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16th Dec 2025

12-16-2025 PART 3: From Shared Joy to Shared Faith Loving the Brethren in Real Time

Section 1

This segment opens with warmth, humor, and genuine connection as a live call-in bridges everyday life with spiritual reflection. Trivia about Antioch becomes more than a historical footnote, revealing how the name “Christian” transformed from a term of ridicule into a badge of honor. The exchange captures the beauty of spontaneous community, where laughter, shared stories, and small joys become part of faithful living. Ordinary moments, like conversations about cake and family gatherings, highlight how God works through relational spaces, reminding listeners that faith is not detached from life but woven directly into it.

Section 2

The heart of the conversation turns toward testimony as Rosalyn shares her ongoing journey through cancer treatment, focusing on fear, prayer, and trust in God during a moment of medical uncertainty. Anxiety and spiritual warfare surface as real and pressing challenges, yet they are met with Scripture, remembrance of God’s faithfulness, and persistent prayer. The resolution comes quietly but powerfully when the medical issue is resolved with simplicity, underscoring God’s kindness rather than spectacle. This moment reinforces the truth that God is never burdened by His children’s requests and never turns them away for coming to Him again and again.

Section 3

The closing reflection widens the lens, tying personal testimony to the broader call of loving the brethren. Love for fellow believers is not automatic or effortless, but it is essential, both as obedience and as assurance of faith. When love feels lacking, the answer is not withdrawal but petition, asking God to grow that love within us. God never refuses such a request. The reminder is clear and pastoral: believers are family, bound together for eternity, and growth in love is part of the ongoing work of faith. Rather than quitting or retreating after being wounded, Christians are called to keep pressing in, trusting God to shape hearts that reflect His own.

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David Spoon was born and raised in a Jewish home in Detroit, Michigan. He attended a private Hebrew school called Hillel Hebrew Academy. David was bar mitzvah-ed at the age of thirteen. Not long after, he was involved in drug abuse and trafficking. After hearing the Gospel for the first time at age seventeen, David accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. A few months later, David had a dramatic experience with God. Immediately set free from years of excessive drug use, he committed himself to ministry and to furthering the Kingdom of God.

He attended Arizona Bible College, Northern Arizona University, and Life Pacific College, graduating summa-cum-laude in their Ministry and Leadership program. He also graduated with honors from Regent University with a master’s degree in Theological Studies and earned his Doctor of Ministry degree in Strategic Christian Ministry at Liberty University.

He is one of a few individuals holding ministerial ordinations from three separate denominations: Heritage Free Baptist Organization, 1981; Independent Pentecostal Ministers Association, 1985; and Vineyard Valley Association, 1988. He was also the Chaplain for the Flagstaff Police Department. In addition, David was the senior pastor of Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Flagstaff.

In addition, David started and co-hosted two different live Christian call-in radio talk shows. He hosted the very popular radio show “The David Spoon Experience” on KPRZ 1210 and a show called “To Know Him,” which aired on 88.9 on the F.M. dial-in Temecula, California at 1:00 p.m., Monday through Fridays. He was also the Director of Local Ministry for Salem Media Group in San Diego, California.

David is married to his best friend, Noelle. He has three children and seven grandchildren, plus their two dogs named Levi and Bert. On March 18th, 2019, he started “The David Spoon Experience” in Texas and is growing with his audience of awesome believers and non-believers alike.

He is the President of He Must Increase Ministry, a 501c3 ministry, and is hosting (again) the live daily radio show “The David Spoon Experience” with DJR Broadcasting in KAAM, on the 770 A.M. radio dial. The show is also on various apps and the Internet.

David is a Jewish-Christian, Bapti-Costal, Cal-Minian, Manifold Millennialist.

Just ask him.