Passion + Purpose Podcast

Do you know why you believe what you believe? On this episode of the Passion + Purpose podcast, Louie and his guest Priscilla Shirer spend time talking about why it matters to really understand the Scriptures and to grow in our ability to know God and dwell in His Word. If you're wanting to step on to the front-line that God is specifically calling you to, this episode will help encourage, inspire, and equip you towards that path.-Priscilla is mother, wife, author, actress, bible teacher, and the Co-Founder of Going Beyond Ministries, which exists to equip believers through books and Bible study resources. She “considers it a privilege to serve believers from every denomination and culture by helping them to know the truths of Scripture intellectually and encouraging them to experience these truths practically by the power of the Holy Spirit.”Learn more about Priscilla and Going Beyond Ministries, including her bestselling books, at https://www.goingbeyond.com

Where does inspiration come from and how can you cultivate that creative spark that's uniquely stirring within your heart? How can excellent work and deep passion open doors you never thought possible and lead you down paths you never knew existed? These are just a few of the many insights that Award-Winning Wave Photographer Ray Collins speaks to during Louie's most recent conversation on the Passion + Purpose Podcast.-MORE ABOUT RAY COLLINSRay Collins is from Thirroul in New South Wales, Australia. He discovered photography in 2007 following a tragic accident that left him unable to walk for several months. His love of the ocean led him to begin photographing his local surfing friends, within a few months he had captured the surfing worldʼs attention by gracing the front covers of several international magazines with his fresh perspective and his willingness to risk his personal safety to get the shot.A few years later his photography morphed from surfing to waves with the “aim is to show the ocean as a living, breathing thing. To document it in all of it’s intimidating strengths; and to bring awareness to its delicate fragility."Check out Ray’s work and more of his powerful story over at https://raycollinsphoto.com

What does it mean to live and lead like Jesus? What is God looking to invest into our souls in these days and who are we becoming that will allow us and the Church to flourish? Louie invites John Mark Comer to a conversation about faith, culture, hurry, joy, and learning to walk with God intimately and intentionally. John Mark Comer is is the founding pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon, a teacher and writer with Practicing the Way, and the bestselling author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry among other incredible books.-ABOUT LOUIE GIGLIO Louie Giglio is Pastor of Passion City Church and the Original Visionary of the Passion movement, which exists to call a generation to leverage their lives for the fame of Jesus. Louie is the national-bestselling author of Don't Give the Enemy A Seat at Your Table, Not Forsaken, Goliath Must Fall, How Great Is Our God: 100 Indescribable Devotions About God and Science, Indescribable: 100 Devotions About God & Science, The Comeback, The Air I Breathe, and I Am Not But I Know I Am.

"Obey God and leave all of the consequences to Him." Dr. Charles Stanley has leveraged his life for Jesus and the Kingdom like few others in the last generations. In this first episode of the Passion + Purpose podcast, Louie and Dr. Stanley talk about what it means to be called to ministry, how to endure, and how to continue to walk in Godliness as a church leader, pastor, and student of the gospel. Dr. Charles F. Stanley is the founder of In Touch Ministries and Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church of Atlanta, Georgia, where he served more than 50 years. Dr. Stanley's heart's desire is to get the gospel to "as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, as clearly as possible, as irresistibly as possible, through the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God." - ABOUT LOUIE GIGLIO Louie Giglio is Pastor of Passion City Church and the Original Visionary of the Passion movement, which exists to call a generation to leverage their lives for the fame of Jesus. Louie is the national-bestselling author of Don’t Give the Enemy A Seat at Your Table, Not Forsaken, Goliath Must Fall, How Great Is Our God: 100 Indescribable Devotions About God and Science, Indescribable: 100 Devotions About God & Science, The Comeback, The Air I Breathe, and I Am Not But I Know I Am.  

The Passion + Purpose Podcast invites you to discover how you can use your passion for the ultimate purpose—to bring God glory. Hosted by Louie Giglio, bestselling author of Don’t Give the Enemy A Seat At Your Table and Global Pastor of Passion City Church. He invites his friends from diverse spheres of life—scientists, business leaders, pastors, artists and more to spark vision on how listeners can leverage their life for what matters most.