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Bonus: Reaching Muslims featuring Samy Tanagho
This bonus episode features Samy Tanagho, author of “Glad News, God Loves You My Muslim Friend”. Samy explains a few ways that Christians can reach out to our Muslim friends. He recommends that we start with common ground: Jesus as Messiah, Abraham and Isaac, and more.
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S2:E30 Should Christians Fear Muslims?
After 9/11 many American Christians became afraid of Islam. Even to the point of no longer wanting to share the gospel with Muslims. On this special episode of the Truce Podcast, Chris speaks with Dr. Hormoz Shariat of Iran Alive Ministries and Samy Tanagho, author of “Glad News, God Loves You My Muslim Friend” from Moody Press.
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Bonus: Embryo Adoption featuring Nate Birt
If life begins at conception, what do we do with all of the embryos left after in vitro fertilization? Author and journalist Nate Birt (Twitter: @natebirt) joins us to discuss embryo adoption and his book Frozen But Not Forgotten. This is a Truce Podcast extra. Truce...
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S2:E29 Fatty Arbuckle and the MPAA
Listen to the show! Did Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle murder Virginia Rappe? That questions defined the film industry for thirty years. Upset with Hollywood's moral failures, Christians demanded changes. We took over, fighting until the studios decided to censor themselves....
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S2:E28 Censorship – Featuring Abby Johnson of the Unplanned movie and Dr. Richard Land
Freedom of speech. We all say we want it, but do we really? On this episode of the Truce podcast, we talk with Abby Johnson, the subject of the new film “Unplanned” which hit theaters in March. Abby shares her story of having worked for Planned Parenthood and how she quit after witnessing an abortion for herself.
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S2:E27 How Multi-Level Marketing Targets Christians (4 of 4)
Did you know that Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump have all stumped for the multi-level marketing industry? MLMs, direct sales, and network marketing have powerful friends. But what about Christian “celebrities”?
read moreThe Amway Decision. The Federal Trade Commission decided that Amway was not an illegal pyramid scheme, but a legitimate business. How did that happen? Why is it important. This week on the Truce Podcast we’re joined once again by Robert Fitzpatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert (https://pyramidschemealert.org/), author of Ponzinomics to explore the history of MLMs.
Also in this episode is a brief history of the founders of Amway: Richard DeVos and Jay VanAndel. The DeVos name probably sounds familiar. Our current Secretary of Education is Betsy DeVos, daughter-in-law to Richard. She’s made a lot of news in her position because of her stances on charter schools and arming teachers in public schools.
read moreWe know that tying business to religion can be tricky. Think about recent stories involving Hobby Lobby, Chick-fil-A, or In-N-Out Burger. But what happens when we tie our religion to a business model that just doesn’t work?
That’s what many multi-level marketing (MLM) companies do every day. They saddle distributors with debt and product they can’t sell… often in the name of Jesus. We’re joined once again by Robert Fitzpatrick (https://twitter.com/PyramidAlert) of Pyramidschemealert.org, author of Ponzinomics.
read moreWhat is multi-level marketing? It turns out, it is a very popular business model that targets Christians and other people of faith. But… it is almost guaranteed to fail. Because MLM’s and direct sales companies are not designed to sell a product but to sell the business itself.
Joining us for this episode is Robert Fitzpatrick. He’s the president of Pyramid Scheme Alert and the author of the new book “Ponzinomics: The Untold History of Multi-Level Marketing and How Direct Sales Became an American Swindle”.
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