God's Great Outdoors - Paul Meeks
August 17, 2015
With GGO in the 19th year of radio, Gerry visits with Paul Meeks who started API Outdoors Treestand Company. Paul shares how he got started in the treestand industry with API being the first aluminum stand to appear on the market and when he sold the business it was the number one manufacturer of treestands. Gerry and Paul spend the majority of this interview talking treestand safety to help the listeners understand the importance of the topic and seriously consider their need to wear safety harnesses while hunting and look at how API helped in the radio program’s beginnings!
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The program this week is a visit with outdoor writer Tracy Breen at the Mathews Dealership Show where God’s Great Outdoors sets up a booth to hopefully evangelize those who attend at the Wisconsin Dells in Wisconsin. Tracy shares how he got to where he is today as the field of outdoor writers continues to shrink as print publications die out. Part of the interview looks at Tracy’s cerebral palsy and how he knows that God used this in his life to bring him to where he is today. The two point to how Tracy’s position in the industry allows him to be a witness for Christ Jesus.
August 10, 2015
Gerry visits with Toni Mattson of the Trinity Equestrian Center located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Gerry and Toni visit together in Green Bay, Wisconsin at a Trail To Adventure! pastor and laymen teaching conference that helps people learn how to do evangelistic outdoor out reaches. Toni shares how the Trinity Equestrian Center use horses with people that are disabled, mentally challenged, criminally incarcerated, wounded veterans and all others, to make a difference in their lives and help them find the creator God, Jesus Christ.
August 3, 2015
On this week’s program, Gerry visits with Ralph Cianciarulo of the “Archers Choice” television show at the studio he shares with his wife Vicki in Lanark, Illinois. Ralph shares about his early years of growing up roaming the woods and fields of his Illinois home and the adventures he had. These times included his family and how the bow and arrow introduced into his life set a course to where he is today. Ralph also tells how he met Vicki through archery and their TV show got its start. This path in life led to the two of them praying to receive Christ, as did their son RJ.
July 27, 2015
Gerry visits with the Founder of the Answers In Genesis ministry at the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. Ken shares about watching his dad, a Christian school teacher in Australia where very few people know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Ken also became a school teacher and like his dad was challenged on creation vs evolution and what the Bible said on the matter. This led to Ken’s passion to present the truth of the book of Genesis and the real facts of what science reveals about God’s universe and our earth. Ken unveils how studies done by Answers In Genesis and others are discovering how young people are doubting God’s Word because of evolution and “the millions of years” they are taught in schools. Yet, the two point out the many items that people can learn to use to defend God and his creation.
July 20, 2015
Gerry visits with Dennis and Peggy Robinson on this week’s Trail To Adventure! The couple relates an experience that happened back when they were dairy farmers in Wisconsin. Dennis had put God on a shelf and everything in his life was about him what he wanted. So, Peggy had turned him over to the Lord and said, "You need to deal with him Lord, he is yours." Two days later Dennis was pulled half way through a hay wagon, mechanical apparatus and was not expected to live from the massive injuries he received. Yet, God had a plan, and it included transforming a man to be what God wanted him to be.
July 13, 2015
International Falls, Minnesota is the location for this interview as Gerry connects with station manager of Psalm FM KBHW, Bruce Christopherson, to talk about his love of ducking hunting and experiences there on the border with Canada. Bruce also reflects on losing his dad and how much fun and how many memories he has of him as a deer hunter. The two talk about a terrible event that happened to the radio station and as bad as it looked, how God came through, which caused the station’s situation to be better than ever before the tragedy took place.
July 6, 2015
On July 6 of 1996, God’s Great Outdoors first aired on WCDR radio out of Cedarville, Ohio and one of those individuals who was instrumental in getting the program off the ground was today’s guest, Jon Skillman. It just so happens that in the year of 2015 in September Jon will be celebrating his 50th year of broadcasting with the vast majority being on Christian radio. Jon shares a number of things during the interview, but the most important thing was how a little boy standing next to him as a teenager beside a roaring bonfire said, “I’m sure glad I’m saved because Hell is going to be much hotter than that fire in front of us!” That night at that Christian camp Jon could not get that out of his mind and prayed to receive Christ as Savior and Lord.
June 29, 2015
This interview takes place during a Fisher’s of Men Retreat at Rushing Wind Retreat Center in Ontario, Canada. The guest Jeff Swan reveals how skeptical he was the first year attending, as his church group had labeled the event a “mission’s trip”. He thought “Yeah, it’s really all about fishing, I’m sure!” But, did he discover how wrong he was and how God spoke to both he and his wife, the first year they attended. Jeff also reflects the importance of being the kind of man or women that God wants us to be.
June 22, 2015
Gerry visits with an old friend from Christian radio, Mark Looy, who was for many years the voice and commentary that introduced Ken Ham’s radio program from Answers of Genesis. Mark was in Vandalia, Ohio speaking at a men’s prayer breakfast to share about this apologetic ministry that focuses on the importance of the first book in the Bible. Mark shared about the ministry’s founding and the importance of the Creation Museum that is located in Petersburg, Kentucky.
June 15, 2015
On this week’s Trail To Adventure Gerry is visiting with Jim Butler in Pennsylvania’s scenic Appalachian mountains. Jim and his wife Barbra run Strath an De Farm, which in Celtic means “God’s Valley.” The beautiful forest setting is the location for annual summer father and son retreats that are designed to make lasting memories in the lives of those who attend each year. Jim shares about the numerous activities that the men and boys join together in with the goal of deepening the family bond and one’s personal relationship with the Creator God. Also Jim relates to Gerry how his anger with God was broken down by Christian couples just being themselves when he and wife Barb were first married.
June 8, 2015
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