Solid Steps Radio

(This weeks show is a previously recorded show that we know you will still enjoy and need to hear!) “I just don’t want to argue with my wife.” Avoiding arguments is common for most spouses in a marriage. We try to do everything we can to avoid it but then when the time comes, the argument happens and it doesn’t go well. Is there a way good and bad way to argue? On this week show, Kurt and Chad welcome clinical psychiatrist Chuck Tackett as he talks about how to argue in a way that leads to intimacy instead of animosity. Chuck covers the five harmful ways people argue with their spouse that almost certainly leads to divorce. Which one of these styles of arguing do you use most often? Tune in this week for an honest conversation about how we are causing harm to our spouse and our marriage when we argue the wrong way.

“I thought all of my sins have been paid for on the cross? Aren’t I free already?” Are you walking in freedom? It’s a question you maybe never thought about, especially if you are already following Jesus Christ. But is there any area of bondage in your life you are unaware of? On this week’s show, the guys welcome Clay Hume to talk about author Neil Anderson’s The Steps to Freedom in Christ and how you can be transformed by the renewing of your mind in areas you didn’t know you needed. If you’re interested in a freedom appointment through Further Still ministries, the next one will be July 9, 2020. Click here for more information and to sign up. Furtherstillministries.org

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 from September, 2018 - enjoy!)

“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 that is currently at a tipping point racially. What is a biblical response to racism, for both the black and the white Christian?

“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 stranger would change the entire trajectory of his life. Just when he thinks his journey couldn’t take any more twists and turns, Michael receives a phone call on Labor Day weekend from his doctor that sends him down the path he never imagined, physically or spiritually, which resulted in having his hand held by God in his most painful moment, and he’s here to talk about it!

“God transformed me into something I didn’t think was possible.” - Angus Walker (This is a repeat from October 2019 - enjoy!)

This week Chad and Kurt talk with with James Santos and Chad Lewis about the power of friendship in lonely times

She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed;” Proverbs 31:27-28 NIV “It’s not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.” —Dorothy on The Golden Girls. Mother’s Day. It’s a day where mothers receive 1/365th of the attention they deserve each year. Mothers are the most revered and adored group in the world. They deserve so much but receive so little. What makes being a mother so special? Maybe, it’s the same thing that makes it so difficult. On this weeks show, Kurt and Chad welcome a panel of moms (Marcie Hughes, Marci Edlin, and Gina Russell) to talk about the challenges, the rewards, and the God-ordained task of being a Mom. From the help that Mom needs from her husband, to the lies that a woman is tempted to believe, to the truths that God says about Moms, this weeks show is a tribute to the Moms who deserve so much love and admiration. (This episode is a repeat from May 2019 - enjoy!)

Can you imagine social distancing for 20 years? Hear from a man who has been doing that, long before the coronavirus ever existed. On this weekend’s show, Dr. Chuck Tackett talks with Kurt and Chad via a Zoom Facebook live interview. He tells about his journey with his daughter Carly (pictured with her Pastor Neal Gossett) who has been immunity challenged from a health perspective since birth. He talks about the sacrifices made personally for the betterment of his daughter who needs every extra precaution for her health.

The authorities enter the house, filled with 10 children from 3 different fathers, and a mother who struggles with mental illness. In the corner, is a little boy, barely clothed, malnourished, and all alone. After a few years of living in different foster homes, at age 6, he meets the people that become his family. But imagine this child growing up thinking and desiring just two things: hoping to find his birth parents and wanting to die. This week, Kurt and Chad welcome Bob Kegley. He talks about being neglected and abandoned as a child, but finding hope and life through the Father to the fatherless. (This is a repeat of a December 2019 episode - enjoy!)

Haiti - a Fifth world nation. You’ve heard of Third World nations, but what is a fifth world country? It’s a country where every year is worse than the year before. That is the state of Haiti, a country with a long history of social, political, economic, and natural catastrophes. Many say that the nation is cursed. Is that possible? On this week’s show, missionary Chris Brumley and businessman David Heady Jr talk about their years working with the people of Haiti. (This is a repeat of an episode from November, 2019 - enjoy!)

“They found the stone rolled away...They didn’t know what to make of this.” Luke 24: 2,4 “They” were Mary Magdalene and other women, and they were confused about the tomb being empty. That was 2000 years ago, and many people are just as confused today in this information rich, but knowledge hungry world. On this weeks show, Kurt and Chad welcome Pastor and seminary professor Brian Payne to talk about the power of the resurrection and how it is still is impacting lives to this day. Has it impacted you? (This is a repeat from an episode about Easter 2019 - enjoy!)

Depression. Anxiety. More than 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression. But how many suffer in silence? We’re on the air this weekend talking to Men’s Minister Ronnie Cordrey about his battle with depression and how it’s a reality in men’s lives. (This is a repeat from an episode in November, 2019 - enjoy!)

Liminal – relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process, a threshold. Many men (and women) are content to live a life of the “seen”. What we see is what we need to be concerned about. But what about the “unseen”? Those things about us that we don’t see but help make who we are - our heart, our soul, our beliefs, even our wounds. On this weeks show, Kurt and Chad welcome Bill Weedman and Matt Robison to talk about their experience on their journey as men. Bill and Matt wanted to know why they do what they do, and what God wants to do in them, so they can love the people around them more deeply. Both are involved with a retreat experience called Liminal (https://liminalwork.com) “Liminal was created as a way for men to find out through groups, weekends, retreats and other experiential methods what it truly means to know freedom and live who the Creator originally intended us to be. Liminal guides men on their paths through curriculum, thoughtfully crafted experiences, and community designed to al

How many friends do you have? I’m not talking about social media numbers, I’m talking about friends you can call when your world is falling apart and you need someone there for you. When life seems to be squeezing you and you need a hand or word that breathes life into your sails. A person who knows all your junk, and still is willing to meet with you. Got them in mind? Ok, now, when was the last time you sat down with that person to talk about life? A week ago? A month? How about regularly for the last 24 years? On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad welcome Brad DeVries and Glenn Bednardzyk to talk about doing life with a group of men - a band of brothers for over 20 years. Guys who meet every week for a couple hours to hear from one another, encourage one another, and sometimes, lovingly, put a finger in there chest when need be. This is not just accountability, but life-giving friendship. Paul had Barnabas. Who do you have? (this episode is a repeat from August, 2019 - enjoy!)

When you hear the word discipline what comes to mind? Often it’s in a negative connotation, as in disciplining your children. But what about spiritual discipline? The root word for discipline is “disciple,” as in being a disciple of Christ. Praying, reading the Bible, going to worship are all staples in most Christian’s lives. But how can the spiritual disciplines be soul transforming in the life of a believer - as a lifestyle - not just a weekly event. On this week’s show, 37 year seminary Professor David Roadcup, along with 3 of his past and current students, talk about spiritual disciplines and the relationship between Gods grace and our effort. (This is a repeat of an episode in August, 2018 - enjoy)

The average life span of the American male is 76 years old. If that is true, where are you on the scale age wise? And here is an even more challenging question - how are you going to finish? So-so or strong? On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad, with guests Ralph Swallows and Austin Hayes, start a three week series on the book Finishing Strong. It is so rare that men will finish life strong (1 out of 10!). Author Steve Farrar makes the case that it’s not how you start the Christian life, but how you finish!

On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad talk with professor and author Dr Eric Schansberg about Moses, his father-in-law Jethro, and how it relates to us today. Eric recently wrote a Bible study book, The Word Diet - a year long journey through key books of the Bible. It is available on www.thoroughlyequipped.org (click on the Store button).

“Spiritual practices allow us to crawl into the lap of our Father in heaven.” - 
Professor David Roadcup. Prayer. Bible reading. Those are spiritual practices that the majority of Christians acknowledge are important in spiritual formation. What are some others? How do we connect with God through different spiritual practices? On this weeks show professor and Pastor David Roadcup talks about the link between spiritual formation and spiritual practices.

When you hear the word “intimacy” what do you think about? 
Sex? Something private between 2 people? Would you say that you and your spouse have an “intimate relationship”? On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad welcome licensed counselors Don and Danna Delafield. They talk about God’s plan for intimacy in marriage, how it may differ from the world’s, and maybe even your own.