"Two Events Changed My Life" Joel Brizzee Testimony

The Becket Cook Show

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5 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Join Becket Cook for a powerful and inspiring episode with Joel as he shares his incredible journey of transformation and redemption. From a childhood marked by family struggles and exposure to pornography, to grappling with same-sex attraction and living a double life, Joel's story is one of raw honesty and divine grace. Despite years of wrestling with sin, identity, and disillusionment with faith, a profound encounter with God changed everything. Now pursuing a Masters of Divinity, Joel’s testimony is a testament to the transformative power of Jesus Christ and the freedom found in surrendering to Him. This is a story of hope, repentance, and the relentless love of God that will leave you encouraged and inspired. Don’t miss this moving conversation about faith, identity, and the beauty of being made new in Christ.

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0:00.0	Life Audio
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0:39.7	Hey guys, welcome to the show.
0:45.4	Today I have another amazing God story of what he did and a gay man's life.
0:50.6	Joel Brisei is joining us and his story is fascinating.
0:56.6	And please watch till the end because it is amazing. But first, a word from our sponsor. So welcome, Joel. Hello, Beckett. How are you today, sir? It's so good to have
1:04.1	you on. I'm excited to hear your full story and for my audience to hear your story, it's been quite a journey for you.
1:14.6	So talk about, first let's go back to, you were born, you say you were born and bred,
1:20.3	evangelical and a small church, and you were steeped in exegetical Bible study from a young age. So talk about
1:30.1	kind of your childhood and how that looked for you. Sure. First and foremost, thank you so much
1:38.3	for having me on. This is an honor. I've been following you for a few years now. And so this is
1:42.7	a moment for me and And I hope it's
1:44.9	a redemptive one as well. So yeah, I was born in Eugene, Oregon. That is a progressive
1:51.7	bastion in the northwest. It's kind of like little Berkeley of California. And at the same time,
1:58.8	I was born into a hyper-conservative, some would say fundamentalist
2:04.9	evangelical church. And so I started my life rather fractured, living kind of in two worlds at one
2:13.0	time. Exegetical Bible study, yes, I mentioned that. In this particular denomination, they like to force-feed you the meat of the Word of God well before ever letting you drink its milk. And so I was kind of one of those kids. And it seemed normal to me at the time, right? But I was one of those kids that could talk about, you know, dispensational eschatology
2:37.3	before I knew what the three branches of the United States government were.
2:40.9	Like, and that, and that was just normal for me.
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