Removing Barriers

Episode 238 Series: On the Mission Field - 31 Jason Windnagle and his family are called to minister to the American servicemembers stationed in South Korea. They also reach out to and minister to the South Koreans around them. People may think that servicemembers have a true understanding of the gospel, but you will discover as you listen to this episode that this is overwhelmingly NOT the case! T...

Episode 237 Series: On the Mission Field - 30 In this episode, we sit down with the Faria family to the Dominican Republic in this new installment of the On the Mission Field series. Cleverson and Stefanie Faria share a wonderful testimony of God's love reaching across national and cultural boundaries. Having saved a Brazilian man and an American woman, He brought them together in marriage, an...

Episode 236 Series: How Were Your Barriers Removed - 41 Join us on this episode of the Removing Barriers podcast where hosts McG and Jay sit down with John Crandall to hear his testimony of God's saving work in His life. John is a long-time faithful soulwinner and servant of Christ, but it was not always this way. He and his five siblings grew up without a gospel witness in the home or any ext...

Episode 235 On this episode of the Removing Barriers Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Phil Stringer and Dr. Jim Scudder to discuss arguable the most polarizing nation in the world today: Israel. In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, the political right in the United States has in many ways splintered (some would even argue it has fractured), and the issue underlying this change seems to be...

Episode 234 Series: On the Mission Field - 29 We are going back on the Mission field, this time with Missionary Bree Wiley. Bree believes God has called her to work with season missionaries to open and run a Christian school in the Central American country of Belize. Once deputation is compete and she has amassed full support, establishing the school will be her sole purpose and effort. Join us as...

Episode 233 The Lord Jesus Christ is the head of the church. He died and rose again to redeem her, and He prayed for her even while He was yet on this earth. The body of Christ is a disparate collection of sinners saved by the grace of God through faith. As members of the same body, scripture clearly calls us to do things for one another. Do you know what those things are? Join us on this episode...

Episode 232 Dr. Phil Stringer joins us on the Removing Barriers podcast to discuss whether dispensationalism is biblical. Critics say it is merely a theological fad of the 20th century that we must abandon for the frameworks of early church fathers. Increasingly, dispensationalism has come under intense scrutiny as a conduit to wrong theology, wrong eschatology, and even wrong politics. Are the cr...

Episode 231 While discussing Donald Trump, Joy Behar, the ever-productive source of insane speech, claimed that Jesus never called Himself the Messiah. She said that with a straight face, full conviction, without hesitation or doubt. When rebutted by her cohosts, Behar declared that it would be narcissistic for anyone to declare themselves the Messiah, even if, as in Jesus' case, you really ar...

Episode 230 Series: On the Mission Field - 28 On this episode of the Removing Barriers podcast, we sit down with Benjamin Reimer, missionary to the west African country of Liberia. The percentage of people in the country with a testimony of genuine salvation is significantly less than the percentage that would claim they are Christians, but this is true of almost every nation that we've explor...

Episode 229 Bonkers - 17 In this next installment of the Bonkers series, we are talking about a politician proposing a outright tax on sinful online conduct, the NBA's decision to release a player for his outspoken witness against LGBTQIA, Joy Reid channeling her inner Whoopi with an insane comparison of the women of Iran and of the U.S., and a police department's reckless use of AI that l...

Episode 228 Series: On the Mission Field - 27 Courtney Mathos is a missionary to the country of Bolivia and she joins us on the Removing Barriers Podcast to share what God is doing on the field in that country. Bolivia is a largely Catholic country, but there are significant numbers of adherents to other religions and faiths, and many inhabitants practice syncretism with their ancestral religions....

Episode 227 Series: How Were Your Barriers Removed - 40 What happens when God reaches down into a loving but troubled family and starts saving souls? Great things, of course! In this episode of the Removing Barriers Podcast, we sit down with Eric Harrell to hear about how the Lord Jesus Christ saved him and made a 180 of his trajectory through life. A dedicated pillar in the children's ministr...

Episode 226 On this episode of the Removing Barriers Podcast, we discuss H. R. 22, the SAVE America Act. The bill has passed in the House but faces significant challenges in the senate, even with the strong bipartisan support. What is the SAVE America Act? Can it really do much to safeguard the nation's elections after the unfettered illegal immigration into the country? Is it true that the bi...

Episode 225 Evangelist David Sommerdorf sits down with the Removing Barriers podcast to discuss his newest book Legalism, Liberty, and Lawlessness. If there was ever a time where Christians were confused about the differentiation between these things, it could certainly be today. Whether we are holding on to a standard as proof of justification or whether we are dismissing all standards as legalis...

Episode 224 Marriage. It is ordained by God, highly rewarding, yet challenging to successfully live out and under constant attack from all sides. Today on the Removing Barriers Podcast, we are privileged and very grateful to sit down with David and Debra Sommerdorf to talk about their marriage of over 40 years: how they met, God's work in their hearts and in their family over the years, and bi...

Episode 223 Bonkers - 16 In January of 2026, ICU nurse Alex Pretti was killed in a violent confrontation with border patrol agents carrying out their duties in Minneapolis and corporate media pundit turned Youtuber Don Lemon allegedly participated in an anti-ICE protest inside of a church during a service. Pretti, who had been involved in violent encounters with ICE previously, became the new face...

Episode 222 Series: On the Mission Field - 26 On this episode of the Removing Barriers Podcast, we are joined by Will Klassen, missionary to the Mexican Mennonites in Chihuahua, Mexico. Mexican Mennonites, with varying degrees of intensity, are generally isolated from other Mexicans around them, choosing only to fully engage other Mennonites. Will Klassen grew up in Canada in a religious Mennonite...

Episode 221 On a cold January day in Minneapolis, a young mother senselessly and tragically lost her life protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. How her life was lost is intensely disputed; she was either a radicalized leftist that tried to kill an ICE officer with her car or she was an innocent wallflower just trying to get out of a dangerous situation. The truth, of course, is...

Episode 220 The new year is a perfect time to reflect on the past, present, and future. On today's episode of the Removing Barriers podcast, we are reflecting on the past, the present, and the future that we have in Christ. Who are we and what will we become because of Christ in us? What is our position in Him? The Bible gives us an innumerable number of declarations and promises that answer t...

Episode 219 Series: On the Mission Field - 25 In today's episode of the Removing Barriers podcast, we interview Joanna Smith, missionary helper to the great country of Colombia. She will be helping her brother, a veteran missionary already established there, in reaching the lost souls for Christ. Perhaps you wonder why missionaries are needed in a country in which over 90% of the people identi...

Episode 218 Have you ever recommended a Christian fiction book, only to preface the recommendation with tons of warnings, disclaimers, or caveats? Why are there so few books in that genre that can be recommended without reservation? Today on the Removing Barriers podcast, we interview a guest who at one point wondered the same thing and decided to do something about it. Bethany Klassen was born in...

Episode 217 Series: On the Mission Field - 24 We have another great opportunity to sit down and talk with missionaries! In this episode, we are talking with Zach and Sarah Smith, missionaries to American Samoa. If you are anything like Jay, the only thing you might know about American Samoa are the famous people that originate or descend from there, like Tulsi Gabbard or Dwayne Johnson. There is s...

Episode 216 Bonkers - 15 Let's continue our Bonkers series with six headlines sure to have you scratching your head. We are one step closer to providing engineered babies to paying couples as Silicon Valley quietly pushes the legal barriers to genetic editing, A fourteen year old boy murders his elderly neighbor and show not a shred of remorse or concern. Don Lemon hits the streets and tries t...

Episode 215 You may have seen these ads in subways,  billboards, and other public spaces as you go about your day, claiming that we don't need God to be Good. You don't need God, we're all basically good, and we can all discern right from wrong without Him. Is this true? After all, some argue, not everyone believes in God, so we have to create a more inclusive and tolerant morality in...

Episode 214 As any believer who shares their faith will tell you, we will inevitably encounter tough questions about God, the Bible, life, and truth. Why do bad things happen to good people? Where do babies go when they die? Where did Cain get his wife? What happens to people who've died having never heard the gospel in life? On this episode of the Removing Barriers Podcast, we are grateful fo...