Christmas is often wrapped in nostalgia, warmth and familiarity—but what if the real story is far more disruptive than we remember?

In this episode of Uncommon Sense in Current Times, I sit down with author and theologian Dan Darling to uncover the subversive power of the Christmas story through the lens of his book, The Characters of Christmas. Far from a sentimental backdrop, the Nativity is a declaration that God has entered a broken, violent world—not to affirm earthly power, but to overturn it.

By examining the lives of Joseph, Zachariah and Elizabeth, the shepherds, the Magi, and even King Herod, this conversation reveals a consistent pattern: God works through ordinary, faithful people—often on the margins—while worldly power reacts with fear.

Christmas doesn't ignore pain. It confronts it with hope.

💭 A different way to reflect this week:

• What if the Christmas story isn't meant to comfort our routines—but to disrupt them?
  
  
  
• Where might God be working quietly in your ordinary faithfulness right now?
  
  
  

📌 In this episode, we explore:

✅ Why Christmas is a deeply subversive and world-changing event

✅ How familiarity can numb us to the power of the Incarnation

✅ Joseph as a model of quiet, immediate obedience

✅ What Zachariah and Elizabeth teach us about faith during long silence

✅ Why shepherds—not kings—received the first announcement

✅ How the Magi model genuine truth-seeking and humility

✅ King Herod as the timeless picture of fear-driven worldly power

✅ Why Christmas offers hope without denying brokenness

✅ How God still works through ordinary people today

📢 TAKE ACTION:

📖 Re-read the Christmas story slowly and intentionally this season.

🕯️ Resist autopilot faith—lean back into awe and wonder.

🙏 Bring both your joy and your grief to Christ this Christmas.

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Most Americans are still focused on abortion, but another life-and-death issue is advancing quietly, rapidly, and with far less resistance.

In this episode of Uncommon Sense in Current Times, I meet with Daniel Breeden, Executive Director of Tennessee Right to Life, to expose what many aren't talking about: the accelerating legalization of euthanasia in the United States and its dangerous overlap with abortion, mental health policy and cultural apathy.

With 11 U.S. states already legalizing euthanasia, and models like Canada's MAiD program expanding to include mental illness, loneliness and even minors, this conversation sounds a clear warning. The fight for life didn't end with Dobbs—it simply shifted fronts.

This episode connects the dots between abortion pills, mental-health loopholes, state-sponsored death, and the deeper spiritual crisis driving what many now call a culture of death.

💭 A different way to reflect this week:

· What happens when compassion is redefined as ending life instead of protecting it?

· If mental health can justify abortion, what stops it from justifying euthanasia next?

📌 In this episode, we discuss:

✅ Why euthanasia is no longer a "foreign issue" but a U.S. reality

✅ How 11 states have already legalized medically assisted death

✅ The alarming expansion of Canada's MAiD program

✅ Why mental health is becoming the most dangerous legal loophole

✅ How abortion pills undermine state-level pro-life laws

✅ The post-Dobbs strategies of Planned Parenthood and abortion networks

✅ Why the elderly, disabled, depressed and lonely are most at risk

✅ The connection between abortion, euthanasia, and state-sponsored death

✅ Why Christian apathy may be the greatest obstacle of all

✅ The role of fasting, prayer and grassroots action in cultural change

📢 TAKE ACTION:

🙏 Commit to intentional prayer and fasting for the protection of life

📚 Educate yourself and others on euthanasia laws in your state

🗳 Get involved locally with pro-life organizations

🤝 Support pregnancy resource centers and life-affirming ministries

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Is polygyny actually permitted by Scripture—or is it a misreading of the Bible shaped by culture, confirmation bias and flawed theology?

In this episode of Uncommon Sense in Current Times, I walk listeners through both sides of one of the most controversial theological debates in the modern church: the biblical case for and against polygyny.

On one side, Pastor Rich Tidwell argues that plural marriage is biblically lawful—and in some cases even prescribed—based on Old Testament precedent and the claim that "sex is marriage." On the other, I work through dismantling his framework, showing why descriptive biblical narratives are not prescriptive commands, why the "sex = marriage" premise collapses logically and morally, and why both Jewish history and the New Testament consistently point to monogamy as God's design.

This episode isn't about shock value—it's about discernment. If Christians can call anything "biblical" by isolating verses, what guardrails remain?

💭 A different way to reflect this week:

• When Scripture describes something, how do we know whether God is revealing truth—or warning us through human failure?
  
  
  
• What happens when we confuse what God allows with what God desires?
  
  
  

📌 In this episode, we explore:

✅ Rich's strongest biblical arguments for polygyny

✅ RIch's claim that "sex creates marriage" and why it fails both biblically and logically

✅ Why Old Testament plural marriages were descriptive, not prescriptive

✅ Evidence that monogamy was the Jewish norm before Roman influence

✅ Why "cleaving" in Scripture implies exclusivity—not multiplication

✅ How symbolic passages (Israel/Judah, Christ and the churches) are misused

✅ Why the New Testament sets a higher standard for marriage and leadership

✅ The demographic, economic and moral flaws in "polygyny solves birth rates"

✅ Why this debate matters far beyond marriage—it affects how we read the Bible itself

📢 TAKE ACTION:

📖 Read Scripture in context—especially when claims sound "new but ancient."

🧭 Test every argument, no matter how many verses are quoted.

🗣️ And don't confuse cultural frustration with biblical permission.

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