Have you ever been in a conversation with the opportunity to bring someone closer to Jesus, but you don’t know how or what to say? It can be a challenging task. It requires open ears, intentionally, and a lot of patience.
The Reach Podcast’s goal is to equip and inspire you to share the message of Jesus more effectively. Each week, you'll hear a discussion of a conversation our guest had with a friend who is investigating Jesus. Over time, our hope is that hearing how these conversations unfold will give you the confidence to have them yourself.
The Reach Podcast is hosted by Blaine Larsen, who serves as VP of Field Operations for Search Ministries. Blaine has been in full-time vocational ministry with Search since 2012. Prior to that, he had a career as a platinum-selling country music artist and hit songwriter in Nashville, TN. He is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary (MACL, 2018).
The Reach Podcast is produced by Search Ministries, an almost 50-year old nationwide ministry committed to a relational approach to evangelism. To learn more, visit searchnational.org. To learn more about Search's evangelism training ministry, Reach, visit reachothers.org
This week on the Reach Podcast, we'll be talking with Blaine's friend of 10+ years, Graham Gooley. He's here to talk about a story with his friend that he met about 5 years ago that came into a coff…
How should we respond to an open door from God to have a meaningful conversation with people. Today, we'll be talking about how we can properly have these types of conversations without forcing it or…
This week on the Reach Podcast, Blaine sits down with Dr. John Hopper to unpack the story of “Steve,” a man weighed down by deep questions and even deeper shame. Steve had questions like, why trust t…
When someone finally opens the door to talk about faith what should you actually say? In this episode, we explore that question with an example of a conversation that we recently had where we were ab…
Today, we're talking to Branden Stathes who's an associate area director in Austin, Texas about how we can talk to non-believers with dementia. We know this is a bit niche and specific so we're hopin…
Many of the episodes we've had so far cover the basics of how to have conversations with non-believers. However, how can we start those conversations with people? Today, we'll be covering the importa…
Today's episode we cover how we can steer conversations and be intentional with questions to really get to deeper issues with non-believers. This is an essential and sometimes difficult step for many…
Today, is the last episode in a 3 week series that we've been going through and today is one that is really discussed today. Many people have objections to the Christian faith, but a lot of times we …
How long are you willing to wait for someone to come to Christ? In this video, we break down the model that we use here at Reach called the 1-2-3 model of evangelism, which is about planting seeds, t…
Today is an extremely important episode because it lays out how we at Search create relationships and evangelize to those people. We'll be introducing the 1, 2, 3 method here today and in the coming …
Many Christians unfortunately are a big reason as to why some aren't Christians either through Bible thumping or more serious actions against someone. How can we as Christians overcome this objection…
Many times Christians are scared to approach friends and strangers about their faith and have deeper conversations about it. Today, we'll talk about ways we can try to make those connections and we'l…
How can we use truth to lead someone to Jesus? Today, we talk to David Morgan who's here on our team at Search Ministries in Dallas. We invite you to take the next step with God by creating relations…
Can we have Spiritual Conversations with others? How can we make sure when we have those conversations that they are fruitful? Today, we talk to Josh Horton who's here on our team at Search Ministrie…
What are some barriers that people may have that make it hard for them to come to the Lord? Depending on what barrier they are dealing with, how should we respond to them? Join in as Nick Manos and D…
Conversations that make us uncomfortable are usually something we try to avoid. However, uncomfortable conversations can sometimes produce much relational growth. Join in as Nick Manos and David Morg…
What are some challenges that come with getting into spiritual conversations - and how do we work around them? Join us as Nick Manos and David Morgan from Search Dallas discuss some challenges they h…
Experience can be the best teacher. Join in as Bill Kraftson from Search Fort Worth is back to share with us another great conversation he had with a new friend.
Have you ever been lead to ask a deeper question in the midst of a conversation? It can be a scary and uncomfortable feeling. On this episode, Search's new intern Isaac Mckee in Search Dallas explain…
Occasionally, somebody may throw out a question that makes you feel uncomfortable. What is the proper way to respond in these situations? Join us as Bill Kraftson from Search Fort Worth shares a perf…