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A Stranger, the Scriptures and a New Start - Bonus Episode

In this bonus episode, we're marking the twentieth anniversary of the modern Farsi translation of the New Testament. 2.5 million copies later, stories of life transformation like the one we share in this episode are happening every day in the Iran region.
In this episode, Joe sits down for a conversation with Rasool, an Iranian Christian whose life was changed dramatically after receiving a New Testament. Rasool shares how, after a difficult childhood and a desperate season in early adulthood, a stranger reached out to him online to tell him that God loved him. Not long after, he received not one, but two New Testaments, which began a trajectory that ultimately led him to place his faith in Jesus. Rasool is now involved in full-time ministry and is happily married with a young son.
 

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A Stranger, the Scriptures and a New Start - Bonus Episode

In this bonus episode, we're marking the twentieth anniversary of the modern Farsi translation of the New Testament. 2.5 million copies later, stories of life transformation like the one we share in this episode are happening every day in the Iran region.
In this episode, Joe sits down for a conversation with Rasool, an Iranian Christian whose life was changed dramatically after receiving a New Testament. Rasool shares how, after a difficult childhood and a desperate season in early adulthood, a stranger reached out to him online to tell him that God loved him. Not long after, he received not one, but two New Testaments, which began a trajectory that ultimately led him to place his faith in Jesus. Rasool is now involved in full-time ministry and is happily married with a young son.
 

ENCOUNTERS WITH JESUS

The sort of encounters with Jesus that we see in Acts — like dreams, visions, and miracles — are still happening today in Iran.


In this six-part series, we’ll speak with Iranian men and women who have had such experiences and hear the insights they’ve gained into the love of Christ through the miraculous.


Our prayer is that you would be encouraged and stirred along the way to imagine new possibilities with Christ as we remember that we worship a living God.

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March 17, 2023

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A STRANGER, THE SCRIPTURES AND A NEW START

Rasool joins us on the podcast today to talk about the 20th anniversary of the Farsi translation of the New Testament as well as share his personal story of life transformation after receiving his own copy as a young man. 

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CHAI TIME

In this final episode of the Encounters with Jesus series, Joe, Dara Lynn and Jen sit down over a cup of chai to talk through the stories we’ve shared. We discuss our own experiences of spiritual encounters, and the impact Jesus has made on this series’ guests.

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David Yeghnazar, Executive Director of Elam Ministries, shares an overview of how God is moving supernaturally in Iran’s church today.

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February 3, 2023

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oread had forsaken all religion after turning his back on Islam until a follower of Jesus he’d never met before told him things about his life no one else knew.

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MY KEY TO ENCOUNTERING GOD

Niloofar leads worship for thousands of Farsi speakers and shares personal keys in her life to encountering God’s presence in more ways than just worship music.

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Afshin, noted theologian and scholar, joins us on the podcast again to discuss the tension between explaining Christianity with reason and the mystery of experiencing Jesus work through signs and wonders.

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Asrin was ready to join the Kurdish Militia to fight the Iranian government but an encounter with Jesus changed the trajectory of her life forever.

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