The Travis Hearn Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Calling”

Episode 22: He Should've Died. God Disagreed. | Featuring Special Guest Lyle Phillips

Travis Hearn — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:00:00 -0600

Lyle Phillips is the lead pastor of Legacy Church Nashville, which he planted in 2016 with his wife Alison. Before pastoring, Lyle spent years battling addiction, homelessness, and near-death — before encountering God in a drug house at 21 years old. Following his conversion, he moved to Mozambique and then India, where his nonprofit Mercy 29 rescued over 400 children from human trafficking. Legacy Church now runs three Sunday morning services and a fourth location in Franklin, Tennessee. Lyle is a husband, father of four, and a preacher with a story that proves God wastes nothing.

Episode 19: No One Is Too Far Gone | Featuring Special Guest Ross Johnston

Travis Hearn — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:00:00 -0700

Ross was born through artificial insemination and raised by two lesbian moms, growing up completely outside of the church. At just 15 years old, he was invited to church and encountered the Holy Spirit for the first time—an encounter that radically transformed his life. In that moment, Ross surrendered everything to Jesus and was born again.

After attending college in San Diego, earning his degree, and running multiple businesses, Ross sensed the Lord speaking clearly in 2020: “If you don’t stand now, you never will.”

That word marked a turning point. Ross resigned from his full-time career and stepped fully into his calling to preach the Gospel and contend for revival.

Today, his heart burns to see:
• The Church revived back to first love
• The lost brought to life through Jesus
• Society reformed according to God’s design

This episode is a reminder that no background, no past, and no label is beyond the reach of God’s grace.

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Episode 12: How a Torn ACL Became God’s Blueprint for Matthew Davis' Calling

Travis Hearn — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0600

What do you do when the dream dies, the lights go out, and everything you worked for goes up in flames? In this raw and powerful episode of The Travis Hearn Podcast, Travis is joined by Pastor Matthew Davis of Blueprint Church in Houston—a man who went from college football Quarterback with NFL hopes to $25,000 in debt, jobless, and crying out to God in the middle of a neighborhood walk.

This conversation isn’t just another church talk—it’s a front-row seat to a redemption story in real time. Pastor Matt shares the gut-wrenching moments of an identity crisis after tearing his ACL, the depression that followed, and the moment God told him, “You’ll fail at everything until you do what I told you to do.” From there, everything changed.

You’ll hear the behind-the-scenes of launching a church that exploded with nearly 2,000 people on day one, the crippling anxiety that hit the night before, and how the love of his wife—and the Word of God—carried him through. With honesty, humor, and deep spiritual insight, Matt and Travis unpack what it really means to walk through the fire and come out refined.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone who feels like they’ve been counted out. Because with God, the fire isn’t to burn you—it’s to build you.