This week, Debi is joined by Sloan Adams, Central Senior Strategic Manager of TPUSA Faith

Debi and Sloan discuss the faith arm of TPUSA and its work unifying and empowering churches to speak truth in love to culture.

They discuss how so many cultural and political issues over the last several years including COVID, BLM, Antifa, men calling themselves women and the overturn of Roe v Wade have impacted churches. Some churches like Dream City have been bold and talked about these issues, others have compromised the truth of the Word of God to accept and even idolize sin, and many more have remained silent, afraid to step into these important conversations.

Sloan and Debi also discuss the spiritual awakening that has happened in the wake of Charlie Kirk's very public assassination. So many are flocking to church, opening Bibles for the first time and giving their lives to Jesus. We are especially seeing a rise in the strength and determination of Gen Z to follow Charlie's example in life and in faith.

To learn more about TPUSA Faith and get connected, visit https://tpusafaith.com/
To get involved in Dream City's TPUSA Faith chapter, email civics@DreamCityChurch.us

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This week, Debi is joined by Alison Furno, one of the volunteer leaders of Dream City Civics Ministry and former co-host of Into the Fire podcast.

Debi and Alison discuss the importance of biblically based civics. They go through some scriptural examples of godly men and women interacting with, influencing and participating in government affairs.

They tackle some of the common arguments against biblically based civics including the so-called separation of church and state, 501(c)3 rules, and accusations of Christian nationalism.

They also discuss the ways in which being salt and light in current times can have an impact on the culture, on laws and on elections.
To find out more about Dream City Civics Ministry and what may be happening at your campus, send an email to civics@dreamcitychurch.us

If you would like to find out more about bringing civics into your small group once a month through SALT visit https://www.womenforfamiliesandfreedom.org/salt

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This week, Debi is joined by special guest Dr. Krista Fabrick business and marketing professor Mesa community college, marketing consultant and business coach (Sam Oriza was out sick)

Debi and Krista discuss the growing concerns with the effects that use of AI can have on the brain and on the effects that screen time in general can have on young developing minds.

Just like many other things, AI is not inherently good or evil. It is a tool which can be both helpful and destructive. Krista and Debi discuss a recent study at MIT on the affects of ChatGPT on the brain. The results were shocking. Adult participants showed a marked decrease in their ability to think, reason and remember after using AI to perform tasks.

Krista and Debi also discussed the implications that AI has on education including the ease of having technology think for you, lessened attention spans, limited learning and more.

Finally they discuss the established and documented dangers of screen time on babies and toddlers. While the use of screens can be tempting and have immediate short term benefits of peace and quiet, there are longterm damages to emotional regulation, the ability to form connections and to learn. Screen time literally rewires young children's brains.

To see the MIT study on ChatGPT visit https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/

    To read more about the effects of screen time on education, visit https://santamaria.wa.edu.au/decreasing-attention-spans-jennifer-oaten/

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