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  • The Culture of Death

    The Culture of Death
    Apr 22 2026
    Guest: Peter Herbeck, Executive Vice President & Director of Missions, Renewal Ministries

    After describing how God healed his father of alcoholism, Peter Herbeck explains the power of the Holy Spirit to transform us. It was his sister who first began to attend prayer meetings which created an atmosphere for God to change their hearts. Her insistence on the family’s prayerful intercession helped their father achieve lifelong sobriety.

    Peter has spent the last several decades teaching others about the power of the Holy Spirit. He is among many who believe we are at a critical crossroad. America enjoyed a Judeo-Christian world view since its inception, stressing the dignity of humanity. The last hundred years have seen a steady collapse, encouraging people to dictate their own Truth by denying sin and God’s very existence.

    What concerns Peter most is the clear trajectory down Satan’s path to hell, with the promotion of evil as good and good as evil. Beginning with the acceptance of birth control and then abortion, it was inevitable that the Enemy’s next step would be the romanticizing of euthanasia as the most compassionate option for pain. What kind of legacy will we leave our children and grandchildren if we can’t teach them how to defeat Satan’s lure under the disguise of compassion?

    Guest biography: For more than thirty years, Peter Herbeck has been actively involved in evangelization and Catholic renewal throughout the U.S., Canada, Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Peter is the co-host of the weekly television show, The Choices We Face. He hosts the daily radio show Fire on the Earth and is a frequent conference speaker. Peter co-authored the book, "Lessons From the School of Love: Cultivating a Christ-Centered Marriage," with his wife, Debbie. He has also authored "When the Spirit Comes in Power, When the Spirit Speaks," and numerous booklets and is a frequent contributor to Renewal Ministries’ popular YouTube channel. Peter and his wife, Debbie, have four children and twelve grandchildren, and reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

    Resources:
    Renewal Ministries website
    Booklet: Does God Judge?
    Video "Assisted Suicide and the Culture of Death"
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    55 min
  • How to Be Bold in a Fearful World

    How to Be Bold in a Fearful World
    Apr 15 2026
    Guest: Kevin Wells, journalist, author, and speaker

    While poor role models wring their hands at the downward cultural spiral, author Kevin Wells sees an urgent need for heroic lives in the public square. Although raised in a strong Catholic family with 10 children, Kevin’s faith became lukewarm. Attending a retreat at 40, God grabbed Kevin by the scruff of the neck, convincing him the retreat was nothing more than a weekend opportunity to feel good about himself. Convicted, Kevin asked God to wake him up. Exactly one month later, he suffered a brain aneurism which should have killed him. Instead, Kevin experienced a miracle he’s convinced was expedited by the intercession of his murdered uncle.

    Spurred on by gratitude and a desire to help get the Church back on course, Kevin challenges us to amputate those things which draw us away from God. He believes Christ calls us to sacrifice, yet is convinced “the greatest disease afflicting humanity is comfort,” pointing to the widespread complacency permeating our culture. Kevin’s articles, talks, and books teach us how to lead heroic lives of virtue instead of indulgence. His book, “Coached by the Cure,’” outlines how to shepherd souls in our modernist culture.

    Guest biography: Kevin Wells is a Catholic author, speaker, and former sports reporter. He is the best-selling author of two books: "Priest and Beggar: The Heroic Life of Venerable Aloysius Schwartz" and "The Priests We Need to Save the Church," a written plea for holy priests written in the aftermath of 2018 scandals. Wells has spoken nationally for groups including the Legatus Summit, Napa Institute, That Man is You, on EWTN’s the TASTE program, as well as hundreds of other events, speaking of the urgent need for heroic lives of virtue and untamed Catholicism in the public square. His articles have appeared in Crisis Magazine, Catholic World Report, The Imaginative Conservative, The National Catholic Register, Catholic Exchange, and LifeSiteNews, to name just a few. When Kevin is not writing and speaking, he enjoys spending time with The Sisters of Mary and their 20,000 children in Boystowns and Girlstowns throughout the world. Kevin loves baseball, reading, and writing and lives in Maryland with his wife and three children.

    Resources:
    Kevin Wells' website
    Kevin's weekly blog: “The Wellspring”
    Kevin's books
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    55 min
  • Open Your Heart & Receive Mercy

    Open Your Heart & Receive Mercy
    Apr 8 2026
    Guest: Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, Catholic priest, moral theologian, and Papal Missionary of Mercy

    If you were told there was a way to be totally restored from the eternal consequences of sin, would you believe it? In the Old Testament, a Jubilee Year was a ceremonial rejuvenation wherein God offered a “reboot” to His people, bringing them back into full restoration as His children. Today that same concept is offered through the Feast of Divine Mercy, celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, designated by Pope Francis as a Papal Missionary of Mercy, has made it his mission to teach, implore, and restore through God’s Divine Mercy as given to us by St. Faustina.

    We live in a fallen world that teaches the lie defining who we are by the worst thing we’ve done. Fr. Kirby challenges that, outlining how Divine Mercy reboots God’s relationship with us. Every scar, sin, and wound can be healed in such a way beyond forgiveness where our relationship is restored. Fr. Kirby says: “God doesn’t want to take us to the courtroom; He wants to hang out with us in the family room.”

    Listen as Fr. Kirby explains how Divine Mercy must be a two-way street: “What we’ve received, we are called to give.”

    Guest biography: Fr. Jeffrey Francis Kirby serves as the Pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Indian Land (Lancaster), South Carolina, and is an Adjunct Professor of Theology at Belmont Abbey College. He has authored several books and digital programs on the moral and spiritual traditions of the Catholic Church. He holds a doctorate in moral theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome and is a 2016 recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian honor. Fr. Kirby is known for his previous vocations work in which he actively used contemporary social media, web design, and videography in recruitment efforts for the Catholic priesthood and sisterhood. He is sought out as a conference speaker and retreat leader throughout the United States.

    Resources:
    Fr. Kirby's website
    You Tube Podcast: Daily Discipleship with Fr. Kirby
    Amazon Author Page
    Our Lady of Grace Parish, Lancaster, South Carolina
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    55 min
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