Thundering Legion Podcast: Armed Forces Members Serving For Christ

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we dig into the story of Elliot "Willie" Nelsen, a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and recently retired 22-year Air Force veteran. Lt Col Elliot Nelsen flew the F-15C early in his career but spent the majority of it instructing fighter fundamentals in the T-38 as a Reservist at Sheppard AFB, finishing with 2,600 T-38 hours and, even better, a thousan...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we continue Part 4 our "Man After God's Heart: Life of David" Study when David's contact with Ahimelech Results in Priests' Death (1 Sam 22:7-18/Psalm 52) Episode Notes: Recap Parts 1-3: Reign of Saul in 1 Samuel 1-18 and rise of David (1 Samuel 19:11-18/Psalm 56). Part 2: David Flees from Saul (1 Sam 21:10-15/Psalm 56). Part 3 David hides from Saul in a ca...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we will be digging into the question "How Should Armed Forces Members Respond to Immoral Policies and Orders?" We live in a fallen world, so all Christians will inevitably disagree with authority figures or leaders at some point. So what is our Biblical framework to handle these disagreements? What does the Bible have to say about this question? Book of Dan...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we continue Part 3 our "Man After God's Heart: Life of David" Study when David hides from Saul in a cave (1 Samuel 22:1-2 & Psalm 142) Episode Notes: Recap Parts 1: Reign of Saul in 1 Samuel 1-18 and rise of David (1 Samuel 19:11-18/Psalm 56) and Part 2: David Flees from Saul (1 Sam 21:10-15/Psalm 56) This Week's Reading: David hides from Saul in a cave (1...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we continue our "Man After God's Heart- Life of David" Study Part 2 when David Flees from Saul to Gath (1 Samuel 21:10-15/Psalm 56) Episode Notes: Recap Part 1: Reign of Saul in 1 Samuel 1-18 and rise of David in 1 Samuel 19:11-18/Psalm 56 Background: 1 Samuel 19-1 Samuel 21 This Week's Reading: 1 Samuel 21:10-15/Psalm 56  when David Flees from Saul to Gath...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we welcome back Major Aaron Rosheim, who we previously interviewed on  Episode 17 . Major Aaron Rosheim is a Blackhawk helicopter pilot in the Iowa Army National Guard. He supervises aircraft maintenance and also serves on a headquarters staff. During his 19 years of service, he has commanded two companies (an assault helicopter company and an aviation main...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we began our "Man After God's Heart: Life of David" Study Part 1: Background on David + Saul seeking to kill David (1 Sam 19:11-18/Psalm 59) Resources: CS Lewis: The Problem of Pain Episode Notes: Intro: Who are we? Why are we studying the life of David? Overview: Anointing as king, downfall of Saul, rise of David (1 Samuel 1-18) Scripture Deep Dive: Saul s...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we dig into the story of Ron Breland, a US Army Veteran of Somolia, Kosovo, and Iraq. Ron now serves as a Chaplain through a military outreach ministry called Warfighter Ranch. This ministry helps heal the invisible wounds of the heart, mind, and soul through Jesus Christ. Ron has reached out to over 20,000 Warfighters over the last 13 years using parachute...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion A short review of news and current events affecting Christians in the military for 20 April 2023. REFLECT: What does this episode reveal about God's character? How does this episode cause us to see our need for a Savior?  How can we apply lessons learned from this episode to our life? Follow Christ for this day! ✝️ "Choose this day whom you will serve..." ‭‭Joshu...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today Sam Logan, Royal Marines Veteran and Training Coach joins us to wrestle with the Big Question: "Is Pornography Killing Your Soul, Relationships, and Military Unit?" Episode Notes. Specific questions we wrestle with in this episode: What is pornography? What does pornography do to the soul? What does pornography do to relationships and family? What does porn...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we dig into the story of Stu Grazier, a retired Naval Officer who is passionate about helping men become the best husbands, dads, friends, and leaders they can be. Stu partners with David Gutierrez on Storehouse 310 ventures, Storehouse Mastermind, and Kinetic Men Mastermind. Resources: Storehouse 3:10 Filling the Storehouse Podcast Storehouse Mastermind Ro...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today's interview is with Major Aaron Rosheim. Major Rosheim is a Blackhawk helicopter pilot in the Iowa Army National Guard. He supervises aircraft maintenance and also serves on a headquarters staff. During his 19 years of service, he has commanded two companies (an assault helicopter company and an aviation maintenance company) and has served in various leader...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion A short review of news and current events affecting Christians in the military for 1 February 2023. REFLECT: What does this episode reveal about God's character? How does this episode cause us to see our need for a Savior?  How can we apply lessons learned from this episode to our life? Follow Christ for this day! ✝️ "Choose this day whom you will serve..." ‭‭Jos...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we interview of Peter Martin, a Marine combat veteran who currently serves as a Biblical counselor at Calvary Christian Fellowship in Tucson Arizona. Using his own unique experiences, Peter has a heart to show people healing and growth through broken past and present difficulties through relationship with Christ and the church. Resources: Running Light Mini...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we will be digging into the story of Linwood "Fang" Steiner who is a husband, father, active duty Air Force pilot, elder at Trinity Baptist Church in Shrieveport, and seminary student.  Resources: Southern Seminary Military Grant Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 2 Corinthians 5:21 "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we interview Joshua K. Mcmillion, a father, servant leader, and combat veteran with over 16 years of leadership experience and still serving in the Army. Joshua received the 2008 George C. Marshall Leadership Award and the 2018 General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. Joshua is a certified Army Leadership and International Coaching Federation (ICF) leade...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Joshua Brown, recently retired Marine and now Pastor to the military. He's a pastor with the ministry the Praetorian Project, a ministry which plants pillar churches near military bases. Joshua, welcome to the show. Resources: Praetorian Project Pillar Church of TopSail Episode Notes: Joshua's background and how he ended...

A short review of news and current events affecting Christians in the military for 1 February 2023. REFLECT: What does this episode reveal about God's character? How does this episode cause us to see our need for a Savior?  How can we apply lessons learned from this episode to our life? Follow Christ for this day! ✝️ "Choose this day whom you will serve..." ‭‭Joshua‬ ‭24‬:‭15‬ ‭✝️ "If you confess...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion At the age of 17, Brian Samuel enlisted into the Army National Guard out of patriotism and a desire to share the Gospel through military service. Growing up in a Christian family, he always felt the Lord calling him towards the Armed Forces, and he knew God would guide him no matter what hardships he faced. After spending time enlisted, Brian received an appointm...

Today we will be digging into the Big Question "Why Do Evil and Suffering Exist?" Resources: Epicurean Paradox Metanarrative of Scripture Point 1: How do we define evil and suffering?  The Merriam-Webster Dictionary lists several definitions: "the fact of suffering, misfortune, and wrongdoing… a cosmic evil force… something that brings sorrow, distress, or calamity… morally reprehensible : SINFUL,...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we interview Adrian Chuquillangui: a husband, father, Coast Guard officer, Salesforce Professional, and Real Estate Investor. We discuss Adrian's story, talk about passive real estate investing, and shares his free course. Resources: Adrian's Real Estate Business - St. Joseph Capital  O Club Podcast Interview with Adrian   Department of Defense Skillbridge...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Big Question: Can War Be Just? Today we will wrestle with the morality of warfare. On episode 3, we wrestled with the question "should Christians be in the armed forces?" which dealt with how a citizen of God's kingdom can also be a citizen of a nation, agent of that nation's armed forces, and bear the sword for that nation (reference Romans 13:4). This episode w...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we interview Sam Logan, a Royal Marines Commando who now runs Complete Commando. Check out Complete Commando's content: https://www.instagram.com/complete_commando_/ Episode Notes: Sam's background and how he ended up joining the military Sam's testimony and how this played into military service How Sam is applying faith in current Complete Commando efforts...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Big Question of the Week: "What is Thundering Legion?" Today we explore the story behind the namesake of this movement, community, and podcast. Podcast Links: https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion https://tacticalathlete.com/the-thundering-legion/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Rsv_k8RVo Camdidus Replied, "You offer us money that remains behind and glory that fad...

https://linktr.ee/thunderinglegion Today we wrestle with the question: "What is a worldview?" Episode Notes: Every person, whether religious or "spiritual", atheist or agnostic, Jew or Muslim, holds a worldview. Societies function when members hold a shared worldview.  Generally, a worldview is composed of 5 primary components: 1) origin, 2) identity, 3) meaning, 4) morality, and 5) destiny Origin...