Provoke & Inspire Podcast
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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...
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675: Ex-Muslim - What Christians Can Learn from Islam | Abdu Murray
How can we hope to reach our Muslim neighbors? How can we cut through hostility and fear with the grace and truth of the gospel?
Ben tal...
674: Am I Too Sinful for God to Use?
Is the life I'm living, the one that God wants me to live? Are we able to change the trajectory of our life and calling through the choices we make?
674: Does God Have a Better Plan For My Life Than The One I'm Living?
Is the life I'm living, the one that God wants me to live? Are we able to change the trajectory of our life and calling through the choices we make?
672: Ex-Witch Exposes the New Age Hiding in Your Feed | Jac Marino Chen
Have we unknowingly embraced New Age ideas and ideals, even as Christians?
How do we identify them, in our lives and the lives of others? How ca...
671: Is Evangelism Without Relationship Wrong?
Why is it that Christians often set out to build missional connections with their community, only to do so for years and never end up sharing the gosp...
670: Ruslan KD Exposes the Lie Christians Believe About Ambition
How do we navigate ambition as Christians? Is it worldy - or Godly?
Ben talks with YouTube personality, cultural commentator, and author...
669: Why Christians Aren't Less Anxious Than Everyone Else w/ Gary Thomas
Is it possible to idolize our own families at the expense of our faith? What is the real root cause behind the constant restlessness and anxiety moder...
668: When Your Loved One Stops Believing (And You Don’t Know What to Do)
How do we reach loved ones who have walked away from Jesus, or simply have never chosen to follow him at all? How do we see them as God does? What can...
667: Why Saying Jesus Doesn’t Work
Have you ever tried to share your faith with a friend, family member, or coworker, only to watch them immediately put up a wall? In a culture where th...
666: Atheism Is Unlivable w/ Dr. William Lane Craig
Is there truth to "staying in your lane" regarding what God has called you to do? How do we navigate Gen-Z's view of spirituality? How do we know whet...
665: Is YouTube Replacing the Church? w/Allen Parr
Can social media, YouTube, and online content truly disciple followers of Jesus - or are we trading real spiritual formation for sound bites and algor...
664: Why Do Christians Ignore Angels When the Bible Doesn't?
Have we all, as the author of Hebrews writes, "entertained angels" without knowing it? How do we think about the spiritual realm without granting it t...
663: John Lennox | Is AI The Race To Build God?
Is AI a threat to us as image-bearers of God? As we become to depend more and more on machines, what will happen to our daily lives? Are we slowly rot...
662: If Aliens Are Real, Is Christianity Still True?
Is the existence of aliens a threat to our faith? What do we make of this potentially real phenomenon as followers of Jesus?
Ben, David...
661: An Atheist Walked Into A Church. Here's What He Felt.
Most young people never step foot inside of a church, but how do we engage those who do? Is the church supposed to be a place not only for worship and...
660: When Is It Time to Leave My Church? Discernment vs Consumerism.
When it comes to church, how do you know if it’s time to leave or time to finally commit? What’s the difference between healthy discernment and consum...
659: Talking About Jesus at Work Without Being Weird - Workplace Evangelism Expert Bradley McCoy
How do you actually live out your faith at work without becoming weird, silent, or compromised?
Bradley McCoy shares practical wisdom fr...
658: Miss THIS and You’ll Miss Everything
What does it actually mean to be successful in God’s eyes? In a world obsessed with identity, achievement, and self-definition, how do we stop chasing...
657: What Greg Koukl Couldn't Say to Alex O'Connor on Diary of a CEO
Can secular success satisfy the human soul? Why do even atheists struggle to escape questions of meaning and morality? And is our deepest need actuall...
656: What Sustains My Faith Beyond the Mountaintop Moments?
Is there such a thing as ordinary life for a Christian? Is ordinary life the sign of a compromised faith? How do we find the abundant life promised us...
655: If Jesus Is the Love of Your Life, Why Doesn't Anyone Know? | The Path to an Integrated Faith
We often go years without sharing our faith with neighbors, colleagues, friends, and family members - why is that? How can something so important neve...
654: Are Near-Death Experiences Lying to Us? w/ John Burke
Have people really experienced glimpses of heaven? How about hell? What do we do with the thousands of accounts given from those who have died, and co...
653: The Approach To LGBT That’s Pushing People Away From Jesus
Christians seem to be either angry and protesting, or silent, when it comes to hot button issues - including the LGBTQ+ discussion. How do we navigate...
652: From Crystal Meth Addict to Leading Millions in Worship w/ Stephen McWhirter
Has worship music become corrupted - the Christian music scene as well? How does God bring a person from the brink of destruction and hating him, to a...
651: What it Will Take to Rescue a World Drowning in Superficiality
ATTENTION! If you’re in Minneapolis, don’t miss the No Longer Music Send Off Show, Saturday, 4/25, 630 PM at Grace Church in Eden Prairie. Don’t miss...
650: Alisa Childers Exposes What Progressive Christianity Actually Teaches
Has progressive Christianity taken irreversible root in the modern church? How do you talk to somebody who has embraced its tenants?
Ben is joi...
649: How Did Jesus Handle Broken People - And Why Don't We Do That?
How do we love people where they are at in their faith journey - no matter where they are at?
The guys react to a viral moment of actor Shia La...
648: Jon McCray: My Wife Almost Died. This Is What God Taught Me
How do we come to understand that God is all we truly have in this life? How do we navigate hardship without losing faith, and instead let it forge us...
647: Your Phone Is Rewiring Your Soul (And You Don’t Even Notice)
Is the internet a blessing or a curse? What is near-perpetual screen time actually doing to our brains, and societies?
Ben, Luke and Chad discu...
646: Christianity Expert: The Secular World Is Living Off Christian Ideas And The Clock Is Running Out! | Glen Scrivener
Where did our moral instincts come from? Did Christianity shape the values we take for granted today?
In this conversation Ben talks with apolo...
645: An Atheist Went to Church and Loved It - Should That Worry Us?
What happens when someone who doesn’t believe in God walks into a church and encounters something real? Is it enough for people to simply feel loved a...
644: Christian Sex Expert: The Church has Misunderstood Desire | Jay Stringer
Is fighting our desires, sexual or otherwise, a losing battle? Have we completely misunderstood what they are, and what they point to? How do we recla...
643: Have Christians Become Too Nice?
Is following Jesus the truest expression of the punk rock spirit? Has a prominent cultural philosopher now turned to Jesus?
Ben, David, a...
642: Top Christian TikToker, Read Choi: I Almost Got Canceled For Doing the Right Thing!
How do you stay grounded in your faith despite having millions of followers, billions of views, and living in the Hollywood ecosystem?
Ben talks...
641: Is “Seeker Sensitive” Just Dumbing Down the Gospel?
Has the seeker sensitive movement gone too far? Is it irreverent for pastors to wear casual clothing during sermons, and is the church not actually fo...
Calling All Christian Creatives and Artists!
Are you a creator who wants to follow Jesus faithfully in your craft?
The greatest Artist who ever was placed a burning passion inside you to c...
640: A Protestant Asks: What Is Orthodox Christianity? (And Why Is It Growing?) W/ Jonathan Pageau
Why are Christians turning to more traditional expressions of the faith? Is there something in Orthodoxy that's missing from Protestantism? Are there...
639: Is Fighting Pornography a Lost Cause in 2026?
How do we fight an enemy that, especially via our phones, seems to be everywhere? How do we prepare our children to guard themselves against explicit...
638: The Lasting Impact of Charlie Kirk’s Murder W/ Dr. Frank Turek
Ben is joined by renowned apologist Dr. Frank Turek, as he reflects on the tragic murder of his close friend Charlie Kirk and what the tragedy reveals...
637: The End of Loneliness Starts With You
What if one of the most powerful ways to reach people isn’t better arguments… but better attention?
After reacting to a socially disruptive stre...