912
- It's they're tortured.
- 00:19:31.912 --> 00:19:33.146
- They have a kind of strange, attenuated pseudo faith, which
- 00:19:33.146 --> 00:19:36.984
- Obviously i've written about
- 00:19:36.984 --> 00:19:38.619
- In a couple of books that kind of problem.
- 00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:41.622
- Religion, this christianity letter to the american church,
- 00:19:41.622 --> 00:19:43.991
- Both blockbuster bestsellers and for good reason.
- 00:19:43.991 --> 00:19:46.593
- Eric to me, it's been striking that many pulpits across america
- 00:19:46.593 --> 00:19:50.063
- Have been silent on the core issues of our time
- 00:19:50.063 --> 00:19:52.566
- That matter to the body of christ.
- 00:19:52.566 --> 00:19:54.101
- I think of the gender mutilation of our children.
- 00:19:54.101 --> 00:19:56.436
- Radio silence in most pulpits in america on that great evil.
- 00:19:56.436 --> 00:20:00.474
- But then we have people
- 00:20:00.474 --> 00:20:01.608
- Like an elon musk, like like kid rock, like a joe rogan,
- 00:20:01.608 --> 00:20:05.045
- Who aren't known to be in the traditional
- 00:20:05.045 --> 00:20:07.281
- Christian sense, evangelical sense.
- 00:20:07.281 --> 00:20:09.116
- They're leading the way on these issues.
- 00:20:09.116 --> 00:20:11.051
- Again, your books can't be more timely.
- 00:20:11.051 --> 00:20:14.121
- It's a clarion call for the church
- 00:20:14.121 --> 00:20:16.089
- If we're not going to step up and do it, who is?
- 00:20:16.089 --> 00:20:18.759
- We're abdicating our responsibility.
- 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:20.794
- It seems that the lord has given us if we remain silent.
- 00:20:20.794 --> 00:20:24.765
- Well, i think a lot of
- 00:20:24.765 --> 00:20:26.099
- Christians, again, fall into the trap
- 00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:27.567
- Of being religious, but not actual christians.
- 00:20:27.567 --> 00:20:30.270
- Right.
- 00:20:30.270 --> 00:20:30.804
- And they talk about
- 00:20:30.804 --> 00:20:31.838
- And you can do this on the left and on the right,
- 00:20:31.838 --> 00:20:34.107
- And you start talking about christian truth.
- 00:20:34.107 --> 00:20:35.909
- There's no such thing as christian truth.
- 00:20:35.909 --> 00:20:37.411
- There's only truth.
- 00:20:37.411 --> 00:20:38.745
- Jesus is the way the truth in life.
- 00:20:38.745 --> 00:20:40.747
- All truth, all goodness, all beauty is of him
- 00:20:40.747 --> 00:20:45.285
- From him for him.
- 00:20:45.285 --> 00:20:47.788
- And so you get people like, you know,
- 00:20:47.788 --> 00:20:49.790
- You mentioned elon musk or others
- 00:20:49.790 --> 00:20:51.224
- Simply speaking, the truth, whether they acknowledge it
- 00:20:51.224 --> 00:20:54.094
- Explicitly or not, that is of jesus.
- 00:20:54.094 --> 00:20:56.663
- If you say one plus one equals two, that is of the lord.
- 00:20:56.663 --> 00:20:59.833
- All truth, scientific truth, mathematical truth,
- 00:20:59.833 --> 00:21:02.269
- Historical truth, any kind of truth points
- 00:21:02.269 --> 00:21:05.339
- To jesus, whether it does explicitly or not.
- 00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:08.875
- And so you have a lot of people that, as i say, are religious
- 00:21:08.875 --> 00:21:12.045
- Christians in the negative sense.
- 00:21:12.045 --> 00:21:13.613
- They're all about the trappings of church and, you know,
- 00:21:13.613 --> 00:21:17.250
- Churchy entity.
- 00:21:17.250 --> 00:21:18.285
- And that's why i wrote religion was christianity,
- 00:21:18.285 --> 00:21:20.954
- Because the same problem you see in the church in america
- 00:21:20.954 --> 00:21:23.390
- Today happened in germany in the 1930.
- 00:21:23.390 --> 00:21:26.393
- It's exactly the same issue that we do.
- 00:21:26.393 --> 00:21:28.862
- Church we don't want to talk about controversial stuff.
- 00:21:28.862 --> 00:21:31.965
- Well, what if god wants you to talk about controversial stuff?
- 00:21:31.965 --> 00:21:34.701
- Because if you speak the truth, which is sometimes
- 00:21:34.701 --> 00:21:36.603
- Controversial, you're helping people.
- 00:21:36.603 --> 00:21:38.638
- You're blessing people
- 00:21:38.638 --> 00:21:40.440
- A lot in the church,
- 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.541
- That all they care about, they say, is evangelism.
- 00:21:41.541 --> 00:21:44.311
- And so they don't want to talk about anything
- 00:21:44.311 --> 00:21:45.912
- That's going to be divisive or whatever.
- 00:21:45.912 --> 00:21:47.714
- There's a time to be divisive.
- 00:21:47.714 --> 00:21:49.049
- Jesus was at times extraordinarily divisive.
- 00:21:49.049 --> 00:21:52.052
- So i wrote religion,
- 00:21:52.052 --> 00:21:53.487
- Christianity, because we have to reorient ourselves
- 00:21:53.487 --> 00:21:56.289
- Or are we being true to what god is calling us to do?
- 00:21:56.289 --> 00:21:59.659
- Or are we being nearly religious because we
- 00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:01.595
- Somehow have bought into this religious idea,
- 00:22:01.595 --> 00:22:04.765
- This churchy idea that has nothing to do with god?
- 00:22:04.765 --> 00:22:08.168
- Yeah, eric, well said, is always my friend
- 00:22:08.168 --> 00:22:10.103
- And you said it earlier.
- 00:22:10.103 --> 00:22:11.171
- We should be bold as lions.
- 00:22:11.171 --> 00:22:13.673
- And eric metaxas, you are exactly that, my friend.
- 00:22:13.673 --> 00:22:16.076
- Always a pleasure.
- 00:22:16.076 --> 00:22:16.743
- Host of the eric metaxas show.
- 00:22:16.743 --> 00:22:18.745
- Eric, we'll see you again soon. god bless.
- 00:22:18.745 --> 00:22:21.014
- And coming up after the break, my final thoughts on the need,
- 00:22:21.014 --> 00:22:24.151
- The necessity, the mandate for christians to step up
- 00:22:24.151 --> 00:22:27.587
- Right now and shine light in the darkness.
- 00:22:27.587 --> 00:22:31.224
- That's next.
- 00:22:31.224 --> 00:22:36.986
- That's next.
- 00:22:36.986 --> 00:22:40.428
- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks
- 00:22:41.295 --> 00:22:42.797
- Who've been talking about the need for christians
- 00:22:42.797 --> 00:22:44.532
- To step up, speak out and be bold for the word of god.
- 00:22:44.532 --> 00:22:48.569
- And i think of the apostle paul when he said
- 00:22:48.569 --> 00:22:50.671
- In ephesians chapter four, verse
- 00:22:50.671 --> 00:22:52.339
- One, as a prisoner for the lord,
- 00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:54.241
- Then i urge you to live a life worthy of the calling.
- 00:22:54.241 --> 00:22:58.412
- You have received.
- 00:22:58.412 --> 00:22:59.914
- We are called as followers of jesus to be salt and light,
- 00:22:59.914 --> 00:23:03.784
- To be ambassadors for christ,
- 00:23:03.784 --> 00:23:05.920
- To be his hands and feet in this fallen world.
- 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:08.823
- So let's get to it, especially now when we have a chance
- 00:23:08.823 --> 00:23:12.593
- To work in the light.
- 00:23:12.593 --> 00:23:13.961
- Hey, coming up tomorrow, jonathan
- 00:23:13.961 --> 00:23:15.262
- Chandler, our very own yaya pinto, joining us from israel
- 00:23:15.262 --> 00:23:18.332
- With a middle east breakdown. you won't want to miss that.
- 00:23:18.332 --> 00:23:20.701
- Until then, god bless you and we'll see you soon.
- 00:23:20.701 --> 00:23:20.701