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Equipped with Chris Brooks
March 06, 2025
Life is Hard, God is Good. Let’s Dance!
How’s your joy these days? Are you feeling weighed down by trouble and worry? We want to help you break through the hard and find true peace! Coming up on Equipped, Karl Clauson talks with author and fellow traveler Brant Hansen about refocusing our hearts on the goodness of our all-powerful, all-loving God. Learn to outsource your worries today on Equipped!
Today's resource: Life is Hard, God is Good, Let's Dance!
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IN THIS EPISODE
Brant Hansen
Brant Hansen is a bestselling author, syndicated radio host, and advocate for healing children with correctable disabilities through CURE International Children's Hospitals. His award-winning radio show, The Brant Hansen Show, airs on stations in the U.S. and Canada. His podcast, The Brant and Sherri Oddcast, has been downloaded more than 15 million times. Brant writes about varied topics related to faith, including masculinity in his book, The Men We Need, and forgiveness in Unoffendable. Brant speaks often about being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder as an adult.
Karl Clauson
Karl Clauson is the host of Moody Radio's Karl and Crew, a nationally syndicated radio program, and the Lead Pastor of 180 Chicago Church. Since completing the 1,100-mile Iditarod in Alaska at age 18, Karl has been running the race set before him as a speaker, ministry leader, husband, and father. His mission is "to inspire a spiritual revolution in the church that reaches the world." Karl and his bride, Junanne, have been married for 37 years and have two adult children. He is the author of The 7 Resolutions – Where Self-Help Ends and God's Power Begins and Killing Sin: Conquer That One Thing That is Defeating You.
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Chris Brooks
Chris Brooks is the senior pastor of Woodside Bible Church, a multisite congregation across the Detroit metropolitan area. Chris served for 20 years as the senior pastor of Evangel Ministries, a thriving 1,600-member church in the heart of Detroit. He also served as the campus dean of Moody Theological Seminary in Plymouth, Michigan. A popular Detroit radio host since 2005, Chris is the author of Kingdom Dreaming and Urban Apologetics. He graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Finance, completed his MA in Christian Apologetics at Biola University, and graduated from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree at Asbury Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Yodit, are the proud parents of six children: Christopher, Zewditu, Cameron, Judah, Sophia, and Christyana.
Equipped with Chris Brooks
Equipped with Chris Brooks encourages you to grow spiritually, think critically, and live compassionately in your community. Interact with Chris as he empowers you to live out the gospel in a rapidly changing culture. This live, one-hour program, airing weekdays at noon CT, features special guests and welcomes your participation by callling in and by plugging in through social media.