Recorded: Oct 14, 2024Joel Barnes returns to discuss Mike’s book The Rogue Christian and Joel’s involvement in creating the newly released audio version of TRC. A 5 minute clip is played at the beginning of the show. Also, Joel shares how the senior pastor of his former church Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Oct 07, 2024Jesus confronted 70% of the 7 churches He addressed in Revelation 2 and 3. Just because a church has a gifted communicator for a pastor, a big building, or all the other bells and whistles doesn’t mean Jesus that they wouldn’t be one of the Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Sep 30, 2024Mike gets into action steps to take to overcome porn addiction (and any kind of sin) that have the additional blessing of experiencing the abundant life Jesus offers. These steps include: Rigorous, ongoing honesty Taking ownership of sin Ongoing support and accountability Cutting off the Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Sep 23, 2024Mike shares the story of a rough patch of spiritual warfare he went through that morning, fighting through it and overcoming, more stories of recent events, and what we have been seeing recently with those who come to us for help at Blazing Grace.
Listen to Episode Recorded: Sep 16, 2024In this second of two broadcasts, Mike continues his interview with Steve Inman, who, although he was raised in the church, became disillusioned and spent years of his life running from God and hiding in the gay lifestyle. Steve discusses his struggles in finding peace, Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Sep 09, 2024Steve Inman was born as a twin in Washington State. Although he was raised in the church, he became disillusioned and spent years of his life running from God and hiding in the gay lifestyle. His story included abandonment by his father and dabbling in Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Sep 02, 2024Dane Clark has worked for 15 years for Arizona Baptist Children’s Services and Caring Ministries, in Tucson, AZ. They offer foster care, counseling, pregnancy centers, food and clothing resources and life development for men with addictions and incarceration – those who have been cast aside Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Aug 26, 2024George Barna recently came out with his American Worldview Inventory 2024, Release #4, where he posted the results of a survey of attendees of evangelical churches. His report includes the following: “Unexpectedly large minorities of adults at evangelical churches reject the biblical nature and character Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Aug 19, 2024Shannon Kay continues the story of her 30 year marriage to a husband who was in bondage to porn and sex addiction, and how porn opened the door to massage parlors and strip clubs. Shannon shared that from her perspective pastors aren’t trained to help Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Aug 12, 2024Shannon Kay married her high school sweetheart while they were still teenagers. What began as an admission by her then fiancée that “I struggle with porn” became a full-fledged sex addiction that impacted their entire 30 years of marriage, their children, extended family and friendships. Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Aug 05, 2024In this second of two broadcasts, TJ, a Phoenix native, continues the story of his journey to healing from physical and sexual abuse.TJ grew up with an alcoholic father who beat his mother, a mother who was a drug dealer, and, TJ was molested as Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Jul 29, 2024In this first of two broadcasts, TJ, a Phoenix native, shares the beginning of the story of his journey to healing. TJ’s father was an alcoholic who physically abused his mother. His mother was a drug dealer who eventually ended up in prison. TJ was Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Jul 22, 2024In this second of two broadcasts, Linda Kracht returns to continue her story of when, after 29 years of marriage and having raised 2 sons, her husband, Scott, committed suicide. Linda shares how losing her husband affected her and the support she received from her Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Jul 15, 2024In 2019, after 29 years of marriage and having raised 2 sons, Linda Kracht’s husband, Scott, committed suicide. In this first of two shows, Linda shares the first part of their story, including the time that Scott spent in a psychiatric ward and the results Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Jul 08, 2024In this second of 2 broadcasts, Joel Barnes, in his twenties, discusses why he sees youth leaving the church. Joel lists the following as the top 3 reasons that youth are walking away: 1. We are not challenging our youth, but rather giving them Awana-level Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Jul 01, 2024Joel Barnes is in his twenties. In a time when 75% of youth are walking away from the church, it’s critical that we give our youth a voice. In this first of two episodes, Joel shares his story, which includes nearly being murdered by drowning Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Jun 24, 2024Dr Anna Lembke, MD, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, returns for this second of two interviews. In her book Dopamine Nation, Anna shared how the average American lies around once a Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Jun 17, 2024Dr Anna Lembke, MD is the professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. She returns to BG Radio to discuss the content from her book “Dopamine Nation; Finding Balance in the Age of Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Jun 10, 2024Pastor Dave Drum is the director of J17 Ministries in Tucson, AZ. In this second of two interviews, Dave continues his story of his years-long struggle with depression and the challenges he faced as a senior pastor. Dave shares on how he used the smartphone Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: Jun 03, 2024Pastor Dave Drum is the director of J17 Ministries in Tucson, AZ. In this first of two interviews, Dave shares his years-long struggle with depression, including the challenges he faced while serving as a senior pastor and the profound affect it had on his family Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: May 27, 2024David Zailer is the founder of Operation Integrity, a Christ-centered organization that helps men and women heal from addictions and transform their lives. In this second of two shows, David continues with his mother’s suicide and how it impacted him, beginning with having to clean Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: May 20, 2024David Zailer is the founder of Operation Integrity, a Christ-centered organization that helps men and women heal from addictions and transform their lives. In this first of two broadcasts, David shares his story of growing up with a narcissist father, being molested multiple times as Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: May 13, 2024Jim Tilley, PhD is a clinical psychologist and pastor. In this second of two broadcasts, Jim and Mike discuss avoiding the pitfalls of the world we live in, drawing closer to Jesus, and the epidemic of sexual sin, which, as Jim describes, is the number Read More
Listen to Episode Recorded: May 06, 2024Jim Tilley, PhD is a clinical psychologist and pastor. In this broadcast Jim and Mike discuss what helping pastors who are struggling with pornography or other forms of sexual sin looks like, and the challenges and temptations pastors face. Jim quotes a survey showing that Read More
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