Encouragement for You

Host Don Hawkins Interviews two guests. Dr Greg Bourgond holds a doctorate of ministry in church leadership and a doctorate in instructional technology, and has founded heart of a warrior ministries. Russ Olmon is a veteran pastoral leader and consultant based in the DFW area. These men have co-authored the book The Winter of your life: If You're not Dead, You're not Done and they join host Don Hawkins to talk about it.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Dr. Robert Duckworth serves as the director of counseling at Dallas Theological Seminary. He also teaches courses on counseling at the seminary. Robert joins host Don Hawkins to discuss what happens when we as individual Christians or as churches actually need a spiritual reset.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Ray Heinen is the senior director for ministry partnerships with SAT-7, a christian media ministry serving in the Middle East and North Africa.  Ray was born and raised in Egypt and has served in several countries across the Middle East. Ray joins host Don Hawkins to talk about hope beyond the headlines. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Have you felt stressed out lately? If so, the upcoming discussion with Rodney Love, founder of The Master Life Coach Training Institute, will be of help.  Rodney joins Encouragement for you host Don Hawkins to unpack the subject of overcoming stress and burnout.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Erin Smalley is a licensed Christian counselor and her husband, Greg is the vice president for families at Focus on the Family. In our first segment, Greg and Erin join host Don Hawkins to talk about parenting and marriage.  In virtually every relationship, there comes a time when the need for forgiveness is present. Sometimes forgiveness can be difficult, though.  From his years of experience in Christian counseling, therapist Brad Fairchild joins host Don Hawkins to talk about the importance of choosing forgiveness.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

As we just celebrated the freedoms we have because we live in the United Stated of America, it's important to remember that for the Christian the freedoms we have in Christ are important.  They include freedom from anxiety, freedom from depression, and freedom from habits that enslave us.  Therapist Lisa Evans joins Encouragement for you host Don Hawkins to talk about our freedom in Christ  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Dr. Kymberli Cook is the associate directer at The Hendricks Center for christian leadership.  She teaches at Dallas Theological Seminary and Criswell College.  She also hosts The Table Podcast, a Dallas Seminary production.  Kym Joins Encouragement for You host Don Hawkins to talk about giftedness and God's gifts which we all need to appreciate.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Pastor Chad Roberts was on a mission trip to South America when he suddenly and unexpectedly began to experience blindness. As a result of this devastating event in life, Chad has written a book titled Blind Faith.  He joins Encouragement for You Host Don Hawkins to talk about how to respond when God allows something unexpected and bad in our lives. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Dr. Robert Duckworth is the director of counseling services at Dallas Theological Seminary.  He also teaches in the school of counseling for Richmond Graduate University's online campus.  Robert joins Encouragement for You host Don Hawkins to talk about the subject of anger and how to deal with it.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Rebecca Carrell is the director of apprenticeship and special projects for the media arts and worship department at Dallas Theological Seminary.  She is an award winning broadcaster and is currently working towards her Doctorate of education.  Rebecca spent over twenty years hosting radio programs in the DFW area and she joins host Dow Hawkins to talk about the challenges facing mothers.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Dr. Paul Pettit is the director of career services and adjunct professor of the pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary.  He is also the President and founder of Dynamic Dads, an organization offering encouragement to fathers.  Paul joins encouragement for you host Don Hawkins to talk about the qualities of a good father.   Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Hal Habecker is the founder and president of Finishing Well Ministries and prior to that, served over 20 years as a senior pastor and also the executive director of the Christian Medical and Dental Societies.  He joins Encouragement for You host Don Hawkins to talk about the important subject of finishing well.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Pastor Chad Roberts was actively involved in serving the Lord, including on foreign mission trips, when he was affected by total blindness.  He joins host Don Hawkins to talk about his new book Blind Faith.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Don Sapaugh is the CEO of Restoration Senior Living and the author of The Search for Peace and Enriching Faith. He and Marc Kirchhoff the CEO of Marco Real Estate Services join host Don Hawkins to talk about Surviving fear.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Bill Hendricks is the executive director of The Hendricks Center for Giftedness at Dallas Theological Seminary and the founder and president of the Global Center for Giftedness.  He joins host Don Hawkins to talk about how each of us as a believer have been gifted by God.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

For many of us today, handling our personal finances constitutes a major challenge.  Charlie Germany has invested many years in the field of money management with Ronald Blue and Company.  In today’s first segment Charlie and host Don Hawkins explore how to handle your money. The late Dr. Frank Minirth was board certified in psychiatry and neurology, which means he was doubly experienced in issues relating to the human brain. During this segment Dr. Minirth and host Don Hawkins talk about ways to prevent damaging your brain. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

John Redd is a Christian life coach and the founder and president of Renewell Ministries, a ministrycommitted to supporting pastors and pastors' wives. He and his wife Lisa recently joined host DonHawkins to talk about love and communication in marriage.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

For many couples, adoption may be the only way to grow their family, for others it represents another option. From their own experience adopting their daughter, Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley discuss adoption with host Don Hawkins Has anyone ever told you that you’re too busy? According to Host Don Hawkins, he hears that criticism from time to time, and that’s the topic he discusses with Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Dr. Gene Getz has written a number of timely Christian books but if you ask him, he would say his greatest contribution to the Christian community is the Life Essentials Study Bible.  In this episode of our podcast Gene and host Don Hawkins explore the importance of following the instructions in Ephesians 5 to put on love and appropriately deal with anger. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Dallas Seminary President Dr. Mark Yarbrough and several colleagues have developed an overview of the message of the Bible which they present in a two day seminar titled, "The Story of Scripture". In today’s episode Dr. Rebecca Carrell, one of the seminar presenters, joins host Don Hawkins to talk about the seminar. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

In our first segment Dr. Minirth joins host Don Hawkins to talk about how to deal with worry. Dr. Tony Dyer spent decades in Christian ministry to young people and adults and wrote a major curriculum for young people. In our next segment he and host Don Hawkins address the question: are you a distraught person? Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

There is nothing more important for any of us than to understand what a person needs to do in order to receive the gift of eternal life. The late Tony Dyer was an evangelist, a therapist, and a youth minister. On this episode he joins host Don Hawkins to talk about trusting Christ. Truett Cathy the late founder of Chick-fil-a has been known to say, “You can tell if a person needs encouragement, just check to see if they are breathing.”  On part two of this episode of encouragement for you, Steve Saint joins host Don Hawkins to share words of encouragement.   Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Most of us are finding life to be complex these days with all the electronic gadgets and methods of communication. Dr. Greg Smalley is the vice president for families of Focus on the Family and his wife Erin is a christian therapist. You’ll find their recommendations for simplifying your life to be helpful. Without question all of us are growing older and many of us have questions about aging. In this segment the late christian psychiatrist Dr. Frank Minirth answers listener questions on this important subject. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

The very first human emotion after Adam and Eve disobeyed God was fear, according to Genisis chapter 3. Ever since that time, fear has been a dominant negative emotion. On this edition of encouragement for you, SAT-7 president Dr. Rex Rodgers joins host Don Hawkins to talk about how we can overcome our fears. Fear is not the only negative human emotion that resulted from the fall of human race into sin. Another result has been conflict. During this upcoming segment, therapist and author Dr. Gary Oliver and host Don Hawkins discuss hot to deal with conflict. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

For many of us today, handling our personal finances constitutes a major challenge.  Charlie Germany has invested many years in the field of money management with Ronald Blue and Company.  In today’s first segment Charlie and host Don Hawkins explore how to handle your money. The late Dr. Frank Minirth was board certified in psychiatry and neurology, which means he was doubly experienced in issues relating to the human brain. During this segment Dr. Minirth and host Don Hawkins talk about ways to prevent damaging your brain. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

For over 20 years, Encouragement for You’s host Don Hawkins hosted a live radio program titled Life Perspectives.  On this episode of our podcast, Don talks about the power of perspective with christian psychologist Dr. Gary Oliver.  In our second segment host Don Hawkins talks with callers from across the country on how life is tough but God is good. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Discouragement is extremely common today and Christians are certainly not exempt. In our first segment the late Dr. Frank Minirth, from his years of practice as a Christian psychiatrist, offers three reasons to never give up. I don’t have to tell you that for many of us these have been extremely difficult days. Christian counselor Brad Fairchild offers encouragement and hope as he talks with host Don Hawkins about learning to rely on The Lord. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.