Joel 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 by a drunk man and his battles with pornography. Joel shares his experience in the church, including being shunned by other believers when he tried to reach out for help, and, watching as his 60 year old pastor had an inappropriate relationship with an 18 year old girl.

Dr 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 day. Living in a post-truth culture and how it affects us, smartphone addiction with kids and proper boundaries, and more are discussed in this broadcast.

Dr 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 Indulgence.” In this first of two interviews, Anna begins the discussion on addiction by sharing the story of how one of her patients built a masturbation machine and kept modifying it until it became dangerous. As she writes in her book, “We are all of a sort engaged with our own masturbation machines.”

Pastor 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 and work-addiction to avoid his feelings and numb out, and the need to address the spiritual, volitional, and chemical components to heal and recover.

Pastor 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 and his prayer life. Depression was present in Dave’s family: both his mother and grandmother died from depression.

David 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 up the room where she ended her life with a gun.

David 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 a youth, including once at church, and his mother’s suicide.

Jim 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 1 issue that must be addressed in the church today.

Jim 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 1/6 of pastors are having an affair with a woman from their flock.

Many who come to us for help are struggling with distorted core beliefs, that is, the lies of the heart. Some of those lies may be: