Breakaway Ministries Podcast

Breakaway is a non-denominational Bible study that exists to help any and every college student take either their first or next step with Jesus Christ. Every Tuesday night of the semester, thousands of college students gather to worship and hear God’s Word taught on the campus of Texas A&M University. Breakaway is in a unique position to reach the next generation of leaders worldwide with the truth and hope of Jesus. For more information, visit www.breakawayministries.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.

The Best Stories Finish Where They Started 04/29/2026

The Best Stories Finish Where They Started For the final message of the 2025-2026 school year, Brian McCormack shows us how Paul's final words to the Ephesians are a call back to his first words, and encourages us to remember that hope is always abounding for those willing to return to their first love. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/41121600

A Woman Like Deborah 04/15/2026

A Woman Like Deborah Guest speaker, Toni Collier, gives a glimpse of the strength, character, and faith embodied in the life of Deborah, and calls young women to confidently stand on their biblical identity as helpers, soldiers, and sisters. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/40904660

The Prayer You Thought You Knew 04/11/2026

The Prayer You Thought You Knew Sometimes you realize something is far more than what you thought it was...and everything changes. Brian McCormack walks us through the Lord's Prayer, and we see not just a playbook for how to pray, but a powerful list of God's divine identities. Now we have a choice to make -- will we believe He is who he says He is...or not? For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/40823280

Pray Like a Soldier 04/08/2026

Pray Like a Soldier After laying out the armor of God, Paul addresses an important question -- now what? Brian McCormack walks us through Paul's answer, which charges us to pray, watch, and persevere as the soldiers we have been called to be. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/40822365

The Week That Changed the World 04/01/2026

The Week That Changed the World If you truly understand and embrace Christ's final days, it will transform the rest of yours. Executive Director, Brian McCormack walks us from the Triumphal Entry, to the crucifixion...and we come face to face with a love that declares war on distance. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/40822345

The Sword of the Spirit 03/25/2026

The Sword of the Spirit We are not just protected when we put on the armor of God, we are equipped with a weapon. The Sword we wield is the Spirit-inspired, Spirit-given Word of God…and it is the only weapon we need. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/40659230

Q&A with Cliffe & Stuart Knechtle 03/18/2026

Q&A with Cliffe & Stuart Knechtle On a historic night in Kyle Field, we sit down to ask this prolific father/son duo some big questions about doubt, suffering, mental health, and hope that is only found in Jesus Christ. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/40549370

The Helmet of Salvation 03/04/2026

The Helmet of Salvation The enemy is always looking for a chance to take a headshot...and is attacks often come from all sides. But with the helmet of salvation in place, our past, present and future are all secure in God's hands. It seems the Gospel is bigger and better than we realize. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/40415080

The Shield of Faith 02/25/2026

The Shield of Faith We often seek protection behind things that will never actually provide it, so God offers us a shield. But before we can take it up, we’ll need to drop whatever we’ve been clinging to. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/40260940

Readiness From the Gospel of Peace 02/18/2026

Readiness From the Gospel of Peace The enemy uses anxiety and apathy to hijack our peace, but God gives us shoes of peace so strong they turn every step into solid ground...even as we walk through hardship and suffering. We experience this peace as the Gospel change our position before him and our proximity to him...but first we must change our posture toward him. In brief...it's all about repentance. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/40167430

The Breastplate of Righteousness 02/11/2026

The Breastplate of Righteousness As we are made righteous, live righteously, and DO righteousness, we essentially put on a bulletproof vest that protects what's most important, and gives us confidence for the battle we find ourselves in. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/40102465

The Belt of Truth 02/04/2026

The Belt of Truth We need something bigger than the lies of the enemy that come against us, that can hold us together when we are falling apart. Turns out there is a truth that saves, seals, and transforms us as we speak it to one another in love. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/40010155

7 Traits of a Battle-Ready Christian 01/28/2026

7 Traits of a Battle-Ready Christian Ephesians 6:10-20 Too many Christians say they believe they are in a battle, but live as if that were not the case. Jonathan Pokluda leads us through a fly-by of the armor of God, and tells us what it looks like to live suited up and ready for the attacks of the enemy. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/39912585

What is Spiritual Warfare? 01/21/2026

What is Spiritual Warfare? Ephesians 6:10-13 Are we really in a spiritual battle? Who is our enemy and how does he attack? How do I discern if I'm hearing God, Satan, or my own thoughts? How do I fight?Jonathan Pokluda, Joel Muddamalle, and Brian McCormack point us toward the answers. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/39815865

Break Up with Your Phone 01/14/2026

Break Up with Your Phone Matthew 13:1-23 91% of us have our phones on us 24 hours a day. What might change if we reclaimed those minutes and hours and repurpose them toward God and the people he has called us to love? Short answer: everything. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/39753050

How to Recognize False Teaching 11/19/2025

How to Recognize False Teaching Ephesians 4:14-16 One of the primary ways followers of Jesus must mature is in their ability to discern what is true from what is false, especially when it comes to the teachings they hear. Confidence doesn't come from being deeply familiar with the alternatives and imposters, but from intimate connection to the authentic. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/39182535

The Cure for Your Apathy 11/12/2025

The Cure for Your Apathy Ephesians 5:14-16 Passion and zeal for God are not just admirable traits. They are commands — things we must cultivate. But where do we start when don’t feel much of anything about what we say matters most? Well, if the cause of apathy is distance, the cure for it will include drawing near…regardless of what we feel. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/39013100

Sex, Alcohol, and True Satisfaction 11/05/2025

Sex, Alcohol, and True Satisfaction Ephesians 5:1-21 If the Gospel changes everything, then everything must change...and our areas of greatest temptation will not be the exceptions. Although Paul has clear commands that affect every area of our lives, beneath them is an invitation -- to find true satisfaction in the only place it can be found. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/38927645

How To Live A Different Life 10/29/2025

How To Live A Different Life Ephesians 4:17-32 Most of us know growth is a divine command -- and even want to change -- but get discouraged when "putting off the old self and putting on the new" proves easier said than done. But for those who remember who they were, remember what they were taught, and start with forgiveness....there is ALWAYS hope. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/38830290

We All Need to Grow Up 10/22/2025

We All Need to Grow Up Ephesians 4:11-16 The divine invitation to costly obedience is not just about unity -- it's about maturity. Discipleship calls us to a child-LIKE faith, not a child-ISH one. When we sell out to believing in Jesus, befriending Jesus, and becoming like Jesus, there is a cost...but on the other side of full devotion is fullness of joy. It will be worth it...because HE is worth it. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/38746150

5 Ways A Christian Must Walk 10/08/2025

5 Ways A Christian Must Walk Ephesians 4-5 Every devoted disciple must answer this question: How will I Walk? As Brian McCormack highlights the 5 times in Ephesians where Paul commands us to walk a particular way, we come face to face with a crucial truth -- to be fully free IN Christ, we must be fully submitted TO Christ. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/38515580

The 3 Calls of Revival 10/01/2025

The 3 Calls of Revival John 11 The word "revival" is being used more and more in this season. But what precedes it? And how will we recognize it when it arrives? Using the story of Lazarus in John 11, Brian McCormack presents the the 3 calls that many people will respond to when revival comes -- Come Alive, Come Awake, and Come Home. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/38450740

What Does God Call a Man to Be? 09/24/2025

What Does God Call a Man to Be? 2 Timothy 2:1-7 Friend of Breakaway and NYT Bestseller, Jeff Bethke walks us through the 3 things God calls men to be -- soldiers who sacrifice, athletes with discipline, and farmers with patience. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/38371905

Love for the Loveless 09/17/2025

Love for the Loveless Ephesians 3:14-21 Paul is committed to enlarging his readers' understanding of how BIG the Good News really is. In this prayer, he asks the Father -- to strengthen us with the Spirit -- so we might know how BIG the love of Christ is. Spoiler: it is much bigger than you think. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/38262650

Grace for the Broken 09/10/2025

Grace for the Broken Ephesians 2:1-10 The bad news is worse than you feared...but the Good News is better than you can imagine. In this message Brian shows us how Paul unpacks the heart of the Gospel...which is not about bad people becoming good, but dead people COMING ALIVE. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/38184875

Hope for the Hopeless 09/03/2025

Hope for the Hopeless Ephesians 1:15-23 Paul's prayer for his readers is that the Father would give them the Spirit, so they might know the inheritance, power, and HOPE that comes from an ever-deepening knowledge of Him. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/38098010

Peace for the Anxious 08/27/2025

Peace for the Anxious Ephesians 1:1-10 We’ve identified the top things Gen Z is looking for… and god is using Ephesians to give us everything we know we need, Gods gift to an anxious generation is a revival of PEACE…delivered through family, freedom, and forgiveness. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/38013065

Jesus Sends 04/30/2025

Jesus Sends Does my life have a purpose? Former Director, Timothy Ateek, now lead pastor of Watermark, walks us through 1 Chronicles 28 where David commissions Solomon. We finish an incredible school year by asking the Lord to grant us two crucial things: 1) an undivided heart, and 2) a clear calling. For more information about Breakaway, check out and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/36393945

Jesus Satisfies 04/23/2025

Jesus Satisfies We seem live in a world of perpetual stimulation, with no satisfaction. Is a truly fulfilled life even possible? If so, where is such a life found? Brian McCormack walks us through Jesus’ encounter with a Samaritan woman in John 4, and makes a bold claim — that truly knowing Jesus is the most satisfying thing in the universe. For more information about Breakaway, check out and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/36299970

Jesus Sanctifies 04/16/2025

Jesus Sanctifies Is real, lasting change even possible? If so, is it our own responsibility to make ourselves more like Jesus using our own resources and nothing more? Brian McCormack lays out the beauty of sanctification, and invites us to rest in God’s promise to finish the work he has started in us. For more information about Breakaway, check out and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit /episode/index/show/breakawayministries/id/36222075

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