Sports betting has exploded across America. What was once largely confined to casinos and sportsbooks is now available in seconds on the smartphone in your pocket. But is sports betting really harmless entertainment, or is our growing obsession with gambling changing a generation?

Daniel Darling joins Dr. Jeff Myers to explore the rapid rise of sports gambling and what it reveals about our culture's relationship with money, risk, technology, excitement, and contentment. They discuss the deeper desires that make gambling so appealing, how smartphones are reshaping our habits, and the biblical principles Christians should use when thinking about betting and money.

They also consider how parents can prepare teenagers for a culture where gambling is increasingly normalized, how churches can support those struggling with gambling addiction, and the hope Jesus offers to those who feel trapped by compulsive habits.

What does a biblical worldview of gambling look like, and how can Christians pursue something better than the promise of the next big win?

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What happens when Christianity, atheism, Islam, and competing worldviews meet around the dinner table?

Many Christians know what they believe but feel intimidated when someone challenges their faith. Questions about science, suffering, other religions, morality, and the reliability of the Bible can quickly make us feel unprepared. But apologetics was never meant to remain in classrooms and formal debates.

Dr. Louis Markos joins Dr. Jeff Myers to explore apologetics as it actually happens: through conversations with real people asking difficult questions. Drawing from his book My Apologetics Dinner Party: A Real-Life Socratic Dialogue, Markos explains how Christians can uncover the worldview assumptions beneath objections, engage atheists and people of other religions with conviction and respect, and learn from Jesus's approach to questions and disagreement.

Discover how to defend the Christian faith without reducing apologetics to winning arguments, and how truth, wisdom, humility, and persuasion can work together to point people toward Christ.

Why are so many young men struggling with loneliness, aimlessness, addiction, and a lack of purpose?

On this episode of Truth Changes Everything, Dr. Jeff Myers sits down with Luke Waters, founder and executive director of Legion XII, to discuss the crisis facing young men and what a biblical vision of masculinity can offer.

Luke describes what he calls "the drift," a pattern of nihilism, pornography, screen addiction, drug use, isolation, and purposelessness affecting his generation. He shares how his experience at Summit Ministries inspired him to take action and eventually build Legion XII, an organization challenging men to pursue brotherhood, discipline, responsibility, and godly manhood.

Dr. Jeff Myers and Luke explore what biblical masculinity actually looks like, why men need meaningful challenges, the dangers of "vicarious masculinity," how churches can better disciple men, and why masculinity should be shaped by the humility and example of Jesus rather than passivity, pride, or the online manosphere.

In this episode:

• Why young men are struggling to find purpose
• Pornography, screens, drugs, and "the drift"
• What biblical masculinity and godly manhood look like
• Why young men need brotherhood and meaningful challenges
• Andrew Tate and alternative visions of masculinity
• "Vicarious masculinity" and life behind a screen
• What 1 John teaches about embodied Christian living
• How churches can better disciple young men
• The difference between toxic and biblical masculinity
• How Legion XII is helping young men take action

Truth Changes Everything is hosted by Dr. Jeff Myers and produced by Summit Ministries, equipping and supporting rising generations to embrace God's truth and champion a biblical worldview.