God's Great Outdoors - Dave Potts
February 2, 2015
Archery product designer, and co-owner of Axion Archery Dave Potts, is what many people call the “miracle man”. Through the course of 2013 Dave going into the hospital to have a simple surgery, a deviated septum, wound up spending most of the year hospitalized and having died on the operating table twice. Dave relates how extensive the numerous medical issues that developed over the course of the year, but how timely many of the issues were in relationship to those who cared for him. Looking back, this event changed his life and has drawn him to a much closer relationship with the Lord.
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Outdoor writer, Dwight Schuh, is the guest on this week’s Trail to Adventure. Dwight shares the story of an elk hunt in the mountains where because of darkness he had to spend the night in the wilderness away from his base camp. Because of the situation and being in grizzly country he felt particularly alone, but after building a fire he began to think about the fact that no matter where you are, if you are a Christian, you are never alone. Dwight also shares his testimony and how he went from a person who wanted nothing to do with God, to a man who depends on his relationship with Jesus Christ.
January 26, 2015
Phil Driver is the guest on this week's Trail to Adventure! Phil helps head up a ministry called Northwestern Iowa Special Youth Challenge. This is a youth hunt that takes disabled and terminally ill girls and boys afield for turkey in the spring and deer in the fall. Gerry and Phil talk about how the conference that is taking place during this interview was something that Phil only came to in order to meet more speakers for their ministry. He didn't think he would learn anything new at this Trail to Adventure! conference, but as you will hear he was sorely mistaken as he learned a number of things that helped their ministry carry on their mission.
January 19, 2015
On this week's Trail to Adventure! Gerry visits with Mike Peters who is vice president of Christian Bowhunters of America. The two talk about how men and women are using this archery/bowhunting ministry to build relationships in the lives of people they know who need Jesus Christ. Mike discusses numerous events that take place across the USA that open doors for those who love archery and have an impact on lives. One of these events is the Trophies of Grace Whitetail Deer Hunt that happens every year in the fall in southeast Ohio.
January 12, 2015
The owners and operators of Rushing Wind Retreat Center share with Gerry and the listeners how God worked it out in their lives to own this facility. This couple also talk about all the amenities of the facility and how these play a part in setting the stage for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. This fly-in adventure fishing camp is a place where men can invite friends and relatives to join them for the five days. Also, there are couples retreats that have helped restore marriages and seen changed lives for eternity.
January 5, 2015
Gerry visits with Russell Thornberry, the retired executive editor of Buckmaster Magazine. Russell shares about the earlier years in his life when he was a guide in Alberta, Canada. Besides guiding fishermen for trout on the Bow River, he also guided big game hunters, but the number one animal hunters came to Alberta for was the massive whitetail deer. Russell shares how a person can stay warm sitting on the stand all day in 50 below weather and not suffer any ill effects.
December 29, 2014
The founder of the ministry "Kicking Bear," Ray Howell and his wife Karen join Gerry on this week's program. They discuss the ministry and how it's reaching so many young people across the country. Karen also shares her side of Ray's testimony, seeing a man who felt he didn't need anything and strived to be perfect. She shares how she prayed for him to see his need for a savior and goes into the details of that reality beginning to start to sink in to who Ray was. A story that certainly can be an encouragement to anyone who has someone they love and are praying to see one day receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
December 22, 2014
When a youngster wants to learn to hunt and fish, but his dad has left the family, what can be done? Steve Scott of "On Target Outfitters" ministry shares how a couple of men in his church scooped him up into their adventures and life to see what a dad really should be like according to God's Word. This helped propel him as a young man into the ministry as a youth pastor and the founder of "On Target Outfitters." Steve also speaks about the book he wrote which is a devotional titled "Faith Afield" which correlates with a variety of outdoor topics and scriptures tied to each topic.
December 15, 2014
The author of the book, "More Than Meets the Eye" Dr. Richard Swenson, is the guest on this week's program. He taught surgery at the University of Wisconsin and also minored in physics when he was in college. With his knowledge he shares all the details from subatomic particle level, the cells, the human body and also the universe in looking at how stars and galaxies are laid out. Clearly, he shows with math and science that there has to be an intelligent designer.
December 8, 2014
This week's interview is with Dennis and Peggy Robinson who relate an experience that happened when they were dairy farmers in Wisconsin.Dennis had put God on a shelf and everything in his life was about him and what he wanted. His wife 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.
December 1, 2014
Being involved in a godless past to include running with members of the Hell's Angels, Sons of Satan, and Pagans motorcycle bike groups, is just part of the testimony of this week's guest Ken Gingrich. Ken is joined by his wife Judy and the two talk about this time in their lives and how God wound up getting a hold of the two of them when an evangelist showed up at their door. Ken put this story into a tract titled The Ultimate Choice and eventually wound up writing an expanded story of this entire experience in Ken's life in a book with the same name, The Ultimate Choice.
November 24, 2014
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God's Great Outdoors Friends, Wonder if this is something you can send to a person the Holy Spirit places on your heart - after you watch this segment from our website and that we've placed on YouTube. Jesus Christ's blood was shed to cover our sins and allow us to be with Him for eternity! Won't you pray who you might email this link to!