Blazing Grace Podcast

“‘Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me." Ezekiel 16:49 

In his 1985 book, Amusing ourselves to Death, Neil Postman wrote the following: 
“When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility.” 

Our culture of entertainment and prosperity has affected every area of life, including the church. Sexual sin and depravity are widespread. 70% of the US is overweight. In this second of 2 shows, Mike continues to look at how the US reflects the Sodom of Ezekiel 16.

“‘Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen. Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they,and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done." 
Ezekiel 16:49-51

When Sodom and Gomorrah come to mind, many think of how the men of the city tried to rape the angels and the city was destroyed. There’s more to the story, as we see in the verses above. Pride, gorging on food, and prosperity can feed a life of pleasure, entertainment, and sexual sin. This describes the US today. In this first of three episodes, Mike Genung begins to examine how the US has become Sodom-like as Ezekiel 16 describes. 

Crystal Day is a pastoral counselor and the founder of SheRecovery, an organization that provides recovery resources to women and teen girls facing pornography and other unwanted sexual behaviors. In this first of two broadcasts, Crystal shares the story of her struggles with pornography and masturbation - and how it nearly led to a dangerous encounter.

Crystal Day is a pastoral counselor and the founder of SheRecovery, an organization that provides recovery resources to women and teen girls facing pornography and other unwanted sexual behaviors. In this second of two broadcasts Crystal returns to continue the discussion on women, porn, their sexual desires, and more. 

Greg Reid came out of the occult, which he was involved with in his youth, and is a survivor of ritual and sexual abuse. Greg came to Christ in his youth and is the director of Youthfire Ministries. He is a former private investigator who has taught over 250 criminal justice classes on occult crimes and crimes against children to law enforcement and others. In this broadcast Greg shares a bit of his story and shares about the need for the church to talk about spiritual warfare, his top 3 points for warfare every believer should know, and the media with occult influence that many are playing with today, including those in the church. 

When the nation of Israel sent 12 spies to spy out the promised land, 2 came back with confidence and said to move forward. 
After Jesus healed 10 lepers, one came back to give thanks. 
John was the only apostle who went all the way to the cross with Jesus.
In the parable of the sower, 1 out of 4 hearts bore fruit.
The Bible repeatedly gives us examples showing that there are few who take the narrow path, as Jesus called it. We do well to consider where we are and if our relationship with God is as strong as we assume it is. The crowd, even the Christian crowd, doesn't always get it right. 

Sandy England, leader of the wives ministry at Blazing Grace, returns to discuss what she sees wives whose husbands are mired in porn or other forms of sexual sin going through, and what their process of healing looks like.

Mike talks about not leaving God home when we go on vacation and spending time with the Lord while away, then gets into the battles many are fighting today - and losing - and what we can do about it. 

The Total Experience is a radio show in Phoenix, Arizona. In this broadcast Mike is interviewed by Scott Wilson of The Total Experience on sexual sin and porn use in the church and other topics. 

John was raised in a broken home by a father who was an alcoholic; his mother ended a lifelong struggle with depression with suicide, all of which had a profound affect on John’s heart. John was married and a pastor for more than 8 years… but lost his marriage to divorce. In previous broadcasts John shared his story which included a years long struggle with same sex attraction and pornography, his journey to freedom, and the critical need for support from others.
In this show John returns to share the story of his son committing suicide.

When individuals, families, and churches hide their sin, be it large numbers of men and women ensnared in sexual sin or pornography, or if someone is abused sexually or spiritually, the system becomes more important then helping God's people, or even God's holiness. On a large scale, some in leadership positions may try to silence those who have been abused in their flock in order to "protect the reputation of the church," which adds more pain to those who have been hurt and states that the holiness of God doesn't matter. Mike discusses how the coverup causes more damage than good. 
"Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper but he who confesses and forsakes them will find mercy." 
- Proverbs 28:13

Makayla Randall is 22 years old. Her story includes being sexually assaulted at church camp, addicted to porn at the age of 11 years old, then being raped twice, and running away from God. In August of 2025, she told God "if you do not change my life, I'm forever done!".
In this second of two broadcasts, Makayla shares how God healed her, the prevalence of porn in the church, and how we should be openly addressing these issues, 

Makayla Randall is 22 years old. Her story includes being sexually assaulted at church camp, addicted to porn at the age of 11 years old, then being raped twice, and running away from God. In August of 2025, she told God "if you do not change my life, I'm forever done!".
In this first of two broadcasts, Makayla shares her story.

Gareth Lane is the senior pastor – or Vicar - as it’s called in Great Britain, of the Church on Berryfields in Aylesbury, UK, which he has led the past 12 years. He has been married to his wife Jenny for nearly 30 yrs and they have 4 children. In this broadcast Gareth shares his struggles with pornography and how he overcame it.  

In 2025 the US government took in 5.23 trillion and spent 7 trillion adding 1.8 trillion to the deficit. A little under 1 trillion of that was interest.The total deficit will soon exceed 40 trillion. The US is now the largest debtor in the world. For the most part our leaders are ignoring our bankruptcy and doing nothing to stem the flow of debt. 
Are we in the church ignoring our bankruptcy, with mass numbers of men and women viewing porn, youth leaving the church in droves for the past 25 years, many with a stunted prayer life and lack of time in God's word? According to Lifeway Research, around 1 in 7 Americans (14%) believe the Bible is the actual word of God and should be taken literally, word for word. In this broadcast Mike discusses what we can do.

John was raised in a broken home by a father who was an alcoholic; John's mother ended a lifelong struggle with depression with suicide, all of which had a profound affect on John's heart. John was married and a pastor for more than 8 years... but lost his marriage to divorce. John shares his story which includes a years long struggle with same sex attraction and pornography, his journey to freedom, and the critical need for support from others. 

Mike discusses where we are, in a time of chaos, recklessness, darkness, and lies, and where we're headed. Matthew 24 and the book of Revelation warn of how critical endurance will be in the days we live in.Those who play church will be at risk of allowing their heart to go cold, as Jesus warned in Matthew 24. Growing deep roots in our relationship with God is critical.

Joshua Lane, is a Youth Pastor in Aylesbury in the United Kingdom, He was addicted to pornography for 10 years from his early teens. In this broadcast Joshua shares his story, including the shame, fear, and distortion of women that porn caused, to the moment when he was willing to do anything to break free.

Mike looks at 3 questions in this broadcast: 

1. Who killed the prayer meeting?
2. Why aren’t we talking about sex, porn, masturbation, promiscuity often? 
3. Do we really want revival?

The 3 are connected. A spiritual awakening isn't possible unless the sexual sin that many in the church are in bondage to is ignored, and prayer fuels and sustains revivals. Are we willing to make the changes necessary to go hard after the spiritual awakening that so many are talking about?