Dawson Now

This week Scott Dawson chats with Tyler Todt, a Las Vegas area personal fitness coach with a very non-typical story. Tyler's testimony is inspiring and challenging, and his perspective on life, physical fitness, and marriage is changing the lives he touches each day. It could inspire you, or someone you know, in ways nothing else will. Listen to this podcast and share it with someone who needs to hear it!

Join Scott Dawson for this week's episode as he talks with Covington County District Attorney Walt Merrell about his work as a DA, his family, and his unique outdoors ministry.

Scott Dawson's guest this week is the CEO of Tennessee Farm Bureau Insurance, Jeff Pannell.

This week Scot sits down with former U.S. Senator for the state of Alabama, Luther Strange, to talk abut his life in politics and how faith has guided his steps along the way.

Join Scott this week as he leads a roundtable talk with student pastors about their lives and challenges ministering to students.

This week Scott Dawson chats with Sara Claudia Tillman about her inspiring story. Sara Claudia is a writer and public speaker who is passionate about encouraging women to "Walk by Faith, Not by Sight." After losing her sight and partial hearing in 2015, she embarked on a journey that both tested and strengthened her faith in the Lord. Through her challenges, she has found an immense amount of joy sharing how God continually turns her trials into even greater triumphs through her blog, podcast, radio show, and public speaking. Sara Claudia's ultimate goal is that, through her testimony, women will be encouraged to face the trials of this world through their trust in the Lord. Sara Claudia's devotional book is available on Amazon 

Join Scott Dawson and Rick Burgess on this special edition of Dawson Now as they discuss "Soul Care", taking care of yourself. It's an episode originally recorded for student pastors from the "Fellows" series of videos, and it applies to anyone involved in ministry to those around them.

Join Scott Dawson as he appears on another podcast called, "Crossing the Line" with host Larry Little. Larry's podcast focuses on leadership, and more specifically how leaders showed up in the moments that made them who they are today- the moments when they chose to cross the line. It's a very interesting and insightful episode w know you will enjoy!

This week Scott is joined by Kevin Palau to talk about his life working with his father, Evangelist Luis Palau, and the challenges of ministry in a decidedly non-evangelical city like Portland, Oregon. Kevin Palau is President and CEO of the Luis Palau Association. Kevin joined LPA in 1985 and began directing the day-to-day operation of the ministry in the late 1990s. Under his leadership, LPA has united tens of thousands of churches in hundreds of cities to love and serve their communities and clearly share the Good News of Jesus. During Kevin’s time at LPA he has also help develop a global network of hundreds of partner evangelists. For more about Kevin Palau and the Luis Palau Association go to palau.org.

This week Scott Dawson Speaks with World Vision President Emeritus, Richard Stearns about his new book, "Lead Like It Matters to God". As President Emeritus of World Vision U.S., Rich Stearns continues to share his leadership influence by writing and speaking on behalf of the organization. He had the longest tenure of any president in its global history, serving from 1998 to 2018. Over his two decades with the organization, Rich built a strong leadership team focused on bringing corporate best practices to the nonprofit sector. Logging 3 million air miles, he traveled to more than 60 of the nearly 100 countries in which World Vision has a presence. He served as a prophetic voice, calling on the American church to respond to the AIDS pandemic in the early 2000s and later raising awareness of the global refugee crisis and global poverty. As a thought leader, Rich appeared regularly in media outlets such as Christianity Today, FOX News, CNN, NPR, Charisma News, and Relevant magazine.

This week Scott's guest is Bill Jessup, a lifelong friend, and the point man for the new Strength to Stand Biblical Counseling Network. This week they'll take about the differences between standard psychological counseling and biblically based counseling for believers. To learn more go to STSCounseling.org

Where can new parents turn when they have questions about bringing up children? Preferably to someone with real experience in parenting Godly kids, and that's who joins Scott Dawson for this week's episode of Dawson Now. Scott chats with Jimmy and Kristin Scoggins, authors of the new book, "Full Circle Parenting", about the challenges of bringing up kids in today's society.

This week Join Scott Dawson as he talks with Rabbi Eric Walker about his journey to faith in Jesus, what followed finding his Messiah, and his online video program, "Igniting a Nation". For more about Rabbit Walker, go to: https://ignitinganation.com  

This week Scott Dawson chats with Dr. Charles Lowery about psychology and the church. It's an enlightening and funny conversation you'll want to pass along to your friends and family. Charles S. Lowery, Ph.D. is president and CEO of Lowery Institute for Excellence, Inc., a non-profit training and consulting organization. Dr. Lowery’s diverse background includes private practice, college professor, management consultant and corporate motivator. Charles’ unique style of humor, encouragement, and motivation has made him one of the most sought after speakers in the country. Dr. Lowery has helped to train and motivate sales forces, management teams, and employees from companies across America. Dr. Lowery holds a Doctorate in Psychology from the University of South Carolina, and has completed post-doctoral work at Columbia International University.

The work of spreading the Gospel goes on, and along with the work there are expenses to pay. How has fundraising for the work, be it the local church or an evangelistic organization, been impacted by COVID? That' what we'll look at In this week's episode of Dawson Now with Scott's Guest Kevin Wilburn.

"Cultural Catalyst" - You hear that term in every episode of Dawson Now. What does it really mean? In this special edition of the podcast Scott Dawson is joined by assistant Will Roberts and producer Mark Congleton to explore what it means to be a Cultural Catalyst and lay out the ten characteristics you'll find in every person who is one. Take notes and see if you can identify the Cultural Catalysts in your life!

Join Scott Dawson as he talks with the President of Birmingham, Alabama's Samford University, Dr. Andrew Westmoreland.

Join Scott for this special edition of Dawson Now as he chats with David Nasser, who delivered an impactful message to the students at the January 2021 Strength to Stand Student Conference in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Join Scott as he sits down with Ben Stuart, one of the featured speakers from the January 2021 Strength to Stand Student Conference in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Ben Stuart is the pastor of Passion City Church, Washington D.C. Prior to joining Passion City Church, Ben served for eleven years as the executive director of Breakaway Ministries, a weekly Bible study attended by thousands of college students on the campus of Texas A&M. Ben earned a master’s degree in historical theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. Ben and his wife, Donna, live to inspire and equip people to walk with God for a lifetime. They live in the District with their three kids, Hannah, Sparrow, and Owen.