Blazing Grace

After years of helping men and women heal from sexual sin in their marriage, Mike saw the same themes repeatedly. Many Christians are isolated, in bondage or struggling in different areas (lust, fear, anger, anxiety, depression), know little about spiritual warfare, and don’t have a strong prayer life, even though they’ve attended church for decades. Reading the books of Acts where the early church was “devoted to the teaching of God’s word, prayer, and fellowship” (Acts 2:42) and comparing it to the modern church, where the prayer meeting has often become extinct, formed the idea that today a Biblical Christian is a Rogue Christian. Mike discusses the Rogue's Creed; 7 principles for living a life with impact for eternity. 

Mike discusses emails from men and women who have written to Blazing Grace looking for help to provide a glimpse of the real world pain and suffering from sexual sin that many are going through in the church. 

Onlyfans is 7 billion dollar "Do it yourself porn site"… Pornhub receives massive numbers of visits... AI porn is exploding... The US is the number 1 producer and consumer of porn in the world… Many turn to pornography for sex education, while many churches barely touch the topic. Is there anything wrong with pornography? After all, aren't the actresses in those films having the time of their life? 
Mike takes a hard look at the truth, including comments from former porn actresses he's talked with.

In this second of two broadcasts, Mike Genung is interviewed live by Pastor Brian Michaels in Colorado Springs on his Crosswalk program. They continue their conversation on helping the sexually broken, including how to minister to wives, who are often left out of the conversation.

This broadcast is a live interview of Mike Genung in Colorado Springs by Pastor Brian Michaels on his Crosswalk show. Mike shares his story and the two get into a discussion about how the church can help God's people with the porn epidemic. 

In his book Beloved, Francis Chan tells the story of when his daughter was in Bible College and the teacher asked the class to sit silently alone with God for 7 minutes - and how most students couldn't do it and started reaching for their phones or playing music.
Chan writes: "Silence and meditation are very important spiritual disciplines that are getting utterly lost in the American church. If you find yourself unable to be quiet for any length of time, you urgently need to start working out that spiritual muscle... This is not a light matter – I truly believe it is critical to the longevity of your faith." In this broadcast, Mike and Bekah discuss the need to rest with God in silence. 
"in quietness and in trust shall be your strength."
Isaiah 30:15

In his autobiography "Surprised by Joy," CS Lewis shares how, as a teen, he was deceived into walking away from the faith by a teacher at school who was into the wrong side of the fence spiritually, and, a professing Christian who distorted CS Lewis' view of prayer, effectively giving him a bad taste for it.
In our post-truth culture of today, it's critical to understand that the Bible is the final voice on all truth, and that we're in a spiritual battle where the enemy will try to deceive us - even by other believers.

I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in the way that is blameless
    shall minister to me.
Psalm 101:6

Mark Skalberg has over 40 years of pastoral experience, serving as the lead Pastor of Canyons Community Church in Castle Rock, Colorado, Woodmen Valley Chapel, Calvary Chapel, and others. He has served as the Ministry Director for Salem in Colorado Springs, and since 1992, Mark has been the founder and director of the Starting Over on the Inside, a transformative prison ministry with over 1,500 on-site graduates in 12 Colorado prisons and over 51,000 graduates on tablets. He has also served as a chaplain for the Colorado Department of Corrections since 2015. Mark discusses how their recovery program works, the recidivism rate, and sexual sin in the church. 

We live in chaotic, dark times. How do we not only navigate and survive, but thrive during the days we find ourselves in? Mike Genung walks through 9 ways every believer can order their lives in order to make an impact for eternity.

Gene Landers leads a support group for men who want healing and recovery from porn and sexual sin in Phoenix, Arizona. Jacob Frantz has been attending Gene's group for the past 6 months. In this second of two broadcasts we continue the discussion, beginning when Jacob had stated he believed he was a strong Christian when he initially began participating in Gene's group - and Gene's response. They discuss the key points of what has helped in them in their journey, and Gene shares the spiritual warfare he goes through in leading a men's group in this arena. 

Gene Landers leads a support group for men who want healing and recovery from porn and sexual sin in Phoenix, Arizona. Jacob Frantz has been attending Gene's group for the past 6 months. In this first of two broadcasts, both men share their stories, which collectively include sexual abuse, anger and violence, facing the issues of the heart - and having a wife discover their porn habit by walking in on them during the act. 

Leslie Vernick is a speaker, author, counselor and relationship coach. She is the author of seven books, including he Emotionally Destructive Relationship and her most recent The Emotionally Destructive Marriage. She has received the American Association of Christian Counselors Caregiver Award, and been married to Howard for over 43 years. In this broadcast Leslie shares her story with the abuse and neglect she suffered from her mother, setting proper boundaries, and what the healing and recovery process looks like for a wife in a marriage with porn and sexual sin.

Jim Tilley is a former pastor with a PHD in clinical psychology. In this second of two broadcasts Jim continues the discussion the story of his journey to hope and healing, which includes watching his father videotape young women at a swimming pool in front of Jim's mother when Jim was 13, (his father, who was an elder of a church, ended up doing prison time) the lies that were implanted in Jim's heart at an early age, his struggles with the worship of women, porn and masturbation, 3 major depressive episodes... and his journey to finding Jesus and freedom. Jim also talks about the affect that his struggles had on his marriage. 

Jim Tilley is a former pastor with a PHD in clinical psychology. In this first of two broadcasts Jim shares his story, which includes watching his father videotape young women at a swimming pool in front of Jim's mother when Jim was 13, (his father, who was an elder of a church, ended up doing prison time) the lies that were implanted in Jim's heart at an early age, his struggles with the worship of women, porn and masturbation, 3 major depressive episodes... and his journey to finding Jesus and freedom. 

The life that Jesus modeled for us included going away alone for long stretches of prayer in silence. These extended times alone in God's presence are critical to the life of every believer, especially during these days that are chaotic and draining to the soul. In this broadcast Mike shares his experience of a recent 3 day trip alone with God where the Lord showered him with love and revived him.

For the past 30 years surveys have shown that waves of youth have exited the church.
In this second of two shows, Sean Genung, 31, and Rebekah Genung, 23, join Mike to discuss what they see happening with youth. We begin this broadcast by looking at the results of a survey of youth that showed:
“I don’t believe some of the things I hear talked about at religious gatherings.” - 60%
“I do not like to be told answers about faith and religion. I’d rather discover my own answers.” 58%
“Because other things help me find meaning in my life, I don't need a faith community.” 56%
“I don’t feel like I can be my full self in a religious organization.” 55%
“Religious communities try to fix my problem instead of just being there for me.” 54%
“Religion, faith, or religious leaders will try to give me answers, but I am looking for something else.” 53%
Mike, Sean, and Bekah discuss these topics and more, including the idols that youth and adults are paying homage to.

For the past 30 years surveys have shown that waves of youth have exited the church. With such a mass exit of youth, why aren't we hearing warnings and open discussions of this from our pulpits?
If you were owner of a company and your customers were leaving in mass wouldn’t you be freaking out, calling meetings, making plans? 
One survey showed that 70-88% of Christian youth born in evangelical homes leave the faith after one year in secular college. In this first of two shows, Sean Genung, 31, and Rebekah Genung, 23, join Mike to discuss what they see happening with youth. 

The first broadcast of every year, Mike Genung shares his back story, which includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, alcohol and drug use, daily binges with pornography and masturbation, affairs, other forms of sexual sin - and how God radically changed his life. Rebekah joins Mike for this show.

Mike and Rebekah, his daughter, discuss the new "Six Seven" trend in youth with occult influence, Jesus' words to "Remember Lot's Wife" in these last days, and the wonderful blessings God promises every believer who overcomes in Revelation 2 and 3, including:

Rev. 2:7 – 
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’

Rev. 2:17 –
To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

Rev. 3:5-6 – 
The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Rev. 3:12 – 
The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

Today, men are up against:
A culture, even in some churches, that tries to emasculate them. The media often portrays fathers as useless idiots.  
A sex-saturated society, with sirens of lust everywhere. There is often little help equipping them in these areas, including at the church.
The battles with the flesh – learning how to “buffet our body and make it our slave”
Learning how to fulfill the command for Husbands to love their wives as Christ loves the church.
The isolation that is so prevalent in the church.
How to be a leader in their home? 
Mike and Tim Peterson, counselor and leader of the Blazing Grace men's ministry, discuss how men can find their way - and most importantly, their heart - so they can thrive and make an impact in today's challenging environment.