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Ray Mondragon is a retired civil engineer, Bible teacher, and Creation Science enthusiast. He holds a Masters in Theology and a PhD in Biblical Studies. Ray teaches at the Creation Science Fellowship of New Mexico, where he discusses the origins of creation.

Today, Ray joins us to continue his discussion of Genesis with an exposition of Genesis 1:1. He also shares background information on the science of the first day of creation.

Creation Science Fellowship of New Mexico (csfnm.org)

Iglesia Calvario is Calvary Church’s Spanish Ministry. They are hosting a night of Spanish worship entitled “Noche de Alabanza”.

 

We are joined in studio by Moses Botello, who is the director of Calvary Church’s Spanish Ministry, joins us to talk about this event- including the planning process, recent expansion of the scope of the ministry, and what attendees can expect.

 

 

Spence Lewallen with Davis Mortgage is our resident home lending expert in this episode answering questions from listeners about reverse mortgages, conventional, VA, and FHA home loans. Detailed information is available by calling Spence at 505-263-2000 or emailing him at slewallen@pm.me.

John Moore Associates helps clients plan their finances according to biblical principles. They bring a servant’s heart to all they do, with caring, attentive, proactive, and responsive service to their clients and colleagues. They consistently find real solutions to clients’ challenges to optimize stewardship.

Brian Cochran of John Moore Associates joins us for his weekly financial update.

 

Managing wealth using Biblical Principles – John Moore Associates

Paul Gessing became the first full-time President of the Rio Grande Foundation in March of 2006. Since joining the Foundation, Gessing has been a prominent voice for limited government and individual liberties in policy areas including: Constitutional liberties, taxes, health care, education, and transportation.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Gessing headed up the lobbying efforts of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) a respected taxpayer-advocacy organization in Washington, DC.

He joins us in studio today to discuss recent news items and to remind us of the importance of making our voices heard by voting.

 

Home – Rio Grande Foundation

Carla is the Founder and President of the New Mexico Business Coalition. Established in 2009, the New Mexico Business Coalition (NMBC) is a nonpartisan voice for business owners, employees, and individuals in New Mexico. Carla said, “As soon as the Governor ordered businesses closed down (March 2020), the New Mexico Business Coalition immediately asked her, “can we get a plan to reopen? We have to be talking about this and figuring out how we are going to reopen.” She followed up the NMBC’s request of the Governor by working with the NM Legislature. “I wrote the legislation that got passed to protect employers from the unemployment insurance skyrocketing as we anticipated.” Contact Carla and the New Mexico Business Coalition through their website https://nmbizcoalition.org/ or call (505) 836-4223.

The New Mexico Dream Center is a part of the New Mexico Human Trafficking Task Force.  They are committed to fighting human trafficking in New Mexico and providing services to the young people who have survived. Birga Alden is the Director of Communications for the New Mexico Dream Center. She trains school administrators, teachers, parents, and students how to recognize the deceptive recruiting strategies of human traffickers. The New Mexico Dream Center is working throughout New Mexico with schools, law enforcement, and even businesses to prevent and help rescue young people caught in trafficking situations.  For opportunities to join the fight as a volunteer, and to support their work go to https://www.nmdreamcenter.org/ or call (505) 900-3833,

Every day, The Heritage Foundation is building an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish.

Heritage’s mission is to formulate and promote public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

Genevieve Wood of the Heritage Foundation joins us today to give background information on the foundation’s controversial “Project 2025” initiative and to discuss its political and legal ramifications.

The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Brian Nixon & Dr. Joseph Holden join us to talk about Veritas University- an accredited Christian institution offering courses in apologetics, theology, and archaeology- as well as their new podcast (produced by Veritas in partnership with KLYT 88.3 FM) known as Paratus- which is dedicated to answering questions and conundrums that Christians have.

They discuss their approach to answering puzzling questions and thinking biblically about difficult topics, encouraging us to adopt and fully integrate a Christian worldview.

 

Veritas International University – Veritas International University (ves.edu)

Cody’s spiritual journey led him to receive ordination at Calvary Church, where he devoted over five years to nurturing the hearts and minds of young people in the youth ministry. Cody and his wife Chantel later moved to Perth Australia to found TRIBES Church. Today, he joins us to share his story and the work God has done through his ministry.

 

TRIBES (tribesaustralia.com)