12. Interview with Joshua Brown: Retired Marine and Praetorian Project Pastor
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Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Joshua Brown, recently retired Marine and now Pastor to the military. He’s a pastor with the ministry the Praetorian Project, a ministry which plants pillar churches near military bases. Joshua, welcome to the show.
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Episode Notes:
- Joshua's background and how he ended up joining the military
- Joshua's testimony and how this played into military service: Secular worldview implosion to faith
- How Joshua is applying faith in the military and future vision: 20 years in Marine, now a Pastor at Pillar church with Praetorian Project. Pillar Churches are a military focused ministry effort that understands the military lifestyle and seeks to ease transition between duty locations and shorten/eliminate church search.
- How Joshua applies faith to family, especially with raising multiple teenagers: Being a marine = better father, being a father = better marine, doing them a Christian refines us by absolute truth. Impossible to grow in the same direction as spouse unless growing towards Christ
- Biggest struggles Joshua experienced while serving as a Christian: Temptation to cover things up while in the artillery career field.
- How Joshua has seen God working through your successes and failures in his military career: Failures from not being in the word. Successes from working hard to follow Jesus
- What book of the Bible Joshua goes to in times of difficulty: Psalms and Gospels
- How Joshua makes spiritual growth a daily priority: Start with scripture
- Advice to other believers in the military who are struggling
- Joshua closes us in prayer
REFLECT:
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What does this episode reveal about God’s character?
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How does this episode cause us to see our need for a Savior?
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How can we apply lessons learned from this episode to our life?
Follow Christ for this day!
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✝️ “Choose this day whom you will serve...” Joshua 24:15
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✝️ “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9
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