Zach Clinton is a counselor, author, speaker, and ministry leader. He helps lead the Ignite men's conferences, serves as an athletic counselor in sport and performance psychology at Liberty University, and works with professional athletes across multiple sports. In this episode, he sits down with us to talk about his book, 'Even If', and what it really takes to build a courageous faith.

Here's what we cover:

-What Ignite conferences are, and why they're built to reach men who would never walk into a church

-The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Daniel 3, and the three part prayer behind the title "Even If"

-What if, only if, and even if: the difference between a complacent faith, a contingent faith, and a courageous one

-Why following Jesus sometimes leads you straight into the fire, and why the only thing that burned was the ropes

-Why God equips you with friends for the fire, if you have the courage to go looking for them

-"To be 99% known is to be unknown": why the 1% you're hiding matters so much

-Working with pro and college athletes who have millions of followers and almost no real friends

-Zach's own story: growing up in a ministry family, a career changing pitching injury at Liberty, and the low season that became his harvest season

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