365. The $50,000 Faith Fail (When I Ignored God’s Warning)
The Rob Skinner Podcast: Helping You Make This Life Count
Release Date: 01/02/2026
365. The $50,000 Faith Fail (When I Ignored God’s Warning)
The Rob Skinner Podcast: Helping You Make This Life Count
🎙️ The $50,000 Faith Fail (When I Ignored God’s Warning) 📄 Episode Description What happens when you ignore spiritual discernment and follow the crowd? In this episode of The Rob Skinner Podcast, Rob shares one of his most painful and personal faith failures—a financial decision that cost him $50,000. What looked like a “blessing” on the surface turned out to be a hard lesson in discernment, integrity, and wisdom. Through this story, Rob unpacks biblical principles that can help you avoid costly mistakes, especially when spiritual language, peer pressure, and “too good to be...
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364. Douglas Jacoby Interview
The Rob Skinner Podcast: Helping You Make This Life Count
🎙️ The Rob Skinner Podcast — Featuring Douglas Jacoby In this wide-ranging and deeply thoughtful conversation, Rob Skinner sits down with longtime teacher, author, and global church leader Douglas Jacoby to reflect on nearly five decades of faith, ministry, and leadership across continents. From becoming a Christian at Duke University, to helping plant churches in London and Scandinavia, to pioneering an international teaching ministry, Doug shares lessons learned from decades of evangelism, writing, church leadership, and global travel. This episode explores how faith matures over...
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363. Lost in Tokyo
The Rob Skinner Podcast: Helping You Make This Life Count
🎙️ Faith Fail Fridays: Lost in Tokyo 📖 Scripture Proverbs 3:5–6 (NIV) “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” 📌 Episode Summary In this Faith Fail Fridays episode, Rob Skinner shares a memorable (and slightly terrifying) moment from his time in Japan—when a simple sunrise run before preaching turned into getting completely lost in rural Tokyo just minutes before his sermon. What started as a confident shortcut became a humbling reminder of how easily we can lose our...
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362. A Christmas Thank You
The Rob Skinner Podcast: Helping You Make This Life Count
Episode Title: A Christmas Thank You Host: Rob Skinner Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:7 Episode Description: In this special Christmas message, Rob Skinner pauses to say thank you and wish listeners a very Merry Christmas. Reflecting on the true meaning of the season—Jesus, grace, generosity, and people—Rob shares his deep gratitude for everyone who has supported The Rob Skinner Podcast and the broader Go & Grow Ministry this past year. From moving to Boston to expanding the podcast, writing, teaching, and training leaders, Rob acknowledges how prayer, encouragement, and financial...
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361. Jordan and Caryn McLeod: A Missionary Story of Faith, Family, and Perseverance
The Rob Skinner Podcast: Helping You Make This Life Count
Episode Description In this powerful and deeply moving episode of The Rob Skinner Podcast, Rob sits down with Jordan and Caryn McLeod, longtime missionaries whose journey has taken them from New York City to Jerusalem, Cyprus, and back to the United States. Raised in Jewish homes, Jordan and Caryn share their personal faith journeys, how they became Christians, and what led them to leave everything behind to help plant the church in the Holy Land. They open up about cultural barriers, spiritual resistance, heartbreak, perseverance, and what it really takes to serve God in one of the most...
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360. "Don't Ever Lead Songs Again"
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🎙️ Rob Skinner Podcast Faith Fails Friday “Don’t Ever Lead Songs Again” Series: Faith Fails Friday Host: Rob Skinner 📖 Episode Summary In this episode of Faith Fails Friday, Rob Skinner shares one of his most personal and painful faith fails — a moment that nearly ended his engagement to his future wife, Pam. While serving in San Jose at a park service with no song leader, Rob stepped in to lead the singing and preach. Afterward, he asked Pam what she thought, expecting encouragement. Instead, her honest response — “I think you shouldn’t ever lead songs again”...
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359. Why You Need a Christmas Plan
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🎄 Why You Need a Christmas Plan 📖 Episode Summary What if one simple habit could make your Christmas less stressful—and a lot more joyful? In this episode of The Rob Skinner Podcast, Rob shares a surprisingly spiritual and practical idea that transformed his family’s Christmas experience: having a plan. What started as a moment of desperation became a powerful way to reduce anxiety, increase peace, and protect joy during the holidays. Rob explains why planning doesn’t kill joy—it actually creates space for it—and how a simple Christmas plan can help your family relax, connect,...
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358. No One is Beyond Forgiveness
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🎙️ Episode Title: No One Is Beyond Forgiveness Scripture: Mark 3:28 📖 Episode Summary In this encouraging episode of The 10X Christian Podcast, Rob Skinner unpacks one of the most hope-filled promises Jesus ever made: “All the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven.” Many people believe God can forgive others but secretly doubt He could forgive them. Rob addresses that struggle head-on, explaining what Jesus meant in Mark 3:28 and clearing up confusion surrounding the “unforgivable sin.” This message offers reassurance to anyone carrying guilt, shame, or regret and...
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357. What Makes You Come Alive?
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🎙️ Episode: What Makes You Come Alive? Scripture: Romans 15:17–20 Podcast: The Rob Skinner Podcast 📌 Episode Summary In this episode, Rob Skinner explores what it means to come alive in the calling God has placed on your life. Too many people ask, “What does the world need from me?” when the better question is, “What has God ignited inside me?” Drawing inspiration from John Eldredge’s famous quote and the passion-filled ministry of the apostle Paul, Rob challenges listeners to identify and pursue their God-given ambition—not for comfort, not for approval, but for...
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356. Nick Kaplan: Mission Update Hungary
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Nick Kaplan: Mission Update Hungary Guest: Nick Kaplan Keywords: mission, Hungary, faith, discipleship, Revive Eastern Europe, cultural adaptation, church, spiritual growth, God, community Episode Summary In this inspiring episode, Rob sits down with Nick Kaplan, a recent college graduate who stepped out in faith and moved across the world to serve as a missionary in Hungary. Nick shares how God placed this calling on his heart, the unexpected affirmations that confirmed his decision, and the powerful ways he has seen God working through the Revive Eastern Europe program. Nick opens up...
info_outline🎙️ The $50,000 Faith Fail (When I Ignored God’s Warning)
📄 Episode Description
What happens when you ignore spiritual discernment and follow the crowd?
In this episode of The Rob Skinner Podcast, Rob shares one of his most painful and personal faith failures—a financial decision that cost him $50,000. What looked like a “blessing” on the surface turned out to be a hard lesson in discernment, integrity, and wisdom.
Through this story, Rob unpacks biblical principles that can help you avoid costly mistakes, especially when spiritual language, peer pressure, and “too good to be true” opportunities collide.
If you’ve ever struggled to trust your gut, felt pressure to go along with others, or wondered how God warns us before a crash—this episode is for you.
📖 Key Scripture
Proverbs 27:12 (NIV)
“The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.”
🔑 Key Takeaways
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Don’t override spiritual discernment just because others are excited
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Spiritual language does not automatically equal integrity
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If something feels “too good to be true,” it usually is
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God often gives warnings long before the consequences arrive
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Wisdom means following God—not the crowd
💡 Faith Fail Lesson
Ignoring God-given discernment can be far more costly than waiting or walking away. Faith doesn’t mean blind trust—it means wise obedience.
🎯 One-Sentence Takeaway
Don’t let pressure—spiritual or financial—talk you out of the wisdom God has already placed in your heart.
📣 Call to Action
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🎯 About the Podcast
The Rob Skinner Podcast exists to help you:
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Live a no-regrets life
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Make this life count
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