Leaving Mountaintops and Entering Valleys

Leaving Mountaintops and Entering Valleys

From Expositors Collective: Expository Preaching, Bible Teaching and Sermon Preparation by Mike Neglia

March 10, 2026 · 23 min · Season 7 · Episode 10

About this episode

Mike Neglia interviews Tadhg O'Connell about his journey from addiction to faith and community service.

In this fun interview between neighbours, Mike speaks with Tadhg O'Connell about lessons that he has learned as a preacher, testimony-giver, camp-speaker, addiction-recovery-activist and community organiser. They speak about neck tattoos, mountain top experiences, caring for the community and more. My name is Tadhg O’Connell, and I have lived all my life in Ballyphehane, a place I am deeply proud to call home. For many years, I was trapped in addiction, living in the bondage of my own sinful desires and feeling completely hopeless, to the point where I did not want to live anymore. In the middle of that darkness, I picked up a Bible and read Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” and for the first time I truly understood that I was a sinner in need of salvation. But I also came to see that Christ had done everything necessary for me to have a relationship with God, as Hebrews 10:12 says, “But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.” Realising that Jesus had paid the price for my sin changed my life completely. Today I am a member of Douglas Baptist Church, and my heart is especially…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Neglia

Guest: Tadhg O'Connell

Topics covered

  • preaching
  • addiction recovery
  • community organizing
  • personal testimony
  • faith

Keywords

  • preaching
  • addiction
  • faith
  • community
  • testimony
  • Ballyphehane
  • Douglas Baptist Church

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Douglas Baptist Church

Places: Ballyphehane

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