Jesus Over Everything Podcast

What does God do with the broken, unexpected, and seemingly disconnected chapters of our lives?In this episode of the Jesus Over Everything Podcast, David Doran Jr. sits down with Luis Sanchez, pastor and church planter of Iglesia Bautista Doxa, to hear the story of how God brought him from rebellion in Mexico to planting a church in Michigan.Luis shares about growing up with serious health challenges, his parents' divorce, becoming angry with God, playing in a deathcore band, drinking heavily, and reaching a point where he believed God existed but simply did not love him.Then God began changing his family.After watching his parents come to Christ and reconcile, Luis eventually found himself walking an hour and a half to church one morning with an overwhelming sense that he needed to be there. He arrived just as the gospel was being preached and surrendered his life to Christ.But his story didn't end there.Luis went on to become a professional chef, eventually reaching the upper levels of the restaurant industry. Success brought new pressures, ambition, unhealthy patterns, and a career that slowly pulled him away from his wife, family, church, and the Lord. When COVID shut down the restaurant opportunity he had been pursuing, Luis was forced to reconsider what actually mattered.That disruption eventually became part of God's path back into ministry.David and Luis talk about marriage, ambition, calling, church planting, Hispanic ministry, and the providence of God through every chapter of Luis's story. They also discuss why Luis and his family ultimately moved from Texas to Michigan, the beginnings of Doxa, and the developing partnership between Doxa and Resurrection Church to reach Spanish-speaking and Hispanic families from Southwest Detroit through Downriver.

Is retirement actually the goal of a Christian life?In Season 3, Episode 4 of the Jesus Over Everything Podcast, David Doran Jr. is joined by Natan, Rodney, and Austin for the third installment of their conversation about work, using David Bahnsen's Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life as a conversation partner.This episode tackles one of our culture's most common assumptions about work: that we work hard now so that one day we can finally stop working altogether.But is that a biblical vision of retirement?The guys discuss the difference between financial freedom and freedom from meaningful work, the biblical rhythm of work and rest, why older Christians still have an important role in serving and discipling the next generation, and what it means to run your race all the way through the finish line.

In Season 3, Episode 3 of the Jesus Over Everything Podcast, David Doran Jr. is joined again by Natan, Rodney, and Austin to continue their conversation about work through David Bahnsen's Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life.This time, the conversation moves from why God created us to work into what faithful work should actually look like. They discuss the biblical connection between work, worship, and service, why Christians should pursue productive lives, and why the value of our work goes far beyond simply earning money so we can give some of it away.They also tackle harder questions around money and ambition. Is it wrong for Christians to want to make more money? When does financial motivation become financial idolatry? Is wealth evidence that someone has created real value? And how should Christians think about producing something that is genuinely good for their customers, communities, and neighbors?Work isn't simply what happens before the rest of your life begins. Your work matters to God.

What does the Bible actually say about work? Is work simply something we have to endure so we can get to the parts of life we really enjoy, or is it an essential part of what God created us to do?In Season 3, Episode 2 of the Jesus Over Everything Podcast, David Doran Jr. is joined by Natan, Rodney, and Austin for a conversation about recovering a biblical view of work. Using David Bahnsen’s book Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life as a conversation partner, they explore why our culture’s relationship with work has changed and what Scripture says about purpose, productivity, rest, identity, and calling.

How do you stay committed to your marriage, your family, your local church, and the people God has placed around you when life already feels full?In the Season 3 premiere of the Jesus Over Everything podcast, David Doran Jr. is joined by his wife, Abigail Doran, for an honest conversation about the practical rhythms that have shaped their marriage and family.

In this episode of the Jesus Over Everything podcast, David Doran Jr. continues the marriage series by addressing a serious and important topic: what God’s Word says about sex, sexuality, and marriage.Sex is a good gift from God, but it is also a gift that must be stewarded according to God’s design and for God’s glory. David walks through key biblical passages including Genesis 1, Genesis 2, 1 Corinthians 6, and 1 Corinthians 7 to show how sex is connected to creation, marriage, covenant, union with Christ, and sacrificial love.This episode explores why sex belongs within marriage, how the fall has distorted sexuality, why Christians must think biblically in a sexually confused culture, and how husbands and wives are called to approach intimacy not with selfishness, performance, or indulgence, but with love, generosity, prayer, and mutual care.

In this episode of the Jesus Over Everything podcast, David Doran Jr. continues the marriage series by exploring what it means to love faithfully through real life. Christian marriage is built on the command to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. But unlike God, our love is not limitless.David walks through how marriage reveals what we truly value through the stewardship of limited resources like time, money, attention, relationships, energy, and abilities. Using passages like Mark 12, Matthew 6, Deuteronomy 8, Luke 12, and 2 Corinthians 8, this episode challenges couples to evaluate whether their lives are being shaped by the law of love or by self-interest.

How does the gospel change the way we approach marriage, conflict, forgiveness, and everyday life?In this episode, David Doran Jr. explains why the gospel is not merely the starting point of the Christian life but the foundation for everything that follows. Drawing from Ephesians, Titus, and 1 John, he shows how believers must put off their old way of life and learn to think, desire, and act through the lens of Christ's death and resurrection.

Why do so many marriages struggle with communication? In this episode, David Doran Jr. continues the premarital counseling series by exploring what the Bible teaches about communication, conflict, and the connection between our words and our hearts. Looking at passages such as Matthew 12, James 4, and Ephesians 4, David explains why sinful speech is often the result of deeper heart issues and how lasting change begins with the gospel.

What should every Christian understand before getting married? In this episode of Jesus Over Everything, Pastor David Doran Jr. walks through the biblical foundations of marriage, premarital counseling, covenant commitment, and God’s design for husbands and wives.