(Blog) You Always Have A Choice - Ep. 941 - July 10, 2026

You Always Have a Choice in an Age of Deception

When hatred, fear, and political anger shape the conversation, people can start treating false ideas as settled truth. Deception does not remov

(Blog) The Greatest Threat To Our Nation - Ep. 939 - July 7, 2026

Communism, Socialism, and America's Freedom Debate

President Donald Trump's warning that communism is America's greatest threat brings an old fear back into public view. For Alan Smith

Is Communism Replacing Christianity? - Ep. 938 - July 6, 2026

Can Communism Replace Christian Community?

Can a political system deliver the kind of justice, generosity, and shared provision that Christians associate with God's kingdom? On The Smith a

(Blog) Could It Be The Unified Islamic & Jewish Temple? - Ep. 937 - July 2, 2026

Could a Third Temple Become a Shared Sacred Site?

Support for rebuilding a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount has moved beyond a distant theological discussion for many I

The Insight That Changes Everything.

In Part 1, we established something that sounds simple but lands hard once it really sinks in:

You are always being discipled.

Not occasionally. Not when you’re paying attention. Always.

But here’s what most people ne

(Blog) Our Founders Would Have Never Imagined! - Ep. 936 - July 1, 2026

America at 250: Re-Examining the Cultural Battle

As America approaches its 250th birthday, Jeff Rowland and Alan Smith ask a blunt question: would the nation's founders recognize

(Blog) Asbury Punished For Believing The Bible - Part 2 - Ep. 935 - June 30, 2026

Asbury Seminary and the Cost of Biblical Conviction

Faithfulness to Christian teaching can cost an institution its standing with the very denomination that helped shape

Asbury Punished for Believing The Bible - Ep. 934 

Asbury Seminary's Stand on Biblical Marriage

A Christian seminary's belief that marriage is between one man and one woman has become grounds for exclusion from a major denomination's approval list. F

Why Discipleship Is Always Happening

There’s a quiet force at work in your life right now.

You didn’t wake up thinking about it. You didn’t plan around it. You didn’t even notice it.

And yet… it’s shaping you.

Forming the way we think, feel, act, a

Biblical Identity Equals Spiritual Increase - Ep. 933 

Biblical Identity and America's Forgotten Story

A nation can forget its story long before it stops repeating its history. Jeff Rowland and Alan Smith argue that biblical literacy shapes whether A

Acts 19, Divine Protection, and Open Doors

When God opens a door, I don't only receive an opportunity, I receive accountability. That is one of the clearest lessons I see in Acts 19, and it changes how I think about calling, influence, and divine pro

(Blog) Will America Forget Her Story and Lose Her Identity?

A nation can survive disagreement. It struggles to survive amnesia.

In this episode of The Smith and Rowland Show, Jeff Rowland and Mr. Smith argue that America's crisis is not only politica

God's Covenant & My Failure - Ep. 930

God's Covenant, Failure, and Peter's Restoration

Failure can make a Christian feel disqualified, especially when the failure touches loyalty, faith, or public witness. This conversation presses in the other direc

(Blog) Is America Turning Against Israel? - Ep. 929 - June 19, 2026

Is America Turning Against Israel?

When a politician with one of the most pro-Israel records in modern American politics starts criticizing Israel in public, people notice. On The Sm

(Blog) The False Prophets Against MAGA - Ep. 928 - June 18, 2026

False Prophets Against MAGA: Faith, Media, and Division

A candy joke about an "inverted W and W" sponsor only lasted a minute, but it opened the door to a much sharper argument on this

Depart From Me; I Never Knew You - Ep. 927 - June 17, 2026

Matthew 7: "Depart From Me, I Never Knew You"

Few lines in Scripture hit harder than Jesus saying, "Depart from me... I never knew you." If that warning unsettles you, it should.

On The S

AI, Robots, & The False Prophet - Ep. 925 - June 15, 2026

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Could AI Be the Image of the Beast in Revelation 13?

A talking image that demands worship once sounded like distant symbo

The Great Falling Away of Islam - Ep. 923 - June 11, 2026

Iran's Christian Revival and Islam's Decline

A claim this large is hard to ignore: thousands of mosques have reportedly closed in Iran while more people are turning to Christianity. On Episode