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Russell Double built a life on creativity — music with his group NBH, cinematography, artist management, architectural blueprints. But underneath every project was the same thing: an inner voice he learned to trust, no matter how "crazy" the instruction sounded.

Tonight, Russell shares the moments that shaped his walk — hearing God tell him to hand his son over to Him at school, quitting his job the same way he was told to "jump," and catching the confirmation of a lifetime on the first cast after walking away from steady income into the unknown.

We get into the story behind "Crazy Faith" — the song, the shirt line, and the catfish ponds he almost didn't get, funded in a way only God could write. We talk fatherhood, meditation, generosity, and what it means to serve like Jesus served.

"It looks crazy to the world, but it makes sense to God."

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Eric Archer II is the founder of Vibez Coffee — the space where Az hosts Bible study every Monday night. But before the coffee shop, there was a vision God gave him years earlier that didn't make sense until it did.Eric grew up between California and the Midwest before landing at Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he drifted for a few years before a spring break arrest brought him back to God. He became a youth pastor, then an executive pastor, before a dream in 2021 led him and his wife to leave everything they knew in California for South Carolina — no job, no house, just faith.Tonight, Eric shares the full story behind Vibez Coffee: the original vision, the failed first attempt, losing his mother to cancer, the doubt that followed, and his wife's faith that carried the vision when his couldn't.We talk about coffee as craft, worship as excellence, and what it means to build a space that bridges the world and the Spirit."Come for the coffee, stay for the vibes."82 and 0. Walking with God we never lose.#82NoLive #Testimony #Faith #VibezCoffee

Tony wasn't even supposed to be on the show tonight. Our scheduled guest fell through last minute — so we walked around church waiting for God to show us who was supposed to sit in that chair. We landed on Tony, from the Takeoff youth ministry at Forward City.What followed is one of the realest testimonies we've captured on 82No Live.Seventeen years in the Army. A lifestyle he knew was wrong but couldn't walk away from on his own strength. And then the bridge — 110 mph, 1am, a voice that told him to swerve right, and a peace that pulled his foot off the gas before he could.Tony talks about rededicating his life that night, becoming a licensed minister, and choosing to humbly serve under leaders half his age at Takeoff — which he calls a "school of the prophets" for the next generation.We also get into fatherhood — how he teaches his kids to pray, and why he'd rather they have a testimony that starts at 10 years old instead of one like his.This is real people, real testimonies, real God.82 and 0. Walking with God we never lose.#82NoLive #Testimony #Faith #Takeoff

Season 2 Premiere: G sits down with his son for the first time on camera.

This isn't an interview. This is a father and a young man talking about faith, family, and what it means to walk with God on your own terms.

Junior gave his life to Jesus on his own timing—not forced, not pushed. Just obedience meeting obedience.

Tonight they talk about:

- What it's like watching your son choose faith

- How G's transformation changed everything for his family

- Junior's baptism and what that meant

- The role of community (church family, mentors, brothers)

- What real fatherhood looks like

- Why younger generations are rising up bold for Christ

- How generational healing actually happens

But more than that, this is a conversation about love. About saying "I love you" 10 times a day. About being a friend and a father. About trusting God with your kids instead of controlling them.

G didn't force Junior into faith. He modeled it. He showed it. And Junior chose it.

This episode is proof that when parents get obedient, their kids pay attention.

Perfect for:

- Fathers trying to figure out this whole thing

- Young people exploring faith

- Anyone watching generational healing happen

- People who need to see what real family looks like

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Azian "Az" Carpenter's Testimony: From Hotel Rooms to Ministry

Az found Christ in a hotel room when his family had nowhere else to go. He spent years partying on King Street in Charleston, lost his car and job when he committed to God, and now leads a Monday Bible study and the Freed People Movement—a street evangelism organization reaching homeless people every week.

In this episode, Az shares:

- How he went from survival mode to spiritual leadership

- Why God had to break him down completely before He could use him

- What the Free People Movement is and why homeless outreach matters

- How Gen Z is rising up bold for Christ (and what that means)

- Deep teaching on patience, spiritual warfare, and letting go of your past

- Why younger leaders are stepping up in the church

- How showing up + serving = real relationships

This isn't just a testimony. Az teaches theology through his lived experience. You'll hear about sanctification, the Moses parallel, backsliding spirits, and what it means to embrace the fullness of where God is calling you.

Perfect for anyone asking: Can I really change? Is it too late? How do I walk with God when I've lost everything?

Hosted by G from 82No Live.

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Keywords: Faith podcast, testimony, transformation, Christian podcast, Gen Z, community, Black faith, discipleship, spiritual growth, homelessness, evangelism

82No Live | Episode 13: Season 1 Finale

82No Live | Episode 12: "Where 2 Or More Are Gathered"

Most men will never experience what these four just described.

They'll go their whole lives thinking strength means not crying. Thinking real means not needing anybody. Thinking faith is something you do alone on Sunday morning.

Then they walk into a room on a Wednesday night and everything changes.

Jackson was the youngest in the room but not the least prepared. He watched older men break down and realized what real strength actually looked like.

Josh came in not knowing anybody and left knowing he'd found brothers for life.

Jay moved to a city where he knew nobody. Thought about leaving. Then he heard gospel music coming from downstairs and said yes to one more thing.

Dre prayed God send me a good community with some real cool dudes. Not no weirdos. He didn't know it would look like this. He thought he was alone. He was wrong.

This episode isn't about theology. It's about what happens when men stop performing and start being real.

They talk about nights when the Holy Ghost came so heavy that grown men couldn't do anything but cry. About how vulnerability became the strongest thing in the room. About how iron sharpens iron when brothers actually lock in.

One of them said something that hits different: "We're not just present. We're shaking things up."

That's what this room is doing.

Not in a sanctuary. Not on a stage. In a school building. On a basketball court. In a living room. Wherever two or three decide that God matters more than the mask.

If you've ever felt like you were supposed to figure everything out by yourself. If you've ever thought real men don't need help. If you've ever wondered what it would feel like to be truly known by other men who actually get it.

Listen to this.

Because somewhere right now a young man is sitting alone thinking nobody understands. And he needs to know that his people are out there. They're just waiting for him to show up.

82No Live. Real people. Real testimonies. Real God.

Barry E. Knighton is a USC history graduate, social worker, and founder of the Vineyard Foundation—an organization doing real work in Ghana, West Africa.But this episode is not about the charity work. It's about the faith that drives it.Barry sat down with G to talk about what it means to be obedient when you cannot see the full picture. About saying yes to a calling that does not come with a job title or salary. About serving a community you did not grow up in and learning what it actually means to steward resources God has given you.He talks about doubting Thomas. About mustard seed faith. About the difference between being a savior and being a kingdom supplier. About a library that got built because the elders asked for it. About a hospital that now serves 3,000+ people. About teachers being promoted to leadership. About permission to rest.Barry has been to Ghana every single year—including during COVID. Takes zero salary. All donations go directly to the work. Teaches at USC College of Social Work. Serves quietly on the parking team at Forward City Church.This is what happens when someone stops waiting to have it all figured out and just says yes to what God is asking.Learn more: www.thevineyardfoundation.comDonate: CashApp $thevineyardSC82No Live. Faith. Life. The Process.

82No Live | Episode 10: "Mother's Nature" ft. Tesa Connelly | 82No Live

If you have been watching 82No Live this season you already know her name. She whispered confirmation over Kelly when he was questioning whether God was real. She got the host back into Forward City and set in motion everything this show has become. She has been woven into the story of this season without ever being its subject.

Until now.

On Mother's Day Tesa Connelly finally takes her own seat and tells her own story for the first time.

Born and raised in Columbia South Carolina Tesa is a therapeutic foster parent of nearly twenty children over twelve years a woman working toward adopting her current foster son Kasi and one of the most quietly powerful people in the Forward City community. In this episode she talks about growing up in a Baptist church where God was in a box and the night a play about heaven and hell at eighteen years old arrested her heart and changed everything. She talks about the spontaneous baptism night at Forward City where PT called her name out loud after she told God he was going to have to do exactly that. And she talks about what it means to hear from God on behalf of other people and why she believes she is one of his hands and feet in the earth.

But the heart of this episode is what Tesa carried privately while showing up publicly for everyone around her.

In 2020 her father was hospitalized with COVID and told the family to come say goodbye. Tesa put the phone to the glass and prayed healing from the crown of his head to the souls of his feet. She told the doctor who said her father would not make it to leave the room. And her father walked out of that hospital a living breathing miracle. Her mother survived COVID too but the disease accelerated her dementia and began taking the woman Tesa had always known piece by piece. For the season that followed Tesa became the mother her mother needed. Building routines. Creating protections around the house. Finding humor in the hard moments. And showing up every single day for a woman who would have shown up for her without question if she could.

All while fostering children who needed a mother at the same time.

Host G witnessed much of this season firsthand. Working in Tesa's home for months. Watching her care for her mother and her foster children simultaneously. Being present the day her mother passed. And in one of the most vulnerable moments the show has ever produced G tells Tesa on camera what she means to him and what she pulled him back from in a parking lot on a day he almost gave up.

Tesa closes with a word for every mother grandmother auntie mama and woman who has been showing up for everyone else while carrying something privately that nobody around her fully sees.

You don't have to be the greatest to be a great.

82No Live. Real people. Real testimonies. Real God. Every Sunday at 7pm.

82No Live | Episode 9: "This Little Light" ft. Miquel Dancy | 82No Live

Born in California. Raised everywhere. A military kid who moved through five elementary schools three high schools and more states than most people visit in a lifetime. At 21 years old Miquel Dancy is one of the most genuinely lit people you will encounter. Not because he is trying to be seen. Because God is all over him and it shows in everything he does. But the person the audience sees today is the product of a story most people would never guess from the outside. In this episode Miquel sits down with host G to talk about what it actually looked like growing up in a creative military household constantly moving and never feeling fully settled. He opens up about his parents divorcing when he was young the mental health struggles that started in childhood and the inherited patterns he has been working to break ever since. He talks about the first suicidal thought he had as a little kid and the moment at fifteen when life got too heavy and he found himself on a bathroom floor unable to open a gun case. And then what happened next. How he got back on his phone. How a random old preacher talking about Jesus showed up in his TikTok feed. And how God changed his algorithm to meet him exactly where he was. Miquel also talks about going lukewarm after that first encounter then going all in at eighteen. The fasting he did wrong. The Myles Munroe videos. The job at Michelin. And the moment God said get consistent and surrender it to me and what happened when he actually did. One thousand followers to twenty thousand on Instagram in less than six months. Over a thousand videos posted in less than a year. And a growing understanding that the numbers are not a metric. They are souls to steward. This episode also gets into Miquel's unique sense of fashion as self expression and theology. The Forward City brotherhood that formed around him in just two years. The Matthew 6:33 confirmation that happened live on air. And the simple but powerful advice he gives to anyone still wrestling with the same things he has wrestled with. Before you punch them with scripture just listen. This little light is not little at all. And this episode proves it. 82No Live. Real people. Real testimonies. Real God. Every Sunday at 7pm.