Redeemed Through His Blood

<p>What if the most life-changing gift you’ll ever receive isn’t something <em>wrapped</em>—but Someone <em>given</em>? </p><p>In this Christmas episode of <em>Redeemed Through His Blood</em>, Deb opens our season with a tender reflection sparked while listening to a simple Christmas song—an impression that redirected her heart toward the very first gift God ever offered His children: His Son.</p><p>Together, we explore why the Father’s gift wasn’t merely an event in Bethlehem, but a relationship offered to each of us right now. We talk about what it means to <em>receive</em> Him—not as an abstract belief, but as the living, present Redeemer who still enters real lives, real wounds, and real stories today.</p><p>If your December feels busy, heavy, or hollow… this conversation will help you come back to the Gift Himself.</p>

<p>In this episode, Scott and Deb share a very real, very recent experience from sacrament meeting—realizing that life had gotten “a little too horizontal.” Between family worries, recovery relationships, expectations, holiday pressure, and performance mentality, Scott found himself giving everyone his attention except the One who can actually heal him.</p><p>Using the imagery of the cross—horizontal beam for our relationships with others and vertical post for our relationship with Deity—they explore what it really means to “strengthen the vertical.” They talk about John 15’s invitation to <em>abide in Christ</em>, Doctrine and Covenants 6’s call to “look unto [Him] in every thought,” the AA journey of surrender, and Deb’s powerful campfire story about giving Christ what we most want to hide.</p><p>If you’re feeling stretched, noisy inside, or spiritually “untethered,” this conversation is an invitation to stop trying to <em>achieve</em> Jesus and instead learn how to <em>receive</em> Him—especially in the middle of the Christmas crazies.</p>

<p>ometimes the noise of life makes it hard to notice anything good… until we pause long enough to see it. This week, Deb and I sat still for a moment — and in that pause, we found gratitude we didn’t expect.</p><p>Gratitude for healing in our family. Gratitude for a calmer heart. Gratitude for the Savior who walks with us through every effect of the Fall.</p><p>And if your pause feels heavy this year — if you feel lonely, overwhelmed, or unsure where you fit — hear this:</p><p><strong>You are not forgotten. You are not failing. You are not alone.</strong></p><p>Start with one blessing. Just one. That’s where gratitude begins.</p>

<p>In this episode of <em>Redeemed Through His Blood</em>, Scott and Deb explore the deep, often difficult work of forgiveness—the kind that doesn’t come easily, isn’t always reciprocated, and sometimes feels impossible. Building on last week’s interview with Nick and Crystal, they walk through real stories of heartache, betrayal, and miraculous healing, including a moving retelling of Corrie ten Boom’s powerful encounter with a former prison guard. Together, Scott and Deb discuss what forgiveness is <em>not</em>, how Christ carries the emotional weight we cannot lift, and why true forgiveness frees <em>our</em> hearts long before it changes anyone else’s. Tune in for hope, honesty, and the Savior’s power made personal.</p>

<p>In this episode of <em>Redeemed Through His Blood</em>, Scott and Deb sit down with Nick and Crystal to share a story that honestly should not have worked out—at least not on paper. Nick grew up in “Happy Valley, UT” served in the Church, and still spiraled into years of addiction and alcoholism that tore his family apart and ended in divorce. Crystal was left to pick up the pieces: raising kids, going back to school, working any job she could find, and learning how to breathe again while feeling like she was drowning. Nick, meanwhile, sank so deep into addiction that he fully expected to die or end up in prison. Then God stepped into both of their stories—through detox, The Other Side Academy, AA, the big book, the Divine Gift of Forgiveness, and a new, personal relationship with Jesus Christ that had nothing to do with box-checking and everything to do with grace.</p><p>Seven years after their divorce, against every earthly odd, Nick and Crystal are remarried—and they are painfully honest about what it took to get there: surrender, gut-level honesty, daily reliance on Jesus Christ, and a long, messy process of forgiveness that even included welcoming another child from Nick’s “wreckage” into Crystal’s circle of love. They talk about what it feels like to be the addicted spouse and what it feels like to be the betrayed one trying to survive, pay the bills, and not poison the kids against their dad. Crystal shares how God taught her to “quit swimming” and trust Him in the dark, and Nick testifies that the best place to start is when “the fight has been beat out of you.” If you’ve ever felt like it’s too late, too broken, or too far gone—whether you’re the one in addiction or the one trying to hold everything together—this conversation will whisper to your soul: you are not alone, and Jesus is willing to get His hands dirty in <em>your</em> story too.</p>