The Pursuit with James Griffin

What does it look like when a man is physically there but emotionally gone? In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin sits down with Pastor Josh Howerton to talk about one of the quietest problems facing men today: passivity. It's a problem that goes all the way back to the garden, where the first man stood by and watched while his family was devoured, and it still shows up in living room...

In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby unpack the conversion of Saul in Acts 9, where God stops the church's most violent enemy cold on the road to Damascus. The team sits in the truth underneath that story, that God didn't replace who Saul was, He repurposed it, taking the same fire that made him dangerous and aiming it in a new direction. Fr...

Ever feel like God's grace worked for everyone else but somehow skipped you? In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby unpack the second half of Acts 8, where God pulls Philip out of a thriving revival and sends him down an empty desert road for one man: an Ethiopian official the law itself had shut out of worship. The team sits in the distance betwee...

In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby open in Acts 8, where a man named Simon watched the Holy Spirit show up in power and immediately reached for his wallet to buy it. The team unpacks how easily we do the same thing in subtler ways, coming to God wanting His gifts more than we want Him. The conversation digs into what genuine faith actually looks lik...

What would happen if you actually said what you believe out loud? In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby walk through the story of Stephen in Acts 6 through 8 and confront the growing cultural expectation that Christians should keep their faith to themselves. The team unpacks the shift from a society that once respected Christianity to one that now view...

Get Tickets to Act Like Men 2026 - actlikemen2026.com What happens when the people who know you best can't say you're a man worth following? In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby dive into Acts 6 and the three qualifications the early church looked for when selecting men to lead: character, competency, and consecration. The conversation gets...

What if the thing you have been avoiding is actually the thing you were made for? In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby close out the "Us" series by unpacking the conviction statement "great people serve people." The team confronts the consumerist mindset that keeps Christians on the sidelines, shares the story of a 25-year-old man...

What if the reason you keep missing the people right in front of you has nothing to do with how much you care and everything to do with how fast you are moving? In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckabee unpack the Parable of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10 and confront the uncomfortable truth that busyness has become the most accepted excuse for walking p...

What if the thing keeping you from experiencing real purpose and joy has nothing to do with your circumstances and everything to do with a lie you have been believing your whole life? In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby unpack the conviction statement "We're All in Full Time Ministry" and confront the deeply rooted idea that ministry i...

What does it look like when the thing you refuse to let go of is the very thing keeping you from growing? In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby tackle the topic most people squirm at: money and generosity. The conversation addresses common pushback on tithing and giving to the church, unpacks why Jesus identified money as the rival to God on the throne...

What happens when your whole world falls apart and you have to keep going? In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin and Ainsley Huckaby sit down with Courtney Pray Duke, author of And She Got Up: Shattered by Loss, Restored by Jesus. Courtney shares her story of losing her husband Andrew in a sudden bicycle accident the day before Thanksgiving and having to tell her three young children their...

Is it too late for me to start over? It's the question almost everyone asks themselves at some point, whether it's about a marriage, an addiction, a regret, or a relationship with God. In this episode, Pastor James Griffin and Ansley Huckaby sit down with guest Pastor Joshua Broome to walk through the story of Zacchaeus and confront the lie that anyone is too far gone. Buy Joshua's...

Where do you run when life falls apart? In this episode of The Pursuit, Pastor James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby dig into Matthew 17 and unpack what a desperate father's impossible situation teaches us about faith, suffering, and where we turn when we're out of options. They explore why God allows hard things, why faithlessness frustrates Jesus, and what it actually mea...

Can you really stay neutral about Jesus? In this episode of The Pursuit, Pastor James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ainsley Huckaby dig into Acts 5 and unpack why neutrality is never actually an option when it comes to Jesus. We'll explore why people resist things that are clearly good, how jealousy and pride drive people to protect what they've built, and what it looks like when confir...

In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Ansley Huckaby, and Carlos Fernandez dig into Acts 5 and the story of Ananias and Sapphira, unpacking one of the most sobering passages in the New Testament. The conversation confronts the reality that division in the church is not just a relational problem, it is a spiritual one. James and Carlos explore how Satan uses disunity to destroy the mission...

In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby unpack Acts 4, where Peter and John face opposition from the Sanhedrin and are commanded to never speak about Jesus again. Instead of caving to pressure and going silent, they prayed for boldness. The conversation explores how we're living in a "negative world" where society views Christianity as a t...

Recorded live at Woven Women Conference, this conversation with author and podcaster Annie F. Downs is one you'll want to share. James Griffin and Ansley Huckaby sit down with Annie to talk about the fears that quietly keep us from the life we actually want — the "what ifs" that show up at 2am, the gossip that's killing community before it even starts, and why worship might be...

When someone shuts down the moment you push back on what they believe, it's not random — there's actually a psychological reason for it. In this episode, James Griffin, Matt Moody, and Carlos Fernandez break down why so many conversations go sideways the moment truth enters the room, what motivated reasoning is and why it makes people combative instead of curious, and how Christians can...

You are Barabbas. In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Matt Moody walk through Peter's sermon in Acts 2 and 3, unpacking the Barabbas exchange and what it really means that Jesus took the cross reserved for a murderer. The conversation goes deep on penal substitutionary atonement, why we struggle to believe God actually forgives us even when we're confiden...

In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Jacob Whitehead, and Carlos Fernandez tackle one of the hardest questions in the Christian faith: if God can heal, why doesn't He always do it? Diving into Acts 3 and the story of a man healed, the guys get personal, sharing real stories of praying for miracles that never came, wrestling with God's silence, and what faith actually looks like...

In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin sits down with pastor and church planter Rob Wilton to unpack Acts 2:42–47 and what it truly means to be a spirit-filled church. The conversation goes beyond the surface of a popular passage to explore what genuine devotion to God's Word looks like in a screen-saturated, post-Christian culture. Rob and James discuss the difference between the chur...

You killed Jesus. And until you feel the weight of that, you'll never fully understand the gospel. In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Matt Moody unpack Acts 2 and Peter's confronting sermon on the Day of Pentecost where 3,000 people were baptized in a single day. But before the celebration came the conviction: "You crucified and killed him by the ha...

Quick note before today's episode: the winter storms last week threw off our production schedule, so we're re-airing a conversation that took place during our 2024 Act Like Men Conference and really resonated with a lot of you when it first aired. If you’re interested in joining us for our 2026 Act Like Men Conference, you can learn more and register at https://www.actlikemenconference.o...

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Are you truly waiting on God—or just afraid to take the next step? In this episode of The Pursuit , James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Matt Moody wrestle with one of the most misunderstood ideas in the Christian life: waiting on God . In a culture shaped by instant gratification and constant distraction, many believers confuse waiting with passivity, prayer with avoidance, and fear with faith. T...