Encounter Life

About Encounter Life

Kurt Richey, the host of Encounter Life, is an Associate Pastor at Encounter Church located in beautiful Wildwood / The Villages, Florida. It is our desire that the Encounter Life Podcast would a source of reliable and trustworthy Christian content that inspires, encourages, and blesses listeners. Episodes will include a mix of Bible insights and inspirational interviews.

Publisher

encounterlifestudios

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Feb 2025

Latest episode

17 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

18 of 84 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   James 5 (A Podcast Farewell)

   Pastor Kurt Richey concludes his James 5 study and ministry on Encounter Life, transitioning to law enforcement chaplaincy.

2. 

   10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Two Types of Joy

   Pastor Kurt Richey explores two biblical types of joy from the Book of James, offering listeners a deeper understanding of this spiritual concept.

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   3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   False to the Truth

   Pastor Kurt Richey guides listeners through James 3:13-18, contrasting worldly boasting with heavenly wisdom to cultivate honest faith and a harvest of righteousness.

Inside a recent episode

James 5 (A Podcast Farewell)

Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] If we take Verse 12, and we isolate it. Remember, I've been kind of raising a caution flag in the study of James not to do that. Don't isolate a verse. Look bigger. Look deeper. Read before. Read after. What is James saying? What's the thread, the ideas that are woven throughout this whole thing? We are at that moment again where verse 12, if you read it alone and try to enforce it and make it a standard and follow it, without understanding the context of this full letter of james i think you do it at this verse 12 you do it a disservice because verse 12 let me read it but above all my brothers do not swear either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath but let your yes be yes and your no be no so that you may not fall under condemnation you see around the church any number of years, you have to be familiar with this verse. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

21 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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