Taylor Foster wasn’t looking for God. A hard-charging, wild-living young man with Celtic warrior blood and a bullfighting streak, he chased everything the world offered—drinking, drugs, sex, adrenaline—but none of it filled the growing void inside. Raised around church but unchanged by it, Taylor ran hard in the opposite direction… until God caught him. In this raw and redemptive episode, Taylor—now a Youth Pastor at LifeGate Church—sits down with Lincoln Murdoch and Nick Bank to share ...

Vaughn Perez, is the Student Ministry Director at CityLight Bennington Church in Nebraska. Vaughn wears many hats—he’s an assistant high school boys basketball coach, a substitute P.E. teacher at Bennington High School, a volunteer with Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a Podcaster (Vaughn & Clay All Day) and a husband to Megan Perez, who serves on staff with CityLight Bennington in Finance & Administration. Though Vaughn grew up around church, he was largely disinterested in a ...

Paul Tan joins Lincoln and Nick via Zoom to share his powerful journey from drug smuggler to evangelist. After a close brush with death in Singapore and a life driven by money, Paul encountered the Gospel and never looked back. He left a thriving business to start a halfway house that cared for up to 100 ex-offenders at a time and later stepped into full-time ministry. Now, as Step Up to Life’s Asia Director, Paul oversees Gospel efforts across Asia, coordinating with leaders like Jonathan Ch...

Bill Bowes (former Fire Chief of Papillion, Nebraska) talks with Linc and Nick about how Step Up To Life's founder (the later Elmer Murdoch) led him to saving-faith in Christ, his unexpected journey to Asbury College in the 70's, how even his training as a 'First Responder' wasn't enough to prepare him for the sudden loss of his wife, how God had been subtly encouraging him to step out in faith to run for the Nebraska legislature through his friends and family regardless of the outcome,...

Hip Hop artist Ryan Martinez of Bellevue Youth for Christ, and My Bridge Radio joins Linc and Nick to talk about how God got his attention through his future wife, how God persistently called him out of a self-focused spiritual improvement plan into the true Gospel, and why he now uses Step Up To Life to reach students with the Gospel to help them pinpoint where they are in their own spiritual journey. www.Lifeusd.com https://lifeusd.com/ryanmartinezmusic www.MyBridgeRadio.net My ...

Adam Cabeen is Step Up To Life's Latin American National Director. He oversees, networks with, and helps coordinate our team of Spanish speaking SUTL Champions who take the Gospel into their local contexts throughout Latin America. These countries include Guatemala, Cuba, Brazil, Bolivia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and his own ministry locale of Columbia. Adam and his wife Libia Maria have been married since 2004 and have two children, David and Sarah. Libia Maria is a university professor...

Gary Koenig and Ray Dotzler join Lincoln and Nick to talk about how they were both brought in on the 'ground floor' for Step Up To Life roughly 30 years ago, how God surprised them in the ways He used their skills in marketing and the visual arts to reach people all over the world with the Gospel, and some of their most fond memories about our late founder Elmer Murdoch. Support the show www.StepUpToLife.com

On this episode Lincoln and Nick discuss Step Up To Life's global footprint and why this is a key aspect of the ministry biblically. Having ministered in over 40+ countries, Lincoln recounts how he became inspired to minister cross-culturally, how God has surprised him and impacted him personally over the last 40 years ministering internationally and how even in our local contexts, international evangelism can flourish without even stepping foot on a plane. Support the show www.StepUpT...

Why is the word 'repentance' often vilified or treated like a 'four letter word' in Christian subculture? On this episode seasoned pastors Lincoln and Nick talk about the common misunderstandings about the biblical concept of repentance as 'works,' the unfortunate practice of accidentally presenting the Gospel as merely mentally ascribing to a certain set of facts about Jesus, and why it's so important to get this distinction right as we attempt to share the Message of Jesus with greater bibl...

Edward King III (AKA: 'Tank') of Youth for Christ joins Linc and Nick to talk about how God has brought him full circle from a high school kid who was so shy that he faked being asleep in school to avoid getting called on in class, to standing in the front of that same classroom telling kids how they can know Christ personally. Hear how God has woven youth into he and his wife's lives over the last several years, why Step Up To Life has become such a key ministry tool for him, and how he's se...

Most of us assume that we can't really impact the people around us or the organizations we belong to with the Gospel, but few of us actually try. On this episode of Ministry Minded Tim Bess shares how he found himself teaching a class on evangelism in his own church much to his own surprise, how he approached proposing it to his pastor, and the responses he received from a presentation he wasn't entirely sure he felt confident to present. Support the show www.StepUpToLife.com

Many or most of us start out disinterested or apathetic about our spiritual condition and Dr. Tim Janiszewski of Grace Central Omaha (www.graceomaha.com) is no exception. On this episode of Ministry Minded Dr. J shares how he talked his parents into not making him 'waste his time' by going to church, how God got his attention anyway, and how he found himself on the unexpected path to vocational ministry and the academic world pursuing a doctorate from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School ...

We've all been tempted to overcorrect certain things in our lives. Instead of exercising self-control we might resort to a starvation diet for a season. Instead of planning ahead for the big test or presentation we might try to 'cram' just before the deadline. Humans like extremes and imbalance. We're prone to it. The same is true for sharing the Gospel. Unlike Jesus himself, we often take an 'all grace' or 'all truth' approach when trying to share the Message of Christ. On this episode we ta...

We might wonder what we would do if faced with the challenge to denounce Jesus or die. Pastor Kenneth Bamuleke doesn't have to wonder because he knows. On this episode of Ministry Minded you will get to hear Kenneth's incredible journey from leading a muslim mosque to helping plant over 17 churches in Uganda, Africa. Kenneth's miraculous conversion from muslim to missionary is one that provides unique insight into what it really means to come to saving-faith, what God can do in the face of im...

Jason Hurt from 'Chariots 4 Hope' (www.Chariots4Hope.org) joins Lincoln and Nick in the studio to discuss what it was like trusting God after hurricane Sandy by moving with his wife Michelle and their kids from New York to Nebraska, founding a brand new ministry without a single supporter, and how Step Up To Life helps their team communicate the Gospel effectively in this unique ministry! Support the show www.StepUpToLife.com

President of 'Christ for the City International' (www.CFCI.org) Dr. Chip Anderson joins Linc and Nick in the studio to discuss why CFCI partners with Step Up To Life, what problems it's solved in their ministry, how he went from 'Frat-boy' to 'Missionary,' and what he found out about ministering in Latin American through his Doctoral studies. Support the show www.StepUpToLife.com

On this episode Pastor Ed King of Dayspring Ministries and Omaha's Hope Center for Kids joins Lincoln and Nick to talk about how God used Step Up To Life to change his life and how God is now using him to change the lives of kids n North Omaha in the same way nearly 40 years later! Support the show www.StepUpToLife.com

On this episode Cindy Nyberg from MyBridge Radio visits Lincoln and Nick on site in the studio to talk about how she became known as 'the Step Up To Life Lady,' how she works through the fear of sharing her faith, and why Step Up To Life has become 2nd nature to her when sharing the Gospel with the greatest clarity! Support the show www.StepUpToLife.com

On this episode we talk with UNO ACHA Hockey team players Nolan Sullivan and Kirby Proctor about how they came to saving-faith in Christ Jesus, what it's like to share their faith with others, and how Step Up To Life has changed the way they go about sharing the Gospel. Support the show www.StepUpToLife.com

On this episode Stan Parker of My Bridge Radio (https://mybridgeradio.net) joins Lincoln and Nick remotely from his offices in Lincoln NE. to talk about how he came to know Jesus personally while playing football at the University of Nebraska, his first encounter with Step Up To Life as a uniquely powerful Gospel-sharing tool, and his journey into vocational ministry. Support the show www.StepUpToLife.com