Bob Wheatley and The Moment of Conviction

Bob Wheatley is a bestselling author, podcaster, and former professional athlete. He serves as a co-host of That Singles' Show a singles ministry sponsored by KCBI Radio in Dallas and his work has been featured on nationally syndicated radio outlets like WAY-FM and THE FISH. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Bob played four years of professional baseball in the Toronto Blue Jays' and St. Louis Cardinals' minor league systems. Today, Bob shares the focus he had to have to become a professional athlete, knowing the right things to say and do, and the moment when the Gospel got ahold of his heart. Bob’s story reminds us that conviction of sin is part of the process when living life with the Lord.

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Stories Bob shared:

• Moving to Nashville, Tennessee
• Growing up in California in a Christian family
• Getting baptized because it was just time
• Feeling that God was an umpire in the sky who will make you follow the rules
• Learning to follow God’s will
• Feeling conviction of sin and giving his life to Christ
• Watching everything he dreamed of get taken away
• Deciding to move to Nashville and finding godly men
• Reading the Bible cover to cover in 2018
• Deciding to become an author
• Why we love to cheer for the hero in a story
• How the stories we tell ourselves expand

Great quotes from Bob:

I know there’s more but back then, I didn’t know.

It was casual Christianity; it wasn’t a relationship.

My heart was not ignited until I was 25 and it didn’t happen until I was convicted of sin.

Resources we mentioned:

• Bob’s website
• Our Heart’s Desire: How Our Stories Reveal the Thing We Want Most by Bob Wheatley

Related episodes:

• Karen Swallow Prior and the Spiritual Practice of Reading Fiction
• Andrew Klavan and The Truth and Beauty
• Tim Morris and How Your Heart’s Desire Unlocks Your Purpose

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