SPECIAL - Celebrating 100 Episodes!

Compelled - Christian Stories & Testimonies

Paul Hastings

Personal Journals, Christianity, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 874 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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We’re celebrating God’s faithfulness in letting us release 100 episodes of Compelled! Show notes (including all the mentioned episodes) @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/celebrating-100-episodes Zach Fowler’s favorite episodes: #05 A Spiritual Suicide - Phillip Telfer: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/phillip-telfer #17 Doubts. Depression. Disease. - Ryan Dobson: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/ryan-dobson Becky Hetrick’s favorite episode: #27 9/11 Survivor at the Pentagon - Brian Birdwell: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/brian-birdwell Atley Nugent’s favorite episodes: #90 Healing After Rape - Teri Hrabovsky: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/teri-hrabovsky #86 Skipping Retirement. Living on Mission. - Brian Lynn: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/brian-lynn Will Jackson’s favorite episodes: #65 Among the Cannibals & Headhunters - Steve Richardson: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/steve-richardson #87 KKK Terrorist Finds Christ - Tom Tarrants: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/tom-tarrants Tim Hull’s favorite episodes: Tom Tarrants (see link above) #30 Forgiving My Kidnappers - Gracia Burnham: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/gracia-burnham Micah Foster’s favorite episodes: #60 A Broken Man’s Miraculous Fight for the Unborn - John Barros: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/john-barros #16 Falsely Accused & Sentenced to Life in Prison - Hannah Overton: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/hannah-overton Mark Weeber’s favorite episode: #28 The Blessing of Disability - Jonathan Pacheco, Part 1: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/jonathan-pacheco-pt-1 Episodes that Paul mentioned #42 Grief in Afghanistan: Testimony from a U.S. Navy Special Ops Teammate - Jim Payne: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/jim-payne #92 The Witness - Steven Matamoros: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/steven-matamoros Want to help us make the next 100 episodes of Compelled? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate ++++++++++++ Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world. These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened! Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate Perks of being a Monthly Partner include: EARLY ACCESS to each new Compelled episode 1 week early! FULL LIBRARY of our unedited, behind-the-scenes interviews with each guest... over 100+ hours of additional stories and takeaways! Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out. Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This show is part of the Proclaimed Podcast Network, thoughtfully crafted, faithfully told, stories that proclaim his name.
0:10.7	More at Proclaim.fm.
0:35.4	I'm Paul Hastings, and you're listening to Compelled, where we use gripping, immersive storytelling to bring to live Christian testimonies from the kingdom of God, told by the people compelled to live for him.
0:38.9	Today's episode is unlike any we've done before,
0:46.5	because last week we published episode number 100. And today, we're here to celebrate God's faithfulness. It has been a long journey since we first launched Compelled back in 2018.
0:52.8	And back then, Sarah and I had a one-year-old daughter and compelled was simply a side
0:58.4	project that we launched one summer, mainly as an experiment.
1:02.6	I still had a full-time job doing consulting in the political and marketing arenas, and we
1:08.1	weren't even sure if there was an audience that was interested in listening to
1:11.7	these kinds of stories of God's handiwork across the globe. Of course, I was interested in those
1:17.5	stories and so was Sarah and it turns out that many others like you were too. And now here
1:25.0	we are today, seven years later. Our daughter back then is now eight years old today, and three more siblings have joined her.
1:33.3	I now get to work on compelled full-time, and what started as a podcast has now grown to become
1:39.3	a podcast network, a national radio show, and launching next month a book. But I will be the first to say that
1:47.9	none of this would have been possible without your prayers, support, and encouragement. So thank you
1:55.0	for playing a part. Also, Compelled wouldn't exist without our committed team behind the scenes.
2:01.9	Every 50-minute episode of Compelled that you listen to actually took around 60 to 80 hours to create.
2:08.9	That includes trimming down the original interviews, writing and recording narration,
2:14.3	layering music and sound effects, and precisely editing the dialogue to to remove us and ums and stutters
2:20.5	while still sounding natural and mixing and mastering the final versions for you to enjoy and of course
2:26.2	none of that includes researching possible stories or screening potential guests and then
2:31.3	setting up our annual recording session in a different part of America each year.
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