Testimonies
Testimonies
Joshua Carvalho
In this podcast, I interview friends of mine about their life-long journeys of pursuing God and God's relentless pursuit of them. All of my guests have authentic, dynamic relationships with God and have had life-changing encounters with Him. We go deep into the details of what their lives were like before encountering God, how exactly God drew them into a personal relationship with Him, what the key turning points were in their spiritual journey, and what transformations have taken place in their lives as a result of knowing God. Lastly, if you enjoyed the intro and outro music written by my friend Brandon Rodriguez, you could download the entire song and many other worship songs for free at www.pihop.com/albums/worthyofitall and you could find more of Brandon's music at soundcloud.com/sumtngbeautifil
Gay Male Stripper encounters God in a moment of suicidal hopelessness after exhausting every worldly pleasure he could fathom: Testimony of Samuel Perez
Even though Samuel experienced God as a child and was raised in a strong Baptist family, he developed same sex attraction and couldn't fit into his Christian culture. He loved God, but began having relationships with men as a teenager. This led him to move to NYC, become a gay stripper. After experiencing every pleasure he could conceive he found himself empty. He cried out to God and was encountered by God's joy.
Apr 10, 2021
1 hr 16 min
Former pro-Israeli basketball player encounters Jesus when He saves him from nearly dying and going to Hell during a shroom overdose. Never grew up in church, he seeks out a church during the pandemic and is saved, discipled, and baptized in water and the
John grew up with a secular Jewish father and new age mother. He never stepped foot into a church in his life except for weddings and funerals. He played college basketball in the USA and pro basketball for Hapoel Haifa in Israel and became an Israeli citizen. After returning to the USA, he reached a low point and overdosed on shrooms. He nearly died and experienced a glimpse of Hell, but Jesus saved him. He committed to a church during the pandemic, was discipled, and baptized in 2020.
Apr 4, 2021
1 hr 31 min
Devout Korean Buddhist literally sacrifices himself to Buddha. He ends up in Hell, but is saved from Hell by Jesus and later becomes a pastor: Steve Kang's Testimony
Steve grew up in South Korea until age 9 and returned there again for high school. He was raised in a devout Buddhist family and was himself a sincerely devout Buddhist. After consuming a "death bowl" of drugs, he can't sleep for 10 days and begins losing his mind. On the tenth day, "Buddha" appears to him and tells him to sacrifice himself to him. He cuts himself open, dies, and ends up in Hell. His mom calls Christian friends to pray, the doctors are able to save his life, and Jesus saves him from Hell.
Mar 19, 2021
1 hr
Radically saved at 12. Goes on a 40 day fast at 12, begins preaching on the streets and in bars at 13, and launched into full time ministry at 19: Joshua Carvalho's Testimony
Joshua Carvalho was raised by godly parents who are missionaries from Brazil to the United States. His parents planted 8 churches in the USA and are incredible pastors, leaders, and evangelists. At 12 years of age, he had a radical conversion to Christ where he fully submitted his life to Christ by going on a 40 day fast. At 13, he had a six hour encounter with God that propelled him into a lifestyle of evangelism. At 19, he went on a six month faith journey across America. At 20, he founded a ministry.
Mar 5, 2021
1 hr 26 min
After attending church every Sunday for 35 years, he hears the Gospel and is born again at an evangelism training seminar at his Catholic church: James Abraham's Testimony
James Abraham lived through WWII as a child, began attending church at 11 and never missed a Sunday for the rest of his life. He was a member of the Anglican, Baptist, and Catholic churches in England, Hong Kong, Jamaica, and the USA without ever encountering God or understanding the Gospel. On the 10th week of an evangelism training program he attended at his Catholic Church, he received the revelation of the Gospel and was born again. He then founded a global evangelism ministry that he leads until today.
Feb 19, 2021
30 min
New Age Environmental Activist hears God's voice in near-death experience at Burning Man: Casey Uggen's Testimony
Raised in a New Age family, Casey's had many spiritual experiences growing up. Her main was passion was saving the planet and she wanted to dedicate her life to environmental activism. After being critically injured at Burning Man, she heard the voice of God for the first time. This set off a series of events that brought her a point of complete surrender to God.
Feb 12, 2021
1 hr 10 min
Atheist Ethiopian successful businessman surrenders to God after years of persistent prayer and witnessing from his family: Eden Tesema's Testimony
Born and raised in Ethiopia, Eden had it all. A loving family, a quality education, a successful career working for Coca-Cola in Africa, and all the pleasures of the world. Although he grew up in Ethiopian Orthodoxy, he became an intellectual atheist as a teenager. His sister came to Christ when he was 19 and she brought most of her family to Christ. Eden held out 7 more years, until his life was shaken, a prophet spoke over his life, he attended church, and finally surrendered his life to Jesus.
Feb 5, 2021
44 min
How a lifelong churchgoing stripper encountered the Holy Spirit and was completely transformed: Jennifer Miles' Testimony
Jennifer grew up in a nominal Lutheran family in Michigan. She went to church and Christian private schools her entire life. After being sexually abused by a relative at 4, she became sexually active. After having her first child at 17, she became a stripper for 7 years. Throughout much of this time, she was attending church. She moved to Florida with the hopes of turning her life around to no avail. After a nervous breakdown, she had an encounter with the Holy Spirit that changed her forever.
Jan 29, 2021
1 hr 22 min
Atheist raised by addicts; addicted to weed, LSD, and cocaine by 9, in one moment Jesus set him free from all of his addictions: Jeff Parrott's Testimony
Jeff grew up in a family of drug addicts. His mom gave him weed at age 5, he started taking LSD and cocaine at age 9, and became a drug addict and alcoholic at an early age. After meeting some strange people who actually cared about him and showed him the love of God he started attending a Christian meeting. After a year of going to the meetings as an atheist, he gave his life to Christ and experienced the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.
Oct 12, 2018
49 min
Sexual Addiction plagued him, religion couldn't help him, but Jesus set him free: Allen Miles' Testimony
Allen grew up nominally Lutheran in the Midwest. Although he identified as Christian his entire life, he was addicted to porn, sex, and drinking. He tried to be set free from his sexual addictions through religion, but religion did nothing. Allen married Jen, who was a stripper, and after Jen survived a traumatic experience she encountered the Holy Spirit. Through his wife's radical conversion, Allen's life and faith was challenged until he too had an encounter with the Holy Spirit and was forever changed.
Sep 26, 2018
1 hr 14 min
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