The School of Life

In this powerful and timely episode, we examine the growing tensions between Islamic worldviews and the foundational values of the West—individual liberty, personal responsibility, and Judeo-Christian moral order. With a record 42 Muslim Americans elected to public office in the 2025 off-year elections—including historic wins like Zohran Mamdani as New York City's first Muslim mayor and Ghazala Hashmi as Virginia's first Muslim lieutenant governor - we're in a new moment for America. Rising mosque numbers (48 opened in Texas alone in the last 24 months) and escalating Christian persecution in Muslim-majority countries like Nigeria (7,000 Christians killed in the first 220 days of 2025) raise urgent questions about integration, influence, authority, and the future of our constitutional republic.
We explore Islam's history as a political-military conquest movement (from the 7th-century expansions to modern regimes in Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and beyond), doctrinal clashes (Sharia vs. the Constitution), unholy alliances (progressivism and Islam rejecting Christianity), and why forced collectivism—whether socialist or theocratic—undermines Western freedom.

Yet this is not a message of fear or judgement—it's an invitation to hope. Drawing from former Muslims like Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Nabeel Qureshi, we contrast Islam's works-based path with the beauty of the Gospel: grace, self-sacrificial love at the cross, and resurrection power that defeats sin, guilt, and death while upholding human dignity. Jesus offers the most fulfilling answers to life's deepest questions.
Join us for a respectful, direct, and biblically grounded conversation that calls Christians to discernment, truth-speaking in love, and unwavering hope in Christ.

Apologists/Authors mentioned in the show:
Nabeel Qureshi
    •    Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity (2014)
    •    No God but One: Allah or Jesus? (2016)
    •    Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward (2016)

Abdu Murray
    •    More Than a White Man's Religion: Why the Gospel Has Never Been Merely White, Male-Centered, or Just Another Religion (2022)
    •    Saving Truth: Finding Meaning and Clarity in a Post-Truth World (2018)
    •    Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Concerns of the Major Worldviews (2014)

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Infidel: My Life (2006 Dutch / 2007 English edition)
Nomad: From Islam to America (2010)
Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now (2015)
Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights (2021)

Nick David joins Jenna Hays and Amirah David to trace his shift from default left politics to data-driven centrism and a grappling with Christian faith. They unpack everything from COVID era trust, censorship claims, identity politics, free speech, church and state, to the myth of neutrality. The group models disagreement without contempt and ends with a simple challenge - separate people from ideas, prize truth, and keep your courage with grace.

We finally decided to do a whole podcast about the Christian worldview - applying the same grid of meaning as we have done in the past with other worldviews!

In this episode, Jenna and Amirah take a 30,000-foot look at atheism - not just as a lack of belief in God, but as a worldview with its own assumptions, claims, and consequences. From Nietzsche to C.S. Lewis, they explore the major philosophical players, the cultural rise of scientific naturalism, and why the Christian worldview still offers a reasonable, hope-filled explanation of reality.

Can we really know anything about God?
In this episode, we dive deep into the worldview of agnosticism and explore why, despite claiming neutrality, no one can actually live as if truth, morality, and meaning are unknowable.
Join us for this exploration of truth, doubt, and the search for meaning. Is agnosticism neutral? We explore how the biblical worldview provides a solid foundation for a rational, meaningful life.

Recommended Reading for Listeners:
• Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
• Total Truth – Nancy Pearcey
• The God Who Is There – Francis Schaeffer

Challenging Questions for Reflection:
1. If morality is unknowable, how can we make moral judgments?
2. If science can’t explain love, purpose, or meaning, does that mean they don’t exist?
3. Do you live as if truth is unknowable—or do you assume some truths are real?

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