Solid Steps Radio

This week’s show is with Dr. Chuck Tackett. He is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in marital counseling. Chuck talks about ways to argue with your spouse that can actually lead to intimacy within the marriage, both emotionally and physically!

“I just don’t want to argue with my wife.” Wanting to avoid arguments in marriage is common. We try to avoid it but often the argument happens anyway and it doesn’t go well. Is there such a thing as a good or bad way to argue? On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad welcome licensed clinical psychologist Chuck Tackett. The show is week one of a two week series on arguing. Chuck talks about the five des...

CHOOSE A LINK TO LISTEN to the Solid Steps Radio podcast for February 2, 2019. For iTunes use https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/solid-steps-radio/id1086366166?mt=2 For Soundcloud use This weekends broadcast is a replay of a show that aired in July of 2017 with Dr. T Vaughn Walker, Ph. D who recently went home to be with the Lord on Saturday January 26, 2019. Since 1984 he has served as Pastor of...

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CHOOSE A LINK TO LISTEN to the Solid Steps Radio podcast for January 26, 2019. For iTunes use https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/solid-steps-radio/id1086366166?mt=2 For Soundcloud use Five minutes. That’s about how long it takes to go though the drive thru at a restaurant or to brush your teeth. What about spending time with God? Can God do a work in someone in only five minutes a day? On this we...

“‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”-Jesus The man standing at the end of the offramp when you come to the red light, is holding a cardboard sign that says “Homeless please help.” What do you do? What do you think? On this week's show, Kurt and Chad talk to Norm Minnick and Wally Kendrick, leaders of Lost Sheep Ministrie...

In 1988 the Kentucky deer herds had grown beyond carrying capacity in some areas and biologists were encouraging additional doe harvest. This led to discussions between a few avid hunters who wanted to oblige wildlife management but had concerns about what to do with extra venison that they didn't have room to store or would exceed what their small families could consume. Sharing nature's bounty w...

CHOOSE A LINK TO LISTEN to the Solid Steps Radio podcast for December 22, 2018. For iTunes use https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/solid-steps-radio/id1086366166?mt=2 For Soundcloud use “I learn more from my losses than my wins.” People have been arguing for decades who the best basketball, football, or baseball player in history has been. In track and field, it’s really simple: Look at the clock....

CHOOSE A LINK TO LISTEN to the Solid Steps Radio podcast for December 15, 2018. For iTunes use https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/solid-steps-radio/id1086366166?mt=2 For Soundcloud use When you hear the words “foster care” what do you think about? Or more importantly, who do you think about? The child? The social worker? The birth parents? Foster parents? If it sounds complicated, you’re right.....

Cru·ci·ble - a situation of severe trial, in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new. Not exactly an inviting “situation” that a man would want to experience. But can a severe trial make something new inside of a man when he chooses to enter the trial? On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad welcome 3 men who went through (not “to”) a men’s retreat called The Crucibl...

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 NIV If we are free why do we sometimes feel like we are living in bondage? Condemning thoughts, compulsive behavior, personal conflict, and spiritual despair can be struggles we all face on a regular basis. Is that just something we have to live with? O...

CHOOSE A LINK TO LISTEN to the Solid Steps Radio podcast for November 24, 2018. For iTunes use https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/solid-steps-radio/id1086366166?mt=2 For Soundcloud use On this weeks show, Kurt and Chad talk with Jaime Saint. Jaime’s dad, Steve, is the son of martyr Nate Saint, a jungle missionary pilot. Nate was speared to death in the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador in 1956 by the...

What kinds of retreats have you been on? Corporate retreats? Staff Retreats? At the end of the weekend, were you so emotionally spent that you needed a “retreat from the retreat”? On this weeks show, spiritual director Tim Reist joins Kurt and Chad to talk about the what, why and how of retreats. Tim points out that we, as spiritual beings, need to have aspects of retreat in our life - individuall...

When you hear the word “sabbath”, what do you think of? A day of full of rules about what you can and cannot do, or is it a day of things you get to do? Could it be that when we do less we are actually able to do more? On this week’s show, Chad and Kurt welcome Mike Amos and Ross Knecht to discuss what God intended for Sabbath. In addition, the guys talk about the ancient practice of Lectio Divina...

Freedom isn’t free. It’s not just a bumper sticker, it’s a reality for the men, women and families that sacrifice so much for the defense of our country. On this weeks show, Kurt and Chad talk with Marines Van Anderson and Lawson Brown about their service for their country. What motivates someone to join the forces? What is combat like? How do you make your way back into civilian lifestyle?

“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal. Why does being alone strike fear in our hearts? Maybe always being “connected” isn’t healthy. On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad talk about Soul Retreats - put on by Further Still Ministries. The retreats are a 2 year journey about learning to live at a pace and rhythm of life that cares for you...

“Why did you come to work? Because I’m loved” Can you say that about your job? Can your employees? How about your family? On this week’s show Kurt and Chad talk to professor Dr. Brad Shuck, Associate Professor and Program Director of the Human Resource and Organizational Development program at the University of Louisville. He is also the principle consultant of LEAD Research, LLC, ( www.drbshuck.c...

So you say you care for the poor? What's their name?" - Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez. Many people think it's important to care for the poor, but if one were to look at their checkbooks and calendars, would they bear that out? On this week’s show, Pastor Tim Hartlage of Southwest Church (and former general manager of Salem Radio Station) joins Chad and Kurt to discuss how to help the poor (hint - it’s mor...

So you say you care for the poor? What's their name?" - Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez. Many people think it's important to care for the poor, but if one were to look at their checkbooks and calendars, would they bear that out? On this week’s show, Pastor Tim Hartlage of Southwest Church (and former general manager of Salem Radio Station) joins Chad and Kurt to discuss how to help the poor (hint - it’s mor...

On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad host the annual Listener Appreciation Dinner, recorded in front of a live audience. Dan Webster is the guest - he is an author and the founder of Authentic Leadership ( www.authenticleadershipinc.com ). Dan talks about a challenging passage out of scripture that challenges the world’s image of what a leader looks like. It doesn’t matter what your job or position...

The dreaded phone call. “Your cancer is incurable.” That’s not what you want to hear from your doctor. Jon Ralls spent 4 years in the Navy, and 8 years as a missionary and entrepreneur in Taiwan. He had seen it all and faced many obstacles, but then he got the phone call. With a wife, 3 children and a ministry that is making an impact around the world, cancer seems to be a hitch in the plan. But w...

“We all have an incurable disease - it’s death.” .001% That’s the percent of people in America diagnosed with the disease Scleroderma. It’s a disease that thickens a person’s skin and organs, shutting down the organs of the body and causing up to 40 other diseases. It is, in reality, a death sentence. On this week’s show, Tom Wimsatt talks about the day he was diagnosed with the disease that gave...

This week’s show focuses on a man’s need for close, personal relationships with other men. Proverbs 27:17 says, “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Kurt and Chad talk with Chris Burke, Jay Dortch and Ronnie Cordrey about the importance of having encouragement and accountability in your life. (This weekend's show is a repeat from March 29, 2016 - enjoy!)

This week’s show focuses on a man’s need for close, personal relationships with other men. Proverbs 27:17 says, “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Kurt and Chad talk with Chris Burke, Jay Dortch and Ronnie Cordrey about the importance of having encouragement and accountability in your life. (This weekend's show is a repeat from March 29, 2016 - enjoy!)

John Jordan is the guest on this week’s show. He tells Kurt and Chad about his most exciting hunting trip ever - a grizzly bear hunt in a very remote part of Alaska. What John didn’t realize was that while he was hunting a trophy grizzly, God was hunting him. God’s love and blunt honesty forced him to finally confront his alcoholism, and get the help he needed. It’s a great story of hope and redem...