First Episode of 2025: “Tell of all His wondrous works.” — Psalm 105:2

In this special episode, I’m sharing personal testimonies of God’s faithfulness to encourage and strengthen your walk with Him.

Here’s what I’ll be talking about:

* The Miracle of Caleb Would Go — Three Years In: A reflection on God’s hand in this ongoing journey.

* Marriage and Mission: Learning to seek unity in marriage while laying down personal ambitions.

* Parenting Adult Children by Faith: Trusting God with the next stage of their journey.

* Faith at Work: What it looks like to live out your faith when things are unfair or unjust.

* Waiting Well: How to wait on God without growing bitter or weary.

If you’d like be part of ‘empowering the adventurous’ funding missionaries through Caleb Would Go

Please go to our website

https://www.calebwouldgo.com/make-a-donation

Search Caleb Would Go on YouTube to hear our story

https://youtu.be/WBsXP3Cb_d0?si=OEEcZHiVV6ka2_P0

Go to IG  @CalebWouldGo  https://www.instagram.com/calebwouldgo/

to seek our 2025 Missionaries we supported last year.

I believe “Dad Guilt” is one of the main reasons for men’s disengagement & passivity in the family as well as sidestepping any type of spiritual leadership at home. Learn how you can overcome it and re-engage in your family.

On this podcast, you’ll learn

- What 1Cor. 11:4 meant when it warned Men not to pray with their head covered

- How King David’s lack of engagement made matters worse in his family relationships

- How to overcome guilt from failures through faith

- How you can gain confidence and strength to re-engage in your family again

I will read an excerpt from my book Fatherhood Faceplants-

Chapter 15- Live Uncovered - Dads must overcome Guilt to engage.

If you’d like to pick up a copy of Fatherhood Faceplants go to Amazon

https://amzn.to/3kMfHfl

This podcast originally aired: Sept. 12, 2022- Title: Live Uncovered

On this podcast, I share excerpts from my father’s funeral to honor him as a Man of God he was.

His testimony was - ‘through faith….(his) weakness was turned to strength’ Heb 11:32,34

-I share the four life lessons I learned from my Dad

-His pastor shares how my Dad was a servant leader

-A friend and someone he mentored shares how as Christians, we're not to grieve without Hope

It is an honor to share about my Dad’s life to encourage you to fight the good fight until your final day.

Learn how to be Carefree in the Care of God

On this podcast, I go over lessons learned from George Mueler, Reese Howell, and Hudson Taylor about walking by faith and being carefree.

Learn >

1-The difference between following God from your Heart vs your Mind

2-How not to be weighed down by the anxieties of life

3- How to grow your Faith- based on George Mueller

Pick up these incredible faith-building books (audio or paperback)

1. The Autobiography of George Mueller-

2. Rees Howells, Intercessor, the story of a life lived for God- by Norman Grubb

3. Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret

On this podcast, I share the following lessons from the Quakers

1- Everybody can contribute more than you think

2- Self awareness & valuing the group obove your selfish ambitions is critical

3- Belief that God want ls to be in the driver seat re: community growth & teaching

4- Inserting yourself into every growth process will limit the growth of the group

5- Humility, letting go of control , taking risk & trusting God by becoming vulnerable is required

For more information go to:

https://thekindlingfire.com

On Episode 203- a repost of a show from 2021 where I discuss the four stages of masculinity taught by the Lakota Sioux Indian Tribe & their Biblical parallel.

-Boyhood- primary focus- generosity

-Young Manhood- primary focus- suffering & endurance

-Adult Manhood- primary focus- respect & kinship

-Elders- primary focus - wisdom

I also share a vision of Jesus I had while exploring my Native American tribal roots a few years back

Loren went home to be with Jesus on Oct 6th, 2023. He was a true hero of the Faith! It was an honor to speak with him and be part of YWAM!

Loren Cunningham is the founder of Youth with a Mission (YWAM). He is the first missionary to every reach every nation on earth. Today, YWAM has 18,000 full time missionaries, serving in almost every nation. YWAM has 191 missionary bases around the world and 27 ships they use for evangelism, training and mercy ministries.

In this conversation, we discuss

1. How has God kept his faith vibrant year after year?

2. How has his friendship & partnership with his wife Darlene kept their faith fresh all these years.

For more information on Ywam go to

https://ywam.org/

Ep.202- Panel discussing how to live a creative life

J David Weiss @jdwdesign - founder & CDO of Design Nova- superyacht designer, creative arsonist

Andy Poe-@boulder_mountain Painter, Director, Producer for Film & Television, Storyteller

Ølin- @olinmakesmusic Indy rock/pop artist, producer, performer & my son

We discuss

- how to stay inspired

- how to get unstuck creatively

- what role God plays in our creativity

- how bravery & courage are needed to continue

Bonus: ølin shares an unreleased song - Surrender- @ end of show

check out more on our panelist:

J David Weiss:

Portfolio: https://www.designovacreative.com/

IG: @jdwdesign

Andy Poe

paintings: https://andrewpoe.art/

IG @boulder_mountain

IG @theartworkscafe (podcast on creativity)

ølin:

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/%C3%B8lin/1502729251

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WrUF11TX1TRytwAy9cZNY?si=RCoOteK1SimXmaIV9C6k9g

IG: @olinmakesmusic

Troy:

Fatherhood Faceplants book: https://amzn.to/3kMfHfl

Caleb Would Go: https://calebwouldgo.com

Men’s Speaker: https://troymangum.com/home

It is a show to encourage you that the promises in the Bible are true.

Hear testimonies how promises in the Bible have come true in my life

- God provides financially- Phil 4:19

- God restores relationships- Hag 2:9

- God promises a bright future- Jer 29:11

- God gives the desire of your heart- Ps 37: 3-6

- Great is his faithfulness- hymn lyrics walkthrough

For more on the Kindling Fire Podcast, go to

https://troymangum.com

Here is my 200th podcast episode.

I’ll be talking about the opportunity for the Gospel with the rise of AI

1. What actually is Generative AI, LLM, ChatGPT?

2. What are the social ramifications of deep fakes and other new AI events?

3. What is the amazing opportunity for the Gospel to reach others right now?

Thank you to all those who have listened to the Kindling Fire Podcast over the years! Much Love!!

For more go to:

https://troymangum.com