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Qatar Paid Tucker $15M+… Now He’s Defending Sharia Law | EP 98

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The pastors & Average Joe of Tearing Down High Places confront Tucker Carlson’s jaw-dropping 2025 pivot: openly praising aspects of Sharia law (“rape rate of zero,” “leave your keys in your Lamborghini,” “the entire point of life is submission to God”), giving Nick Fuentes and Holocaust revisionist Darryl Cooper softball interviews, claiming Benjamin Netanyahu “controls […]

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Did $15 Million From a Muslim Investor ChangeTucker on Sharia?”

Fideism is Killing the West: Why Christians Must Reject Blind Faith & Embrace Reason (w/ Author Cody Libolt) | EP 96

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Episode Summary (for description)In Part 1 of a new 4-part series, Cody Libolt (co-author of the new 400-page manifesto Redeeming the West) joins Pastor Jeff, Pastor Tim and Average Joe to lay the foundation for a bold claim: much of the irrationality, cowardice, and cultural collapse in the church and the West today stems from

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Fideism is Killing the West: Why Christians Must Reject Blind Faith & Embrace Reason (w/ Author Cody Libolt) | EP 96

Does Toxic Empathy Fuel Candace’s Kirk Slander? | EP 95

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[Powerpress] Episode Summary: In Episode 95 of Tearing Down High Places, hosts Average Joe Gormley, Pastor Tim Robinson, and Pastor Jeff Kliewer tackle the epidemic of baseless accusations and toxic empathy in modern culture, using Candace Owens’ unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s assassination as a prime example. Drawing from Deuteronomy 19 and Matthew 18,

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Voddie Baucham’s Fire: Bold Clips that reject a sissified Jesus and Ignite True Faith in our Sovereign Lord. 

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Voddie Baucham’s Fire: Bold Clips that reject a sissified Jesus and Ignite True Faith in our Sovereign Lord.  Episode Summary: In this heartfelt tribute episode of Tearing Down High Places (EP 90), hosts Average Joe, Pastor Jeff, and Pastor Tim honor the late Voddie Baucham through a montage of his most powerful sermon clips. They

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Our Favorite Voddie Moments

EP 84 | Will Obergefell help Jeff Morgan end No-Fault Divorce?

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Episode Summary: The podcast episode of Tearing Down High Places, hosted by Average Joe, Pastor Jeff, and Pastor Tim, features guest Jeff Morgan, a former pastor and missionary turned advocate against no-fault divorce. Morgan, introduced as the nation’s leading voice to end no-fault divorce, shares his personal and legal battle to challenge this system, rooted

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End No-Fault Divorce

EP 83 | Beyond the Diploma: Shaping Christian Kids’ Futures

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In this lively episode of Tearing Down High Places, hosts Average Joe, Pastor Jeff, and Pastor Tim dive into the emotional and spiritual journey of sending a child to college or other post high school education, with a focus on choosing a Christian education in today’s challenging cultural landscape. The episode starts with Pastor Jeff’s

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Beyond the Diploma: Shaping Christian Kids' Futures

EP 82 | Part 2: Defending the pursuit of JOY in God. In favor of John Piper’s Christian Hedonism.

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In this riveting follow-up to last week’s epic discussion, Pastor Luke Fraser joins Average Joe and Pastor Tim to passionately defend Christian Hedonism against recent critiques. Drawing from his doctoral work, Luke unpacks John Piper’s teachings through deep dives into Ecclesiastes, church history giants like Jonathan Edwards, Augustine BB Warfield, and personal stories of transformation.

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Pursuing Joy in God: Defending Christian Hedonism with Scripture and Fire

EP 76 | Examining the EFCA One Conference

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This week’s special guest Phil Brainerd sits down with Pastor Jeff Kliewer, Pastor Tim Robinson and Pastor Seth Brickley to discuss what happened at the EFCA One Conference. The EFCA is the Evangelical Free Church of America. This is the organization that Cornerstone Church used to be affiliated with before their last conference. The events

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Phil Brainerd

EP 73 | Modern Circuit Preacher Fights Apostasy

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Pastor Dan Meader is truly a modern-day Circuit Preacher.  He goes back and forth on Sundays between two separates churches.  The first is Grace St. Paul’s in Jim Thorpe, and Church of the Great Redeemer in Weatherly, both of which are new churches planted Dan and his churches departed from the United Methodist Church.  They are

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Modern Circuit Preacher, Dan Reader