Heart Pocket Podcast

Heart Pocket Podcast

Aligning the heart of man with God's heart through Bible stories, discussions, interviews and more.

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March 3, 2026 17 mins

Pastor Rob continues to share how Sudanese are being educated by the Word of God through Simply The Story. Local people are being raised up as elders within a matter of a year. Rob says, "The Gospel is no longer foreign. Simply The Story is the answer for it."

 

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Pastor Rob lived in South Sudan bringing his teaching and realizing something was missing. Hear how Simply The Story expedited their abilities to reach 7 unreached people groups (UPGs) and the impact occurring in a war zone.

 

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February 17, 2026 27 mins

When the army deserts King Saul, what should the king do? Learn what the STS alumni trainees discover as they discuss the dilemma facing Saul. Should Saul have done something or waited? First Samuel 13:4-14.

 

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Mike shares advice for those who are retiring, and for the youth. Regardless of age, find your passion and stay connected with the Lord Jesus. Part 3.

 

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February 3, 2026 18 mins

We continue our discussion with Mike, a Simply The Story instructor, who shares more of how he uses STS in his church and neighborhood. If you wonder whether STS works with the epistles, this is one podcast to hear.

 

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January 27, 2026 18 mins

Retired from his work, Mike shares how he started with Simply The Story and the places he has traveled as a result. Even though he is retired, he works so well with youth, including Youth With A Mission or YWAM.

 

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We continue discussing 1 Samuel 8 and how the Lord views Israel, even since He brought them out of Egypt. This alumni student leads us in the rest of this Bible passage as we discover new insights and applying what we discover to our lives. 

 

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January 13, 2026 17 mins

Samuel's two sons were evil, but when Israel asked for a king to rule over them rather than to have these two evil judges, God says Israel is rejecting him. Wow, what to do? Hear this discussion as an alumni student leads us in this Bible passage. 

 

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January 6, 2026 21 mins

Abi, raised in Taiwan, now serves with YWAM in Brazil. She values the non-confrontational and conversational nature of the STS training, noting its effectiveness during their work with refugees and homeless individuals. (We apologize for the bit of wind noise).

 

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December 30, 2025 25 mins

The instructors from the training in Brazil share their excitement for what the Lord is doing through the YWAM bases. They also share some challenges. Hear from the instructors' perspective about a workshop.

 

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December 23, 2025 23 mins

Brooke Pernice continues discussion in the story of Eutychus. Learn how this story can help us listen to God's word.

 

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Brooke Pernice, an accomplished musician and blind, shares the story of Eutychus and leads our advanced students through discussion. What kinds of sacrifices are made in this story to learn more of God?

 

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December 9, 2025 22 mins

This final episode with John reveals what has happened in the youth prison using Bible stories. We also dive into some of the issues facing those who become believers in hostile countries. John asks for prayer for the Comprehensive Leadership Training.

 

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December 2, 2025 19 mins

How do you solve Biblical illiteracy? Genuine people are sincerely deceived! John interacts with several pastors who say they know something is wrong, but do not know how to fix the problems. Hear the solutions and how the church leaders in East Africa are responding. They say "This is what we have been missing."

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November 25, 2025 21 mins

East Africa has a high level of Biblical illiteracy. As a result, there is a lot of non Scriptural preaching, transactional Gospels messages, and personality cults. John shares some of these different gospels he sees along with how syncretism takes root. We also touch on how colonialism has impacted the Truth of the Gospel.

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We continue the discussion in 2 Chronicles 24 with Pastor Butch Vernon. Learn how king Joash returns the kindness of Jehoiada upon Jehoiada's son Zechariah. At the end, we are challenged to apply this story to our lives.

 

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Deep dive with Pastor Butch as he takes us through a story in 2 Chronicles after Jehoiada dies. Learn how the king he saved and raised, Joash, responds to Jehoiada's kindness and what the Lord thinks of Joash.

 

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November 4, 2025 21 mins

One leader said he never saw his group speaking like this before after implementing STS. At a time when reading continues to decrease, Bible storytelling with deep discussion fits well with where Youth With A Mission is heading.  Hear why.

 

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October 28, 2025 24 mins

Why does Youth With A Mission in Brazil love STS? From the moment one leader said she would go for only a few hours and stayed for the whole training, to the implementation of STS at several bases in Brazil, YWAM has used this methodology with great success. STS has given the people deeper passion for the Lord.

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Pastor Steve Bruce helps this small group of people dig for Spiritual Applications in this Bible passage. Follow along with Steve and discover what impacts you through this discussion.

 

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