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Well-loved Christian authors and radio and TV broadcasters, David and Karen Mains, are looking over the decades of our lives to discuss topics of importance we want to leave with younger generations before we go. We release our new podcasts every Wednesday morning, and sometimes on Fridays too. Supp…

David & Karen Mains


    • May 28, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    In Times of Crisis: Confidence — Before We Go Podcast 301

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 25:36


    David and Karen Mains continue to offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “To move from confusion to confidence, you must do your best to remove any of life's unnecessary distractions.”

    In Times of Crisis: Promises — Before We Go Podcast 300

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 27:38


    David and Karen Mains continue to offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “A good time to embrace the great promises of God's written Word is when trying to maneuver through a maze.”

    In Times of Crisis: Grace — Before We Go Podcast 299

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 20:53


    David and Karen Mains continue to offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “Messed up people in a messed up world would do well to accept the Lord's grace and forgiveness.”

    In Times of Crisis: Relationships — Before We Go Podcast 298

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 20:34


    David and Karen Mains continue to offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “What to do when you don't know what to do? Work at building a support relationship with someone who loves the Lord.”

    In Times of Crisis: Believe — Before We Go Podcast 297

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 21:04


    David and Karen Mains continue to offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “When life is confusing, choose to believe the Lord will make a way for you through the maze.”

    In Times of Crisis: Hope — Before We Go Podcast 296

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 13:07


    David and Karen Mains offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “Even in difficult circumstances it is important to hope in the Lord.”

    Tales of the Kingdom: The Orphan Keeper's Assistant — Before We Go Podcast 295

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 26:55


    David and Karen Mains share another chapter of their wonderful book: Tales of the Kingdom. This Tale also emphasizes the fact that Jesus felt His followers should live with the Kingdom of God as the driving reality in their lives.

    Tales of the Kingdom: The Enchanted City — Before We Go Podcast 294

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 24:54


    David and Karen Mains share the first chapter of their wonderful book: Tales of the Kingdom. This Tale emphasizes the fact that Jesus felt His followers should live with the Kingdom of God as the driving reality in their lives.

    Introduction to the Kingdom of God - Part 2 — Before We Go Podcast 293

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 23:46


    David and Karen Mains use two broadcasts from The Chapel of the Air Archives to continue to introduce listeners to the Kingdom of God.

    Introduction to the Kingdom of God - Part 1 — Before We Go Podcast 292

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 13:52


    David and Karen Mains use a broadcast from The Chapel of the Air Archives to introduce listeners to the Kingdom of God.

    Do You Know Your Kingdom Quotient? — Before We Go Podcast 291

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 16:47


    David and Karen Mains share an assessment that will help believers gain an understanding about the great value of the Kingdom of God.

    Help to End Loneliness — Before We Go Podcast 290

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 18:40


    David and Karen Mains offer a strategy to help end loneliness.

    The Listening Solution: Listening Groups — Before We Go Podcast 289

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 15:21


    David and Karen Mains discuss the value that Listening Groups provide to those who wish to apply a valuable solution that will help everyone deal with some of the difficult discussions that seem to occur more and more in our society today.

    The Listening Solution — Before We Go Podcast 288

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 16:22


    David and Karen Mains offer a valuable solution that will help everyone deal with some of the difficult discussions that seem to occur more and more in our society today.

    Short, Written Prayers — Before We Go Podcast 287

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 13:41


    David and Karen Mains explore the great benefit of writing short prayers to use for many of the times when special needs arise during the course of a day, including concern for our national needs and concern for our country.

    Satan: Three Descriptive Words — Before We Go Podcast 286

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 16:12


    David and Karen Mains discuss the three descriptive words that help us understand the nature and character of our enemy, Satan. Then, they offer suggestions on how to deal with the besetting sins that Satan uses to trip us up.

    The Challenge of Secret Sins — Before We Go Podcast 285

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 16:22


    David and Karen Mains offer listeners a solution for the secret sins that may weigh down their lives.

    Guarding What We Say — Before We Go Podcast 284

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 17:32


    David and Karen Mains discuss the need for followers of Jesus to guard what we say. It is possible to employ the strategies that David and Karen discuss to cure a troublesome tongue.

    A Call to Prayer - Part 3 — Before We Go Podcast 283

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 17:05


    David and Karen Mains issue a call for the people in their churches to join together and pray for our local, regional, state, and national leaders.

    A Call to Prayer - Part 2 — Before We Go Podcast 282

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 15:36


    David and Karen Mains continue to issue a call for the clergy to call the people in their churches to join together and pray for our Nation.

    A Call to Prayer - Part 1 — Before We Go Podcast 281

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 15:36


    David and Karen Mains issue a call for the clergy to call the people in their churches to join together and pray for our Nation.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 12 — Before We Go Podcast 280

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 38:18


    In Part 12, the final part of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 11 — Before We Go Podcast 279

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 36:39


    In Part 11 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 10 — Before We Go Podcast 278

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 32:15


    In Part 10 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 9 — Before We Go Podcast 277

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 34:18


    In Part 9 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 8 — Before We Go Podcast 276

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 34:37


    In Part 8 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 7 — Before We Go Podcast 275

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 34:26


    In Part 7 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 6 — Before We Go Podcast 274

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 31:19


    In Part 6 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 5 — Before We Go Podcast 273

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 32:15


    In Part 5 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 4 — Before We Go Podcast 272

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 38:21


    In Part 4 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 3 — Before We Go Podcast 271

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 27:35


    In Part 3 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 2 — Before We Go Podcast 270

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 26:07


    David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains the key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

    A Key to Understanding the End of the Age - Part 1 — Before We Go Podcast 269

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 31:48


    David and Karen Mains discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains the key to understanding what will happen at the End of the Age.

    Listening Reduces Loneliness — Before We Go Podcast 268

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 19:31


    David and Karen Mains discuss the great value that listening has in reducing the plague of loneliness. They encourage listeners to conduct a personal “Listening Autobiography.”

    Helping Karen — Before We Go Podcast 267

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 20:43


    David Mains shares the Introduction to Karen's—his wife's—latest book on the topic of “Listening.” Then, he discusses how he has endeavored to help her bring this book to completion. Karen offers her own observations on how the topic of “Listening” can motivate the church to reach out to people, who need to be listened to and to be understood.

    One Final Task — Before We Go Podcast 266

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 17:50


    David and Karen Mains discuss the one final task that David believes God has been directing him to begin. This will involve creating a process of gathering wise counselors to help pastors improve the relevancy of the sermons they preach in these critical days.

    The Joys of Prayer Journaling — Before We Go Podcast 265

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 16:05


    Keeping a written record of how God is at work in our lives, as well as keeping a record of our prayers and God's answers to those prayers, has great value to our Christian spiritual development. David and Karen Mains discuss the reality that “Christians who develop the discipline of prayer journaling will not only keep a record of their lives, but will discover the extraordinary ways God has interacted with them.”

    Elementary Prayer Journaling: Lesson One — Before We Go Podcast 264

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 19:17


    David and Karen Mains discuss the great value that keeping a Prayer Journal has in developing an individual's Personal Spiritual Formation: “Keeping a Prayer Journal is a time-honored path to spiritual maturity.”

    Hearing God's Voice — Before We Go Podcast 263

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 18:26


    David and Karen Mains wrestle with the idea that from time to time, as we seek God's will for our lives, He gets our attention in a very direct way. When that happens, we should remember this principle: “Lord, when I sense You wanting to get my attention, just know that my response will be: ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.'”

    The ‘Go-To Message' of Jesus — Before We Go Podcast 262

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 16:19


    David and Karen Mains discuss the critically important message that Jesus shared many times throughout His earthly ministry. This discussion emphasizes: “Close followers of Jesus are aware that His ‘Go-to Message' was about the Kingdom of God.”

    A Lifestyle of Hospitality — Before We Go Podcast 261

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 18:56


    David and Karen Mains discuss the breadth of hospitality and how God uses this gift in astonishing ways, urging us to: “Think of hospitality as a lifestyle we can practice no matter where we are.”

    The Power of Hospitality — Before We Go Podcast 260

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 17:40


    David and Karen Mains discuss the power of God expressed by followers of Jesus when they determine to extend hospitality to the people they encounter in their everyday lives. This is best expressed by this statement: “When Christians practice spiritual hospitality, they show the presence of Christ to the people they include in ways that don't happen with other settings.”

    Backstories: Part 3 — Before We Go Podcast 259

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 25:11


    David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the backstories that form the foundation for some of the tales in each of their three books in the Tales of the Kingdom trilogy series.

    Backstories: Part 2 — Before We Go Podcast 258

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 22:51


    David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the backstories that form the foundation for some of the stories in each of their three books in the Tales of the Kingdom series.

    Backstories: Part 1 — Before We Go Podcast 257

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 21:54


    David and Karen Mains discuss the backstories that form the foundation for some of the stories in each of their three books in the Tales of the Kingdom series.

    Waiting Patiently for Revival — Before We Go Podcast 256

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 15:18


    David and Karen Mains share an interview from the 1980s with Christian author, Roy Hession. Listening to such a Christian leader, who has now gone home to be with the Lord, enhances our desire for a great movement of God in our nation and in our world.

    Concern for the Church — Before We Go Podcast 255

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 18:23


    David and Karen Mains discuss how the church is viewed in America and consider what can be done to bring about a new relevancy within the church and its people, particularly as they approach the last years of their lives.

    A Blessed 63rd Anniversary — Before We Go Podcast 254

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 22:44


    David and Karen Mains have recently celebrated their 63rd Wedding Anniversary. They reflect on the goodness of God down through the years, with an emphasis that: “The God Hunt is one of the most wonderful ways we can search for God in our daily world and this discipline will certainly change our lives for the good.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/before-we-go/message

    God Hunt Sightings — Before We Go Podcast 253

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 16:31


    Having experienced a lifelong success of looking for evidence of the presence of God in their daily lives, David and Karen Mains discuss reinvigorating their practice of “God Hunt Sightings.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/before-we-go/message

    Update: An Important Year — Before We Go Podcast 252

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 17:24


    David and Karen Mains provide updates on several items related to this very important year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/before-we-go/message

    A Look Back - Part 9: Effective Communications — Before We Go Podcast 251

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 24:07


    David and Joel Mains continue to take an insightful look back at David's life and ministry. What has David learned about preaching and how ministers can improve the effectiveness of their communications? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/before-we-go/message

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