The Kingdom & Its Stories Podcast

Julian Gibb interviews Michael, who shares about his life as a rebellious German teenager who had surrounded himself with friends and ideas, "focusing on everything that was wrong with the country, or the world... constantly; it feeds the hatred."  Michael says, “It's a drug that made me addictive towards this.  Every time I feel colder and more empty." Michael states, "I watched c...

Guest: Meg Crossman | Bob Moffitt interviews Meg Crossing. Meg, early in her walk with the Lord, said, "Lord, take me; I didn't know that you wanted me!"  Meg, a visionary that helps people embrace their role in missions, says, "That's what I do... I help people understand their roles, as goers, senders, welcomers, intercessors, or mobilizers."  She relates one of her conversations, "Meg, now I un...

Guest: Nathan Lutz | Bob Moffitt interviews Nathan Lutz.  "We generally love what we talk about, and talk about what we love", says Nathan Lutz, a mentor of folks on the way to the people in the unreached world. Nathan says, "My dad began to share Christ with me... he would pick up people in the car and it was a long drive to Swaziland. That became a model for me. Watching my Dad set the pace...

Guest: Azeem David | Bob Moffitt talks with Azeem David and his son Sharoz. Azeem was a Vicar of a church in Pakistan, but recently relocated to London; while in Pakistan, Azeem encouraged his people to demonstrate the gospel to the community. Sharoz explains how they met the needs of the community, "We invited people who were stressed, those who were depressed, some with problems and some who wer...

Guest: Amanda Forbes |  Pastor Julian Gibb interviews Amanda Forbes, Co-Founder of Trinity Education who shares amazing stories about mentoring young adults to become disciple makers in communities around the world. Amanda states, "Education changes our mindset about why we're on this earth and our really human potential to create and come out of poverty.  We had a student in Kenya, and...

Guest: Bob Moffitt | Pastor Julian Gibb interviews Bob Moffitt who tells his journey through ministry in many captivating stories. "When I was young, I wanted to see missions directly. I took my tape recorder and did extensive interviews of missionaries in the field, from Africa, Western Europe to India." Bob continues, "Our connection before the throne on a regular basis is really crucial... it p...

Guest: Doug Landro | Bob Moffitt interview Doug Landro, who works with several churches among the Roma gypsies in western Ukraine, tells a story of how the elderly in the Roma community don't have enough food, and sometimes even have their homes taken away from them because they don't have legal land rights. A few members of the church among the Roma came to Doug, "We want to develop a feeding pro...

Guest: Meshak | Pastor Julian Gibb interviews Mesak, serving as a Pastor in a poor area of Nairobi, Kenya, shares how he and his congregation serve sacrificially in his community with the love of God. "Every year, we identify a needy orphan and we help in paying for their school fee."  Meshak says, "It's not just about getting the teaching of the Word of God, but really practicing what the Wo...

Guest: Emma Quisenberry | Pastor Julian Gibb interviews Emma Quisenberry with the Gem Foundation in Uganda who shares amazing stories of caring for and sacrificially serving neighbors and orphans with disabilities.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Jennifer Tompkins | Pastor Julian Gibb interviews Jennifer Tompkins from Tucson Refugee Ministries, as she shares amazing stories of grace and redemption among recent refugee arrivals.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: John Thomas | Pastor Julian Gibb interviews John Thomas, Executive Director of Living Hope in Cape Town, South Africa.  In Part 2 of 2, John Thomas tells amazing stories of God's provision, "When God has his fingerprints over something, it's not about skills development and strategic planning (although those are both good); it's about listening to the voice of God."  John continue...

John Thomas, Executive Director of Living Hope in Cape Town, South Africa, along with his church, is bringing hope and breaking despair for the needy people in the area.  John says, "There are 20,000 needy people within half a mile of the church." "And God says to me on Judgement Day: 'John, tell me, what did you do about the poor and needy and those who haven't heard the gospel a half mile f...

John Cozens, in addition to a full time job, helps widows and people in need with mechanical issues. John says, "We've all got our small part to play." "It's a peace to know that it's done, it's fixed."  John says this has been a God-given blessing, "I come in and take care of them; they're not forgotten." John continues, "There's an element of companionship; I've grown in having conversation...

Marcus Doe, in his third of three broadcasts, upon returning to Liberia for 5 weeks, was amongst the warriors who were in the war when he was a boy. "They started telling me their stories, sleeping with alcohol to numb the pain." In the barber shop, he was asked, "Why did you come back?" Marcus says, "I came back for people like you." He comments, "If you have to wait until you're ready to forgive...

Marcus Doe, originally from Liberia, became a refugee in Ghana at age 12; when he started attending school he learned that his father had been murdered. A year later, "When I came to the States, I had a measure of trauma", Marcus explains about the war and losing his father.  "I had a blockage; when we took quizzes, and it was quiet, I had much more important things in my life than solving eq...

Guest: Marcus Doe | Julian Gibb interviews Marcus Doe, originally from Liberia, who shares his story of reconciliation. Escaping the war in Liberia, he traveled by ship to America as a refugee. He learned at the age of 12 that his father has been captured, interrogated and murdered. He shares about his experience in a public high school.  "My teachers assumed I had transferred from another school...

Linny Saunders, mother of 14 children with her husband, have 8 children at home at 62. "God has called us to care for the orphans."  Linny says, "If I was sitting in an orphanage in another country, I would be really wanting a family to come and say, 'I pick you, you're mine'. With that as a motivation, and believing that God's heart is for the orphan, we have adopted 11 of our 14 children."...

Caleb Campbell, Senior Pastor at Desert Springs Church says he believes that "the street won't change until the kitchen table changes." Caleb says "Jesus loves you more than you can ever imagine; put it into action."  "As you read the New Testament, especially after the gospels, you see that the local church body is by design socioeconomically, chronologically and ethically diverse."  Li...

Nathan Smith of Phoenix Rescue Mission talks about how God moves through him. He says, "My wife and I started reading the gospel in a different way. There was a lot of message about good news to the poor that for some reason I had ignored." He continues, "All those experiences together led my wife and I on a Saturday to go to the worst parts of town to hand out sack lunches and get to know people....

Wendy and Jeff Schops, both motorcycle bikers, wanted to get more involved with their neighbors. Jeff says, "God put it on our heart to reach other people."  Wendy says, "We have the love of God in our hearts. That's the biggest reason that we feel free to reach out to people of different religions and different skin color."  Jeff explains, "I'm 31 years clean of cocaine with a hard stru...

Rick Johnson, owner of RC Fasteners, shares his journey to faith through some tough times in life when everything was falling apart, also accompanied with mental health issues. Rick shares, "When I started seeking Him, He was there everyday." Rick continues, "He is the ultimate comforter." "We can look at adversity and count it all joy. Then we start experiencing love. It changes your perspective....

Marc Lucas, Local Ministry Director at AM1360 Faith Talk Radio, shares how "we were created not to do life in isolation, like a lot of us have been forced to do in the midst of the pandemic." He shares how he has taken his family activities out into the front yard, into the driveway of his home, "to foster relationships in the midst of that need."  Marc says, "I remind them that God loves the...

Steve Chang shares about miraculous healings that God has done in him and his wife. As a result, he prays for God to heal people he meets.  Steve says, "I travel quite a bit for work. When I come home, I pray, "God, give me a word to encourage and bless this person", even to those of different faiths.  Steve shares about one of his conversations with a cab driver: "God revealed that he w...

Ramiro Carbajal, who has walked with his people in the Honduras through two recent hurricanes and many landslides, shares how he, his family and his church are responding to people in love. "We try to share with the local church... If they receive 5 pounds of rice or 5 pounds of beans, they can make a little packet of food, and the local church can share it with more people. They multiply the food...

Wendy Schops is a mom, a biker, and a formerly rebellious woman who has been changed. "What's your story?" Wendy asks of others with the biker persona.  Wendy says, "Growing up, we never knew who would be at our breakfast table... my dad would pick up hitchhikers.  Our house was a revolving door."  Wendy says, "Don't look at somebody and put them in a box.  No matter what you w...