{"podcast":{"title":"RTTBROS","slug":"rttbros-107316","podcast_index_feed_id":107316,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/3001092/3001092-1652304774197-5e20feeb09c77.jpg","author":"Gene Kissinger","episode_count":1985,"summary":"We need to redeem the time as the passage in Ephesians 5 states BECAUSE the days are evil. It is vital as believers that we learn to discern. We need to acquire wisdom so we can walk in truth. Wisdom is word based and God given. We learn it from the word of God and ultimately from the God who gave us the Word. My brother Norman and I are going to be setting up a ministry and under this ministry umbrella we will establish a YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgGuqrDZ3ku7C78qrb4eOyQ Tik-Tok short form video here tiktok.com/@genekissinger_rttbros https://linktr.ee/rttbros","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T02:18:11.359324+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316"},"episode":{"title":"The Fire in the Pulpits #Nightlight #RTTBROS #america250 #nation250 #America","slug":"the-fire-in-the-pulpits-nightlight-rttbros-america250-nation250-america","published_at":"2026-05-30T22:37:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-fire-in-the-pulpits-nightlight-rttbros-america250-nation250-america","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS/episodes/The-Fire-in-the-Pulpits-Nightlight-RTTBROS-america250-nation250-America-e3k485j","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/play/120774259/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-30%2F425200078-44100-2-0a6ccfc818f3f.mp3","summary":"#Nightlight #RTTBROS The Fire in the Pulpits "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people." — Proverbs 14:34 (KJV) Back in the 1830s, a sharp French philosopher named Alexis de Tocqueville made the long voyage across the Atlantic to figure out what made this young American experiment tick. He was genuinely curious, not cynical, and he looked everywhere you'd expect a philosopher to look. He examined the harbors, the rivers, the rich farmland stretching to the horizon, and that remarkable Constitution. None of it fully answered his question. Then he walked into the churches. He wrote what he found, and his words still stop me cold: "I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there... in her fertile fields and boundless forests, and it was not there... in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution, and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great." Friend, history is just HIS story, and that observation from an outside observer says something we desperately need to hear today. Now here's where I have to be careful, because I've made this mistake myself more times than I care to admit. A pulpit aflame with righteousness is not the same thing as a pulpit that beats people over the head with their failures. I spent some of my early ministry years thinking my job was to make people feel the full weight of their sin and then stand back and watch them straighten up. Too soon old and too late smart on that one. The truth is, we're cal…","meta_description":"#Nightlight #RTTBROS The Fire in the Pulpits \"Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.\" — Proverbs 14:34 (KJV) Back…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":169,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rttbros-107316/episodes/the-fire-in-the-pulpits-nightlight-rttbros-america250-nation250-america/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-fire-in-the-pulpits-nightlight-rttbros-america250-nation250-america.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}