How To "Run With Endurance" Spiritually

Episode 11 is our first guest episode with Blake Bender. Blake is an ultra marathon runner, a brother in Christ, and one of our favorite people. We talk about running 100-mile races, training for a 200-mile race, and how endurance has shaped the way he thinks about discipleship, suffering, discipline, and walking with God. We start in Hebrews 12 and the call to run the race with perseverance, fixing our eyes on Jesus. Blake talks about what endurance actually means, how Galatians 6:9 has followed him through different seasons, and why Christians need to keep taking the next step even when they can’t see the finish line. We also get into 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 and Paul’s picture of running to win, strict training, discipline, and receiving a crown that lasts forever. From there, we talk about spiritual warfare, solitude, silence, suffering, Romans 8, Matthew 6:33, and what it means to still have Jesus when everything else gets stripped away. Basically, this episode is about endurance, discipleship, suffering well, spiritual discipline, and the gospel according to Blake.

Follow Blake's running journey online: https://www.instagram.com/ironmilesco/ https://www.instagram.com/blaketbender/