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Connecting Dots
Jun 25, 2026
20m 13s
No More Excuses
Jun 23, 2026
52m 12s
“From Scoundrel to Shepherd: The 1975 Turning Point — A Conversation with Pastor Mike Hesterman”
Jun 18, 2026
1h 35m 21s
What Are You Looking At?
Jun 16, 2026
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Plans, What We Know, and How We Act
Jun 11, 2026
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| 6/25/26 | ![]() Connecting Dots | The older I get, the less certain I become about many things.Twenty years ago, I thought I had most of life's answers figured out. Today, I realize that certainty is often easier than wisdom, and arrogance is far easier than humility.In this episode, I share why Crusade With Me! exists in the first place. This podcast was never created because I believed I had all the answers. It was created because I need the questions.Together, we'll explore what it means to "connect the dots" in life. Sometimes we connect dots that have no business being connected. Other times, we fail to see the connections that are right in front of us. Our habits, relationships, health, faith, attention, and decisions are all intertwined in ways we often overlook.As I reflect on our recent comeback episodes, I've come to recognize a common thread running through them all: the pursuit of wisdom. Not information. Not opinions. Wisdom.The wisdom that comes from God.If we want to become healthier, stronger, mentally sharper, spiritually deeper, and more faithful in our daily lives, we need more than knowledge. We need Divine Wisdom to help us understand which dots matter and which ones don't.This isn't an episode about having answers.It's an episode about seeking them.So, grab a cup of coffee and join me as we explore the questions that shape our lives, the patterns we often miss, and the wisdom that can only be found by walking with God.Because information fills the mind.But Divine Wisdom transforms the soul. | 20m 13s | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | ![]() No More Excuses | Most people don't reject God because they hate him.They reject Him because they're busy.Busy building careers.Busy chasing dreams.Busy paying bills.Busy scrolling phones.Busy entertaining themselves.And before long, the important gets crowded out by the urgent.Jesus tells the story about that. Luke3:13-18John tells us what happens when we let God's love shape our lives. I John 14:16-24Together these readings challenge us to examine where our priorities truly are. | 52m 12s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() “From Scoundrel to Shepherd: The 1975 Turning Point — A Conversation with Pastor Mike Hesterman” | In this powerful and deeply personal episode of Crusade With Me! Dave sits down with a lifelong friend — Pastor Mike Hesterman — to revisit a 30‑year friendship and a 50‑year faith journey.Pastor Mike opens up about his early life as a self‑described scoundrel, his years of rebellion, his time in the Army during a racially tense and dangerous season, and the night in 1975 when he was forced to confront the question: “If I died tonight… where would I go?”What follows is a raw, honest, and moving conversation about:Growing up between two strong traditions — Lutheran and MennoniteWrestling with infant baptism, adult baptism, and what Scripture actually saysThe dangers of drugs, deception, and dabbling in darknessThe moment in Germany that changed everythingHow identity, rebellion, and human nature haven’t changed in 6,000 yearsWhy being made in the image of God still matters todayThe struggle to mature spiritually — and why some truths only hit us decades laterThis episode is rich with wisdom, humility, humor, and the kind of honesty only two old friends can share. A must‑listen for anyone wrestling with faith, identity, or the long road of transformation. | 1h 35m 21s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | ![]() What Are You Looking At? | In a world fighting for your attention, Jesus asks a deeper question: What are you really looking at?In Episode 157, we explore how focus shapes formation — and how the things we continually behold begin to shape who we become. Drawing from Matthew 6:22–33 and Romans 5:1–10, this episode dives into:Why attention is a spiritual battlegroundHow divided allegiance fuels anxietyThe subtle masters we serve without realizing itWhy peace isn’t the absence of trouble — it’s the presence of the right focusHow God loved you before you ever got betterYou’ll walk away with clarity, conviction, and a practical daily challenge to re-center your heart on the Kingdom.If you’ve been overwhelmed, distracted, or pulled in too many directions… this episode is your reset.Seek first. Look up. Live with intention. Welcome back to the crusade. | 1h 09m 46s | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | ![]() Plans, What We Know, and How We Act | We all think we know how life is supposed to work.We make plans. We form opinions. We create expectations about what God should do, how He should do it, and when He should do it.But what happens when God's plans are different from ours?In this episode of Crusade with Me! Dave and Kathy explore the gap between what we think we know and the reality God reveals through Scripture.Abram thought he understood his future. He had a plan, a timeline, and a logical conclusion about how his life would unfold. Yet God had something far greater in mind—something Abram could not see from where he stood.The Psalmist reminds us that real security is never found in our own strength, intelligence, resources, or carefully constructed plans. The Lord is not impressed by the strength of a horse or the might of an army. Our hope is found in Him alone.In First John, we discover that God has already shown us what love looks like. Yet even with that revelation, we often reshape God's love into something more comfortable, more convenient, or more aligned with our preferences. We want God's blessings while resisting God's transformation.Then Jesus confronts us with the sobering account of the rich man and Lazarus. Even in torment, the rich man remains the same man he was in life. He still sees Lazarus as someone to serve him. He still wants to negotiate. He still refuses to truly repent. The flames reveal what was already there.Together, these readings ask a difficult but necessary question:Are we allowing God to transform us, or are we simply asking Him to bless the plans we've already made?Join us as we discuss faith, humility, self-deception, God's surprising plans, and the danger of becoming so attached to our own understanding that we miss what God is trying to teach us.Because sometimes the greatest obstacle to God's work in our lives is not what we don't know.It's what we're convinced we already know. | 1h 06m 07s | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | ![]() Crusade with Me! Come Back Episode: Just be a tree! | Crusade with Me! is back.After months away from the microphone, we're beginning a new chapter with a simple but life-changing question:What if the secret to peace, purpose, and growth is not becoming someone else—but becoming who God created you to be?A tree never struggles with its identity.An oak doesn't wish it were a maple. An apple tree doesn't envy an olive tree. A tree doesn't wake up one morning and decide it would rather be a goat.It simply receives what God made it to be and grows.Yet many of us spend our lives exhausted from comparison, chasing identities that were never ours, trying to force fruit that can only come from being properly rooted.In this comeback episode, Dave and Kathy explores one of the most powerful themes woven throughout Scripture: God's people are often described as trees.Trees planted by streams of water. Trees that endure drought. Trees that bear fruit in season. Trees that remain rooted when storms come.Drawing from Psalm 1, Jeremiah 17, Genesis 1, John 15, Romans 12, Ephesians 2, and other key passages, we'll examine what it means to stop striving to become someone else and start growing into the person God designed from the beginning.You'll discover:• Why identity always comes before behavior • Why comparison is one of the fastest ways to kill joy • What Scripture means when it says creation reproduces "after its kind" • Why fruit is not something we force but something that reveals who we are • How to stay rooted when life's heat, drought, and storms arrive • Why God's design for your life began long before your first success—or your first failureMost importantly, we'll discuss a truth that modern culture desperately needs to hear:The created thing does not define itself. The Creator does.The Christian life is not about inventing a new self.It is about recovering the person God intended all along.The tree's job is not to manufacture fruit.The tree's job is to stay rooted.And perhaps your job isn't to become someone else either.Perhaps your job is simply to remain connected to the One who created you.So welcome back to Crusade with Me!Let's begin this next chapter together.Be rooted. Be faithful. Be transformed.And above all...Just be the tree. | 52m 01s | ||||||
| 12/31/25 | ![]() Crusade with Me! Final Episode New Years Eve.✨ | reinventionNew Year's Eve+3 | — | — | — | New Year's Evereinvent yourself+3 | — | 24m 25s | |
| 12/30/25 | ![]() Truth A Final Benediction Before the Road Ahead✨ | truthgrounding+4 | — | — | — | truthhope+4 | — | 49m 56s | |
| 12/24/25 | ![]() Glory in the Highest: The Night Heaven Broke In✨ | ChristmasAdvent+4 | — | Advent | — | Christmas EveAdvent+4 | — | 25m 02s | |
| 12/23/25 | ![]() Christmas Questions for my Nine-Year-Old Grandson✨ | Christmasfamily+3 | Ribeye | — | — | Christmasquestions+3 | — | 17m 39s | |
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| 12/21/25 | ![]() Watchful Hearts: Training for the Return of the King✨ | Adventwaiting+3 | — | Advent | — | Adventwaiting+4 | — | 43m 25s | |
| 12/18/25 | ![]() “Breath, Waiting, and Praise” A Christmas–Advent Celebration of the Journey✨ | ChristmasAdvent+3 | — | PsalmsPsalm 150 | — | breathpraise+5 | — | 28m 08s | |
| 12/14/25 | ![]() “I Lost My Fa La La La La”✨ | Christmasfaith+3 | — | — | — | Christmasfaith+3 | — | 33m 01s | |
| 12/11/25 | ![]() Advent in the Dirt—Desire, Contentment, and the Humility of Christ✨ | Adventhumility of Christ+4 | — | Luther’s Large Catechism | — | Adventhumility+5 | — | 50m 48s | |
| 12/7/25 | ![]() : Advent, Justice, and Truth✨ | Adventjustice+4 | — | Psalm 82Isaiah 8:9–9:7+1 | — | Adventjustice+5 | — | 1h 03m 35s | |
| 12/4/25 | ![]() Advent, The Nativity Fast, and the Commandments of Life!✨ | Nativity FastAdvent+4 | — | Psalm 102:13–17Isaiah 2:1–22+1 | — | Nativity FastAdvent+5 | — | 32m 55s | |
| 11/30/25 | ![]() The Nativity Fast, Advent, and the 3rd & 4th Commandments | Today we’ll talk about Advent as a season of holy waiting, the Nativity Fast as a discipline of simplicity, and then we’ll dive into the 3rd and 4th Commandments. And yes—we’ll wrestle with the hard question: how do we honor father and mother when those relationships were complicated. | 1h 01m 05s | ||||||
| 11/26/25 | ![]() Nativity Fast, Thanksgiving Lessons, and the Ten Commandments | Today’s episode is a journey through gratitude, discipline, and obedience. We’ll begin at the Thanksgiving table, praising God for His abundant gifts. Then we’ll step into the Nativity Fast, a season of preparation and watchfulness. And finally, we’ll begin our study of the Ten Commandments, focusing on the first two—commandments that strike at the very heart of our lives." | 40m 27s | ||||||
| 11/23/25 | ![]() “The Nativity Fast: A Season of Simplicity” | The Fast Before the FeastThe world rushes toward Christmas with lights, sales, and sugar. But we are called to slow down. To prepare the way of the Lord—not with glitter, but with stillness.“Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!” (Mark 1:3, NASB)This fast is not about punishment. It is about preparation. It is about clearing space in our lives to receive the Christ who comes. | 31m 30s | ||||||
| 11/21/25 | ![]() Life in the 21st Century — Obedience in the Face of Struggle Part III The Solution! | 💰 Financial pressure. 👨👩👧 Raising kids in chaos. 🏘️ Living among the godless. 🙏 Still called to obey.In a world that mocks reverence and rewards compromise, how do we stay faithful? This episode dives deep into the spiritual battle of everyday life—and the quiet power of obedience.🕯️ Featuring timeless wisdom from Scripture and the stillness of the Jesus Prayer. 🎧 Listen now and join the crusade for holiness in a noisy world. | 38m 28s | ||||||
| 11/18/25 | ![]() Life in the 21st Century — Obedience in the Face of Struggle Part II | 💰 Financial pressure. 👨👩👧 Raising kids in chaos. 🏘️ Living among the godless. 🙏 Still called to obey.In a world that mocks reverence and rewards compromise, how do we stay faithful? This episode dives deep into the spiritual battle of everyday life—and the quiet power of obedience.🕯️ Featuring timeless wisdom from Scripture and the stillness of the Jesus Prayer. 🎧 Listen now and join the crusade for holiness in a noisy world. | 53m 52s | ||||||
| 11/16/25 | ![]() Life in the 21st Century — Obedience in the Face of Struggle | 💰 Financial pressure. 👨👩👧 Raising kids in chaos. 🏘️ Living among the godless. 🙏 Still called to obey.In a world that mocks reverence and rewards compromise, how do we stay faithful? This episode dives deep into the spiritual battle of everyday life—and the quiet power of obedience.🕯️ Featuring timeless wisdom from Scripture and the stillness of the Jesus Prayer. 🎧 Listen now and join the crusade for holiness in a noisy world. | 54m 33s | ||||||
| 11/12/25 | ![]() “As Far as It Depends on You” | Today’s episode — “As Far as It Depends on You” — is a challenge from the Apostle Paul that feels almost impossible in our world today. We live in a culture of outrage, division, and noise. Everyone’s shouting — but few are listening. Everyone’s fighting — but few are standing for truth with peace in their heart.Romans 12:18 says,“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”This isn’t a soft verse. It’s not a call to retreat from battle. It’s a command to fight for peace — through humility, restraint, and faith in the justice of God.Let’s go deep into that today. Let’s talk about what it really means to live as peaceful warriors — firm in truth, unshakable in faith, and disciplined in heart. | 41m 21s | ||||||
| 11/9/25 | ![]() “The Maccabean Stand – Faith Under Fire: Then and Now” | Because what happened back then — is happening again. The same pressure to bow. The same attempt to silence faith. The same call to compromise what’s holy. | 35m 50s | ||||||
| 11/6/25 | ![]() Living a Liturgical Life | And today, I want to call you into something ancient — something burning, holy, and alive. Something forged long before modern man began measuring time by clocks and calendars.We’re talking about the rhythm of heaven — the sacred order of days and seasons through which God trains His warriors and sanctifies His people. This is not about being “religious.” It’s about being formed. It’s about reclaiming the sacred pattern of life that keeps a man steady when the world spins wild.Because a liturgical life is not a schedule — it’s a weapon. It’s the rhythm of victory that beats beneath the chaos of the age. | 34m 18s | ||||||
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