Special Guest: Allie Beth Stuckey

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Real Life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim truth, equip the saints and impact our culture.

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In an age of chaos and cowardice and confusion, to have the clarity and the courage that comes from the Word of God. you don't have to wonder all of these seemingly complex and nuanced questions we're told about what gender is, or what marriage is, or what morality is or what truth is. Look, go back to the first verse of the first chapter of the Bible God created the heavens and the earth. You believe that everything else follows.

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Well, everybody, welcome back to the Real Life Network, and we're sitting down here at the National Religious Broadcasters Network. It's an incredible gathering of people, and some of those incredible people One of them is right here with us today, and it's Allie Beth Stuckey, and she is a powerhouse, what I would say for the young generation. I'm old enough to be her dad, but the cool thing about what she's doing is she's standing in the gap proclaiming truth. She's a fighter, she's a contender. Many of you have seen her videos on PragerU, but she is from the Blaze That's Glenn Beck's group, and so tell us about that.

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Yeah, i host a podcast called Relatable that is distributed by Blaze TV and we analyze culture, news, politics from a Christian conservative perspective, as well as theology. It's a unique podcast because the majority of my audience is women, which is not true for most political podcasts. It's kind of a man's sphere, a warm, masculine sphere, but whether it's on YouTube or on the listening side, about 85% of the people who listen to me and watch me are young women, and that's what I want to do. I want to try to help them navigate the chaos of our culture with clarity and courage, and that's what I feel called to and I love doing it.

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Can I assume, then, because you want to reach those that really need parental direction, that you had a good upbringing, that you could say well, my foundation was good, but I'm going to take that and transfer it, or the other way around?

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Yes. So people who listen to my podcast know that I've had both my parents on frequently. They're some of my favorite guests. My audience is favorite guests because they want insight. Okay, you have these values, you're passionate about these things. How did that come to be? Of course, a lot of that is in my adult life and just what God innately puts in you your interests, your drive and things like that. But my parents cultivated those values. They cultivated those values from a young age. So I was raised in the church by very strong parents, although we didn't really talk necessarily about politics growing up. That just wasn't as central to our conversations really as it kind of is today, because politics are so pervasive.

But the values- of conservatism, which, of course, i think are inherent in Christianity, were there And that foundation was laid And thankfully I have a great relationship with my parents today and get to pass down that legacy to my kids. And so, yes, without my parents, not just how I was raised, but the continued support and love and encouragement and edification of my parents is really a difference maker.

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Well, okay. So how do you communicate then to a young woman who did not have that upbringing? Thank you, they're kind of a drift may be, not have a mom or dad yet to call, or not even a husband or boyfriend. They're kind of on their own. What would you say to them, because we're hearing that that number is increasing. How do you reach them? and I, i, i noticed that it's kind of obvious. You have a little baby coming along here. Yeah, what about that young Mom to be out of wedlock? she's feeling lost. What do you say? what can you say?

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yeah, first of all, i can really sympathize with that position being without a support system, being without a base, being without my family calls it balcony people, so people who are cheering from your balcony who are telling you yes, this is what's true, you can do it, this is the direct that you're supposed to go safe. And yes, but not everyone has that, not everyone has that cheering section. This person might also have people in their lives who are saying it's stupid to be a question or it's stupid to go against the grain, it's stupid to swim stream. It's so much easier just to go with the culture, and so I can really sympathize with the difficulty of that position.

But a woman with her Bible is more powerful than a woman with an army without her Bible. Yes, so the first thing that I would encourage you to do is one get a good study Bible. I like the ESV study Bible there are a lot of study Bible is out there and then join your local church, because that support in that community, that accountability, that reminder that fellow believers can give you of who you are in Christ, what Christ is done for you, why living for the truth in love is worth, it is vital. Yes, you have the Holy Spirit of your Christian. Yes, your Bible is necessary, but the body of believers, the body of Christ, to spur you on to love and good works, that's going to be a huge difference maker in your life and Ali, don't you think, yes, everything you just said?

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don't you think also that when she makes that decision to go to a Bible teaching church, a good church, that she's going to have to apply herself to make friends as well? a lot of people go into church and say, well, nobody said hi to me. Yeah, how many people did you say hi? to right that kind of yeah, she's going to need to kind of insert herself, which raises the flag a little bit of hey, we just met her. She needs help.

There's so much protectiveness that we have where we think I we can't tell people our problems. They're going to judge us. But if you're in a good church, yeah, people going to scoop you up and love you, yes, so there's this block wall of I don't know about church. Well, i think we're saying is what you run the risk of going to a church, getting established with a family, really a family of spiritual people who love God first, which enables them to love you. But there's people you can share with, just like Paul spoke to Timothy, that there's. There's older women that can help you along in your younger.

Yeah dynamics of life, yeah, so so important right and you described Bible teaching churches.

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Unfortunately, we have to use that descriptor today because there are many churches who will. They claim to be churches, they're really just gathering to people who never open their Bible. So that's something as a believer, obviously you need to watch out for, and if your pastor is not reading from the Bible Same things that are contradicted by scripture that you need to run. So that's, that's number one. But, yes, make yourself vulnerable, which I understand can be very scary to go up to. That woman in church, or sometimes churches, at the end will say you know what? we've got people who are willing to pray for you, willing to talk to you exactly up here and don't be scared to do that.

There is absolutely no risk in that. Go forward, ask someone, anyone for help? Hey, how can I get connected to someone? hey, how can I I don't know join a Bible study? can I talk to someone? or I'm dealing with this in my life and I really need help and I'm really excited to talk to you. That believer will be so excited, so filled with the Holy Spirit to help you.

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Yes, and that's going to be a huge indicator about the atmosphere or the theater of which church you're in. If you say, well, you know that you know I'm lost or I'm homeless or I'm pregnant and I don't have anybody. If they say, oh wow, oh my goodness, yeah, well, probably good thing for you to walk out of there On the church. There's percent there. Yes, please expand your. My, my, my pastors and staff were actually shocked. They were shocked that you were so skilled at what you had said. I sent it first to our pastors and I said listen, we need more men like Ali in this topic. And you gave. You were actually responding. Oh, my goodness, help me. You were responding to some post or some comment. It might have been an Andy Stanley comment, it might have been. Somebody else made a comment and you said, ok, we're taking this program and we're going to talk about the, the importance of expositional Bible teaching. Do you remember that?

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I don't remember I don't remember which episode.

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You went on to like 50 minutes?

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I probably did. I mean, that's something I really care about And I got to tell you, it's obvious, and so do I.

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We are an expositional teaching church And I told the guys I said, listen to her, most pastors conferences don't even cover what she just covered. So for that I was like, oh, i have to meet her.

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Yes, well it's such a great privilege I think that pastors have that. you have all the material and all the clarity that you need right there in the word that you don't have to reach inside yourself and find all of these you know clever sayings. You have the word of God right there. Go verse from verse, and that's the best and most solid and most truthful sermon that you can give.

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So true what you just said. Over the years we've been passing, for over 30 years, i've done. I was raised in a church that does expositional, verse by verse, chapter by chapter, book by book. And so now you look back after 30 years of ministry and people have, especially in light of COVID, how did you know? how did you know to stay open, or how did you know about teaching this or about that, or parsing out these eschatological or so theological issues? How did you know? I didn't know anything except going through the word of God. He'll take care of it, he will unpack it. And I think, this tozer. Have you ever heard a W Tozer audibly? have you ever heard him speak?

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No, i haven't.

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Well, you've read his books.

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Only read.

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Yes, and they're amazing. If you hear him speak, you will quickly turn off the audio and go back to the books, because his, his voice was horrific, oh really. It was just terrible. But the point was this his church averaged about 150 people, but his pen was mighty. Yes, my point is this He never wavered. He never wavered from what the word says. And so now, today, i just found out that a W Tozer's books are sold more today than ever, and he's been dead for like I don't know how many years for decades Right.

Point is the truth never moves, yes, and in the shifting culture, the word is that lighthouse, it's that anchor.

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Yes, and what a privilege like, in an age of chaos and cowardice and confusion, to have the clarity and the courage that comes from the word of God. We don't have to wonder all of these seemingly complex and nuanced questions were told about what gender is, or what marriage is, or what morality is or what truth is. Look, go back to the first verse of the first chapter of the Bible God created the heavens and the earth. If you believe that everything else follows, it's always Yes.

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Where can people find you? Where can they check in with you?

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So podcasts relatable with Ali Beth Stuckey. It's wherever you listen to podcasts. It's also on YouTube. It's also on blaze TV. If you're a subscriber, there's a lot of subscriber content as well. And then I'm on social media too.

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Yeah. So everybody, please listen. Here's what we want to do. We want to send a message to the world and to those that are out there in the tech land. When you go to her sites and when you subscribe, when you sign up, it sends a message. It not only encourages her, but it sends a message to the powers that be. Hey, wait a minute, people are listening to this stuff and it just helps. You can do it, it's nothing. Does it cost anything? No, sometimes it does. Ok, it doesn't even cost. Just go there and subscribe and give her some encouragement and send a message. So, and by all means, listen to what she has to say. We just love having her and Ali Beth.

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Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you.

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