Hello, and thanks for stopping by for today's Destin for Victory, where we feature the teaching ministry of Pastor Paul Shepard.

Well, I'm sure you know Pastor Paul started Destin for Victory out of a great desire for reaching as many people as he could through the use of media.

That's why he loved radio, and why he always wanted this radio ministry of Destin for

Victory to continue long after his active preaching days were over. During one of our recording

sessions, we asked Pastor Paul to talk about why radio was so important, and we thought you'd

like to hear what he had to say. Well, I want to tell you that it's important to me as a discipller that my voice has heard

and it is used to help people grow in their knowledge of the Lord and in their faith walk with him.

Fact of the matter is, my voice doesn't sound like most of the other folks you hear on Christian

radio. I'm well aware of that, and I'm really comfortable with that. I come from my own

unique background, both ethnically and in terms of life experience. There are things I share,

there are things I say, and there are the ways that I say them that are unique. I believe that

perspective needs to be heard throughout Christendom. And so while I'm so grateful for all of my

heroes, your heroes are mine. I listen to the same people, the guys who have been on the radio

for decades and have proclaimed God's word faithfully. I really do appreciate

those guys. But I've learned not to be intimidated by them because I've got my own way of

processing and own way of sharing and helping people to learn and to grow in their faith. So it's

quite intentional. Sometimes I like to be really colloquial

in what I say and how I say it, because I'm just using who I am, and I think God wants to use that.

He's the one who called me. I didn't call myself. He called me, and I believe he knows what he was

getting when he called me into the ministry. And so I'm

just trying to make a difference because the gospel really does change lives, and I believe I have a

unique calling to help present the gospel from my own perspective. And I pray that that's resonating

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