#50 - How Two Friends Are Reaching the Addicted and the Skeptical W/ Ben Arellano and Saso Mendez

In this episode, George sits down with Ben Arellano and Saso Mendez — co-hosts of the Abundant Life Podcast — to reflect on God’s sovereign work in friendship, evangelism, and discipleship. What began as two men growing in Christ has grown into a ministry that reaches across the globe, not for their glory, but for the glory of the One who saves.They share powerful testimonies of God’s grace:How job loss, brokenness, and desperation became the soil for salvation.How Freedom That Lasts ministry is seeing God break the chains of addiction and sin.How everyday vocations, like software development and management, are redeemed as fields for Gospel work.How God’s providence brought them together to launch a podcast that challenges and encourages believers toward spiritual growth.🟢 Listen to Abundant Life Podcast: https://abundantlife.fm🟢 Saso’s Blog - Staying The Fight: https://stayingthefight.online📝 Main Topics Covered:0:00 - Introduction0:15 - The story behind the Abundant Life Podcast3:00 - Using podcasts as evangelism and discipleship tools5:00 - God's providence in vocation and ministry10:00 - Freedom That Lasts and addictions ministry13:00 - Testimonies of God’s saving work20:00 - The call to deeper discipleshipScripture References:John 3:16 — “For God so loved the world…”1 Thessalonians 5:24 — “He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.”Psalm 115:1 — “Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory…”👉 If this conversation encourages you, please like, share, and subscribe — not to make much of us, but to make much of Christ.