Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 107, I welcome Gabriel and Eileen Cardona as they share the story of their journey to accept God's call to be missionaries. You will be inspired and challenged as you listen to their incredible testimony of God's grace and love. Show Notes/Link…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 106, I welcome Dr. Darius Jankiewicz to the podcast. We dive into his faith journey and have an amazing conversation about the doctrine of salvation and justification by faith, and more. Show Notes/Links/Resources Dr. Jankiewicz' videos on Adve…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. We are joined in episode 105 by Dr. Richard Hickam, Corporate Director of Music and the Arts at AdventHealth. We talk about AdventHealth's first music album release called Imagine Wholeness, music and the arts, his faith journey, and more. Show Notes/Link…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 104, we have a great conversation with Ken Wetmore, senior pastor of WholeLife Church. He talks about his faith journey, call to ministry, and what it was like transitioning to WholeLife after Pastor Andy McDonald retired, having served the con…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Dr. John Peckham is back for episode 103 to talk about his newest book, Why We Pray: Understanding Prayer in the Context of Cosmic Conflict. Be sure to pick up a copy of this book that will bless and challenge you. Show Notes/Links/Resources Book: Why We …

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 102, we chat with Raewyn Orlich, associate pastor for discipleship and nurture at La Sierra University Church. We talk about her faith journey, call to pastoral ministry, and her book, In Grandpa's Shoes: An Invitation to Intergenerational Disc…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 101, we hear from Kevin Christenson, head of Hope Studios, the cinematic arm of Hope Channel International. He and his team are behind the recently released feature film, The Hopeful, which begins to tell the story of the Adventist Church. I k…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. On this, our 100th episode of the Restore Podcast, we welcome back Pastor Ivan Williams who was our guest on episode 2 back in March 2016. He returns to talk about his new role, leadership, mission, his faith journey, and more. Speaking on a personal note…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. On episode 99, I talk with Rich Aguilera who has been a leader in children's ministry for many years, creating content of all kinds to bless kids and families that lead them to know Jesus. This conversation is for everyone regardless whether they are invo…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 98, I have a great conversation with Shawn Boonstra, Speaker/Director for Voice of Prophecy. We talk about his faith journey, mission, discipleship, and so much more. Show Notes/Links/Resources Voice of Prophecy web site Cycle of Evangelism Di…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. On the Restore podcast's first episode of 2024, we have Pastors Andrea Jakobsons and Jonathon Cobb from Kettering Seventh-day Adventist Church. They talk to us about their faith journey, call to ministry, leadership lessons, and so much more! You will be …

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 96, the last for 2023, we have a great conversation with Brent Hardinge and Marshall McKenzie, director and assistant director of pastoral care, respectively, for Adventist Information Ministry. AIM is a function of the North American Division of …

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 95, we welcome Dr. John Peckham back to the podcast to discuss his new book, God With Us: An Introduction to Adventist Theology. He also gives a brief update on the new role he accepted earlier this year, and then we spend some time unpacking h…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 94, we have a great conversation with Dr. Alan Parker, professor in the School of Religion at Southern Adventist University. We talk about his faith journey, how Millennials and Generation Z view evangelism, and much more. This is a power-pack…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 93 features a discussion with Pastor Steve Leddy, evangelism and church planting director for Potomac Conference. You will be blessed as you listen to his personal story and our conversation about discipleship, church planting, and more. Show Note…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. On episode 92, we talk with Dr. David Trim, director of the General Conference Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research. In this conversation, he speaks of his faith journey, what his department actually does, why we need such a department, his recent…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 91 is an amazing conversation with award-winning Christian filmmaker Martin Doblmeier. Martin has made more than 30 films on faith, religion, and spirituality. His latest film is titled Sabbath. You will be blessed and challenged by this conversat…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 90, we talk with Chris Martin who, earlier this year, released his second book on social media entitled The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead. Part of the brief book description states, "Martin bot…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 89 is an amazing conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Talbot, speaker/director for the Jesus 101 Biblical Institute, a media ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America. In this conversation, we discuss her faith journey, the meaning …

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. On episode 88, we have an incredible, inspiring conversation that is sure to challenge you as well. Debleaire Snell is Speaker/Director for Breath of Life Ministries and senior pastor for Oakwood University Church. Show Notes/Links/Resources Get Unrealist…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 87, we talk with Brady Shearer, YouTuber and CEO of Pro Church Tools. Brady and his team seek to help churches navigate their ministries through the single biggest communication shift we've seen in the last 500 years! This episode is full of g…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 86 celebrates our seventh anniversary of the Restore Podcast, and this edition celebrates Black History Month. Our guest is Oakwood University President Leslie Pollard, Ph.D., D.Min., MBA. We talk about his faith journey, how Oakwood was founded, …

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 85—our first for 2023—we have a jam-packed conversation with Tim Madding, director of the North American Division Evangelism Institute (NADEI). In this conversation, we talk about his faith journey, being homeless at a young age, and his call to m…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 84 features a spirit-filled conversation with Pastor Dwight Nelson, senior pastor of Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University. We talk about his call to ministry, leadership lessons learned, preaching, prayer, and so much more. …

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 83, we have a power-packed conversation with Chanda Nunes-Henry, Executive Secretary and Pastoral Ministries Director for Nevada-Utah Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Chanda speaks deeply about her faith journey, call to ministry, and so m…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 82, Dr. Heather Thompson Day returns, and this time, her husband Seth Day joins as they co-authored their recently released book, I'll See You Tomorrow: Building Relational Resilience When You Want to Quit. You will be blessed with this convers…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 81, welcome back Michael Campbell and discuss his new book released at the beginning of 2022, 1922: The Rise of Adventist Fundamentalism. This book will unpack the rise of Adventist fundamentalism and the 1922 General Conference Session. Show N…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 80, we talk with Karl Haffner, Ph.D., vice president of student experience at Loma Linda University. We discuss his faith journey, leadership, and more! You will be blessed and challenged by this conversation. Show Notes/Links/Resources Book—Th…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 79, we talk with Kendall Turcios who is pastor of Arise Miami Church. He details his faith journey leading to his current assignement at Arise Church. This conversation will both challenge and bless you! Show Notes/Links/Resources Arise Miami C…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 78, we have a powerful conversation with Melissa and Michael Gibson discussing the documentary, Return to Palau, which chronicles the story of Melissa and her family. It tells the "incredible true story of survival, faith, and forgiveness" as m…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 77 features a discussion with Larry Witzel who is an entrepreneur, respected innovator, and an inspiring speaker at the intersection of technology and ministry. He is founder and president of SermonView Evangelism Marketing. In our conversation, w…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 76, our guests are Andreas Beccai, senior pastor of Walla Walla University Church, and Albert Handal, campus chaplain at Walla Walla University. In this conversation, they discuss their faith journey, what the last 2+ years have been like for t…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 75's guest is Susan Mettes who released a book in the fall of 2021 titled, The Loneliness Epidemic. In this book, she unpacks research about why people are lonely, the myths of loneliness, how we can help lonely people, and much more. It's a great…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 74 is special edition for Black History Month where I have a great conversation with Benjamin Baker, Ph.D. He talks with us about what perhaps may be lesser-known facts and history of the journey of some Black Adventists. Show Notes/Links/Resource…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. On this first episode of 2022, episode 73, we have a fun-filled conversation with Casio Jones and Felix Bangkuai who have been actively involved with health and fitness for many years. Last fall, Florida Conference had its inaugural "Fit Together" health …

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 72, we have Pastor Ben Lundquist. He is the young adult director of Oregon Conference, a sought-after speaker, and host of the Rise and Lead Podcast. This is a power-packed, inspirational, and practical conversation I know you will find helpfu…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 71, we have a great and inspirational conversational with Heather Moor, Nina Vallado, and Kaleb Eisele who are the creators, producers, and hosts of the How the Church Works podcast. I know you will be blessed by this conversation, and I invit…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 70, our guest is Reggie Joiner, founder and CEO of Orange. He also co-founded North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, with Andy Stanley. During his 11 years as executive director of family ministry there, he developed a new concep…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. I'm really excited to tell you about today's episode as it is part of a Bible series we have created called Foundations: Exploring the Basis of Our Hope. Foundations is a free six-part video series that explores the landmark beliefs of the Seventh-day Adv…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 68, Pastor Roger Hernandez returns to the podcast talking all things ministry. We are also excited to announce our first music spotlight! Be sure to listen for all the info. Show Notes/Links/Resources Ramp by Roger Hernandez Roger Hernandez Soc…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 67, we welcome back Heather Thompson Day, Ph.D., to talk about her recently released book, It's Not Your Turn: What to Do While You're Waiting for Your Breakthrough. Besides unpacking sections of her book, we also talk about her writing process…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 66, we welcome back Dr. John Peckham, professor of theology and Christian philosophy at Andrews University. We have a compelling conversation about his recently released book, Divine Attributes: Knowing the Covenantal God of Scripture. Although…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 65, we have Pastor Fredrick Russell who has been in ministry for more than 30 years as a pastor and a conference president. He currently serves as principal of True North Leadership Group committed to teaching responsible leadership. We have a …

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. For episode 64, we're dropping a special edition that was recorded during Florida Conference's Virtual Camp Meeting in April 2021. The theme, "Reconnect," was the panel discussion topic I led for the Sabbath School program. Over the course of the past yea…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 63, I have an amazing conversation with well-known pastor and evangelist Mark Finley. Mark has been a pastor and is perhaps most known for his time at It Is Written. In our conversation, we talk about his faith journey, evangelism in today's wo…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 62, I have a great conversation with our Florida Conference president, Allan Machado, D.Min. We discuss his faith journey, the many lessons he's learned over the course of that journey, specific lessons learned over the course of the past year,…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 61, we have the new speaker/director of the media ministry Faith for Today. Pastor Roy accepted this new role after previously serving as an associate pastor at Loma Linda University Church. We had a great conversation about his life, future pl…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. Episode 60 of the Restore Podcast is in honor of Black History Month as we have a conversation about the art and beauty of the Black preaching tradition. I was blessed to speak with Dr. Hyveth Williams, professor of Homiletics at Andrews University Theolo…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In this special episode of the Restore Podcast, episode 59, we speak with the creators of the Humans of Adventism documentary. This documentary explores the lives of Seventh-day Adventism in everyday life within specific topics covered in each episode. In…

Send us a Text Message - include e-mail or phone number in your message to receive a response. In episode 58, our first for 2021, I had a great conversation with practicing psychologist and leadership coach Dr. Nick Howard who has helped pastors, leaders, and anyone who has come his way to flourish through God's grace. With about 20 years of experi…