Explore curious topics from the Christian perspective each week. Cross Defense is broadcast worldwide at KFUO Radio, 850 AM, St. Louis, MO and via podcast. Listen to the original broadcast Saturday at 9 AM or on-demand at KFUO.org or watch the video version on YouTube.
Gog and Magog: War in Israel, Russia, and End Times Prophecy
Oct 21, 2023
Israel is at war with Hamas. It’s got a lot of people talking about end times prophecy and worried about what will happen next. Will Russia attack Israel? Is Russia Ezekiel’s Gog and Magog? Rev. Theodore Graebner walks us through the right understanding of Ezekiel 38. When we keep our focus on Christ, we realize His Church is Israel and Gog and Magog are the Satanic hordes waging war against her.Adam Koontz teaches a primer on how to do apologetics for those who have no religious affiliation. From Bible texts, we get conversational tactics that will equip us to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to our friends and family.
Apologetics for the Nones!
Oct 14, 2023
Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz teaches a primer on how to do apologetics for those who have no religious affiliation. From Bible texts, we get conversational tactics that will equip us to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to our friends and family.
Find Rev. Koontz’s five-part Family Bible Commentary at adcrucem.com/collections/literature/products/five-volume-bible-commentary-adam-koontz.s against me by those who don’t like that God says women are not permitted to be pastors.
Pampering Our Women and Addressing a Nonsensical Denial of St. Paul
Oct 7, 2023
Local Indians discriminate against me and St. Mark Lutheran Church. Find out what’s going on with the Freedom of Conscience & Religious Liberty Conference and then I answer listener questions From the Inbox. Should women read the Bible lessons in the Divine Service? Should they be Directors of Christian Education or Sunday School Teachers? What about the leadership of women in the Iranian Church? Plus, a word of encouragement to a brother whose wife is struggling with her faith, not to mention a couple of personal attacks against me by those who don’t like that God says women are not permitted to be pastors.
Who Sows Division, the Orthodox or the Heterodox?
Sep 30, 2023
Is it the doctor who causes the discord in the cancer patient’s heart? Is it the cop who stirs up dissension for the driver guilty of speeding? Likewise, is it the faithful pastor and/or layman who sows division when he addresses the false teachings of false teachers? Let’s dive into Scripture to find out. Rev. Francis Pieper offers us wisdom from Vol. III of Christian Dogmatics as well.
Female Pastors are A Satanic Lie
Sep 23, 2023
The church down the street claims that the Bible is trustworthy and the final authority for faith and conduct, so why do they have women pastors? Let’s look at 1 Corinthians 14:33-35 and 1 Timothy 2:11-15. Paul wasn’t speaking culturally. He was instructing the Church as Jesus Christ’s apostle, inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Amillennialism: Ten Points To Consider When Studying Revelation 20
Sep 16, 2023
The burden of proof is on the millennialist to show that Revelation 20’s thousand years are literal—according to the church’s historic hermeneutical principles. Rev. Theodore Graebner was much closer to the rise of today’s modern millennialist teachings than we are and helps us see through the forest of false teachers to deal with the common error that they all hold: the millennium.
Was Luther Racist and will the Israelite People be Restored to God at the End of Time?
Sep 19, 2023
A Felony to Speak the Truth in Michigan: Coming Soon!
Sep 3, 2023
Special guest, Rev. Christopher Thoma, talks about Michigan’s hate crime bill (HB-4474) that will make speaking the truth in love a felony. He also addresses the church’s need to prepare for hard times, and what pastors can do to prevent persecution before it arrives. Plus, Evangelicals are learning what some Lutherans have forgotten, and the Johnson Amendment isn’t as restricting as you might think. Today’s show is about The Body of Christ and the Public Square.
ChatGPT Affirms Transgenderism with Fake Bible Verse
Aug 26, 2023
When a sad transgender Reddit user asks ChatGPT to write a fake Bible verse affirming her sinful lifestyle, the computer speaks a lie in the name of Jesus. We now live in a world of personalized false prophecy. Nevertheless, as Rev. Robert Preus points out, we also still live in a world where God’s Word is preached by your pastor. Plus, Pastor Bramwell wants to know what GUESTS you’d like to have ON THE SHOW.
Getting Out of Deathtraps and Internet Caves
Aug 19, 2023
I work through your emails finding encouragement for all of us to be bold in the faith even when it means walking away from sources of earthly security and getting away from our online caves. Plus, should schoolteachers remain in the woke school system? What would happen if they didn’t? And why are some churches not outspoken and engaged?
Procreation vs. The Manslayer, A.K.A. #thedevil or #satan
Aug 12, 2023
A listener identifies the common death thread among the so-called #socialjustice issues. John 8:44 reveals how the anthropoktonos (the manslayer) is behind it all. How far back does his lying go? To the garden! Remember Genesis 3:4? There is a particular word we should avoid when discussing the procreation of children, and if we do we will undermine the devil’s lies. Plus #tuckercarlson takes us to Ephesians 6:10-20 and #khloekardashian helps us expose the depth of the manslayer’s lie.
Jesus and Suicide: Pulling Kids from Public Schools
Aug 5, 2023
The Alliance Defending Freedom fights for Jesus to go to public school while State officials (Joe Biden, Rob Bonta, Tony Thurmands, etc.) and doctors use the threat of suicide to manipulate parents and school boards (Chino Valley Unified) to accept the transgender lie. Chloe Cole gives testimony before Congress destroying the sham. Plus a lesson from the Saxon immigrants who started the LCMS. The liberals and conservatives in 1830s Germany help us understand what is at stake and give us strength to pull our kids out of public school. Judas killed himself, Peter didn’t, but both of them suffered grief. These disciples teach us a thing or two about how to actually solve the question of trans suicide.
When Pastors Shape our Political Views
Jul 29, 2023
A listener’s email about political and pastoral language prompts a conversation on the woke Left, the Johnson Amendment, the church’s spiral of silence, magisterial and ministerial reason, and a slew of other stuff, including choosing to never knowingly support lies.
Crucify Fear and Foster the Courage to Suffer for Christ
Jul 22, 2023
A (Bram)well lived life 