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
October 28, 2025 • 53 mins
As a child, Josh Glasscock was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called cystic fibrosis, which has no cure and always causes death in its victims.
But instead of shutting down and resigning himself to a defeated existence doomed to die, Josh and his wife Amy believe that God has called them to live a full and abundant life.
Show notes: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/josh-amy-glasscock-pt-1/
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October 21, 2025 • 53 mins
For years, Laura Perry Smalts rejected God and hated her own body. She thought that she would find answers by transgendering herself into a “man”. But after living as what the culture would say was a transgender man for almost 10 years, she realized that the Creator of the universe had a far greater plan for her life. Her mother, Francine, joins us to share her perspective throughout Laura's journey as well.
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October 14, 2025 • 53 mins
Atticus Carr was a young man steeped in New Age philosophy and Hindu mysticism. But then one night, for inexplicable reasons, he began reading the Bible which opened his eyes to the truth.
Show notes: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/atticus-carr/
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October 7, 2025 • 53 mins
Yusuf Agoro grew up as a Muslim. But when he was a teenager, he placed his faith in Jesus. His devout Muslim parents, relatives, and mosque ordered him to recant. Could his brand-new faith stand firm?
Show notes: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/yusuf-agoro/
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September 30, 2025 • 50 mins
Doug and Selah Helms saw their world turned upside down when a terrible car accident left their 17-year-old son, Peter, with a traumatic brain injury. They would face the greatest trial of their life and their faith in the Lord would be tested to the limit.
Show notes: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/doug-selah-helms/
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September 23, 2025 • 53 mins
Julian Weber was a family man with everything the American Dream could offer - a loving wife, 4 children, a beautiful home, a great job, and even leadership in his church.
But when his identity was stripped away, his idyllic life soon followed. He became addicted to painkillers, alcohol, and pornography - and everything he held precious was destroyed. Only a Savior could bring him peace.
Show notes: https://compelledpodcast.com/e...
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September 16, 2025 • 49 mins
Jason and David Benham (a.k.a The Benham Brothers) share the remarkable story of growing up as identical twins, becoming professional baseball players, and working today as successful real estate entrepreneurs.
But everything took a twist when they were told their national reality TV show would be canceled unless they renounced their beliefs in the Bible.
Show notes: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/benham-brothers/
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September 9, 2025 • 45 mins
Texas State Senator Brian Birdwell was at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 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.
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September 2, 2025 • 44 mins
Virginia Prodan was an attorney in Communist Romania defending Christians in court during the 1980s. Her success angered the Romanian government, and they marked her for assassination. Virginia was alone and unprotected… until God intervened…
Show notes at: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/virginia-prodan
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August 26, 2025 • 53 mins
Exactly 20 years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans with a fury the city had never seen before. Fannie was there in the middle of the storm, where she experienced both fear for her life... and... the profound peace of God.
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/fannie-scott
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August 12, 2025 • 53 mins
Gracia Burnham was serving as a missionary in the Philippines when she and her husband, Martin, were kidnapped by Muslim terrorists. They spent over a year in the jungle as hostages enduring hardships of all kinds, including constant shortage of drinking water, near starvation, and 17 gun battles.
Even more difficult than the physical challenges were the questions Gracia wrestled with. How could God still love her? How could she f...
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August 5, 2025 • 53 mins
Shortly after Jonathan Pacheco was married, he unexpectedly found himself in the middle of the biggest trial of his life: leukemia. Given only months to live, he discovered rest and peace in the Lord and surrendered himself to God’s will... when God worked yet another miracle.
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July 29, 2025 • 52 mins
Jonathan Pacheco was severely disabled at birth when his spinal cord was nearly severed, and he has lived his entire life in a motorized wheelchair.
Jonathan shares what his journey of faith has looked like as he has come to grips with God's sovereignty in all things, including his disability and more.
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/jonathan-pacheco-pt-1
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July 22, 2025 • 49 mins
Jill Robbins had an abortion at the age of 17, which was only the beginning of a self-destructive lifestyle that included drugs and promiscuity. Which in turn resulted in the decline of her mental health. As Jill’s life fell further apart, the harder she dug in. Could Anyone, dig her out?
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/jill-robbins
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July 15, 2025 • 56 mins
Jonathan Carswell grew up in a Christian home and could explain the Gospel forwards and backwards... but it held no actual power in his personal life. Then one day, the scales fell off his eyes, and Jonathan saw Jesus for who He truly was... which put into motion a revolution in the world of Christian publishing.
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/jonathan-carswell
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July 8, 2025 • 42 mins
Sheila Booth-Alberstadt ignored God for the first 40 years of her life. But after being confronted by His very real existence, she proceeded to treat Him like a genie in a bottle.
Yet she was constantly plagued by doubts like:
Why couldn't she heal her own children when they were sick?
Why couldn't she heal her own body?
Why didn't financial prosperity come to her even when she had the “faith” that it should?
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July 1, 2025 • 52 mins
Todd finds and tells stories of modern-day Christians who are being persecuted and martyred throughout the world. And while that job carries many responsibilities, Todd is adamant there are few greater honors than co-laboring with these saints and telling their stories of God’s faithfulness.
From a widow in Turkey whose husband was killed for his faith, to a Chinese woman imprisoned for following Christ, to a new believer in Laos ...
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June 24, 2025 • 54 mins
We’re celebrating God’s faithfulness in letting us release 100 episodes of Compelled!
Show notes (including all the mentioned episodes) @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/celebrating-100-episodes
Zach Fowler’s favorite episodes:
#05 A Spiritual Suicide - Phillip Telfer: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/phillip-telfer
#17 Doubts. Depression. Disease. - Ryan Dobson: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/ryan-d...
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June 17, 2025 • 41 mins
Joe Friedman was raised in a family that was proud of their ancestry and devoted to their Jewish community and way of life. But even though Joe spent much of his life as a devoted Jew, practicing rabbinical rules and trying to earn favor with God, something still seemed to be missing.
After attending a cult meeting, Joe was so unsettled by the cult’s depiction of Jesus, he decided to read a Christian Bible for the first time… and ...
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June 10, 2025 • 54 mins
Dakota grew up with a terrible, abusive father who hated God. Yet despite that role model, Dakota learned to trust in a Good Father whose love was unconditional and whose plan for the future was made even more beautiful by the past.
Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/dakota-lynch
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