Our Resolute Hope Podcast

Liberating the Church with His Life: The Early Steps

John and Frank describe some avenues they followed to introduce Christ as life into their church's different ministries.  They consider what worked, what didn't, why, and their reliance both on scripture and on recognized voices from outside the church to reinforce the message.

Liberating the Church with His Life: The Beginning

Frank and John describe briefly how they began their journeys to know Christ as life.  They discuss their first steps, as pastor and elder, to introduce their small body of believers, steeped in law and performance, to the full gospel of life and freedom in Jesus Christ.

Mark Maulding's Story – Part 2

Mark Maulding continues his story, focusing on his tender heart for pastors and his decades-long desire to help them understand the grace of God, the cross of Christ, and their identity as loved and accepted kids of the King.  Learn more about him and the counseling ministry he founded at GraceLifeInternational.com.

Mark Maulding's Story – Part 1

Counselor, coach, and author Mark Maulding of Grace Life International shares honest insight about growing up 'trying hard to get it right', his confusion about a 'quid pro quo' God, his belly aches from reading the bible, his sinking and unraveling as a pastor, and his journey to finally understanding Christ as his life.    Check him out at GraceLifeInternational.com.

The Fields Brothers' Story – Part 2

Roger and Jeff Fields continue their story, focusing on the importance of viewing all things from the correct side of the cross of Christ.  Hear the hearts of these brothers as they discuss the simplicity of the gospel and the love of our Father God.  Check out their website, podcast, and book, Breaking the Hex, at TheFieldsBrothers.com.

The Fields Brothers' Story – Part 1

Join Roger (the older) and Jeff (the more athletic) Fields as they share their journeys through conservative religion to knowing Christ as their life.  You'll enjoy their engaging style as they talk about Jesus and themselves … and having a good time doing it.  Check out their website, podcast, and book, Breaking the Hex, at TheFieldsBrothers.com.

Blake Guichot's Story

Host, friend, and lead rebel at 'Confessions of a Crappy Christian' podcast, Blake Guichot begins her two-episode podcast by discussing her experiences being wounded by Christians, coming to understand the subtle differences between grace and law, and the immediate impacts this had on her, her husband, and their two young children.  Learn more about her at CrappyChristianCo.com.

Yolanda Cohen Stith’s Story – Part 2

Author, speaker, and counselor Yolanda Cohen Stith continues her story, focusing on her struggles with infertility, the birth of her son with neurological disorders, his drug use and eventual incarceration, and his release.  Listen closely as Yolanda describes 'crawling on her knees through the valley of the shadow of death', clinging desperately to her Messiah's hand.  Discover more about Yolanda at newheartliving.com.

Yolanda Cohen Stith’s Story – Part 1

Author, speaker, and counselor Yolanda Cohen Stith describes her Jewish upbringing as ‘Conservadox’.  Dissatisfied with the religious hypocrisy at home, her growing desire to know about God eventually led her to Rapid City, South Dakota, where she met Messiah Yeshua for the first time.  Through her struggles with a wayward child, loss of a husband, and thoughts of suicide, her book, Valley Life Yolanda describes her walk with Yeshua and coming to know Him as Savior and life.  Learn more about her at newheartliving.com.

Andrew Farley’s Story

Author, speaker, and pastor Andrew Farley shares his story of growing up in a shaming environment, becoming an obsessive evangelist, and wrestling with his perpetual efforts to become the ‘perfect version of Andrew’, the one God expected.  Hear about his first authentic encounter with his savior at an Atlanta gas station, and his decade of recovery from the need to perform perfectly for God.  Learn more about him at andrewfarley.org.