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Welcome to Rooftop Perspectives, a weekly podcast helping Christians to join Jesus in His mission in their everyday lives as they pursue a lifestyle of making disciples who make disciples.
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Signs of Revival: Why This Awakening Could Be the Greatest in History (opens the original)
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Bill Elliff has spent decades studying revival. He's read everything. He was in the room when God moved spontaneously at his own church in 2011. And he stood in the balcony at Asbury as a broadcast that normally reaches 100,000 people a year went to 10 million — and felt God speak to his soul about what was coming. In this conversation with John Whaley, Bill connects every sign he's been watching. He talks about Romans 1 and the reprobate mind — people who now fight and kill to defend their sin
30 People Came Back to Church | Lazarus from The Chosen (opens the original)
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What happens when a TV show brings 30 people back to church — in a single congregation? That's just one of the stories Demetrius Troy shares in this episode. Demetrius plays Lazarus in The Chosen, the most-watched Christian drama in history. But long before the cameras rolled, Demetrius was a cradle Orthodox Christian — baptized 40 days after birth, raised on icons, prayer at the table morning and evening, and the ancient faith tradition of "come and see." In this conversation with John Whaley,
The Gen Z Revival Nobody's Filming | Austin Bradford (opens the original)
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Austin Bradford is the producer of Rooftop Perspectives. In this conversation, John Whaley turns the mic around. Austin shares his full story: growing up in church, walking away at 22, hitting rock bottom while bartending, and being relentlessly pursued by a campus minister who wouldn't stop showing up at his coffee shops and parks. He talks about driving solo to Utah to learn how to hear God, sitting under a tree on a mountain in Capitol Reef National Park, and hearing one sentence: "surrender
Born in India. Born Again in America. | Cyril Rayan (opens the original)
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Cyril Rayan came to America in 1991 from Mumbai, India — chasing a master's degree in electrical engineering at Mississippi State University. He wasn't looking for Jesus. But a campus minister named Stephen Foster made it his mission to share the gospel with every foreign student he could find. Over several months of coffee and onion rings Bible studies, Cyril came to faith. His wife Jemima would later say what became the defining line of his life: "You were born in India, but you were born agai
He Left Capitol Hill to Preach to Millions | Frank Shelton (opens the original)
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Frank Shelton spent 18 years as a staffer on Capitol Hill. He was ordained in 1998, preaching 110 times in 52 weeks while still holding a full-time government job. Then came the moment of decision — a US Capitol Police training course, a prayer, a ripped thigh muscle, 13 days in the hospital, and a $40,000 bill. He calls it the moment God literally answered his prayer and shut the door. In this conversation with John Whaley, Frank shares the full story: his family's dramatic journey to faith, a
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