This episode of Lead Defend was recorded live at the Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. Hosts, Ryan Scantling and Brock Caldwell, talk with Brandon Moore who serves as the BCM campus minister in Conway. They talk about Moore's transition from playing professional baseball to full-time ministry. He also answers question about leadership and choosing to live for Christ in and outside of the locker room. 

On this episode, Ryan Scantling and Brock Caldwell ask Mack Stevens about his process of applying to do Journeyman with the International Mission Board. Mack talks about the importance of pursuing Jesus and community even in the midst of apathy. He also encourages listeners to spark Gospel conversations wherever they are. 

We hope to see you at Lead Defend 2023! Learn more at https://leaddefend.org. 

This week, Ryan Scantling and Brock Caldwell talk with Will Lambley about remaining steadfast in life's difficult circumstances. Will, a sophomore at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, lost his sight in high school due to a rare eye condition. He recalls receiving the life-changing news and the difficult days that followed. He reveals the imporant role scripture memorization has played in keeping him close to the Lord and positive during depressing days. 

We hope to see you at Lead Defend 2023! Learn more at https://leaddefend.org/. 

In this episode, Ryan and Brock catch up on life's big changes including job updates and baby news. Transitions of their own help them dive into how God uses transitions in our lives. They talk about how to make difficult decisions and navigate new opportunities. 

We hope to see you at Lead Defend 2023! Learn more at https://leaddefend.org/.

Ryan Scantling and Brock Caldwell are back for more episodes of Lead Defend. In this brief episode, they discuss the upcoming season and their anticipation for Lead Defend 2023.

Learn more at https://leaddefend.org/.

In the last episode of season 3, the guys sit down with J. Warner Wallace from the Lead Defend 2022 Conference. You might recognize Wallace as this isn’t the first time he’s been at Lead Defend!

Wallace is a cold-case detective, and you might’ve seen him on Dateline. He’s a national speaker and best-selling author. The guys chat with him about finding the truth, marriage, and life in the Christian faith v. non-Christian faith.

Check out J. Warner Wallace's sites below:

Cold-Case Christianity

The Thin Blue Life

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In this episode, Ryan and Brock talk with Brett and Erin Kunkle of MAVEN. They were speakers at this year’s Lead Defend Foundations Conference

MAVEN was created by Brett and Erin to help equip and mobilize youth and beyond to share the Gospel in a broken world. The guys talk to them about their mission, what they’ve seen through it and how it came to be.

You can check out and connect with MAVEN here.

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In this episode, Brock sits down with one of Lead Defend Foundation speakers, Kolby King.

Along with his wife, Mary Beth, the King’s created ThreeThirty Ministries. They travel to churches, camps, youth groups, etc. sharing the Gospel in fun and unique ways like ventriloquism, fire-eating, balloon animals, drama, humor, stunts and more.

Brock and King talk about rooting yourself in the truth, how to accomplish that and what the world might be telling you otherwise – and Kolby might perform an allusion so be sure to watch this episode on Youtube!

As we continue our series of hearing from Lead Defend 2022 Conference speakers, Ryan sat down with Jamar Andrews, pastor at Word Baptist Church in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Andrews led a session on how to defend your faith with scripture and led students through an exercise where he pretended to be an atheist or non-believer and challenged students on how to answer his questions and defend their faith. He walked Ryan through this session with examples of texts and illustrations he used as well.

To connect with Jamar, email him at [email protected]

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In our first episode live from the Lead Defend 2022 Conference, Ryan sat down with Rhyne Putman to talk about this new “fade” of Deconstructing Christianity. He led a session at Lead Defend this year on this very topic, and the dynamics behind the reason people are going towards this new trend - and how we can deflect from it.

Putman is the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Director of Worldview Formation & a Professor of Christian Ministries at Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.

To get in touch with Rhyne, email him at: [email protected]

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