First Person with Wayne Shepherd

Dec 05 2024 767 ep. 23 mins 297
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Once a week 24 minute interviews focusing on personal Christian faith stories and spiritual calling. Email the host:  [email protected]

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Martin Bennett

Dec 05 2024 23 mins  
Author Martin Bennett joins Wayne Shepherd in conversation about the true story of his book, Wounded Tiger. (click for more...) It's the amazing account of the Japanese pilot who led the attack on Pearl Harbor and an American POW who changed his life. To learn more about the book and its author, please visit www.woundedtiger.com. And to listen to the FIRST PERSON interview with Jac

Chad Roberts

Nov 29 2024 23 mins  
Chad Roberts, a pastor who has been totally blind since 2018, talks with Wayne Shepherd about his story of his determination, with God's help, to not quit but continue his ministry. (click for more)The circumstances that led to Chad's blindness have not deterred him in the least from continuing to teach God's Word as a pastor. You can learn more about Chad and his story here, inclu

Quentin Schultze

Nov 21 2024 23 mins  
Quentin Schultze joins Wayne Shepherd in conversation about both his own story of faith in Christ and lessons from a popular movie, A Christmas Story. (click for more) Quentin has written a book, You'll Shoot Your Eye Out, Life Lessons from the Movie A Christmas Story. In the book he draws spiritual lessons from the movie, based on his friendship with the screenwriter, Jean Shepher

Mike Joens

Nov 14 2024 23 mins  
Mike Joens put his faith in Jesus Christ while in the Marines. He went on to become a successful animator and has now created a series for children. (click for more)It was a dramatic turn in his life in 1972 when Mike Joens became a Christian while serving in Naples, Italy. For the next several years, he worked for studios such as Hanna Barbera, Filmation, Warner Brothers and Marve

Kevin Belmonte

Nov 06 2024 23 mins  
Kevin Belmonte joins Wayne Shepherd to give a glimpse into the life and faith of eighteenth century best selling author, educationalist, and abolitionist, Hannah More. (Click for more)We welcome biographer Kevin Belmonte back to FIRST PERSON this week with another lesson from the life of a great Christian from the past. His new book on the life of Hannah More, The Sacred Flame, is

Dan Jacobsen

Oct 31 2024 23 mins  
The grandson of the late Dr. Warren Wiersbe, Dan Jacobsen, talks with Wayne Shepherd about the publication of one of his grandfather's unpublished manuscripts. (Click for more) Years ago an unpublished Wiersbe manuscript tucked in a dusty manila folder was unearthed by the Jacobsen family. Wiersbe grandson Dan Jacobsen, a young pastor himself, spent two years preserving his grandfa

Steve DeWitt

Oct 24 2024 23 mins  
Pastor Steve DeWItt talks with Wayne Shepherd about his book, Loneliness, Don't Hate It or Waste it Redeem It. (click for more) For years, Steve DeWitt was the only never married megachurch pastor in the United States. This put him in proximity to thousands of people, yet he lived his daily life alone. Over some 8,000 days as an adult single, and now eleven years of marriage, this

Andrew Montonera

Oct 17 2024 23 mins  
This week the story of martyred missionaries John and Betty Stam, who died in 1934. Author Andrew Montonera will talk with Wayne Shepherd about his new book, By Life or by Death. (click for more) I am pleased to have Andrew Montonera as this week's guest on FIRST PERSON. Andrew is related by marriage to martyred missionaries John and Betty Stam and has written a new account of thei

Joni EarecksonTada

Oct 10 2024 23 mins  
Upon the occasion of her 75th birthday being celebrated this weekend in California, we are re-airing this 2020 program with Joni Eareckson Tada talking with Wayne Shepherd about her story and ministry. (click for more)This weekend in California, Joni Eareckson Tada has invited friends to join her in a celebration of her 75th birthday. A quadriplegic herself, Joni is the Founder of

James and Sharon Ward

Oct 03 2024 23 mins  
The leaders of the National Prayer Altar event at Washington DC's Museum of the Bible on October 24, James and Sharon Ward, join Wayne Shepherd in urging prayer for America ahead of the election. (click for more)With the national election coming up in early November, a special prayer meeting is being planned in Washington D.C. on October 24th. It's called the National Prayer Altar