{"podcast":{"title":"#12minconvos with Jesus Believers","slug":"12minconvos-with-jesus-believers-7774952","podcast_index_feed_id":7774952,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/12minconvoswithjesusbelievers/","website_url":"https://www.12minconvos.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/556b5654-0805-4be8-95e9-20f3638219da/12minconvos-with-jesus-Believers-Podcast.png","author":"Engel Jones","episode_count":94,"summary":"#12minconvos with Jesus Believers One Story. 12 Minutes. A Global Echo of Hope. What can happen in 12 minutes? A life can pivot. A heart can heal. A legacy can begin. Welcome to #12minconvos with Jesus Believers, the daily podcast where high-impact storytelling meets the global mission of the Church. Hosted by Engel Jones, this isn’t your typical interview show; it’s a \"flow-versation\" designed to capture the raw, unedited, and transformative power of a single testimony. Why Listen? We live in a world of noise, but your spirit craves truth. Whether you’re on your morning commute, at the gym, or taking a \"Grace Buffer\" break, these 12-minute windows provide a snack of pure inspiration that fuels your Active Faith. Every day at 3:12 AM, we release a new episode featuring a different Jesus Believer from a different corner of the globe. From entrepreneurs and artists to stay-at-home parents and world-changers, we explore the \"new creation\" moments that define what it means to follow Christ in the 21st century. A Monumental Mission When you listen, you aren’t just a consumer; you are a partner in a massive, five-year odyssey. We are currently on a mission to: Record 5,000 New Testimoni…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T12:17:28.253033+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/12minconvos-with-jesus-believers-7774952"},"episode":{"title":"Douglas Schofield: Why We Must Ask the Right Questions About Human Suffering","slug":"douglas-schofield-why-we-must-ask-the-right-questions-about-human-suffering","published_at":"2026-06-04T07:12:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/12minconvos-with-jesus-believers-7774952/douglas-schofield-why-we-must-ask-the-right-questions-about-human-suffering","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/12minconvos-with-jesus-believers-7774952","url":"https://www.12minconvos.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/7e4b8f18-c5b2-4d6c-a9ac-e6ab56918731.mp3","summary":"I was brought up in a Christian home, the youngest of four children until I was 14 when my parents had another child. She was born with multiple medical issues and spent the first 17 months of her life in hospital. Physically weak, unable to speak or walk, she had a delightful personality. She died at 4 when my parents took their first weekend away after she came home. God spared them being present for that trauma. I came to faith early in my pre-teens. My church was small but loving and committed to its youth. Our leaders, especially pastors, were biblically educated and committed to teaching the Scriptures, rather than their own opinions. Several of them were important mentors to me in my teens, twenties, and thirties. My parents’ generation made room for us in the church. The put up with our noise, our music, our overconfidence because they cared about our spiritual growth. Even with these advantages my faith was challenged by the Creation and Evolution debate, to the point that I refused to read the Old Testament for much of my teen years. Fortunately, I had a strong experience of Christ’s love and forgiveness, as well as a dynamic peer group in the Church. Only when I began to teach and found myself teaching Evolution in an Ancient History course, was I forced to confront the issue. Research lead to the development of a teaching unit on ‘Comparative Origins’ that I taught in a public school for the next 20 years. That also sparked my interest in apologetics. I remained active in leadership in the church, married a Christian girl between degrees at university, enjoy largely Christian friends and neighbours, traveled, built a house and began a family. Plus, I loved my career - teaching high school history students in a small school in rural Nova Scotia, Canada. Afte…","meta_description":"I was brought up in a Christian home, the youngest of four children until I was 14 when my parents had another child. 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