Dare To Believe Podcast

Did you know that in order to be transformed, you can't simply try harder? Although the church many times follows the world's will-power-infused guide to trying harder, doing more and being better, true transformation comes from an encounter with Jesus Christ.  In His presence, we begin to see ourselves, our situations, and Who He IS from […]

This is a very special podcast with John Thomas, including an epic, uplifting spoken word at the end! We pray you are encouraged as you continue to seek the Lord for wisdom and do what He has called you to do.

The familiar and common often mask the glorious and beautiful. When we become too familiar with something, we rarely stop to ask ourselves about the depths of meaning hiding beneath the surface. Enter Dan Morrow, a husband, father, businessman, engineer, and deep thinker. In this fascinating episode that blends two of our favorite things—dreams and […]

Transitions are a natural part of our life and they're happening around us all of the time. The sun rises and the sun sets. The weather goes through changes and we physically experience the four seasons of winter, spring, summer and autumn. People move, change jobs, get married, have babies, retire and pass away. While the […]

Do you want to live fully aware of God's unique, and deep love for you? Not just the kind we sing about in Sunday school, but the kind that changes our perception of reality to align with the Kingdom of God and produces the fruit of the Spirit in our lives, as well as signs, […]

Join Kristi and Rebecca as they journey to Canton, GA to interview historian and author Fr. William de Arteaga, living record keeper and revival scribe. Whether or not you are familiar with revivalists such as Agnes Sanford or Glenn Clark, your Christian walk has likely been influenced by them and their friends. As you listen […]

What do President Biden, Joanna Gaines, and global pop stars have in common? If you answered they all make appearances in the dreams discussed in season four's first installment of our ever-popular dream series, then you are correct! In this episode, Kristi and Rebecca talk about one of their favorite topics: dream interpretation, with an […]

Kicking-off season four of the Dare to Believe Podcast, Kristi and Rebecca interview author, speaker, and longtime DTB friend Dawna De Silva who speaks candidly about fighting from our position in Christ. Dawna discusses her latest book, Warring with Wisdom, in which she writes about understanding our authority in Jesus and how to partner with Him when we engage in spiritual warfare.

What happens when you take a group of people with diverse personalities and giftings and put them together on the same team? If you’re Steve Backlund, you create an environment that fosters community, builds intentional relationships and is a catalyst for powerful life-change and growth.

What if we told you it’s possible to do something this very moment that will positively affect your future? Good news: It is. In the latest podcast episode featuring CPA, founder of Stephen K. DeSilva Ministries, and all around great guy, Steve DeSilva, hear how to sow seeds of hope and change that will impact […]

“Don’t be afraid of failure,” said businessman and minister Armin Assadi. “Be afraid of success. I had everything the world told me would make me happy and I didn’t have the one thing I actually wanted.” Hear the second of our thrilling 2-part episode as Armin continues his search for true freedom and find out […]

Wow! That’s all we can say to Part 1 of this special, two-part interview with Armin Assadi, local businessman and VP of Engage Your Destiny, a ministry focusing on building spiritual resiliency in the men and women of the US Armed Forces. In this episode, follow Armin on his journey of freedom as he flees […]

In the second part of our conversation with Tony Caterina, director of Heart Ministries and a naturally-supernatural Kingdom-bringer, hear how God took a prayer and a dream and turned it into a multi-million dollar distribution center for the Kingdom of God. Warning: You will begin to dream about what God will do with your yes! […]

Meet Tony Caterina. Tony is the director of HEART Ministries. He hears from the Lord, lives by faith, brings the Kingdom everywhere he goes, and, oh yeah, has as broken a background and starting place as any of us. In part one of our two part conversation with Tony, Pastor Kristi and Rebecca hear some […]

We all have it: That painful situation that pops up every so often; that moment when we behave well below our maturity level; or even that one spot in our heart that’s so painful and discouraging that we can’t quite bring ourselves to talk about it. And that is exactly the place of your next […]

90% of mental health diagnoses and 80% of addictions are rooted in unresolved trauma, so why is there often a feeling in the church that we need to cover up our trauma, pretend it didn’t happen, and present a “good face” to the world? As Yvonne Martinez, ordained minister and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (with […]

What do Soviet Union soldiers, a miraculous production of wine and the canceling of college classes have in common? No, it’s not another dream episode. These three things are all found in testimonies shared by missionary Jeff Collins in the latest Dare to Believe Podcast episode. Jeff is a man who drips the love of […]

Occult rituals, zombies, and President Trump. Now that we’ve got your attention, tune in and find out how God is speaking even while we sleep. In this addition of the dream series, Kristi and Rebecca share how God speaks metaphorically and how our external stresses can impact our dream life. (Spoiler alert, if you’re dreaming […]

“For though you have countless teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.” 1 Cor. 4:15 In a fatherless culture, what does it mean to father a city? The short answer means loving well and releasing hope. For a more complete answer, tune in to this […]

Farmers know that to have a successful crop, one of the first steps every spring is prepare the soil by picking out the rocks forced to the surface during the winter. Farmers don’t go digging for rocks, they simply remove the ones that found their way to the top. For rocks to appear, all it […]

If you knew God was backing you, what would you dream of doing? Who would you be? What fears would you face? Inspiration takes many forms. For many of us one of the simplest ways we are inspired comes from seeing others with similar gifting and callings live their lives. So how do we gain […]

Dare to Believe is based outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Just a few short weeks ago, the killing of George Floyd sparked riots that literally set our city on fire. Pain, fear, and rage swirled for several intense nights and still linger in the atmosphere. Even still, God is not surprised. He’s not caught off guard. […]

Generational ministry and the historically tricky revival handoff from one generation to another is a thread that runs through many episodes here on the Dare to Believe Podcast. In this powerful and thought-provoking episode, Kristi and Rebecca hear from father and son worship leaders Jon and Drew Russell as they talk about ministering inter-generationally. Both […]

We’re in recovery from life. That statement feels even more relatable in this strange season of corporate trauma and global pandemic. So how do we find a new normal? What do we do with our feelings of anger, loss, frustration, and disappointment? And what do we do when those feelings are directed toward God? Are […]

The shortest distance between the head and the heart is a story. For many of us, our religious knowledge outweighs our personal experience with God. Much of our faith is linked to our heads without experience, learning Godly principles and doing the right thing instead of knowing and experiencing the person of the Trinity. Yet, […]

Dreams, dreams, and more (bad) dreams! Everywhere we turn we’re hearing about dreams in this unprecedented season, some good and some, well, not so good. Many people are having scary pandemic-related dreams. Others are having just plain old nightmares. Though we don’t usually do back-to-back dreams episodes, we’re following God’s lead as dreams are clearly […]

What do Kanye West, a flood in Jamaica, and a car chase have in common? If you answered they all appear in listener-sent-in dreams in this installment of our dream interpretation episode, you were right! In this episode, we see that God has our best in mind and that he gives us things we actually […]

“Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing    without revealing his plan    to his servants the prophets.”                                                 -Amos 3:7 Some of you may have noticed a very interesting dream in the December 2019 dreams episode. The dreamer very clearly saw the present pandemic—both our current circumstances and the God-ordained outcome. In this special bonus episode, Kristi and Rebecca interview the […]

NOTE: In a season where many things around us, including our jobs and economy are shaking, we’ve got some good news: God is releasing creativity and ideas for businesses, ministry, families, and so much more. This is the perfect episode for such a time as this and the perfect time to pray bold prayers. Here […]

We’re back with Season 3 of the Dare to Believe Podcast! We’re pulling out the big guns for the best season yet, hitting all the hot topics including: money, dreams, identity, and like this week’s episode, sex! God’s more excited about your sex life than you or your spouse are. Wait, God and sex? Are […]

We’re back for the Season Two Finale with one of our favorite subjects: Dreams! In this installment of the listener-favorite series, Kristi and Rebecca tackle some more listener-submitted dreams and share encouraging words of hope, freedom, and faith. The theme to this episode is that God knows the places of our trauma and fears, he […]

What would you do if you felt like God told you to sell your car and give away the proceeds? Or you felt led to write a check that included a zero or two more than you’d done before? As easy as it may be to dismiss that we’d ever find ourselves in a place […]

Every episode on the Dare to Believe podcast is unique. There’s no script, only candid conversation with believers from all over the world sharing their experiences following God. So the fact that the themes of our identity in Christ, the importance of connection to other believers, and how to pass revival on to the next […]

  What does it look like to live following God’s leading? For at least one person it means moving to Argentina and starting two ministry schools. In this easygoing, backyard conversation, good friend and Bethel Missionary Becky Babcock shares with Rebecca about what walking out faith looks like in her daily life. Becky shares about […]

Elisha received a double portion of Elijah’s anointing and then died without passing it on. Sadly, these prophets have become a prophetic picture for many centuries of what generational blessing has looked like in the church. But what could it look like if a generation started where the previous one stopped? What would happen if […]

For many believers, one of their worst pains is a relationship with a child, sibling, spouse, or other family member who has chosen to walk away from their relationship with the Lord or the family. Painful doesn’t begin to describe the situation. You may feel betrayed and abandoned—both by that person and by God. And […]

Have you ever had a dream in which something is stolen from you? Turns out you’re not alone. Theft or something being stolen is a common dream theme, one discussed in Part 4 of our Dream series with Kristi and Rebecca. Hear how God works all things together for good—warning us, correcting us, and encouraging […]

  What can we say about this episode? In a word: Wow. In this power-packed conversation with the director of Streams Ministries, John E. Thomas, Kristi and Rebecca discuss what healthy prophetic looks like in the U.S. and around the world, Biblical basis for healing the land, how to live out your unique, God-designed destiny […]

Many of us have spent time thinking about our destiny. Why did God make me? And what are the good works he’s prepared in advance for me to do? Or maybe we know where we’re called, but the task is far too big and we have no idea how to start. Well, then you’re in […]

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night from an intense dream with your pulse racing, feeling both unsettled and afraid? Us too. Try as we might to forget the dream and go back to sleep, it lingers and with it the unease that it brought to us. In light of these […]

  Have fears about someone not being healed ever kept you from praying for healing? Or have you felt yourself asking questions like does sickness ever bring glory to God? Or maybe you’ve thought perhaps it wasn’t God’s will to heal in this particular instance. It may seem hard to believe now, but our co-host, […]

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you trusted that prompting, went for the dreams in your heart, or decided to stop playing it safe and followed God without holding anything back? Or maybe you’ve felt the Lord leading you toward a certain destination but your path seems to take you anywhere but forward? […]

Kristi and Rebecca are back for a second episode about Ancient Hebraic Dream interpretation. In this fascinating and informative episode, Kristi interprets dreams and teaches us more about what’s actually happening while we’re asleep, including: The significance of light and colors in our dreams Divine correction What it means when famous people (or an ex) […]

“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” (Romans 7:15). We can all relate to the words of Apostle Paul when it comes to missing opportunities to do what we want to do and instead doing things we don’t want […]

God loves dreams and loves speaking through dreams. All throughout Scripture, God spoke to people in dreams and he’s still speaking through our dreams today. And it just so happens that Kristi is an incredibly gifted teacher and dream interpreter. In this fun, informative episode, Rebecca reads dreams sent in by listeners and Kristi interprets […]

We tend to think that we know our identity as a son or daughter of God. But the reality is, we don’t live out of what we know, we live out of what we believe. For many of us, though we may know in our head that in Christ we’re holy, perfect, and blameless, we […]

The things in our lives with great power for good also contain the potential for great pain. Marriage, love, and sex can be some of the most beautiful, pleasurable, life giving aspects of life, but converse it also true. In this powerful and fun episode, Kristi and Rebecca hear from J Brian and Renae Calva […]

“I was walking in the light of what I knew, but I didn’t realize how much more light there was.” Our lives are intended to move from glory to glory in a kingdom that’s ever expanding. What we understand about God and our identity today is nothing compared to what we will know about Him […]

Contact: https://www.theresadedmon.com/ Creativity is not limited to artists. In fact, pastor, author and Creative Arts Director at Bethel Church in Redding, CA, Theresa Dedmon, encourages us with the statement that, “Any original thought is a creative one.” Join Kristi on the road in California as she hears from Theresa about how she dared to believe […]

God longs for us to worship Him with all of our heart, soul, strength, and mind. He desires to meet us in the secret place. But what does that actually mean? In this can’t miss episode, Kristi interviews the dynamic duo Josh and Megan Edwards as they candidly and vulnerably share about those very topics […]

Founder/director True Hope Ukraine Truehopeukraine.com Max is back and he’s got even more incredible insight, wisdom, and testimonies to share about living life with the True Hope as our guide! Join Kristi and Rebecca as Max recounts some of the recent healing miracles and goings on at True Hope Ukraine. Hear how God moves both […]