Truth Rising

Full Documentary

The Truth Rising film gives an overview of our cultural moment and how Christians can stand firm in God’s Truth

Free 4-Part Study

Each lesson video unpacks major themes presented in the documentary

Featured Interviews

Impactful stories of everyday courageous Christians who stood for Truth amidst cultural pressures

Questions

Conversation starters to use in your small group or reflect on in your individual study

Truth Rising reveals how faith and truth are being redefined in our culture today and how everyday followers of Christ like you can choose to remain steadfast, even under cultural pressures. This free topical Bible study is built around four essential themes of Hope, Truth, Identity, and Calling. It will help you apply God’s Word to your life and engage in meaningful conversations about faith and culture. 

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Os Guinness

Born in China during World War II to medical missionary parents, Guinness witnessed the climax of the Chinese revolution and was expelled in 1951 to return to Europe where he was educated in England. He gained his Doctoral Degree of Philosophy at Oxford. Guinness has written more than 25 books, including The American Hour, Time for Truth, and A Case for Civility. Previously, he was a freelance reporter with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). He moved to the United States in 1984 and is a frequent speaker and seminar leader at political and business conferences in both the United States and Europe. He currently lives in McLean, VA with his wife Jenny.

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John Stonestreet

John Stonestreet is a sought-after speaker and author on areas of faith, Christian theology, and biblical worldview. John is the voice of Breakpoint, the Colson Center’s nationally syndicated commentary on the culture. Before coming to the Colson Center in 2010, John served in various leadership capacities with Summit Ministries and was on the biblical studies faculty at Bryan College in Tennessee. John is an ordained deacon in the Anglican Diocese of All Nations (Anglican Church of North America). He and his wife, Sarah, have four children and live in Colorado Springs.

Are You Ready to Live Courageously for Christ Amidst this Chaotic Civilizational Moment?

Truth Rising is Presented by:

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Focus on the Family is a global Christian ministry dedicated to helping families thrive in Christ. Each year, we provide biblical resources and guidance to millions of families, strengthening marriages, equipping parents, advocating for children, and engaging the culture with truth. As culture shifts, truth remains—unchanging and foundational. Through resources like Truth Rising, we empower families to stand firm in their faith and navigate today’s world with clarity and conviction. Visit Focus on the Family at FocusOnTheFamily.com or on Facebook and X.

Colson Center

The Colson Center exists to equip Christians with the clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Our podcasts and digital resources, including Breakpoint, the Identity Project, and the What Would You Say? video series equip hundreds of thousands of Christians each year with the clarity they need to celebrate good, resist evil, create what’s missing, and restore what’s broken right where God has placed them. Our formation programs, Colson Fellows and Colson Educators, have equipped thousands of men and women to pursue their vocational callings and daily lives with a courageous faith. To learn more about the Colson Center, visit the ColsonCenter.org, on Facebook, on Instagram, or on X.

Frequently Asked Questions

About the Film

Truth Rising examines the decline of Western civilization, addressing contemporary societal issues, and underscores the hope found in Christ, encouraging you to step into your God-given calling to be a catalyst for renewal.

The documentary features hosts John Stonestreet and Os Guinness as they share conversations about the state of our civilization with prominent speakers from all over the world. Some of these voices include: Chloe Cole, Seth Dillon, Katy Faust, Philippa Stroud, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and many more. You can read the full bios here. 

The full Truth Rising film runs just over 1.5 hours.

While the documentary addresses cultural and spiritual themes, it is crafted to be accessible to a broad audience. Parental guidance is advised for younger viewers.

Release & Availability

The documentary premiered on September 5, 2025. It will be continue to be available for streaming on TruthRising.com indefinitely at no cost.

No theater showings are planned. Truth Rising is free to stream at TruthRising.com at any time. Viewers are encouraged to host watch parties and share the film with others.

The film will be available via digital streaming in 4K. No DVD format will be offered.

Yes! Trailers, previews, and bonus content are available in our video library.

Engagement & Support

No formal sign-up is required. Simply sign up for the updates and invite your friends, family, small group, etc. to watch the documentary with you. You can download our Watch Party Host Guide here.

To ensure a smooth viewing experience, we suggest:

  • A wired Ethernet internet connection for stable streaming.
  • An up-to-date computer (Windows or Mac).
  • A large display device (such as a TV, projector and screen, or video wall).
  • A sound system connected to your TV or computer (either built-in or external).
Share the film with your community, follow us on social media, and join discussions. As this film and the study will be available at no cost, we welcome donations to help us expand the film’s reach.

For assistance or media inquiries, please send press or media inquiries to us at press@truthrising.com or visit our Press Page. For non-media inquiries, please contact truthrising@fotf.org.

Truth Rising: The Study Overview

It is free digital small group study, featuring video lessons by John Stonestreet, designed to deepen engagement with the film’s themes.

This study includes four teaching videos with John Stonestreet, a PDF of a facilitator guide, and a PDF of a participant guide. Each lesson includes the “big idea” and Scripture focus, key quotes, plus additional resources from the Colson Center for Christian Worldview & Focus on the Family.

Create a free account at truthrising.com/the-study for instant access to the full study.

Study Planning & Participation

It is free digital small group study, featuring video lessons by John Stonestreet, designed to deepen engagement with the film’s themes.

This study includes four teaching videos with John Stonestreet, a PDF of a facilitator guide, and a PDF of a participant guide. Each lesson includes the “big idea” and Scripture focus, key quotes, plus additional resources from the Colson Center for Christian Worldview & Focus on the Family.

Create a free account at truthrising.com/the-study for instant access to the full study.

As we recommend you watch the full film together, we recommend a 6-week plan.

  • Week 1: Watch the full film
  • Weeks 2-5: Go through study videos and questions
  • Week 6: Final recap and discussion

Each lesson includes a “facilitator prep” section. Additional background information for the video content is provided so you can lead a group discussion with confidence.

No advance prep is needed, but every participant is encouraged to create a Truth Rising: The Study account. The Participant Guide outlines each session with prayers, video time, and discussion questions.

Each of the four teaching videos for Truth Rising: The Study is between 20-25 minutes long. The videos will be available via digital streaming in 4K format.

At this time, the study will not be made available in DVD.

Privacy

When you sign up for Truth Rising, both Focus on the Family and the Colson Center will receive your name and email. This allows us to keep you informed about resources, events, and content that align with the themes of the Truth Rising documentary and Truth Rising: The Study.

Introducing

Chloe Cole

Chloe Cole, a poised and articulate 20-year-old woman, passionately advocates against the practice of transitioning minors. Driven by a noble mission to safeguard children from potentially harmful ideologies and medical interventions. Chloe draws from her personal experiences to shed light on the distressing consequences of “gender-affirming care” for adolescents.

Biography

Chloe Cole

Driven by a noble mission to safeguard children from potentially harmful ideologies and medical interventions, Chloe Cole draws from her personal experience as a “detransitioner” to shed light on the distressing consequences of “gender-affirming care” for adolescents. Chloe embarked on her own transition journey at the tender age of 12, including puberty suppressants, cross sex hormones at 13, and a double mastectomy at 15, only to subsequently detransition at 16. Chloe speaks with firsthand authority on the deeply traumatic effects experienced by minors undergoing “gender-affirming care.”

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Katy Faust

Katy Faust is Founder and President of Them Before Us, a global movement defending children’s right to their mother and father. She publishes, speaks and testifies widely on why marriage and family are matters of justice for children. Her articles have appeared in Newsweek, USA Today, The Federalist, Public Discourse, WORLD Magazine, The Daily Signal, the Washington Examiner, the American Mind, and the American Conservative.

Biography

Katy Faust

Katy Faust is Founder and President of Them Before Us, a global movement defending children’s rights. She publishes, speaks and testifies widely on why marriage and family are matters of justice for children. Her articles have appeared in many publications including NewsweekUSA TodayThe Federalist, and Public Discourse. In addition, Faust helped design the teen edition of CanaVox, which studies sex, marriage and relationships from a natural law perspective. She and her pastor husband raise their four children in Seattle.

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Seth Dillon

Seth Dillon is the CEO of The Babylon Bee, a fast-growing news satire site that has overtaken The Onionin traffic and engagement. Taking on the tone of a traditional news media publication, the Bee satirizes real-world events and public figures.

Biography

Seth Dillon

Seth Dillon is the CEO of The Babylon Bee, a fast-growing satire news site that has overtaken The Onion in traffic and engagement. He has mastered the art of satire, which punches hard against wokeism and cancel culture. He speaks to the effectiveness of humor, the moral imperative of mockery, and the dangers of censorship. His stand against censorship and “deplatforming” has placed him on the front lines of the battle for free speech in the public square. Dillon occasionally signs off X to enjoy time with his wife and two sons in Juno Beach, Florida. 

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Philippa Stroud

Baroness Philippa Stroud is CEO of the Legatum Institute. Previously, she was Chief Executive of the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a think tank that she co-founded in 2004. Stroud’s life and career to date have been strongly influenced by her passion to tackle poverty and social breakdown.

Biography

Baroness Philippa Stroud

Baroness Philippa Stroud is CEO of the Legatum Institute. Previously, she was Chief Executive of the Centre for Social Justice. Stroud’s life and career to date have been strongly influenced by her passion to tackle poverty and social breakdown. Among her many accomplishments, she was responsible for the development of the Social Justice agenda, the introduction of Universal Credit, and the new child poverty measures in England. She moved to Birmingham in 2000 where she became Executive Director of the Bridge Project, a voluntary sector project that provided supported accommodation for homeless men and women. In 2015 Philippa was ennobled and became Baroness Stroud of Fulham.

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John Anderson

John Anderson is a sixth-generation farmer and grazier from New South Wales, who spent 19 years from 1989 in the Australian Parliament. He served as a senior Cabinet minister in the reformist government led by John Howard (1996 to 2005), one of the most successful governments in Australian parliamentary history. This included six years as Leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister.

Biography

John Anderson

John Anderson spent 19 years in the Australian Parliament, serving as senior Cabinet minister then Leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister. Through is work with the Liberal-National Party coalition over two million new jobs were created and the total number of apprentices in training increased by two-and-a-half fold. Anderson oversaw coordinated transport reform through Auslink, which initiated a vastly improved and integrated national transport infrastructure and various other social & economic gains for regional Australia. As Acting Prime Minister at the time, he steered the nation through the shattering terrorist attacks on the United States on 11th September 2001. Whilst in office, Anderson, known as a man of simple Christian faith, sought to respect the dictum that another’s right to speak should always be defended, even if he disagreed with them. 

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Jack Phillips

As the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado, Jack Phillips has become the name and face associated with business owners standing up for their deeply held religious beliefs. For over 12 years, the Colorado cake artist has stood courageously and endured targeted attacks against him, his family, and his business, Masterpiece Cakeshop.

Biography

Jack Phillips

As the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado, Jack Phillips has stood courageously and endured targeted attacks against him, his family, and his business for refusing to compromise on his strong held religious beliefs. In 2012 the State of Colorado pursued legal action against Phillips because he declined a request to create a cake celebrating a same-sex wedding. In 2018, Jack received a hard-fought victory with the U.S. Supreme Court, which held that the State of Colorado had acted with “clear and impermissible hostility” towards Phillips’ religious beliefs, violating the First Amendment. The legal attacks persist, and Jack continues to stand courageously for his faith.

Introducing

Winston Marshall

Winston Marshall is host of The Winston Marshall Show, co-founder of ‘Dissident Dialogues’ festival of ideas and co-founder of ‘1573 Cigars’. His musical career began in London as founder of the rock band Gobbler’s Knob and country/sleeze-rap outfit Captain Kick & The Cowboy Ramblers. As a session-player he toured with folk singer Laura Marling. In 2007 Winston co-founded folk-rock band Mumford & Sons.

Biography

Winston Marshall

In 2007 Marshall co-founded folk-rock band Mumford & Sons. In their fourteen years together, the band won 2 Grammy Awards, 2 Brit Awards, and performed with the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Elton John. His written work has been published by The Free Press, The Jewish Chronicle, The Spectator, The Daily Mail, and many other publications. And he has been featured on the BBC, Times Radio, LBC, Fox News, and The Daily Wire. Marshall is host of The Winston Marshall Show and co-founder of ‘Dissident Dialogues’ festival of ideas, a conference where the world’s leading intellectuals descend upon NYC for two days of debate, discourse and discovery.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Muslim turned atheist, turned Christian human rights activist, women’s rights activist, champion of free speech, and best-selling author. Somalian-born Dutch-American writer, activist, conservative thinker, and former politician. Research fellow at the Hoover Institution and founder of the AHA Foundation. Member of the Dutch Parliament (2003 to 2006), known for speaking truth to power.

Biography

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a human rights activist, women’s rights activist, champion of free speech, and best-selling author. Somalian-born Dutch-American writer, activist, conservative thinker, and former politician.  Research fellow at the Hoover Institution and founder of the AHA Foundation. Member of the Dutch Parliament (2003 to 2006), known for speaking truth to power.

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Konstantin Kisin

Konstantin Kisin is a Sunday Times best-selling author, political commentator, and one of the world’s most popular podcasters. Since 2018, Kisin has been a co-host of one of Apple’s top ranked political podcasts, Triggernometry. The show invites guests from across the political spectrum. They are united only in the belief that all views deserve to be heard. The show’s guests include Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Bill Burr, Andrew Sullivan, Diana Fleischman, Louise Perry and Ben Shapiro.

Biography

Konstantin Kisin

Kisin grew up in the supposed socialist paradise of the late Soviet Union before moving to the UK with his family. He is a Sunday Times best-selling author, political commentator, and one of the world’s most popular podcasters. Since 2018, Kisin has been a co-host of one of Apple’s top ranked political podcasts, Triggernometry. He has appeared on flagship TV shows like BBC Question Time, Real Time with Bill Maher and Tucker Carlson, as well as the Joe Rogan Experience and other popular podcasts. Kisin speaks about the importance of upholding Western values of liberalism, freedom of expression and viewpoint diversity.

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David Berlinski

David Berlinski received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University and was later a postdoctoral fellow in mathematics and molecular biology at Columbia University. He is currently a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. Dr. Berlinski has authored works on systems analysis, differential topology, theoretical biology, analytic philosophy, and the philosophy of mathematics, as well as three novels.

Biography

David Berlinski

Berlinski received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University and was later a postdoctoral fellow in mathematics and molecular biology at Columbia University. He is currently a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He has also taught philosophy, mathematics and English at Stanford, Rutgers, the City University of New York and the Universite de Paris. In addition, he has held research fellowships at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria and the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques in France. Recent articles by Dr. Berlinski have been featured in Commentary, Forbes ASAP, and the Boston Review. Dr. Berlinski has authored works on systems analysis, differential topology, theoretical biology, analytic philosophy, and the philosophy of mathematics, as well as three novels.  

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Niall Ferguson

Sir Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, where he served for twelve years as the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History

Biography

Niall Ferguson

Sir Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, where he served for twelve years as the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History.  He is an award-winning author of sixteen books. In 2003, Ferguson wrote and presented a six-part history of the British Empire for Channel 4, the UK broadcaster. The accompanying book, Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power, was a bestseller in both Britain and the United States. The sequel, Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, was published in 2004 by Penguin, and prompted Time magazine to name him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Niall Ferguson’s most recent book is Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. He and his wife Ayaan Hirsi Ali have five children. 

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