Amazing Greats

About Amazing Greats

Amazing Greats shares inspiring Christian testimonies and faith stories from professional athletes, actors, authors, musicians, and other remarkable guests. Each episode explores how Jesus transformed their lives, strengthened their faith, and worked through both success and hardship. Host Ric Hansen goes beyond careers and accomplishments to uncover the defining moments when faith became real. Every episode explores hope, redemption, purpose, and the remarkable ways God continues to work through ordinary and extraordinary people alike. Amazing Greats is building one of the largest libraries of modern Christian testimonies from influential people.

Publisher

Host Ric Hansen. Produced by Klem Daniels

Category

religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jan 2021

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

106 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   Claude Terry: Stanford & NBA Star's journey with Jesus from age 7

   A childhood break-in, a distant police siren, and a six-year-old’s sudden certainty that sin is real and grace is needed. That’s where Claude Terry starts, and it sets the tone for everything that follows, from Stanford basketball stardom to the grind of the ABA and NBA with teams like the Denver Nuggets, Buffalo Braves, and Atlanta Hawks. We talk about what it was like to score and lead in an era without three-pointers, and how he kept his identity anchored when accolades and expectations pi...

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Ted Barrett: The 30 year legendary MLB Umpire God Sent Into the Game

   What happens when a man who thought God was calling him OUT of baseball discovers that God actually called him to bring Jesus INTO baseball? Ted Barrett spent nearly 30 years as a Major League Baseball umpire, working five World Series, three All-Star Games, 10 League Championship Series and 13 Division Series. He was behind the plate for two perfect games—an extraordinary accomplishment in baseball history. But Ted's most amazing story isn't found in a baseball box score. At just eight years...

3. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Dave Jones' Broken Nose Becomes A Turning Point Toward Purpose.

   Dr. Dave Jones has lived a life of unexpected turns—professional hockey player, U.S. Air Force veteran, Christian marketing executive, elite-athlete coach, sport and performance psychologist and author. Dave shares how a hockey injury led him to ask God what He wanted him to do with his life—and how that prayer began a journey that included the Air Force, professional hockey in Germany, meeting his wife Laura, launching a Christian marketing company and eventually earning a doctorate in sport...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

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