The Counter Culture Mom Show

Would you give up everything you have in pursuit of a lie disguised as a truth? This question may seem simple, but masterful manipulation and deception can fool anybody. This is a harsh lesson Athena Dean Holtz learned after being deceived for 13 years by a false teacher who convinced her to leave her husband, her children, and even her thriving publishing business under the guise of biblical teaching. She was exposed to extreme spiritual abuse due to unprocessed trauma in her life, but when she broke free, she founded Redemption Press, where she now helps other women tell their redemption stories by providing teaching, coaching, publishing services, and more. Athena discusses how she was deceived, how she escaped such deception, and what red flags alerted her to the awful truth about what was really happening. TAKEAWAYS Athena knows what it’s like to feel like Job and literally lose everything She believed she was following God’s will when she left her husband and children, but she was being deceived by false teaching Athena identified Timothy Williams as the false teacher who massively destroyed her life and his church was ironically called ‘Sound Doctrine’ Sometimes, unprocessed trauma can make you vulnerable to being deceived 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Download the CCM App: https://bit.ly/3VC4D2X Unhealed Wounds video: https://bit.ly/4htctbd Full Circle book: https://amzn.to/4hfIkej Realities in Publishing series: https://realitiesinpublishing.com/   🔗 CONNECT WITH ATHENA DEAN HOLTZ Website: https://redemption-press.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athena.dean1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athena_dean_holtz YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Redemption-press LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athenadeanholtz/   📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Master Peace: https://bit.ly/CounterCultureMom Equipping The Persecuted: https://equippingthepersecuted.org/donate Capstone Legacy Foundation: https://capstonelegacy.org/ Covenant Eyes: https://bit.ly/TheHealingChurchFREEBook   🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/CounterCultureMom   📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/FPMCCMshow   📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageCCM   💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/CCM23ImpactReport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

Put down the mirror of self-esteem and embrace a healthy dose of self-respect, says Jill Garner, founder of Manners of the Heart. Jill was trained to be an interior designer, but God had other plans. A volunteer project designed to help children learn manners, self-respect, and civility became - her lifelong ministry and labor of love - to educate the hearts of children. Jill discusses the difference between humanistic self-esteem and godly self-respect. How can we teach our children to serve others rather than constantly looking to love themselves or worship their own emotional desires? The sin of pride is very dangerous, and Satan has found a way to reframe it in our society to make it look “pretty”, but it is damaging nonetheless, and its self-serving doctrine infects many modern teachings of Christianity. TAKEAWAYS Humanism is completely counter to Christianity, and yet it’s been grafted into many modern Christian teachings Our education system is filled with humanism Christian life is about serving others Fill your kids’ hearts with truth so that their minds open to see the world through a Biblical lens as Christ intended 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE BARK Phone: https://bit.ly/TINAPHONE BARK App (get 10% off with code TINA): https://bit.ly/BARKCCM StrongHeart book: https://amzn.to/3Dqogbh   🔗 CONNECT WITH JILL GARNER Website: https://jillgarnercontent.org/   🔗 CONNECT WITH MANNERS OF THE HEART Website: https://mannersoftheheart.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mannersoftheheart/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mannersoftheheart/   📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Medi-Share: https://www.medishare.com/tina-griffin Jacob’s Ladder: https://jacobsladder.us/give/ Master Peace: https://bit.ly/CounterCultureMom Restore Patch: https://bit.ly/CCMpatch   🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/CounterCultureMom   📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/FPMCCMshow   📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageCCM   💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/CCM23ImpactReport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

If we want to defeat our enemy, we need to know our enemy’s moves, says Phil Hopper, a former SWAT cop now serving as the pastor of Abundant Life Church. Phil is also the author of Defeating the Enemy: Exposing and Overcoming the Strategies of Satan. With a background in law enforcement and street-smart survival tactics, Phil is well-equipped to take the spiritual battle against Satan head-on. He thrives on discussing the spiritual “bullets” Christians should be prepared to face in life. Why are so many believers living in mediocrity and depression? They are believing Satan’s lies. Why do they believe these lies? Chiefly because of biblical illiteracy, says Phil. Do not be ignorant of your adversary. Educate yourself by reading the Bible and understanding how the enemy works and learn how to protect yourself against the schemes of the Devil. TAKEAWAYS Humans are the only creatures created by God in His image and likeness Satan was not created in the image of God, nor is he Jesus’s “spirit brother,” as the Mormons teach Satan understood that to seal man’s spiritual fate, he needed to get them to sin Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross redeems man from sin and brings him back into a relationship with God, thwarting Satan’s plans 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Donate to Counter Culture Ministries: https://bit.ly/3RG5kGJ Defeating the Enemy book: https://amzn.to/4kA1Gh6 Defeating the Enemy video: https://bit.ly/3DrVgQy Defeating the Enemy series: https://bit.ly/43tam2I Living Your Love Story book: https://amzn.to/3XzRZVY   🔗 CONNECT WITH LIVING PROOF Website: https://livingproof.co/ Podcast: https://livingproof.co/resources/podcast/   🔗 CONNECT WITH PHIL HOPPER Website: https://philhopper.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilHopperKC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philhopper_kc/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AbundantLifeLS   📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Capstone Legacy Foundation: https://capstonelegacy.org/ Medi-Share: https://www.medishare.com/tina-griffin Master Peace: https://bit.ly/CounterCultureMom RogersHood Apothecary (get 10% off with code TINA):  https://www.rogershood.com/?coupon=tina   🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/CounterCultureMom   📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/FPMCCMshow   📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageCCM   💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/CCM23ImpactReport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

Overcoming your deepest fears and achieving your goals doesn’t have to be scary. With God’s help, you can embrace the truth about yourself and take your challenges to Him! This is the wisdom Nicole Salmon brings to the topic of courage. As an author, speaker, and purpose alignment coach, she has journeyed from the struggles of single motherhood and faced her fears head-on with God’s help. Fear is slick, and it dresses itself up in many ways, she says. Sometimes, fear can even dress itself up to look like wisdom. Don’t be deceived. Fear is not from God! She advises Christians to be truthful with themselves and to take those concerns to the Lord. No matter what you face, there is a response you can offer to turn your fear into a win. TAKEAWAYS Create a Bible-anchored response to the fear narrative that replays in your head Have honest conversations with God and stop lying to yourself about what’s going on and embrace truth Take small, actionable steps toward your goals More time procrastinating doesn’t alleviate fear; it feeds it 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Fear video: https://bit.ly/4hLMH1C Covenant Eyes (get 30 days free with code TINA): https://bit.ly/3P60Omj Courage and Confidence book: https://amzn.to/4ixEyxX   🔗 CONNECT WITH NICOLE SALMON Website: https://www.nicoleosalmon.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicoleosalmon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoleosalmon YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicoleosalmon App: https://bit.ly/4hLVtfT   📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY My Father’s World: mfwbooks.com/4tina Pure Bella Vita (get $5 off with code TINA): https://bit.ly/PBVACCM Restore Patch: https://bit.ly/CCMpatch Capstone Legacy Foundation: https://capstonelegacy.org/   🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/CounterCultureMom 📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/FPMCCMshow   📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageCCM   💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/CCM23ImpactReport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

The place between two stops on a journey is not limbo; it’s rest, says Dawn Mann Sanders, an author and the associate minister at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden. Dawn wrote When Your World Ends: God’s Creative Process For Rebuilding a Life. The book was inspired by the difficult challenges she has faced in life, from divorce to remarriage, miscarriages, and the sudden death of her beloved second husband. When life knocks you down, how will you respond? Anger, she explains, does not mean that you do not believe in God or that you don’t trust Him. It’s a natural emotion that comes in the wake of deep and tragic loss. After grappling with anger and feelings of betrayal, Dawn had to learn to forgive herself for holding a grudge against God, but she also had to learn how to move forward. TAKEAWAYS How do you start over from nothing? By rebuilding your relationship with God God will meet us wherever we are, even in the darkness God is hovering over us and will never abandon us, even if our emotions betray us Wait until God moves, then follow as closely as you can as you move forward 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Pop Culture Purge Tour: text TOUR to 55444 When Your World Ends book: https://amzn.to/43w20HE   🔗 CONNECT WITH DAWN MANN SANDERS Website: https://dawnmannsanders.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DawnMannSanders Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawnmannsanders/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnmannsanders/ X: https://x.com/DawnMannSanders   📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Capstone Legacy Foundation: https://capstonelegacy.org/ Gabb: http://gabb.com/tina Medi-Share: https://www.medishare.com/tina-griffin ARTZA (get 20% off with code TINA): https://www.artzabox.com/#rfsn=TINA   🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/CounterCultureMom   📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/FPMCCMshow   📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageCCM   💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/CCM23ImpactReport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

Being brave isn’t just about not quitting - it’s also about springing back up after you’ve fallen! These words of wisdom from Dawn Scott Damon - an author, speaker, and CEO of BraveHearted Woman - were hard-won. After facing a massive, real-life crisis that threatened to drown her in sorrow, Dawn chose to seize courage and rebuild her life despite massive disappointments and obstacles. Dawn discusses the importance of staying committed to living our best lives even when we don’t feel like it - especially when the midlife crisis hits hard. She also talks about five key “fortitudes” she encourages others to embrace, including vision, identity, and virtue. “It takes courage to stay the leading lady of your life,” she says. But we need to be brave, and a little courage goes a long way. TAKEAWAYS Resilience is choosing NOT to quit on yourself, your dreams, or your God-given purpose Bravery is choosing to rise from mediocrity and harness a courageous spirit even when you feel afraid Vision, courage, and dreams are possible at any stage of life Rejection and pain can hurt - but what are you going to do with that pain? Choose courage and reject victimhood 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Brave Woman video: https://bit.ly/40P9FOt Stand Up Now Apparel (get 10% off with code TINA): https://bit.ly/4fGfWCJ Bravehearted Woman book: https://bit.ly/4aRnoJd   🔗 CONNECT WITH DAWN SCOTT DAMON Website: https://www.braveheartedwoman.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/braveheartedwomencommunity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawndamonlive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dawndamonlive Podcast: https://bit.ly/4jWXNmj   📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY VidAngel (get first month for $1 with code TINA): https://bit.ly/4dpg2vT Gabb: http://gabb.com/tina Rapid Radios (get 10% off with code TINA): https://rapidradios.com/discount/TINA Medi-Share: https://www.medishare.com/tina-griffin   🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/CounterCultureMom   📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/FPMCCMshow   📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageCCM 💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/CCM23ImpactReport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

What would you do if you were suddenly facing a tsunami hurling towards you? Where would you go? Where would you hide? This was the terrifying situation Riley Kehoe and her family found themselves in while vacationing in Thailand in 2004, when a massive tsunami struck the coastline a day after Christmas. Riley was only 10 years old, and the miraculous events that God set into motion that day saved her entire extended family. Despite the trauma of the event, Riley today is an author, speaker, and influencer who challenges people to face the tsunamis of life with courage and fortitude. How will we respond to those terrifying and challenging moments of life? “All we need is a little more courage,” Riley says. Her life is a testament to the saving grace of God and the strength we can find when we embrace the courage He has given us. TAKEAWAYS Joshua 1:9 reminds us to be courageous and strong no matter how difficult a situation we are facing The tsunami of 2004 in the Indian Ocean is one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded, with a death toll of nearly 230,000 Riley’s family was saved because of a series of “coincidences” that came from God Riley and her sisters completed beach lifeguard training to overcome their fear of the ocean following the tsunami 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Donate to Counter Culture Ministries: https://bit.ly/3RG5kGJ Riley’s Story video: https://bit.ly/4jNA8o7 Three Seconds of Courage book: https://bit.ly/4aMF7Bm   🔗 CONNECT WITH RILEY KEHOE Website: https://www.rileywithcourage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rileywithcourage/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rileywithcourage   📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Medi-Share: https://www.medishare.com/tina-griffin Capstone Legacy Foundation: https://capstonelegacy.org/ Restore Patch: https://bit.ly/CCMpatch TruPlay (get 30% off with code Tina30): https://truplay.games/CounterCultureMom   🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/CounterCultureMom   📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/FPMCCMshow 📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageCCM   💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/CCM23ImpactReport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

The emerging adult years are ones of exploration and change, and it’s a period that greatly differentiates from the culture many parents grew up in. Jim Burns is an accomplished author, podcaster, and founder of HomeWord. He’s an excellent authority on parenting and discipleship, and he has wonderful insight into how parents can keep in touch with their adult children while maintaining their biblical values, and still show godly love even when they disagree with their children on critical issues. This new generation, Jim explains, has certain distinctions, and one of them is that they view tolerance as a form of loving others. “We have to learn to be students of their culture without agreeing with them,” he shares. He talks about the “messy middle” where we can still lead with love without affirming sin. TAKEAWAYS It’s okay to share your own life experiences with your kids to help prepare them for the consequences of bad life choices Kids want to see authenticity from their parents We can guide our children to choose the master designer of our sexuality instead of what the culture promotes If we live with integrity, our kids will see that modeled and learn from it 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Donate to Counter Culture Ministries: https://bit.ly/3RG5kGJ Parenting Adult Children video: https://bit.ly/41e22lQ A Student’s Guide to Sexual Integrity book: https://amzn.to/4iiPpMc Doing Life With Your Adult Children book: https://amzn.to/4kjgXCV   🔗 CONNECT WITH JIM BURNS Website: https://homeword.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Homeword Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjimburns/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@homeword Podcast: https://homeword.com/jim-burns-podcast/   📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY PetClub 247 (use this link for discounts!): https://petclub247.com/tina Capstone Legacy Foundation: https://capstonelegacy.org/ Equipping The Persecuted: https://equippingthepersecuted.org/donate Rescue 1 Global: https://rescue1global.org/counter-culture-mom-show/   🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/CounterCultureMom   📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/FPMCCMshow   📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageCCM   💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/CCM23ImpactReport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

Eun Strawser, the co-vocational lead pastor of Ma Ke Alo o in Hawaii, says discipleship that is not centered and strong in the church is ultimately a worship problem. Eun says Christians who meditate regularly on the Word of God should know what good discipleship looks like, but many Christians simply don’t disciple others very often. What is discipleship? It’s a form of imitating Jesus Himself and striving to be more like Him in every way. A Christian leader’s primary role should be as an imitator of Christ, and they should be setting that example for their flock. Eun also discusses four “key buckets” you should see Christlike maturity in a true believer: character, theology, wisdom, and missional living. These are all areas that need good discipleship and wisdom. TAKEAWAYS Our character should grow to be more Christlike over time as believers As believers are discipled in Jesus, they should also embrace teachings that mirror His word rather than contradict it Our self-centered society tends to think about receiving first and giving second and shifted as a culture from community living to individualism The first part of discipleship is very clearly about imitating Christ 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Download the CCM App: https://bit.ly/3VC4D2X Centering Discipleship book: https://amzn.to/3Df1pzy   🔗 CONNECT WITH MA KE ALO o Website: https://mkao.community/   📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Capstone Legacy Foundation: https://capstonelegacy.org/ Medi-Share: https://www.medishare.com/tina-griffin Trail Life: https://blog.traillifeusa.com/lbbb-tina Restore Patch: https://bit.ly/CCMpatch   🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/CounterCultureMom   📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/FPMCCMshow   📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageCCM 💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/CCM23ImpactReport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

What does real-life discipleship look like? Terrie Hellard-Brown has the answer. After raising her young children on the mission field as a missionary pastor’s wife, she has had the opportunity to do life alongside people yearning to dig deep into the Word of God and grow their spiritual understanding. She says it’s never too late to disciple your children. She also discusses the biblical model of discipleship, which is so much more involved than just meeting once a week for a bible study. “We have made it into something that it was never intended to be,” she explains. She challenges people to live life together and ask authentic, real questions about their struggles and obstacles. Christians need to pray for each other and be authentic with each other and remember that first century discipleship is the antidote to failing 21st-century discipleship problems. TAKEAWAYS If you want to teach your children, you’ve got to stop and engage with them in teachable moments We can’t correct each other if we’re not being honest with each other No real Christians have ever lived a life devoid of suffering Don’t create a fake reality - talk about the realities and struggles in life  and pray for each other for God to give you peace and direction 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Tuttle Twins (get 40% off with code TINA): https://bit.ly/TUTTLETWINSCCM Up, Down, and All Around book: https://amzn.to/43ic4E5   🔗 CONNECT WITH TERRIE HELLARD-BROWN Website: https://terriehellardbrown.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terriehellardbrown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ter_h_brown/ X: https://x.com/HellardBrown LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrie-hellard-brown-36218598/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TerrieHellardBrown Podcast: https://booksthatspark.libsyn.com/   📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Gabb: http://gabb.com/tina Covenant Eyes: https://bit.ly/TheHealingChurchFREEBook Medi-Share: https://www.medishare.com/tina-griffin Rapid Radios (get 10% off with code TINA): https://rapidradios.com/discount/TINA   🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/CounterCultureMom   📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/FPMCCMshow   📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageCCM   💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/CCM23ImpactReport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/