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February 02, 2019

Former wide receiver Vance Johnson played in three Super Bowl's with the Denver Broncos, but that pressure led him to a life of drug and alcohol addiction and a string of broken marriages. It was Christ that brought him real victory and sobriety. He talks with Ed Stetzer about how he's helping others, just as Christ helped him.

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Vance Johnson

Vance Johnson was a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos from 1985 to 1995. He assisted the Denver Broncos to three Super Bowls appearances in the eighties, but the pressure led him into drug and alcohol addiction. Today, Vance is one of the best recovery coaches in the country and an advocate for addiction recovering athletes in his post-career.

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Ed Stetzer

Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., is a professor and dean at Wheaton College where he also serves as Executive Director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. He has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches; trained pastors and church planters on six continents; earned two master’s degrees and two doctorates; and he has written hundreds of articles and a dozen books. He is Regional Director for Lausanne North America, is the Editor-in-Chief of Outreach Magazine, and regularly writes for news outlets such as USA Today and CNN. He serves at his local church, Highpoint Church, as a teaching pastor. Ed and his wife Donna have been married for more than 35 years and are the parents of three daughters.

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