Growing up in a Muslim nation in SE Asia, with a nominal Catholic mother and a secular agnostic father, Paul had little meaning in life. As a college student in the UK he joined his fellow students taking drugs and living a wild life. After a visit to India while a university student, in which he got very sick as he visited Hindu ashrams, he began a drug-hazed search for truth, which he thought he could somehow find in the mountains.

So, after college, he travelled to and in the mountains of South America, spent many months traveling, doing drugs with other young people from around the world, and seeking wisdom and truth high up in the Andes.

After nearly dying from a genetic condition that he hadn’t known about, he eventually returned home to SE Asia a wreck. There, Jesus met him and delivered him from spiritual bondage, and his life of desperation when he was at a very low point.

Following his dramatic rescue by Christ, God led him to YWAM, then Bible school, then into ministry and he has served more than 25 years in church planting in a neighboring SE Asian country.

Don and Paul then discuss the ministry of deliverance, and discuss various approaches to church planting including Paul’s increasing experience-based disillusionment with church planting movement approaches.

It’s quite a story of grace, and of faithfulness in ministry in some very tough places, both in life and in ministry.

Upcoming Episodes: November 19th: A Nigerian Cross-Centered Response to Islamic Violence December 3rd: A Hard Obedience in Different Directions

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In this episode, Don and Jenn follow the challenging and painful journey of Ivan, an Iraqi refugee who escaped his country during the reign of Saddam Hussein. Along with physical challenges of transitions from the Middle East to Europe and long periods of separation from his family, Ivan also shares the cultural and religious issues that led him from communism, to atheism, to the ultimate joy of a heavenly citizenship with Christ.

Listen with our hosts to Ivan’s fascinating and inspiring story that takes us through his stages of personal doubts and struggles with God, to the existential crisis that ultimately led to his deep faith in Jesus as his Savior. Ivan uses his skills in media and film coupled with his heart for discipleship of believers from a Muslim background in helping create programs that encourage Muslims in their search for a relationship with the Triune God.

Learn from Ivan how we can come alongside our former Muslim brothers and sisters in their walk of faith with Jesus.

Upcoming Episodes: November 5th: Transformed from a drug-fueled searcher for truth into a church planter November 19th: A Nigerian Cross-Centered Response to Islamic Violence Make sure to subscribe and give us a 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.

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This episode of Reflexio features Sabine, a faithful German Christian whose physical movements since childhood have been limited by a wheelchair, but whose Kingdom influence knows no bounds!

Reflexio’s hosts Don Little and Jenn Chen talk with Sabine about the ways God has used her over the decades: first in France, and then in North Africa for 26 years - and counting.

Listen in on their conversation and hear how God has used Sabine and discover what He has taught her over the decades. She lets us in on the highs as well as the lows of life as a disabled person serving in ministry. Along the way she imparts her wisdom about perseverance in cross-cultural ministry through loss, betrayal and unexpected changes in ministry assignments. Through it all she’s convinced that relationships – not programs and strategies – are the key to reaching the unreached.

Upcoming Episodes: October 22nd: The Incredible Journey of an Iraqi Refugee November 5th: Transformed from a drug-fueled searcher for truth into a church planter November 19th: A Nigerian Cross-Centered Response to Islamic Violence

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