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Jonathan David & Melissa Helser Podcast

What is The God Story? with Adam Cox

Jonathan David & Melissa Helser Podcast

Jonathan Helser

Christianity, Helser, Music, Cagelessbirds, Worship, Aplacefortheheart, Religion & Spirituality, 18inchjourney

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jonathan sits down with his longtime friend, Adam Cox. They reflect on their decades of friendship, and how Adam's passion for helping people encounter the unfailing love of God has impacted our community, and schools (The 18 Inch Journey).

Adam's first book, "The God Story," (co-authored by Alain Emerson) is a compelling and creative retelling of the biblical story to help you move from familiar to fascinated. It is out now and available wherever books are sold!

Get "The God Story" here:

https://www.24-7prayer.com/resource/the-god-story/?utm_source=cagelessbirds&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=the-god-story

If you'd like to learn more about our ministry, go to:

https://www.18inchjourney.com

https://cagelessbirds.com

https://jonathanhelser.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello friends this is Jonathan Helzer I'm coming to you from our campus here in

0:06.2

North Carolina it is the middle of July and I don't know if you can hear it or not

0:11.3

but there is a beautiful summer rain falling right now and Jesus has been moving on this campus in some extraordinary ways.

0:20.0

We just finished our 18-inch journey high school summer camp last week and this week

0:26.9

we're preparing for our second summer camp which starts next week and it feels

0:31.6

really significant to be releasing this podcast in between two high school

0:36.6

camps.

0:38.0

We have the privilege today of interviewing my dear lifelong friend Adam Cox.

0:45.0

Me and Adam Cox have known each other over 25 years

0:48.9

and we first met at a summer camp

0:51.8

in the mountains of North Carolina.

0:54.0

We were both teenagers and we both at that summer camp

0:58.0

had head-on collisions with the love of God that changed our lives forever.

1:04.0

And over these last 25 years, me and Melissa,

1:08.0

Adam and his beautiful wife, Julie,

1:10.0

have formed an incredible friendship, and we've had the honor of having Adam speak at our 18-inch

1:17.5

journeys from the very first 18-inch journey in 2008 Adam came out and spoke and for the next dozen years he would come out every year and pour his heart into the heart of our students.

1:31.0

Those weeks marked me deeply and marked our of Adam teaching I would long for the rest of the world to be able to somehow

1:45.1

taste and see what God was doing here on this campus and I remember me and

1:49.6

Melissa telling Adam after he would finish teaching each week like we have to get this teaching

1:55.6

into a book.

1:57.0

And finally, after about two decades of this message burning in Adam's heart.

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