What if love isn’t about comfort at all—but about telling the truth even when it hurts? We open Matthew 5 and face a hard instruction: don’t bring your gift until you reconcile with your brother.

Full show notes and transcript: https://svtc.info/podcast/when-forgiveness-hurts-but-healing-depends-on-it

🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge
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Ever tried controlling everything in life—addiction, illness, or daily struggles—only to realize it's exhausting and ineffective?

🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge
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Getting sober is hard—but staying spiritually strong in recovery is where the real battle begins. In this episode, Justin Franich sits down with Ashley to unpack the habits that actually help you grow in faith and stay free.

🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge
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In this powerful episode, Justin Franich sits down with Rob Reynolds to discuss the real process of rebuilding life after addiction.

🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge
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Ben Fuller was drowning in addiction when he lost his best friend. One moment in church changed everything. Now his music is reaching millions.

This isn't a celebrity puff piece. Ben opens up about generational pain, father wounds, and the addiction that became his escape. He talks about the loneliness that came even after salvation, the unexpected power of prison ministry, and how God used his darkest chapters to birth songs that are now touching lives across the country.

Songs like "Who I Am" capture the struggle of identity in recovery. His duet with Carrie Underwood, "If It Was Up To Me," reflects the surrender that made freedom possible. If you're fighting your own battles or praying for someone who is, Ben's story proves redemption isn't about perfection. It's about surrender.

Full Show Notes: https://svtc.info/podcast/ben-fuller-testimony-addiction-recovery-and-finding-god-in-nashville

🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge
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In this episode, we dive deep into the battle within—the fight between our flesh and our faith. We’ll explore what it means to truly surrender to God, take every thought captive, and tear down the strongholds that hold us back.

🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge
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In this video we sit down with Ashely Marner, a recent graduate of SVATC and he shares his journey out of addiction, to relapse, and ultimately finding his way back. Welcome to Rebuilding Life After Addiction.

🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge
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In this episode, Ashley and I sit down for an inspiring conversation about our transition from pastoring to leading a recovery ministry with Teen Challenge.

🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge
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We have a conversation with Rob and Jason about  harvest moments in their lives and how the transformative work God by leading them to  ministries. Rob shares how God has led him back to the very jail where he once served time, now as a minister of hope and salvation.

Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/from-inmate-to-minister-how-robs-encounter-sparked-a-jail-revival

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Have you ever looked at your life and wondered, ‘How did I get here? ’ That’s exactly where Matt Cross found himself—until God stepped in.

🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge
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