Compelled - Christian Stories & Testimonies

Texas State Senator Brian Birdwell was at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 when American Airlines flight 77 crashed just yards away from him, instantly engulfing his body in flames.

Brian was faced with certain death but also with complete peace in knowing that his faith was already placed in a Savior. His story is raw, true, and filled with miracles.

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Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world.

These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened!

Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate

Perks of being a Monthly Partner include:

Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out. 

Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com

Buy the Compelled book of testimonies, endorsed by Lee Strobel, Marvin Olasky, and more: ⁠https://compelledpodcast.com/book

Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm

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Virginia Prodan was an attorney in Communist Romania defending Christians in court during the 1980s. Her success angered the Romanian government, and they marked her for assassination. Virginia was alone and unprotected… until God intervened…

Show notes at: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/virginia-prodan

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Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world.

These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened!

Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate

Perks of being a Monthly Partner include:

Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out. 

Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com

Buy the Compelled book of testimonies, endorsed by Lee Strobel, Marvin Olasky, and more: ⁠https://compelledpodcast.com/book

Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm

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Exactly 20 years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans with a fury the city had never seen before. Fannie was there in the middle of the storm, where she experienced both fear for her life... and... the profound peace of God.

Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/fannie-scott

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Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world.

These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened!

Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate

Perks of being a Monthly Partner include:

Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out. 

Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com

Buy the Compelled book of testimonies, endorsed by Lee Strobel, Marvin Olasky, and more: ⁠https://compelledpodcast.com/book

Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm

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Gracia Burnham was serving as a missionary in the Philippines when she and her husband, Martin, were kidnapped by Muslim terrorists. They spent over a year in the jungle as hostages enduring hardships of all kinds, including constant shortage of drinking water, near starvation, and 17 gun battles.

Even more difficult than the physical challenges were the questions Gracia wrestled with. How could God still love her? How could she forgive those who had so horribly mistreated her?  

God worked in miraculous ways through Gracia’s time in captivity to change her heart, all for His glory.

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Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world.

These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened!

Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate

Perks of being a Monthly Partner include:

Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out. 

Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com

Buy the Compelled book of testimonies, endorsed by Lee Strobel, Marvin Olasky, and more: https://compelledpodcast.com/book

Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shortly after Jonathan Pacheco was married, he unexpectedly found himself in the middle of the biggest trial of his life: leukemia. Given only months to live, he discovered rest and peace in the Lord and surrendered himself to God’s will... when God worked yet another miracle.

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Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world.

These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened!

Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate

Perks of being a Monthly Partner include:

EARLY ACCESS to each new Compelled episode 1 week early!

FULL LIBRARY of our unedited, behind-the-scenes interviews with each guest... over 100+ hours of additional stories and takeaways!

Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out. 

Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com

Buy the Compelled book of testimonies, endorsed by Lee Strobel, Marvin Olasky, and more: https://compelledpodcast.com/book

Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Pacheco was severely disabled at birth when his spinal cord was nearly severed, and he has lived his entire life in a motorized wheelchair. 

Jonathan shares what his journey of faith has looked like as he has come to grips with God's sovereignty in all things, including his disability and more.

Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/jonathan-pacheco-pt-1

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Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world.

These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened!

Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate

Perks of being a Monthly Partner include:

EARLY ACCESS to each new Compelled episode 1 week early!

FULL LIBRARY of our unedited, behind-the-scenes interviews with each guest... over 100+ hours of additional stories and takeaways!

Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out. 

Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com

Buy the Compelled book of testimonies, endorsed by Lee Strobel, Marvin Olasky, and more: https://compelledpodcast.com/book

Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jill Robbins had an abortion at the age of 17, which was only the beginning of a self-destructive lifestyle that included drugs and promiscuity. Which in turn resulted in the decline of her mental health. As Jill’s life fell further apart, the harder she dug in. Could Anyone, dig her out?

Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/jill-robbins

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Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world.

These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened!

Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate

Perks of being a Monthly Partner include:

EARLY ACCESS to each new Compelled episode 1 week early!

FULL LIBRARY of our unedited, behind-the-scenes interviews with each guest... over 100+ hours of additional stories and takeaways!

Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out. 

Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com

Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Carswell grew up in a Christian home and could explain the Gospel forwards and backwards... but it held no actual power in his personal life. Then one day, the scales fell off his eyes, and Jonathan saw Jesus for who He truly was... which put into motion a revolution in the world of Christian publishing.

Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/jonathan-carswell

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Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world.

These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened!

Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate

Perks of being a Monthly Partner include:

EARLY ACCESS to each new Compelled episode 1 week early!

FULL LIBRARY of our unedited, behind-the-scenes interviews with each guest... over 100+ hours of additional stories and takeaways!

Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during checkout. 

Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com

Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sheila Booth-Alberstadt ignored God for the first 40 years of her life. But after being confronted by His very real existence, she proceeded to treat Him like a genie in a bottle.

Yet she was constantly plagued by doubts like:

Why couldn't she heal her own children when they were sick?

Why couldn't she heal her own body?

Why didn't financial prosperity come to her even when she had the “faith” that it should?

It eventually all came to a head after she left for the woods to spend time with God seeking answers… when He delivered her from the Prosperity Gospel.

Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/sheila-booth-alberstadt

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Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world.

These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened!

Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate

Perks of being a Monthly Partner include:

EARLY ACCESS to each new Compelled episode 1 week early!

FULL LIBRARY of our unedited, behind-the-scenes interviews with each guest... over 100+ hours of additional stories and takeaways!

Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out. 

Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com

Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd finds and tells stories of modern-day Christians who are being persecuted and martyred throughout the world. And while that job carries many responsibilities, Todd is adamant there are few greater honors than co-laboring with these saints and telling their stories of God’s faithfulness.

From a widow in Turkey whose husband was killed for his faith, to a Chinese woman imprisoned for following Christ, to a new believer in Laos who couldn’t wait to share his faith with others… These are just a handful of the Christians Todd has met throughout his years supporting the persecuted church.

Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/todd-nettleton

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Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world.

These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened!

Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate

Perks of being a Monthly Partner include:

EARLY ACCESS to each new Compelled episode 1 week early!

FULL LIBRARY of our unedited, behind-the-scenes interviews with each guest... over 100+ hours of additional stories and takeaways!

Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out. 

Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com

Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices