Mike Spencer grew up in the Detroit area and considered himself “pro-choice” until shortly after coming to faith in Christ in 1984, when the church he attended showed the pro-life film, The Silent Scream. Upon being confronted with the reality of abortion, Mike became deeply convicted and prayed for God’s forgiveness, offering himself as a voice for the unborn. Mike served as a pastor for 23 years and now serves as the founder and president of Project LifeVoice , a gospel-driven human rights org...
Oct 27, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Key Idea: God doesn’t give us an explanation for all suffering, but He does give the promise that He will one day end all suffering. Mentioned in this episode: Genesis 50:19-20 Romans 5:3-4 James 1:2-4 Resource: Order In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake here: inaboatbook.com or Amazon Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends! This podcast is produced and edited by Angie Elkins Media, Inc....
Oct 20, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Key Idea: Love is acting out of benevolence for the benefit of someone else. Questions to ask yourself when you’re not sure what posture to take: Is it a matter of salvation? Is it a matter of God’s character? Is it a matter of morality? Is it clear in scripture? Mentioned in this episode: I Peter 3:15-16 1 Cor 13:4-8 John 1:1 John 1:14 Galatians 6:1-2 Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friend...
Oct 13, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Sally Clarkson is a best-selling author, world-renowned speaker, and beloved figure who has dedicated her life to supporting and inspiring countless women to live into the story God has for them to tell. Sally hosts a weekly podcast "At Home With Sally." Sally has been married to her husband Clay for almost forty years and together they founded and run Whole Heart Ministries an international ministry seeking to support families in raising faithful, healthy, and loving children, in an increasingl...
Oct 06, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Dr. J.P. Moreland is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He holds degrees in philosophy, theology, and chemistry. He is the author of numerous books and is considered one of the most influential living philosophers of our time. Key Idea: Anxiety is largely a learned habit that can be unlearned by engaging the right practices. Mentioned in this episode: Finding Quiet Romans 12 Romans 6:12-13 Romans 6:19 Psalm 139:24-25 John 10:10 Genesis 1 Genes...
Sep 29, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Key Idea: Being rooted in Christ requires that we know who we are and whose we are. Mentioned in this episode: John 10:10 Matthew 3:16-17 Romans 8 Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends! This podcast is produced and edited by Angie Elkins Media, Inc....
Sep 22, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Key Idea: Gratitude isn't chosen by us, but rather, grown by God, in us. Mentioned in this episode: I Thessalonians 5:18 Psalm 34:1 G.K. Chesterton 1000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp Resource: Chronological Bible Order In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake here: inaboatbook.com or Amazon Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends! This podcast is produced and edited by Angie Elkins Media, Inc....
Sep 15, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 22
This Week’s Key Idea: Our heavenly hope must infuse our earthly hope. Mentioned in this episode: Habakkuk 3 I Peter 1:3-5 Romans 8:18 Resource: Order In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake here: inaboatbook.com or Amazon Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends! This podcast is produced and edited by Angie Elkins Media, Inc....
Sep 08, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Sandra Maddox is an outspoken advocate for Christian Motherhood, Women's Ministry Lead at Saddleback Church, speaker, mentor, teacher, children’s book author, and accomplished interior designer. Her heart’s passion is to encourage, train and inspire women to use their homes as places of ministry, where each can uniquely express the love and reality of Christ in her marriage, in her motherhood, and as a woman of God. Sandra lives with her husband, Dr. Ron Maddox, in Newport Beach, California. Men...
Sep 01, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 21
This Week’s Key Idea: We find peace and freedom when we choose to enter our fear and pain instead of escaping it. Mentioned in this episode: John 10:10 Psalm 56:3 Resource: How to Turn to God When You Feel Afraid Preorder In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake here: inaboatbook.com or Amazon Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends! This podcast is produced and edited by Angie Elkins Media, Inc....
Aug 25, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Courtney Joseph is a graduate of the Moody Bible Institute with a degree in Evangelism and Discipleship. She loves God’s Word! After over a decade of leading women’s Bible studies, mentorships and workshops in her local church, she decided to move her ministry online at WomenLivingWell.org , where she is blogging through the Bible - one chapter a day. Courtney’s passion and sincerity have made her a leader in the Christian blogging community. She is the Founder of GoodMorningGirls.org and has al...
Aug 18, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Today’s Key Idea: We need to be grateful for those who move toward our suffering and gracious toward those who move away from it. Resource: What to Say to Your Friend Who is Facing Cancer Preorder In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake here: inaboatbook.com or Amazon Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends! This podcast is produced and edited by Angie Elkins Media, Inc....
Aug 11, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Amber Smith is the wife of country singer and songwriter, Granger Smith . She is a mom, who along with her family, lives in Texas. Amber is an active and engaging influencer on Instagram and YouTube , sharing her story of loss, but also God’s story of hope and redemption. Mentioned in this episode: www.riverkellyfund.org Three Simple Steps to Help You Get Through This Four Simple Steps to Help Your Friend Get Through This Preorder In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake here: inaboatbook.com or Amazon...
Aug 04, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Today’s Key Idea: Suffering in and of itself doesn't change us; it is who we turn to in the midst of suffering that has the power to change us. Mentioned in this episode: Psalm 69 John 6:66-67 James 1 James 5:7-11 Three Simple Steps to Help You Get Through This Preorder In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake here: inaboatbook.com or Amazon Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
Jul 28, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Ruth and Pat welcome Candise Wade to the show today. Candise Wade is the creator of Love Your Human , an emotional health and literacy resource helping women embrace a more honest human existence through self-care, relational intelligence, and authentic connection with Jesus. A marketing strategist by day, she currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI with her husband and son, leads worship at her local church, and has recently developed an obsession with houseplants and gardening. Connect with her on so...
Jul 21, 2020•39 min
Today’s Key Idea: Suffering in and of itself doesn't change us; it is who we turn to in the midst of suffering that has the power to change us. Mentioned in this episode: 2 Timothy 3:12 Matthew 5:10-12 Hebrews 12 Hebrews 12:11 Ephesians 6 1 Peter 5:8 Mark 4 Preorder the book TODAY and get all the freebies here: inaboatbook.com or Amazon Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
Jul 14, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Today on the show, Pat is having a great conversation with David Wade. K. DAVID WADE earned his MFA from the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan, where he won a Hopwood Award for Best Novel. His fiction has appeared in Kenyon Review Online and Kweli Journal; his nonfiction has been published in Brevity. He currently studies theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. Find him online @kdavidwade. Mentioned in this episode: TheRefugechurch.org GraceA2.org Today’s Key Idea: We ar...
Jul 07, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Today on the show, Patrick and Ruth welcome Clay Clarkson to the show. Clay Clarkson is director of Whole Heart Ministries, a nonprofit family ministry he and his wife, Sally, started in 1994 to encourage and equip Christian parents. He is the author of Educating the WholeHearted Child (with Sally Clarkson), Our 24 Family Ways, and Heartfelt Discipline, and he writes online about Christian parenting and biblical topics. Clay is a graduate of Denver Seminary and has served in churches, missions, ...
Jun 30, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Today’s Key Idea: Prayer in and of itself is not the goal, communion with God is. Mentioned in this Episode: Luke 11 Matthew 6 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
Jun 23, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Today’s Key Idea: Anxiety is not just a spiritual issue, it’s also a physical issue. Mentioned in this Episode: John 1 Romans 12:1,2 Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
Jun 16, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Today’s Key Idea: Our emotions are great windows into our hearts. Mentioned in this Episode: Matthew 6 Dan Allendar’s book: The Healing Path Psalm 42:11 Psalm 139 Psalm 94:19 Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
Jun 09, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Today’s Key Idea: Jesus desires internal transformation and not just external obedience. Patrick welcomes Dr. Steve L. Porter as a guest on the show today. Dr. Porter is Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Biola University (La Mirada, CA). He completed his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Southern California under Dallas Willard and M.Phil. in philosophical theology at the University of Oxford under Richard Swinburne. Steve teaches and does research on the dynamics of human change fr...
Jun 02, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Today’s Key Idea: Self Care is a means to love God and love others in a healthier way Mentioned in this Episode: Genesis 1 and 2 Gnosticism Calvin’s Institutes John 4 Mark 1:35-38 For Better For Kids by Patrick and Ruth Schwenk Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
May 26, 2020•28 min
Today’s Key Idea: We Love One Another By Listening to One Another Mentioned in this episode: The Listening Life by Leighton Ford Genesis 1-3 James 1:19 Psalm 103 “Listening is like Spiritual Hospitality”- unknown Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
May 19, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Today’s KEY IDEA: We were made to live interdependent lives, and not independent lives. Mentioned in this episode: Genesis 2:18 Relationships: A Mess Worth Making by Timothy Lane & Paul Tripp Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer The Bait of Satan by John Bevere Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
May 12, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Today’s KEY IDEA: Growth comes with a battle Mentioned in this show: John 3:30 1 John 2:15-17 Galatians 5:16 1 Peter 5:8,9 Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
May 07, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Today’s KEY IDEA:Spiritual disciplines in and of themselves don’t change us. THey are means to opening our hearts to more of God’s love and truth. Mentioned in this show: 2 Corinthians 3 Galatians 2:20 Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
May 06, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Today’s KEY IDEA: Our goal isn’t to be like Jesus, it’s to be with him. Becoming like him is a byproduct of being with him. Mentioned in this show: Genesis 1 and 2 Colossians 2:6-7 Colossians 1:28-29 Genesis 1:26-27 Genesis 3 Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
May 05, 2020•21 min
Thank you for checking out the Rootlike Faith podcast. We would love for you to hit the subscribe button in your podcast app, so you don’t miss a single episode. Connect with Ruth here: Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Pat here: Website Facebook Instagram Please share Rootlike Faith with your friends!...
Apr 17, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
