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#50 - How Two Friends Are Reaching the Addicted and the Skeptical W/ Ben Arellano and Saso Mendez
Description
In this episode, George sits down with Ben Arellano and Saso Mendez — co-hosts of the Abundant Life Podcast — to reflect on God’s sovereign work in friendship, evangelism, and discipleship. What began as two men growing in Christ has grown into a ministry that reaches across the globe, not for their glory, but for the glory of the One who saves.
- They share powerful testimonies of God’s grace:
- How job loss, brokenness, and desperation became the soil for salvation.
- How Freedom That Lasts ministry is seeing God break the chains of addiction and sin.
- How everyday vocations, like software development and management, are redeemed as fields for Gospel work.
- How God’s providence brought them together to launch a podcast that challenges and encourages believers toward spiritual growth.
🟢 Listen to Abundant Life Podcast: https://abundantlife.fm
🟢 Saso’s Blog - Staying The Fight: https://stayingthefight.online
📝 Main Topics Covered:
0:00 - Introduction
0:15 - The story behind the Abundant Life Podcast
3:00 - Using podcasts as evangelism and discipleship tools
5:00 - God's providence in vocation and ministry
10:00 - Freedom That Lasts and addictions ministry
13:00 - Testimonies of God’s saving work
20:00 - The call to deeper discipleship
Scripture References:
John 3:16 — “For God so loved the world…”
1 Thessalonians 5:24 — “He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.”
Psalm 115:1 — “Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory…”
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