It's an uncommon story of faith and courage, and it comes your way next. Welcome to Destin for Victory,

where we feature the preaching ministry of Pastor Paul Shepard. Before we get to that teaching today,

we want to share a conversation I once had with Pastor Paul. As you know, Destin for Victory has

always been committed to using the media to share the gospel with as many people as we can.

I want to ask Pastor Paul to talk about why radio was so important not only to the ministry, but to him personally.

And here's what he said.

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 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

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