Entrusted Podcast

Everyone is entrusted with something. Steward it well.

Entrusted Podcast is a religion podcast hosted by EntrustedPodcast, with 35 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #36

  It Wasn't Guilt, It Was Emptiness. | Josh Yates | Episode #34

  Aug 18, 20261h 50m

  Josh Yates prayed before every at-bat for God to make him famous. It worked, in a way — he became a D1 All-American catcher and got drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 2006. But by then his life had already come apart at the seams: three schools in three semesters, a scholarship pulled, and a baby on the way at 19 with a girlfriend he barely knew. In this episode, Josh — now the founding pastor of Vineyard Church in Auburn, AL — tells the whole story: the chaplain who wouldn't stop showing up, the chapel talk that changed his mind about signing with the Indians, the appendicitis that hit on his 22nd birthday mid-slump, and the eight months between "I don't think I was a Christian" and "I'm almost certain I was." We also get into why guilt wasn't what made the gospel attractive to him, why so many of us only know a truncated version of it, and what three years of planting a church has actually looked like — the glory and the chaos of it both. Josh and his wife Jennifer have six kids and have been married since 2005. Vineyard Auburn launched in 2023. — Follow Entrusted: Apple • Spotify • YouTube • Instagram • X Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:50 First Birth 00:29:02 Why Jesus became attractive: identity before guilt 00:42:41 The gospel has tenses: saved, being saved, will be saved 00:53:28 A freak dugout injury and becoming a DH 00:55:33 The chapel talk where the scales came off 01:05:16 Joseph, hindsight, and why we can't plan the picture forward 01:07:23 Not drafted his senior year: "one of God's biggest kindnesses" 01:11:22 Matthew 9, the plentiful harvest, and campus outreach 01:20:22 The call to plant Vineyard Auburn 01:25:40 A plentiful harvest in one of the most churched towns in America 01:26:20 Footprint: where you live, learn, work, and play 01:45:46 What has the Lord entrusted to you? 1:50:02 Outro

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  Episode #35

  All Christian Denominations Explained | Aaron Wine pt. 2 | Episode #33

  Aug 11, 20261h 34m

  Lutheran, Presbyterian, Anglican, Episcopalian, Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal, non-denominational. A pastor walks through what actually separates every major Christian denomination, and what unites them. Why are there so many different churches? Most people pick one based on the music, the preaching style, or where their family already goes. This conversation offers a different framework. Aaron, a seminary-trained pastor, maps the entire landscape from the top down: the historic creeds that define Christian faith, the Great Schism of 1054 that split East from West, the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, and then every major Protestant branch one at a time. For each denomination he covers three things. How the church is structured and who holds authority. What they believe about baptism and the Lord's Supper. And what you would actually experience walking into a service on Sunday. Along the way, the harder questions get asked directly. Can someone be saved inside a tradition that gets the gospel wrong? Why do Lutherans believe Christ is physically present in the bread and wine when Presbyterians do not? What did the thief on the cross actually understand about the Trinity? And where exactly is the risen Christ right now? The episode closes with news from Auburn. Lakeview Baptist Church has voted to plant a new church in the northwest part of town, and Aaron has been sent as the lead planter. North Plains Baptist Church is coming. Whether you are trying to figure out where you land, explaining your faith to someone who thinks denominations prove Christianity is broken, or just want to understand what you have been part of your whole life, this is the map. 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 What this episode is 00:03:50 Big Picture Overview of Beliefs 00:07:18 Catholic vs. Protestant 00:19:31 Denominational Differences 00:21:43 Lutherans 00:30:09 Presbyterians/Reformers 00:38:33 Anglican/Episcopalian 00:44:45 Baptists 00:49:55 Methodists 00:54:00 Pentecostal/Assembly of God 00:54:30 Non-denominational 00:58:00 Why Aaron is a Baptist 01:13:00 Encouragement to listeners to think through their beliefs 01:17:00 Aaron’s call to plant a new Church in Auburn

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  Episode #34

  Saddle Your Donkey | Greg Key | Episode #32

  Aug 4, 20262h 1m

  Greg Key spent over two decades in vocational ministry before circling back to the craft he first loved as a teenager: graphic design. In this episode, Greg walks through his first birth in Birmingham, a swimming career that nearly pulled him away from Auburn, and the second birth that came through a Proverbs 19 conviction at a campus Freedom Rally. He shares what it took to build Lakeview's media ministry from nothing, the toll a pandemic took on a local church staff, and the words his dying father spoke that pointed him toward the work he does today. Books mentioned: Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney What Every Christian Should Know by Adrian Rogers The Masculine Mandate by Richard Phillips Follow us: Instagram: @entrustedpodcast 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:48 First Birth 00:35:00 Second Birth 00:39:14 Proverbs 19 and Surrender 00:44:44 Getting Planted at Lakeview 01:16:02 Leaving Graphic Design for Ministry 01:33:16 COVID and the Media Ministry Years 01:47:56 A Father's Last Words and a New Season 01:56:14 Closing

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  Episode #33

  Grief and Peace Can Coexist | Dr. Larry Wit | Episode #31

  Jul 28, 20261h 33m

  Dr. Larry Wit has taught physiology at Auburn University for over 50 years — and along the way, discipled generations of college students in his home, walked through the death of his wife Nancy after 47 years of marriage, and kept showing up to serve. In this episode, he shares his testimony, how a chance encounter on an airplane and a series of "coincidences" led him to Auburn in 1976, what it means to grieve well without making an idol of what you've lost, and why he's still teaching at 82. We talk about: Growing up in A.W. Tozer's church and the meaning of "second birth" Meeting his wife Nancy and courting via cassette tape during Vietnam God's providence in landing the job at Auburn Sharing the gospel as a professor within the bounds of academic discipline Discipling college students by simply opening his home Losing Nancy to cancer and learning that "grief and peace can coexist" Facing his own health scare and what it means to set your mind on eternity Why retirement isn't the biblical model — and what stewardship looks like in your 80s Books mentioned: The Knowledge of the Holy, The Pursuit of God, and God's Pursuit of Man by A.W. Tozer (3-in-1 volume) Entrusted is a podcast about what you've been given — career, family, calling — and how to steward it well. Hosted by Ben Presley, Brock Murphy, and Blayne Barber. Follow us: Apple | Spotify | YouTube | Instagram | Twitter 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:00 First Birth / Second Birth 00:18:20 Meeting Nancy 00:25:00 Fascinating story of communication with Nancy 00:40:00 Coming to Auburn 01:06:00 God’s faithfulness to Larry as a widower 01:22:00 Stewarding Retirement to His Glory 01:25:00 New perspective after serious illness/Eternal Mindset 01:29:00 Closing

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  Episode #31

  Thankfully | Alex Shotts | Episode #29

  Jul 14, 20261h 26m

  This week on Entrusted, Blayne is joined solo by his good friend Alex Shotts, founder and roaster of Thankfully Coffee, for a conversation that spans a childhood in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to building one of Auburn's most-loved coffee roasters from a single 50-lb bag of green coffee. Alex grew up on a tiny island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands — population 1,500, graduating class of 18, nearest landmass roughly 2,500 miles away in every direction — before moving to Auburn for college in 2012. He shares how a Camp War Eagle counselor's invitation to church led to a slow, honest wrestling with faith, culminating in a moment reading John 14:6 alone in his apartment that changed the direction of his life. From there, the conversation traces a winding early career (coffee shops, Home Depot's Pro Desk, and a hard season working at a youth correctional facility), meeting his wife Robin through a missional community called Launch, and the Thanksgiving Day decision in 2019 to start roasting coffee on his own terms. Alex and Blayne dig into what makes Thankfully's coffee distinct — from green coffee sourcing to the difference between drum and air roasting — and how word of mouth carried the business from one Auburn coffee shop to accounts across the country, a guest-roaster takeover in New York City, and a Final Four finish in a nationwide coffee roaster poll. Underneath it all is a story about discerning calling without rushing it, working hard without losing sight of who it's for, and letting gratitude — not just growth — define success. In this episode: growing up in the Marshall Islands; coming to faith through Camp War Eagle and FBO; wrestling with a calling to international missions vs. faithfulness where you are; meeting and marrying Robin; hard jobs before the roastery, including an assault at a youth detention facility; starting Thankfully Coffee on Thanksgiving Day 2019 debt-free; the meaning behind the name and logo; meeting Blayne over a coffee cup; drum vs. air roasting; scaling to national accounts, Rex Cafe in Pensacola, and a guest bar in NYC; a Final Four finish in a nationwide roaster poll; and where to find Thankfully Coffee. Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:08 First Birth/Second Birth 00:22:36 Discerning calling with patience instead of "run hard, run fast" 00:32:23 Early jobs in coffee shops around Auburn 00:42:46 The Thanksgiving Day 2019 realization that sparks Thankfully Coffee 00:50:26 Where the name "Thankfully" came from 01:19:11 Reflections on hard work, faithfulness, and gratitude 01:23:39 Where to find Thankfully Coffee online and locally

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