Perseverance Podcast

This is the twelfth episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Chris tells his story of growing up with increasing vision loss due to retinitis pigmentosa. Even though Chris’s father pushed him to keep up and never let him make excuses, Chris still struggled with the stigma of blindness. But when Chris felt his most hopeless, God brought Michelle, who would later become hi...

This is the twelfth episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Chris tells his story of growing up with increasing vision loss due to retinitis pigmentosa. Even though Chris’s father pushed him to keep up and never let him make excuses, Chris still struggled with the stigma of blindness. But when Chris felt his most hopeless, God brought Michelle, who would later become hi...

This is the eleventh episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Philip and Mary tell their story of growing up with sight and then experiencing unexpected blindness. After years of depression, substance abuse and hopelessness, hear how both Philip and Mary sought and found the Lord and a support network to help them persevere through their challenges. I hope you too can fe...

Welcome to the ninth and final episode of Persevering Through the Bible. Every 4th Friday of the month we will cover how a person in the Bible persevered through his or her challenges and what he or she did to overcome them. Today we are looking more deeply at Samson’s challenges and what to do and what not to do when trying to combat your struggles. Then we are examining his approach and explaini...

This is the tenth episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Lea Faulkner tells her story of growing up in an energetic Italian family and meeting the man of her dreams at the young age of 13. Her how she fell in love with Mike and married him—three times. As Lea shares her story of a marriage filled with heartbreak, fighting, loss, and recommitment all centered around the...

Welcome to the eighth episode of the first season of Persevering Through the Bible. Every 4th Friday of the month we will cover how a person in the Bible persevered through his or her challenges and what he or she did to overcome them. Today we are looking more deeply at Peter’s challenges and what to do and what not to do when trying to combat your struggles. Then we are examining his approach an...

This is the ninth episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Patrice tells her story of growing up in a wonderful family and getting married before finishing college. But after having four children and deciding to go back to college, Patrice’s marriage starts to erode until she is left a single mom struggling to survive and finish school. Hear Patrice share her challenges...

Welcome to the seventh episode of the first season of Persevering Through the Bible. Every 4th Friday of the month we will cover how a person in the Bible persevered through his or her challenges and what he or she did to overcome them. Today we are looking more deeply at Jonah’s challenges and what not to do when trying to combat your struggles. Then we are examining his approach and explaining h...

This is the eighth episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Liza Jo tells her story of growing up with a congenital eye disease that is causing her to lose more of her vision over time. After struggling with denial in her early adolescent years, Liza finally realized that God is still good and has a purpose for her life. So she has chosen to rejoice in her suffering and...

Welcome to the sixth episode of the first season of Persevering Through the Bible. Every 4th Friday of the month we will cover how a person in the Bible persevered through his or her challenges and what he or she did to overcome them. Today we are looking more deeply at the strategies Daniel used to combat his challenges. Then we are examining his approach and explaining how the DeafBlind Potter a...

This is the seventh episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Carol tells her story of growing up in a seemingly normal family until divorce, the mob, murder, and an unexpected plane crash rock her world. But just when Carol thinks she has moved beyond these challenges, disaster strikes at home again. This time by her own hand. Hear Carol share her pain, loneliness, and h...

Welcome to the fifth episode of the first season of Persevering Through the Bible. Every 4th Friday of the month we will cover how a person in the Bible persevered through his or her challenges and what he or she did to overcome them. Today we are looking more deeply at the strategies Jeremiah used to combat his challenges. Then we are examining his approach and explaining how the DeafBlind Potter...

This is the sixth episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Charles tells his story of growing up in Kenya but moving to the United States after receiving visions from the Lord of preaching to thousands of mixed races. On a dark day in May of 2020, Charles’s Minneapolis neighborhood reacted in riots after hearing of the death of George Floyd. Listen as Charles tells the s...

Welcome to the fourth episode of the first season of Persevering Through the Bible. Today we are going to cover in a quick overview how Apostle Paul and other followers of Christ in the New Testament experienced challenges and what they did to overcome them.  Each 4th Friday of the month, we will be covering an overview until we reach Revelation. After that, we will be going back to the beginning...

This is the fifth episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Charlie tells his story of growing up with a ranching background and later becoming the owner of a baseball team. But without Jesus to fill the hole in his life, Charlie began drowning himself in alcohol, which led to 3 failed marriages and a desire to end his suffering. Then a few years ago, Charlie surrendered...

Welcome to the third episode of the first season of Persevering Through the Bible. Today we are going to cover in a quick overview how Mary, Joseph, Jesus, and the disciples experienced challenges and what they did to overcome them.  Each 4th Friday of the month, we will be covering an overview until we reach Revelation. After that, we will be going back to the beginning and looking more deeply at...

This is the fourth episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Spencer’s mother, Pamela, shares her story of growing up in a Christian home, finding her husband in middle school, and being blessed with 5 children. Then suddenly one of her sons, Spencer, is in a severe car accident and not expected to live. Hear how Pam struggles with how to pray “God’s will be done” and how...

Welcome to the second episode of the first season of Persevering Through the Bible. Today we are going to cover in a quick overview how people in the Bible from Moses up through John the Baptist experienced challenges and what they did to overcome them.  Each 4th Friday of the month, we will be covering an overview until we reach Revelation. After that, we will be going back to the beginning and l...

This is the third episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Spencer tells his story of growing up in a Christian home but choosing his own path of drugs and alcohol which ended with a life-altering car crash. Spencer’s experience with death, his miraculous return to life, the following months of hospitalization, and his despairing diagnosis are great examples of how to pe...

Welcome to the first episode of the first season of Persevering Through the Bible. Today we are going to cover in a quick overview how people in the Bible from Adam and Eve up through Joseph experienced challenges and what they did to overcome them.  Each 4th Friday of the month, we will be covering an overview until we reach Revelation. After that, we will be going back to the beginning and looki...

This is the second episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. Listen as Caz tells his story of growing up as a Christian but not truly having a relationship with Christ until adulthood. After understanding how incredible that relationship can be, Caz now spends his life guiding, encouraging, and sharing his story with others on how to develop their own relationships with a supernatu...

Welcome to the first episode of the second season of the Perseverance Podcast. This is where I share more of my story after losing my vision at age 19. Sharing my challenges as I learned to persevere through my deafblindness during those years, I hope you too can feel encouraged as you go through your own difficult times. If you would like to be a guest on this podcast, email me at info@perseveran...

Welcome to the thirteenth episode of the Perseverance Podcast. This is where you will hear the story of Chad Roberts, whose mother prayed for a child who would spread the gospel to the nations. Hear how even though Chad was only thirteen, he started preaching after prodding by the Holy Spirit and at the age of 19, Chad planted his own church. Then while on a mission trip to Nicaragua, something un...

Welcome to the twelfth episode of the Perseverance Podcast. This is where you will hear the story of Troy, my mentor and pastor at City View Church of San Diego. Hear how even though Troy was born out of wedlock to struggling parents, God had a purpose for his life. Troy persevered through his up and down teen years and was eventually called into the ministry, where he witnessed God’s provision in...

Welcome to the eleventh episode of the Perseverance Podcast. This is where you will hear the story of John, a sexually abused child who turned into a sex addict in his teen and adult years. But after years of therapy and the patience and love of his wife and children, John overcame the chains of this addiction and is now helping others through their struggles with sex addiction. Because this topic...