Francis Collins isn’t just a brilliant scientist—he’s one of the most influential geneticists of our time. As the director of the Human Genome Project, Collins helped map the 3 billion letters of human DNA, advancing medicine and biology in ways once thought impossible. But perhaps even more compelling than his scientific achievements is his personal […]

Alister McGrath didn’t stumble into Christianity through emotion or crisis—he reasoned his way there. Born in Northern Ireland in 1953, McGrath began his academic life as a scientist, studying chemistry at Oxford. A brilliant scholar, he would go on to earn not one, but three PhDs from Oxford—in science, theology, and intellectual history. Today, he’s […]

For over 50 years, Antony Flew stood as one of the world’s most influential atheist philosophers. Long before Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens became household names, Flew was the go-to figure for arguments against the existence of God. But in a surprising turn late in life, Flew publicly changed his mind—shifting from atheism to belief […]

Larry Sanger, best known as the co-founder of Wikipedia, spent decades as a committed skeptic. With a Ph.D. in philosophy and a deep background in analytic thought—where atheism and agnosticism are the norm—Sanger approached life with intellectual rigor and an unwavering commitment to reason. He wasn’t hostile to religion, but for over 35 years, he […]

Allan Sandage spent his life studying the cosmos—but it was that very pursuit that led him to Christ. Born in 1926, Sandage was one of the 20th century’s most respected astronomers. A protégé of Edwin Hubble, he carried on Hubble’s work and published the first reliable measurement of the universe’s expansion rate. Over a career […]

In today’s skeptical age, belief in God is often dismissed as irrational or outdated. But what happens when some of the world’s brightest minds—scientists, philosophers, and thought leaders —take a second look? This series explores five contemporary individuals who began as atheists or agnostics, deeply committed to reason, evidence, and inquiry. Their journeys to faith […]

In this episode of Courageous Crossroads, Jeff Johnson sits down with Ray Wright, former LSU baseball champion and now the Pit Department Manager at Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR. Ray’s journey from SEC athletics to NASCAR leadership is marked by personal loss, a radical faith transformation, and an unwavering commitment to courage—on and off the […]

Doug Ecklund is the longtime CEO of Cellular Advantage, a company that he and his wife Mitzi have grown from a single mall kiosk into one of the top US Cellular Authorized Agents in the country with over $28 million in revenue and more than 100 team members. Doug invests his time supporting the culture […]

On this special episode of Courageous Crossroads, Jeff Johnson welcomes Ariel Forsberg, a resilient and deeply grounded woman whose story of faith, family, and fearless commitment is both inspiring and refreshingly authentic. Ariel lives with her husband and four children on the North Shore of Oahu, in a sugarcane plantation home just a stone’s throw […]

Dan Douglas, a proud Iowan and former Green Beret, embodies resilience and adaptability in every facet of his life. Initially pursuing a career in architecture at Iowa State University, Dan soon realized that the structured world of design was not his calling. After leaving college, he transitioned into construction before ultimately finding his path in […]