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Preacher, Prisoner, Surrendered - TRB #35 - Michael Torres
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A five-year-old meets God in a prayer meeting. A teenager discovers he doesn’t fit. A young preacher catches fire, then loses his footing in a storm of loneliness, loss, and regret. Years later, a desperate father bargains for his unborn child’s life on a Yosemite worksite—and God answers. This conversation with Michael Torres is the unvarnished arc of calling tested by catastrophe: from pulpit to prison to purpose.
We walk through the tender memories that formed him—Bible quizzes after school, old hymns on a white piano, the exact spot where he first felt called to preach. We name the ache of isolation and the pressure to fit that so many sensitive kids carry. We sit with the painful honesty of a marriage that should not have been, and a crisis of faith that followed. Michael explains how control became a counterfeit refuge that led to four bank robberies he planned in meticulous detail. Then the dragnet, the arrest, and the heat of a cell where he chose gratitude over bitterness and asked for a Bible.
It's not everyday, a preacher becomes a bank robber. Tune in a listen how God has redeemed his life and is rewriting his future!
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Chapters
1. Meet Michael Torres (00:00:00)
2. Childhood Faith And Early Calling (00:02:10)
3. Isolation, Sensitivity, And Identity (00:06:45)
4. Teen Struggles And Pressure To Fit (00:14:30)
5. Recommitment And First Moments Preaching (00:20:30)
6. Miracles, Prayer, And Purpose (00:27:30)
7. Marriage, Hurt, And Slipping Away (00:34:30)
8. Loss, Substance, And Crisis Of Faith (00:41:30)
9. Planning And Committing Bank Robberies (00:49:30)
10. Arrest, Charges, And Jailhouse Surrender (01:00:00)
11. Courtroom Mercy And Reduced Sentence (01:08:00)
12. Prison Programs, Healing, And Study (01:15:00)
13. Release, Bay Area Return, And Restoration (01:20:30)
14. Calling Reaffirmed And Preaching Again (01:27:00)
15. Hope For Parents And Backsliders (01:33:00)
16. Closing Appeal And Next Steps (01:36:30)
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