Taking Your Next Step In Following Jesus Christ

When life feels like a cliffside road, this episode walks you into a living room of voices—mentors, friends, and the church—who refused to let a young believer travel alone. Through honest stories and a fresh look at Proverbs 11:14, you’ll hear how timely advice changed one life, prevented costly mistakes, and became the guardrails that kept him moving forward.

Listen as we trace the arc from pride and isolation to humility and community, discovering how wisdom is born from knowledge, understanding, and the courage to ask for help. This is a short, powerful invitation to surround yourself with godly counselors who will speak truth—even when it’s hard—and keep you safe on the journey.

Through storytelling and Scripture (John 16 and Ephesians 5), this episode reframes the gift of the Spirit: not a distant miracle, but a daily power that shows up when we sing, give thanks, and submit to one another in reverent love. Listen as the host weaves personal insight and pastoral challenge, revealing how unity, mercy, and forgiveness unlock the Spirit’s influence in our relationships.

Be prepared to answer hard questions—Who are you not getting along with? Are you the problem?—and to receive practical, grace-filled steps to choose unity, set healthy boundaries, and live empowered. Take your next step now and let this episode move you from knowing about the Spirit to being filled by Him.

Through a candid, story-driven message, we move from the hard truth that our minds naturally drift negative (up to 70–85% of our thoughts) to a practical habit that changes everything: daily thanksgiving. Hear a real family practice—sharing one thing they’re thankful for each night—and a tense hospital episode with their child that reframed fear into recognition of God’s presence. These moments model how naming small mercies rewires us from self-centered complaint to God-centered worship.

Rooted in Scripture and wrapped in everyday life, the episode connects gratitude to peace (Philippians 4) and the fruit of the Spirit. If you want a clear, accessible path from negativity to joy, this episode gives you habits, stories, and a challenge to practice thankfulness today. Take your next step—let gratitude fill you with the Spirit.

Hey there friends, welcome to the Taking Your Next Step podcast from Collegians for Christ. Through each episode, we will journey together, focusing on knowing what you believe and why you believe it. If you are eager, like I am, to strengthen your faith, then take your next step now by joining us in today's episode.

In this episode the host pulls you into a vivid, personal story—from a past shaped by rap culture and risky choices to the moment of conviction when a lifetime of CDs was tossed in the trash—and uses that turning point to explore Ephesians 5. He unfolds the idea that God has a dream for your life and equips you through the Holy Spirit, showing how one baptism and many fillings work, and why singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs invites the Spirit to take control.

Short, practical, and stirring, this episode challenges you to examine your playlists, embrace worship that fills rather than empties, and let music reorient your mind, will, and heart toward Jesus. Take a listen, be encouraged, and take your next step.

Through a vivid contrast—Spirit-filled living versus the control of alcohol—we uncover what it means to be filled with the Spirit, why it’s a daily, practical command, and how surrendering control reshapes your thoughts, words, and actions.

Join us as we trace the biblical evidences and simple steps to choose the Spirit’s control, so you can step into the victorious, faith-filled life God has prepared for you.

Imagine life as a journey that begins as a curious child learning to walk and speaks—a path full of wonder, mistakes, and choices. In this episode the host becomes our guide through Scripture, using vivid images and personal invitation to show how knowledge, understanding, and wisdom mark the trail we walk.

We follow Solomon’s voice in Proverbs as he reveals the surprising foundation of all true learning: the fear of the Lord. Treasured like silver and hidden riches, wisdom is gained by disciplined pursuit—inclining the ear, seeking with urgency, and letting reverent awe of God reframe who we are and where we are going.

Listen as the episode draws the map from curiosity to conviction, from facts to applied faith, ending in a delight in the Lord that guards your steps. If this conversation lights a spark, share it with a friend, subscribe, and find more resources at cfccampusministry.com.

Step into a cave with Jaxson Austin, an intern from Collegians for Christ, as he retells a turning moment from Psalm 57. Hunted, exiled, and marked for death, David should be broken — yet he chooses a fixed heart. Through vivid storytelling, Jaxson paints the fear, the solitude, and the bold decision to praise in the darkest hour.

This episode follows a young teacher finding his voice: waking up when despair tempts him to hide, forcing praise where sorrow lives, and putting God back in His rightful place. It’s a short, stirring narrative that turns ancient history into a practical call to get up, sing, and trust — even when life feels like a cave.

In this episode we stand with the disciples as Jesus prepares to leave and promises a Helper who will do what He could not do while walking beside them: expose sin, reveal righteousness, and call the world to account. The story unfolds like a courtroom drama and a rescue mission rolled into one: the Holy Spirit points out the wrong road, shows the right road, and lays out the stakes.

We trace how judgment was met at the cross and how that single act separates two destinies: sin judged and removed for those who trust Christ, or sin awaiting the white-throne verdict for those who persist in unbelief. Along the way the narrative brings to life a doomed enemy, a just God, and the simple but world-changing choice every listener must face.

Finally, the episode becomes a personal call to action — recognize the Spirit, speak to Him, and learn to listen. Don’t bury this Helper in the background of your life; instead, invite His nudges, ask bold prayers, and let the Spirit empower you to witness, to live righteously, and to do greater works for God.

Through teaching and a moving campus story of a student’s conversion, we follow the Spirit as he exposes sin, points to the righteousness of Jesus, and leads people into a right way of life that bears joy, peace, and the fruit of God. Join us as we listen, learn, and take our next step into a life transformed by the Spirit.

We trace how the Spirit exposes the root of every brokenness—unbelief—and how that same voice lives within believers to expose sin, redirect our steps, and invite us into trusted action. You’ll hear why belief is more than knowing; it’s a risky, real trust that changes how we live and pray.

Whether you’re asking for faith, wrestling with doubt, or longing to hear God’s voice more clearly, this episode calls you to listen. Tune in, let the Holy Spirit guide your next step, and discover what it looks like to follow with confident, ventured trust.

Picture the night before the cross: Jesus, surrounded by those who gave up everything to follow Him, drops a startling truth—He must go so someone greater for their daily life can come. In John 16 we follow that moment as He unveils the Comforter: a Person who will live in them, guide them into truth, empower their prayers and worship, and be the seal of their salvation. This episode tells their story and ours, turning sorrow into advantage and the loss of a presence into the gain of a constant, guiding companion.

Join us as we unpack Scripture, witness the Holy Spirit’s practical work, and learn how to recognize, speak to, and rely on the Helper living within you. Listen, share, and take your next step at cfccampusministry.com.

In this episode we walk into the raw lives of scattered believers—strangers who’ve lost homes, loved ones, and safety—and invite you to witness how God turns the worst into the best. Using the vivid image of a shaken soda can, the host draws you into a story of inner stirring: when God’s mercy pours into broken people, it becomes a living hope that forces them to overflow. Peter’s letter becomes a lifeline, reminding listeners that resurrection is not a distant myth but a historical, life-giving event that guarantees a future good beyond suffering and death.

Short and stirring, this episode moves from honest grief to contagious hope—showing how appreciation for God’s mercy transforms thought patterns, sparks action, and propels us to share what we’ve received. Tune in to be challenged to stop hoarding blessing, become a vessel for God’s love, and let your life spill over into the lives of others.

Imagine a soda can—shake it up and something inside stirs until it can no longer be contained. In this episode we follow that fizzing metaphor into the pages of 1 Peter, as scattered believers cling to hope amid persecution and learn how God’s abundant mercy transforms worn-out cups into wells that pour life into a thirsty world.

Through vivid storytelling and Scripture, we trace mercy from Moses’ revelation to the cross where Jesus becomes mercy on display, and we discover what it looks like to receive mercy and then give it away. Tune in to be challenged, encouraged, and invited to live an overflowing life that reflects the mercy you’ve been shown.

Listen to a real campus moment where a single, courageous question—"If you died today, where would you go?"—turns small talk into a deep, life-changing conversation. Follow the step-by-step way to ask permission, use open-ended spiritual discovery questions, and guide someone from curiosity to clarity about Jesus.

Be encouraged and equipped to make room for the gospel: get up close, ask the question, and take your next step in sharing faith. Subscribe and share to keep learning how to hold loving, life-changing conversations.

Have you ever watched something fall apart and wondered whether it would ruin you? In this episode we follow King David from the rooftop that changed everything — a quiet moment that spiraled into adultery, deception, and a chain of heartbreaking consequences. This episode turns David’s story into a mirror for our own breaks — spring breaks, seasons of idleness, or moments of temptation — and shows how a break can either break you or become the start of a comeback.

Join us as we learn practical, faith-centered steps to keep our focus, rebuild what’s been damaged, and turn every break into an opportunity to press forward toward what matters most.