Jacobs Ladder Podcast

What You'll Hear:   Mike was baptized in the Catholic church as an infant.  In college his faith was re-invigorated after attending non-Catholic Christian churches He attended Miami University of Ohio and joined ROTC to help pay for college.  After college he went to intelligence school His scariest moment in the military was when he was in Iraq the 2nd time.  A large rocket landed 100 ft away fro...

What You'll Hear: Jeremiah's Mom grew up in Budapest, Hungary.  Both of her parents were Holocaust survivors.  She came to faith in Yeshua while in college, so Jeremiah grew up in Canada knowing his Jewish roots and came to saving faith at 6 years old and was baptized. He went to Ambrose College, a Bible College in rural Canada. Jews for Jesus is a non-profit mission organization which for the las...

What You'll Hear: Jeff was born again on at age 13 at an old timey spiritual revival and was close to God "A lot of times it's just easier to put God on the shelf somewhere and try to do things on my own" Jeff got away from God as a young man and made some mistakes 10-12 years ago Jeff was re-anointed with the Holy Spirit and started growing close to Christ again Small things and decisions in our...

What You'll Hear: Judaism is a religion and also an ethnicity.  Ellis' family was ethnically Jewish but not necessarily very religious Ellis grew up going to Hebrew school after public school.  No-one ever talked about the Messiah The focus was preparing for the bar mitzvah.  The boy has to chant a section of the Jewish scriptures Ellis grew up in the inner city of Philadelphia in a primarily Jewi...

What You'll Hear: Bill entered the Navy and was recruited for the Navy Seals and eventually was medically discharged for Diabetes After 3 hours of jumping jacks he was told "don't die on me it's too much paperwork" In one scary moment, Bill thought he would die when he was in a street with enemies outnumbering them 3 to 1.  Then they just walked away.  "Another time, I had a parachute that didn't...

What You'll Hear: Lt. Gen. Boykin's amazing military experiences as well as his work supporting faith, family and freedom at the Family Research Council It's a mistake to say God is in control because we're saying we're not going to do anything.  God has the ultimate say but He works through us "There's so much evil in our country today and in the world today that somebody has to stand up to it. ...

What You'll Hear: Dennis came to Christ at age 11 in a church with 4 people and one light bulb, , the first time he ever talked back to an adult Larry Ward who led Dennis to Christ later ran World Hunger Started playing trumpet, and then started playing guitar after watching the Dillards on the Andy Griffith show Dennis met Billy Graham when Dennis was 17 years old while he was volunteering with C...

What You'll Hear: Chuck Powers grew up Catholic in West Virginia Was Collegiate bowler of the year, has owned, and now manages several bowling centers Leads several ministries in his spare time, including men's ministry and prison ministry Intro: Chuck Powers Born June 23, 1955    Saint Albans, WV   Was brought up in a Catholic home, attended Catholic School grades 1-8. Senior Class President at S...

What You'll Hear:  Jeff was raised in a Christian home but fell away from the Lord during his college years He was successful in business and consulting Through marriage counseling, he found out he and his wife never healed or dealt with the abortion they had 25 years earlier He started an organization with other men, now called Human Coalition, to make abortion unthinkable Human Coalition is uniq...

What You'll Hear: Jeff Kisiah was a high school coach who has gone by "Coach K", was an associate pastor for 30 years focusing on Men's Ministry Since 2013, Jeff has been the National Field Director for the Man in the Mirror organization, whose mission is to help men disciple men After attending 22 Promise Keeper conferences, Jeff was looking for ways to make Men's Ministry more sustainable, and w...

  What You'll Hear: P.J. gave his life to Christ at a young age and was blessed not to fall into the prodigal son routine He went to Bible college and started working full-time for a non-profit called the MediciProject After looking for ways to pay off his student loans and advance the Gospel, he decided to start a podcast and started GospelDrivenEntrepreneur He's transitioned from single to marri...

What You'll Hear: James Walker was a fourth generation Mormon but could not be assured of his salvation and then put his faith and trust in Jesus Christ alone His mother and sisters became Christians but it was more difficult with his father. James was helped by the Watchman Fellowship ministry.  He later became a volunteer and eventually the President of the organization and has spent over 20 yea...

Q&A - Spirit Round* What is the Greatest Misunderstanding Men Have About Their Work? I think a lot of men are scared to profess and live their faith.  They don't want to offend anybody. Jesus Christ must be the center of everything we do as men in our personal and professional lives.  We need to be the example of living out the Word. Unfortunately men are timid about being on fire for Jesus. Men's...

What You'll Hear: Kurt Kondrich spent two decades as a police officer, in Atlanta and Pittsburgh When his daughter Chloe was born with Down Syndrome, he became a pro-life advocate and with Chloe and others they helped to pass the Down Syndrome Prenatal Education Act (or Chloe's Law) which requires that women are given uplifting information once they learn their unborn child may have down syndrome....

What You'll Hear: One day he realized he needed to stop praying for himself and start praying for others Bill's pride kept him at first from taking a job being offered, but then he listened and God prospered him Nothing scares him.  His family is saved and God has taken care of him through the worst times Since being saved, he now looks to the Lord rather than someone else in order to make somethi...

What You'll Hear Bill was born Catholic in a large family in Boston He went from washing trucks to the top of FexEx reporting to the founder Fred Smith.  He was the only one on the leadership team that didn't pray and wasn't saved He went through a divorce then remarried.   He and his wife Dawn both came to Christ through an amazing experience with a stranger at a bar in Seaside, FL.  Part of that...

What You'll Hear: Crate has spent 30 years in technical sales in the Food Industry He's the father of 3 children and went through a divorce and remarried He facilities a Men's Ministry at his church in Winston-Salem God is concerned with our work and wants us to be happy Crate would love to be in ministry full-time but he's not going to push that. People are more a slave to their work than they ar...

What You'll Hear Steve Ham had a great Christian upbringing, but didn't put his trust in Jesus until his early 30's Steve's brother Ken Ham was concerned about the dogma being taught when he was a teacher in Australia Ken and others joined to form a defense for the Bible against secular ideas Apologetics gets us back to the basics.   The best thing we can do is ask questions, like "Are you sure ab...

What You'll Hear: Fred was raised in a small village in Ghana.  They had to walk a mile for water and carry it on their heads His father first came to America to Oklahoma City to go to the University.  He was then badly injured and was able to bring his family to the U.S. to care for him Fred became a Christian after a bus ministry came to their apartment complex and invited them to church He join...

What You'll Hear: How Chris saw Adding Silhouettes as God's mission for his car business They have tried and implemented several ways to add silhouettes, including a different sales model, hiring a corporate chaplain, putting Bibles in the lobby and in the glove box of new cars It took much longer to implement the first change than he ever imagined.  He lost confidence in himself and the business...

What You'll Hear: Chett's faith walk including being a prodigal son His work with other men, including trips to Jamaica How he started meeting Christians in the workplace and witnessing by using the loss of a small screw How to pray for people at work We should go to God first and ask for His plan, not ask Him to bless our plan Intro Chett Levering has been married 31 years to his wife Debbie.  Th...

  What You'll Hear: How Dave became a Christian when he was climbing the government ladder with Potomac fever How he was guided by Chuck Colson on what to do next Dave went to work for Ronald Reagan, in charge of legislative affairs Reagan was convinced he was spared in the assassination attempt for a reason After 30 years in government, Dave became a Pastor and then founded WACMM Over 16,000 men...

Spirit Led Men at Work Podcast Shownotes Some of What You'll Hear in This Episode My testimony (past) A bit about me and my interests (present) The format for this podcast (future) Intro My name is Dave Hilgendorf.  I'm a Christian, married with 3 daughters, I work as an engineer, and I'm a part-time author, blogger and podcaster.  On the Spirit Led Men at Work Podcast, I interview Christian men f...