Shows
Our Resolute Hope PodcastAn Interview with Jim Welch (Part 2)Pastor Frank continues his visit with Jim Welch. His ministry, Real Restoration, rescues trafficked, sexually exploited, and at-risk girls from danger, and guides them toward a new journey of life (RealRestoration.org).
2025-01-2732 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastAn Interview with Jim Welch (Part 1)Pastor Frank’s guest is Jim Welch, director of Real Restoration. Active in Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Uganda, and Kenya, this ministry rescues trafficked, sexually exploited, and at-risk girls from danger, and guides them toward a new journey of life (RealRestoration.org).
2025-01-2131 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastAn Interview with Brian MillerPastor Frank visits with Brian Miller, founder of Global Transformation Ministries in Medellín, Colombia. The ministry rescues children from the streets, victims of sex trafficking, and exploited girls (TMinistries.org
2025-01-1330 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastAn Interview with JimBob Norman (Part 2)In this second of two-interviews, Pastor Frank continues his conversation with JimBob Norman, missionary at New Song Mission in Nicaragua (NewSongNica.org).
2025-01-0643 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastAn Interview with JimBob Norman (Part 1)In this two-part series, Pastor Frank interviews JimBob Norman. A native of North Carolina, JimBob now ministers at New Song Mission in Nicaragua (NewSongNica.org).
2024-12-3033 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastAn Interview with David Gregory (Part 2)In this second of two interviews, Pastor Frank continues his conversation with David Gregory, speaker, teacher, and author of The Rest of the Gospel and the New York Times bestseller, Dinner With A Perfect Stranger.
2024-10-1538 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastAn Interview with David Gregory (Part 1)In this two-part series, Pastor Frank interviews David Gregory, speaker, teacher, and author of The Rest of the Gospel and the New York Times bestseller, Dinner With A Perfect Stranger.
2024-10-0729 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Majors. An Interview with Paul Byrd (Part 4)In this final episode of the series, Frank and Paul Byrd discuss what came next after retiring from baseball, including the launch and focus of Byrdhouse Ministries (thebyrdhouseministries.com).
2024-08-1932 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Majors. An Interview with Paul Byrd (Part 3)In this continuing series, Frank explores other aspects of Paul Byrd’s faith walk, including his marriage and family and his decision to retire from professional baseball.
2024-08-1237 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Majors. An Interview with Paul Byrd (Part 2)Frank continues his conversation with Paul Byrd, major league pitcher and author of Free Byrd, a book that details his faith in Christ, his struggles with pornography, and other personal topics.
2024-08-0536 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Majors. An Interview with Paul Byrd (Part 1)Pastor Frank launches a four-part series with Paul Byrd, major league All-Star pitcher and long-time friend of the ministry.
2024-07-2928 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastAntidote For My Anxiety. An Interview with Joshua Gordon (Part 2)Pastor Frank, Dr. John, and Joshua Gordon discuss how the church often stigmatizes those who suffer with anxiety, and they chart a path forward through intimate dependance on Father.
2024-07-2232 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastThe Heart of a Shepherd. An Interview with Phelim Doherty (Part 3)Pastor Frank, Dr. John, and Pastor Phelim Doherty consider the truth of Christ as Life and the challenges of teaching that in the modern church.
2024-02-2628 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastThe Heart of a Shepherd. An Interview with Phelim Doherty (Part 2)Pastor Frank, Dr. John, and Pastor Phelim Doherty continue discussing the experiences and challenges of delivering the message of Christ as life to believers in Ireland.
2024-02-1931 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastForgiving Others: How to ForgiveBecause Christ’s life is in us, we CAN forgive, and we CAN walk in freedom, no matter the wound. Pastor Frank and Dr. John offer detailed step-by-step guidance on how to do it.
2024-01-2928 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastPivotal Words – Do Christians Have Two Natures?Are we righteous or sinners? Do we have wicked hearts, or the promised new hearts of Ezekiel 36? Join Pastor Frank and Dr. John as they discuss this core issue of Christian identity.
2023-03-2727 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastForgave Our Sins and Became Our Curse. Colossians 2:13-14Our death, resurrection, and identification with Jesus rest on two fundamental truths … He forgave us ALL our sins, and He became our curse over us, sheltering us while He let our curse of death fall on Him.
2022-10-0334 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastThe Believers’ Baptism. Colossians 2:12-13Baptism, our complete immersion into Christ, testifies to the fundamental change we experienced at salvation. We were dead to God and in bondage to the flesh, but He made us alive together with Him.
2022-09-2631 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastRaised to New Life. Colossians 2:11-12We’ve been circumcised, buried, and raised with Christ. Because of these, we are free from sin’s control in our lives and from all it’s baggage … condemnation, guilt, shame, fear, anxiety, and emotional bondage.
2022-09-1932 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastEquipped for a Godly Life. Colossians 2:9-10Being in Christ isn’t just a list of things true about us on paper. It represents the full complement of spiritual resources Jesus Christ gives us so we can live Godly lives in this present evil age.
2022-09-1230 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastAccording to Christ. Colossians 2:7-9Rooted in Christ and established in the faith, the Colossians must be on guard against false teachers who promised earthly wisdom and human tradition. Their standard? Whether what they heard is according to Christ.
2022-09-0528 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastThe Gift of Encouragement. Colossians 2:5-7Encouragement is among the most powerful gifts we can give someone. Knit with the Colossians in spirit, Paul taught them who they are in Christ, how to walk in the world, and why they must watch for the enemy’s lies.
2022-08-2932 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastDiscerning the Truth. Colossians 2:3-5All wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ. This comes in handy when slick-talking false teachers sidestep the truth to deceive the saints. Only our Lord can show us what’s true … and what isn’t.
2022-08-2334 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastSuffering for His Name’s Sake. Colossians 2:1-3Our suffering is not only for our maturity, it’s for others’ too. Paul’s agony for the saints in Colossae had a purpose … that they might pursue Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
2022-08-1530 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastRejoicing in Suffering. Colossians 1:28-29Rejoicing in our suffering sounds absolutely impossible. But it’s not … if we rely on His strength. When we braid intimately with God, He doesn’t replenish our meager strength. He gives us His instead (Isaiah 40:31).
2022-08-0836 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastThe Ultimate Fruit of Suffering. Colossians 1:26-27In His grace, God allows us to share the sufferings of Jesus so that we can become like our Savior in His death. It’s only then that we begin to truly know Him and to experience His resurrection power in our lives.
2022-08-0131 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastWhy God Allows Suffering. Colossians 1:23-25Suffering. No one wants it, but it’s God’s gift to us wrapped in dark paper. Paul wrote that suffering is necessary to make the word of God fully known. It’s crucial to advance God’s kingdom … and to advance God’s kingdom in us.
2022-07-2539 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastRemoving Barriers Between God and Us. Colossians 1:20-22Father God rolled up His sleeves to redeem us (Isaiah 52:10). He made peace by removing every barrier that separates us from Him. And then He made us holy and set us apart as blameless and above reproach.
2022-07-1835 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastThe Incredible Résumé of Jesus Christ. Colossians 1:18-19Our Jesus has quite a résumé! He is the head of the church, the beginning, and the firstborn from the dead. He is the fullness of God in a person, the One Who makes God visible and tangible. And … He holds the universe together, too!
2022-07-1235 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastChrist’s Role in Creation. Colossians 1:15-17Understanding the supremacy of Christ begins with recognizing His role in creation. Our Jesus, Who came to us as the tangible, safe expression of God, was the very One Who created everything in the heavens and on the earth.
2022-07-0534 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastAll God’s Blessings are Ours … Now. Colossians 1:12-14Father God qualified us to share His inheritance, delivered us from darkness, transplanted us into His Son’s kingdom, liberated us by paying the ransom, and forgave us our sins … past, present, and future. In Christ, we have it all now!
2022-06-2834 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastA Better Way to Pray. Colossians 1:6-11Paul continues his encouragement by praying for the saints in Colossae … but not about specific problems or needs. Instead he prays that they’d overflow with the knowledge of God, so that they’d choose to walk worthy of Him.
2022-06-2035 min
Our Resolute Hope PodcastA Reputation Rooted in Hope. Colossians 1:1-5The epistle begins with Paul’s warm praise for the Colossian believers’ faith in God and love for the saints. And the reason for this? It’s their hope, their confident expectation, of what’s laid up for them in heaven.
2022-06-1340 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastRestoring Relationships – The Need for CourageAmid the wreckage of broken relationships, we need courage, a drive from the heart, to move toward restoration and to believe that God will do just as He promised … He will make all things new.
2022-06-0637 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastRestoring Relationships – Are We Willing?Relationships are costly. And when they’re broken, it’s so very easy to simply discard them. But Christ’s life in us desires to pay the cost for restoration, using the currency of forgiveness, compassion, acceptance, and love.
2022-05-3041 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastRestoring Relationships – Dare to Trust God for MoreWhen conflicts occur, we often pray for things to go back to how they were. But what if more is possible? This is how Paul approached Philemon, encouraging him to let God rebuild his relationship with Onesimus in an unprecedented way.
2022-05-2438 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastRestoring Relationships – Honor, Trust, and ProtectionRather than demanding obedience and conformity, Paul's approach to restoring relationship between Philemon and Onesimus took a radical approach, one built on honor, trust, and protection ... all hallmarks of Christ's life in us.
2022-05-0936 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastRestoring Relationships – Lessons from the Epistle to PhilemonFrank and John’s podcast series on the One Anothers goes from the classroom to the real world. Join them as they consider how Apostle Paul worked to restore a tricky relationship in the early church.
2022-05-0335 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Love One AnotherAgape is a pure, willful, sacrificial love that deliberately desires another’s highest good. Said another way, it’s the most redemptive, constructive, and honoring thing we can do for someone. It’s God’s love in us and through us to others.
2022-04-2539 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Forgive One Another Episode 2Forgiving one another is a command meant for our good. Frank and John discuss the need for forgiveness, the consequences for refusing to do it, common counterfeits, and most importantly how to do it.
2022-04-1840 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Forgive One Another Episode 1Forgiveness is a great idea, until it’s time for you to do it. Then it can seem almost impossible. But Christ’s life empowers us to do the supernatural … to forgive completely, just as the Lord has forgiven us.
2022-04-1239 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Teach and Admonish One AnotherAll believers can struggle and veer from the path of righteousness. When this happens, we’re to shepherd them, tenderly show their error, and remind them of the truth while doing all we can to protect them.
2022-04-0437 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Don’t Slander One AnotherVilifying, defaming, and accusing people unjustly have become common in the church. As partakers of the New Covenant, we’re to speak life, with words seasoned with salt that preserve, protect, and restore others.
2022-03-2937 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Don’t Grumble Against One AnotherComplaining, whining, and making a fuss all qualify as grumbling. When we speak death this way, we do more than just nurture resentment against others. We usurp God’s role and pass judgement upon them.
2022-03-2236 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Be At Peace With One AnotherChrist’s life empowers us to not only live in peace but to be peacemakers. Jesus made us to be the salt of the earth, enhancing everyone we meet. We must protect our salt’s purity by leaning in close to our Father.
2022-03-1434 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Be Patient With One AnotherPatience toward others is a burden that we must bear with love. This is impossible unless we allow Christ to do it through us. Only His life is sufficient to accomplish this with humility and gentleness.
2022-03-0733 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Stop Judging One AnotherJudging others seems like our favorite pastime. It builds walls between hurting people and blinds us to our own need. Christ’s life in us doesn’t judge others but always leaves an open path for relationship with them.
2022-02-2838 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Accept One AnotherAcceptance is our deepest need and the most freeing thing we can experience. When we come to Jesus Christ, He accepts us completely and makes us fully His. Christs’ life empowers us to accept others in this same way.
2022-02-2139 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Be Tender-Hearted to One AnotherCompassion is a rare thing in this world. It’s Christ’s love in action, leaving the safe sidelines and entering life’s trenches to share another’s suffering. And it’s doing as Father empowers us to bring restoration and wholeness.
2022-02-1430 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Have Equal Concern for One AnotherChrist’s life empowers us to have true concern for others, without regard for things that might separate us. Partiality fuels division among Christ-ones and undermines our oneness in Him.
2022-02-0735 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Submit to One Another, Serve One AnotherChrist’s life empowers us to submit to others, to align ourselves willingly and joyfully under them and to lift them up. When we focus on submission and service, the roles that often divide us tend to disappear.
2022-01-3143 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Be Kind to One AnotherChrist’s life empowers us not just to do kind things but to be kind. Kindness is part of our identity as Christ-ones. It’s a Spirit-led desire to invest time in others and to treat them better than they deserve.
2022-01-2440 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Prefer One Another, Greet One AnotherChrist's life empowers us to value and cherish one another, accepting them fully and receiving them joyfully, making sure they know they're in a place where they belong, a place where everybody knows their name.
2022-01-1735 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLife in the Body of Christ – Show Humility to One AnotherChrist’s life empowers us, not just to act humbly but to be humble people. To make determined, purposeful choices that we’ll consider others as more important and empty ourselves to serve one another.
2022-01-1039 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – Suicide. The Path Through Your PainYou don’t want to kill yourself, you just want the pain to stop”. Join the ORH team as they discuss the subtle lie of ‘If I die, I’ll be free’, and how God’s provision of Jesus Christ is the only path through your pain.2022-01-0542 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – Suicide. When the Pain FEELS Too GreatPains of life can hurt so much that suicide can seem like the only way out. In this first of two podcasts, Frank and John discuss motives for suicide, deceptions behind those motives, and the damage to survivors.
2021-12-1342 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – Setting Our MindsOur minds can be battlegrounds. And pain can make us vulnerable to the enemy’s lies. Cementing our minds on the truth about ourselves, our circumstances, and our God is key. Like David, we must choose to say, “I will trust in you”.
2021-12-0732 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – The Agony of FaithTrusting God while overwhelmed by pain can seem impossible to do. Frank and John discuss 1 Timothy 1:6 – our need to fight (agonize) the good fight (agony) of faith and to trust God in our sufferings.
2021-11-3036 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – Freedom in the FireOften, we feel that we’re alone in our pain. But as Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah learned (Daniel 3), they were never alone, even in the furnace. And in that fire, they found their freedom.
2021-11-2338 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – The Faithless FacadeMost believers don’t understand pain’s purpose in their lives. Meet Susie, who dared to meet God in her pain. And there she found freedom. She found God in a way she never knew Him.
2021-11-1637 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – A Radical Response to PainPain can shatter our life into what seems like an unfixable mess. When this happens, many paths are open to us. But only one works … to sit down in our pain and invite God to meet us there.
2021-11-0838 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – A Purpose to Our PainGod allows pain into our lives for a reason … so that we, like Apostle Paul, might acknowledge and accept our weakness and allow Jesus’ life to be manifest in us (2 Corinthians 4:8-10).
2021-11-0134 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – Combating the Enemy’s LiesIn the midst of our pain, our enemy will offer us lies about God, ourselves, and our circumstances. Frank and John discuss these in light of Jesus’ promise that knowing the truth shall make us free.
2021-10-2535 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – Where is God in My Pain?If I’m His child, why does He allow it? He’s God, so why doesn’t He stop it? We discuss these difficult questions, focusing on our Savior and how He was made perfect through His sufferings.
2021-10-1836 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – Dealing With Our PainWe deal with pain in lots of ways, some helpful and others not. From a practical foundation, Frank and John discuss the need for understanding, empathy, and above all compassion.
2021-10-1139 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Lonely Path of Pain – Getting Through What You Can’t Get OverPain doesn’t have to be the last word in your life. God can make a way through what you can’t seem to get over. Join us as we explore Jesus’ mission to bind up the brokenhearted and to comfort all who mourn.
2021-10-0438 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastBobby Allen‘s Story – Part 2Bobby continues his story, discussing the pain public humiliation, the untimely death of a child, a staggering moral failure, and a world-class smear campaign that he describes as being crucified by Christians. Hear about his road to spiritual wholeness, a restored marriage, and his decision to allow Jesus to enter his mess and make it his message. Check out Bobby here: LegacyLeadershipandCoaching.com.
2021-09-2837 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastBobby Allen‘s Story – Part 1Leadership and professional coach Bobby Allen, Founder and CEO of Legacy Leadership & Coaching, lost his best friend, his dad, at a young age and quickly found two new ones … rejection and abandonment. Walk with Bobby through his efforts to find significance in music, sports, girls, and drugs until a caring uncle introduced him to Jesus. Learn more about Bobby at: LegacyLeadershipandCoaching.com.
2021-09-2133 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastJ.D. Zomer‘s StoryTeacher, host of the Jesus Unfiltered podcast, and upcoming author J.D. Zomer bills himself as the poster child for the terrible effects of religious teaching . Listen as J.D. talks about his suicide attempt, his terrible divorce, and his searching that brought him finally to Jesus Christ as his life. Check out J.D. and his ministry projects at: ReligionFreeMinistry.com.
2021-09-1439 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastKyndal Jacoby‘s StoryMeet Kyndal Jacoby, a wife and a mother of three boys who has a full-time, a part-time job, and … she's a daughter of the King who has come to know Christ as her life. She discusses her rejection and insecurities following her parent's divorce, how these shaped her flesh, and how she came to meet Jesus. Learn more about her at: GraceLifeFellowship.org/ministries/grace-christian-counseling.
2021-09-0737 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLiberating the Church with His Life: The Solution and AftermathJohn and Frank discuss the conflict's culmination and resolution. How did it resolve? By implementing church discipline for legalism, just as Apostle described in Galatians 4:30. They discuss how the church responded afterward, along with their renewed efforts to train up the next generations to fight the good fight of faith.
2021-08-2335 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLiberating the Church with His Life: The OppositionFrank and John recall the initial resistance to the message, which developed into organized opposition. They discuss tactics that church members used to attack and discredit both the message and the messengers. Also they consider the role of law, the root of disbelief, that fueled the opposition, and they give examples of how it manifested.
2021-08-1637 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLiberating the Church with His Life: The Early StepsJohn and Frank describe some avenues they followed to introduce Christ as life into their church's different ministries. They consider what worked, what didn't, why, and their reliance both on scripture and on recognized voices from outside the church to reinforce the message.
2021-08-0933 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLiberating the Church with His Life: The BeginningFrank and John describe briefly how they began their journeys to know Christ as life. They discuss their first steps, as pastor and elder, to introduce their small body of believers, steeped in law and performance, to the full gospel of life and freedom in Jesus Christ.
2021-08-0234 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastMark Maulding's Story – Part 2Mark Maulding continues his story, focusing on his tender heart for pastors and his decades-long desire to help them understand the grace of God, the cross of Christ, and their identity as loved and accepted kids of the King. Learn more about him and the counseling ministry he founded at GraceLifeInternational.com.
2021-07-2638 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastMark Maulding's Story – Part 1Counselor, coach, and author Mark Maulding of Grace Life International shares honest insight about growing up 'trying hard to get it right', his confusion about a 'quid pro quo' God, his belly aches from reading the bible, his sinking and unraveling as a pastor, and his journey to finally understanding Christ as his life. Check him out at GraceLifeInternational.com.
2021-07-1937 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Fields Brothers' Story – Part 2Roger and Jeff Fields continue their story, focusing on the importance of viewing all things from the correct side of the cross of Christ. Hear the hearts of these brothers as they discuss the simplicity of the gospel and the love of our Father God. Check out their website, podcast, and book, Breaking the Hex, at TheFieldsBrothers.com.
2021-07-1234 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastThe Fields Brothers' Story – Part 1Join Roger (the older) and Jeff (the more athletic) Fields as they share their journeys through conservative religion to knowing Christ as their life. You'll enjoy their engaging style as they talk about Jesus and themselves … and having a good time doing it. Check out their website, podcast, and book, Breaking the Hex, at TheFieldsBrothers.com.
2021-07-0536 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastBlake Guichot's StoryHost, friend, and lead rebel at 'Confessions of a Crappy Christian' podcast, Blake Guichot begins her two-episode podcast by discussing her experiences being wounded by Christians, coming to understand the subtle differences between grace and law, and the immediate impacts this had on her, her husband, and their two young children. Learn more about her at CrappyChristianCo.com.
2021-06-2838 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastYolanda Cohen Stith’s Story – Part 2Author, speaker, and counselor Yolanda Cohen Stith continues her story, focusing on her struggles with infertility, the birth of her son with neurological disorders, his drug use and eventual incarceration, and his release. Listen closely as Yolanda describes 'crawling on her knees through the valley of the shadow of death', clinging desperately to her Messiah's hand. Discover more about Yolanda at newheartliving.com.
2021-06-2139 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastYolanda Cohen Stith’s Story – Part 1Author, speaker, and counselor Yolanda Cohen Stith describes her Jewish upbringing as ‘Conservadox’. Dissatisfied with the religious hypocrisy at home, her growing desire to know about God eventually led her to Rapid City, South Dakota, where she met Messiah Yeshua for the first time. Through her struggles with a wayward child, loss of a husband, and thoughts of suicide, her book, Valley Life Yolanda describes her walk with Yeshua and coming to know Him as Savior and life. Learn more about her at newheartliving.com.
2021-06-1440 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastAndrew Farley’s StoryAuthor, speaker, and pastor Andrew Farley shares his story of growing up in a shaming environment, becoming an obsessive evangelist, and wrestling with his perpetual efforts to become the ‘perfect version of Andrew’, the one God expected. Hear about his first authentic encounter with his savior at an Atlanta gas station, and his decade of recovery from the need to perform perfectly for God. Learn more about him at andrewfarley.org.
2021-06-0738 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastTracy Levinson’s StoryWith engaging effervescence, Traci tells her story of growing up atheist, her 100-mph encounter with God, and her journey to the Lord as her Savior and her life. With unparalleled openness and vulnerability, Traci discusses marital relations, personal heartbreaks, family crises, and a perfect storm of tragedy that she describes as a ‘7th-floor fall’ to the bottom, where she learned that Jesus is all she has and that He’s enough. Learn more about her at tracylevinson.com.
2021-05-3148 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastSteve Pettit’s Story – Part 2Steve continues his story, focusing on his journey of understanding and applying Christ as life in marriage, family, and ministry. Hear and enjoy his clear examples and some engaging descriptions of the intimate dependency that is ours in Christ.
2021-05-2434 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastSteve Pettit’s Story – Part 1Steve is director of One in Christ, a teaching and discipling ministry he has led for 30+ years. Also, he has been the sole pastor of CenterPoint Christian Fellowship in Gainesville, FL. Learn more about him, and hear some of his messages, at stevepettitmessages.com.
2021-05-1734 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastZach Maldonado’s StoryZach is an author and speaker, and he serves currently as Community Pastor for Church Without Religion in Lubbock, TX. Zach discusses Christ as Life as seen through the eyes of a young millennial, how it impacts his ministry, his teaching and shepherding, and his relationship with his new bride, Grace. Learn more about him at zachmaldonado.com.
2021-05-1039 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastNico LaHood’s Story – Part 2Nico continues his story, focusing this week on the challenges he faced to deal with forgiveness, particularly concerning his brother’s murderer; to love and shepherd family; and to live a life that he describes as ‘bat shit crazy’ about Jesus.
2021-05-0334 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastNico LaHood’s Story – Part 1Nico is a leading criminal defense attorney in San Antonio, TX. Beginning with his brother’s murder in 1996, Nico’s story describes his journey of faith, one he describes as a ‘faith born out of need’ He puts feet to that faith now through several outlets, including the podcast ‘R-Rated Christianity’.
2021-04-2641 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastTim Chalas’ StoryTim serves as Lead Pastor for Grace Life Fellowship in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He discusses his hybrid Greek Orthodox/Southern Baptist upbringing, his issues of fearing God, his understanding of Christ as his life, and some new opportunities that God placed before him. Tim recently coauthored a new book with Andrew Farley, entitled ‘The Perfect You: God’s Invita
2021-04-1939 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastFrank Friedmann’s Story – Part 2Frank’s story continues with discussions of his early life as a pastor, the crises that led him to ‘crash and burn, and the ways in which knowing Christ as his life has changed his ministry.
2021-04-1233 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastFrank Friedmann’s Story – Part 1Frank begins his story by discussing his early home life, the loss of his father, the ways he handled that loss, and his pursuit of athletics as a source of value and worth.
2021-04-0533 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastJohn Russin’s Story – Part 2John continues his story and discusses with Frank his early emphasis on knowing about Christ rather than knowing Him, the circumstances that led him to his growing understanding of Christ as his life, and his journey since that revelation began.
2021-03-2936 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastJohn Russin’s Story – Part 1John begins his story, focusing on his Roman Catholic upbringing, his fatherless home, his fear and his shame, and his first encounters with Jesus Christ.
2021-03-2236 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLaw & Grace: Reign in Life, part 2Frank and John conclude their conversations on reigning in life by focusing on a single key point. Jesus is our example, not for the acts He did but for the method He used. His was a life of total dependence on His Father. They discuss the importance of being a dependent child with God and of leaving behind the mindset of ‘adult achieving’ and embracing the attitude of ‘childlike receiving’.
2021-03-1531 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLaw & Grace: Reign in Life, part 1This week, the guys begin to wrap up their discussion of Romans 5:17 with the capstone truth that Christ makes it possible for us to reign in life. How did Jesus do what He did? Not because He was God, but because He relied dependently on His Father. They discuss the importance of Jesus not serving as our model but as our Life.
2021-03-0929 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLaw & Grace: The Power of Sin, part 2Frank and John continue their conversation on the Power of Sin, focusing this week on the battleground where the Power of Sin wages war … our minds. They discuss Sin’s never-ending efforts to undermine our new sound mind, our mind of Christ, and to entice us to walk according to our flesh and to turn from Christ as Life.
2021-03-0133 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLaw & Grace: The Power of Sin, part 1This episode examines one of the most confusing topics in Scripture – the Power of Sin. Beginning in Genesis 4 and winding up in Romans, the guys discuss what it is, what it’s not, how it functions, and why it masquerades as your ‘old sinful nature’ … which has been crucified, by the way (Romans 6:6), and no longer is an issue in a Christian’s life.
2021-02-2230 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLaw & Grace: Receiving GraceFrank and John discuss Romans 5:17, the redemptive story in one verse. They talk about the principle of law, God’s Law, true and false roles for God’s Law in a Christian’s life, and the importance of receiving the free gift of grace and our righteous identity in Christ to reign in Life.
2021-02-1533 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLaw & Grace: Crucified with ChristIn this episode, Frank and John discuss the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, our crucifixion and immersion into His death, our resurrection in Him, and our identity now as totally new creations.
2021-02-0832 minOur Resolute Hope PodcastLaw & Grace: Death in AdamMankind’s death in Adam was far more destructive than most realize. Listen as Frank and John discuss the full impact of that death and the role of Jesus to restore what was lost in the fall.
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