Kingdom Culture Conversations

51 countries around the world. 1,200 cities around the United States.  Thousands of individuals.  And counting...The numbers are compelling.  Within its two seasons ("The Lazarus Project" and "Silent Night"), Northwest Christian School's hit podcast-based audio drama, "I Witness", has gone viral.  NCS students are literally making an impact around the globe!In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we have the opportunity to visit once more with Chris Zimmerman, NCS alum and the founder of Red 5 Media, the company which has partnered with Northwest Christian to produce the podcast.  We'll hear about the impact from season 1, the inspiration behind season 2, the work behind creating the drama, and the trajectory of future seasons.To learn more about Red 5 Media, please follow this link.To enjoy the "I Witness" podcast, please click here. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

Northwest Christian School's "Build Here, Build There" campus improvement campaign is unlike most any other capital campaign.  In keeping with its mission to teach Biblical worldview to its students, the BHBT effort invests time and resources into ministries outside the school in an effort to provide ministry opportunities to young people.That part of the plan will not change.  However, as Mike Waypa discusses today, there are aspects of the plan that are changing...and it is time to get excited...To learn more about the Build Here, Build There plan, please follow this link.  "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

Northwest Christian School's "Build Here, Build There" campus improvement campaign is unlike most any other capital campaign.  In keeping with its mission to teach Biblical worldview to its students, the BHBT effort invests time and resources into ministries outside the school in an effort to provide ministry opportunities to young people.That part of the plan will not change.  However, as Mike Waypa discusses today, there are aspects of the plan that are changing...and it is time to get excited...To learn more about the Build Here, Build There plan, please follow this link.  "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

To call Nick Reynoso's testimony "powerful" would be an understatement to be sure.  But today, we have the amazing opportunity to hear how a soldier in the U.S. Army experienced the power of the Gospel, saw it transform his life, and then dove head first into ministry - literally ministry in the trenches.  As a chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve, Nick has the opportunity to meet soldiers where they are at and to convey that same power that he experienced to them...To learn more about Nick Reynosa and his ministry, please follow this link. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

As the NextGen Pastor at The Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, Zac Driscoll is doing an amazing job of connecting with the next generation of Christ followers that will become and lead the Church.But, he has some concerns.As he watches, young people are living in a time of unprecedented advantage, technology, and opportunity.  Yet, they are bound to anxiety, addiction, sin, and fleshly desires.  In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Zac shows why he's a young man called to shepherd this next generation in pursuit of true freedom in Christ. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

Homecoming.  Was.  Epic.Maybe too epic?  After a spirited Spirit Week chock full of hijinks and shenanigans, the Northwest Christian community wheeled into the day of Homecoming and blew the doors off.  It started at 7:00am with Big Boys on Campus, our monthly men's prayer breakfast, continued with a parade, an assembly, a carnival, an alumni dinner, and ultimately a sound beating of St. Mary's High School's football team.But, for all that happened that day, the morning's prayer breakfast speaker may have been the singular moment in which the power and purpose of Northwest Christian was most ably presented.  Jared Nightingale, class of 2008, spoke and gave potent testimony to the enduring legacy of Christian education within his life.  In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we hear as Jared walks us through his testimony, his marriage, his growing family, and his career.  In so doing, we're reminded not just of the potency of Christian education but what it means and what it looks like to thrive within the Biblical design for living that the Lord has ordained. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

This dude is in it to win it.Marko Susnjara is leading the youth ministry at Phoenix Bible Church, located on the central corridor right in the middle of Phoenix.  And, his ministry has traction.  This is not a ministry with a country club mindset.  It's a ministry where the students are real and they are working through the real issues that our meat-grinder culture is putting them through.  It's a ministry where the full power of the Gospel is on display every week.In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, you're going to get the view from the front lines of real youth ministry from a dynamic young man with courage, perspective, experience beyond his years, and wisdom. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

Jay Rudolph is a renaissance man.  What is a "renaissance man"?  Websters states, in its inimitable and characteristic fashion, "a person with many talents or areas of knowledge."And, yes, that definition certainly applies to Jay.  A nationally syndicated radio host whose program, "The Plumbline", originates in Iowa but airs nationally, Jay knows apologetics, politics, theology, science, business...and, yes, goats.So, while this particular Kingdom Culture Conversation starts in one of the oddest directions in the three year history of the podcast, it meanders into an area of culture and theology you won't soon forget! "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

It's like that moment at the end of Iron Man 1 when Tony Stark says, "I am Iron Man."  The Redeemed Zoomer has gone viral!  We originally published today's episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations - an interview with the mysterious alter ego known as "Redeemed Zoomer" - on May 30, 2024 because so many Northwest Christian were into RZ's YouTube channel.  But, between then and now, the Redeemed Zoomer has gone viral!  His identity is known but, more to the point, his heart for students and youth culture is all the more apparent!  So, today, we're rebroadcasting that original interview so that our listeners can hear again that the Lord can literally use ANYTHING - including the video game sensation Minecraft - to reach people and grow the Kingdom.The original show notes follow...He has a secret identity, an alter ego of sorts. And, he's  rather like a theological super hero. No kidding.Known only as the "Redeemed Zoomer", he's working to redeem mainline protestant churches from the inside, using Youtube and Minecraft as his primary tools.  For the time being, he's not revealing his identity but instead is known only as his screen name, his Youtube handle.  But with one of his videos having garnered over 7 million views, it's clear that his message is resonating with a very large and diverse audience around the world.  Using Minecraft play as the visual that draws younger viewers in, as he plays the game, he explains Biblical worldview, Kingdom culture. and Biblical orthodoxy.  In the process, he's inviting a younger generation of Christ followers not to leave the traditional, mainline denominations but to lay hold of the authority of God's word and begin working to redeem them.By the way, he's only twenty-years-old.  Wow.  This is going to be a very interesting episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations!To experience the Redeemed Zoomer's Youtube channel, click here. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

So, Geoff takes a one day off.  Just one day!  And, G takes over the International Podcasting Headquarters of Kingdom Culture Conversations with pastoral dynamo Aryan Wallwork and turns in an episode about pirates and eye patches.But, seriously, you will LOVE today's conversation:  Pastor Wallwork, repping His Church AZ, shows why charisma for legitimate community and passion for discipleship are causing a church plant meeting at Sonoran Foothills School in Arizona to go big time.And, yes, somewhere in this unforgettable conversation a couple of guys spend far, far too much time talking about pirates.To learn about Aryan and his wife Allison, and to get a sense of the excitement they bring to church life, please follow this link.To plan your visit to His Church, click here.And, apparently, if you want to learn more about pirates than you thought you needed to know, hit 'play'. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

1 in 22 Nigerian women will pass away during childbirth.1 in 12 Nigerian babies pass away during birth.  55 out of 1,000 Nigerian babies will die in the first week of life.  An additional 100 will pass in their first year of life.  Then, another 100 die before reaching five-years of age.And, apparently, we're good with it.Today's American "headlines" have reporters tripping over themselves to find out the latest stupidity pertaining to Taylor Swift.  Not a single mention of an African nation where babies are dying at a rate comparable only to an active war zone.Why is it happening?  Because while we're paying zero attention, American corporations are predatorily advancing profiteering:  two-weeks of baby formula costs more than a month of the average Nigerian's annual salary.  And, ignorance and animistic darkness compel Nigerians along a path leading towards destruction.  Without a declaration of war against it or a single shot fired within it, the nation of Nigeria is suffering a defeat that will ultimately destroy it.So, here's the deal.  Mandolyn Crotts needs your money.  One of far, far too few folks that have woken up to the entirely preventable genocide unfolding in Nigeria, she is desperately working to turn the tide.  And, she needs cash.  Your cash.  Quick.In today's unbelievable Kingdom Culture Conversation, you'll meet Mandolyn, hear her story, and recognize that right now--here and today--we can do something simple and soon to support an effort that has the potential to stop an ongoing holocaust.To learn about about Carry Them Ministries, the ministry of Mandolyn Crotts and four brave Nigerian women, follow this link.To watch the documentary that exposes the tragedy and opens the door to possible triumph, click here.Most important, give money today right here. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

There are too few churches like CityView.  You cannot rub shoulders with a CityViewer without getting a clear sense of their sense of calling and their commitment to ministry.  This is clearly a church on mission.  It's like everyone in the community is driving hard, working with a profound sense of purpose, to reflect Christ and to carry the Gospel into the community.But, the most shocking part of it all?  The leadership is young and they are working overtime--literally and figuratively--to invest in young men and women, raising up a generation of Christ followers who are wholeheartedly and earnestly engaging in making a difference.Today, G and Geoff attempt to crack their pastoral code and try to understand how Jeremiah's leadership can attract young people, encourage them to follow Christ, and then lead them towards sacrificial investment in engaging the hurting world around them.To learn more about CityView Church, follow this link.To learn about Pastor Jeremiah Semmler, click here.And, if you are not honestly and truly invested in a church community that is making a difference in your home and inspiring you to engage your community, it is time. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

Youthful enthusiasm.  Passion for Christ and students.  Inexperience.  A recipe for disaster?Maybe.  Maybe not.  Today, in a memorable Kingdom Culture Conversation, the inimitable Jayse Meyer joins Geoff and G as they recount their youthful forays into youth ministry:  the wins, the losses, and the lessons learned.Jayse serves as the youth pastor at Desert Breeze Community Church and, if you're not already plugged into a youth ministry and anywhere near Phoenix, AZ, you need to connect with Desert Breeze!  For more information on Anomaly Youth, please follow this link.To visit the article from Relevant Magazine that served as the inspiration for today's conversation, please follow this link. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

Published just this year, Dodson's latest book, "Conquerors Not Captives: Reframing Romans 7 for the Christian Life", serves as evidence that the author is gifted in both academia and application.  In other words, Joey (as most are urged to call him given his propensity for doing away with formalities) excels at deep dives into scripture but then surfacing to show how those scriptures and the concepts they present are immediately relevant lifelines.And, to his credit, Joey's online book reviews capture and celebrate that giftedness.Most of the time.But, alas, not always.  So. today, we have the fun honor of reading some of Joey's online criticisms to him and allowing him to react.  Dodson's not given to reading reviews but, rather, he's already off researching, reading, and preaching--he takes no time to read the abundance of praises found online.  (For example, every Amazon reader review--at least as of this writing--is five stars.)  Nor has he read the critiques.Until today!To read Dr. Dodson's latest book, please follow this link.To learn more about Joey himself, please click here.To discover more about Denver Seminary, click here. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

It would certainly be convenient if there were, but there is no recipe for successful spiritual formation in the life of a young person.  To borrow a piece of parable from Jesus, as parents and educators we scatter the seed and pray that the heart's soil is such that, by the grace and mercy of the Holy Spirit, it yields fruit.  That's why, if recipe is the correct analogy (it's not, by the way), prayer is the secret sauce.But, nevertheless, when it all comes together, it is certainly glorious.Today, we have the opportunity to revel in a bit of that:  three remarkable Northwest Christian Seniors share their stories from the summer of 2024.  In each case, they gave more of themselves to mission and spiritual formation than, at one point, they may have known that they had.  And, the fruit of that, as heard today in their reflections of the summer past and their dreams of God's plans ahead, is very, very exciting to observe. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

On Friday, August 16th, Phoenix Bible lead pastor Tim Birdwell kicked off the monthly Big Boys on Campus prayer breakfast by breaking down the Northwest Christian annual spiritual emphasis theme verse, John 8:12:  "Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'"The BBOC devotion itself was, as per Tim's inimitable and inspiring norm, amazing.  But, there were people in the room that morning that new, for Tim and his family, following Christ's plan and persisting in a path illuminated by light, has not been easy.  So, following BBOC, G and Geoff sit with Tim, as well as George Brown (Phoenix Bible's Director of College and Connections and Geoff's son/NCS alumni, Class of 2016) and work through the special significance of John 8:12 for Tim.For more information regarding Phoenix Bible Church, please follow this link.To learn more about Tim Birdwell, please click here.To get to know George Brown, follow this link. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day!  And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024! "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day!  And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024! "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day!  And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024! "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.

Enjoy a different Kingdom Culture Conversation every day!Throughout the 31 days of July 2024, we are working through the book of Proverbs, tackling a different chapter in Proverbs each day!  And, each day, we are thrilled to be joined by a different member of the Crusader community, enjoying brief 5 to 10 minute conversations highlighting the wisdom captured in that particular chapter.Grab the family or friends and listen together throughout July 2024! "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.