Faith Without Frontiers

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Faith without Frontiers tells human stories from around the world where Christian faith meets culture, society, and politics. Through intimate interviews and lived experiences, the podcast explores how faith informs decisions, shapes communities, and influences public life—sometimes quietly, sometimes controversially, always in deeply human ways. This is a podcast for listeners who value nuance, curiosity, and conversations that resist easy labels.

Episodes

  1. Criminals, Perpetrators and Victims: A Psychologists Experience | George Karkanis

    2 DAYS AGO

    Criminals, Perpetrators and Victims: A Psychologists Experience | George Karkanis

    Gordon interviews George Karkanis, an Athens-based forensic psychologist, psychotherapist, and behavioral analyst, who explains forensic psychology as the study and legal-application of psychology in criminal contexts (offenders, victims, investigations, trials, and reports). George describes transitioning from IT to forensic psychology through counter-trafficking ministry, choosing a role that supports trafficked women without being their therapist, helping them “redefine” men as trustworthy through safe relationships. He discusses psychology as science plus art, emphasizing skillful, adaptive practice beyond rigid protocols, and describes behavior analysis including micro-expressions and communication cues. George shares his special forces paratrooper service and how it built resilience and innovative thinking. He also works with offenders, integrating faith and identity change, and trains Eastern European police and prosecutors on vicarious trauma, proposing four pillars for healing: identity, intimacy, cognition, and emotion. 00:52 Meet George Karkanis01:04 What Forensic Psychology Is02:44 From IT to Anti Trafficking04:48 Serving Trafficked Women Safely08:19 Psychology Science and Art13:17 Behavior Analysis Micro Expressions15:54 Skill Versus Knowledge18:54 Special Forces Mindset22:18 Working With Offenders28:38 Restorative Justice Stories31:25 Training Law Enforcement35:55 Healing Vicarious Trauma36:29 Four Pillars Framework40:35 Closing Thanks

    42 min
  2. Confronted by My Mortality: My Life as a Supreme Court Judge | Mike Chibita

    28 APR

    Confronted by My Mortality: My Life as a Supreme Court Judge | Mike Chibita

    Ugandan Supreme Court Justice Mike Chibita discusses his roles as a Supreme Court justice since early 2020 and as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from 2013–2020, explaining Uganda’s criminal justice system, appeals process, and the Supreme Court’s caseload. He describes learning about victims’ rights during a visit to Adelaide through Advocates International, leading him to create a victims’ rights desk, encourage prosecutors to engage victims beyond evidence, and build partnerships with groups such as Children at Risk Network and Viva International. Chibita contrasts the Supreme Court with the DPP’s extensive constitutional powers, intense media scrutiny, and life-threatening terrorism cases, including the killing of prosecutor Joan Kagezi, and recounts coping through prayer and family support. He reflects on humble beginnings, discipline learned at King’s College Budo, COVID-era court adaptations, observations about mortality, and his books “Loved by the Best” and “Leaders Grieve Last.” 00:48 Meet Justice Chibita01:00 From Prosecutor to Judge01:45 What a DPP Does03:08 Putting Victims First04:57 Learning in Adelaide08:33 Partnerships That Help11:16 Life on the Supreme Court14:05 COVID Shuts Courts Down16:39 Time Passing on the Bench19:03 The Weight of DPP Power23:25 Prayer Under Pressure24:55 Assassination Plot Letter26:11 Family Facing Threats28:02 Humble Roots to Buddha31:32 Discipline and Work Ethic33:19 Writing and Health Scare37:16 Books and Leaders Grieve39:54 Faith Reflection and Farewell

    43 min
  3. Coerced Into Prostitution – but Jesus Heard My Prayers | Ilona Miler

    21 APR

    Coerced Into Prostitution – but Jesus Heard My Prayers | Ilona Miler

    In an interview about her book, "A Woman of Many Names: My Journey From Sexual Exploitation to Freedom," Ilona Miler explains that returning to Jesus motivates her to share her past so God can make a triumph from it and give hope to exploited women. She recounts being trafficked by a “lover boy” who isolated and manipulated her into prostitution, her suicidal despair and a providential encounter that kept her alive, being forced to work through pregnancy and giving up her baby for adoption. Decades later, after praying and “putting it in God’s hands,” she found her daughter in 2019 via an online search linked to a restaurant, reuniting with her family and learning she has four great-grandchildren. Miler also describes childhood trauma with a rage-filled grandfather, being stabbed by a client in Marseille, her escape from her pimp, and later ministry with drug-addicted and prostituted women in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Vienna. 00:46 Why Share the Story02:24 The Blessing and Family Hope03:09 Searching for Her Daughter04:04 A Prayer Answered in Vienna05:57 Found Through the Restaurant07:27 Returning to Spain in Victory08:49 The Loverboy Trap Explained09:45 Isolation and Manipulation13:22 Suicidal Despair and a Stranger’s Hope14:28 Pregnancy Alone and God’s Provision16:30 Reunited With Children and Faith17:48 Childhood Wounds and Grandfather’s Rage21:09 Grandfather Dies Freedom22:09 Money Friends And Hippies23:05 Stabbed By Client25:14 Hospital Shame And Mercy27:35 Escape Plan And Germany29:51 No One Chooses Prostitution32:15 Return To Jesus35:14 Serving Women Worldwide36:36 Lives Changed By Ministry38:45 Real Name Real Freedom

    41 min
  4. As a Teenager, I Was Discipled by the Persecuted Church | Carla

    14 APR

    As a Teenager, I Was Discipled by the Persecuted Church | Carla

    Carla is a British–Caribbean follower of Jesus who has spent the last six years in Beirut helping churches in the Middle East and North Africa walk with young people under pressure. She shares about growing up as a mixed‑race pastor’s kid in a mostly white English town, the intense expectation to be “perfect,” and how a mission trip to Kenya and reading the entire Bible at 16 transformed her from a double‑life teenager into someone deeply shaped by Scripture and the stories of the persecuted church. That sense of call eventually took her to Bible college, then into serving persecuted Christians, and finally to Lebanon—alongside her husband Steve, who chose to share her calling even when it meant leaving an Oxford academic path. Carla explains what persecution looks like specifically for teenagers whose faith and ethnicity make them minorities, drawing on the book of Daniel and her work helping churches become the safest place for young people to return without shame. She also describes life in Lebanon through revolution, economic collapse, the Beirut port blast, and the aftershocks of October 7 and the Gaza war, including the psychological warfare of sonic booms and the horrific “pager” explosions of 2024. Through it all, Carla’s love for Lebanon and its ancient Christian communities has deepened, as she continues to help young believers build resilient faith in one of the world’s most fragile contexts. 00:46 – Meeting Carla in Lebanon01:46 – Growing up mixed‑race and a pastor’s kid03:46 – Wrestling with church and finding faith08:46 – Teenagers, smartphones, and anxiety11:59 – Called to stand in vulnerable places15:59 – Theology, Bible college, and unexpected detours17:59 – Praying for the Middle East and a new job18:59 – Meeting Steve and the call to Lebanon20:59 – Engagement, marriage, and the big move22:59 – Shared callings and marriage in the Middle East23:59 – Building resilient young believers under pressure25:59 – Daniel, empire, and identity28:59 – Minority life in MENA education and culture29:59 – Making church the safest place for youth30:59 – Crises in Lebanon: revolution, collapse, and COVID34:59 – Psychological warfare and sonic booms31:59 – Surviving the Beirut explosion32:59 – Economic collapse and the cost of staying33:59 – October 7, Gaza, and Lebanon on edge38:59 – Pager attacks and a week of horror41:59 – Evacuation, waiting, and returning again

    47 min
  5. I Thought I Was in the World to Be Abused (and Discarded) | Palmira De Sa

    7 APR

    I Thought I Was in the World to Be Abused (and Discarded) | Palmira De Sa

    In this episode of Faith without Frontiers, we meet Palmira de Sá from Angola, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, and racism who now walks alongside other survivors with the hope of Christ.  She shares how God protected her as a child, met her in a Muslim-majority country with no church, and led her through a costly journey of forgiveness that even astonished a psychiatrist.  Palmira also exposes systemic failures in Angola’s police, courts, and churches—where half of reported child sexual abuse cases happen in church contexts—and explains why silence, bad theology, and cultural patriarchy keep victims unprotected.  Today she leads “Prince and Princess,” an association serving survivors and training church leaders, and is partnering with Angola’s First Lady to confront abuse as a national and ecclesial crisis. Guest: Palmira de Sá, co-founder of Prince and Princess Association, Angola This episode contains detailed descriptions of child sexual abuse, domestic violence, racism, and suicide ideation. Listener discretion is advised. 00:48 Meet Palmera01:00 A Name Like a Train02:16 Childhood and Family Split02:42 Poisoned Food and No Justice05:33 Abuse While Mom Worked Away06:46 Trying to Tell and Punished09:29 Teen Crisis and Coping10:43 Healing in Algeria11:22 Learning to Forgive14:39 Psychiatrist and Faith16:13 Racism and Assault Abroad22:34 Back to Angola and Speaking Out24:03 Police and Church Failures28:37 Working for Change31:35 Report Abuse Legally32:02 First Lady Workshop Plans32:37 Shocking Church Statistics34:45 Televised Case Sparks Action35:49 Dream And Unexpected Ally37:02 Avoiding Compassion Fatigue39:41 Why Churches Stay Silent42:42 Tragedy After Reconciliation45:00 Abuse Across Africa47:16 Jesus And Culture Change51:02 Ezekiel 16 Healing Identity55:43 Hopeful Closing Encouragement

    59 min
  6. "They Stole Our Home: Transformed by War" | Valentyn & Luba Syniy

    18 MAR

    "They Stole Our Home: Transformed by War" | Valentyn & Luba Syniy

    What does it mean to lose your home — not just the walls and roof, but the place where you belong, where you are known, and where you meet with God? In this deeply moving conversation, Valentyn and Luba Syniy of the Tavriysky Christian Institute (TCI) in Ukraine share their firsthand experience of war, displacement, and faith. Valentyn, a theologian and seminary president, was born and raised in Kherson — a city that once had 350,000 residents and now has fewer than 60,000. When Russia occupied Kherson, he made the painful decision to evacuate the entire seminary — students, professors, and all — first to western Ukraine and then to Kyiv. Meanwhile, his elderly parents and his father, a pastor, stayed behind through nine months of brutal occupation. In this interview, Valentyn and Luba open up about: • The Russian military using TCI’s 15-acre campus as a military base and looting their library • The emotional wound of a Russian evangelical volunteer who stole Valentyn’s Bible and used it to teach soldiers at night • Losing staff and students to war — including a chaplain killed by a mine and a soldier killed by a drone • The deep theological meaning of “home” — as family, city, church, and nation • New Ukrainian churches planted across Europe by refugees • TCI’s new master’s programs in Chaplaincy and Peace Building • Why true reconciliation between Russia and Ukraine requires repentance first • Valentyn’s upcoming book in English: Serving God Under Siege: How War Transformed a Ukrainian Community (releasing October 2025) Guest: Valentyn and Luba Syniy, Tavriysky Christian Institute (TCI), UkraineBook: Serving God Under Siege: How War Transformed a Ukrainian Community by Valentyn Syniy • Ukrainian/Russian title: The Man Whose Home Was Stolen • English release: October 2025 | Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing 00:45 Meeting the Syniys01:15 Book Title and Theme02:05 Leaving Kherson04:25 Family Split and Parents Stay07:33 What Home Means11:22 Seminary Under Occupation14:26 Economic and Emotional Toll15:28 Betrayal and Grief Stories22:57 Rebuilding and New Programs24:45 Church Growth in Diaspora27:37 Chaplaincy and Peacebuilding31:50 Reconciliation and Repentance34:43 Serving God Under Siege39:02 Closing Thanks

    40 min
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Faith without Frontiers tells human stories from around the world where Christian faith meets culture, society, and politics. Through intimate interviews and lived experiences, the podcast explores how faith informs decisions, shapes communities, and influences public life—sometimes quietly, sometimes controversially, always in deeply human ways. This is a podcast for listeners who value nuance, curiosity, and conversations that resist easy labels.

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