From prison to PHD. One mans journey from lowest of lows that include drinking in middle school, drug addiction, drug smuggling, 30 year prison sentence and a miracle release after 7 days (a judge erases Victor’s sentence for no reason other than Gods conviction to do so) to a path God has called him to as a pastor and a professor, Victor Vinson tells his amazing story with Kurt and Chad. (This is a repeat episode - enjoy!)
Jan 06, 2023•46 min
Can you be an alcoholic and a Christian? On this week’s show recovering alcoholics John Jordan and Marc Davidson talk about their journey from functioning alcoholic to sober believer. Praise God, they are now dependent on a Savior and not a bottle. (This is a repeat episode - enjoy!)
Dec 30, 2022•46 min
A man has an affair on his wife of 20 years. The woman he has an affair with becomes pregnant and is going to have the baby. If you’re the wife, what do you do? What do your friends and family think you should do? What does God want you to do? On this weeks show, The 3rd in a three part series on marriage and affairs, Kurt and Chad talk with Dr Chuck Tackett ( [email protected] ) and married couple Bryce and Dawn Hibbard on their journey of infidelity, rebuilding and forgiveness that is not c...
Dec 17, 2022•50 min
On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad talk with Psychologist Dr Chuck Tackett about what steps must be taken to restore a marriage following an affair. WARNING: this program may not be appropriate for little ears!
Dec 10, 2022•43 min
On this week’s show, frequent guest and Psychologist Dr Chuck Tackett joins Chad and Kurt to discuss the causes, preventions, and ramifications of marital affairs. Chuck also talks about the necessary (and sometimes challenging) steps of repentance, healing and forgiveness. WARNING: this program may not be appropriate for little ears!
Dec 05, 2022•38 min
Thanksgiving is associated with a specific day in a specific month. Can’t you have Thanksgiving all year long? On this week’s show, Chad and Kurt welcome Pastors Bob Russell and Matthew Sleeth into the studio to talk about living a life of thankfulness. There is a connection between cynicism and ungratefulness. Complaining can kill any chance of having a thankful attitude. Men, you can play a role in developing a spirit of thankfulness in your home. (This is a repeat episode - enjoy!)
Nov 28, 2022•24 min
Thanksgiving is associated with a specific day in a specific month. Can’t you have Thanksgiving all year long? On this week’s show, Chad and Kurt welcome Pastors Bob Russell and Matthew Sleeth into the studio to talk about living a life of thankfulness. There is a connection between cynicism and ungratefulness. Complaining can kill any chance of having a thankful attitude. Men, you can play a role in developing a spirit of thankfulness in your home. (This is a repeat episode - enjoy!)
Nov 28, 2022•23 min
“How may I serve you?….my pleasure!” These are 2 phrases that millions of people hear everyday. When they go to Chick-fil-A, they don’t just get a chicken sandwich and waffle fries, they get an experience. On this weekend’s show, owner-operator Matt Briggs talks about his 14 year journey with Chick-fil-A as an employee and owner operator. Joining him is Operating Partner Lucas Vaughan and new employee Jallen Russell (yes, that’s Chad’s son) to talk about what it’s like to work for Chick-fil-a. T...
Nov 21, 2022•41 min
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”-GK Chesterton Most 16 year olds these days are thinking about getting a drivers license. On this weeks show, we met a man who signed up to go to off to fight in WWII when he was 16. On a special Veterans Day show, Kurt and Chad talk to 3 veterans - Ed Conn, Harvey Cantrell, and Colonel Don Waddell from the WWII, Korean, and Vietnam War eras. Why was it like to be so young and be willi...
Nov 11, 2022•41 min
1000 adult movies. If someone had watched that many adult films, you would probably be concerned for them and put them in the category of an addict. But what would you call the one who has acted in that many movies? On this weeks show, former adult film actor Joshua Broome tells of his journey from being raised by a single Mom in South Carolina to award winning adult film star to broken and suicidal to redeemed follower of Jesus to husband/father and pastor. His story goes from the darkness of t...
Nov 05, 2022•1 hr 5 min
CHOOSE A LINK TO LISTEN to the Solid Steps Radio podcast for October 28, 2022. For iTunes use https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/solid-steps-radio/id1086366166?mt=2 For Soundcloud use On this week’s show guests Ken Idleman and Eric Schansberg talk about (8) important voting issues and how the Bible speaks specifically to each one.
Oct 30, 2022•42 min
“I don’t want to see you again until you’re sober.” What if these were the last words you said to your child? The next time you saw him, the first responder was zipping him up in a body bag behind the dumpster of an apartment complex after a drug overdose. What do you think you would do? Which direction would your life go? On this weeks show, Kurt and Chad continue their conversation with Trey Anson. The first part of their conversation (click here to listen to part 1 https://soundcloud.app.goo....
Oct 21, 2022•43 min
Berlin Wall, and competitive Muay Thai boxing. This sounds life quite a life. As hard as those things sound, nothing could compare to the difficulty of watching your son be zipped up in a body bag after dying from a drug overdose. On this weeks show (1st of 2 week episodes), Kurt and Chad talk to Trey Anson, a man who’s life story needs to be told. It’s a story that involves struggle and pain, along with hope and peace. Little did Trey know that the worst moment of his life would be used by God ...
Oct 15, 2022•43 min
“…he refreshes my soul.” Psalms 23:3 If a soul needs to be refreshed, what causes it to be in that state? How do you know your soul is in need of refreshing? On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad talk to married couple Brian and Tracy Cohoon on how they approach soul care individually, and as a couple, as well as implementing it as a lifestyle, not just something to do on Sundays.
Oct 08, 2022•43 min
Following Jesus cost this Jewish man his marriage, but he gained so much more. On this weeks show 92 year old Don Bloch (and his wife Anne) talk to Kurt and Chad about how a decision to follow Jesus, at age 40, cost him his marriage, but his commitment to Jesus gave him a life he never would have imagined. A journey of healing prayer for others, and for themselves. (This is a repeat episode - enjoy!)
Oct 03, 2022•43 min
Talking today with retired Haiti missionary David Heady and his son David Heady Jr. about being a missionary in a place called one of the most difficult places in the world to be a missionary.
Sep 23, 2022•44 min
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rank the state of your marriage? What would your spouse say? Few people would rank themselves at a 9 or 10 with not much room for improvement. Does the needle move on its own or do we have to be intentional ? “Couples attend Weekend to Remember because they’re ready to invest in their marriage and intentionally move towards oneness. We help you understand God’s blueprint for marriage so you can create a legacy of greatness. Our attendees say their relationships ...
Sep 16, 2022•44 min
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell. Your world is falling apart, and it seems like everyone around you is abandoning or helping cause the problems. But there’s the one guy…the one who you want to be around and just listen to them talk. On today’s show, long time friends Barney Long and Steve Church talk about their relationship and how, when Steve was going in the wrong direction, Barney was there to help him go in another one, a direction...
Sep 09, 2022•42 min
A talk on the Ukrainian conflict from a woman born and growing up in the Ukraine, and how Jesus is moving through hearts of people at war. (This is a repeat episode)
Sep 03, 2022•43 min
What’s true about you? You may first think about some facts and information about your life, but what is your true self vs your false self? Is that spiritual talk or part of your reality? On this weeks show, spiritual adviser Tim Reist talks about soul care and how to know what your soul is telling you about what you believe about yourself.
Aug 25, 2022•44 min
“Therefore, go make disciples of all nations….”- Jesus “The short-term-mission movement began in the 1960s and grew dramatically through the 1980s and 1990s. Today it draws upwards of 2 million participants each year from America alone.”- from an article on Shortermmissions.com Are they worth it? On a show to air the week of August 19-21, two short-term mission trip veterans Ryan Miller and Chris Clark talk about their perspective on short term mission trips and how they have been stretched and ...
Aug 19, 2022•43 min
How is your soul? Have you ever given yourself some space to give your soul the attention it and you deserve? On this weeks show we have Tom Harper and Matt Pryor on to talk about their experience with Further Still Ministries Soul Care retreats. (This is a repeat episode - enjoy!)
Aug 16, 2022•46 min
Roe vs Wade. Few words stir up as much emotion on both sides of a divided nation than these. In light of the recent Supreme Court decision, the debate has grown to a fever pitch and both sides are further apart than ever. But, in all of the controversy, the ones who tend to get lost in the shuffle are the pregnant women and the children they are carrying. On this week’s show, Monica Henderson, who has been involved in pregnancy resource help for and with women for nearly 15 years, talks about th...
Aug 08, 2022•43 min
Over 1500 homes built, and no owner had to pay for them. What started as an opportunity to find something to do on college break, over 30 years and 30 states later, thousands have been served. It wasn’t by accident, it was on mission! On this week’s show, Crossroad Missions founder Rob Minton and employee Rich Shanks Jr discuss what it means to be on mission, whether it’s across the country or across the street.
Aug 02, 2022•45 min
A “widow maker”. Those are words no man wants to hear from a doctor as it relates to his physical health. Less than 10% survive one. The majority of those that do survive, have some type of permanent damage afterwards. On this weeks show, Kurt and Chad talk to Jeff Ratanapool who not only survived a “widow maker”, but came out of it with very little physical damage, which is just short of a miracle. Jeff stopped breathing for nearly 3 minutes after collapsing on a basketball court from a heart a...
Jul 23, 2022•43 min
John Jordan is the guest on this week’s show. He tells Kurt and Chad about his most exciting hunting trip ever - a grizzly bear hunt in a very remote part of Alaska. What John didn’t realize was that while he was hunting a trophy grizzly, God was hunting him. God’s love and blunt honesty forced him to finally confront his alcoholism, and get the help he needed. It’s a great story of hope and redemption. (This is a repeat episode - enjoy!)
Jul 18, 2022•48 min
“You’re going to have to work twice as hard to be given average status.” - Gerald Kaufman’s mother. One great-grand father was a slave. One great-grandfather was white. He heard the “N” word for the first time at age 5. Waited in ER waiting room for over 10 hours because of the color of his skin. Growing up black in segregated Louisville, you see things from a different perspective. On this week’s show, businessman Gerald Kaufman talks about what it’s like growing up during segregation in a city...
Jul 12, 2022•45 min
“My body is healed. My body is whole. I am worthy.” You’ve heard a term used for people who have a life changing experience and they receive “a new lease on life.” What about receiving two?!! On this weeks show business man Michael Collins talks about his journey with God. It began with living in rebellion against God, living a life of the flesh and doing what he wanted to do, with who he wanted to do it with. One day, in an aisle at Walmart, little did Michael know that the meeting of a strange...
Jul 05, 2022•44 min
“God transformed me into something I didn’t think was possible.” - Angus Walker (This is a repeat episode - enjoy!)
Jun 29, 2022•47 min
“I am self sufficient.” That is a lie that many a men (and women) have believed for generations. “I can do it without any help, and do what I want to do.” God has called us to live dependent and surrendered lives to him. For some, it is an eye opening monument, to others it is a slow fade for the realization of that truth. On this week’s show, Gus Castillo talks about his journey from being born in Mexico, moving to America and seeing that education and accomplishments at work can never fill the...
Jun 19, 2022•42 min
