Kenny Barnwell toured the world with Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. He took all the credit. Then two men on a motorcycle pulled up beside him on a mountain in Mexico.
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⚠️ This story includes discussion of childhood sexual abuse and suicidal thoughts.
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🎬 ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Kenny grew up in a house where the parties ran all weekend and the family went to church on Sunday. He saw things a five-year-old shouldn’t see. People from his parents’ church abused him. At sixteen he read a quote from Gandhi — “I love your Christ. I don’t like your Christians” — and walked away from faith for the next twenty years.
He was expelled at fifteen, got himself emancipated, and lived on the streets of Jacksonville until a man in a pressure-washing van offered him twenty bucks to read two books. From there he built a career running multi-million dollar world tours. He took all the credit for it.
Then in August 2024, on tour in Monterrey, he went for a run up a mountain that changed his life forever…
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⏱️ CHAPTERS

0:00 Cold open:
01:06 CHAPTER 1: What a 5 Year Old Shouldnt See
04:09 CHAPTER 2: Strung Out At 15
06:10 CHAPTER 3: If This Is Christianity, Then I Dont Want It
12:04 CHAPTER 4: A Seed Planted
17:55 CHAPTER 5: 2 Men On A Motorcycle
22:12 CHAPTER 6: Divine Intervention
28:55 CHAPTER 7: Mountains and Valleys
31:51 CHAPTER 8: Eating Paper
35:28 CHAPTER 9: A Good Samaritan
40:09 CHAPTER 10: Losing An Ear To Hear
45:11 CHAPTER 11: A Voice Amplified

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Kenny Barnwell’s testimony is a powerful Christian testimony about childhood trauma, atheism, and surviving a cartel attack in Mexico. From twenty years of unbelief to a baptism at forty, Kenny’s salvation story shows how God pursues people who want nothing to do with Him. If you’re searching for hope, carrying church hurt, wrestling with doubt, or wondering whether God still speaks — this faith testimony is for you.
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