Episodes

In this episode, talk about our transition from ABWE to Gospel Today and do our best to answer your questions. Over the past 20 years, we’ve been blessed with a cohesive team and a ministry focused on evangelism, discipleship, and church planting. We cherish the memories and experiences with ABWE and are excited to continue our mission with The Gospel Today. In this episode, we address some of the key questions you’ve asked: Why are we making this transition? How will it affect our ministry? Wh...

Description:Forgiveness is one of the most powerful—and most difficult—acts we are called to as followers of Jesus. This episode explores the deep biblical roots of forgiveness, revealing how unforgiveness poisons relationships, breeds bitterness, and separates us from God. From the Old Testament sacrificial system to Jesus’ words on the cross, this episode walks through key Hebrew and Greek terms for forgiveness, theological insights, and real-life applications. You’ll learn what true forgivene...

Our ministry has changed a lot since the start of the full scale invasion. Like it or now the conditions around you can have a powerful negative or positive affect on how you share the gospel. Here are a few ways that I see the conditions of war have changed how the gospel message goes out. We must say, however, that the content of the gospel message never changes. Nevertheless, our methods, approaches, and attitudes about the gospel can change drastically. 1. War Tests the Gospel Verse: 1 Pet...

Recently, I’ve heard claims—mainly from conservative media in the West—suggesting that the Ukrainian government is persecuting churches. Is this true? In this video, I share firsthand insight into Ukraine’s religious freedoms, the constitutional protection of faith, and the real reason behind the 2023 law concerning churches tied to Moscow. While Ukraine remains a country where religious freedom is protected, the situation in Russian-occupied territories is completely different. I share the st...

America is in an identity crisis. People are searching for their identity and going to all kinds of drastic measures to change their identity in the desperate hope that with a new identity they will finally overcome their feelings of depression, anger, frustration, and lack of self-worth. . You can simply look at some of the best selling books to find evidence for this. Last year the book “Untamed” was published by Glennon Doyle and has remained in the top 5 on the New York Times best seller li...

Unfortunately, as you look around our world it is not hard to find people who are rich, famous, in places of power, and over all who seem to be enjoying the “good life” yet they are also evil and have no fear of God. They say what they want and they do what they want. They seem to live on their own terms. Not only do their lives go against God and his Word but often they threaten the lives of those who are poor, who are in difficult circumstances and yet who honor God. This type of injustice ca...

What is true goodness and where does it come from? When my family and I first moved to Ukraine many years ago, people on both sides of the ocean were shocked by our decision. In the U.S., I had a successful business, and it seemed like life was going well. “Why move to Ukraine when things are good for you here?” they asked. When we arrived in Ukraine, the reaction was similar: “Why did you come here? Isn’t it better in the U.S.?” These questions reflect a broader issue: our decisions often dep...

There is something about the worth of the Gospel that is greater than any threat we can face, physically or otherwise. For us personally, I believe that God called us to Ukraine, and the conditions where we live should not change God’s calling in our lives. This morning, I want to talk with you a little bit about the worth of the Gospel in our lives. We all make decisions based on what we think is worth it, what we value in our lives. The thing we value most, above all else, is the one thing we...

What is the relationship between risk, God’s glory and God’s calling in our lives. This sermon based upon Isaiah 42:8-9. The post Risk, Calling, and God’s glory | Isaiah 42:8-9 first appeared on The Suko Family.

We answer your questions about life in Ukraine and what’s going on now here on the ground exactly 2 years after Russia’s invasion on February 24, 2022. Below are some of the questions we answer in the video/podcast. 1. What is your plan if Russia wins the war and perhaps Odessa is threatened with being under Soviet control? 2. What is the perception of the Ukrainian people about America’s support or lack of support? 3. At the beginning of the war, when you were relatively safer in Moldova, wha...

The situation in Ukraine continues to draw concern. Winter brings heightened worries about power infrastructure and heating, especially in the face of potential advancements by Russia. The big question on everyone’s mind remains: Will the United States continue to stand by Ukraine? As we navigate this uncertain period, your prayers and support are invaluable. Despite these challenges, we’re grateful for the provision of power and heating so far. We recognize the freedom we have in Ukraine—a fre...

Unfortunately, we live in a world where it seems that terrors are multiplying. None of us want to be in a place of terror and yet we have all been there one way or another. Certainly, our family has been at the center of some terror in the past few months in Ukraine. At first it was rumors of war. Tanks, artillery, soldiers, weapons of every kind moving in on three sides of the country. For at least a month we received almost daily communications from the US government to leave the country. Th...

The Orthodox Church teaches that praying for your dead loved ones helps their soul make the 40 day journey from earth to heaven where along the way they will encounter many devils and 20 testings that will purify their souls and prepare them for heaven. *Quick links 2:35 Visit to Kyiv Pechersk' Lavra 5:35 Going into the caves 12:00 Praying for the dead 14:25 Orthodox teaching of what happens after death 15:13 The 20 "Mytarstva the soul must pass through 20:36 Bible verses used by Orthodox to exp...

Today Christina joins me on the podcast to talk about her ministry of counseling both unbelieving and believing. Also we talk about the difference between parenting for the now and parenting for the long-term.

As we think about sharing the gospel with LGBT people let us remember that they are people too. Every one of us is a sinner and every sinner needs Christ. The biggest need of every homosexual, is Christ. No matter how you share the gospel, do your best to keep the focus on Christ. There will be many distractions and many questions but we must always bring it back to Christ, the truth of who he is, and what he has done for us. 1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preac...

As we look at the Bible it doesn’t take long to find out that the sexuality of mankind as a central part of creation. If we read through the account of the creation of Adam and Eve it seems that Moses goes out of his way to show the differences between the sexes and that these differences were good and they were determined by God himself. What about Eunuchs?https://answersingenesis.org/answers/in-depth/v12/does-jesus-reference-to-eunuchs-affirm-transgender-people/

When you look at transgenderism you will quickly find many similarities between the terminology they use and gospel terminology. In this episode of The Gospel Today I give talk about transgender vocabulary and how much of their terminology echoes gospel terminology. https://youtu.be/pAZPTm8Ju-c I also talk about how one church transitioned after COVID made them rethink their Church's name. Quick links 1:00 Ministry news 6:01 The trans gospel vocabulary 19:03 A church transitions to a new name be...

In this episode of The Gospel Today I share with you some gospel perspectives on the US pullout from Afghanistan as well as on Coronavirus. Afghanistan action page at ABWE: https://www.abwe.org/prayer-focus-afghanistan Dennis Prager on Afghanistan: https://youtu.be/q4gxRqrH_Vc?t=129 https://youtu.be/ShigzoDKQww Quick links: 0:00 Intro 1:33 Family and ministry news 4:47 Afghanistan 16:50 Coronavirus

Did you know that your body naturally follows the direction of your eyes? If you’re walking, running, riding a bike or driving a car, it’s important that you keep your eyes in front of you. If you don’t you can easily get off track and you can get yourself into trouble by running into something. We can say that prayer is like the eyes of the heart. The directions of our prayers show the direction of our hearts. That is why it’s important that we learn to fix our prayers on the Heavenly Father, t...

We just returned from two months in the US. Whenever we go back to the US I find that I have to adjust to the way of life there. I can’t always put my finger on it but life just feels different in a different country, so I have to change some of my expectations when we go back to the US. What I didn’t realize years ago was that living in Ukraine was changing me, it wasn’t just changing the way I lived or thought but it was also changing the way I spoke. I realized this when people in the US bega...

A crossless Christianity I’m thankful for the strength of many churches in the US but at the same time I realize that we live in a time of great challenge and opposition to the church. In these times it’s more important than ever to get the vital issues right. You see, opposition doesn’t come out of nowhere, it is often formed over years and even decades of slowly eroding theology and weakening faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One of Oprah Winfrey’s favorite theologians and author of the b...

America is in an identity crisis. People are searching for their identity and going to all kinds of drastic measures to change their identity in the desperate hope that with a new identity they will finally overcome their feelings of depression, anger, frustration, and lack of self-worth. You can simply look at some of the best selling books to find evidence for this. Last year the book “Untamed” was published by Glennon Doyle and has remained in the top 5 on the New York Times best seller list ...

What is missing in churches today? Where is the unseen hole? Simply put, we are missing true gospel centered discipleship. Without discipleship the church can still have an outward attraction and all the looks of activity but they will be empty and meaningless because in the end it will not take you to any meaningful place spiritually. Discipleship is the engine of the church and if we want our churches to grow in a meaningful gospel centered way then we must focus our attention on this core asp...

As we celebrate Easter this year we also mark a full year of living during a pandemic. We have all encountered new difficulties because of COVID. Many have been through COVID, others have watched as loved ones have suffered, sadly some of us have even lost friends and family to COVID. Yet, there is one aspect to the pandemic that I believe is common to our experience and that is fear. To one level or another we have all feared the ramifications of the pandemic in our lives and the lives of our l...