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The Battle for Decency 0:02 We wanna honor God because He sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the god of all things possible. He's the god of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.0:55 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to the broadcast today. Today, we have an exciting guest. You're gonna wanna stick around. You're gonna wanna hear from this guy. He's got some cool stuff happening. Michelle, you wanna do1:06 the intro?1:07 We are so blessed to have MD Perkins with us today, and he is a culture warrior. Welcome, MD Perkins. Tell1:19 us a little bit about what you're doing right now.1:21 Thank you, ladies. It's good to be with you. Yeah. I work for the American Family Association, which is a longtime pro family ministry based right here in Tupelo, Mississippi, started in 19 77 by a guy named1:33 Don Wildman, Methodist minister who got stirred up about television, decided to do something about it, and ended up starting a ministry called the National Federation for Decency. And we've1:45 made a movie about that whole, that whole experience called Culture Warrior. And so I'm a I'm a film director, movie producer. I'm also a research fellow here at the ministry. And so1:57 I I wear a lot of hats, but, but research and and filmmaking is kinda my passion and my background.2:03 Well, you could not have a more perfect timing for for decency in America. And what is happening on TV, on movies, in the films, and thank2:14 God, it seems like there seems to be an awakening about some of this and people are boycotting some of these movies and some of these things. And when you trickle that down to the indecency that we have even with drag2:26 queen story hour and the books that are allowed in schools right now, and all of this evil to that's descending upon our culture to really steal2:38 the children and to, you know, bring them into this these crazy, you know, perversions and all of these things that are happening. So this could not be a more perfect timing for2:50 Culture Warriors. So tell us a little bit about the film and about the movie and, Don Wildman.2:56 Yeah. The title is culture warrior, Don Wildman and the battle for decency, and you nailed it. I mean, decency, you know, it's that's kind of an archaic word now. People don't really talk about decency as much as they3:08 used to, but it's it's 1 of those words that I felt like was a bit of a throwback word because it reminds us of of some of those common standards of cultural practice and the ways that we thought about things as a3:19 society, as people. Whether you were Christian or not, you kind of understood what decency was and that we should maintain some sort of standard around that. And so the movie Culture Warrior is really about Don,3:31 kind of waking up to this, 19 76, December. He's sitting down, Methodist pastor, sits down with his 4 kids around the TV. It's Christmas season. And suddenly,3:43 he's clicking through, you know, there's only 3 channels on the TV at this point. And 1 of them 1 of the networks is showing a scene of sex, 1 of them is showing a scene of violence, and 1 of them has a bunch of profane3:54 words that are just being uttered. And he just gets fed up, turns off the TV, and kind of sits there and contemplates about where have we come as a society that this is just accepted, is just tolerated. And4:06 even me as a Christian, it's not like he he's never seen sex or violence on TV before, but I think it was just hitting him all at once that night. And so the following year, he started a little campaign called turn the4:17 television off week. Some of your older viewers may remember that that was that got picked up in the national newspapers. He was just based, right outside of Memphis in Southaven, Mississippi. That4:29 story got picked up on nationally in the in the media, and he started a ministry kind of around that. And so this is that story of not only the foundations of that movement, but also the real concerns4:41 behind Christians getting involved in politics and cultural issues, standing up against pornography or the homosexual agenda, or all these different things that we find, you know, really troubling for us, but also4:53 not just for us and makes us uncomfortable, but it's really shaping the way that our children think and interact with the world. And so we wanna be aware of that and and be able to confront that as best we can as5:04 Christians. And so that's really what the movie Culture Warrior, which you can go see at culture warrior dot movie. That's really what Culture Warrior is all about. I think a lot of Christians have gotten way more aware5:15 of things that are going on, but there's still plenty of people who are content to be silent, to kind of sit by the wayside, and to kind of say, well, I don't know what the big deal was. But, you know, Don was5:27 facing those same sorts of criticisms all the way back in the seventies and eighties. He was very used to, really getting nowhere, honestly, with a lot of pastors and church leaders. He was often very5:38 discouraged about how slow it was to get those kinds of ministers to really stand up and and speak out on these issues. But he was able to make some headway over time. It's never gonna be perfect. Of course,5:50 pastors have a lot of things on their plate, so I'm not just sitting here and I'm not just gonna bash pastors and say it's all the pastor's fault. But, I mean, I think there's a lot of ways that Christians overall could6:00 just be more mindful about the kinds of media that we're consuming, how we're interacting with the world, the kinds of messages that we're allowing our children to to be confronted with, and what kind of tools we're6:12 giving them to be able to parse through the lies that they hear in society as a whole. So, I mean, there's some there's some encouraging things. There's discouraging things as there probably always have been. I think,6:22 overall, we've kind of trended in a better direction over the last, you know, 40 years. I mean, Don started this in 77, and he just had so much trouble getting traction. I think it's probably easier overall to6:34 get traction now than it was then, but still a lot of room to go.6:38 A lot of you the people who are speaking and saying what you're saying right now, just think about, again, the culture the the war on this because so many people were canceled, shut down. People don't wanna, you6:49 know, hear or or allow this to be said as we have stayed, the Christians, silent for so much of it, and and the devil has just had his way through all of this. Like if you wouldn't7:01 even look at something as innocent as as you think, Disney or something, and yet what they're putting out there for all of these young children to see is absolutely mind boggling. And if you would have thought if he7:13 would have thought Don Wellman would have thought the seventies were bad, can you imagine what today, I mean, like, what what because the line has the line in the sand just doesn't7:25 keep moving. It's obliterated. And and what is allowed is just unbelievable. I even think about, you know, what what I thought was, like, oh my gosh, you know, in a soap opera growing up compared to what's happening7:36 now on TV and what our kids are surrounded with. And, again, if there's anything that came good out of COVID was even parents being allowed to see what their kids online were learning and hearing about in schools.7:48 And so that's been crazy. We're gonna take a quick break, Michael, MD Perkins. And when we come right back, we're gonna wanna hear what you think people could do about this. Like, what people8:00 should be doing to stand up to some of this. We'll be right back. Stay right there. You are watching Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle.Confronting Cultural Challenges 8:06 Hello, everyone. I'm excited to announce the next generation of energy drinks, Rev 7. It has no sugar and no caffeine. Instead, Rev 7 uses go b h8:19 Go BHB is 1 of the body's primary ketones, and it provides the most efficient and clean fuel that your body needs. It also helps you stay energized all day with no crashes.8:31 Not only that, it produces 3 times more brain energy than sugar, which helps boost your memory, focus, and mental sharpness. It also helps reduce stress and helps balance your mood.8:43 Rev 7 does all that while being the best tasting energy drink ever. So go to my pillow dot com or call the number on your screen. Use your promo code to save 20 percent today. I'm so sure8:55 you're gonna love Rev 7. For a limited time, you get our introductory 3 pack absolutely free. I drink Rev 7 every day, and I absolutely love it, and so will you.9:07 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, and we're talking to MD Perkins. And so, my question was, what do you think, people could be doing about this? What should parents and9:19 people in general be doing to counteract all of this evil that is on film and TV and books and every sort of media?9:29 Yeah. I mean, Don Don Wellman from the beginning wanted to center the National Federation for Decency, which later changed his name to American Family Association. Our whole ministry is based on trying to equip9:42 parents, Christians in ways that they can respond and act. And the first thing to do is just get informed. A lot of people, you know, they can kind of sense that there's bad things going on, that that things are9:54 are not as they should be, but get some actual, information into your mind and be able to be able to bring those things out in discussions because that will help you. Once you start to see10:06 the depth of of some of these issues and how far they go and how long they've been going on, I think you'll be helped in trying to address some of the issues that are there. And then, another thing I would say is just10:17 get involved. Find little ways. You know, what is really, on your heart? You know, is it children in school and kind of public school boards? You know, we've talked to people who are on library boards, you know,10:29 and a a guy who was trying to confront a lot of the LGBT kind of books that were were wanting to go into the children's section. He just as a Christian said, no. Like, if we we should at least10:41 if we're not gonna get rid of these books, we should at least put them in the adult section where where kids aren't just gonna run across them. And so, you know, I mean, there's there's all kinds of issues out there from10:52 issues of of sexuality and gender to issues of pornography, some issues regarding legislation and things that we can do on those fronts. So, I mean, there's all kinds of work. It's just a matter of11:04 kind of where is the Lord really guiding you, what is he laying on your heart, what are you burdened and concerned by, And then kind of move from there and start to find ways that you could get involved and get activated11:13 and get others activated too.11:15 MD, do you have, like, a a number 1 issue right now that you feel is maybe not on people's radar that needs to be?11:27 I would say pornography has become such a huge issue. You know, we've we've focused a lot of attention on the LGBT agenda in recent years, and we've made a lot of11:39 good strides there. And I think a lot of common people who weren't necessarily even conservatives have woken up some on that issue. But the issue of pornography is 1, you know, and we talk about this in the documentary11:51 going back to just, you know, Playboy and Penthouse Magazine's inconvenient stores, you know. But now you have access to pornography on your phone. Children have very easy access to this. We're talking about,12:03 you know, age verification laws and some of those things that have come onto onto the board. And and people may say, well, people can still access pornography. What's the difference of an age verification law? Well, the12:13 issue with the age verification law is that's low hanging fruit that you can just immediately cut out of the way because the the pornography industry is actively targeting children. And if12:25 people don't kind of realize that because really think just think about it. I mean, if if they could just inundate us with kinda sexualized imagery or or all of these different things through a12:37 number of different digital platforms that we have, children are more likely to, engage with that material later on at at different levels of of engagement.12:49 So, you know, if if you can just kind of cut out the the bottom rung of that, it doesn't solve everything, but it is something that a lot of states are dealing with right now, and there is legislation that's being13:00 debated at at the congressional level in a lot of states. And so pay attention if that's going on in your states. I know Oklahoma, I think, dealt with some. We we have that here in Mississippi, and maybe13:11 there's some others out there that people know about. But if you can kind of lock in on some things like that, that may that may really start to help make a dent, in some of these issues that we're13:23 seeing.13:23 Give an example of the porn industry going after children right now?13:29 Yeah. So this has been a a big issue with with Pornhub in particular. A lot of them have gotten, attention on this. But, you know, there's there are13:41 cases of children who are, you know, engaging with with different kinds of applications on their phone or games or things like this that seem very innocent, but then an ad pops up that's sexualized.13:53 And, you know, the child may not click on it or they might click on it. You know? It's just it's all a matter of just in ingraining the thought in a child's mind, starting to, you know,14:05 basically spoil a mind of a child and make them start to seek out, these kinds of pictures, videos, and imagery for any questions that they have. And, of course, sexual education14:17 is a big part of this. We just learned about something happening in Colorado, which is like a sex education summer14:23 camp Yes.14:24 Where, At Boulder.14:25 Boulder. Yeah. Yes. Can you believe that? I mean, unbelievable. Starting I I think it's 9 years old, and they go to a camp at the college, and they learn all these things. And it was talking about14:37 masturbation, crazy things that that you go to a summer camp and learn, and and and it's and it's bolder.14:44 You said that. Talk about, like, sexualized imagery is specifically part of what they're doing there. And so what what they mean by that, that's just code for pornography. They're they're going to show pornography, and14:55 they're going to use pornography to kind of desensitize kids to these topics, to these issues, and to sexuality in in general. I mean, some of that is grooming from a from a pedophile kind of perspective, and15:07 some of it is just long term. It's market strategy for the pornography industry.15:12 So It's it's you know, the devil is always after the children. And if he can indoctrinate them at such a young age and and and then make, you know, it it it makes everything okay. It seems like, you know,15:24 the things that we used to be not okay with, anything in general, like, and then all of a sudden it's like, well, we're desensitized to that and now we're on to the next thing. And it's like it just keeps getting worse15:35 and worse and worse because because people are not standing up to this. I know you mentioned the school boards and things like that, but people who are arrested for standing up. And see, isn't that what the devil does?15:45 He makes it so people are afraid to stand up and afraid to go in and afraid to talk about these things. And it seems like for a while now, we have, you know, these next few years that we might have some freedom of speech15:57 back and we're able to to, to come against these things. So so, what do you think parents should be doing? Like, how do they how do you stop the the porn situation in your house? I16:09 mean, you can't constantly be watching, especially when kids have to do their schoolwork on computers. What what is what is your advice? Do you know of certain things we can add to computers or16:20 or16:21 Well, there are some some, there are some filters and there are some some different monitoring software that kind of informs you about different things, sites that are visited and things like that. I think part of16:33 it is is being able to have an open communication with your children, especially teenagers. Help them be aware. Like, don't be, you know frankly, I had to just be very frank16:45 with my teenage daughter when I told her that I didn't want her to to spend the night at a friend's house. And I I just kept using the word dangerous. You know? I I wasn't I wasn't being very direct about it. But she's16:57 like, well, what's dangerous about my friend's house? And I'm like, honestly, I'm afraid that her brother is accessing pornography. And so that's why I don't want you to go over there because because I don't want you to17:07 be exposed to this, and I don't want you to kind of be be suddenly in an uncomfortable situation. I'm not telling you that's what hap what what what is happening. I'm just telling you that's my fear as a father, and so17:17 I'm just not gonna allow you to do that. And I've, you know, once she heard me say that very frankly and directly, she understood. And so, you know, I I was a little bit ashamed that I was so,17:31 timid about even addressing the topic because our kids are are far more exposed than we probably recognize or want to admit as parents. And so being able to really have a frank, open conversation about it,17:43 I think, may go a long way in helping them to be aware so that they are not seeking these things out behind the scenes or kind of behind your back.17:51 That's really good. We're gonna have to take a quick break. We will be right back. Stay right there. You're watching Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle.17:57 Hello, everyone. I'm excited to announce the next generation of energy drinks, Rev 7. It has no sugar and no caffeine. Instead, Rev 7 uses go18:08 BHB. Go BHB is 1 of the body's primary ketones, and it provides the most efficient and clean fuel that your body needs. It also helps you stay energized all day with18:20 no crashes. Not only that, it produces 3 times more brain energy than sugar, which helps boost your memory focus and mental sharpness. It also helps reduce stress and helps18:32 balance your mood. Rev 7 does all that while being the best tasting energy drink ever. So go to my pillow dot com or call the number on your screen. Use your promo code to save 20 percent18:44 today. I'm so sure you're gonna love Rev 7. For a limited time, you get our introductory 3 pack absolutely free. I drink Rev 7 every day, and I absolutely love it, and18:56 so will you.Culture Warrior: A Call to Action 18:57 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. We are here with MD Perkins, and he has a movie called Culture Warrior. Tell us some of the highlights19:09 about your movie, MD.19:12 Yeah. So Culture Warrior tells the whole story of Don, I mean, going back to the seventies and even him just being born in a small town in rural Mississippi. But I think people will be surprised at the19:24 level of, of media officials and different people that he was able to encounter. I mean, this is a movie, like, kind of set in Mississippi, my my home state, my19:36 hometown, around here where I grew up. But at the same time, I mean, we're in Chicago dealing with, the headquarters for Playboy because Don was sued by Playboy because of pickets that19:47 he set up in front of 7 11 convenience stores in in the mid 19 eighties to try and confront them because he realized that they were 1 of the largest sellers of pornography on in the whole country19:59 and was able to significantly, you know, damage the bottom line of Penthouse and Playboy, and so they tried to sue him. And so we talk about that. We talk about the National Endowment for the Arts and some of the20:11 controversy that came out around the arts issue in the late eighties, early nineties as, Christians and and other people just started to realize, like, hey. Our tax dollars are going to fund a lot20:22 of these kinds of nefarious things, pornographic, anti Christian art, very blasphemous stuff, and, you know, kind of in an early doge effort, you know, to kinda bring it up to date.20:35 You know, Don brought the issues to bear to a lot of congressmen, and it became a debating point through several rounds of congress as they were debating budgeting and things like that through the years. And,20:47 you know, you mentioned Disney earlier. I mean, AFA was instrumental in a boycott of the Disney corporation back in the mid 19 nineties because Disney started doing these gay day events where they were20:59 inviting homosexuals, marketing to homosexuals to come to the theme parks, but not telling anybody else what was going on. And then families were showing up to suddenly, you know, gay people holding hands, kissing, going21:10 through all this stuff, and then realize that that there was this whole other event that was happening. And then Disney was doing some other things in their corporate policies and some of the movies that they were making21:20 through their Miramax arm because people don't remember. Disney actually owned Miramax. You remember Harvey Weinstein? Oh, yeah. That that was his company, and and Disney owned that. And so they were21:32 releasing all kinds of things through, through the Miramax brand that they would never put on their main Disney brand. And so AFA was seeing this. They were talking about it. They were trying to get Christians aware. The21:43 Southern Baptist ended up joining in on the boycott, a focus on the family, all kinds of others. And so, you know, you just go through these kind of flashpoints of Christian history, recent Christian history. I mean,21:54 stuff that that we've lived through in our lifetimes and stuff that that viewers may remember. You know, you might remember, oh, yeah. I remember 7 11 boycott, or I remember people talking about the, the Disney22:06 boycott and the the Baptist being mad about it, you know, and just not really realizing that there was a guy, a Methodist minister here in Mississippi, who was really behind all of that, trying to get Christians22:16 involved, trying to get them to pay attention, because realizing that, if we don't stand up and speak out, we have opportunities. While we have opportunity, let's take advantage of that, and let's do something. And so22:27 that's what the movie Culture Warrior is trying to highlight in a very dynamic, exciting way. I mean, you watch it, it's gonna watch like a like a Netflix documentary, you know. I mean, it's it's well produced. It's well22:38 polished. I'm not just saying that as a filmmaker. I mean, we we put the work in to try and make it that way. So because we want people to be able to be engaged with it and and to enjoy the experience of watching it. So,22:49 so that's why we made Culture Warriors.22:51 And so, so needed right now, like I said earlier, because even now, you know, who'd have thought like, could you imagine, you know, you know, you're saying, you know, 40, you know, years ago, 30, 40 years ago, them23:02 saying that there's all these different genders, like, that there's just I mean, like, all this it's it's crazy ideology. It's it's not like you know, like, I know our president now always says he's the president23:14 of common sense, but it's true. Like, how, you know, you can get people to believe somehow that there's all of these genders and that that's okay, and you can identify as a cat and whatever23:26 else and all of this crazy nonsense. And and the fact that we've just stood by and allowed all this and we make their bathrooms for this and all these things that are going on is just23:37 complete nonsense. And so people need a reminder of a good movie like this that you can sit and say, yes, like somebody and this was how long ago, but look how far we've fallen and come. And so we're23:49 gonna need to have some good, you know, it's like, you know, slap upside the head, if you will, to say wake up and and see what's happening and to, you know, as a Christian, what can we do24:01 about it? And so we're so grateful for all that you're doing. Where can people find you in everything you're doing?24:07 Yeah. So you can go watch the movie Culture Warrior at culture warrior dot movie. It's available for free. People can go and watch it. You'll just give a little email sign in. You can watch the whole movie for free at24:17 culture warrior dot movie. And then if you wanna get connected with what we're doing here at American Family Association, go to a f a dot net, and you can see you can sign up for our email list. You can see our news our24:28 news platform, our our radio content, and all the different things that we're doing to try and keep, Christians informed about what's happening in society and what they can do about it.24:36 Oh, praise God for what you guys are doing. Thank you so much. You guys24:40 so much, and you are so impactful all across America, and I know now even the world. So we appreciate the work of AFA. Yeah.24:49 Appreciate you all. You know?24:50 Thank you. Well, we are gonna pray right now, and, we're gonna pray for people to be aware. Right, Michelle? You wanna pray?24:57 Lord, we thank you for MD Perkins. We thank you for the Wildmans, lord, their entire family, that entire organization. We ask you, lord, that you will make us watchmen on the25:09 wall, that, Lord, that you will wake up your church, and that, father, that we will we will be wise as serpents and gentle as lambs, Lord, that we will be aware of what the enemy, the cunning enemy, is25:21 trying to do with us, Lord, and against us, Lord. He comes to steal, kill, and destroy, and we rebuke it in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. And we pray that God just, you know, brings forth25:33 an army of warriors that25:35 are gonna combat this and overcome this. And so so, we just thank you so much, MD, for for coming on and sharing this with us. And we want everyone to go look up Culture Warrior and go25:47 find this movie, watch it with your family. Is it good for kids too to watch?25:51 We we recommend around 13 and up, but, you know, judge it first if you've got younger kids because there are you know, we're dealing with some heavy stuff in there, but Yes. Yeah, 13 and up for sure.26:00 Okay. Well, great. 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