Faith In Action
Faith In Action is a production of Conservative Christians of Tennessee (CCOT). We exist to communicate conservative Christian principles and help people to grow in their walk with God. We believe all of this universe, including culture, is the Lord’s. We are working to promote, educate, and grow biblical Christian principles in all areas of life. CCOT’s primary focus is on issues in Tennessee but often those topics are national and international in scope. Our weekly radio show Faith in Action is broadcast on all the BOTT Radio Network stations in the Tennessee area. The show can also be heard online anytime at: https://bottradionetwork.com/ministry/faith-in-action/
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6 days ago
6 days ago
This Christmas week, it's time to talk about singing with Ed Varela. Why do we sing? Matthew and Shawn wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas!
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Official Mission Partner
Equipping The Persecuted
https://equippingthepersecuted.org/
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Guest Link:
https://www.trinitaschristian.org/
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Show notes:
This week Matthew and Shawn talk with David Harris of TruthScript.com about their article asking “Is It a Sin to Send Your Children To Public School?”
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Mid-South Sponsor:
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Let 'em Kill Your Weeds
IT System Sponsor:
Navita
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Friendly & Highly-Responsive Outsourced IT Services
Official Mission Partner
Equipping The Persecuted
https://equippingthepersecuted.org/
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Guest Links:
@Truth_Script
@HVNYrefugee
Read the Article:
https://truthscript.com/culture/is-it-a-sin-to-send-your-children-to-public-school/
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Show notes:
This week Dr Jared Moore joins Matthew and Shawn to talk about his new devotional 33 Days to Freedom From Lust: A Hope-Filled Devotional. https://a.co/d/1eLu2tj
Donate to CCOT:
patreon.com/tnchristian
Mid-South Sponsor:
Herbi-Systems
https://www.herbi-systems.com/
Let 'em Kill Your Weeds
IT System Sponsor:
Navita
https://navitaitmanagedservices.com/
Friendly & Highly-Responsive Outsourced IT Services
Official Mission Partner
Equipping The Persecuted
https://equippingthepersecuted.org/
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Guest Links:
@jaredhmoore
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Thursday Dec 04, 2025
Thursday Dec 04, 2025
Show notes:
This week Matthew and Shawn talk with Dr John Babler about the stress and family issues during the holidays. You can use the Bible as a resource for anything, even managing seasonal Christmas drama.
Donate to CCOT:
patreon.com/tnchristian
Mid-South Sponsor:
Herbi-Systems
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Let 'em Kill Your Weeds
IT System Sponsor:
Navita
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Friendly & Highly-Responsive Outsourced IT Services
Official Mission Partner
Equipping The Persecuted
https://equippingthepersecuted.org/
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Link to Dr Babler’s teaching:
https://www.mabts.edu/counseling-by-the-book/
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
This week, Pastor Marc Minter joins Faith in Action to talk about "separation of church and state" and how our Baptist teachings on this are not in line with the Bible. It is time to change the BF&M2k to eliminate the pluralistic provisions.
Mid-South Sponsor:
Herbi-Systems
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Let 'em Kill Your Weeds
IT System Sponsor:
Navita
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Friendly & Highly-Responsive Outsourced IT Services
Official Mission Partner
Equipping The Persecuted
https://equippingthepersecuted.org/
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Guest Links:
@marcminter
http://www.marcminter.com
Article:
https://christoverall.com/article/longform/liberty-not-separation-the-historic-development-of-baptist-perspectives-on-church-and-state/
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Show notes:
This week, Matthew and Shawn talk with Pastor Nate Xanders about the recent report on female leaders in the PCA. The report found numerous churches in the PCA are putting women into positions and with titles that are very clearly contrary to the traditional PCA standards.
Mid-South Sponsor:
Herbi-Systems
https://www.herbi-systems.com/
Let 'em Kill Your Weeds
Official Mission Partner
Equipping The Persecuted
https://equippingthepersecuted.org/
Sponsor an orphan for $35 today or order a bag of ETP coffee at: https://etpcoffee.com/
Visit the Reforming Men website:
https://www.reformingmen.com/
Listen to the Reforming Men Podcast:
https://www.thereformingmenpodcast.com/
Monday Oct 27, 2025
Monday Oct 27, 2025
This week, Matthew and Shawn talk with Pastor and author David Schrock. He talks about his latest book, “The Business of Is-ness” and the problem of wisdom, or the lack of it, facing the American church today.
Mid-South Sponsor:
Herbi-Systems
https://www.herbi-systems.com/
Let 'em Kill Your Weeds
Official Mission Partner
Equipping The Persecuted
https://equippingthepersecuted.org/
Sponsor an orphan for $35 today or order a bag of ETP coffee at: https://etpcoffee.com/
Links to Articles:
https://christoverall.com/theme/get-to-work-grasping-the-doctrine-of-vocation/
Buy the book here:
https://press.founders.org/shop/the-business-of-is-ness/?srsltid=AfmBOor6D17LaOtg8Md6FX0G_ansfglTPB6NMlJh4dlFXC6LLah_gohr
Monday Oct 20, 2025
Monday Oct 20, 2025
This week, Matthew and Shawn talk with Daniel Keene about how the Trails Church threw his family out for the ridiculous “sin” of not wanting America to look like a heathen nation. We have seen many church discipline cases that were really just abuse of church members — but this one really takes the cake.
Mid-South Sponsor:
Herbi-Systems
https://www.herbi-systems.com/
Let 'em Kill Your Weeds
Official Mission Partner
Equipping The Persecuted
https://equippingthepersecuted.org/
Sponsor an orphan for $35 today or order a bag of ETP coffee.
Links to Articles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2-2S_mliLc
https://www.theblaze.com/news/church-joins-persecution-of-texas-business-owner-who-criticized-h-1b-visas
https://youtu.be/e2-2S_mliLc?si=AemM6p5PI6VJnwBA
Monday Oct 13, 2025
Monday Oct 13, 2025
"The longer you don't enforce existing laws, the more the authority of law itself is degraded, and people will cease to take it seriously." - Timon Cline
This week, Matthew and Shawn talk with Timon Cline of American Reformer. They discuss the dramatic federal agency actions that President Trump has taken to clean up the crime and violence in the Memphis area.
Read more from Timon Cline at:
https://americanreformer.org/
Mid-South Sponsor:
Herbi-Systems
https://www.herbi-systems.com/
Let 'em Kill Your Weeds
Official Mission Partner
Equipping The Persecuted
https://equippingthepersecuted.org/
Sponsor an orphan for $35 today.
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
This week, Matthew and Shawn talk with William Wolfe of the Center for Baptist Leadership. They discuss the dramatic gaslighting that SBC leadership used to bully its members and the swift national fallout we have seen from that.
Read the article: https://centerforbaptistleadership.org/
Mid-South Sponsor:
Herbi-Systems
https://www.herbi-systems.com/
Let 'em Kill Your Weeds
Official Mission Partner
Equipping The Persecuted
https://equippingthepersecuted.org/
Sponsor an orphan for $35 today.