Christ Connection

We are joined today by America's Best Selling Inspirational author with 100 million copies of his books sold around the world. In this conversation we talk about one of the important topics for the world today: happiness. We discuss from a very practical standpoint what the Bible says about you experiencing happiness in your own life. 

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Melissa d'Arabian is known for winning season 5 of the Next Food Network Star and from there her show 10 dollar dinners. From there she has written cookbooks, judged cooking competition shows and the like. We talk about her latest book Tasting Grace and the personal story that show us how something as simple as food can draw us closer to God.

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Dave Ferguson is an award-winning author, founding and lead pastor of Chicago’s Community Christian Church, a missional multi-site community considered one of the most influential churches in America. Dave is also the visionary for the international church-planting movement NewThing and president of the Exponential Conference.

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Michelle Warnky is an American Ninja Warrior and the first female Ninja Warrior gym owner. Not only is she an elite athlete she used to be an overseas missionary for 5 years. We have a great conversation about building endurance, creativity in ministry, and relationships.

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Has God put something in your heart to do for Him? Not sure where to start? This episode is for you. Or maybe you just need to feel the passion that Brent Silkey brings to the cause of ending modern day slavery. This practical application filled episode will encourage your heart to cross the line into action. 

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My guest today is Karl Vaters. He is a pastor and author of Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials. We talk about how to pray for your pastor and how to encourage your pastor. This is also a great episode to pass along to your pastor as an encouragement to them. 

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Has God given you a promise and it hasn't happened yet? What do you do in the middle and challenging time of waiting? Today I bring on my wife Jen to share about just that kind of challenge in the first 10 years of our marriage. Learn from this woman of wisdom and stay through to the end for an important opportunity. 

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Even for those who have been around church for a while certain parts of the Bible can feel intimidating. But if the Bible is one of our main ways to encounter God I don't want you to stay away from it simply because it feels too hard. So I thought I would see if we could tackle one of the difficult books of the Bible and give you some confidence. To help me with that I am joined by my friend Dr. Rick Wadholm.

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Do you feel like you are too small, too hurting, too whatever to make a difference? What if something that you could do in 6 minutes would make a difference throughout eternity? In this episode Kevin Senapatiratne shows you how. 

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After a traumatic childhood Kim Walker Smith found healing in the love of Jesus. In this episode we talk about her great new book called Brave Surrender and how you can find your own healing as you trust God.

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