Why We Are Christians podcast

Converted at age 15, loved preaching, shepherding, teaching, and achieved higher education than anyone before in his family.  Married, had children, loves teaching, marriage, kids, etc.  

Kent interviews wife Katie about her young Jewish years, education, experiences singing gospel music, conversion to Jesus-follower. Also revealed is the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer.

Kent Philpott and Ray Schneider discuss what it's like to age as a Christian: faith and fear, mobility and immobility, pain and heavenly anticipation, love for God, family, friends, self, isolation, suicide.

Explore the impact of aging as a Christian ... Learn some of the common fears, concerns, and worries that Christian's share as they grow old in this first of two interviews with Kent Philpott as host and guest Ray Schneider.

  Mike Shreve (shreveministries.org and thetruelight.net) started life in the Catholic Church, was early involved in New Age search, settled into kundalini yoga with his own ashram and teaching at four universities, then found Jesus! Mike explains some of his many published and online outreach materials and books for the spiritually hungry world that needs to know the true God, including his books...

Juan Carlos came to Miller Avenue Church earlier in 2023 on invitation from another member, and he has now started a prayer meeting and a Spanish language worship service. He is just what was needed! An apostle to an underserved part of our population.

Larry Eskridge continues his discussion with Kent Philpott about aspects of the Jesus People Movement that he researched for years decades after being part of it as a young man searching for his own true faith.

Larry Eskridge assumed he was saved, since his family was regular Baptist churchers, but it took young people during the Jesus People Movement to bring him to meet Jesus. In 2013, after years of research, he wrote "God's Forever Family" that earned Book of the Year from Christianity Today magazine.

Ally Van DenHerik worked for 20 years researching the material for writing her large apologetics volume, The Shortest Leap , an amazing tome that puts to rest all contemporary objections to the gospel of Jesus Christ in a highly intelligent format. Very compelling speaking from a very compelling author.   Visit Us: milleravenuechurch.org Support the Ministry:    CLCK HERE   If you are enjoying the...

Kent interviews Bob Davies, part 2, in which Bob describes his same-sex attraction and entry into ex-gay ministry with Love in Action and Exodus, plus his long-term marriage.   Visit Us: milleravenuechurch.org Support the Ministry:    CLCK HERE   If you are enjoying the programs and would like to send an offering of any amount. Your gift helps us to continue spreading the Good News! Thank you for...

Marcia and Kent discuss the origins, history, and promotion of the Enneagram personality test and how it has found its way into Christian churches but has no Biblical basis.   Visit Us: milleravenuechurch.org Support the Ministry:    CLCK HERE   If you are enjoying the programs and would like to send an offering of any amount. Your gift helps us to continue spreading the Good News! Thank you for y...

Jessica Smith dove deeply into psychic and Eastern religious practices , including channeling the dead, "mindfulness" meditation, Hindu yoga, and more. She thought she was pleasing God by helping others, but she found out just the opposite and turned her life over to Jesus. Hear how that happened, part 2.   Visit Us: milleravenuechurch.org Support the Ministry:    CLCK HERE   If you are enjoying t...

Jessica Smith dove deeply into psychic and Eastern religious practices , including channeling the dead, "mindfulness" meditation, Hindu yoga, and more. She thought she was pleasing God by helping others, but she found out just the opposite and turned her life over to Jesus. Hear how that happened, part 1.   Visit Us: milleravenuechurch.org Support the Ministry:    CLCK HERE   If you are enjoying t...

Doreen Virtue was a best-selling new age psychic, channeler, seancer, and all the while thinking she was doing a good work for God. Then she met the real Jesus and had to walk away from fame and fortune to speak against her former life and evangelize the Gospel instead.   Visit Us: milleravenuechurch.org Support the Ministry:    CLCK HERE   If you are enjoying the programs and would like to send a...

Marcia Montenegro discusses with Kent Philpott how she left astrology at the peak of her fame and popularity in that culture, when she came to faith in the God of the Bible, almost against her intention.   Visit Us: milleravenuechurch.org Support the Ministry:    CLCK HERE   If you are enjoying the programs and would like to send an offering of any amount. Your gift helps us to continue spreading...

Kent discusses issues regarding the problems with the New Apostolic Reformation with Marsha Butler, MDiv (see his book, "False Prophets Among Us"). Also discussed are issues about the need for demonic deliverance.   Visit Us: milleravenuechurch.org Support the Ministry:    CLCK HERE   If you are enjoying the programs and would like to send an offering of any amount. Your gift helps us to continue...

Sarah was the youngest of a Mid-England Christian family but rebelled and took on the life of a spikehead lesbian. What changed?   Visit Us: milleravenuechurch.org Support the Ministry:    CLCK HERE   If you are enjoying the programs and would like to send an offering of any amount. Your gift helps us to continue spreading the Good News! Thank you for your support!

Linda Jernigan started life as an almost-orphan when her mother was killed in a crash when she was only three weeks old. As a teen, she completely rebelled and entered a virtual transgendered lesbian life. Ms. Linda naively thought her Christian conversion would be the antidote from gender identity confusion. In addition, Linda believed if she diligently applied Christian principles, she learned t...