



The Remarkable 'Rest of the Story' in Iran
For almost two weeks, people across Iran have taken to the streets to express their profound anger about the continued daily suffering experienced by so many in the country. Becky Lucas of SAT-7, a ministry using Satellite television and interactive internet to reach the people of the Middle East a…

Recovering from Exhaustion
John Coleman is a pastor, life coach, and psychologist. He joins host Don Hawkins to discuss dealing with depression. Have you found yourself exhausted recently? Todd Nevins is a christian life coach and pastor and he offers encouragement for those who feel exhausted.

Keeping New Year's Resolutions
Most of us have overspent on Christmas gifts and entertaining at the holidays at times. For many years Bettye Banks served as vice president of consumer credit counseling service, and she and host Don Hawkins provide answers for those post-holiday financial stresses. Often times, it doesn’t take …

Beating Holiday Burnout
The Christmas season is an incredibly busy time, and when you add in financial pressure and potential conflicts with relatives there’s a potential for holiday stress to lead to burnout. John Coleman specializes in helping people as a pastor, certified life coach and therapist. He joins host Don H…

SAT-7's 30 Year Legacy
SAT-7 is a ministry devoted to sharing the gospel of Christ and Biblical teaching in 27 countries in the Middle East and North Africa through satellite television and interactive internet. In this episode of our podcast, veteran missionary Dennis Wiens joins host Don Hawkins to talk about SAT-7’s 3…

Love and Anger
Dr. Gene Getz has written a number of timely Christian books but if you ask him, he would say his greatest contribution to the Christian community is the Life Essentials Study Bible. In this episode of our podcast Gene and host Don Hawkins explore the importance of following the instructions in Ep…

The Value of Music and Words of Encouragement
For many years people have identified longtime Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy with business and leadership. Dan is also an accomplished musician, and on our first segment of today’s podcast, Dan joins host Don Hawkins to talk about the value of music. In part two, Toni Branyon of Lifeshape, an organiza…

Answering Listener Questions About Depression
For years, Christian psychiatrist Dr. Frank Minirth answered listener questions on live call-in radio on subjects like clinical depression. That’s what we’ll listen to with host Don Hawkins in segment one of today’s podcast. Missions authority Steve Saint grew up on the mission field, and devoted …

Sharing the Gospel with Children in the Middle East and North Africa
People all over the world, including children, need to hear about the love of Jesus and how they can come to know and trust him as Savior. Becky Lucas works with SAT-7, a satellite television ministry to the Middle East and North Africa. She joins Encouragement for You host Don Hawkins to talk abou…

Defining and Engaging Culture
According to Shelley Komoszewski, everybody talks about culture these days, but few people know how to define it. Shelley and host Don Hawkins discuss what culture is and how we should respond to it.