Kingdom Stories — A Christian Testimony Podcast About the Long Way Home

Pastor Cole: Friends, welcome. I'm Pastor Cole, and this is Kingdom Stories — from Kingdom Gospel Ministries. Every week, I sit down with an ordinary person who went a long way off... and found their way home. Not tidy, cleaned-up stories. Real ones — the kind with a bottom to them, and a God who was already running down the road before they ever turned around. Let me introduce you to a few of the folks you're going to meet.

Pastor Cole: There's Ray — a mechanic out in the Central Valley who could fix anything with his hands... except the one thing that was quietly taking him apart.

Guest: It never felt like leaving. It felt like Tuesday. Every single day.

Pastor Cole: Sometimes the road down is slow like that. And sometimes a man just hits the floor of an empty room... and finally hears the truth. That was Marcus.

Guest: Jesus didn't die for sin in general. He died for mine. And I got up that night and just — broke.

Pastor Cole: And then there's the man who chased everything the world told him to — the trucks, the name on the door, the big house — and built himself a life with nobody left in it. That's Wes.

Guest: Drove home to a big, beautiful house I built with my own two hands. Every stick of it. And there was nobody in it. I got everything I chased, dude. Every single thing.

Pastor Cole: Every one of these stories ends the same place — not with a person who fixed themselves, but with grace that came and got them. If you've ever felt a long way off... friend, this is for you. Welcome to Kingdom Gospel Ministries. New stories, every week — and the door is always open.

Announcer: You've been listening to Kingdom Stories, from Kingdom Gospel Ministries. If tonight's story moved something in you, don't keep it to yourself — follow the show, share it with someone who needs it, and if you'd like to help these stories reach further, you'll find how to walk alongside us in the episode description. Until next time... the door is open, and so is the grace.