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THE RUGGED PATH

Raw Faith. Real Stories.

Long-form conversations with people who have walked through war, addiction, trauma, violence, and broken relationships — and found, or are still finding, their way to faith. No polished testimonies. No formulas. Just real people whose faith was forged in genuinely hard places.

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Episode 012August 18, 2026

Antwon Murchison:
A DWI With His Kids in the Car

Antwon Murchison sits down with Dan Black to trace a path from a fractured childhood in Midway, North Carolina, through a Division I football career at Clemson, into a coaching career that alcoholism nearly destroyed. A 2019 DWI arrest with his young children in the car led to a suicidal walk the next morning, and a letter from his 96-year-old great-grandmother in rehab that finally made her decades of prayer land.

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Dan Black

Veteran / Former Tattoo Artist / Host

Dan Black has lived more than one life — soldier, tattoo artist, and now the voice behind conversations the Church usually leaves out. He doesn't come to these stories as an outsider looking in. He's walked through hard places himself, and it shows in the way he asks questions and the way he listens.

The Rugged Path exists because Dan got tired of polished testimonies that skip the messy middle. Every episode is an unscripted, honest conversation with someone whose faith was forged — or is still being forged — in real hardship. No formulas. No performance. Just the truth, however long it takes to tell it.

"I'm not interested in the highlight reel. I want to know what it actually looked like in the dark."
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