Likius Hafeni is a believer from Namibia and joins Joe and Cole on the podcast to discuss how the Gospel is the answer to the current problem of civil unrest in America. He also shares his perspective as someone who grew up during Apartheid in South Africa.

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#41 Guest Interview: Likius Hafeni

Samuel Stanley, a missionary at Youth With A Mission Salem and ambassador of Gospel Focus Ministries joins Joe and Cole on the podcast to discuss his journey of faith, the contrast of Christianity in India versus the U.S., and the power of the simple Gospel.

#40 Guest Interview: Samuel Stanley

Joe and Cole discuss some thoughts on how a believer can remain focused on the gospel in this unprecedented time of quarantine.

#39 Glorifying God In Quarantine

Fred Allen, a renowned teacher within Youth With A Mission, is on the podcast to breakdown why he believes the Trinitarian formula for understanding the nature of God does not work, and to discuss why it is important for Christians to be in awe of their Lord rather than trying to place Him in our image and understanding.

#38 Guest Interview: Fred Allen

Tom Wilson, a retired pediatrician, shares about his journey of faith that eventually spilled over into his practice, and the volunteer service/ministry he continues to pursue at the Salem Free Clinic now that he is retired.

#37 Guest Interview: Tom Wilson

The phrase "fake it till you make it" is often disregarded as disingenuous, but the benefits of such behavior can actually be very useful in bringing the inward transformation to the surface. In this way, Joe and Cole discuss the need to marry the outward conforming aspects of the Christian faith to the inward transformation taking place within us each passing day.

#36 Outward Conformance and Inward Transformation

Luba Iliyn joins Joe and Cole on the podcast to discuss her years of ministry in the Soviet Union as well as after it collapsed, and then addresses the difficulties that Christians now face when engaging in evangelism.

#35 Guest Interview: Luba Iliyn

Disclaimer: The audio for the last half of this episode includes quite a bit of "clicking" mixed in that we were unable to get rid of, we hope you are still able to enjoy the episode and we apologize for the inconvenience. Addictions are prevalent in a great many people's lives, and the Church is no exception to this truth. In this episode, Cole and Joe look at the different facets, motivations, and stages of addictions in broad scope. Sources for this episode include: Stages of Change: A Christian Response to Addiction, Part 1. A Christian Response to Addiction, Part 2. A Christian Response to Addiction, Part 3.  Changing For Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward  

#34 Perspectives On Addiction

After having Gospel Focus Ministries over to the congregation for many Temple Talks, Reverend Rick Davis from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem joins Joe on this episode of the GFP. They go into detail as to how "Rev. Rick" came to his position at the congregation, and some of the core covenant values of Unitarian Universalism.

#33 Guest Interview: Reverend Richard Davis

For the first episode of the new year, Cole and Joe dig into the struggle it can be for a Christian to focus on obeying God in the day-to-day rather than constantly analyzing and repeatedly trying to perfectly figure out the "next step" in God's will for one's life. Sources mentioned in this episode: The Practice of the Presence of God.

#32 Life's Purpose As An Idol

For our last episode of 2019 we had Linda Cosa, a YWAM DTS student, joining Joe and Cole on the podcast. They discuss her testimony, the experiences that led her to do a DTS as well a how Gospel Focus outreaches have impacted her worldview and witness.

#31 Guest Interview: Linda Cosa

Galen Ball, a student at Chemeketa Community College, has been searching for answers to life's greatest questions and has been slowly but surely finding them in Scripture, the writings of C.S. Lewis as well as while meeting with Tim Walter of Gospel Focus Ministries. In this episode, he opens up about his journey towards faith and the questions that still remain for him.

#30 Guest Interview: Galen Ball

After interviewing Tim and introducing the Face-to-Face internship, we felt it necessary to have a graduate of the internship on the podcast. That graduate happens to be Kaleb Herring, lead pastor of Salem First Free Methodist.

#29 Guest Interview: Kaleb Herring

Tim Walter, director/founder of Gospel Focus Ministries, makes his second appearance on the podcast to update listeners on the most recent evangelistic addition to Gospel Focus' ministries, the Face-to-Face internship. Along with this update, Tim, Cole and Joe discuss the challenges of maintaining a joyous perspective when sharing the "good news".

#28 Guest Interview: Tim Walter

Disclaimer: The audio in this interview occasionally echoes throughout the podcast and there are some crackling sounds toward the latter part of the episode that we were unable to remove. We hope you are still able to enjoy the conversation we had with Kyle Anderson upon his return to the Gospel Focus office for a continuation of the first interview. 

#27 Guest Interview: Kyle Anderson (Part 2)

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