A Baseball Star Who Lost It All—and How He Got It Back
Listen To The Podcast
Listen here or
on your favorite podcast platform
More About The Podcast
About The Podcast
Blake Russell says he was “19 years old but with a Hollywood-sized ego” when he went from merely doing drugs to selling them. That arrogance would cost him a promising baseball career, a girlfriend—and, eventually, his freedom, as he spent years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine. In prison, though, he had a “sentimental moment” that guided him to God and forever changed his life. Blake, now out of prison and serving as ministry director of Take the City in Columbus, Georgia, talks with Paul Amos about that moment of salvation, the bad decisions that led up to it, and how his life has taken on newfound conviction, humility, and meaning since then.
Show Notes
Additional Resources:
Timestamps:
0:00—Intro/”lightning round”
1:34—Blake’s background in baseball
3:59—Blake’s descent into drug addiction
11:57—How Blake ended up in prison
22:05—Blake’s prison journey, from drug dealing to sobriety and redemption
36:54—Blake’s relationship with Krista/what does redemption mean to you?
43:16—Where Blake is today/Krista’s health struggles/outro
Search Podcasts
Enjoyed This Episode?
Discover more inspiring episodes of The Redeemed Man Podcast wherever you tune in!
Share This Podcast
Sign up for updates
When you sign up for this mailing list, you’ll receive regular updates for The Redeemed.
More From The Redeemed Man Podcast
Chaplain, Husband, Father, Disciple
Pastor and Army National Guard chaplain Nick Cash talks about the joys of fostering and adoption, how community enriches our spiritual journeys, and the perspective he gained on Scripture while deployed to an active combat zone in Iraq.
Trusting the Process
Small Group Coordinator Payton Linder talks with founder Paul Amos about how the ministry met him in a season of aimlessness and the opportunity that honesty and vulnerability present.
Life Doesn’t Always Move at Our Preferred Pace
Growing up in an “unhealthy, negligent” household, Paul Bullard waited a long time to find people who felt like family and to discover his purpose in Christ. Paul shares how his path has shaped him as a disciple.
