by PassionLife Ministries | Aug 24, 2026 | Biblical Insights on Abortion, Biblical Thinking, Culture, John, Mark, Missions, podcast, video
In 2006, Miami-Dade County led the nation in abortions per capita and had not a single pregnancy help medical clinic — so Martha Avila and Jeannie Pernia left good jobs to open one, and 19 years later Heartbeat of Miami has rescued more than 75,000 babies and their mothers from abortion. They tell John Ensor what it cost: a stolen ultrasound machine their first week, vandalism and bomb threats after Roe fell, and the day Jeannie walked back through the doors of the very building where she once helped provide abortions — and where she aborted her own first child. Watch and see how God turns a place of death into a place of rescue, on this episode of PassionLife.
by PassionLife Ministries | Aug 17, 2026 | Biblical Insights on Abortion, Biblical Thinking, Culture, John, Mark, Missions, podcast, video
John Ensor and Mark Nicholson sit down with PassionLife Operations Manager Christian Harris as he and Mark prepare to board a plane for Mozambique — a country PassionLife had to cancel on in 2025 amid armed conflict, natural disasters, and post-election unrest. They talk through the real risks of the trip: carrying five portable ultrasound machines across borders where medical technology is routinely confiscated, as well as the careful vetting and follow-up that ensures every ultrasound placed actually gets used to save lives. Watch the full conversation and find out how you can pray them over the border, on this episode of PassionLife.
by PassionLife Ministries | Aug 13, 2026 | Biblical Insights on Abortion, Biblical Thinking, Culture, John, Mark, Missions, podcast, video
In 1985, a frightened 17-year-old in Medellín, Colombia swallowed an abortifacient a relative had given her — and then, she says, saw the face of Jesus telling her, “I will forgive you.” Her son Anderson Ocampo survived, was baptized under a different name because doctors expected him to die, and grew up with a voice too weak to shout on the soccer field — the same voice he now uses to train churches across Latin America to defend life. John Ensor and Mark Nicholson sit down with Anderson to hear the story behind the Faces of Choice commercial that aired during the World Cup, and to trace the providence of God through every improbable turn of it. Watch as God turns a silenced child into a leading voice for the unborn, on this episode of PassionLife.
by PassionLife Ministries | Aug 3, 2026 | Biblical Insights on Abortion, Biblical Thinking, Culture, John, Mark, Missions, podcast, video
Hosts John Ensor and Mark Nicholson are joined by PassionLife teammate Stan Pawlowski and special guest Pastor Amit Paul of Calcutta, India. Amit leads PassionLife’s growing pro-life movement across West Bengal — training pastors, launching the nation’s first mother’s home, and discipling leaders who disciple others in the country with the world’s highest abortion rate. On a recent teaching trip, an angry Hindu mob surrounded him and demanded he leave, but God gave him the words to calm the crowd and open an unexpected door for future gospel work. Hear his story, meet the man behind the Curry and Spice Initiative, and see what God is doing in the neediest place on earth on this episode of PassionLife.
by PassionLife Ministries | Jul 27, 2026 | Biblical Insights on Abortion, Biblical Thinking, Culture, John, Mark, Missions, podcast, video
Many pastors stay silent on abortion, leaving people to wonder whether it’s an unforgivable sin or an issue God doesn’t much care about. John Ensor and Mark Nicholson unpack why so many leaders struggle to find their voice on this moral crisis—and how they can address it with clarity, courage, and the hope of the gospel rather than the weight of politics. Whether you’re a pastor, teacher, or small-group leader—or simply someone longing to see your church speak faithfully on this issue—you won’t want to miss the biblical, practical guidance on this episode of PassionLife.
by PassionLife Ministries | Jul 20, 2026 | Biblical Insights on Abortion, Biblical Thinking, Culture, John, Mark, Missions, podcast, video
Scripture is full of both promises and boundaries: what is impossible for us becomes possible through God, yet certain things—like God lying or bending His moral will—remain impossible by His very nature. In this episode, John Ensor and Mark Nicholson walk through the New Testament’s language of possible and impossible, drawing on the camel through the needle’s eye, the healing of a deaf and mute boy, Gethsemane, and stories of missionaries who attempted the impossible for the sake of the gospel. Discover how to think biblically about the challenges that feel too big to overcome on this episode of PassionLife.
