Rebellious Skater to Youth Pastor: Jon Deaver #TRB Season 2 Episode 47

The Redeemed Backslider · Mar 5, 2026 · 2h 15m · transcript

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What if the power you’ve been chasing is actually found in surrender? That’s the electric current running through Jon Deaver’s story—part skate-park bravado, part barroom chaos, and ultimately a fierce return to hope. He grew up hearing Scripture, drifted into cigarettes at ten and parties by day, became a teen dad, married young, and watched it all collapse. The scene that followed is searing: an empty apartment, a drained bank account, a lawn chair, a rifle—and a mother’s phone call at the last possible second.

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