Data Mining Mindfulness: How Schools Are Spying on Your Kids' Minds | Rhonda Thomas

Why Christians Cannot Compromise During Pride Month

In this episode I caver a range of topics related to Pride Month, biblical views on homosexuality, and the role of Christians in communicating the truth. I address historical context, progressive theology, and the importance of standing for biblical truth. I especially emphasize the need to equip the saints, expose darkness, and shine the light of truth in a world that celebrates evil. Takeaways * Communicating the truth in love * Exposing darkness and false gospel Chapters * 00:00 Introduction and Technical Difficulties * 05:43 The Deception of Love * 11:36 Equipping the Saints and Standing for Truth * 17:39 Misrepresentation of Scripture and Progressive Theology * 23:43 Exposing Darkness and the False Gospel * 29:02 The Unpopularity of Biblical Truth

How Marxism Hijacked Civil Rights Efforts, Black Culture & Fueled Racial Divisions | Kevin Briggins

In this episode of The CounterRevolution Podcast, I have the honor and privilege of having an important an timely conversation with Kevin Briggins (Managing Director of the Center for Biblical Unity, co-host of Off Code, and Air Force intelligence veteran). We expose how Marxist ideology infiltrated the Civil Rights Movement and reshaped Black identity in America. Kevin shares his personal journey of staying grounded in biblical truth while many around him embraced wokeness. We also discuss the transformation of Black Americans from a “trying people” to a “crying people,” the real history of Martin Luther King Jr., the Soviet strategy to exploit racial tensions, the unintended consequences of the Civil Rights Act and War on Poverty, and why forgiveness — not reparations or grievance politics — is the only path forward. A must-watch for Christians, pastors, and anyone tired of race-based ideology dividing the Church. 🎯 KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Identity in Christ breaks every worldly grievance narrative. * True justice is equal treatment under the law — not engineered outcomes. * Forgiveness is costly but essential for healing. * The Gospel is enough. We don’t need Critical Race Theory or DEI. ---------------------------------------- ⏱️ Timestamps: * 00:00 – Introduction & Kevin Briggins’ Background * 03:54 – Center for Biblical Unity & Equipping the Church * 09:19 – Kevin’s Story: Why He Never Went Woke * 18:38 – Identity Politics and “Political Blackness” * 23:40 – The Real History of the Civil Rights Movement * 28:59 – From Trying People to Crying People * 31:51 – War on Poverty & Destruction of the Black Family * 38:35 – Marxism Masquerading as Black Identity * 50:55 – Useful Idiots and Emotional Manipulation * 59:53 – The Party Switch Explained * 1:12:33 – White Guilt, White Liberals & the New Religion of Progressivism * 1:25:37 – Why This Is a Cult-Like Religion * 1:31:22 – The Biblical Answer: Repentance + Forgiveness * 1:40:08 – The Roadmap Back to Biblical Unity * 1:48:49 – Where to Find Kevin Briggins ---------------------------------------- 👤 Guest Bio: Kevin Briggins is the Managing Director of the Center for Biblical Unity, a ministry dedicated to helping Christians navigate cultural issues through a biblical worldview. He is also a writer, speaker, former intelligence analyst, and co-host of the Off Code podcast with Monique Duson. 🔗 Links: * Center for Biblical Unity: centerforbiblicalunity.com [http://centerforbiblicalunity.com] * Kevin Briggins Substack: Informed Takes * Follow Kevin on X: @@KJBrigg * Off Code Podcast Resources Mentioned: * Walking in Unity by Krista Bontrager & Monique Duson * Reconcile Curriculum ---------------------------------------- Call to Action: If this episode challenged or encouraged you, please: * 👍 Like * 🔔 Subscribe & turn on notifications * 💬 Drop a comment: What surprised you most in this conversation? * Share with a pastor or friend wrestling with these issues

Data Mining Mindfulness: How Schools Are Spying on Your Kids' Minds | Rhonda Thomas

In this powerful interview, John Rushemeza sits down again with Rhonda Thomas, founder and president of Truth in Education, a Christian 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to exposing anti-Christian ideologies in America’s schools. Rhonda reveals the disturbing reality behind popular "mindfulness" programs like Inner Explorer, Mind Up, and Mind Lift — programs now in thousands of schools that combine Social Emotional Learning (SEL) with extensive student data mining. These initiatives collect sensitive psychological, behavioral, and emotional data on children, often without meaningful parental consent. Discover how these programs: * Function as a backdoor for surveillance on student devices * Introduce Hindu-rooted mindfulness meditation into public school classrooms * Partner with tech companies harvesting massive amounts of student data * Open the door to predictive AI systems that monitor everything from social media to emotional states Rhonda and John discuss the spiritual implications for Christian families, the failure of government education, and practical steps parents can take to protect their children in an age of digital surveillance and ideological indoctrination. This is essential listening for every parent, pastor, and grandparent concerned about the future of the next generation. ---------------------------------------- Key Topics Covered: * What is the "God Mind" (Gold Mine) report series from Truth in Education? * How mindfulness programs in schools collect and monetize student data * The connection between SEL and student surveillance * Why mindfulness meditation raises serious spiritual concerns for Christians * The bipartisan push for AI-driven education ("Plato" and beyond) * Practical advice for parents still using public schools * The case for homeschooling and Christian education ---------------------------------------- Resources Mentioned: * Truth in Education website: truthineducation.org [http://truthineducation.org] (highly recommended) * "God Mind" / Data Mining Mindfulness reports * Silence & Surveillance paper Join the Counterrevolution — Reclaim education as a Ministry of the Family and the Local Church. Timestamps: * 00:00 – Introduction & Rhonda Thomas background * 04:20 – Truth in Education mission * 06:53 – Overview of the "God Mind" reports * 08:46 – What are mindfulness programs actually doing? * 12:29 – The scale of student data mining * 23:28 – Background surveillance on student devices * 33:26 – Spiritual dangers of mindfulness meditation * 48:37 – Reaction to viral Laura Bush / AI education clip * 57:22 – What parents can actually do * 01:06:41 – Final thoughts & call to action Subscribe for more important conversations on education, faith, culture, and the Christian counter-revolution. #Homeschooling #ParentalRights #MindfulnessInSchools #DataMining #ChristianParenting #PublicSchool #SEL #TruthInEducation #Counterrevolution

Is Christian nationalism biblical — or a dangerous distortion of the gospel?| Lennox Kalifungwa

Is Christian nationalism biblical — or a dangerous distortion of the gospel? In this episode of the Counterrevolution Podcast, John (JR) sits down with Lennox Kalifungwa — Christian thinker, writer, educator at New Saint Andrews College, and host of Kings and Statesmen — for a wide-ranging, theologically grounded conversation on nations, law, and the crown rights of King Jesus. Together they unpack: ▶ What does the Bible actually say about nations? (Acts 17:26, Psalm 2, Matthew 28) ▶ Is Christian nationalism racist? — Lennox addresses the ethnic nationalism confusion head-on ▶ Why every law imposes someone's morality — the only question is whose ▶ What a genuinely Christian nation looks like in practice: family, business, church, and state all in submission to Christ's lordship ▶ Sin vs. crime — how to distinguish what belongs to the state vs. the church vs. the family ▶ Blasphemy laws, free speech, and cancel culture as a secular substitute for blasphemy enforcement ▶ Why John 18:36 ("my kingdom is not of this world") does NOT mean Christ abandoned the earth ▶ Pietism and Gnosticism as twin enemies of a robust Christian worldview ▶ Eschatology matters: why a pessimistic eschatology produces passive, institution-less Christianity ▶ The Isaiah 6 call — why Lennox refuses to keep his head down and "just preach the gospel" ▶ Zambia's constitutional declaration as a Christian nation and what Western civilization made possible Key scriptures discussed: Psalm 2 · Acts 17:26 · Matthew 28:18–20 · John 18:36 · Romans 13 · 1 Corinthians 15:24–27 · Colossians 1:15–17 · Ephesians 2:10 · 1 Samuel 8 · Isaiah 6 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 CONNECT WITH LENNOX KALIFUNGWA Kings and Statesmen: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwI-P6VXHP-hB0nwEkXVF9f_3V7AJ6Kw2&si=_mQgyqqcjruhcJa6 [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwI-P6VXHP-hB0nwEkXVF9f_3V7AJ6Kw2&si=_mQgyqqcjruhcJa6] Substack: https://substack.com/@lennoxkalifungwa [https://substack.com/@lennoxkalifungwa] 🔗 CONNECT WITH JR / COUNTERREVOLUTION Substack: https://achristiancounterrevolution.substack.com/ [https://achristiancounterrevolution.substack.com/] ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction — who is Lennox Kalifungwa? 01:47 Why do the nations rage? (Psalm 2) 03:16 What are nations biblically? The covenant definition 07:23 Common misconceptions about nationalism and ethnicity 11:38 Zambia as a Christian nation — what does it look like in practice? 18:16 Is Christian nationhood a fool's errand? 21:00 "My kingdom is not of this world" — what Jesus really meant 28:35 Is a Christian civil order actually possible? 32:34 Law as an imposition of morality — whose morality? 34:49 Sin vs. crime — the three spheres of government (state, church, family) 50:31 Blasphemy laws, free speech, and cancel culture 55:34 Should the civil magistrate be a born-again Christian? 58:46 The prophetic role of Christians toward civil government 01:15:34 "Just preach the gospel" — a truncated view? 01:21:11 Eschatology and why it fuels passivity 01:29:30 Pietism and Gnosticism as root problems 01:41:14 The cost of following Christ — why Lennox refuses to stay quiet 01:47:20 What's coming from Lennox: book, Kings and Statesmen, Repairing the Ruins #ChristianNationalism #ChristianWorldview #BibleAndPolitics #KingdomOfGod #Postmillennialism #LennoxKalifungwa #BiblicalLaw

How Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" Turned K-12 Schools Into Activist Training Grounds

Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed is one of the most assigned books in teacher training programs — and it’s turning classrooms into training grounds for Marxist activism rather than places of real learning. In this episode of the Counterrevolution Podcast, John Rushemeza breaks down a new NAVI report on how Freire’s ideas of "critical consciousness," rejection of the "banking model," and liberation theology have infiltrated K-12 education. We discuss why government schools were always destined to become ideological battlegrounds, the dangers for Christian families, and why reforming the system may not be enough. Timestamps, links, and resources below. If you're a parent or pastor concerned about what’s happening in public schools, this is essential listening. ✅ Share with a pastor or parent who needs to hear this. Timestamps * 00:00 – Introduction & NAVI / North American Values Institute overview * 02:25 – NAVI’s mission and background as a Jewish think tank focused on countering extremism in K-12 * 04:32 – Clarifying differences: Reform vs. rejection of government schools for Christian families * 06:54 – Executive summary of the NAVI report on Paulo Freire * 08:15 – Who was Paulo Freire? Biography and path to influence * 10:39 – Pedagogy of the Oppressed — iconic status in teacher training * 13:18 – Critical theory vs. real oppression; challenging traditional norms * 15:03 – The "banking model" of education explained and critiqued * 17:29 – Important context: Freire originally worked with adult illiterates, not small children * 20:11 – Conscientization / critical consciousness and commitment to action * 22:13 – Teachers as activists and evangelists for the revolution * 23:48 – Becoming "woke" gets an A+; academics suffer * 25:02 – Oppressor/oppressed binary and Marxist framework * 28:24 – Henry Giroux, neo-Marxism, and popularization in America * 32:35 – Critical pedagogy in practice: Examples from LAUSD, Arizona Freire schools, curriculum * 38:20 – Why this outcome was inevitable in government-controlled education * 40:43 – Freire as liberation theologian blending Marxism, Christianity themes, and progressive education * 41:56 – Final exhortation to pastors and parents: Reclaim education through church and family Resources & Links * NAVI Report: "From Theory to Classroom – Paulo Freire’s Influence on K-12 Schools" (navivalues.org [http://navivalues.org]) * Paulo Freire – Pedagogy of the Oppressed * Previous Counterrevolution episode/video on critical pedagogy * Recommended further reading/listening on John Dewey, the Frankfurt School, and liberation theology Call to Action If this episode challenged or encouraged you, please: * Subscribe and turn on notifications * Share this with a pastor, parent, or grandparent * Comment below: Are you pulling your kids out of public schools? What alternatives are you considering? #PauloFreire #CriticalPedagogy #PublicSchools #ChristianEducation #Homeschooling #Counterrevolution