When Setbacks Become Setups: Pastor Jesse Bradley’s Journey from Pro Soccer to Purpose on Exploring the Marketplace S:5 - Ep 23)
Exploring the Marketplace
Shawn Bolz
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Exploring the Marketplace with Shawn Bolz & Bob Hasson!
This week, we welcome Pastor Jesse Bradley, whose remarkable journey takes him from professional soccer to ministry. After a life-threatening illness ended his athletic career, God redirected him into a calling that has impacted thousands through Grace Community Church, chaplaincy with professional athletes, and global initiatives like Just Choose Hope. Jesse also shares insights from his latest book, The Power of the Second Thought, about replacing lies with God’s truth and cultivating hope.
Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson explore divine setups—how God uses closed doors, unexpected timing, and unlikely people to position you for purpose, career, and life. Learn how setbacks can become supernatural setups and how to recognize God’s fingerprints on your journey.
Whether you’re navigating business, creativity, or personal growth, this episode offers faith-driven strategies, inspiration, and courage for living out your calling in the marketplace.
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| 1:04.1 | Welcome to Exploring the Marketplace, a podcast all about how faith impacts our guest careers and lives. |
| 1:05.5 | I'm Sean Bowles here with my co-host. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm Bob Hasten, and we're here to bring you unfiltered, powerful conversations with industry leaders, |
| 1:12.4 | entrepreneurs, and culture shapers for living out their faith in extraordinary ways. |
| 1:16.9 | From a billion-dollar boardrooms to creative industries, we reveal how God is moving through everyday, ordinary people, |
| 1:23.5 | just like you. |
| 1:24.5 | And this podcast will give you courage, which is our goal. |
| 1:27.3 | Yeah, these are the stories you don't get to hear on Sundays. Plus, we get to dive deep in the latest |
| 1:31.1 | trends and business, finance, entertainment, and politics, giving you real insight from a kingdom |
| 1:35.9 | and biblical perspective. This is where faith meets influence. This is exploring the marketplace. |
| 1:45.5 | Welcome to Exploring the Marketplace. Welcome to Exploring the Marketplace. |
| 1:47.9 | I'm with my friend Sean Bowles and I'm Bob Hassan. |
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