Under God | with Pastor Stephen Martin

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America 250 Part 2: What Our Founders Actually Believed | Under God Ep 319 Jun 08, 2026

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Were America's Founding Fathers really godless deists? Listen as Pastor Daniel Hayworth, Pastor Stephen Martin, and Pastor Rob McCoy trace the deep biblical faith behind 1776, the Declaration, and the Constitution—and answer the secular claims taught in classrooms today.

Perfect for your commute or workout, this conversation walks through the faith of Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, and the 56 signers, the biblical meaning of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and why the French Revolution became the tragic counterfeit of the American founding.

You'll Learn

✅ Why "a republic, if you can keep it" is a call to responsibility

✅ How Franklin came to faith and called the Convention to prayer

✅ The biblical roots of America's founding documents

✅ What it means to say "as for me and my house"

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📚 Resources mentioned: The Great Awakening (film) and The Book That Made Your World by Vishal Mangalwadi.

Culture Review: Paxton's Win, Religious Freedom in Oregon & America at 250 | Under God Ep 318 Jun 05, 2026

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Listen as Pastor Daniel Hayworth, Pastor Stephen Martin, Pastor Nate Brown, and special guest Pastor Rob McCoy walk through the week's biggest cultural headlines with biblical wisdom. Hear how the Texas Senate race proved the power of grassroots Christians, what really happened in the Oregon custody case where parents lost their daughter for standing on God's Word, and why Genesis 3 speaks directly to fatherhood in a culture celebrating Pride Month.

You'll Learn:

✅ How to separate truth from political smear campaigns

✅ What the serpent's strategy in Genesis 3 reveals about leading your family

✅ Why the church must rally around persecuted Christian parents

✅ Why America at 250 is still worth fighting for

Resources mentioned: The Daily Wire and Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier.

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One Nation Under God Part 1: Created to Rule - God's Design for Dominion | Under God Ep 317 Jun 03, 2026

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Did godly nations just happen, or were they intentionally built? Listen as Pastor Nate Brown kicks off the One Nation Under God series with a deep dive into Genesis 1 and the dominion mandate—God's original commission for humanity to rule, steward, and bring order to creation.

Perfect for your commute or workout, this opening session unpacks what it means to bear God's image, why stewardship is both personal and public, and how Christians are called to faithful influence in every sphere of culture.

You'll Learn

✅ Why we don't drift toward godliness—it takes intentional commitment

✅ How the Mayflower Compact shaped America's founding

✅ What the imago dei means for your daily life and work

✅ Why disengagement from culture is surrender, not neutrality

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America 250 Part 1: 250 Years and the Pilgrim Roots | Under God Ep 316 Jun 01, 2026

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America's story didn't begin in 1776. It began 150 years earlier with the Pilgrims, the Mayflower Compact, and a covenant made before God.

Listen as Pastor Stephen Martin, Pastor Daniel Hayworth, and guest Pastor Rob open the America 250 series by tracing the biblical roots of the nation — from a deadly first winter and Squanto's unlikely arrival, to Benjamin Franklin calling the Constitutional Convention to prayer.

Perfect for your morning commute or workout, this conversation reframes American history as a multi-generational covenant with God rather than a mere political contract.

You'll Learn:

✅ Why a covenant runs deeper than any legal contract

✅ How the moral law shaped righteous civil government

✅ What real unity looks like beyond "diversity is our strength"

✅ How prosperity can quietly pull a nation away from God

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Remembering the Past to Save the Future | Under God Ep 315 May 29, 2026

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Listen as Pastors Daniel Hayworth and Nate Brown open this week's Culture Review with a Memorial Day reflection on sacrifice, memory, and what it means to live out the image of God—then connect those truths to the headlines shaping our nation right now.

Perfect for your commute or workout, this episode moves from the high-stakes Texas Senate runoff to the Iran negotiations, the fight for America's cities, and the rising normalization of political violence. Hear how biblical wisdom cuts through the noise and equips you to stand firm.

You'll Learn

✅ Why remembering the past gives you vision for the future

✅ How to recognize leaders who twist Scripture for power

✅ Why one faithful person can change an entire nation

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The Cross & the Crescent Part 10: How It All Ends | Under God Ep 314 May 27, 2026

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The 10-week series reaches its conclusion with the question everything has been building toward: how does it all end? Listen as Pastor Daniel Hayworth places Islamic eschatology alongside biblical teaching and walks through why the two visions of the future cannot both be true.

Hear how Islam's awaited savior, the Mahdi, lines up with the Bible's description of the Antichrist, why the "Jesus" of Islamic tradition is not the Jesus of Scripture, and what the Bible actually promises about Christ's return. Perfect for your commute, workout, or quiet morning, this episode equips Christians to discern the times and live ready.

You'll Learn

✅ How Islamic and biblical end-times figures compare

✅ Why discernment guards you from deception

✅ What it means to eagerly await Christ's return

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Islamification of America Part 14: Dawa, The Blind Spot, & The Church | Under God Ep 313 May 25, 2026

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Listen in as Pastor Stephen Martin, Pastor Nate Brown, and Pastor Daniel Hayworth continue their conversation with veteran intelligence analyst Dr. William Gawthrop in Part 14 of Islamification of America. This is the second half of a two-part discussion — if you haven't heard the first part of this conversation yet, start there first.

In this episode, the hosts trace the history from Muhammad through the Crusades to today's headlines, unpack why so many in the West struggle to name the threat clearly, and talk through what a faithful response from the church actually looks like. Perfect for your commute, workout, or quiet time.

You'll Learn

✅ Why the Crusades were a response, not the aggression

✅ How to think clearly about culture, law, and religious liberty

✅ The church's role as the conscience of the nation

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A Biblical Look at China, Iran, Israel, and the Future of America | Under God Ep 312 May 22, 2026

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Listen in as Pastor Stephen Martin, Pastor Daniel Hayworth, and new co-host Pastor Rob McCoy sit down for this Weekly Culture Review — the dinner-table conversation about faith and current events that Christians need but rarely get.

Perfect for your morning commute or workout, this episode walks through the Rededicate 250 gathering, Trump's trip to Beijing, the breaking Ken Paxton Senate endorsement, the latest on Iran, and what it really means to defend Israel with biblical conviction.

You'll Learn

✅ Why God calls a nation to humble itself before He heals it

✅ How to recognize voices driven by pride instead of truth

✅ What gives these pastors genuine hope for the next generation

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The Cross & the Crescent Part 9: Jihad & Taqiyya in Modern Times | Under God Ep 311 May 20, 2026

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In Part 9 of The Cross & the Crescent, Pastor Daniel Hayworth walks through 250 years of history most of us were never taught—and shows why it matters for Christians today.

Listen as he traces the line from America's first war with the Barbary states, to the Armenian genocide, to modern terrorism and the cultural battles happening right now. Along the way, he wrestles with a question worth sitting in: in a moment like this, what is the Church actually called to do?

Perfect for your commute or morning routine, this is a sobering but hope-filled call to remember, to stand, and to refuse to live in fear.

✅ The forgotten history behind America's founding

✅ Why courage—not fear—is the biblical response

✅ Practical steps for engaging the culture with faith

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Islamification of America Part 13: The Framework The West Refuses | Under God Ep 310 May 18, 2026

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In Part 13 of the Islamification of America series, hosts Pastor Nate Brown, Pastor Stephen Martin, and Pastor Daniel Hayworth welcome retired military intelligence analyst Dr. William Gaither — author of The Criminal Investigator and Intelligence Analyst Handbook of Islam — for a clear-eyed examination of the doctrinal sources Western institutions have refused to study.

Listen as Dr. Gaither walks through the "forbidden territory" of primary Islamic texts, the 2011 federal training purge that removed doctrinal Islamic instruction from U.S. intelligence agencies, and the prescriptive nature of jihad that creates an insider threat anywhere it operates.

Perfect for your commute or workout, this conversation gives Christians the framework needed to understand what's actually unfolding in America — and the biblical confidence to engage it. Subscribe and don't miss Part 14, where the hosts apply this framework to current events.

You'll Learn:

✅ Why Islamic primary sources are deliberately avoided by U.S. intelligence and academia

✅ How zakat Category 7 directly funds offensive weapons and jihadist operations

✅ The 2011 FBI Islamic training purge and the figures behind it

✅ The difference between a descriptive Bible and a prescriptive Koran

✅ The four types of jihad — sword, pen, tongue, wealth — operating in America today

Resources Referenced:

The Criminal Investigator and Intelligence Analyst Handbook of Islam — Dr. William Gaither

Neutering the CIA — John Gentry

A Ticking Time Bomb — Lieberman-Collins Commission Report

Reliance of the Traveler — Shafi'i school of Islamic law