Faith That Stands

Pastor Angel Garcia and Marlon Gutierrez
  • 5.0 (11)
  • Christianity
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You found faith. Now you’re trying to figure out what to do with it. Hosted by Pastor Angel Garcia III and Marlon Gutierrez, Faith that Stands is for people in the early years of following Jesus who want something real to stand on — not just more content to consume. Each episode tackles one question, one struggle, one part of the Christian life that nobody handed you a guide for.

Episodes

  1. 4d ago

    How Can God Use Our Suffering? | Finding Purpose in Pain

    What if the pain you’re walking through isn’t wasted? And how can you trust that God is still at work when life falls apart without warning?Pastor Angel Garcia III and Marlon Gutierrez explore how God can use suffering for good without making the suffering itself good. Angel shares the story of losing his father in a jet ski accident when he was nine, and how knowing Scripture didn’t remove his pain but gave him understanding and hope. From there, they walk through the story of the Bible, from the Garden of Eden to Revelation 21, to show why suffering exists, why it feels so wrong, and how God responds to it.You’ll Hear:Why suffering was never part of God’s original design, and why that explains why pain feels like an interruption.How Genesis 3 shows God’s response to sin through consequence, covenant, and covering, including the first promise of a Savior.How Revelation 21 offers hope that God will wipe away every tear and make all things new.Four ways Scripture shows God using suffering in our lives: trimming, teaching, testing, and training, with examples from Joseph, Job, Abraham, David, and Israel in the wilderness.Why we should be careful not to label someone else’s pain, and why God is near to the brokenhearted.This conversation is for anyone walking through grief, loss, or a hard season who wants to know whether God can use what they’re going through, and for anyone who wants a faith that can stand when life doesn’t make sense.If this episode was helpful, you can find more resources to help you build a faith that stands at https://www.faiththatstandspod.com/

    How Can God Use Our Suffering? | Finding Purpose in Pain

  2. Oct 20

    Why Does God Allow Suffering? | Understanding His Goodness in the Midst of Pain

    If God is good, why does He allow innocent people to suffer? And when life brings pain, loss, or tragedy, how can you continue trusting a God whose plans you don't fully understand? Pastor Angel Garcia III and Marlon Gutierrez wrestle with one of Christianity's hardest questions: why a loving God allows suffering. Through the stories of Job, Jesus healing a blind man, and the suffering of Christ Himself, they explore why the Bible doesn't offer a simple explanation for every tragedy, but gives us reasons to trust God even when answers are missing. You'll Hear: • Why suffering doesn't necessarily mean God is punishing you, has abandoned you, or doesn't love you. • What the story of Job teaches us about trusting God's wisdom when we don't understand our circumstances. • How Jesus reveals that God can bring good out of suffering without making the suffering itself good. • Why Jesus' own suffering, death, and resurrection offer Christians a foundation for hope in the middle of pain. This conversation is for anyone questioning God's goodness because of personal suffering, struggling to understand why bad things happen to good people, or learning how to hold on to their Christian faith when life doesn't make sense. If this episode was helpful, you can find more resources to help you build a faith that stands at https://faiththatstandspod.com.

    Why Does God Allow Suffering? | Understanding His Goodness in the Midst of Pain

  3. Oct 6

    How Did Jesus Fulfill Prophecy? | Understanding Biblical Prophecy

    What if the stories, prophecies, and details spread throughout the Bible are not separate pieces, but part of one story pointing to Jesus? And what does that tell us about whether we can trust God when life feels uncertain or out of control? Pastor Angel Garcia III and Marlon Gutierrez explore how Jesus fulfilled prophecy in three distinct ways: through circumstances outside of his human control, through actions he intentionally took, and through Old Testament patterns that people were not necessarily expecting to point to the Messiah. The conversation shows how Jesus' life, ministry, death, and resurrection fit into a much larger biblical story, and why seeing that intentionality can strengthen faith when circumstances become difficult. You’ll Hear: • How details surrounding Jesus' parents, birthplace, betrayal, suffering, death, and resurrection are presented as fulfillments of prophecy outside of his human control. • Why Jesus' parables, miracles, sinless life, and entry into Jerusalem are discussed as intentional fulfillments of prophecy. • How the stories of Adam, Noah's Ark, and Joseph are connected to Jesus as larger patterns within the Old Testament. • How understanding God's intentionality throughout Scripture helped Angel trust God's sovereignty during a deeply painful and uncertain season in his own family. This conversation is for someone who is new to following Jesus, wants to understand why Christians believe Jesus is the promised Messiah, or is trying to build a faith that can still stand when life feels uncertain. If this episode was helpful, you can find more resources to help you build a faith that stands at https://faiththatstandspod.com.

    How Did Jesus Fulfill Prophecy? | Understanding Biblical Prophecy

  4. Sep 22

    Who is Jesus? | Understanding What Jesus Said About Himself

    Who is Jesus really? A good teacher, a prophet, a moral example, or something more? Pastor Angel Garcia III and Marlon Gutierrez examine the Christian claim that Jesus is God by looking closely at what the Gospels say about him. They organize the conversation around three categories: Jesus said things only God could say, did things only God could do, and knew things only God could know, showing why the identity of Jesus matters for anyone building their life and faith around him. You’ll Hear: • How Jesus’ claims about eternity, forgiveness, judgment, resurrection, and oneness with the Father reveal what he said about his own identity • Why miracles like healing, calming storms, raising the dead, casting out demons, and rising from the grave are presented as signs of Jesus’ authority • How Jesus knew people’s thoughts, hidden pasts, future failures, and events that had not yet happened • Why understanding who Jesus is gives Christians a foundation for faith that goes deeper than emotion, hype, or religious habit This conversation is for anyone who has wondered what Christians actually mean when they say Jesus is God, or who wants a stronger biblical foundation for understanding who they are following. If this episode was helpful, you can find more resources to help you build a faith that stands at https://faiththatstandspod.com.

    Who is Jesus? | Understanding What Jesus Said About Himself

  5. Sep 8

    Why Should We Trust the Bible? | Understanding the Word of God

    Why should you trust the Bible if you weren't raised believing it—or if you've heard that it's just a human book, full of contradictions, or too old to be relevant? A strong faith shouldn't depend on simply being told what to believe. Pastor Angel Garcia III and Marlon Gutierrez explore why the Bible can be trusted, looking at its historical documents, eyewitness testimony, fulfilled prophecy, and claim to be God's Word. They also discuss how the Bible is meant to shape both how we see ourselves and how we understand the world around us. You’ll Hear: • Why believing the Bible simply because you were raised that way may not be enough when questions, suffering, and doubt come. • How the Bible's many books, authors, languages, cultures, and centuries of history come together as one connected story. • How ancient manuscripts, eyewitness testimony, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and archaeology are discussed as evidence for the Bible's historical reliability. • Why the Bible should function both as a mirror that helps us examine our own lives and as glasses that shape how we see the world. Someone who is new to following Jesus, wrestling with questions about the Bible, or wanting a faith built on more than simply being told what to believe will find this conversation especially helpful. If this episode was helpful, you can find more resources to help you build a faith that stands at faiththatstandspod.com.

    Why Should We Trust the Bible? | Understanding the Word of God

  6. Aug 25

    How Do We Know God Is Real? | Understanding the Evidence for God

    What if believing in God isn't supposed to mean turning off your brain? How do we actually know there is a God? And how do we know who that God is?Pastor Angel Garcia III and Marlon Gutierrez explore the difference between general revelation and special revelation, looking at the ways creation, design, morality, and human longing point toward God. They then turn to the evidence surrounding Jesus, the apostles, His brothers James and Jude, and the early growth of Christianity.You’ll Hear: • How the cosmological, teleological, moral, and longing arguments point toward the existence of God.• Why general revelation can point to a Creator but doesn't fully answer who God is.• How the lives and suffering of the apostles, James, and Jude are presented as evidence for the truth of the resurrection.• Why a Christian faith grounded in truth can move beyond emotion and tradition toward a faith that stands.This conversation is for anyone following Jesus who has questions about whether Christianity is actually true and wants a faith built on more than emotion or personal experience.If this episode was helpful, you can find more resources to help you build a faith that stands at faiththatstandspod.com.

    How Do We Know God Is Real? | Understanding the Evidence for God

  7. Aug 11

    What Is the Gospel? | Understanding the Heart of Christianity

    What if the gospel is more than simply “Jesus died for my sins and rose again”? What happens when you slow down and see how the gospel shapes the entire story of Scripture—and changes the way you live? Pastor Angel Garcia III and Marlon Gutierrez unpack what the gospel actually means and why it is the foundation of Christianity. They explore how the gospel differs from other belief systems, how the story of Jesus is woven throughout Scripture, and how grace, mercy, and salvation transform the way we see God, ourselves, and others. You’ll Hear: • Why the gospel is fundamentally different from other approaches to salvation • How Ephesians 2 explains our need for grace, mercy, and a Savior • How Adam and Eve, Abraham, David, and Old Testament prophecy point toward Jesus • How the gospel can replace shame and spiritual exhaustion with freedom, humility, and trust in God This conversation is for anyone new to following Jesus who wants to understand the gospel beyond a simple definition and build a faith that can stand when life gets difficult. If this episode was helpful, you can find more resources to help you build a faith that stands at faiththatstandspod.com.

    What Is the Gospel? | Understanding the Heart of Christianity

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    Trailer - Faith That Stands

    You found faith. Now you’re trying to figure out what to do with it. The feeling that got you here was real — but a few months in, it’s quieter. The questions are louder. You’re not sure what you actually believe versus what you felt in a moment. You’re trying to read the Bible and it’s a lot. You’re in a church and everyone seems like they’ve been doing this forever. And there’s no shortage of podcasts and teachers and opinions telling you where to start. Hosted by Pastor Angel Garcia III and Marlon Gutierrez, Faith that Stands is for that season. Each episode takes one question from the early years of following Jesus and works through it honestly - the gospel, the theology, and what it actually looks like in your life.

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You found faith. Now you’re trying to figure out what to do with it. Hosted by Pastor Angel Garcia III and Marlon Gutierrez, Faith that Stands is for people in the early years of following Jesus who want something real to stand on — not just more content to consume. Each episode tackles one question, one struggle, one part of the Christian life that nobody handed you a guide for.

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  • Creator
    Pastor Angel Garcia and Marlon Gutierrez
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Pastor Angel Garcia and Marlon Gutierrez
  • Show Website
    Faith That Stands

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