Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/pSPfb8qIy18?si=9iun_90DaCiWnxXg Description: Ryan Franklin teaches on four major barriers to healthy relationships: pride, past wounds, unhealthy patterns, and emotional exhaustion. He explains how each one creates distance—whether through walls we build, hurts we carry, habits we tolerate, or energy we deplete. Using biblical examples like Elijah, Franklin highlights the importance of humility, healing, healthy rhythms, and rest. His central ...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/urau1D-IsSw?si=fkBKkeBudtXL1OPz Description: Mandy Holloway shares her passion for prison ministry, recounting a powerful moment where women rejected lies of the enemy, embraced their identity in Christ, and experienced deliverance, healing, and the Holy Ghost. She stresses that reaching the lost, caring for the broken, and living out the Gospel is not a “special calling” for a select few but a commission for every believer, rooted in obedienc...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/4GNc-BA4sqQ?si=n9p30WjkjK6ohZPv Description: Dr. Margaret Banks-Butler shares how faith, love, and neuroscience intersect in healing and leadership. She emphasizes the power of scripture, prayer, and relational support in restoring hope, while also highlighting the value of education and scientific insight. Her message encourages leaders to overcome burnout by “re-words” such as reconnect, repent, and release, guiding them toward renewal, spir...

You’re still showing up. But are you leading with clarity — or just holding it together? Take 15 minutes to reflect with the Christian Leader® Self-Assessment — a simple tool to help you see what’s really working... and what’s quietly wearing you out. It’s free! https://www.ryanfranklin.org/clselfassessment In this episode, Pastor Akil Thompson introduces The Leadership Sweet Spot—a model that brings self-leadership, spiritual leadership, and organizational leadership into balance. When le...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/pSPfb8qIy18?si=9iun_90DaCiWnxXg Description: Ryan Franklin teaches on relational barriers in leadership, showing how pride subtly builds walls through silence, unforgiveness, and the need to be right, while humility builds bridges by making the first move. He also highlights how past wounds, if left unhealed, can shape relationships, leadership, and culture—using Joseph’s story in Genesis 50 as an example. Franklin emphasizes that unhealed pai...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/XQBNwlFqXbA?si=XkoZEHHoU5-QXHNZ Description: Pastor Darrell Johns explains that the earliest warning sign against ineffective leadership is realizing that solo leadership is unbiblical. He shares how God reminded him that while a church may outgrow his personal abilities, it can never outgrow his vision—prompting him to lead with openness and empower others. Johns reflects on releasing talented staff, even when it’s difficult, and valuing long-term...

Pastor Luke St.Clair unpacks the practice of praying over the spirit, soul, and body, emphasizing full submission to God as essential for fruitful and effective leadership. Drawing from 1 Thessalonians 5:23 and the tabernacle model of prayer, he outlines a structured, scripture-based approach that deepens spiritual alignment. St.Clair highlights the difference between gifts and fruit, urging leaders to prioritize internal growth over external validation. He encourages consistency in prayer, n...

Learn more about Christian Leader® Community Coaching: https://www.ryanfranklin.org/communitycoaching In this episode of the Christian Leader Made Simple Show, Dr. Tom Trimble joins Ryan Franklin to unpack his book Digital Dominion. Together they explore how technology, especially smartphones and social media, is shaping our minds, families, and faith in ways we often don’t notice. From powerful personal stories to the STAIRS framework, Dr. Trimble offers biblical wisdom and practical...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/JGHNMcDp4Bw?si=0Ak13eIWEO0fAdr3 Description: In this moving reflection, Andy Ferguson shares how the intense trials of 2024—including his recovery from illness, his wife's spine surgery, and his mother's stroke—could have derailed him. Instead, he experienced God's sustaining grace through the support of his church, friends, and strangers. Despite physical and emotional challenges, Andy stayed anchored in his calling and found deeper intimacy ...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/XQBNwlFqXbA?si=XkoZEHHoU5-QXHNZ Description: Pastor Darrell Johns discusses common pitfalls leaders face when building teams, such as placing unprepared or unfaithful individuals in trusted roles, avoiding necessary confrontations, failing to provide training or resources, overworking staff, neglecting morale, and lacking accountability or feedback. He emphasizes honoring volunteers, creating clear expectations, and avoiding micromanagement by...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/7AjuU-JsrSs?si=g7aMe3IznTFFYreF Description: Pastor Luke St.Clair shares how prayer is both a personal and pastoral lifeline, helping him preach, lead, and stay grounded. He describes lifting the Word in prayer as a way to build faith, fight anxiety, and resist isolation—especially for leaders facing emotional and spiritual pressure. By consistently praying over the mind, body, and spirit with scripture, leaders are renewed and realigned with ...

Learn more about Christian Leader® Community Coaching: https://www.ryanfranklin.org/communitycoaching What if insight and truth alone aren’t enough to create real transformation? In this episode of the Christian Leader Made Simple Show, Dr. Gregg Makin unpacks the neuroscience of lasting change and why so many leaders find themselves frustrated when people stay stuck despite powerful sermons, wise counsel, or deep conversations. With over 40 years of experience training and equipping ...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/JGHNMcDp4Bw?si=0Ak13eIWEO0fAdr3 Description: In this heartfelt account, Andy Ferguson shares his miraculous healing from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome at a youth camp and reflects on how it shaped his lifelong faith. He contrasts that instant miracle with his ongoing battle with Addison’s disease, emphasizing how both experiences deepened his trust in God. Despite physical weakness, Andy testifies to supernatural peace and divine provision. He encour...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/XQBNwlFqXbA?si=XkoZEHHoU5-QXHNZ Description: Pastor Darrell Johns shares enduring team-building principles from his extensive leadership experience, stressing that team ministry is a biblical conviction, not a style. He encourages leaders to invest in a few, build core disciples, and pray for God-called laborers. Offering practical steps for those feeling overwhelmed, he underscores the importance of prioritizing God, marriage, family, and min...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/7AjuU-JsrSs?si=g7aMe3IznTFFYreF Description: Pastor Luke St.Clair shares how his passion for prayer and his book The Whole Man were shaped by a lifelong culture of revival and dedicated prayer modeled by his evangelist parents. He explains the need for structured, scripture-based prayer to help believers—especially leaders—cultivate spiritual depth. Drawing from 1 Thessalonians 5:23, he describes praying over the spirit, soul, and body as an a...

Learn more about Christian Leader® Community Coaching: https://www.ryanfranklin.org/communitycoaching What happens when someone gives Jesus their full and unconditional “yes”? In this powerful episode, Ryan sits down with evangelist Mandy Holloway — a woman whose life and ministry are fueled by radical obedience to the Great Commission. From the prison to the pulpit, from Uganda to Ireland to the Philippines, Mandy shares what keeps her passion burning 23 years after her salvation. Yo...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/JGHNMcDp4Bw?si=0Ak13eIWEO0fAdr3 Description: In this emotional and powerful testimony, Andy Ferguson recounts a life-threatening health crisis in 2023 while traveling for ministry. After months of exhaustion, unexplained symptoms, and drastic weight loss, he was diagnosed with Addison’s disease. Despite critically low sodium levels and being near death, Andy experienced supernatural peace during a 9-day ICU stay. Surrounded by trauma and chaos...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/r-F5OHcTVgg?si=tlXSqCsENV2vNfy1 Description: In this moving conversation, Kristen Ellis reflects on the power of the "ministry of presence," especially in chaplaincy with law enforcement. She shares how simply being available—offering peace, empathy, and acceptance—can be transformative. Kristen emphasizes the emotional and spiritual toll of high-stress professions and the importance of creating safe, judgment-free spaces. She draws from both ...

Link to the full podcast: https://youtu.be/bAqUoLJ4aPM?si=LscCIK9ws6hE9ugA Description: In this heartfelt interview, Dr. Gary Chapman emphasizes the biblical foundation of apology, forgiveness, and personal responsibility in marriage. He outlines practical steps for couples to rebuild trust and reconnect, starting with self-examination and genuine repentance. Chapman highlights the importance of speaking each other’s love language and serving one another selflessly, echoing Christ’s ex...

Learn more about Christian Leader® Community Coaching: https://www.ryanfranklin.org/communitycoaching What if true leadership isn’t about doing more—but about flowing from a place of alignment with God? In this rich conversation, Dr. Margaret Banks-Butler—author, speaker, and seasoned prayer leader—joins Ryan to explore the spiritual dynamics of the flow state and how it transforms the way we lead. Drawing from her book Spiritual Flow State, Dr. Butler explains how obedience, inward e...