The Redeemed Man

Jordan Castille was a skinny kid who was good at gymnastics and a member of his high school’s cheerleading squad—something it wasn’t easy to be in Texas in the late ’90s. The bullying he experienced, combined with some flawed family relationships, drove him to fill the void with pornography. It was only in college that Jordan came to terms with the damage his addiction was causing and sought help from the Lo...

Kevin Harris led a successful sales career for many years before giving up the business world for a life in ministry. Today he’s with Search Ministries in Atlanta, offering mentorship and spiritual guidance to men, particularly younger men still searching for their true identity in Christ amidst a world full of distractions and false idols. This week Kevin and Redeemed founder Paul Amos have a candid, casual conversation abou...

His 30th birthday was just around the corner, and Nigel Darius was at a crossroads. He felt like he’d worked hard and done the right things in his twenties, but he didn’t have anything to show for it. He asked God for a new path and a new opportunity, but when God asked him, “Do you believe I can give them to you?” he realized the answer was “No.” Or perhaps more accurately, “Not yet.&rdquo...

Let’s face it, obedience isn’t a fun topic for most of us. Between an American ethos that prizes individualism and innovation, a culture that pushes indulgence, and a natural human desire to be free from control, we don’t like to feel compelled to follow anyone else’s rules. So how do we break down that resistance and embrace obedience to God? And how can we build in ourselves a desire to heed God’s wo...

Micah Davis has more experience with forgiveness than he probably ever wanted to have. The hurtful words spoken over him as a child that stuck with him throughout adolescence, the betrayals by both his father and his godfather, the family secrets that only came to light years later—all of them forced Micah to confront emotional pain at a relatively early age and weigh the cost of reconciliation.

Now a pastor and writer based i...

For 17 years Jason Romano had what many American men would consider a dream job: working at ESPN producing shows ranging from College Gameday to Monday Night Football broadcasts. So why did he leave it behind to make less money at a startup podcast? For Jason, it was simple: he realized he was drawing too much of his identity from work and not enough from Christ. 

Now the host and producer of the “Sports Spectrum” p...

Where is the church headed, and who will lead it? As a pastor himself, founder of Next Generation Leader, and author of the thoroughly researched book Future Church, Terry Parkman has thought a lot about those questions. In searching for the answers, he’s discovered that what Gen Z wants from life, culture, and faith differs in some surprising ways from what previous generations wanted—and what many churches currently p...

Prayer is the bedrock of discipleship; ideally, it’s a daily practice that brings us into a closer relationship with God. Yet it still feels daunting to so many of us. Are we praying often enough, and for long enough? Are we having a conversation with God, or just rattling off a list of wishes? Are we bringing our true selves to him, or just putting on a performance?

For this week’s episode, Redeemed founder Paul Amos an...

Though he’s known as “Pastor Neb” to his congregation at Pathway City Church in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, Nebiye Kelile didn’t always lead a Christ-centered life. Though he was born into a devoutly Christian Ethiopian-immigrant family, he strayed from the Lord in his teenage years before recognizing the unfulfilling path he was on and returning home as a real-life “prodigal son.”

Now having...

From 2019 to 2023, Jermaine Wilson served two terms as mayor of his hometown of Leavenworth, Kansas—an amazing achievement considering that only a decade earlier, he had finished serving several years in prison. In this week’s episode Jermaine talks with Nate Dewberry about his life journey, from his “hopeless” upbringing surrounded by poverty and crime to his spiritual awakening in prison to his current wor...

Whatever else you can say about life in the military, there’s always a clearly defined purpose. So says Jordan Ames, who retired four years ago from the Marine Corps—and, for the first time in more than two decades, had to find a new purpose of his own. Now a Christ-centered leadership trainer and published author, Jordan shares the path that led to that purpose in this week’s episode, and talks with Nate Dewberry...

On the surface, Michael Rutherford had the kind of life men fantasize about: a phenomenally successful business that spanned the globe, a jet-setting lifestyle, a beautiful fiancée, a car that cost more than many people’s houses. But when he lost it all in what felt like the blink of an eye, he realized he had no choice but to put what was left of his life in God’s hands. God didn’t restore Michael’s riches,...

Aaron Barnett was a promising college athlete when he lost multiple close family members, a relationship, and, seemingly, his life’s purpose. After literally wasting away through months of depression, he reinvested in his relationship with the Lord and found a new purpose—helping young people from all walks of life find theirs. In this week’s episode Aaron converses with The Redeemed’s Nate Dewberry about wh...

When people find out that Cade Thompson signed a Nashville record contract at the age of just 18, they sometimes assume he’s led a charmed life. But as many blessings as Cade has received over the course of his still-young music career, there have been setbacks and frustrations too. Fortunately, through prayer and the guidance of caring mentors, he’s been able to learn valuable lessons from those challenges about faith,...

Mark Fuller has been forced to question his identity at two major junctures in his life—first when he was released from the Colorado Rockies in 1996, and again when he was fired as Auburn’s pitching coach and recruiting director in 2004. When he stopped putting his identity in baseball and started putting it in discipleship of the Lord, though, life became a lot more clear. Now a life coach and published author, Mark ta...

Having grown up during hip-hop’s birth and early years in the Bronx, Wayne Francis is an unabashed fan of, and advocate for, all things New York. But the lessons he’s learned about faith and friendships will resonate with men in big cities and small towns alike, regardless of their race or background.

Wayne shares some of those lessons with Nate Dewberry this week, including the different “depths” of ...

As the pastor of a church in California, Brenen Beeler was safe, secure, and respected—but he wasn’t truly content. When he was presented with a new opportunity at Cavalry Chapel Eagle in Idaho, it took a great deal of prayer—and numerous signs from God—to convince him it was worth taking a chance on a new church in an entirely different part of the country. But God soon started paving the way for Brenen and...

Off stage, Trevor Tyson is a thoughtful, soft-spoken person devout in his Christian faith. On stage, he’s the bellowing frontman of the heavy metal band Heal the Hurt. But those two personas aren’t at odds with one another—they’re just different voices expressing a similar message. “I know what it’s like to be that kid who has a hard time hearing the pastor say something, but can listen to someon...

The website for Arlington Family Offices lists “$16B assets under stewardship” and “870 souls under management.” Those word choices were very intentional on the part of founder Ken Polk. Ken doesn’t see his job as merely making wealth grow for its own sake; he wants to help families put some meaning into how they earn, invest, and spend their money, building a legacy of faithful stewardship in the proc...