Topic: Freedom

Forgive? Why? Make Them Pay!

Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until there’s someone to forgive. Dr. Mike Ladra looks at Jesus’s parable of the unforgiving servant and explains what forgiveness is not: it isn’t tolerating more abuse, it doesn’t always mean reconciliation, and it doesn’t erase consequences. He then gives three reasons to forgive even people who don’t […]

Finding Hope When Things Look Bad

Where can we find hope when the direction of our country looks bleak? In this message, Dr. Mike Ladra turns to a different kind of hope: hope for personal freedom in America. He shares his concerns about censorship, big tech, cancel culture and growing government reach. He argues that faith and public life can’t be […]

Defending America Against “Cancel Culture”

On the Fourth of July, Dr. Mike Ladra shares his concern that America’s greatest threat comes from within. He argues that deceptive language, cancel culture and attacks on free speech are eroding the freedoms Americans have sacrificed to protect. Drawing on history, the story of a POW who sewed an American flag in a Vietnam […]