Guest Bios Show Transcript Recently, Willow Creek Community Church—one of the most influential churches in modern evangelical history—celebrated its 50th anniversary. For five decades, the Chicago-area megachurch has shaped how churches look, lead, and measure success through its seeker-sensitive model and corporate-style leadership. But as Willow Creek marks this milestone, its story is no longer just one of innovation and influence; it’s also one of profound damage.  

After stepping down for “undisclosed sin,” Tony Evans has returned to public ministry, raising questions about repentance, restoration, and transparency. Author and longtime pastor Lance Ford joins Julie to discuss.  

Guest Bios Show Transcript A decade after resigning from Mars Hill Church for arrogance and abuse of power, Mark Driscoll is rising once again, buoyed by his reinvention as a MAGA pastor with close ties to Turning Point USA (TPUSA). In the wake of the assassination of TPUSA’s founder Charlie Kirk, Driscoll is trending on several platforms. He’s appeared on The Charlie Kirk Show.  

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, anti-bullying expert Paul Coughlin explains how demonization can lead to physical harm and urges people to respect the dignity of their opponents.  

Whistleblower Rachel Beck breaks her silence to expose sexual harassment, grooming, and systemic cover-up by top leaders at Liberty University.  

Weak accountability lets predators thrive in churches. Expert guests John Horwood and Ian Mayer of Digital Alibi outline a solution for identifying and stopping these predators.  

Guest Bios Show Transcript Does Jesus’ command to love our enemies mean Christian women must remain in abusive marriages? That’s the troubling claim Pastor Paul LeBoutillier made in a recent sermon at Calvary Chapel in Boise, Idaho. While acknowledging that abuse is “terrible,” he implied Jesus’ words about loving abusers apply to abusive husbands. Is that a faithful reading of Scripture or a distortion rooted in patriarchy?  

Guest Bios Show Transcript Daystar TV President Joni Lamb is once again framing serious allegations as “cancel culture” and “gossip”—while making it sound deeply spiritual. On a recent Table Talk episode, Lamb and her panel repeated familiar churchy lines like, “When we point a finger, we have all the others pointing back,” and “The same measure that they judge with, God will judge them.” But behind the platitudes lies a troubling context: credible claims that Lamb helped cover up the alleged sexual abuse of her granddaughter—claims first reported by The Roys Report last November.  

Leadership guru John Maxwell shocked many by publicly honoring disgraced pastor Bill Hybels at the Global Leadership Summit at Willow Creek.  

In an attempt to defend her brother Mike Bickle, Lisa Stribling preached a sermon that excuses sin, shames victims, and shields abusers.  

Lisa Stribling’s sermon defending her brother Mike Bickle ignited backlash. Now IHOPKC insiders expose its troubling theology and impact on abuse survivors.  

In a Q&A podcast, recorded live, attorney Christine Jones joins host Julie Roys to empower survivors to resist silence, NDAs, and institutional intimidation.  

But in this deeply personal talk from Restore, Julie Roys explains how remembering God’s faithfulness—both in her own life and through the legacy of her grandfather, Dr. S.I. McMillen—helped her hold on.  

Allegations that superstar Michael Tait sexually assaulted multiple young men and boys have rocked the CCM industry. But how culpable are the Newsboys? Host Julie Roys and reporter Jessica Morris discuss.  

Relationship coach and counselor Leslie Vernick explains how to identify emotionally destructive churches and how to escape them.  

What did pastors Jimmy Evans and Brady Boyd know about their friend Robert Morris’s abuse of a 12-year-old and when? We examine the evidence.  

Relationship coach Leslie Vernick provides hope and specific steps for moving beyond a traumatic event to take agency for what comes next.  

A former student and soccer coach at Truett McConnell U (TMU) claims a TMU VP sexually abused her and President Emir Caner protected him.  

Attorney Melissa Hogan shares her journey of being betrayed by her husband, seeking a place of safety and finding it in abuse survivor community.  

Guest Bios Show Transcript What happens when people start questioning what they were taught about Jesus—and discover the church might be the problem, not their faith? In his talk from the Restore Conference, author and New Testament scholar Scot McKnight reframes the controversial topic of “deconstruction” as a faithful pursuit of Christ rather than a departure from belief. McKnight challenges common misconceptions about deconstruction, often mislabeled as rebellion or “exvangelical angst.” Drawing on his recent book Invisible Jesus, co-authored with musician and pastor Tommy Preson Phillips, McKnight shares insights from those rethinking their faith—not to abandon Jesus, but to more firmly grasp authentic faith in Him.