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Death to Life podcast

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241 episodes

5 days ago

We trace Byron’s journey through a powerful week of prayer, the quiet drift of friends, and the choice to let God defend him. Restoration shows up in a song, a beach, and a courage to move forward without bitterness. • recap of the week of prayer and early fruit • misunderstandings about theology and labels that stick • fractured friendships and limits of “giving space” • burnout, Sabbath rest and seeking God’s voice • Portland trip as reset and honest lament • God’s confirmation through Jes...

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We trace Byron’s journey through a powerful week of prayer, the quiet drift of friends, and the choice to let God defend him. Restoration shows up in a song, a beach, and a courage to move forward without bitterness. • recap of the week of prayer and early fruit • misunderstandings about theology and labels that stick • fractured friendships and limits of “giving space” • burnout, Sabbath rest and seeking God’s voice • Portland trip as reset and honest lament • God’s confirmation through Jes...

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Death to Life podcast

#243 Byron: Aftermath And Grace

We trace Byron’s journey through a powerful week of prayer, the quiet drift of friends, and the choice to let God defend him. Restoration shows up in a song, a beach, and a courage to move forward without bitterness. • recap of the week of prayer and early fruit • misunderstandings about theology and labels that stick • fractured friendships and limits of “giving space” • burnout, Sabbath rest and seeking God’s voice • Portland trip as reset and honest lament • God’s confirmation through Jes...

5 days ago

1 hour 15 minutes

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#242 Amy: A Teen’s Journey From OCD And Legalism To Trust In Jesus

We share Amy’s journey from childhood fear and OCD to a settled trust in Jesus that carried her through a false accusation against her dad and a sudden move. The story traces how legalism fell away, belief took root, and peace held under pressure. • early love for Jesus and seven years of undiagnosed strep • OCD patterns, nightly fear and the pull of control • legalism as safety, perfectionism in chores and prayer • a night in John 14 bringing assurance and calm • medical treatment easing OC...

1 week ago

49 minutes

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#241 Shannon: Healing, Identity, And The God Who Is Good

We follow Shannon from a fearful, unstable childhood into years of illness, allergy, and anxiety, and then into a grounded life of identity, trust, and practical freedom. Scripture, confession, and a new view of God’s goodness move her from control to peace, from scarcity to sufficiency. • childhood turmoil, early faith, and fear shaped by trauma • murder of her mother, adoption by grandparents, perfectionism • years of illness: anaphylaxis, dysautonomia, vertigo, insomnia • food controls li...

2 weeks ago

2 hours 27 minutes

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#240 Webster: From Law To Freedom

We trace Webster’s journey from a conservative Tongan Adventist home through rebellion, jail, and a degree no one would hire to a simple gospel that healed his identity and marriage. The turning point arrives when sonship replaces striving and Sabbath shifts from fear to joy. • growing up Tongan Adventist with strict norms • pastor’s kid pressure and hidden rebellion • drugs, drinking, and becoming a teen dad at 17 • jail as a wake-up and unexpected door to college • degree earned, criminal ...

3 weeks ago

1 hour 4 minutes

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#239 Five Years, First Story, Tyler Morrison

We celebrate five years by returning to the first story that set our tone: Tyler’s journey from approval addiction and hidden porn use to a settled identity rooted in God’s love. The shift from behavior management to new life changes his marriage, his peace, and his idea of repentance. • why testimonies became our core format • family faith roots and an early shame script • porn at eleven and transactional forgiveness • striving, relapse, and the lie that guilt saves • Australia, a Hillsong ...

1 month ago

1 hour 57 minutes

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#238 Danilo: A Filipino Adventist’s Journey from Legalism to Grace

We trace Danilo’s journey from fear and performance to a living trust in Jesus only, moving from legalism to grace and from isolation to a wider family of faith. A child’s question, a fresh reading of Ephesians and Romans, and the courage to post the gospel changed his life. • growing up Adventist under fear and performance • panic, shame and identity as “sinner always” • a child’s question that sent him to grace • discovering “Jesus only” and assurance • Romans 6 and freedom from sin, new i...

1 month ago

41 minutes

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#237 Hollie: Sensitivity Is a Superpower

We trace Hollie's journey from fear-based faith and purity culture to a lived identity in Christ that quieted years of anxious loops. Sensitivity turns from burden to gift as she learns to want intimacy without making it her identity and to teach, create, and love from fullness, not lack. • reframing sensitivity as strength rooted in identity in Christ • naming purity culture myths and their impact on worth and desire • moving from anxiety, perfectionism, and rumination to peace • camp commu...

1 month ago

1 hour 39 minutes

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#236 Carl Syvertson, Already Transformed: A Man's Journey to Understanding Freedom in Christ

Carl Syvertson shares his journey from understanding salvation intellectually to experiencing the transformative revelation that God has already freed him from sin and given him a new identity. • Carl's spiritual journey began with a family legacy of seeking closeness to Jesus • His great-great-grandfather was a Quaker missionary who became an Adventist after a dream showing others closer to Jesus • Carl describes himself as having been a "hothead" with a prideful attitude before understandi...

1 month ago

1 hour 1 minute

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#235 Arnold pt 2: The Gospel's Challenging Path

Arnold returns to share his journey of theological transformation and the unexpected challenges he faced after embracing the gospel message. • Reflects on his previous understanding that salvation was a "group project" between humans and God • Describes how reading Romans 6 as a historical fact rather than instructions completely changed his perspective • Explains the resistance he encountered from church leadership when sharing his new understanding • Details how he was prohibited from spea...

2 months ago

1 hour 23 minutes

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#233 Lauren Via, Weathering the Storm: A Pastor's Wife's Journey Through Church Conflict

Lauren Via shares her powerful testimony of walking through church conflict and finding healing after being forced to leave her beloved Oklahoma church community due to gospel misunderstandings. • Experiencing the difficult transition when church leadership began pushing back against gospel freedom • Suppressing her own emotions while supporting her husband and children through the conflict • Watching her four-year-old son develop anxiety as he witnessed his father's emotional distress • Hav...

2 months ago

1 hour 10 minutes

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#232 Jonathan Leonardo: What Happens When Standing for Christ Means Standing Alone?

Jonathan Leonardo returns to share his journey through the challenges of pastoring while maintaining gospel integrity, revealing how institutional pressure led to personal compromise before finding freedom in uncompromised truth. • Transitioning from evangelist to pastor created tension between preaching clear gospel freedom and meeting denominational expectations • The Seventh-day Adventist relationship with the law creates unique challenges when preaching freedom from sin • Public criticis...

2 months ago

1 hour 23 minutes

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#231 Ange: The Chains That Bound Her

Ange shares her powerful journey from growing up with a transactional view of God to discovering the freedom that comes through understanding her true identity in Christ. She opens up about childhood trauma, religious performance, and how gospel truth transformed her life. • Grew up in an Adventist family in Rwanda believing God's love was conditional on her behavior • Experienced childhood trauma that led to shame and unhealthy coping mechanisms • Struggled with self-worth and body image is...

2 months ago

1 hour 4 minutes

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#230 Doug Wilson, From Big Franks to Big Faith: A Spiritual Journey

Doug Wilson shares his journey from legalistic striving to gospel freedom, revealing how discovering his identity in Christ transformed his understanding of salvation and relationship with God. The conversation explores the damaging effects of a "Jesus plus" mentality and the liberation that comes from resting in Christ's finished work. • Born and raised in Oklahoma with minimal church background • Initially approached religion as a set of doctrines rather than a relationship • Spent a decad...

3 months ago

56 minutes

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#229 Michaela: Weeds in the Garden: God's Patient Transformation

Michaela returns to share how the gospel has transformed her life from depression and suicidal thoughts to freedom and purpose over the past four years. • First freed through Romans 6:7 - "you are free from sin" • Initially struggled with "firehosing" people with the gospel, expecting everyone to receive it as enthusiastically as she did • Found that people outside church settings were often more receptive than those in religious environments • Discovered the Bible became a completely differ...

3 months ago

47 minutes

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#228 Audree Curry, Chains Falling: A Story of Redemption

Audree shares her powerful journey from carrying overwhelming guilt and shame over past mistakes to finding complete freedom in Christ and learning that God's love transcends our darkest moments. • Growing up under a controlling father who ruled the family with a strict, dictatorial approach • Running away from home at 17 and facing an unplanned pregnancy without support • Choosing abortion and carrying the heavy burden of guilt for two decades • Joining the military, getting married, and st...

3 months ago

1 hour 38 minutes

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#227 Josh Newbegin: Escaping the Cage: A Journey Beyond Legalism

Josh Newbegin shares his powerful journey from living a party lifestyle to becoming a burned-out church worker to finally discovering true freedom in the gospel of grace. His testimony reveals how the most significant transformation in his life wasn't leaving his partying days behind, but escaping the performance-based Christianity that kept him in a spiritual cage. • Grew up in church but left to pursue adventure and the party lifestyle in snowboarding communities • Found emptiness in his d...

3 months ago

1 hour 12 minutes

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#226 Diana Moddrell: Breaking Free from Spiritual Legalism

Diana shares her transformative journey from rigid religious legalism to experiencing God's unconditional love and freedom in Christ. Her story reveals how understanding grace completely changed her life, healing her from addiction and anxiety. • Growing up without a father, Diana was taught from childhood that God was her father • Began experimenting with alcohol at age 10 while living as a latchkey kid • Met her husband Micah in elementary school and married shortly after high school • Str...

4 months ago

1 hour 32 minutes

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#225 Wes Via 2: The Dark Night of the Soul

The gospel brings freedom from sin and transforms lives, yet preaching this message often comes with unexpected costs and opposition from established religious systems. • Wes Vi discusses his complicated relationship with the church as an institution • Understanding the "dark night of the soul" as a spiritual experience where God feels distant yet remains present • Finding confidence in ministry through seeing the gospel transform lives • How preaching changed when Wes began trusting the Spi...

4 months ago

1 hour 43 minutes

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#224 Micah Moddrell: When God Transforms from Information to Relationship

Micah Modrell shares his powerful journey from rigid religious legalism to discovering the transformative grace of the gospel that completely changed his understanding of God and his approach to ministry. • Born and raised in an Adventist home with legalistic tendencies • Parents divorced when he was eight, creating a split between "church house" and "fun house" • Developed what he calls "an aggressive conscience" that led to cycles of guilt • Married his high school girlfriend at 19, contin...

4 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes

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#223 Stephanie Wagner, The Grease Slide: Confessions of a Love Addict

Stephanie shares her powerful journey from seeking love and validation in relationships to finding her true identity and freedom in Christ. • Growing up in a Christian home with loving parents who demonstrated real faith daily • Developing a destructive relationship framework in eighth grade after being cheated on • Believing the lie that physical intimacy was required currency to gain and maintain love • Meeting and marrying Taylor, but bringing unrealistic expectations into marriage • Plac...

4 months ago

2 hours 51 minutes