Dying to Live Podcast

Because the strongest leaders are not driven by titles, ambition, or recognition. They are sons first — secure enough to serve, humble enough to learn, and faithful enough to follow before they ever lead others. Great leadership begins with good followership.

The best leaders are teachable, accountable, and willing to walk under authority before they are entrusted with authority. They understand that before God calls someone to lead publicly, He often teaches them to follow faithfully in private.

In this episode, Hannes van den Heever and Greg Fenn, elders in JoshGen Mossel Bay,  share their personal journeys of leadership, discipleship, growth, and learning what it means to lead from a place of sonship and surrender within the community.

Join us as we explore the qualities that shape healthy leaders: character, humility, obedience, courage, servanthood, integrity, and spiritual maturity.

Real leadership doesn’t begin on a platform. It begins with surrender, faithfulness, and the willingness to follow well.

We often sit down with guests who have walked through the joys, struggles, victories and disappointments of life, ministry, marriage and calling… and ask a simple but powerful question: What would you say to your younger self? What would you do differently?

What lessons were learned the hard way?

How has time, experience and faith changed the way you see life today?

In this episode, Steve and Cathy Corkill, who serve as an eldership couple with JoshGen Mossel Bay, look back over many years of marriage and ministry, reflecting honestly on the journey behind them — the challenges, the grace of God, the things they would change, and the advice they would pass on to the next generation.

Whether you’re young and searching for direction, or older and reflecting on your own journey, we hope these conversations encourage you, strengthen your faith, and remind you that wisdom is often written through the ordinary moments of life.

In this episode  we’re looking at something that quietly slips into our churches and our hearts — legalism.

What is it, really? Because the Bible is clear. In books like Galatians and Colossians, Paul warned not to add human rules to what God has already said.

Legalism is more than strictness — it’s adding to Scripture, creating extra ‘do’s and don’ts,’ and then measuring spirituality by them. And if we’re honest, we’ve all seen it… and sometimes we’ve done it. So how do we recognise it?

What does the Bible actually say? 

And how do we lead people out of it and back into the freedom of the gospel?

Because legalism doesn’t produce life — it produces pressure, pride, or discouragement. 

But the gospel produces freedom.

In our previous episode, we spent time exploring one of the most important and personal questions every believer asks at some point in life:

“How do I find God’s will for my life?”

We looked at what Scripture teaches, we talked about guidance, obedience, wisdom, and the role of God’s Word, prayer, and counsel in discerning His direction. That conversation clearly resonated, because many of you reached out with thoughtful, honest, and sometimes very practical questions.So today’s episode is a follow-up.

This is a Question and Answer session based on that first discussion. We’re going to take the real questions that flowed out of the previous podcast and work through them carefully and biblically.

In this episode we tackle one of the most common and deeply personal questions many believers ask:

How do I know God’s will for my life?
hould I take this job?
Should I move to another city?
Should I marry this person?
Should I start this ministry?

Many live with uncertainty, anxiety, or even fear, wondering if they might somehow miss God’s will. Others are waiting for a sign, a feeling, a prophecy or a special revelation before they act. But, what does the Bible actually say?

In this episode, we’re going to open the Scriptures and look carefully at four foundational questions:What is God’s will according to the Bible?
What is the difference between God’s general will and His specific will for my life?
How do I make decisions that honor God without falling into confusion or superstition?
And when should I seek godly counsel from elders and mature believers?
So today, we’re going to replace confusion with clarity, and anxiety with biblical confidence. Because discovering God’s will is not about chasing secret messages—it’s about walking in obedience to what God has already revealed.

Michael D'Offay and Jeff Kidwell, elders in the life of JoshGen, share their personal experience and journeys on finding God's will.