Faith, Courage, and Culture: Miles Holmes on Revival and Responsibility
About this episode
Myles Holmes, senior pastor of Revive Church in Collinsville, Illinois, joins Philip Cameron for a bold conversation about why Christian pastors must engage the culture — and what happens when they do. Drawing on decades of prophetic insight and cultural commentary, Holmes explains how he became one of the first pastors in America to publicly declare that Donald Trump was a "Cyrus for our generation," and why he wrote his 2016 book, Why American Patriots Must Elect Donald Trump, Make History, Save History. Holmes challenges the passive pulpit head-on: "God's will is rarely done. God's will is only done when God's people do what he wants them to do." He unpacks why the Lord's Prayer itself — "Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" — is a mandate for civic involvement, and why a Daniel Webster quote from the 1800s still rings true: "Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens." The conversation covers the spiritual roots of America's founding, the cultural shift Holmes sees accelerating under the current administration, and why pastors who speak boldly tend to see their churches grow rather than shrink. Holmes runs two daily broadcasts on his Facebook page, Battle of the Republic, and can be reached at milesholmes.com. Don't miss this call to courageous, kingdom-minded leadership.
Part of our Courage collection of conversations.
Quotes worth sharing
“God's will is rarely done. God's will is not done when a girl is raped. God's will is not done when somebody murders somebody. God's will is not done when a drunk driver kills a family on the streets. God's will is only done when God's people do what he wants them to do.”
“It's astonishing that God would have to take a thrice-married billionaire playboy from New York to show the church what courage looks like. It's amazing. But I thank God for Donald Trump.”
“Whatever makes men good Christians makes them good citizens. Our ancestors established their system of government on morality and religious sentiment. Moral habits, they believed, cannot be safely trusted on any other foundation than religious principle, nor any government be secure which is not supported by moral habits.”
What's Discussed
Pastor Myles Holmes of Revive Church in Collinsville, Illinois — an Assembly of God congregation he has led for 15 years — makes the biblical and historical case for Christian civic engagement. Holmes, author of Why American Patriots Must Elect Donald Trump, Make History, Save History (2016), argues that God's will is not automatically fulfilled and that believers are called to act as God's hands and feet in the voting booth and the public square. He cites Daniel Webster's maxim — "Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens" — and the Lord's Prayer as mandates for cultural involvement. Holmes also shares how bold pastoral leadership led to a $418,000 single-day gift and a debt-free church.
- Why Pastors Must Engage the Culture
- God's Will Requires Human Action
- Writing the 2016 Pro-Trump Book
- Bold Preaching and Church Growth
- Renaming the Church Revive
- Daniel Webster and Christian Citizenship
- Battle of the Republic Daily Broadcasts
Episode Transcript
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Intro
Philip:Hey, my friends. Welcome to Daily Faith. My name is Philip Cameron, and I am so glad that you could join us today. We have got a great program for you today. One of my dear friends, Myles Holmes, is with me. He pastors a tremendous church in Collinsville, Illinois called Revive USA.
Philip:But he is so much more than a local pastor. This man has had a tremendous voice and influence in America over the last two election cycles. He was one of the first pastors to stand up and say, I believe that Donald Trump is a Cyrus for our generation, and that God's hand is on him. And we are watching the whole checkerboard, the chess board being played in five dimensions right now.
Philip:I studied this stuff, and Trump is doing stuff in 3D and 4D and 5D, drying up pools of money here and opening pools of money there and trading this way. He just spoke to Modi in India, and they were about to start a thing called BRICS, which was gonna be an anti-US dollar. And he's just made a deal with India and pulled them back into America's influence. It's crazy to watch if you understand this stuff. You are watching a 3D, 4D, 5D game of chess played in the world.
Philip:We've taken the oil from Venezuela, we're gonna sell it, give it back to the people, but America will be blessed. But what that does is it means that Cuba gets no more oil. It means that China is losing a great percentage of its oil. It's changing the whole world. And Myles Holmes saw this before most of us did, and I can't wait to hear what he's seeing in what's taking place.
Philip:We have a ministry in Moldova. 35 years ago, I adopted a wee baby in an orphanage in Romania, and that set us off in the most ridiculous, wonderful adventure. And today we have a village of homes in Moldova. Moldova is the poorest country in all of Europe and one of the great engines for sex trafficking.
Philip:One girl — I'm gonna, we're gonna show you a video in a moment of the homes that we have there. Every girl you see in this video, if a trafficker can get a hold of her, she is worth $300,000 a year to the trafficker. And we've built the most wonderful place called Vatra Village. It's a village of houses on the largest lake in Moldova. And instead of being put on the street, they come to us and we put them back in school, share the gospel with them, and these kids are turning from orphans to sons and daughters, and then from sons and daughters into missionaries.
Philip:And if the trafficker could reach any of those girls you're looking at and capture her, she would be worth $300,000 a year for them. And we think they're worth way more than that. My wife Christy and my daughter Melody, with a group of ladies from different churches, went to Moldova a few days ago and just came back with a video of them enjoying Christmas with our girls in Moldova. Watch this.
As we celebrate Christmas in 2025, we wanna say a huge thank you to all of our friends, our supporters, who have made this possible. We've had to find a new venue this year because we were bursting at the seams, and all of these kids and all of this in front of us is because of your love and your generosity. And as 2026 comes, we need you more than ever. So we thank you for your love, your generosity, and the kindness that you've shown all these kids, that they are your fruit. And we are so thankful for you. Thank you.
Philip:Can't you feel the joy in that video? Those kids having their lives. Most of those kids have never had Christmas before, ever in their lives. And everything we do there, everything you see being done in that place, all the buildings, the vans and the transportation and everything we do in Moldova, it comes down to someone giving $1 a day. You can change a life for a dollar a day. And what you're witnessing when you see that is lives that are forever changed.
Philip:One of the girls is gonna be a doctor. She's one of several that we've had graduate through our homes. Through one girl we looked after and cared for — her and her bedridden mom — for six years, to make our whole future different. Every one of our house parents at Vatra Village once was an orphan that we rescued, and now they're married with their own kids, and they now are loving the kids that are in their care like they were loved by us when we started.
Philip:We need your help. We're growing. We're about to open two new homes for little kids between the age of four and 16, and there's a dire need for this. And that's where the abuse begins. And we are partnering with some of the children care organizations in Moldova, that they'll come to us and we'll protect them until their home life can be fixed, if it can be fixed. But that's all growing and it's all needing more support.
Philip:If you can help us by giving a dollar, it would really make a difference right this moment as we start growing. And a young girl called Maria, 14 years of age, we met in those houses that you saw — it's 16 and above — and this young girl was brought to us by a mayor of a small village, coming from a horrendous background, a terrible, unbelievable background.
Philip:And then we took her in, risking the fact that she was underage, and the local people found out and said, you're gonna put her back. So we had to drive this girl back to this village and back to hell. And within 10 days of her going back to that village, she was gang raped, lost her mind. She literally, mentally, she broke. And one of our — I've been talking to her a few minutes ago — Nadia, she was the one that brought her back to the village. And she says, I will never do that again.
Philip:And we've just found a brand new place, two new homes for small kids. And it's gonna cost a hundred thousand dollars for each of the two houses to finish them, and we really need your help. So please pray, and if you could, be a part of it. 300 new sponsors for these homes and a hundred thousand dollars each house to finish. You can make a miracle happen, and you can contact us by giving. Make a check out to the Orphan's Hands, PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee 37716.
Philip:You can go to DailyFaith.tv — there's a giving page there. You can also dial the phone number. That's the quickest way. 833, and then just dial Daily Faith, spell out Daily Faith on your phone, and a real life person will come on the phone and talk to you. Let God use you to change someone else's life, because that's exactly what's taking place through the Orphan's Hands.
Philip:Myles Holmes is a great man of God. He blew my mind. I first met him when we were kids, back when I was traveling with my dad in Canada. And to watch what this man has accomplished in his life, and by talking about going out on a limb, it has just been amazing. And so I want you to meet Myles Holmes. Myles, thank you for coming on Daily Faith today.
Myles Holmes:It's always great to be with you. I just love your heart, your mission. As you said, we've known each other for more than 50 years. We knew each other before email was invented, before cell phones were invented. And I've just been thrilled and honored to partner with you in our church. My wife and I personally support your ministry. Our church supports your ministry monthly because you're making a difference. You're changing lives in Europe and it is powerful to see.
Philip:It's amazing what God's allowed us to do. And you just gotta go from one challenge to the next challenge to the next challenge, not knowing that you're building a legacy behind you and a whole road of redemption. It's amazing.
Myles Holmes:Philip, I wanna talk to individuals. You can support Philip Cameron, Orphan's Hands, DailyFaith.tv. I wanna talk to churches. You need to get on board. Your missions committee needs to support this mission monthly. You need to go to Moldova, see what they're doing, get hands-on experience there. And I also want to talk to businesses and corporations. You could help with $100,000 today. You could build a home, you could rescue dozens of children. So whoever you are — an individual or a church or a business or a corporation — get involved today.
Myles Holmes:Do something that you're gonna be able to get to heaven and say, God, I made a difference. You know, we do a lot of stuff, we get our hands in a lot of pots and a lot of it doesn't make much of a difference for five days. But you can literally change nations. You can change families, you can change generations with a gift today. So get involved and be a part of something powerful.
Philip:The last time Andrew was in Moldova, one of our girls was getting married. So when Andrew was in the country, they said, please come to the wedding. So Andrew went to the wedding and they were sitting at a big round table. And every one of the people sitting at that table had their babies with them. Every one of them had come through Vatra Village and were now successful, were now business people. And they were sitting with their wives and their kids, and every one of them said, we would not be here if it wasn't for the love and care of Orphan's Hands. So it's pretty amazing.
Myles Holmes:It's absolutely amazing, Philip. I get your letter every month, and it's very rare — I'm not a deeply emotional guy, I don't cry at everything that happens — but I get your letter and I sit in my office and I'm weeping at the power of the gospel. It's amazing.
Philip:Listen to this — the power of the gospel attached to loving hands. Because we can preach all we want, but if we don't make a difference in people's lives, they're probably not gonna hear us.
Myles Holmes:But the power of the gospel matched by loving hearts and hands that literally rescues people out of the darkest dungeons of depravity — how can you not be moved by that? How can you not want to maybe skip a hamburger this week so that you can bless Orphan's Hands and Philip Cameron? Do something today, folks. Get involved.
Philip:You've made my day, because that newsletter that you read — I pack away in my phone, that's all by myself sitting in a dark room at nighttime. And I'm so glad it moves you, because a lot of folks say this, a lot of folks will say, oh, I'll look for your newsletter every month because it's so interesting, all this stuff you're doing.
Why Pastors Must Engage the Culture
Philip:And so this morning I was sitting saying, Lord, you're gonna give me something for this for the month of February. But this is not what I'm doing. I want you to explain to the people how on earth you, as a pastor in a safe environment, suddenly decided to climb out on a limb and say, Donald Trump is gonna be the next president of America. This is the first time around. And what made you come to that?
Myles Holmes:Well, great question, but it wasn't something sudden or spontaneous. I've always been involved in the culture. I talk to people and I say, you know, you can't be involved in politics. They say, no, no, no, we don't touch politics. I say, well, do you care about the culture? And they say, well, we don't speak to the culture. Then I say, well, do you care about your grandkids? Yeah. Do you care about the world they're gonna be living in?
Myles Holmes:And that's always where I've come from, Philip, that I believe I'm one of those old-fashioned preachers that believe Jesus Christ could come back today, tonight, at this moment, imminent, anytime. But I'm also aware enough to know that I can't predict that Christ must come back in the next 50 or a hundred years. I don't know that. You don't know that. Nobody knows. I literally track this stuff, Philip. I get the emails and the blogs every year that say, for 25 years, Jesus Christ must come back in September. It's gonna be this September. It must be this September. What's with September? But it's not so.
Myles Holmes:Jesus Christ could come back today, tonight. I believe that. I'm expecting him. I'm ready. But if he doesn't come back within the next 50 years, you and me and my friends are gonna be leaving this nation to our grandchildren. I don't want a nation that's full of violence on the streets. I don't want a nation that has no more women's sports because boys in skirts and lipstick have taken it over. I don't want a nation without borders.
Myles Holmes:So Donald Trump — listen, I wrote this book in 2016, Why American Patriots Must Elect Donald Trump, Make History, Save History. For one reason, Philip, I was so disturbed by the number of preachers that said, I'm not gonna be involved. It doesn't matter, because God's will is gonna be done anyhow. Wrong. Wrong. God's will is rarely done. God's will is not done when a girl is raped. God's will is not done when somebody murders somebody. God's will is not done when a drunk driver kills a family on the streets. God's will is rarely done.
God's Will Requires Human Action
Myles Holmes:God's will is only done when God's people do what he wants them to do. God doesn't go in the voting booth. He wants you to do it for him. We are God's hands. We are God's feet. Moldova is not saved because God wants it to be saved. Moldova is saved if God's people do what God wants them to do. Get involved with Orphan's Hands. So I wrote the book to rebuke that idea that God's will is always done, and that we must be involved for our culture, for our grandkids.
Writing the 2016 Pro-Trump Book
Myles Holmes:I got 10 grandkids. I don't know how many you have now.
Philip:Well, nine, one on the way. Andrew is having — hallelujah — another baby. Well, his wife is.
Myles Holmes:You'll catch up, you'll catch up. I've gotta be involved in our culture. And I'm so grateful, Philip — I know this — I'm so grateful for my board of deacons, my directors, my staff, my team, my board of elders here. They supported a hundred percent. That's unusual. I was told, Philip, that's unusual, that my church would empty. The finances would dry up. Exactly the opposite happened. We had a gift one day here a few years ago of $418,000. Hallelujah. Somebody handed me a check. We paid off our mortgage. Our church is debt free. Hallelujah. Which allows us to do more in Moldova with Orphan's Hands, do more with missions.
Myles Holmes:I'm so blessed to pastor this church. I've been here for 15 years now. It was first Assembly of God, but there was a First Assembly of God in every city around us, so we always got mail for Granite City or Troy. So I said to the church, listen, what would be a name that a 90-year-old Pentecostal could identify with, and a kid off the street who's never been to church could identify with? And we had all kinds of one-word answers. But what God gave me, and it was what I presented to the church, was Revive. Not the noun, the verb Revive. And that's what we've been known as for the last 14 years. We're still Assembly of God, still Pentecostal, still Spirit-filled, Word-filled, believing God for miracle signs and wonders. And he is doing it.
Myles Holmes:And God has blessed this church. During COVID, our income increased 30% to 40% every week and has not slacked off since then. We are blessed to be a blessing. And what I just encourage pastors — grow a backbone. Grow a spine. Yes, you will lose three or four families from your church, but they probably weren't supporting you anyhow. If they're supporting the Democratic Party, which wants transgender surgery on our kids, which wants open borders, which wants abortion without limit, you don't want them in your church. I'm sorry. You don't. We want people who are standing for God, standing for the kingdom of God.
Myles Holmes:And by the way, Philip, we are to pray for his kingdom to come and his will to be done on earth just like it is in heaven. So that tells me I've gotta be involved in politics and the culture.
Philip:Well, I mean, Jesus — the government will be upon his shoulders. I mean, most of the Bible is talking about kingdoms and kings being raised up. I mean, that's the full point of the scripture. Most of it all is talking about God's dealing with nations. And I really believe that what we're seeing just now — and there's tremendous opposition — I'm astonished, Myles, how evil the enemy can be and how dark they can be. And yet against all of this, we're watching this president standing up and going forward like a bulldozer.
Philip:And he is compressing two terms into one term. He's a man on a mission. I believe that inside his head, or on paper or something, he has a plan devised and written out — I've got to break this thing down, I've got to remake this thing here, we're gonna change this here, we're gonna do this here. And I'm watching him do this thing.
Myles Holmes:You mentioned it earlier, Philip. And I may have shared this on your show before, but I was surprised and bothered by his first administration within the first few weeks. And you know how the left-wing media, they all get their talking points from somewhere — George Soros or somewhere — and so they all said the same thing, the exact same phraseology, newspapers, magazines, radio, television. Every statement for a few days was, Donald Trump is upending 70 years of foreign policy.
Bold Preaching and Church Growth
Myles Holmes:And I said, God, yes, thank God. Of course. Dynamite. Perfect. Now listen, he's upending 70 years of rejecting Israel. 70 years of open borders. 70 years of wickedness. He's upending it all. Thank God.
Philip:And we're gonna tell the folks that you are Canadian. So he hasn't exactly been friendly towards Canada these last few weeks.
Myles Holmes:No, no. But Canada's gotta wake up too. It's astonishing that they haven't elected Pierre Poilievre yet, but his numbers are up. Pierre Poilievre is the answer for Canada, like Stephen Harper was a few years ago. But every nation needs godly leadership.
Myles Holmes:I do two shows a day on my Facebook page with a hundred thousand followers, and I always encourage folks — Battle of the Republic. I always encourage folks, don't listen to America being described by somebody who wrote a book in 1989. They don't have a clue. Somebody wrote a book in 1972 about America's founding — clueless. If you wanna know what made America great and what America was founded upon, read the founders, read what they said. This morning I read a quote on my show — the final fact of every show.
Myles Holmes:I read a quote by Daniel Webster, who lived from 1782 to 1852. Listen to what he said, and I'll say it quickly. Whatever makes men good Christians makes them good citizens. He said, our ancestors established their system of government on morality and religious sentiment. Moral habits, they believed, cannot be safely trusted on any other foundation than religious principle, nor any government be secure which is not supported by moral habits. Whatever makes men good Christians makes them good citizens.
Renaming the Church Revive
Philip:Boy, that is the truth. That is exactly right. And I'm frankly encouraged, Myles. I see a turn in the country, stuff that I've been laughed at for. I was watching the other day a guy singing the national anthem and the crowd was crazy. And some of the players must have been miked, and this guy is saying, oh Jesus, oh God. I mean, he's worshipping God. And I'm thinking, my God, six years ago they're on their knees, you know, taking a knee against America.
Philip:I think there's a whole turnaround in the world, first and foremost. I mean, Venezuela was a masterstroke. And what happened there — by taking out Maduro, taking away this criminal — what you've got now is the biggest single reservoir of oil in the world under America's control, which then cuts off Cuba, which cuts off China, which controls — I mean, it is shifting whole world scenarios on a daily basis.
Myles Holmes:Absolutely, Philip. And we are revival people. We are people of the moving of the Spirit of God. We are people that believe in the last days God will pour out his Spirit upon all flesh, and our sons and daughters shall prophesy. So why not expect it? Why not believe it? As Eric Metaxas said — I'm sure you know Eric Metaxas — he said, it's astonishing that God would have to take a thrice-married billionaire playboy from New York to show the church what courage looks like. It's amazing. But I thank God for Donald Trump.
Battle of the Republic Daily Broadcasts
Myles Holmes:I was watching Charlie Kirk talk about abortion. He says, God is going to use Donald Trump to speak about abortion when most pastors are too scared to talk about it. Exactly. That's the truth.
Philip:Listen, tell us how folk get on to be with you on your social page, because this is important.
Myles Holmes:Battle of the Republic. Battle of the Republic. That's where you find me. Or go to MilesHolmes.com. That takes you right to my Facebook page. Battle of the Republic. God bless you. I do two shows a day, 9:00 AM — Truth Today — and the evening, 9:00 PM — The Evening Blessing. God bless you.
Philip:Get in contact with this man because he is not afraid and not ashamed of the gospel, because it is still the only power of God unto salvation. Amen. Thank you so much for being with me on Daily Faith. I pray — you've just come back from Israel, you gotta come back again and tell us what you witnessed there. And every two years he takes a tour to Israel. And we'll be talking about that in the future as you come back, but I want you to be involved in this man's ministry because he is changing the world and is not ashamed or afraid to speak the truth.
Daniel Webster and Christian Citizenship
Myles Holmes:And I want you supporting Philip Cameron and the Orphan's Hands and what they're doing in Moldova in Europe. It is life changing. Praise God.
Philip:You're so kind. Thank you for watching Daily Faith today. I hope that something we've said has encouraged you to be bold and be brave, and to stand up and have your voice counted in these, the most important days of time. Tune in again to watch us on Daily Faith. We'll see you then. Bye-bye.
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Common questions
Why did Myles Holmes write a book supporting Donald Trump back in 2016?
Holmes wrote 'Why American Patriots Must Elect Donald Trump, Make History, Save History' because he was deeply troubled by pastors who said they wouldn't get involved in the election, reasoning that 'God's will is gonna be done anyhow.' He pushed back hard on that idea, arguing that God's will is rarely done automatically — it only happens when God's people act. He saw political engagement as a direct extension of Christian responsibility.
What does Myles Holmes say to pastors who are afraid to speak out on cultural and political issues?
Holmes tells pastors to 'grow a backbone' and a spine. He acknowledges they may lose a few families, but says those families probably weren't financially supporting the church anyway. In his own case, the opposite of what critics predicted happened — his church's income actually increased 30–40% during COVID and has stayed strong, and his board of elders supported him a hundred percent.
Does Myles Holmes believe God's will is automatically done in the world?
No — Holmes is emphatic that God's will is rarely done automatically. He points out that God's will is not done when a girl is raped, when someone is murdered, or when a drunk driver kills a family. He argues that God's will only happens when God's people do what He calls them to do, whether that's voting, engaging in culture, or supporting missions like Orphan's Hands in Moldova.
How does Myles Holmes balance believing Jesus could return at any moment with staying engaged in politics and culture?
Holmes says he fully believes in the imminent return of Christ — he's expecting it and ready for it. But he's also honest that he can't predict it will happen within the next 50 or 100 years. So if it doesn't, he wants to leave a good nation to his grandchildren, which means he has to stay engaged in the culture now rather than sitting on the sidelines.
Where can people follow Myles Holmes and what kind of content does he put out?
Holmes runs a Facebook page called 'Battle of the Republic,' which has around 100,000 followers, and he does two shows a day — 'Truth Today' at 9:00 AM and 'The Evening Blessing' at 9:00 PM. People can also find him at MilesHolmes.com, which links directly to his Facebook page.
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