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Red Flags & Redemption

Red Flags & Redemption

By: Christine Cooper
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This podcast is dedicated to honest conversations, truth, healing, and redemption.

Whatever your story, you belong here.


Each conversation reflects one person’s lived experience.

Joel 2:25 states he will "Restore the years the locusts have eaten" --it is a powerful promise from the Bible where God offers to make up for times of devastating loss, implying that what's restored will be even better than before, bringing healing and joy after despair. How many of you believe that our future will be greater than our past? That the years to come will exceed and be in excess of the year we may have lost. Our God is an abundant God. Our God is a restorative God. Our God is a faithful father.

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Episodes
  • I Was A Drug-Addicted Pastor
    Mar 21 2026

    Red Flags & Redemption —Episode 3:Part 2—Pastor @johnmichaelgibson_ | From Despair to Restoration

    In this powerful episode of Red Flags & Redemption, we sit down with Pastor John Michael Gibson, a man whose life journey is a raw and honest testimony of how God can transform even the darkest chapters into a story of redemption.

    Pastor John Michael opens up about battling addiction, walking through the heartbreak of divorce, and facing moments so heavy that suicidal thoughts felt overwhelming. Through seasons of deep loss, brokenness, and searching for meaning, his story reveals the painful red flags that once marked his life.

    But this episode is also about what happens when surrender meets grace.

    Through faith, healing, and a complete submission to God, Pastor John Michael shares how his life was rebuilt—restored through a new marriage to his best friend, the courage to write his story, and the blessing of leading a growing church in Cutler Bay, Florida.

    His testimony is living proof of the promise that God doesn’t just repair broken lives—He restores them into something even greater.

    If you’ve ever wondered whether your past disqualifies you from a beautiful future, this episode will remind you that redemption is real, healing is possible, and God still writes better stories.

    Truth. Healing. Redemption.

    Because when we place our lives in God’s hands, He restores what was lost and redeems what once seemed beyond hope.

    Subscribe, share, and join us as we continue telling stories that prove no life is too broken for God to restore.

    https://youtube.com/@redflagsandredemption?si=Owf7-cEkGQaB3yVW

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    39 mins
  • I Was An Alcoholic Pastor
    Mar 4 2026

    Red Flags & Redemption —Episode 3:—Full Episode launching tomorrow on all platforms. Pastor @johnmichaelgibson_ | From Despair to Restoration
    In this powerful episode of Red Flags & Redemption, we sit down with Pastor John Michael Gibson, a man whose life journey is a raw and honest testimony of how God can transform even the darkest chapters into a story of redemption.
    Pastor John Michael opens up about battling addiction, walking through the heartbreak of divorce, and facing moments so heavy that suicidal thoughts felt overwhelming. Through seasons of deep loss, brokenness, and searching for meaning, his story reveals the painful red flags that once marked his life.
    But this episode is also about what happens when surrender meets grace.
    Through faith, healing, and a complete submission to God, Pastor John Michael shares how his life was rebuilt—restored through a new marriage to his best friend, the courage to write his story, and the blessing of leading a growing church in Cutler Bay, Florida.
    His testimony is living proof of the promise that God doesn’t just repair broken lives—He restores them into something even greater.
    If you’ve ever wondered whether your past disqualifies you from a beautiful future, this episode will remind you that redemption is real, healing is possible, and God still writes better stories.
    Truth. Healing. Redemption.
    Because when we place our lives in God’s hands, He restores what was lost and redeems what once seemed beyond hope.
    Subscribe, share, and join us as we continue telling stories that prove no life is too broken for God to restore.

    https://youtube.com/@redflagsandredemption?si=Owf7-cEkGQaB3yVW

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    33 mins
  • The Problem With Foster Families
    Feb 12 2026

    Episode 2: From Foster Care to Freedom — David Rijos’ Story of Redemption

    In this deeply moving episode of Red Flags & Redemption, David Rijos shares the story behind the smile — the pain he carried through years of instability, abuse, and being shuffled from one foster home to another.

    Victimized at a young age.
    Unprotected.
    Unseen.
    Forced to grow up too fast.

    David opens up about what it does to a child’s heart to be tossed aside repeatedly… how trauma shapes identity… and how survival can become your only language.

    But this is not just a story of pain.

    It is a story of healing.

    Through therapy, self-awareness, faith, and the courage to confront his past, David began the slow and sacred work of restoration. Instead of letting trauma define him, he chose to rewrite his narrative.

    Today, he is known as one of Miami’s best in hair — not just because of talent, but because of resilience, discipline, and heart. His hands that once carried pain now create beauty. His voice that once felt silenced now empowers others.

    This episode reminds us:

    Your past may explain you — but it does not own you.
    God is still writing.
    And redemption is always possible.

    If you’ve ever felt discarded, forgotten, or defined by what happened to you… this conversation will meet you right where you are.

    Truth. Healing. Restoration.
    This is Red Flags & Redemption.

    https://youtube.com/@redflagsandredemption?si=Owf7-cEkGQaB3yVW

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    28 mins
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