Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

I will never forget this unplanned, Holy Spirit–filled moment during Charlie Kirk’s memorial when the band began to play and the crowd held up signs with Charlie’s face that said, “Here I am, Lord send me.” It felt like, for a brief moment, tragedy might spark a spiritual revival and unify Christians on the Right. But in the months since, things have felt increasingly divided and disoriented. It appears we've lost people to a conspiratorial world view and pro-Islam world view. I asked @JeremyDBoreing whether we’re heading toward a great revival or total fracture. His answer, and his reflection on Pentecost, is powerful:

Eric Church’s commencement speech at UNC struck a chord… literally. This was my favorite part:

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Former devout Muslim @RealShahriqKhan came on Relatable to share his testimony and his family's response to him becoming a Christian: "They hated it when I became Christian. Very, very emotional. Still one of the hardest things I've ever done." He went on to say, "The Lord says to honor your mom and dad and I just don't feel like I'm doing that. So I feel like I'm being so disobedient." Allie responded, “Honor your father and mother. And then also Jesus says, 'If you're not willing to hate your father and mother, take up your cross and follow me, then you're not worthy to be my disciple.'" She encouraged Shahriq, "There's a way to honor while also saying, 'My allegiance is completely sold out to Christ and I'm trusting that He's going to take care of them because He loves them even more.’ I bet that's really hard." He responded, "I actually needed to hear that... He's come with a sword that is going to divide families, and like how much more willing are you guys going to bear your cross?"

A viral video showed highschool kids unable to sound out words like “extraordinary” and “silhouette.” ~25% of 16-24-year-olds qualify as “functionally illiterate.” They read below a 5th grade level. This can change, but we have to go back to the basics. One, parents have to read to their kids - no excuses. Two, we have to teach our kids phonics, not the exclusive “context clue” method we’ve tried and failed for decades. Here are my two “whys” for ensuring our kids read well: 1. They’ll be lost in every way without it. 2. It’s our Christian obligation to do so.

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Allie interviewed Dr. Carlos Campo, President and CEO of Museum of the Bible, to talk about the accuracy and legitimacy of the Bible: "If men wanted to write a book, they wouldn't have written a book that makes them look so bad. Over and over again, we see the failures and the foibles of God's people and their rebellion, and if this were just a book written by people who wanted to tell the history of a particular group, they wouldn't include all of this stuff that proves that it's really God who's powerful.” Allie continues on to say, “If someone were to conspire together to try to build a man-made ideology just for power, it wouldn't have been the Bible." Campo responded: "It's true. It's one of the reasons I'm so proud to say I'm a person of this faith, because it doesn't try to hide our past. It doesn't try to say, ‘Look, we serve only perfect people.’” He says, “Despite our sin, God loves us and He has a story of reconciliation to tell us."

Is “Neeza” Powers a con artist or a confused convert? Popular detrans influencer Thomas “Neeza” Powers has revealed that he’s reverting back to a female identity, after attracting a huge following by posting his detrans/Christian journey. Many have noticed that pieces of his testimony just don’t add up. Whether he’s a pathological liar or sincerely struggling, the truth is the same: he’s lost. Pray for him.

When she goes to events, you demand she stays home. When she stays home, you question her motives. Whether she laughs, cries, or shows anger, it’s always too much or not enough. Erika’s not only ruthlessly condemned, she’s relentlessly mocked as if she’s not a real person navigating massive loss. Yes, she’s a public figure, and as such she will receive critiques and questions. But if you can’t do that without hostility, without dehumanizing her, you’ve got a soul-level sickness that needs to be addressed.

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Detrans influencer Neeza Powers recently said: “I believe in the holy scriptures. I believe in the Lord Jesus. My heart is better to serve Him without hating myself. My heart is better as a partner to Charlotte without hating my existence, enforcing an identity on myself. And my heart is better to serve my community this way. I couldn't hate myself any longer." It is absolutely legitimate and right and loving for us to say, "Dude, you're going in the wrong direction." I don't even know if this person really thinks that he is a woman or what he's trying to do. I think that obviously something is going on there that's wrong and it's evil and perhaps unstable. To me, the bigger issue seems to be that he is a pathological liar and that he has created a character to gain a following and he has been very successful at it. That is a very difficult temptation to resist and so I think that he is sowing confusion here in trying to seek affirmation and gain attention. Now, that does not decrease my compassion for this person because lost is lost. You're lost whether you're a man who thinks that you're a woman. You are lost if you are a person that is basically a scam artist. He is in the grips of the prince of the power of the air, of Satan, among whom we all once walked in the passions of our flesh as Ephesians 2 says. So the response is the same: we pray for him.

A different gospel? The LDS gospel and the Christian gospel sound similar, but we ultimately mean different things. Mormon apologist Jacob Hansen and I each present what we believe is the true Good News:

Who goes to heaven, according to Mormonism? Jacob Hansen, LDS apologist, argues that, according to Mormon teaching, one must be a part of the LDS church to spend eternity with Christ. Here’s my response:

I had a lively conversation with Jacob Hansen about mormonism, the Trinity, salvation, and if Humans, Angels, and God are all the same species. Who is eligible for heaven? Is God all-knowing? Can believers become the gods of their own universe? Nothing is off the table. Episode drops Monday. Stay tuned!

Conservative justices faced serious death threats after a full draft of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision was leaked to the public. One man was even prosecuted for attempting to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. @MZHemingway shared with me, “Never in the entire history of the court has a complete draft decision leaked. And it was a massive deal.” Chief Justice John Roberts promised a “thorough investigation”, but that's far from what happened. Mollie breaks down what really happened behind the scenes and why we may never know who leaked it:

Liberal Justice Elena Kagan reportedly threw a HUGE temper tantrum over the publication of the Dobbs decision. She was screaming at Justice Breyer so loud that “the walls were shaking,” @mzhemingway tells me. Despite threats to the lives of the conservative justices, Kagan was adamant about delaying the publication of the decision as long as possible. Mollie has all the juicy details about the infamous Dobbs leak and the drama that unfolded afterward:

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.@RonforTexas, Allie’s dad, came on Relatable to share everything you need to know about the Virginia redistricting vote: "They're telling you that it's temporary. So what they want to do is make it so that 90%, actually 91% of the congressional districts, are Democrat and 9%, which would be one, are Republican. Now, think about that. Kamala Harris only won Virginia with 52% of the vote, yet they want to have a 90% congressional delegation. That just doesn't add up. There's nothing fair about that redistricting. The reason they say it's temporary is because they say, 'Well, we're going to just put this in now. And then after the census in 2031, we're going to redistrict again as we normally do. So this is really going to allow us to cheat for just a couple of terms.' is what they're saying if you want to read between the lines on that.”

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Therapist @TTuck10 shares, “One of the things I tell my clients is: I want you to suffer. And they’ll look at me like, ‘What?’ I’m like, yeah—I want you to suffer. I want you to struggle. I am not here to give you relief. I’m here to help you get stronger so that, when you suffer, you can look back and realize, ‘Hey, look what I did.’ And for the believers, ‘Look what God helped me get through.’ I look at King David, and when you read the Psalms, he’s saying things like, ‘God, thank you for the afflictions of my youth.’ And he’s looking back at God: ‘You trained my hands and my fingers for war.’ When he was a boy in the fields protecting the flock, he was fighting off animals and going through all kinds of things. He had no idea what was going to come later in life. And he realized all that training in the field helped him win battles. And then, when he won those battles, he came back bloodied, beaten up, sweating. It was awful—and he won—but he always said, ‘God gave me the victory.’ And it was also his physical exertion and the training that led up to those moments. So I want people to go through enough to realize, ‘Yeah, I’ve got the strength. I’ve got what it takes. And therefore, I’m going to use it for something bigger than me.’”