Provoke & Inspire Podcast
Provoke & Inspire is a weekly podcast featuring four artists, ministry leaders, and passionate followers of Jesus (Ben, David, Luke, and Chad) with decades of front-line experience and the stories to back it up! Every week they discuss how Jesus might respond to current events and issues facing the church today.
Podcasting since 2015 • 713 episodes
Provoke & Inspire Podcast
Latest Episodes
632: How to Avoid Rock Bottom, and Recover If You Hit It
From ministry success and identity confusion to burnout, failure, and suicidal ideation, this episode traces the slow erosion of intimacy with Jesus and the cost of trying to rebuild life on self-made identity. Ben and Chad explore...
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P&I Moments: Why Does Victory Feel Hollow? | Coach RAC
Why do people who look like they have it together still feel empty? What are we hiding that’s actually hurting us? And why does joy seem to show up only after confession, honesty, and real community? RobertAnthony Cruz (Coach RAC) of the Savann...
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631: Why Do Churches Hide Sin? Bethel, Shawn Bolz, and Cover-Up Culture
When does protecting leaders or institutions become enabling harm? And what happens to faith when silence replaces transparency? The regulars examine the recent Shawn Bolz controversy and Bethel Church’s response to ask harder ques...
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P&I Moments: Why Do So Many Leaders Break the People They Lead? | J.R. Briggs
What if leadership isn’t about influence, platform, or control, but about bearing pain, building trust, and carrying hope for others? Who pays the price when leaders avoid suffering? Author J.R. Briggs reframes leadership as responsibility, not...
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630: ICE in Minneapolis — Why People Say Christians Don’t Care
How do we have a Jesus-perspective in a situation with so many grey areas? How do we react when protestors show up to disrupt our church services? The regulars again weigh in on the situation in Minneapolis, where ICE agents contend...
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