Leaving it all Behind: Matias Wilson Testimony

NOTE: When you sign up for Patreon, PLEASE do it through a web browser (Safari, Chrome, etc.) and NOT an app on your iPhone. The Apple app charges 30% !!! If you just click on the link above, it should be fine. In today's episode, Becket Cook interviews Bryan about his powerful Christian testimony of leaving same-sex attraction and a same-sex marriage after a life-changing cancer diagnosis. Raised in a Christian home, Bryan experienced early same-sex attraction, came out as gay in high school, and walked away from the faith in bitterness by his early twenties before marrying a man in the UK. At age 30, while facing acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Bryan asked for a Bible in the hospital, read Romans 1, and fully surrendered his life to Christ—leading him to leave the relationship, return to California, and find lasting healing and faith through the gospel. Now over two years cancer-free after a bone marrow transplant and actively involved in a local church, Bryan shares how God's grace transformed his identity, restored his relationship with the Lord, and turned deep trials into a story of redemption and hope. The Becket Cook Show Ep. 257 Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

NOTE: When you sign up for Patreon, PLEASE do it through a web browser (Safari, Chrome, etc.) and NOT an app on your iPhone. The Apple app charges 30% !!! If you just click on the link above, it should be fine. In today's episode, Becket Cook sits down with Spencer Boliou, a singer-songwriter who shares his journey of growing up in a Christian family in Boise, Idaho, navigating same-sex attraction rooted in gender insecurity and envy, and discovering genuine faith through a transformative prayer experience at 17. Spencer recounts how Side B theology initially helped him but ultimately limited his growth by encouraging a gay Christian identity, until a pivotal conversation with a mentor named Jim helped him release that framework, address the roots of his attractions, and experience real change—including opposite-sex attraction and openness to marriage. Spencer also performs an original song about surrendering everything to Jesus, and the episode closes with encouragement for viewers near the channel’s 200,000-subscriber milestone. The Becket Cook Show Ep. 256 Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

NOTE: When you sign up for Patreon, PLEASE do it through a web browser (Safari, Chrome, etc.) and NOT an app on your iPhone. The Apple app charges 30% !!! If you just click on the link above, it should be fine. In today's episode, Becket Cook sits down with Aaron Edwards for his full testimony of coming to faith in Christ. Edwards, a heterosexual husband and father, traces how a 1970s prophecy book given to his Liverpool dad by Anglican chaplain Graham Topping in Jersey planted a seed that later led to his father's born-again conversion after family tragedy, then to Aaron's reluctant trip to Stoneleigh Bible Week, his siblings' faith, his brother's healing, and their mother's salvation before she died. The conversation highlights God's long-range providence—from a hotel tip that wasn't cash, to God TV, Alpha, an "accidental" sinner's prayer, and a reunion that revived a chaplain ready to quit ministry—offering an encouraging family-wide gospel story of conversion, healing, and unexpected grace. The Becket Cook Show Ep. 255 Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

NOTE: When you sign up for Patreon, PLEASE do it through a web browser (Safari, Chrome, etc.) and NOT an app on your iPhone. The Apple app charges 30% !!! If you just click on the link above, it should be fine. In today's episode, Becket Cook sits down with Oxford emeritus mathematics professor and Christian apologist Dr. John Lennox to discuss his stunning new autobiography My Story. Lennox shares his dual life as a full-time missionary and Oxford academic, his Northern Ireland upbringing, mentorship under David Gooding, Cambridge years, Operation Mobilization, and famous public debates with new atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens. He recounts high-stakes ministry behind the Iron Curtain in Hungary and East Germany—spies, packed village churches, the Jugendweihe, a life-changing train conversation on grace versus merit, and a moving Holocaust exchange in a Budapest synagogue—plus the Nobel Prize scientist who pressured him to abandon faith. Grab My Story and watch the full conversation. The Becket Cook Show Ep. 254 Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

NOTE: When you sign up for Patreon, PLEASE do it through a web browser (Safari, Chrome, etc.) and NOT an app on your iPhone. The Apple app charges 30% !!! If you just click on the link above, it should be fine. In today's episode, Becket Cook interviews Monica Samuell about her 27-year lesbian life, five-year marriage to a woman, gay-affirming church, Queen James Bible, and sudden encounter with Jesus that ended it all. She recounts childhood isolation, coming out, 20 years of family silence, Pride events, visions of judgment, the Asbury Revival, baptism where she renounced homosexuality, and walking away from everything. Monica also shares the abusive marriage, dumpster purge, Halloween divorce, river encounter with an angel named James quoting James 4:7, deliverance, and her call to tell parents and others never to count anyone out. Truth plus love. Watch the full testimony. The Becket Cook Show Ep. 253 Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.