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After covering some of today's news brought to us by the forces of darkness at the top of the second hour of On The Wall Radio, Stacy and I took some time to chat with Dr. David Johnson about his latest Web project, lessonsforus.com, that provides ex...

I offer this post's title in homage to Veggie Tales. Those of you familiar with Veggie Tales probably know about Silly Songs with Larry: the part of the show where Larry (the cucumber) comes out and sings a silly song (duh). In one such performance, ...

On the Free-for-All-Friday edition of On The Wall Radio last week, we finally included Hal Paxton in the introduction. He has only been co-hosting the Friday show since the beginning of the year.  ;) In our first hour, we entertained the questi...

Yesterday, Stacy and I were privileged to have Study Grow Know host Dr. Fred DeRuvo join us for an episode of On The Wall Radio to talk about his latest book, Chrislam. Dr. Fred shared observations and research about this growing move to meld Christi...

© by Stacy Lynn Harp Generally, on Wednesday's we like to look at issues pertaining to mental health.  We set this as a goal at the beginning of the year, and as my schedule as allowed, I think we've done a pretty good job of focusing on the...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S.   This morning, just like every other day in my life, when I go out to my kitchen my littlest and cutest dog, Grover, is there ready and waiting to bark at me furiously for however long he decides he wants to....

Today I want to share with you an interview that my friend Kathi Macias did for a blog tour that she is doing with Christian Speakers Services.  I'm doing this because way back in 2005 when I was the first to pioneer "blogging for books"  a...

© by Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S.   Here's to your mental health. Positive people are happier people. Are you an encourager or someone who is always there with a negative word or complaint? I’m asking this because I receive a lot of email every ...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S.   A few days ago someone calling himself a pastor bought my Fiverr gig with the intention of promoting a website that discusses following Jesus and how difficult it is. I’m not going to name this “pastor” or ...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S.   Last night I was going through Netflix and spotted a television show called Celebrity Rehab.  I had heard of the program before, but had never watched it, until last night.  For some reason, I just w...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S. This morning Randall and I interviewed award winning author and NRB radio personality of the year, Chris Fabry, about his latest book called Not in the Heart. Chris Fabry is an award-winning author and radio persona...

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S.     Recently I had the opportunity to talk to author Michelle Sutton who has written over a dozen novels including: First Response, Their Separate Ways, Letting Go, In Sheep's Clothing and When Love Co...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp As many of you probably know, Pastor Chuck Smith from Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa fame, has been diagnosed with stage three lung cancer.  He announced to his church on New Years Day that he had cancer, but at the ...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp Matters of Faith Monday This morning as I was driving around my neighborhood I noticed an older Asian woman going through everyone’s trash cans.  This isn’t an unusual sight on Monday’s since this is when the trash ...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp   Today I'd like to introduce you to Kathi Macias.  Some of you may already know Kathi because she's an award winning author, has authored close to 40 books, is a frequent speaker at conferences, a former string...

  Happy New Year to all of you!!! I wanted to take a minute to share with you some exciting things we have planned this year for our blog and just give you an idea of what you can expect. In the past we've focused on any and everything that we've f...

Tonight we will be discussing Chanukah, which is also called the Feast of Lights the eight-day Jewish festival of lights beginning on the 25th of Kislev and commemorating the rededication of the temple by Judas Maccabaeus in 165 bc. Messianic Rabbi J...

Joshua chapter 7 records the defeat of the children of Israel at Ai. Although a number of factors could be used to explain the lost battle, the text specifically points to the moral failure of one man. Randall considers each of these in this brief de...

You can now listen to our commentary. Click the player.   by Stacy Lynn Harp This morning as I was pondering what to share with you a few things caught my eye as I was reading through my email and daily social network accounts.  The first ...

by Stacy Lynn Harp In a few days 2011 is going to be history and we're all going to be entering the year 2012.  Now before you think I'm one of these doom and gloomers who say the year 2012 is the end of the world, I will say that I think it's inter...

On today's Fiction Friday show our guest is author, Hal Paxton, who wrote a book called Sins of Our Fathers  and is currently working on a new book called Epigenesis, a science fiction novel dealing with cloning. We'll also discuss the breaking news...

Rather than presenting a disparaging view of women – as some may think – the Bible actually exalts women far above the contemporary cultures. Randall briefly considers some passages that highlisht this fact. Listen to internet radio with acmedia on...

 Steve Schaefer, author of Living in the Overlap Steve  attended Oral Roberts University where he majored in Communication Arts and minored in Theological and Historical Studies. He has also earned an M.A. from Regent University’s School of Divinity...

Saturday 7 - Macy's Fires Christian for Protecting Women! On this edition of Saturday 7, Stacy shares 7 of the news stories that reveal the attack on Christians and Christianity all over the world. Show notes will be uploaded here after the show. ...

Original air date: December 5, 2011 In today's Good News Monday Stacy shares some scriptures that talk about good news and the benefit and then a few heartwarming stories about two different families, with similar but different stories of being reun...

This show was aired December 3, 2011 Stacy shares 7 stories this week that you probably missed. We discuss The Rainbow Whitehouse Are Christians who believe in the 6 day creation story mentally ill? One drug to make you happy. U.S. military resci...

How many times have you heard someone say, "You need to just forgive yourself for______"? If you're like me, you've heard this thought espoused numerous times. I've heard it on Oprah, I've heard it from new age guru's like Iyanla Vanzant, and worst...

Leviticus chapter 26 lists for us the blessings of walking in the commandments of God and the curses of walking away from Him. Randall takes a few moments to reflect upon how these promises of pleasure and pain demonstrate the intense love of God. ...

On this edition of Fiction Friday we will discuss the work of two exfeds, David and Diane Munson who have written a number of great novels, including The Camelot Conspiracy, Facing Justice, Confirming Justice, Hero's Ransom and now The Joshua Covenan...

This show originally aired on November 29, 2011 In our first hour we'll continue our discussion about Homosexuality in the Land and look at Judges 19-21 and then in our second hour Dr. Michael Brown, author of the book A Queer Thing Happened to Amer...

Although teenagers usually come to mind when we think of peer pressure, the overflow of immorality in our culture can tempt all of us to compromise. Randall shares some thoughts from God's Law on the subject of cultural influences. Listen to intern...

Stacy and Randall host a long-distance interview with international best-selling author Glenn Meade, whose  novels have been translated into 26 languages. Join us as we talk about his path to novel writing and about his latest novel, The Second Messi...

Randall takes a very brief look at Mount Sinai and the giving of the 10 commandments to contemplate the holiness of God. Listen to internet radio with acmedia on Blog Talk Radio...

Tonight our very special guest is Gary Stearman from Prophecy in the News.  Gary will be joining us for two full hours to discuss his newest book Time Travelers of the Bible: How Hebrew Prophets Shattered the Barriers of Time and Space Gary will be ...

In this episode, Stacy and Randall are joined by 23-year-old Stephanie Schick, who followed God's call to a 6-month mission trip to Peru to start a ministry to children with three other young ladies. Hear how she got there, what she did there and wha...

Stacy and Randall enjoy the Southern hospitality of Beth Webb Hart and talk with her about her latest novel, Sunrise on the Battery. So, grab your sweet tea and sit a spell, as we learn about this delightful author, her stories, and the unique experi...

In Exodus chapter 6, God makes a point of saying that He was not know by Name to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but instructs Moses to tell the children of Israel His personal Name and that He is going to deliver them. Randall takes less than 3 minutes to...

Moses was called to a big task: Deliver the Israelites from slavery out of Egypt. Today Randall considers Moses' doubts and his dialog with the Almighty concerning this significant calling. Listen to internet radio with acmedia on Blog Talk Radio...

In our first hour our guest is award winning author, Tricia Goyer, who will tell us about the Greatest Generation and how Remembering You was inspired by her visit to Mauthausen, a concentration camp in Austria. She felt compelled to reach out to the...

Today I begin reading through the book of Numbers and also working my way through the end of Acts.  So let's start with the book of Numbers.  I bet some of you are wondering... why the name of the book of Numbers? I know, in the past I've thought tha...

I was thinking this morning about last October and not only how fast the time has gone by since then, but actually how different last year was from this year.  Last year I had been diagnosed with a situation that led to me having to have a hysterecto...

We are happy to share with you an example of our new video and book trailer service. We produce all original content, from concept to completion. If you are in the need for a book trailer, or video with original music composed for your project and at...

Yesterday we shared with you that Ann Coulter did a 3 hour interview on BookTV on Sunday. In our post we shared that Ann spoke to the conservative homosexual group called GoProud. The news broke today that Ann has now decided to serve as the Honorar...

Recently, someone forwarded to me a video that homosexual sex columnist Dan Savage appeared in on the website Funny or Die that was intended to threaten Republican Rick Santorum, with the redefining of the name "Rick". The reason that this is concer...

Many years ago when I was in graduate school and had just started to blog I discovered this amazing thing that I labeled “attention competition”. Attention competition simply means that people compete for anothers attention, because they have this ma...

The following is from Make Way Partners Founder, Kimberly Smith. This past weekend Milton and I took flight to return to the place that both wrecked our lives and revealed God’s glory in us as we’d never before known. Eight years ...

The following is complements of http://www.gracegems.org I do not believe that you Christians believe your own creed--for if you were persuaded that things really are as your Bibles teach, and that we poor lost people were really going to such a dr...

by Stacy L. Harp In the early seventies, Leonard Ravenhill, a English Christian evangelist, wrote a book called Sodom Had No Bible. And in his book there is a chapter titled Sodom Had No Bible in which we read the following: Sodom had no Churches ...

Michele Bachmann is being attacked and vilified by homosexual activists and despite that, she has been able to raise another $2 million dollars for her Presidential campaign. Well, we hear, at Active Christain Media, completely support Michele and w...

by Stacy Lynn Harp I've been thinking a lot about the whole way that homosexuality has been marketed the last few decades and as I was pondering the different tactics I've seen, one thing that came to the front of my thinking was the whole idea o...

By Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S. Last week I was given an opportunity to speak at the annual Future Quest youth conference that took place in El Centro, California. It was an experience that I truly desire for all serious Christians to pursue – equipp...

by Stacy Lynn Harp Tonight I was flipping through the April 2011 issue of The Oprah Magazine and I came across an article that caused me to pause and say, "Hmm, interesting title and interesting what they are selling here...saving the environment". ...

The real danger to traditional Christianity is not from without, but from within its own ranks. Millions of professing Christians have conformed to the world and have been taken in "through philosophy" and "the tradition of men" and are "not after Ch...

  CLICK HERE AND BUY NOW BEFORE THEY ARE ALL GONE! The Final Prophecies DVD presents new evidence you have to see to believe! The rational conclusions within this film will leave you shaken for days and provides overwhelming evidence that ...

My guest for this episode of the ACM show is Dr. David Levy, who is a neurosurgeon who practices in San Diego, California. Sit back and enjoy a lively, insightful conversation about the power of prayer. Description of the book: A perfect blend o...

Can you believe that pesky Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of the Rev. Billy Graham is actually out there telling people that the world's Christians are in GRAVE danger?  Well, I for one, am GLAD!   Thank you Rev. for shouting the truth from the mounta...

Yesterday I began a series of posts about how Facebook can impact a person spiritually.  One reason I decided to focus on this subject is because I have been on Facebook for a few years now and I have seen how I interact on Facebook change. Hopefully...

INTRODUCTION Recently my husband and I sat down to watch the movie The Social Network about billionaire Mark Zuckerberg who created Facebook. I found the movie relatively boring and the message extremely interesting from a moral perspective.  If ...

Have you ever heard the little story about how if you put a little bit of poison in a cookie, but most of the cookie is the right ingredients, you wouldn't eat the cookie because you know the poison could kill you? If you haven't, I just told you th...

Share Recently I bought my cat Gideon a few DVD's from a website called Kitty Show.com and as I had actually found this site by accident, after reading all of the praises from fellow cat owners, I just had to buy these DVD's to see if my cat would r...

Here's an interesting video about William Tyndale from Answers in Genesis....

Last night my husband and I watched this great new DVD produced by L.A. Marzulli called THE WATCHERS: UFO'S ARE REAL, BURGEONING AND NOT GOING AWAY. And all I can say is that after seeing this video, I knew I had to get some so that I could make the...

Please watch and pray for Asia and her family. My heart breaks for this whole family, and it's especially amazing that here in the West we are trying to sugarcoat Islam as some "peaceful" religion. Make sure you watch the full video so you can see ...

I get a lot of books for review and to be honest, I skim most of them. Recently when I found out about Tom & Nita Horn's newest book Forbidden Gates, I knew I had to read it and I can tell you that I HAVE read it. It is very rare that I will actual...

Stacy talks again to popular guest Carma Naylor, author of the books A Mormon's Unexpected Journey: Finding the Grace I Never Knew Volume 1 & 2- http://www.mormonismtograce.com Carma discusses how she came to faith in Jesus Christ, her observations a...

Great story from The Christian Post. Full story here. CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The mood was light Tuesday evening – thanks to leg-swinging praise music – when Lausanne III participants wrestled with the difficult topics of reconciliation in the ...

I love Dr. Michael Brown - he's a truth teller, especially when it comes to the sin of homosexuality. Click here to read the full piece at The Christian Post. Dr. Michael Brown believes Christians have already lost the battle when it comes to pub...

This is a fascinating video with Gary Stearman from Prophecy in the News. In this video Gary discussed genetically modified salmon and what could happen if things go wrong. 10-14-2010 Daily Broadcast from J.R. Church on Vimeo....

Brannon Howse, who has been a guest on our radio show, has written a good article exposing Dr. Richard Land for his unbelievable compromises. Read on... Last week I wrote an article titled: Marxists, Muslims, Mormons, Globalists, and Richard Land...

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Usama Dakdok from The Straight Way of Grace Ministries joined us on Tuesday this week to share more about Islam. This is a politically incorrect show that all Christians need to hear. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN NOW! Usama has translated the Koran from ...

ACM Show Notes: Burning the Koran, Susie Hobson, LDS & Islam...

Last week I had a great talk with veteran journalist Cliff Kincaid from USA Survival and also Accuracy in Media. Cliff recently spoke at the Americans for Truth About Homosexuality Truth Academy, and he shares with us about the Gay Liberation Front...

Military Mom Shares Her Music on the Active Christian Media Show...

I just came across this news article over at The Christian Post that claims that one of out eight Americans left Christianity and I have to say that I take this with a grain of a salt, especially after having interviewed Dr. Bradley Wright on his boo...

Today is Rifqa Bary's 18th birthday and I think we all need to celebrate with her and say a few more prayers for her. She is still suffering from cervical cancer and also threats from CAIR and other Islamic extremists. Pamela Geller has a great bir...

Yesterday I posted a show that I did with my friend Hal Paxton, who is the great guy behind the blog - The Great Separation. Hal and I took some time to discuss some "hot topics" that have been in the news recently. One topic in particular we discu...

We've been following this outrageous and unjust situation happening in Dearborn, Michigan. Here is the latest video from Acts 17 that shows how the police lied and fabricated their report. We are thankful that the police didn't erase or doctor the ...

Today I had an interesting conversation with former Congressman and Fox News TV show star, John Kasich. Originally I was supposed to have a 30 minute interview with John about his book Every Other Monday, but at the last minute I was told that I onl...

A few years ago when I had the opportunity to go to a VOM persecution conference, I had the blessing of seeing the types of balloons that Greg Yoder over at Mission Network News is reporting on today, that VOM Canada has recently launched into North ...

The following unsettling news comes from our friends at Jihad Watch, as they are reporting on a story from the Jakarta Globe.   In a move that could add to already simmering religious tensions in Bekasi, a new group calling itself the Bekasi Is...

One of my favorite ministries is Ariel Ministries, which is headed up by Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum and his wife Mary Ann. I had the blessing of meeting Mary Ann in the year 1992 when her and I were a part of a group. And if you have ever had a frien...

A couple of days ago I had the opportunity to speak to Michael Leahy, author of Porn Nation, about his struggle with pornography and I feel this is a book that everyone concerned with addiction and the prevalence of pornography in our society should...

Yesterday I shared with you one experience that I had being sexually harassed in a Christian setting. If you missed that entry, click here. Today I wanted to share with you another experience that I had with a Christian man who was married and who...

For those of you who don't know, I came to a relationship with Christ when I was in high school in 1982. My mother wouldn't allow me to go to church for about the first year of my Christian life, and so the only place that I had fellowship and teach...

This morning on Talking It Over with Janet Parshall, the best selling book The Shack was discussed. Janet had on Dr. Michael Youseff from the ministry Leading the Way to share with her listeners the heretical ideas that are being passed off as Chri...

The big news today is that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright gave a speech at the National Press Club this morning. I will have my commentary later on what he said, but in the meantime I want to point you to my friend Warren Kelly, who is a pastor himself, a...

For those of us who pray for the salvation of the Muslims, this video will encourage your heart. It's a few weeks old, but definitely worth watching....

Bethany House to Release Christian Response to the Oprah-Bookclub Bestseller A New Earth The current #1 New York Times and USA Today bestseller A New Earth by New Age guru Eckhart Tolle proclaims a message that is spiritually endangering millions b...

I just heard a great interview with Ravi Zacharias on Janet Parshall's America. Ravi has a new book coming out next month, but you can pre-order it at Amazon.com now. The book is called The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists. Any book b...

It is amazing how time flies and how sometimes it is very easy to forget such horrendous massacres.  For example, one year ago today - April 18, 2007 three Turkish converts were murdered.On April 18, 2007, five Muslims entered a Christian publis...

Hey I have a very busy day today so I thought I'd share with you a few quick hits that you may be interested in. 1. American Spotlight - this is from Citizenlink with host Stuart Sheppard, a man definitely funnier than Stephen Colbert. 2. Janet ...