Living Stones | Jeff Applegate | Episode #24

Living Stones | Jeff Applegate | Episode #24

Jeff Applegate has spent a career learning the difference between controlling outcomes and trusting the One who holds them. In this episode, Jeff takes us through decades of faith and business: a corporate exit with no plan, an unemployment season that taught him to pray over firewood, 10 years stewarding a company he would never own, and finally betting everything to start Texas Injection Molding at 45. He shares the vision, mission, and core values framework that has shaped every chapter of his life, the brain tumor diagnosis that broke open what it means to love God, and what it looks like to build a business as a living stone declaring the great things God has done. If you are wrestling with obedience, ownership, or what faithful stewardship actually looks like in the middle of uncertainty, this one is for you. **Entrusted Podcast:** Instagram: @entrustedpodcast Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:50 First Birth Second Birth 00:24:46 Leaving Corporate Life 00:28:37 Unemployment, Surrender, and Learning to Trust 00:33:16 The Firewood Story 00:43:08 Vision, Mission & Core Values 00:44:23 The King's Table 00:46:35 Living Stones: Joshua 4, 1 Peter 2, and a Mission That Stuck 00:49:00 Brain Tumor Diagnosis & What It Clarified About Love 01:05:04 Bet the Farm 01:06:42 Entrepreneurial vs. Entrepreneur 01:10:36 The Rock Garden — A Living Memorial to God's Faithfulness 01:21:25 Prosperity Gospel or Genuine Provision? Jeff Addresses the Tension 01:28:03 When to Leap and When to Wait 01:34:13 What He's Been Entrusted With

Stewardship is About Bearing Fruit | Miles Fidell | Episode #23

Miles Fidell is the founding pastor of All Christ Church in Auburn, Alabama — a church he planted at 25 years old with no denomination, no network, and no funding. In this conversation, Blayne sits down one-on-one with Miles to trace the whole arc: a Catholic father, a Pentecostal mother, a sovereign conversion at 13 with a group of friends who all became pastors, late-night Louis Giglio sermons snuck downstairs as a teenager, and a calling to preach that never wavered. They also go deep on ecclesiology — what the church is actually for, the cost of preaching five services in a day, and why Miles had to go back and repent to a satellite congregation he nearly disbanded. This one covers ground most pastor conversations don't touch. @allchristchurch  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCkPJmVDBJXAJKeObx6YSr2) Instagram:   / allchristchurch  milesfidell Website: https://www.allchrist.church/ [https://www.allchrist.church/] Facebook:  / allchristchurch  00:00:00 Intro 00:01:25 First Birth/Second Birth 00:07:42 Sneaking Downstairs to Listen to Louis Giglio 00:13:00 “Reformed Baptist with a Charismatic bent”  00:22:30 Called to plant a church in Auburn 00:36:30 Acting vs. Waiting — Differentiating Your Will from God's 00:40:50 The Cost of Planting Independently — No O-Line, No Protection 00:45:35 What Preaching Five Services in a Day Actually Does to a Pastor 00:48:40 Discussing multi campus gatherings 01:03:55 What are you Entrusted with

Dad On The Clock | Mark Fuller | Episode #22

Mark Fuller went from being the self-described "leader of the fools" in professional baseball to bowing his head and receiving Christ in a San Diego classroom — and then spent the next 22 years wondering why God's plan looked nothing like his own. From the New York Mets to the SEC coaching ranks to getting fired and weed-eating lawns for $9 an hour, Mark's story is one of identity stripped bare, a desert that wouldn't end, and a father's heart forged in the process. Now a life coach, author of Dad on the Clock, and a man finally at peace with where God has him, Mark sits down with Ben to talk fatherhood, humility, and what it actually costs to become the man your family needs — to the glory of God. Guest: Mark Fuller — Life Coach, Author, Former Professional Baseball Player & SEC Pitching Coach 🔗 Dad on the Clock — https://a.co/d/0421pYK1 🔗 Coach Mark Fuller — coachmarkfuller.com Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:00 First Birth/Second Birth 00:15:09 Getting Released, Getting Saved, and the Tension Between the Two 00:22:25 Fired from Auburn 00:26:06 The Desert Years — Weed Eating, Bloody Hands, and Learning Humility 00:35:07 The Boys from the Neighborhood 00:46:18 Having a Plan vs. Surrendering to God's Plan (Proverbs 16:9) 00:56:27 Life Coaching 01:04:50 Dad on the Clock — Why Fathers Have About 12 Years 01:12:22 Advice for a Dad 11 Days Out 01:15:02 What Has God Entrusted to You?

Be Rooted In Scripture | Kevin Briggins | Episode #21

In this follow-up episode, Kevin joins us again for a discipleship-focused conversation on media discernment, political narratives, and what it looks like to think biblically in a world that wants to do your thinking for you. We talk about algorithms, audience capture, the overlap between political schemes and spiritual warfare, and why being rooted in scripture is the only anchor that holds. New episodes every week — to the glory of God. Learn more about Kevin's work: Center for Biblical Unity — centerforbiblicalunity.com Substack — https://substack.com/@kevinbriggins  ⁨@KevinBriggins⁩  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCSnvOQzJDHCH9trr4lElojw]  ⁨@InformedTakes⁩  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCFQ2psRY-yk1Jz0yiI9Q1Aw] 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Don't Let Your Algorithms Disciple You — Romans 12 00:12:35 Political Talking Heads and Romans 13 00:30:00 Brock Asks About Donald Trump and Kevin's Switch to Voting Conservative 00:49:00 Similarities Between Political and Spiritual Warfare 00:59:00 Dr. King Wasn't Jesus 01:07:30 Oppressed/Oppressor — Understanding Marxism 01:14:30 John Piper Quote on Comfortable Christianity 01:20:00 BE ROOTED IN SCRIPTURE

There Is One Truth | Kevin Briggins | Episode #20

Kevin Briggins grew up in the inner city of Birmingham, Alabama. He joined the military, drifted far from the Lord in Panama City and Germany, and then felt something leave that he'd never lost before. Years later, he'd read about it in an RC Sproul book: the dark night of the soul. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Kevin takes us through his upbringing, the moment God pulled him back, how he met his wife (and shared the gospel on their second date), and what happened when the ideology of critical theory tore through his church. As the first and only black elder in a multiethnic congregation, Kevin had a front-row seat to something most people only argued about on Twitter — and he couldn't stay quiet. Kevin is a former intelligence analyst, the Managing Director of the Center for Biblical Unity, co-host of Informed Takes and Off Code podcasts, and an elder at his local church in Auburn, AL. 🔗 Center for Biblical Unity — centerforbiblicalunity.com https://substack.com/@kevinbriggins  ⁨@KevinBriggins⁩  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCSnvOQzJDHCH9trr4lElojw]  ⁨@InformedTakes⁩  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCFQ2psRY-yk1Jz0yiI9Q1Aw]  ⁨@OffCodePodcast⁩  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCmHJSSgDtlBbD3B1AMgsrew] 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:27 First birth — growing up in Birmingham's inner city 00:09:30 Second birth — walking the aisle at 9 years old 00:13:12 Joining the military & drifting from the Lord 00:16:54 The dark night of the soul — feeling like God had left 00:20:01 The means of grace — why community matters 00:29:06 How Kevin met his wife & shared the gospel on date two 00:36:22 Dating advice — intentional dating, marriage, and leading 00:46:27 Ephesians marriage — leading like Christ, not like a CEO 00:52:12 Becoming an elder & the church that tore apart 00:58:29 What critical theory does to the church — a graceless Christianity 01:11:45 Providence — how a collapsed house deal brought Kevin to Auburn 01:14:34 Speaking out — from a Facebook post to a national conversation 01:18:06 Closing — what has God entrusted to Kevin Briggins?