A lot of Christians are hearing the same message right now: God is "purging" his church, and the proof is all the public scandal, online callouts, and ministry exposés. If you've f
Alan Smith
The resurrection is not a side note in the Christian faith. It is the event that holds everything together.
Yet many believers know the story so well that they stop hearing it. On Resurrection Sunday, familiar
PO Box 1063, Taylorsville, NC 28681
46 Warren Road, Taylorsville, NC 28681
Phone: 828-632-9589 | Email: administrator@newlifenc.com
Captive in Iran
Marziyeh Amirizadeh and her friend knew they were putting their lives on the line
Part 3: Falling Off the High Horse
Status-seeking disciples, church conflict, and the path back to glory
If you want proof that status is hard to kill, look at the disciples.
They walked with Jesus. Ate with Jesus. Heard Him predict His death. And they
How Jesus handled status, from glory to swaddling cloth
If status is a ladder, Jesus looked at it and walked the other direction.
Philippians says He was “in the form of God” and yet He emptied Himself. Not because He lost glory, but because He refus
Global Harvest Missions
Uganda Revival Report
After almost 5 years of Pastor David pouring into Africa from the U.S through radio, TV, and preaching at crusades through Zoom, he and the Lord sent me to go on the ground. My task was to spy out the lan
What happens when a culture tries to keep "Christianity" but throw out the Judeo-Christian ethic that shaped its conscience, courts, and sense of rig
What happens when a culture tries to cut itself loose from the Judeo-Christian ethic that helped form its laws, its conscience, and even its sh
What happens to a culture when it stops believing actions have real outcomes? In this episode of The Smith and Rowl
Part 1: The Status Engine: Why we keep ranking ourselves… even when we swear we’re not
There’s a line from a Christmas song that grabbed me by the collar and wouldn’t let go:
“From a throne of endless glory… to a cradle in the dirt.”
That phrase is a t
People throw around the phrase "Judeo-Christian" like it's optional, or like it's just a political slogan that can be edited for the times. On this episode
Can Christianity stand without its Jewish roots? On this episode of The Smith and Rowland Show, Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland argue that the phrase Judeo-Christia
What happens when a public debate becomes so charged that people can't even say, out loud, that killing innocents is wrong? In this wide-ranging conversati
by Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland
When a culture starts calling old ideas by new names, it gets harder to spot what’s really being sold. In this episode of The Smith and
by: Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland
How did a word as basic as “sinner” become something people don’t want to hear in church? For many believers, the issue is not that Scripture changed,
Some Bible debates stay inside the classroom. This one does not.
On The Smith and Rowland Show, Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland argue that preterism, espe
by: Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland
What you believe about preterism and end-times prophecy doesn’t stay in a study Bible. It shapes what you expect from Christian livin
Some conversations start serious. This one starts with jokes about sponsorships, missing hats, and fingerless gloves. But the laughter doesn’t last long, because
by: Jeff Rowland
Storm clouds were hanging around, and the gathering still happened. There were a few laughs, a little teasing about guitars, and that familiar sm
by Alan Smith
The service opened in prayer, asking Jesus to bless those watching by live stream, to send the Holy Spirit, and to give revelation to both speaker and listener. The request was direct: let
Podcast Transscriptions
