The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Do not push play! Do what you must do to skip this episode!

That would be the advice offered by Northwest Christian superintendent and Kingdom Culture Conversation co-host Geoff Brown.

Why?

Because this particular episode of Kingdom Culture Conversations will blow your mind. Or, if not your mind, it just might blow up the convenient buffer that many Evangelical Christians have placed between themselves and the spiritual realm. Although Scripture is filled with references to and stories about angels, demons, and a vast spiritual cosmology, for most of us, that reality remains unconsidered and unexplored.

And, in some (perhaps most?) instances, for good reason. We abide within a culture infatuated with demonic darkness in horror movies, music, television, books, podcasts, and more. At times, it seems as though the only safe harbor to sail within the spiritual realm is truly anchored within the word of God.

So, as today's episode launches into Joe Infranco's experiences with some special needs students who are describing engagement with the ethereal, God's word remains our lifeline.

But, should you choose to hit play, make sure you have God's word handy, and be prepared to be challenged to think Biblically and critically!

For more information on Highlands Church, please follow this link.

To be inspired by what Highlands Church is doing in terms of special needs ministry, click here.

To order a copy of "Decoding Cody" by Joe Infranco, follow this link.

To hear Joe Infranco's longer interview on the Blurry Creatures podcast, 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.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

An open invitation.

That is the best way to describe the Kingdom Culture Conversation that you are about to hear.

Today, we are joined by two NCS secondary teachers that are actively involved in training and supporting the community of staff and students at the City of Joy Christian School is Rwanda. You will have the opportunity to hear how God directed their steps - in powerfully surprising ways - to see them become active in this African community. You will also learn how they are seeing, from a firsthand perspective, God move mightily in the lives of those that, in other instance, would be written off and neglected.

And, today, you will hear an open invitation to consider the role that the Lord may be moving in you to play...

For more information on the City of Joy, please follow this link.

To learn more about the potential to visit the City of Joy as part of a Northwest Christian trip, please click here and also 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.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Each year, the Northwest Christian School Board enjoys a session with the entire Northwest Christian secondary Bible team. The open-ended conversation includes highs and lows, strengths and weaknesses, and a focus on whether or not the program is truly impacting students and helping them to develop a Biblical worldview.

Following the January 2026 version of the conversation, we recognized that we wanted to take it further and, in the spirit of transparency and authenticity, open it up for all to hear and participate. As a result, over the next several weeks and months, Kingdom Culture Conversations is going to take the time to walk through these conversations with each of the school's secondary Bible teachers.

Today, we begin with Tanner Webb who is in his third year of teaching sixth grade Bible. An alumni of Northwest Christian, Tanner has the unique perspective reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of the program as both teacher and student.

"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.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Annually, Open Doors releases its World Watch List, a report on the state of the persecuted church and the nations wherein Christian persecution is happening.

And, annually, the report is both eye-opening and mind-blowing.

Today, we hear from Ryan Brown, the CEO for Open Doors US, as he brings this list home, helping us to understand what this list represents and the opportunities that it presents.

For more info on Open Doors US, please click here.

To download the World Watch List, released this Wednesday for 2026, please follow this link.

To join the Arise Africa effort, 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.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

From hairy fruit to child rescue, today's Kingdom Culture Conversation certainly runs the spectrum!

Lonney Moore is a missionary with Hope Partners, an international, worldwide ministry enterprise that focuses on placing change-makers into communities wherein poverty takes many different forms. While financial poverty is the sort that most of us imagine when we think of the needs within developing nations, the truth is that poverty can be spiritual, moral, and more. Today, Lonney walks us through what that looks like specifically in Costa Rica.

As well, we discuss what happens when you place a Northwest Christian High School student right in the midst of it all...

For more information on Hope Partners, please follow this link.

To learn about Northwest Christian School's unique partnerships through the Build Here, Build There campus improvement plan, 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.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Proactive vs. reactive.

We know that they are going to mess up. They're gonna do something really dumb. (It's kind of in their job descriptions.)

Too often, we allow 'fate' to guide our families, reacting to situations and circumstances as they develop. This is especially dangerous when it comes to discipling and disciplining our kids. Today, Mike Lee encourages families to take a proactive approach to the dumbness, not be shocked when it happens, and begin the coaching early...

"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.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

This past summer, Mark Reiswig, Northwest Christian's 8th grade Bible teacher, travelled with Voice of the Martyrs to Nigeria. Over the last few years, the encroaching influence of Islam in northern Nigeria has produced a hotbed of persecution -- and, tragically, martyrdom -- for the minority Christian population. In travelling to Nigeria, Mark knew this would be an intense and insightful trip...but he was not prepared for the things that God showed him...

"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.

"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.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Brian T. Moultrup serves as a chaplain and is Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, deeply committed to encouraging others through faith, service, and community.

Familiar listeners will also recognize that "G", Chris Gardiner, also serves as a Army Reserve chaplain.

Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation gives us an opportunity to 'eavesdrop' on the military chaplains as they consider the state of the world, the work impact of the chaplain within the U.S. Army, and the escalating global tensions that seem to permeate the headlines.

"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.