Compelled - Christian Stories & Testimonies
Compelled Podcast is a seasonal show using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming the lives of Christians around the world. Christianity isn't a hobby. It's a faith in Jesus Christ that compels us to live for Him. These Christian stories and testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened! More at CompelledPodcast.com.
Episodes
June 18, 2024 • 49 mins
In our last episode, we heard Part 1 of Jeff Parker's story. Jeff was the Vice President of a thriving Christian media company, but he secretly harbored a gambling addiction. This is the 2nd part of his story, so if you haven't heard the 1st half, stop right now and go listen to that.
To fund his secret gambling addiction, Jeff began taking shocking measures to hide his activity.
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June 11, 2024 • 44 mins
Jeff was the successful Vice President of a Christian media company. Their products were used in churches around the world every Sunday and the company was thriving. Yet Jeff was carrying a secret. A secret that no one in his church, small group, or work could know about, but that ultimately could destroy him. Would Jeff continue on his secret path of destruction, or would he confess and repent of his sin, before it was too late?
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May 27, 2024 • 43 mins
In 2005, Jim deployed to the Middle East as part of a Navy SEAL platoon, alongside 15 of his closest friends and brothers-in-arms. Partway during their deployment, his team suffered devastating losses in the mountains of Afghanistan in an incident detailed in the best-selling book and hit movie “Lone Survivor”.
As Jim grappled with crippling grief, it was all he could do, to cling to the One who offered any glimmer of hope.
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May 14, 2024 • 54 mins
Lee Strobel was a committed atheist and Pulitzer-nominated investigative journalist for the Chicago Tribune. When his wife became a Christian Lee was disgusted and set out to prove her beliefs about Jesus to be untrue. But along the way, he was going to find more than he'd bargained for.Â
Show notes and book drawing @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/lee-strobel
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April 30, 2024 • 48 mins
Anna had been seeking spiritual answers for years. But after finally finding those answers in the Bible and joyfully sharing them with her husband, Anna realized her husband didn’t want anything to do with it. And if that was the case… how would Jesus want her to respond?
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/anna-chatelain
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April 16, 2024 • 44 mins
Troy Gause was a drug dealer who thought he was invincible. But then he was shot, paralyzed, and placed in a suicide cell where he thought he would lose his mind. Then one day… out of nowhere… he heard a still, small voice…Â
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/troy-gause
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April 2, 2024 • 51 mins
Cortney Bruketta felt trapped in a web of addiction and secrecy. She wrestled daily with pornography and the guilt of living a double life. And no matter where she turned, she couldn't find a way out. Could anyone, set her free?
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/cortney-bruketta
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March 25, 2024 • 1 min
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Synopsis: Cortney Bruketta felt trapped in a web of addiction and secrecy. She wrestled daily with pornography and the guilt of living a double life. And no matter where she turned, she couldn't find a way out. Could anyone set her free?
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March 19, 2024 • 53 mins
Jerry Dugan’s life was a clash between spiritual curiousity, complete ambivolence, and intellectual skepticism. But, when he faced the prospect of dying on a battlefield in Iraq, he found an unexpected answer to the prayer he never thought he would pray.
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/jerry-dugan
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March 5, 2024 • 47 mins
James Omondi grew up in total poverty in a small village in Kenya. His village viewed illness and misfortune through a lens of fear and mysticism which left James and his family labeled as cursed. His childhood was shrouded with judgment, rejection, and isolation. But when all hope seemed lost, God intervened.
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/james-omondi
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February 20, 2024 • 53 mins
Frank Loria was a self-righteous "good guy" who thought he could earn God's favor by following the rules. Annette, on the other hand, barely stopped to think if God had rules at all, and instead indulged in whatever she felt like. Both of them had defined God to be whoever they thought He was… but they’d soon find out that He was entirely different.
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/frank-annette-loria
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February 5, 2024 • 52 mins
Hayden Jernigan grew up in a home marked by chaos. Unsure of who loved him or who wanted him, Hayden pursued everything he thought would bring him happiness, including girls, alcohol, and drugs. Yet he was unaware that actually, his entire life, there was someOne, who was pursuing him.
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/hayden-jernigan
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January 25, 2024 • 19 mins
Join us for our first-ever behind-the-scenes episode with the Compelled team!
Highlights:
Paul and Sarah Hastings share their personal testimonies
The story of how Compelled got started
Listen to the Season 7 Premiere of Compelled on the Culture Proof podcast next Thursday, February 1st! (cultureproof.net)
We've finished raising 68% of our 2024 Goal, with $16,000 remaining. If you'd like to donate towards our episodes for 2024 ...
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January 15, 2024 • 54 mins
For years, Laura Perry rejected God and hated her own body. Laura thought she would find answers by transgendering herself into a “man”. She had numerous hormone injections and extensive surgeries, removing every female organ in her body.
But after living as a transgender “man” for almost 10 years she encountered the love of Christ and was confronted with a difficult choice. Laura’s mother, Francine Perry, joins us as well to shar...
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November 14, 2023 • 53 mins
As a young man in New Zealand, Ray Comfort had everything he could want: a thriving business, a beautiful wife, and a successful career in front of him. But when he recognized the brevity of life and the finality of death, he began to despair.
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/ray-comfort
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October 31, 2023 • 58 mins
Melody Green was raised in the Jewish tradition, but during the 70s married a fiery young singer named Keith Green, who was exploring the teachings of Jesus, a Jewish Rabbi who appeared to have found the pathway to God.
Alongside her husband, Melody embarked on a personal quest to live a life of sold-out devotion to this Messiah. But when God blessed their efforts and grew their ministry with meteoric speed, the unthinkable occurr...
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October 17, 2023 • 53 mins
For the last 30 years, Steve and Susan have fulfilled a unique calling - serving as the hands and feet of Christ to rural communities in Africa.
(names are used with permission)
Show notes at https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/steve-susan-vinton
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October 3, 2023 • 47 mins
Cheyane Caldwell was a young firefighter struggling with how to live for God while living in the world.
When suddenly, while battling a roaring fire he fell through the roof into a raging inferno and immediately knew he was going to die.
Show notes at https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/cheyane-caldwell
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September 19, 2023 • 51 mins
Jurgen and Shawn Beck’s individual journeys of faith were initially separated by an ocean.
Yet God brought this couple together, from opposite sides of the world, to minister to those around them in ways they never would have dreamed of.
Show notes at https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/jurgen-shawn-beck
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September 11, 2023 • 47 mins
Brian Birdwell was at the Pentagon on 9/11 when American Airlines flight 77 crashed just yards away from him, instantly engulfing his body in flames.
Brian was faced with certain death but also with complete peace in knowing that his faith was already placed in a Savior. His story is raw, true, and filled with miracles.
Show notes at https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/encore-brian-birdwell
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