In America with Beto Gudiño

Are we doing missions wrong? In this deep-dive episode of Christian Podcast, Beto and Mili sit down with Ric Olsen to challenge the status quo of modern missionary work. From the "Double Orange" in California to global war zones, we explore a shifting landscape where the Western church is learning to move from a position of imperial power to one of true servant-heartedness.

Ric Olsen—pastor, fire department chaplain, and leader of Love Orange—brings a unique perspective on what it means to actually "love your city" and how global missions are being turned upside-down as missionaries from India, Japan, and Brazil are now being sent to reach the U.S.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Power Trap: Why the church often defaults to "Empire" structures and how to break free.
• Cultural Redemptions: Finding the Gospel in unexpected places—from the Grammys and Bad Bunny to movies like K-pop Demon Hunters and The Magician's Nephew.
• Local Missions: How "neutral playgrounds" like Love Orange are bringing government, business, and churches together to serve the community.
• The Future: What will the church look like in 50 years? Ric shares his "Spectrum of Belief" on where we are headed.

"Jesus never talked about leading; He always talked about serving." Join us for a conversation that invites the Holy Spirit to challenge our preconceptions and inspire a new way of living out our faith.

Are you tired of feeling like culture—not the Word of God—is the primary teacher in your child’s life?

In this powerful episode, Beto and Mili are joined by Kristen Miele, founder of Sex Ed Reclaimed, to discuss one of the most urgent missions for Christian parents today: reclaiming the role of the primary teacher. We dive deep into why "sexual discipleship" is a parent’s biblical responsibility and how you can confidently lead your children through the noise of a secular world.

In this conversation, we discuss:

• The spiritual stakes of letting culture define identity and morality for our kids.
• Practical steps to start the conversation about biblical sexuality at any age.
• How to move from fear-based parenting to gospel-centered discipleship.
• The "Divine Idea" of sex and how to present it as the beautiful truth it is.

It’s time to stop playing defense and start equipping the next generation with the Truth. Whether your kids are toddlers or teens, this episode will give you the vision and the tools to Be The Teacher.

About Our Guest: Kristen Miele is the founder of Sex Reclaimed, a ministry dedicated to helping the Church and families reclaim God's design for sex and intimacy through biblical teaching and discipleship.

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"I was given 90 days to live."

In this powerful episode, Beto and Mili sit down with Samuel Tejada, the visionary leader behind the Sons of Thunder ministry in Los Angeles. Samuel shares his incredible journey from the depths of drug addiction and a terminal medical diagnosis to becoming a conductor and worship leader for one of the most impactful movements in Southern California.

We dive deep into the heart of Hope LA—a massive initiative uniting churches across denominations for 40 days of revival, culminating in a historic event at the LA Coliseum on April 11th.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Miracle: Samuel’s personal testimony of healing and finding his voice for a new generation.
• Sons of Thunder: The spiritual "strictness" and professional excellence required to lead a choir of 150 worship leaders.
• The Vision for LA: Why unity in the Body of Christ is the key to seeing signs, wonders, and mass baptisms in the city.
• A Moment of Worship: Stay tuned until the end for a raw, a cappella worship moment that moved us all to tears.

What happens when 8 demons manifest out of your wife on your 6-year wedding anniversary… and that becomes your very first deliverance? From a childhood home haunted by the occult to shutting down a failing business because God said “go all-in on spiritual coaching,” Joshua David James shares the raw, unfiltered story of how God turned fear into authority and deliverance into a full-time calling.In this explosive episode we dive deep into:

• Being truly Spirit-led vs. just “Christian”
• Why salvation is free but walking in God’s purpose will cost you everything
• The parable of the 10 virgins nobody wants to preach
• How to know if you’re called as a prophet (and why most people reject it at first)
• The healing gift that makes Millie feel electricity, heartbeats, and trauma when she prays
• Why God is raising up prophets, healers, and kingdom entrepreneurs in Hollywood and the marketplace right now

Join Beto, Mili, and guests Jarrad and Danielle from Lord Forgive Us Our Cinema for a vibrant discussion on spotting God’s redemptive truths in Hollywood hits like Instructions Not Included and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Learn to view blockbusters and even horror films through a biblical lens, uncovering Jesus in unexpected stories. A faith-filled exploration of hope and grace in pop culture awaits!

"Join us for a raw, thought-provoking conversation with Matt Carter (Emery, Bad Christian) as we dive into deconstructing Christianity, questioning the church, and rebuilding faith. From blasphemous truths to kingdom values, Matt shares his journey of spotting patterns, predicting cultural shifts, and exploring faith’s future through algorithms and interconnectedness. Perfect for exvangelicals, truth-seekers, and anyone wrestling with leaving church while seeking hope. #Deconstruction #Exvangelical #FaithJourney"

Neil Massaro is Track and Cross Country Coach at Pacifica Christian HighSchool. He wrote the book 'Intruding Eden' where he shares his faith journey and spiritual warfare. Watch the full episode Subscribe to ChristianPodcast+

Bud Fuchs serves as "Cross-cultural" equipper with the North American Baptist conference. Part of his ministry is working on campus with international students.

He has been a pastor, missionary and has reached international students, immigrants and refugees for more than 30 years. Bud is author of 'Without a passport; reaching the global community living in our community' (see link to amazon below).

In this episode we will cover:

What is the 10/40 Window, why are all these countries in the United States?

What does the Bible say about the foreigner?

What is the Christian Response?

We analyze Vance's stance on foreign policy as he recently declared "There's a Christian idea" did he mean to care for America first?

Are you over 65?

How can white hair "missionaries" be a part of growing our churches through engaging in conversation with international students?

Olga and Violet Armenian refugees who came to America. Their story is being told in Between Borders movie featuring Elizabeth Tabish as Violet. #armenian #podcast #betweenborders

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John-Michael Bout from Into the Light Ministries shares the latest work around fighting the biggest industry against humanity.

Reina Cuthill Migrated from Hong Kong into California. She now oversees Love Costa Mesa, an organization in the City of Costa Mesa that helps tackle the city's biggest challenges. https://lovecostamesa.org/

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Norman Jackson came to USA as a 7 year old migrant from Honduras. He is a keyboardist MD for Victory Outreach Chino and has ample experience playing for artists like: Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez among many more.

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Pablo & Nicole Padilla are Christian Church Leadership Coaches offering practical insights for self-supported church leaders through their program called Stylos Leadership.

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Joel Bomberger is an international evangelist and missionary with YWAM. He also works as assistant cross country coach at Pacifica Christian Highschool in Newport Beach, CA.

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In this Episode of Christian Podcast Latino: We sit down with Amy Cardiff who is running Vision Event 2025. Mili opens about about finding the love of her life. How she found the perfect partner. The brain's left and right side might be "Reason" & "Imagination" and why need both. Raising children in High School age. The necessity of having enemies. Why you need a Vision and more!

Amy is a Vision Expert and you can find more about her here:

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Lunchroom Theology- Pushing Tables Together in a Fractured World. Cowritten between Mark Nelson and Dr. Heather M. Gorman, a New Testament Scholar at Johnson University.

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Mark and Katrina Garcia owners at Elev8 Pefromance, an openly Christian gym in Costa Mesa.

They share the journey from darkness to light in Jesus and what is like owning a faith-based business.

In this episode we talk with our friend Alissa Beamish who shares what it was like growing up without knowing she was poor; then marrying a rich young man and the economics of it all.

We also talk about what is like sending our kids to a Christian Private School.

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Chance Melillo is passionate about scripture and media. He is growing his YouTube presence to reach more people for Jesus.

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MJ Nelson is a musician and artist who lives in our community here in Orange County, CA.

In this episode we cover topics like not going to church but sharing your faith. Technocrats, immigration. 3 things we got wrong about Jesus, his birth, his death and resurrection.

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Caleb Campbell is the author of 'Disarming Leviathan How to Love your Christian Nationalist Neighbor'.

In this episode we discuss:

The 3 characteristics of a Christian Nationalist

Who were the Nationalists in the New Testament

What is Leviathan (the serpent) figure in the Bible

What is Government?

The true meaning of hospitality

And more!

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Chris Wright leads Langham Partnership and is author of many books on the mission of God. He continues the legacy of John Stott, the original author of The Christian Mission in the Modern World.

In this episode we discuss:

How the image of God in men was a revolutionary idea to the ancient world.

The role of prophets and kings in the Old Testament.

The role of Jesus as the perfect Image of God on earth.

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Asia Lizardo is from Philipines but later moved to Saudi Arabia. She became an actor in Canada and Los Angeles. Shares the journey that took her from identifying as an actor, to identifying primarily as a child of God.

She recently got a supporting role in the 2024 Movie "Sidelined: The QB and Me".

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Second time as guest on the show, John Dominic Crossan emphasizes the current state of humanity's violence evolution and is CRITICAL.

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Mark Lackey is a member of our community in Costa Mesa. He has a huge religious background traced back to the Huguenotes, they were early protestants who lived in France. He also prays for Mili and she cries.

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We are speaking with Jewish scholar and author A.J. Levine. Her latest book 'Jesus for Everyone; Not Just Christians' appeals to those who are interested in the legacy of Jesus Christ even beyond Christianity.

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Is the Bible the word of God?

Can America replace the Bible with a progressive (inclusive) version?

In this episode:

• How Grace started a podcast after involved in ungodly relationship

• Hallelujah Podcast, A voice for this generation
• What is a Prophetic word
• Next revival

• Emojis!

We offer you our take away from the We Who Wrestle with God Tour with Jordan Peterson.

We attended his talk at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles

Jim Stump (J.B. Stump) is vice president of BioLogos and host of the Language of God podcast. He has a bachelors degree in Science Education, and a masters degree (Northern Illinois University, 1995) and PhD (Boston University, 2000) in Philosophy.

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Lena Cebula is the host of Love & Bloved podcast

Shares her epic journey of slavery into Freedom in Christ

Kate Trammell is the Vicepresident of Advocacy at Prison Fellowship

Dianna Kokoszka is the author of Becoming More a book with tools to retrain your brain to think differently about your own success.

A Foreword by Leadership Guru John Maxwell.

Benjamin P. Laird is a Bible Nerd author of Creating the Canon, Composition, Controversy and the authority of the New Testament

168 Film Project is a 1 Week Competition for aspiring Christian Filmmakers, now backed by Angel Studios

Ron Simmons. Texan Entrepreneur (eso significa Millonario) and Public Servant (eso significa Político) author of Life Lessons from the Little Red Wagon. Ron is also father to the popular conservative podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey.

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Jacob Valk & John Michael Bout are the producers of Into the Light Documentary. A free Visual resource for those dealing with pornography, masturbation and other sexual sin.

Petter Enns is the author of Curve-Ball. He narrates his journey of questioning his very existence and... God's. It seemed like Evolution threw him a curve-ball that rocked his Fear-based Faith.

Peter is the host of The Bible For Normal People Podcast

Scott Highberger is the founder of Behind the Wire Ministries

Stephen Prothero acclaimed religion scholar and professor at Boston University.

His book: 'God The Bestseller, How one editor transformed American Religion a book at a time'

Jones Onigbinde is originally from Nigeria. He is the founder of Defense for the family, an organization dedicated to advocating for traditional, natural, and biblical centered family.  He lives in Calgary, Alberta. Canada.  

Christian Podcast Episode Presents Jim Belcher and his latest book Cold  Civil War. Overcoming Polarization, Discovering Unity and Healing the  Nation.  

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Christian Podcast Presents Caryn A. Reeder. Professor of New testament and co-coordinator of the Gender Studies program at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California.    

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Professor of Old Testament David. T Lamb. He is the author of God Behaving Badly, Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist? 

Christian Podcast Episode #46 Recorded Live  Felicia Wu Song (PhD, University of Virginia) is a cultural sociologist of media and digital technologies, currently serving as professor of sociology at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. Her publications include Virtual Communities: Bowling Alone, Online Together and articles in such scholarly journals as Gender & Society and Information, Communication & Society.  

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We bring you the host of The Bible  Never Said That Podcast to talk about common Bible misconceptions.   

This Episode was recorded LIVE *Chara meant to say Jacob and Rachel, when she refers to the Genesis  story  

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What happened in the aftermath of Las Vegas massacre? In this episode I sat down with Pastor Mike Decker and Patrick Detken, both pastors serve as Police Chaplains, Patrick in Vegas, Mike in Costa Mesa. 

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Mattea Merta is pro-family NGO Rep at the United Nations.  President of www.votefamily.ca Political advisor. 

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Sandra Maria Van Opstal is Founder and Executive Director of Chasing Justice. Enneagram 8, She is second-generation Latina pastor, activist, author and a powerful leading voice on the intersection of faith and justice. 

Brian Zahnd, the author of When Everything's on Fire, Faith forged from the ashes.  Can we hold on to Christian faith in a secular age? 

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Josh Harrison is the lead pastor at Canopy Church in Costa Mesa, CA

He is an expert in adoption because he has 3 Kids! 1 through the foster care system in California and 2 international adoptions. He shares what it means to be a father, What the Bible says about adoption and much more!

Welcome to another episode of Christian Podcast with your avatar host Beto Gudiño with an Ñ, but the keyboard is a pain the neck that sometimes I just say Gudino. 

Does God Exist? Throughout the eras people have pondered this question. Today David Beck who is professor (or was, or is to come) of Philosophy at Liberty University answers our question. Did he also say Beto is a good philosopher? I think that means I just have a lot of questions to ask =) Do you think the Avengers Multi-verse can be equated to Jesus being the only one possible outcome out of Millions of possible scenarios? The one possible outcome in which the word becomes flesh? These and more pondering s on this episode!

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Jeremy Peckham is a scientist and technology entrepreneur who spent 25 years in Artificial Intelligence. He is passionate about applying the Bible to the ethics of leadership and technology. We talk trans-humanism, Metaverse, and much more!

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Is the pandemic over? Chris Kretzu pastors South Hills Church in Costa Mesa, gives us his answer. He was our 3rd ever guest on the show when I started the Podcast in 2020, as the pandemic had started. We talk about how to use our imagination to create a better vision of the future. #hopeisthefuture #pandemic #hope #christianpodcast 

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Front Man Lindz West from LZ7 shares all the Behind the Scenes of tour life and ministry life.  

Katie Schnack joins Christian Podcast to helps us understand Adulting. What it is, what are the seasons of life when everything seems like it's changing. How do you cope?     

Katie is a writer and book publicist. Her articles have appeared in places such as Relevant, Today.com and Hello Giggles. She grew up in Minnesota playing duck, duck, gray duck; learned to say "bless your heart" in Texas; lived in a four-hundred-square-foot apartment in New York; and has a love-hate relationship with cheetos.

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Check out this epic lineage of mentors: Matt Canlis was mentored by Eugene Peterson, who was mentored by Jim Houston, who was mentored by C.S. Lewis, probably going all the way back to someone mentored by Jesus.  So in this episode we figure out what it means to slow down in the context of America.  #christianpodcast #theology #Jesus

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Derral Eves is the Executive Producer of The Chosen TV Series, the First ever episodic show on the Life of Christ (or really, his disciples).  We talk what Money means for The Chosen, How this show is disrupting Hollywood, The First-evers of The Chosen and more!

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How to switch from a Victim mentality to a Victor one? Joe Delagrave shares his epic story of resilience, faith and leadership. 

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