The Counter Culture Mom Show with Tina Griffin

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  Heroism On Display: Marine Leaps Into Action to Rescue Trafficked Girls - Jason Nelson 15.09.2026 27min

  In 2023, Jason Nelson and his wife were jolted from their sleep in the middle of the night when they heard screams in the hallway outside their hotel room. Little did Jason know they had accidentally stumbled upon an attempted murder and a sex trafficking ring. Jason, a retired U.S. Army soldier and former U.S. Marine, took action. At great risk to himself, a struggle ensued as he fought to rescue three women from a violent and dangerous man. Jason survived, but the cost was high. After fatally shooting the attacker, Jason endured a long legal process that eventually led to his name being cleared. Now, he’s spreading the word about the dangers of sex trafficking. He is also a testament to what it looks like to stand up for others and leap into action, even when the consequences could cost your life.
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  No Tears, Sickness, or Brokenness: When Jesus Reigns for 1,000 Years - Dr. Nathan Jones 11.09.2026 27min

  The Millennial Kingdom: What will life be like? The resurrected saints will be immortal, says Dr. Nathan Jones. In addition, Christ will reign physically for 1,000 years on Earth, establishing His authority over the entire world. Nathan caps off this critical conversation about what Christians can expect after the Tribulation is over and the 1,000-year reign of Christ begins. Nathan is a digital evangelist and director of internet outreach at Lamb and Lion Ministries. He makes prophecy practical and faith accessible for anyone who wants to learn more about the Bible, End Times prophecy, and the many questions that linger about the final days of Earth and beyond. The Millennial Kingdom, Nathan says, will be unlike anything we have ever seen, and it’s something to be excited about.
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  A World Ruled by Jesus: Life in the Millennial Kingdom - Dr. Nathan Jones 10.09.2026 27min

  Jesus will return to Earth and triumphantly establish His Millennial Kingdom - a new, perfect kingdom that will flourish for 1,000 years. This key teaching is woven throughout Revelation, but many people misunderstand it. Dr. Nathan Jones is working hard to address the misconceptions people have about End Times prophecy, from the prophetic signs to the promises of the future for Christians. Nathan is the director of internet outreach for Lamb and Lion Ministries. He has also written an important book unpacking the promised future: The Coming Millennial Kingdom - What Life Will Be Like for Us When Jesus Reigns on Earth. Nathan wisely encourages Christians to live out the commands of the Bible until Jesus returns and calls us home.
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  Former Abductee Reveals What Hollywood Hides About Aliens and UFOs - Amanda Llewellyn 09.09.2026 27min

  What does Hollywood get wrong about aliens? Plenty, according to Amanda Llewellyn, the co-director of the upcoming documentary UFOs and God, a film centered on examining the modern surge of UFO sightings, the multiple tranches of government disclosures, and society’s obsession with extraterrestrials. Amanda roasts Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day for getting it wrong when it comes to the supernatural phenomena of aliens or UFOs. Amanda says that she encountered aliens and was abducted while she was growing up, and the trauma had a deep impact on her life. Thankfully, she found peace in Christ and offers tremendous insight into UFOs and aliens. This topic is often twisted and sensationalized in all the wrong ways in modern culture.
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  What Signs Will Come Before Jesus Returns? Revelation Gives Us the Clues - Robert Furrow 08.09.2026 27min

  What keeps pastors from preaching about the Book of Revelation? Is it too complicated to understand? Is it too scary? Absolutely not! Robert Furrow simplifies the conversation about the End Times, reminding us that those who read this important book will be blessed (Rev. 1:3). Robert is the pastor of Calvary Tucson and the host of Truth Quest with Robert Furrow. He gives bite-sized answers for big questions about prophecy, breaking down the signs of the End Times, the prophecies that have been fulfilled, the prophecies that are still to come, and some basic truths about the Tribulation. The best way to interpret the Bible, Robert says, is through the Bible. Revelation is just as important as the other books of the Bible. Don’t be afraid to explore the unknown.
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  From Heartache to Hope: Mother Trusts Christ in Aftermath of Son’s Suicide - Wende Gaikema 04.09.2026 27min

  Wende Gaikema was totally blindsided when her son, Matthew, committed suicide at just 22 years old, weeks from graduating from Texas A&M University. Navigating the journey of extreme grief in the aftermath of Matthew’s death was unfathomably painful. In retrospect, Wende offers practical wisdom for many of the common issues faced by those experiencing traumatic loss. She discusses the reality of grieving with the hope of Christ - the rawness, bitterness, and pain throughout the healing process. She also highlights the need for others to come alongside those who are grieving, surrounding them for the long haul with loving arms and empathetic hearts. Wende is the founder of Coach Wende and the author of an insightful book, From Heartache to Hope: Navigating the Choices in Your Suicide Loss Journey.
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  Healing Journey After Satanic Lies Led to Deep Depression, Suicide Attempt - Jenita Pace 03.09.2026 27min

  Jenita Pace was in such a deep depression that she attempted suicide and ended up hospitalized for ten days. God’s miracle was that her husband forgot his pager and went home to retrieve it, only to stop Jenita from taking her life moments before! Today, she’s a therapist and a professor, but the road to healing was not easy. Jenita talks about the long, slippery slope that can lead to suicide and the lies that we tell ourselves to justify suicide as the only option - when that couldn’t be further from the truth. Time and healing have highlighted the truth in Jenita’s life: Christians carry the Holy Spirit within them. Every human life is precious and has meaning. God can and will use anyone willing. Salvation is not earned; it’s a gift. God loves us just as we are, and in Him, we have infinite value and worth.
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  Desperate Firefighter Rescued Others While Fighting to Save Himself - Jason Sautel 02.09.2026 27min

  Jason Sautel was a firefighter in Oakland, California, when his world came crashing down. As he watched a suicidal man jump to his death off the Oakland Bay Bridge, Jason came face-to-face with his own demons, and there was only one way out: Jesus Christ. Today, Jason is a retired firefighter, a Christian, and the author of a book that gives many people hope: The Rescuer - One Firefighter’s Story of Courage, Darkness, and the Relentless Love That Saved Him. Jason shares the harrowing stories of darkness on the streets of Oakland, confronting the worst kinds of tragedies, and how the grace of Jesus Christ and the good news of the Gospel saved his own life. He wrote his book to let people know they’re not alone in their pain. There is a way out: hell is real, but so is Jesus, and so is the hope of salvation and eternal life.
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  Suicidal Thoughts: Exposing Satan’s Spiritual War for Our Minds - Dr. Matthew Sleeth 01.09.2026 27min

  Dr. Matthew Sleeth is a former emergency room physician who has become one of the most influential Christian leaders in America. He is the executive director of Blessed Earth and the author of a new book, Hope Always: How to Be a Force for Life in a Culture of Suicide. Matthew talks about how he raised his kids in a Christian household, pulled the plug on screens and television, and focused hard on the Word of God. He also discusses the skyrocketing rates of suicide in America, zooming in on the magnitude of an increasingly prevalent problem. His newest book examines the spiritual forces behind suicide and how devoted Christians are far less likely to act on these destructive thoughts. God wants us to choose life, Matthew says, but Satan is constantly attempting to push humans toward death.
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  Find Healing After Spiritual Abuse and Rediscover Your Faith and Calling - Anna Vaughn 28.08.2026 27min

  What are the red flags of abusive leadership? Anna Vaughn survived years of spiritual abuse while working for a charismatic but narcissistic ministry leader. After walking away from that ministry with the rest of the interns following her, she went through a period of time when she was angry at God and even questioned His character. But God was good, and He brought her through that season. Now, Anna is the director of Stirred Up Ministries and the author of Caught in the Crossfire. Anna details how she escaped past spiritual abuse, how she felt in the fallout, and how God healed her in the eventual aftermath. Anna was called to continue to work in ministry, but with new eyes and an open heart to help others heal from past spiritual abuse as well.
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  Fear, Intimidation and Isolation: The Warning Signs of Spiritual Abuse - Anna Vaughn 27.08.2026 27min

  Anna Vaughn was excited to begin a new chapter of her life - working in a new job running a ministry’s internship program at just 19. Unfortunately, what ensued was several years of major spiritual abuse from the leadership of this church - an experience that has led her to where she is today: healed, whole, and transparent. Anna is now the founder of Stirred Up Ministries and the author of Caught in the Crossfire, a book that exposes spiritual abuse by recounting not just her experience, but also the experiences of others who have experienced the same abuse. Unforgiveness and bitterness hold us in bondage, but not the person who has hurt us, she shares. Anna is a testament to what it looks like to expose toxic leadership without being burdened by anger.
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  The Wilderness Isn’t Wasted: How God Uses Hard Seasons to Grow Leaders - Jason Jensen 26.08.2026 27min

  What do Christian leaders do in the seasons of life where they find themselves in the wilderness? What did John the Baptist do? What did Jesus do? These are the questions that Jason Jensen, the author of Formed to Lead, faithfully addresses. He focuses on the beginning of Luke 3, when the Word of God came to John in the wilderness. Why is the wilderness important? How does it cultivate growth and maturity? How can we not just survive, but thrive during those moments and learn to lean totally on God? We need to pay attention when we’re experiencing those seasons of life, cultivating that time by implementing spiritual disciplines that will help us slow down and learn important lessons God wants to teach us. Jason calls this “creating a wilderness space” to allow the Word of the Lord to arrive and bless.
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  Jesus’ Radical Approach to Leadership: It’s Not About Power or Position - Jason Jensen 25.08.2026 27min

  Leadership may look a little different for everyone, but for a Christian, our leadership style should be modeled after Jesus Christ. What better way to learn about the leadership approach of Jesus than in the Bible? Jason Jensen is the Vice President for Spiritual Foundations for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He is also the author of Formed to Lead, an important book examining Jesus’s leadership style, especially in the first chapters of Luke. Jason explores the connection between spiritual discipline and strong leadership qualities. Jason urges leadership toward reframing their assumptions about what leadership should look like: it’s not about getting a position of power; it’s about creating a positive culture and influencing others in all the right ways.
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  What’s Driving You? The Hidden Passions That Can Sabotage Your Leadership - Dave Wiedis 21.08.2026 27min

  Most ministry leaders implode because they fail to pay attention to their internal struggles. Dave Wiedis is the author of The Spiritually Healthy Leader: Finding Freedom from Self-Sabotage and the founder of ServingLeaders Ministries. Whether it’s self-sabotage by acting against our self-interest, hurting others, or damaging our relationship with God, Dave explains that many people are dominated by unidentified ruling passions, like seeking success, affirmation, respect, or avoiding pain or embarrassment. Such pursuits can supplant the Lordship of Christ by becoming functional idols. To lead well and avoid self-sabotage we must repent by honestly and humbly identifying our ruling passions and submitting to the lordship of Jesus Christ in every area of our lives.
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  Speak Less, Listen More: How Asking Questions Will Transform Relationships - J.R. Briggs 20.08.2026 27min

  Asking questions isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of humility, curiosity, and a willingness to learn! J.R. Briggs is the author of The Art of Asking Better Questions: Pursuing Stronger Relationships, Healthier Leadership, and Deeper Faith and the founder of Kairos Partnerships. J.R. shares his perspective that asking questions is both a unique and overlooked skill. We live in a world obsessed with thinking we know the answers to everything, and hardly think about what kind of questions we should be asking to understand more. Asking questions is a step toward building relationships, strengthening connections, and increasing our own knowledge base. The Bible, for example, is full of questions that even Jesus asked. Perhaps we should take our cue from the Word of God and emulate Jesus.
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  Nomad Urges Us to Lead Like Jesus by Listening, Loving, Knowing People - William Owens 19.08.2026 27min

  William Owens is a busy guy. You might catch him reading poetry or riding his bicycle across Taiwan or having dinner with new friends. But in all these journeys, no matter how big or how small, William is ready and willing to share the Gospel message with everyone he meets. William is a free-spirited traveler and the co-publisher of the Why Jesus book series. When it comes to leadership, William says that Jesus is the most profound example there is. Jesus would spend time with the Father, William points out, and then share that vision with His followers. Jesus listened to people and welcomed them into His presence. He wasn’t worried about pushing them into a singular denomination or church. He wanted to know them and them to know Him. As Christian leaders, we can learn from Christ’s example.
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  Strong Men Build Strong Families: How Leadership Begins With Self-Discipline - Cody Bobay 18.08.2026 27min

  What is a mighty man of God? What does it look like when Biblical masculinity collides with the softening of everyday men in modern culture? For Cody Bobay, exploring healthy masculinity and telling important stories that celebrate the God-given attributes of strength, dignity, and honor is his personal mission. Cody is a U.S. Navy veteran, actor, author, and filmmaker who is very passionate about living out and teaching leadership. Whether he is looking for the perfect role that exemplifies authentic character development or sticking to his personal and Biblically guided beliefs about honoring God in his work, Cody is committed to excellence and discipline. He draws on his personal experience and journey in his acting, which gives his storytelling a raw and vulnerable flair.
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  One Family From Every Church Could End Tennessee’s Foster Care Crisis - Kathleen Janson 14.08.2026 27min

  Kathleen Janson was the life of the party, but it was all a facade - chasing acceptance through alcohol, drugs, and sex. Then a miraculous thing happened, Jesus met her with love and grace, offering her freedom and a whole new life. Today, Kathleen and her husband are the parents of two children adopted through the foster care system. She is the author of The Gift of Desperation: The True Story of God’s Grace Alive in a Life and the president of The One Child, whose mission is to eradicate the foster care system, one foster family at a time. There are 8,000 foster care children in Tennessee, and only 4,000 foster families stepping up. However, if one family from each of the churches in Tennessee said yes to a child, the foster care system would be eradicated. Kathleen is laser-focused on making this happen through educating and equipping the body of Christ.
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  Newborn’s Brain Hemorrhage Caused by Nanny Led to CPS Nightmare for Mother - Rachel Bruno 13.08.2026 27min

  When Rachel Bruno rushed her screaming seven-week-old newborn to the hospital, they told her he had a cranial fracture and a brain hemorrhage. It was a horrifying situation, made even worse by the fact that Rachel suspected that her nanny had been the one to potentially inflict this blunt-force trauma on her son. Little did Rachel know that she was the target of an unfair CPS investigation that would result in years of polygraphs and even potential jail time if charges had been pressed. From the state kidnapping of her 20-month-old son to the trauma of watching her newborn fight for his life after such a severe injury simultaneously, Rachel is a survivor of CPS gone wrong and administrative court overreach. She is an author, speaker, and advocate who warns about the victimization that can come at the behest of the court system and the state child welfare system.
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  Ministry Offers Critical Supplies for Foster, Kinship, Adoptive Families - Anthony Poteet 12.08.2026 27min

  What happens when a foster family gets a phone call that three siblings need a safe place to stay immediately? What if they don’t have the supplies - like shoes, car seats, or clothing - that they need? Anthony Poteet has been through this process, and he recognized that foster care parents need a strong support system to help provide some integral items to smooth this transition. Therefore, he founded the Foster Families Assistance Network. He is the executive director of this incredible organization, which works hard to provide the items to foster families taking in kids who have been in a state of in-between, bouncing from home to home, in a chaotic world driven by the coldness of a clinical state system. Parents need to bond with these kids immediately after they arrive, not worry about getting supplies.