Likius Hafeni is a believer from Namibia and joins Joe and Cole on the podcast to discuss how the Gospel is the answer to the current problem of civil unrest in America. He also shares his perspective as someone who grew up during Apartheid in

#40 Guest Interview: Samuel Stanley

Apr 27th, 2020 45m 59s

Samuel Stanley, a missionary at Youth With A Mission Salem and ambassador of Gospel Focus Ministries joins Joe and Cole on the podcast to discuss his journey of faith, the contrast of Christianity in India versus the U.S., and the power of the

#39 Glorifying God In Quarantine

Apr 14th, 2020 39m 8s

Joe and Cole discuss some thoughts on how a believer can remain focused on the gospel in this unprecedented time of quarantine.

#38 Guest Interview: Fred Allen

Mar 30th, 2020 1h 10m

Fred Allen, a renowned teacher within Youth With A Mission, is on the podcast to breakdown why he believes the Trinitarian formula for understanding the nature of God does not work, and to discuss why it is important for Christians to be in awe

#37 Guest Interview: Tom Wilson

Mar 16th, 2020 41m 41s

Tom Wilson, a retired pediatrician, shares about his journey of faith that eventually spilled over into his practice, and the volunteer service/ministry he continues to pursue at the Salem Free Clinic now that he is retired.

#36 Outward Conformance and Inward Transformation

Mar 2nd, 2020 41m 53s

The phrase "fake it till you make it" is often disregarded as disingenuous, but the benefits of such behavior can actually be very useful in bringing the inward transformation to the surface. In this way, Joe and Cole discuss the need to marry

#35 Guest Interview: Luba Iliyn

Feb 17th, 2020 1h 2m

Luba Iliyn joins Joe and Cole on the podcast to discuss her years of ministry in the Soviet Union as well as after it collapsed, and then addresses the difficulties that Christians now face when engaging in evangelism.

#34 Perspectives On Addiction

Feb 3rd, 2020 52m 12s

Disclaimer: The audio for the last half of this episode includes quite a bit of "clicking" mixed in that we were unable to get rid of, we hope you are still able to enjoy the episode and we apologize for the inconvenience.Addictions are preva

#33 Guest Interview: Reverend Richard Davis

Jan 20th, 2020 58m

After having Gospel Focus Ministries over to the congregation for many Temple Talks, Reverend Rick Davis from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem joins Joe on this episode of the GFP. They go into detail as to how "Rev. Rick" came

#32 Life's Purpose As An Idol

Jan 6th, 2020 46m 35s

For the first episode of the new year, Cole and Joe dig into the struggle it can be for a Christian to focus on obeying God in the day-to-day rather than constantly analyzing and repeatedly trying to perfectly figure out the "next step" in God'

#31 Guest Interview: Linda Cosa

Dec 23rd, 2019 56m 49s

For our last episode of 2019 we had Linda Cosa, a YWAM DTS student, joining Joe and Cole on the podcast. They discuss her testimony, the experiences that led her to do a DTS as well a how Gospel Focus outreaches have impacted her worldview and

#30 Guest Interview: Galen Ball

Dec 9th, 2019 55m 46s

Galen Ball, a student at Chemeketa Community College, has been searching for answers to life's greatest questions and has been slowly but surely finding them in Scripture, the writings of C.S. Lewis as well as while meeting with Tim Walter of G

#29 Guest Interview: Kaleb Herring

Nov 25th, 2019 1h

After interviewing Tim and introducing the Face-to-Face internship, we felt it necessary to have a graduate of the internship on the podcast. That graduate happens to be Kaleb Herring, lead pastor of Salem First Free Methodist.

#28 Guest Interview: Tim Walter

Nov 11th, 2019 44m 23s

Tim Walter, director/founder of Gospel Focus Ministries, makes his second appearance on the podcast to update listeners on the most recent evangelistic addition to Gospel Focus' ministries, the Face-to-Face internship. Along with this update, T

#27 Guest Interview: Kyle Anderson (Part 2)

Oct 28th, 2019 1h 19m

Disclaimer: The audio in this interview occasionally echoes throughout the podcast and there are some crackling sounds toward the latter part of the episode that we were unable to remove. We hope you are still able to enjoy the conversation we

#26 Guest Interview: Kyle Anderson (Part 1)

Oct 14th, 2019 35m 28s

Cole and Joe interview Kyle Anderson, an agnostic/atheist who grew up in the church, and is open to weighing the differences of his worldview against that of the Christian one. This is the first of what will hopefully be a continued series of i

#25 A Word About Shame

Sep 30th, 2019 46m 21s

In this episode, Joe and Cole discuss the complex array of emotions and issues that arise from the presence of shame in one's life, specifically a Christian's life. Source for this episode: http://thecommonvision.org/features/shame-good-christi

#24 Guest Interview: Samuel Matthias

Sep 16th, 2019 59m 29s

In this episode, Joe and Cole interview the base director for the Youth With a Mission Salem campus, Samuel Matthias. Samuel expounds upon the ongoing ministry of the YWAM base both local and abroad, as well as his thoughts towards Gospel Focus

#23 Apostasy Now

Aug 26th, 2019 49m 12s

In this episode, Cole and Joe address the present day apostasy of prominent Christian figures and discuss in broad scope the volitional journey that is apostasy.

#22 Guest Interview: Brianna Suter

Aug 12th, 2019 56m 31s

In this episode, Cole and Joe interview Brianna Suter, a YWAM Salem DTS student, they discuss her journey from a believer in Mormonism to a believer in Christ.

#21 Science & Christianity

Jul 29th, 2019 47m 3s

In this episode, Joe and Cole talk in an overview fashion about science and Christianity in regards to their influence in today's culture as well as cultures past.

#20 Guest Interview: Matthew Ralston

Jul 15th, 2019 1h 4m

In this episode, Joe and Cole talk with Matthew Ralston, a Gospel illusionist, about how he came to faith in Christ, the ministry he now pursues and a host of other topics.

#19 Understanding Culture

Jul 1st, 2019 47m 24s

In this episode, Cole and Joe discuss the difficulties in confronting modern day ideologies and the culture that stems from them. They also touch on the importance of educating one's self and making an effort to understand the culture in order

#18 Guest Interview: David Saffina-Massey

Jun 17th, 2019 1h

In this episode, Cole and Joe interview David Saffina-Massey, a local college student who happens to be an atheist. They discuss David's spiritual journey into atheistic beliefs, some of David's more core beliefs outside of a faith in God, as w

#17 Event Recap: U.F.O. Festival Outreach

Jun 3rd, 2019 45m 31s

In this episode, Joe and Cole discuss with Craig Smith the recent outreach from Gospel Focus Ministries at the UFO Festival in McMinnville, OR. Craig is the teaching elder at Way Of Life church in Salem, Oregon and was one of many who participa