October 18, 2026 — Episode #143
Finn Jacobs says the biggest question any college student will ever answer isn’t about religion or relationships. It’s “Who is Jesus to me?”
Finn Jacobs, a campus minister in Jackson, Tennessee, returns for a second week with Jerry and Becky in their series on single young adults. Finn shares how a planned road trip turned into leading a campus ministry, and how he hopes to plant a church out West someday. The conversation explores what he looks for in a future wife, why couples should talk through the big questions of calling and ministry before marriage, and why being single doesn’t mean going it alone. Finn and the hosts discuss the recent wave of baptisms on college campuses, the importance of discipleship after a decision, and the encouragement that believers are called to plant seeds even when they never see the harvest. Finn names discipline and community as his greatest needs as a single young man, and the group reflects on how a person can feel lonely even in a crowd. He closes with practical advice for anyone curious about Jesus: read the books of Mark and John, and seek him in a quiet room.
Topics discussed:
- How Finn ended up leading a campus ministry
- Hopes for church planting in a city out West
- Talking through calling and ministry before marriage
- Qualities to look for in a spouse: a life obsessed with Jesus and full of the Spirit
- Campus revivals and baptisms, and why discipleship matters afterward
- Planting seeds without always seeing the harvest
- A single young man’s greatest needs: discipline and community
- Why people feel lonely even in a crowd
- Reading Mark and John to answer “Who is Jesus to me?”
- Seeking Jesus in a quiet room, away from the big events
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