2026 AUGUST Podcast
BUILD THE GUARD BEFORE THE STORM
BUILD THE GUARD BEFORE THE STORM Europe was collapsing. Poland. Denmark. Norway. Belgium. The Netherlands. France. One country after another went down. And sitting right in the middle of that mess was little Switzerland — surrounded, outnumbered, and staring at a war that could come knocking at any moment. So they did something while the mountains were still quiet. They got ready. They moved troops. Dug into the mountains. Built defenses. Prepared for the day they hoped would never come. They built the guard before they needed the guard. Most of us wait until something starts breaking before we get serious. The marriage. The body. The mind. The life. But by then, the storm is already here. This Podcast asks a question worth answering before that happens: IS YOUR GUARD READY?
The Shortcut That Cost Everything | Two Roads, One Choice
They just wanted a shorter route to Las Vegas. A brand-new GPS. A married couple on an ordinary road trip. One wrong turn onto a muddy back road in northern Nevada… and everything changed. Albert and Rita Chretien trusted the shortcut. The van got stuck. No cell service. No help. Rita waited 48 days before hunters found her alive. Albert never made it home. The road that looked shorter took more than they ever planned to give. We live in a world obsessed with shortcuts. We want the destination without the miles. The prize without the sacrifice. The change without the discipline. There are only two roads — and from the minute your feet hit the ground this morning, you’ve been walking one of them. So how do you know which one you’re really on? Your Life decsions tell the tale. Why we love shortcuts… and why they keep costing us The difference between a “can” person and a “can’t” person How to stop, admit “this ain’t right,” and make a real U-turn
REAL CHANGE GROWS FROM THE INSIDE OUT
We spend a lot of time trying to change ourselves from the outside in. Try harder. Be stronger. Do better. Hold it together. In this podcast Kat walks through the fruit of the Spirit — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control — and shows what can begin to grow in our lives when we stay connected to God and allow Him to work from the inside out. Through powerful Bible stories and practical everyday examples, we’ll look at what Spirit-produced change really looks like when life is difficult, patience is tested, peace is challenged, and doing the right thing takes strength. Real fruit isn’t taped onto the branches. It grows from a living source. Galatians 5:22–23 John 15:5 Join Kat for this encouraging message from Outta the Fire. Help Us Carry This Message Further If Outta the Fire has encouraged you, challenged you, or drawn you closer to God, will you stand with us?
THE MATH WAS RIGHT...TILL IT WASN'T
A $125 million spacecraft traveled more than 400 million miles toward Mars — only to disappear because the numbers didn’t mean what everyone thought they meant. Life can feel that way too. You count what you have, study the odds, make your best plans — and still come up short. This message is about facing reality without letting today’s numbers decide tomorrow’s outcome. Because sometimes, when the math has taken you as far as it can go… looking up is the only answer.
If You Had a Time Machine, How Far Would You Really Go?
If someone handed you the keys to a time machine, how far back would you go? Not last week. Not last year — all the way back. Past the cities. Past the oceans. Past the stars. Keep going until there's nothing left at all. Then step out. Now build something. You can't. Nobody can. Every carpenter needs the wood. Every builder needs something already in his hands. Take the materials off the shelf and human ability slams into a wall it can't climb — because every one of us has to start with something that's already there. Then life backs you into a corner. You count everything you've got left — and the answer comes back empty. Too old. Too late. No way forward. Out of moves. What happens when what's left simply isn't enough? In this Podcast we walk through three people who hit that exact wall.