What happens when you confront something for the right reasons — and it still costs you?

In this companion episode of Built for Durango, Bob and DJ dig deeper into DJ’s sermon on Acts 13 and the biblical purpose of confrontation. Using the analogy of a coach correcting a player in the middle of a game, they explore a different way to think about confrontation: not as attacking someone, winning an argument or proving ourselves right, but as helping people — and ourselves — realign with something better.

That raises a harder question: what happens when speaking truth comes with a price? From Paul confronting Elymas to Dietrich Bonhoeffer standing against the Nazi regime, Scripture and Christian history make it clear that doing the right thing doesn't guarantee approval, popularity or even success. Sometimes following Jesus means accepting rejection precisely because our allegiance is to His Kingdom rather than ourselves.

Bob and DJ wrestle with how to confront redemptively, how to discern whether the battle we're fighting is actually God's battle, and why anyone called to confrontation needs to remain especially close to Jesus. Because life with Christ may be better — but better doesn't always mean easier.

Following Jesus means loving people — but does loving people sometimes require us to confront what is wrong?

In this sermon from Durango Vineyard Church, DJ continues through Acts 13 as Paul and Barnabas begin carrying the gospel beyond the familiar world of the early church. Almost immediately, they encounter opposition. Paul responds boldly, confronting both a spiritual advisor attempting to turn a Roman official away from the faith and religious leaders whose jealousy puts them in opposition to what God is doing.

But DJ challenges us to look beyond Paul's boldness to a much harder question: How can we know when confrontation is actually from God — and when we're simply fighting our own battles?

In a culture that can swing between avoiding confrontation altogether and celebrating people who loudly attack anyone who disagrees with them, Acts offers another way. Christians aren't called to confront in order to win, gain power, protect themselves from suffering or prove they're right. We're called to stand against the things Jesus would stand against — for the sake of truth, freedom and life.

Drawing from Paul, Jesus and the costly example of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, DJ invites us to examine what we tolerate, where we remain silent and what God may be asking us to confront. Because sometimes following Jesus means stepping directly into opposition — but our purpose must always be the same as His.

What happens when prayer moves beyond asking God to act and becomes a declaration of hope rooted in what we believe God desires?

In this episode of Built for Durango, Bob and Brian continue their conversation about Acts 12, Peter’s miraculous escape from prison and the church that prayed for him — even while struggling to believe their prayers would actually be answered.

Brian digs deeper into an idea from his sermon: the relationship between prayer and prophecy. Drawing connections between Peter’s rescue, Ezekiel speaking life over the valley of dry bones and the prophetic tradition of the Old Testament, Bob and Brian wrestle with what it means to become so aligned with God’s heart that we can speak hope into situations that appear hopeless.

The conversation also explores an important distinction: prophetic prayer isn’t about “manifesting” the outcome we want or claiming certainty about what God will do. It is about knowing God’s character, recognizing what He desires for His creation, and boldly joining Him in hoping for healing, justice, mercy and restoration.

And perhaps that is precisely where prophecy matters most. As Brian puts it, hope is born in suffering. When circumstances look like a valley full of dry bones, followers of Jesus are invited to pray, to hope — and sometimes to speak life into what looks dead.