“I can’t get down on my knees, but when I lay down I pray for God to watch over me and to watch over my children.” In this episode I have a co-host of sorts.  Matthew Martin was my first guest, and he took me to interview his wife’s Granny while he was in town visiting…. Read more »

“There’s no formula to get God to do what we want Him to do.  It’s just dependence, prayer, trust, patience, waiting, humility.  That’s not a formula, that’s a way of being.” In this episode, I talk to Dr. Dave Ward from Indiana Wesleyan University about everything from works righteousness, the book of Ephesians, different ways… Read more »

“You can get cut, shot, and nobody’d ever find you.  That’s a real possibility, but God was calling me.” Tony had a hard life, growing up with gangsters and bootleggers and he was in a motorcycle gang for a long time.  He is now a chaplain for some motorcycle groups, and he does prison ministries…. Read more »

“Goliath was the sound underdog the whole way through that episode.”   In this week’s episode, we get to hear Cliff Graham’s story.  Cliff is the author of the “Lion of War” series and “Shadow of the Mountain: Exodus” series of books (among others), and is six years into the making of the major motion… Read more »

“I was doing the catalogs, and I was in the magazines, and I was on the TV commercials, and doing all that stuff, but that doesn’t satisfy the human soul in the least.”   In this week’s episode, we get to hear Jennifer Strickland’s story. Jennifer was a very successful fashion model for some time,… Read more »

In this episode, we get to hear Eric Durden’s story. Eric was my youth group minister when I was in High School and is now the head pastor of a church in Virginia. We talk about dealing with anger, youth groups and teens, some of the things we did while Eric was my youth group… Read more »

Hello Everyone! In this week’s episode, I interview Diana Anderson Tyler.  Diana is a fitness expert who co-owns a crossfit studio in Texas and she’s an author who has written several books combining her faith with her fitness, along with being a contributing writer for Charisma Magazine and Movieguide.org.  You can check out her website at… Read more »

Hello Everyone! This week’s episode features Dr. Chris Bounds from Indiana Wesleyan University.  I met Dr. Bounds through the biblical studies program that my church 12Stone offers, which partners with Indiana Wesleyan, where he taught the theology course.  I learned more from that class than I had my entire christian life prior.  He is very… Read more »

Hello Everyone! The first episode of The Voice of the Vine podcast features my friend and former small group leader Matthew Martin.  He and his wife Christy were our first small group leaders after my wife and I moved to Georgia.  They have been extremely supportive in the process of starting this podcast, with everything… Read more »

Hello everyone! This first episode of the podcast is a short one where I tell you what this podcast is all about, how it came to be, a little about myself and at the end you get to the full song that I use to open and close the show with each week.  The plan… Read more »