The Iron Parable Podcast

  John Dougherty had the career, the title, and the life many people spend years pursuing. But at 48, one unexpected nudge from God changed everything. From corporate success to a deeper faith, a transformed marriage, and a new sense of purpose, John's story reminds us that God can redirect our lives when we least expect it.

As Philippians 3:13–14 reminds us:

“Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead...

Some people grow up with a head start. Leonard McKinnon grew up in Mississippi with the opposite. Extreme poverty shaped his earliest years in ways most people never experience — and the road from there included an arrest and a fight for independence that demanded everything he had.

But what makes Leonard's story worth telling isn't just what he survived. It's how he survived it. Through every trial, every low point, every mo...

The Iron Parable Podcast is a storytelling platform designed to encourage believers through testimony-driven discipleship. This show aims to create a safe, respectful space for individuals to share how God has moved in their lives-whether through hardship, healing, obedience, or renewal. These conversations help listeners to see God at work in real lives and foster spiritual growth ---

Our Mission

"Through authentic conversations a...

Part 1

Some people run from God. Lourens Alexander was never one of them. But saying yes to God and knowing what God is asking of you are two very different things — and for Lourens, the gap between them has been a lifelong wrestling match.

Lourens grew up in South Africa and has carried that journey across continents — walking through many, many low points in his pursuit of purpose. The kind of low points that quietly ...

Childhood trauma. Broken trust. Fear that never got a name. For Guy Sharpe, those early wounds became the foundationn for years of addiction, pornography, life in the adult entertainment industry, and relationships that couldn't hold the weight of all that pain.

But underneath every dark chapter was a thread he couldn't shake--a God who kept showing up. Not after Guy cleaned himself up. Not once he figured it all out. Right in the ...

Some people sail through life. David Simmonds was not one of them. From a spinal injury on the football field at Texas Tech that doctors said had less than a 5% chance of recovery, to a ruptured colon and sepsis that nearly killed him — alone in a hospital for 29 days — to a divorce and betrayal that would have broken most men, David has walked through s...

Eighteen years of drugs and alcohol. Lost opportunities. Destroyed relationships. Incarceration. Homelessness. Suicidal moments that brough him to the very edge. By every measure, Skylar Bell's story should have ended in tragedy, and he knew it -- because toward the end he came to the grim realizaion that he was probably going to spend the rest of his life in prison. 

But God had other plans for him. 

Today Skylar works a...

What do you do when your life is built on darkness? When depression, addiction, sexual immorality, and even the occult have become your identity? For Nick Honeywell, that was his reality - until a moment of crisis became a divine appointment that changed everything.

In this episode of the Iron Parable, Nick shares his raw and powerful testimony of being set free from drug addiction, sexual immorality, and witchcraft through a life-...

After 45 years of pastoral and missionary ministry spanning four continents, retired Chaplain Earl Murdoch sits down to share the story behind the ministry — a journey that started with childhood faith and was refined through seasons of grief, loss, and profound loneliness.

Earl opens up about ...

In this powerful episode, Brandi Voth shares how a billboard in Melbourne, Australia sparked a calling she never expected. What began as a restless, prayerful season — waking at 3 AM, open hands, open heart — became a decade-long journey into the fight against human trafficking. From leading a 400-woman global skincare team to founding The Power Hat Company, Brandi walks us through what it truly looks like to move your ...