Sometime in our lives we will come face to face with a bear. That bear might come in the form of a serious illness, a broken relationship, a financial struggle or maybe even a real bear. Whatever it is that you come up against, You can call on God to see you through.

Today, we’ll hear the remainder of Jim Vansteenhouse’s story of being attacked and nearly killed by a giant grizzly. Jim tells how God spared his life after the bear tore him apart. Then he shares how God used him to share a story of redemption to tens of thousands of others who are coming up against their own bears in life.

Every one of us will someday come up against something in life that is too big for us to get past. For some it might be a relationship issue, a financial issue, or a medical issue. Whatever it is that stands in front of you and stops you in your tracks, you can't overcome it on your own. On today’s program, we will hear about someone who came up against something that not only stopped him, but nearly killed him. When a hunter comes face to face with a giant grizzly bear at 5 feet, his whole
world will be turned upside down.

I have had several people tell me in the last few years that giving is the real to key to living. If you want a blessed life, the best way to do that is to be willing to give whenever you have the opportunity.

Today’s guest has an amazing history of giving to others. As a teacher, he taught thousands of young men and women to not only do woodworking and building but he taught them biblical truths and the blessing of giving. We’ll hear how he introduces students to the outdoors through building outdoor equipment.

In the Bible it tells us not to stop gathering with other believers in Jesus Christ. Now I know we generally read this concerning gathering in our churches, but often as we gather outside of church with men and women who have a faith in Jesus Christ, we grow closer to Him and others as well.

On today’s program we will meet a man who saw a need for men and women to get out and get together during Covid. He came up with the idea of having a Christ based outdoors event where people could gather with others of faith and the Good News of Jesus Christ could be shared as well.

We all go through seasons in life. There are some who have drastic swings in the seasons they go through, and others seem to gently slide from one season to another. God has a plan in each and every season and transition we go through. Even before we turned our lives over to Him, He’s already placing things in our lives to direct us to where He will use us later in life.

Our world has done its best to destroy authentic manhood and strong
fatherhood. It might have started about when TVs first came into homes. When Jackie Gleason played Ralph Kramden on the Honeymooners, we saw husbands and fathers become buffoons instead of strong men and it has spiraled right up until today.
In our country today, there are 15 million households without a full-time father caring for his kids. Worse is that 32% of boys don’t have their biological father in the home. 12 million boys without their father
to teach them what it means to be a man.
On today’s show, we’ll talk about what it means to be a real man in our
world.

There is an amazing beauty of a traditional bow being drawn back and releasing an arrow at a target. There is a great lesson in the shooting of bow and arrows. It can be a photo of God often pulling us back and
putting pressure on us before releasing us toward the target that He has in store for us. Being drawn back can be painful at times, but when we’ve been released, it is freeing and exciting. The further back we’re drawn and the longer we’re held, the more powerful and stronger our flight towards what God wants us to hit.

There is something about the sight of an arrow released from a bow and watching it arc through the air on its path to a target. Most everyone who has shot arrows from a bow has been drawn in by the beauty and art of archery.

For many hunters, it is the challenge of archery that draws them in. Our host shot his first bow at about 5 years old and he has never lost the joy of the sight of an arrow in flight.