Ridge Roundtable Podcast

After growing up in a religious but dysfunctional family, Graeme Wright began to self-medicate with pornography. Through the years, his addiction grew and it became increasingly important to hide his struggles from everyone in his life. Graeme finally began to experience freedom when he confessed to his wife and began attending a sexual addiction recovery group. It has been a long road with several stops and starts, but Graeme has very personally experienced God's grace and mercy, and now leads the Men's Sexual Integrity Recovery group at Austin Ridge where he walks with other men who also want to gain freedom from sex addiction. 

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Steve Kahle grew up wearing the label of a Christian but had no idea what it meant to walk with the Lord daily. When his first son was born, he realized that he wanted to be a better role model for his family.  After his wife introduced him to Westlake Bible church, Steve saw his heart and his life begin to change as he was discipled by a group of men. Steve discusses his previous struggle with pornography, some difficult legal battles, and how he got through those seasons by cultivating spiritual disciplines that helped him walk with the Lord through it all. 

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Evan Payne lacked a consistent father figure throughout his childhood.  After growing up with three different fathers, he carried a lot of wounds and hurt into adulthood. Through years of encouragement from an older mentor, Evan was able to forgive his biological father and believe that God is the perfect father he always needed. God brought Evan's story full circle when he began a relationship with a single mom whose daughters also needed a father. 

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On today's show, Tyler Toppenberg shares his story of how God met him in his lowest moments. Tyler gave his life to Christ as a child but didn't begin to follow him until after a DUI, time in jail, and a stint in rehab. Tyler can now see how God was intervening in his life even when he was running in the opposite direction. He shares an interesting story about how he found Austin Ridge and how he has grown in his faith over the last five years. 

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Austin Ridge Men's Pastor, Brian Albrecht, shares his faith story today on the show. Brian came to Christ in high school after a toxic relationship and a feeling of deep loneliness. After coming to Christ, Brian surrounded himself with other Christian men who helped him learn to walk by faith amid life's challenges.  Brian touches on his marriage, his career path, and how God led him to Austin Ridge in an unexpected way. 

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Today, Shad Haddox shares his story of how God brought him to a place of total surrender after two failed marriages and ongoing struggles in his family. After sharing with a group of other Christian men, being discipled, and leading others in Men’s ministry, Shad’s mantra is now “More Jesus, less Shad.”

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On today's show, Scott Mincey shares his story of how God slowly called him into relationship over many years. Scott looked for personal fulfillment in his performance and success but was left empty and depressed instead. He found a community of men at the Ridge who modeled what a relationship with Christ looked like and helped to lead him to a life of dependence on Christ. 

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The Roundtable Men’s Edition is a series of interviews with men telling their stories of how God used hard things in life to make them fully dependent on Him. Today, we are talking to Shad Haddox and Scott Mincey, members of our Men's Ministry here at the Ridge. Thanks for joining us on this series and please share with a guy friend or family member! 

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In this series finale episode, the team talks about why people say they dislike Christians. Often these statements come from those outside of the faith or believers who have distanced themselves from the Church. As we consider these groups of people, the team looks to the Scriptures to see where Christians tend to go wrong and how we can better live out Christ's love to those around us. 

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The Bible is very clear on some topics, but how should we make decisions about the issues that aren't so clear? How much importance should we place in these areas, and how do we live in unity with others who choose to make different decisions than we do? 

On today's show, Joey, Jeff, and Lorri provide a grid to make these judgments with wisdom and understanding toward others. Join us next week for the series finale of "I Don't Like That!"

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