Breakaway Ministries Podcast

Breakaway Ministries Podcast

Breakaway is a non-denominational Bible study that exists to help any and every college student take either their first or next step with Jesus Christ. Every Tuesday night of the semester, thousands of college students gather to worship and hear God’s Word taught on the campus of Texas A&M University. Breakaway is in a unique position to reach the next generation of leaders worldwide with the truth and hope of Jesus. For more information, visit www.breakawayministries.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.

Episodes

April 29, 2025 50 mins

Does my life have a purpose?

Former Director, Timothy Ateek, now lead pastor of Watermark, walks us through 1 Chronicles 28 where David commissions Solomon. We finish an incredible school year by asking the Lord to grant us two crucial things: 1) an undivided heart, and 2) a clear calling.

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We seem live in a world of perpetual stimulation, with no satisfaction. Is a truly fulfilled life even possible? If so, where is such a life found?

Brian McCormack walks us through Jesus’ encounter with a Samaritan woman in John 4, and makes a bold claim — that truly knowing Jesus is the most satisfying thing in the universe.

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April 15, 2025 43 mins

Is real, lasting change even possible? If so, is it our own responsibility to make ourselves more like Jesus using our own resources and nothing more?

Brian McCormack lays out the beauty of sanctification, and invites us to rest in God’s promise to finish the work he has started in us.

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April 8, 2025 47 mins
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April 4, 2025 45 mins

What is God’s heart toward those who are far from him? Is there really a place for people who have previously chosen distance from him over nearness to him?
Brian McCormack walks us through Luke 15 to see what happens when the lost get found.


For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.

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April 1, 2025 50 mins

Question: What does Jesus save us from?
Answer: More than we think.
And the best news of all time deserves a deep dive to see the glory of it all.


Brian McCormack walks us through Romans 3 to see the depth of our problem, and the beauty of God’s solution.


For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.


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Statistically, the vast majority of us are fearful about messing up God’s plans for our lives. Brian McCormack uses a look at the life of Paul to build a list of principles to inform our understanding of God’s plan, and provide a process for making big decisions as a follower of Jesus.


For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.

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March 18, 2025 59 mins

Brenna Blain takes us to the city of Corinth to see just how broken people were in the first century church…then uses her own story to show us how true freedom comes through an unexpected means — submission of one’s entire life to Jesus… messy parts and all.


For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.


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February 25, 2025 44 mins

Sometimes prayer changes our circumstances, but more often it changes US.

Brian McCormack takes us for a walk through the conversion story of Saul in Acts 9, which provides an unexpected framework for the kind of prayer that changes people.

For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.

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February 18, 2025 15 mins

An informal response to Richard Dawkins and his question about how anyone could ever trust the Bible, Clint Knechtle lays out his evidence for God’s Word being worthy of our trust and devotion.

For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.

If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

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February 18, 2025 46 mins

Breakaway Director, Brian McCormack sits down with evangelists and apologists, Cliffe and Stuart Knechtle in front of an arena full of college students for an unscripted time featuring some of the biggest questions one can ask. What’s so special about Christianity compared to other religions? Isn’t the cross just a barbaric act of divine child abuse? And more.
Dive into the deep end with us, and see the hope waiting for you there.

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February 11, 2025 47 mins

By walking us through the story of Stephen in Acts 5-7, Brian McCormack challenges us to live in the tension with a God who CAN do any miracle, but often leaves our immediate hopes for the miraculous unfulfilled.

For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.

If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

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February 4, 2025 37 mins

What if God was actually with us in our suffering?


Passion City Church DC Pastor and Former Breakaway Director Ben Stuart challenges us to remember that we have a great comforter in Jesus as we walk through pain.


For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin


If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

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January 28, 2025 43 mins

What if the truest thing about you, is who God says you are?

Sadie Robertson Huff challenges us to remember that if we are in Christ, we are salt and light, we are the light of the world, and we are God’s temple.

For more information about Breakaway, check out http://www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.

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January 14, 2025 39 mins

What are the essentials one must be devoted to in order to be a Christian, and to experience the fullness of the Christian life?

Brian McCormack walks us through Peter's sermon in Acts 3 -- highlighting the core beliefs he proclaims -- and challenges us to believe what Peter believed, so we can live how Peter lived.

For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.

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November 19, 2024 36 mins

This semester’s study of Acts 1 and Acts 2 revealed our true identity and invited us into our purpose here on Earth. But sometimes, our best intentions to live this out don’t always lead to our desired actions.

Jack Thweatt helps us examine 3 areas of our life where we distort our purpose and identity, which can lead to a results-oriented faith when we were made for relationships. Jesus is the key, and we have to learn to abide bef...

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November 12, 2024 45 mins

Don't let the enemy steal your wonder.

Brian McCormack takes us on a biblical tour of AWE - from creation, to the cross, to very throne room of God himself - and challenges us to fight for the thing that inspires our worship more than any other.

For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.

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November 5, 2024 38 mins

A culture marked by division needs Christians who walk in unity…with God, and with one another. Brian McCormack makes a case for unity as central to the Bible’s story, presents the path to unity, and passes along God’s invitation into unity…also known as “the Gospel.”

For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.

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October 22, 2024 48 mins

Christians believe they can speak with God... any time. Yet most of us admit our prayer lives feel more like a growth area than an area of strength. Brian McCormack walks us through 3 simple questions as we seek to be a community devoted to prayer.

What is prayer?
Why should I want to pray?
How do I pray?

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October 15, 2024 49 mins

The table is dying. More and more young adults report not being able to recall the last time they had a real meal, at a real table, with real people.  This is a problem, because we are called to devote ourselves to the breaking of bread. What if what we need most is waiting for us at the table? Brian McCormack reminds us what Christ did to bring us to the table, and challenges us to gather around tables of our own.

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