Restore Podcast

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 72, we have Pastor Ben Lundquist. He is the young adult director of Oregon Conference, a sought-after speaker, and host of the Rise and Lead Podcast. This is a power-packed, inspirational, and practical conversation I know you will find helpful and hopeful, especially as 2021 comes to an end...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 71, we have a great and inspirational conversational with Heather Moor, Nina Vallado, and Kaleb Eisele who are the creators, producers, and hosts of the How the Church Works podcast. I know you will be blessed by this conversation, and I invite you to check out their podcast. Show Notes/Links...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 70, our guest is Reggie Joiner, founder and CEO of Orange. He also co-founded North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, with Andy Stanley. During his 11 years as executive director of family ministry there, he developed a new concept of relevant ministry for children, teenagers, an...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. I'm really excited to tell you about today's episode as it is part of a Bible series we have created called Foundations: Exploring the Basis of Our Hope. Foundations is a free six-part video series that explores the landmark beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Faith and fosters small group dis...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 68, Pastor Roger Hernandez returns to the podcast talking all things ministry. We are also excited to announce our first music spotlight! Be sure to listen for all the info. Show Notes/Links/Resources Ramp  by Roger Hernandez Roger Hernandez Social Media Web Site Facebook Instagram Twitter You...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 67, we welcome back Heather Thompson Day, Ph. D., to talk about her recently released book, It's Not Your Turn: What to Do While You're Waiting for Your Breakthrough. Besides unpacking sections of her book, we also talk about her writing process and so much more. I know you'll b...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 66, we welcome back Dr. John Peckham, professor of theology and Christian philosophy at Andrews University. We have a compelling conversation about his recently released book, Divine Attributes: Knowing the Covenantal God of Scripture. Although this is a deep dive theologically, and a bit phil...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 65, we have Pastor Fredrick Russell who has been in ministry for more than 30 years as a pastor and a conference president. He currently serves as principal of True North Leadership Group committed to teaching responsible leadership. We have a great conversation in which he details his faith j...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 64, we're dropping a special edition that was recorded during Florida Conference's Virtual Camp Meeting in April 2021. The theme, "Reconnect," was the panel discussion topic I led for the Sabbath School program. Over the course of the past year with the pandemic—and curren...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 63, I have an amazing conversation with well-known pastor and evangelist Mark Finley. Mark has been a pastor and is perhaps most known for his time at It Is Written. In our conversation, we talk about his faith journey, evangelism in today's world, the power of the local church, and more....

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 62, I have a great conversation with our Florida Conference president, Allan Machado, D.Min. We discuss his faith journey, the many lessons he's learned over the course of that journey, specific lessons learned over the course of the past year, the future church, and more. Show Notes/Link...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 61, we have the new speaker/director of the media ministry Faith for Today. Pastor Roy accepted this new role after previously serving as an associate pastor at Loma Linda University Church. We had a great conversation about his life, future plans at Faith for Today, and his current project, I...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 60 of the Restore Podcast is in honor of Black History Month as we have a conversation about the art and beauty of the Black preaching tradition. I was blessed to speak with Dr. Hyveth Williams, professor of Homiletics at Andrews University Theological Seminary and senior pastor of The Grace Plac...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In this special episode of the Restore Podcast, episode 59, we speak with the creators of the Humans of Adventism documentary. This documentary explores the lives of Seventh-day Adventism in everyday life within specific topics covered in each episode. In this conversation, we dig a bit behind the scenes...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 58, our first for 2021, I had a great conversation with practicing psychologist and leadership coach Dr. Nick Howard who has helped pastors, leaders, and anyone who has come his way to flourish through God's grace. With about 20 years of experience in this field, Dr. Howard brings a wealt...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 57, I talk with Dr. Derek Morris, president of Hope Channel International, a television network of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Dr. Morris has held several roles in the Adventist Church. He has pastored and also taught for many years at Southern College (now Southern Adventist University)...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. A short devotional thought on giving thanks in the midst of this crazy, unprecedented 2020 year.  I pray it will bless you! Show Notes/Links: Henry Smith (Wikipedia page) Don Moen (YouTube): Give Thanks

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 55, we have Pastor Tara VinCross from Azure Hills Church in California. Pastor Tara talks about her faith journey and her recently released book on discipleship: Deep Calling: On Being and Growing Disciples. On Being and Growing Disciples is a wholistic discipleship movement—discipleship and d...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 54, we continue with part 3 of our tithing series featuring North American Division CFO/Treasurer Randy Robinson. We discuss how tithe is distributed at the Union, Division, and General Conference levels of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Along with valuable information regarding tithe distr...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. On episode 53, we talk with Frank Hasel, Ph. D., an associate director at the Adventist Biblical Research Institute, and Michael Hasel, Ph. D., professor of Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology at Southern Adventist University. They were the authors of the second quarter 2020 Sabbath School lesson, &quot...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. On episode 52, we welcome back Ty Gibson, author, speaker, director of Light Bearers ministry, and pastor at Storyline Church in Eugene, Oregon. He recently released his newest book, The Heavenly Trio: Exploring the Views of Ellen White and the Early Adventist Pioneers Regarding the Trinity. For any lead...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 51 is part 2 of a series we started on tithing in the Adventist Church. Part 1 was episode 45 with Dr. Jud Lake titled, "Brief History and Theology of Tithing in the Adventist Church." In this part 2 episode, we feature Elisa Rahming, Florida Conference Treasurer/CFO, explaining how tit...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. On our 50th episode, we were privileged to have Pastor Seth Yelorda from Relove Seventh-day Adventist church in California. This is a power-packed conversation in which you will be blessed and challenged, and hopefully compelled to share so others will be as well. Pastor Seth is passionate about helping...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 49 features a conversation with Calvin B. Rock who has been a major leadership voice in the Seventh-day Adventist Church for more than six decades as a pastor, church administrator, and writer. He was president of Oakwood College (now Oakwood University) from 1971-1985, and general vice president...

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Pastor Dan Jackson has served the Seventh-day Adventist Church for nearly 50 years. The last ten years, he has faithfully served as North American Division president. For episode 48 of the Restore Podcast, we bring this in-depth interview discussing his life journey, mission, Church restructure, retireme...