It's the 50th episode of Fearless.

We're going to talk about lessons from my grandfather,

why we started Fearless, and how we almost didn't.

Hi, I'm Sissy Graham Lynch.

Welcome to Fearless, helping you have a fearless faith

and a compromising culture. I cannot believe it's already been two years since the first episode of Fearless.

Over the last 49 episodes, we've talked about many important issues,

and on this episode, we're going to talk about one of the most valuable lessons

I ever learned from my grandfather,

the importance of a heavenly mindset.

And I'm also going to share about how we started fearless

and a behind-the-scenes story

about how we almost didn't.

I want to thank all of you have been following me from the very beginning, but also thank you to those

who just recently have discovered Fearless and have joined us along this journey.

For all those who've been here from the beginning, thank you because you have been very

patient with me as I've continued to learn along the way as I go. But I think back of when colleagues here at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association,

they suggested the idea of a podcast.

And I think I originally said no.

I thought there's just so much noise in this world, so many distractions, too many opinions,

especially inside the church, like why in the world would I need to add my voice just kind of to this chaotic world. I don't need to distract one more person in their life away from things that are important.

But after prayer for consideration and realizing, you know, overtime how thankful I was just for the godly legacy and the lessons I've learned from my family,

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