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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 discuss recent protests on university campuses across America and the need to not take it lightly.

The Heritage Foundation

Lisa Anderson is director of young adults for Focus on the Family, the world’s leading Christian organization dedicated to helping families thrive. She manages Boundless, Focus’ ministry for young adults, with the goal of helping 20- and 30-somethings grow up, own their faith, date with purpose and prepare for marriage and family.

She is driven, in part, by interacting regularly with young adults who, because of the cultural impact of divorce, fatherlessness and a Hollywood-inspired view of romance and relationships, have little idea of how to approach dating and marriage from a God-honoring perspective.

 

Lisa Anderson – Focus on the Family

Carla Sonntag is the President and CEO of the New Mexico Business Coalition (https://nmbizcoalition.org/), and Better Together New Mexico  (https://bettertogethernewmexico.org). Since 2009, NMBC has been a nonpartisan, non-profit voice for businesses and all New Mexicans. BTNM promotes public policies based on the principles of less government, individual freedom, free enterprise, and traditional American values.

Calvary Church is hosting this nine-week course, which includes commentary from notable pastors, constitutional experts, historians, and others. Each week, we take a journey through the Bible and American history to rediscover the secrets that produce a prosperous society when biblical principles are applied.

 

Event Details – Calvary Church | Osuna (calvarynm.church)

Brian Cochran is a Certified Kingdom Advisor (Financial Planner) and the President of John Moore Associates. Having a frequent “Money Date” is the topic of our discussion in this episode. Couples name “finances” as one major cause of martial problems. Brian is hoping to help people strengthen their marriages by communicating about money to plan, prepare, and take positive action for the future. John Moore Associates   https://www.johnmoore.com/  is hosting a FREE webinar on the “Money Date” on June 13, 2024. For details about the FREE webinar go to https://www.johnmoore.com/ and click on the “Insights” tab.

Veritas International University (VIU) is a fully accredited, independent, private Christian university. VIU President/CEO, Dr. Joseph Holden; Director of the Archeology and Biblical History Ph.D. program, Steven Collins; Chief Academic Officer, Dr Brian Nixon; and Registrar, Eliott Davis highlight VIU’s “community of learners.” culture.  Veritas offers undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degree programs with evening classes offered (6:30pm to 9:30pm). Each student is given the opportunity to learn apologetics, archaeology, Bible, theology, and pastoral studies from some of the most humble, experienced, and knowledgeable evangelical scholars in the country.

 

For more information go to https://viu.ves.edu/.

Feed New Mexico Kids Executive Director, Tracy Rodden describes the sick feeling and sadness she experienced as a child when she had to go days without food. She directs our thoughts to school aged children 5-18 years of age who are food insecure, and she challenges our listeners to think about the lives of these students, and how they will grow up if we help them now!  Feed New Mexico Kids is a non-profit organization providing food for children on the weekends. Many school Districts around the country provide breakfast and lunch for students during the school week, but many students have nothing to eat on the weekends!  Tracy explains how easy it is for churches and businesses to “adopt” a neighborhood school and help provide food for children on the weekends. For Donations to the Feed New Mexico Kids “Power of Kindness” campaign, and to find more information about the ministry go to https://feednmkids.org/.

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Kathy and Scott Thom are our guests for this episode of ABQ Connect. Four Pastors wives have come together to encourage women in ministry. On Saturday June 8, 2024 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, women in ministry are invited to attend the first “In Due Season-An Event for Women in Ministry, and a special day of encouragement. The event will be held at Cross Christian Fellowship located at 6721 Edith Blvd NE. Suite B in Albuquerque. The cost is $40 per person or $70 for two. Registration includes breakfast and lunch! Register at Events | Cross Christian Fellowship (crossfellowship.org). The event is being hosted by Sonia Montoya with Calvary Southwest Calvary Southwest, Kim Baca-David with Sunshine Church in Belen https://sunshinenm.org/, Terry Barela with Bosque Farms Calvary Chapel Light of the World Church | Calvary Church Light of the World | Bosque Farms (calvarylotw.org), and Kathy Thom with Cross Christian Fellowship https://crossfellowship.org.

 

In a culture that’s having an identity crisis, it’s time for men to man up and be who God designed them to be. Gather with like-minded men in godly community and get prepared to go out into our community with confidence.

Man Up meets every other month for large-scale rallies at the Calvary Church Osuna campus.

John Baumgardner earned a doctorate in geophysics for the express purpose of addressing the tectonics issues of the Genesis Flood at a professional level.  For his Ph.D. thesis he developed a 3D mantle dynamics program known as Terra.  As research scientist for 20 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory he used computer modeling to explore and develop the concept of catastrophic plate tectonics as a primary mechanism behind the Flood.