I have a very special treat for you guys today – an interview with Dr. Dennis Janisse, a good friend of mine and long-time pastor in the Calvary Chapel movement. This is part two of our interview. Dr. Janisse taught both at the Bible college where I went to school in Indiana, and at Lviv Theological Seminary, where I took Homiletics under him. In t…

This one's a little bit hectic, but I think you're going to love it! Today, we have yet another Markey family on the podcast – George, Sharon, and their boys! This interview is all about parenting third-culture children on the missions field, which is something about which both George and Sharon have much experience to share – Sharon obviously is r…

Today's interview is with Jon Markey, a missionary and friend of mine in Ternopil, Ukraine! Jon is a pastor, songwriter, music producer, expositional Bible teacher, and an encouragement to me. In this interview, we talk about the importance of the indigenous Christian music movement here in Ukraine and why we are not content to simply "translate Hi…

“...nothing that I have to say is more important than what God has to say…” - Mike Neglia I can’t think of a better way to summarize the heart behind expository preaching. May God help us all to hold to that axiom for teaching the Bible! Today’s interview is with Mike Neglia, one of the co-founders of the Expositors Collective, a ministry that rais…

This is my great friend, Nate Medlong, a missionary to the second largest city in Ukraine, Kharkiv. He and his wife, Diana, are some of the coolest people in Ukraine. Nate was one of the first missionaries that I came to visit back in 2006 when we came over for three weeks with the Bible college, and I remember distinctly hearing the story of how G…

In this interview, you will find the following topics: the global tendencies of the church and how it’s tempting to sell ourselves as something we are not because of the new “internet church culture,” competition between online church and the local church (and between local churches or denominations), how Calvary Chapel missionaries overseas actual…

Today I have a very special treat for you guys if you are interested in learning more about leadership. I’m interviewing a good friend, Anatoliy Sapsay, who is one of the local leadership coaches for Innovista and is one of the pastors at “Christ the Savior” church – our church’s “grandmother church” (their church planted the church that eventually…

Today I'm interviewing David Markey. He and his wife, Deborah, are missionaries to Yamal, a peninsula in northwestern Siberia. If you're connected to Calvary Chapel and live anywhere either in the Midwest of the US or Central and Eastern Europe, the first thing you think of when you hear the name "Markey" is missions. George Markey, the first Calva…

This interview might offend a few people… We discuss the futility of conspiracy theories that people use to dismiss Christ’s Resurrection and how this should impact the way Christians think about conspiracies theories related to vaccines, flat earth theory, the 5g / COVID-19 thing, etc. along with some talk about eccumenicalism, pluralism in the Ch…

Cara, thank you SO much for sharing your story with us. Friends, this is Cara Denney, a friend of mine that I met in Kyiv but now lives in Budapest, Hungary. She has much to share about the Gospel, experience as a missionary, and following Jesus’ leading. She’s been a part recently of the prayer marathon on Calvary Chapel’s Facebook page, which is …

Today I have the honor of speaking with Nick Cady. Nick was a missionary and church planter in Hungary and now pastors a Calvary Chapel in Longmont Colorado, White Fields Community Church. He's also one of the founders of the Expositors Collective and on the leadership team of Calvary Global Network. I love listening to his exegetical, Christ-cente…

So, Andy Ziesemer is one of those people that just pumps me up every time I talk with him. He's one of the founders of AJesusMission, a missions organization that sent Final Greetings, an awesome rock band, to Ukraine last fall. Andy has a real heart for missions, particularly for caring for those that are out on the field. In this conversation, he…

Brett is a great friend and a genuine, fun guy from Horizon Indy, our sending church in Indiana. He's a fellow minister of the Gospel, a tech wizard, and the youth pastor at the church. You can connect with him and the church there via the following links: Brett's Twitter: https://twitter.com/brettgoodrich/ Brett's Instagram: https://www.instagram.…

Sasha is a good friend of ours that serves in Eastern Ukraine. You can contact her via her Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/andriyashina.oleksandra You can also give to Sasha through Tithe.ly by following these instructions: Visit https://get.tithe.ly/. Select “Sign Up Free”, then select the option for “Give to Your Church”. Click “Give…

How to contact Andrew and his church: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrew.denysov LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdenysov/ Church website: http://hosanna.org.ua/ Services online: https://hosannalviv.online.church/ The life-plan template that we talked about: https://bit.ly/Life-Plan-Template In this podcast, we talk about staying …

Byron’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/byron.johnson.56 Emily’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/emily.johnson.311056 Calvary Zaporizhia’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/golgofazp/ Calvary Zaporizhia’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/golgofazp Byron’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/byronajohnson/ Emily’s…

Chris Loux's blog: https://www.chrisinukraine.com/ Chris Loux's page on the JV website: https://www.josiahventure.com/people-... "Public Speaking in a Second Language": https://www.amazon.com/Public-Speakin... Here are the "lifehacks" that Chris gave at the end of the video: Brainstorming with your team to get a positive idea of the new possibiliti…