Ep. 491 Olivia's Story | Surrender To Christ’s Lordship

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 173 minutes

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In this episode Olivia Bloemke joins to to share her personal testimony — from dating women and struggling with same‑sex attraction to a dramatic conversion to Christ, years of sanctification, and a season of unexpected job loss. She discusses how language matters when talking about LGBTQ people, the cost and beauty of following Jesus, and practical steps for churches and families to love without compromising biblical truth. Topics include Olivia’s coaching background, her spiritual turning point, forgiveness after being fired amid false accusations, her work with Campus Outreach ministering to female college athletes, accountability and discipleship, and how Christians can compassionately engage LGBTQ neighbors. Listeners will get practical guidance, encouragement for those wrestling with sexual brokenness, and ways to support Olivia’s ministry. Support Olivia at: https://www.cobirmingham.org/donate/olivia-bloemke?rq=Olivia%20Bloemke Check out our partners: -Barbell Apparel at BARBELL APPAREL WEBSITE Use code "Chadd" for a free pair of shorts with a purchase of $99 or more. -Bare Performance Nutrition and use code "3of7" for 10% OFF! https://www.bareperformancenutrition.com -Check out 3 of 7 Project https://www.3of7project.com -Apply for our courses at: https://www.3of7project.com/train -Thank you for supporting Three of Seven Podcast on Patreon at: www.patreon.com/threeofseven -Three of Seven Project Store: https://3of7project.myshopify.com/pages/shop Nuff Said.

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0:00.0	Olivia, thank you for the coffee.
0:03.7	You're welcome.
0:04.3	It's the first time a guest has ever brought me coffee.
0:08.2	Really special.
0:10.1	Well, the only time I ever see you is at the coffee shop.
0:14.2	Yeah.
0:15.9	And it's a rare occasion.
0:17.8	So I do know that you like it, and I ask Brooke, like, what's Chad's coffee
0:21.0	order? This is my third large cup of coffee. Today? Today. And it's 12.10. So you're ready to go.
0:30.7	Oh, I'm going to be coffeeed up. Yeah, for sure. Thank you so much for being here to have a conversation that i've really been wanting to have
0:43.3	for a long time and just have never had the opportunity to connect with the right person and um
0:56.6	i'm super thankful.
0:58.8	A little bit nervous.
1:03.8	You know, we're going to talk about some difficult things, maybe some controversial perspectives.
1:09.0	And we'll address here in a minute where we're coming from and the angle that we're
1:14.0	going to take on this conversation but I'm just really pumped I appreciate it thank you me too
1:22.6	and I would say like you had some nerves but feel really really led to have this conversation to feel good that
1:32.7	the lord is going before so i want to introduce the listeners just to who you are you were
1:41.6	again nice enough not only to bring me coffee but give me a little bio
1:46.5	and i'm super glad that you put put the pronunciation of your last name in parentheses right here
1:54.5	because it'd be a hard one i was going to ask you how do you pronounce your last name but i got
2:00.1	it blimke yeah it, Blimke.
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