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Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Truth About God: One Woman's Shocking Story | Lisa Appelo | Joshua 2 - Rahab What stories have you heard about God? Would you be shocked to know that He rescued one woman who was a prostitute from a city He was about to destroy? In this episode, Lisa Appelo and I explore Rahab’s bold faith, God’s stunning mercy, and the hope it offers to anyone with a broken past. Her story reminds us that no one is too far gone for God’s grace. Judgy SeriesGuest: Lisa AppeloBible Passage: Rahab Hides the Spies - Joshua 2:1-13 NKJVGet your Free Resource: 20 Page Wor...
2025-08-0641 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Surprise of Mercy When You Side With God | Lisa Appelo | Joshua 2 - RahabDo you feel "disqualified" from receiving God's mercy? Are you stuck in shame over your past, or particular sins? Or is there someone else you think of as disqualified? Lisa Appelo joins me for a conversation about Rahab, the prostitute, and the surprise of God's mercy when she chose to side with Him. This story shows that none of us is too far gone for God to redeem.Judgy SeriesGuest: Lisa AppeloBible Passage: Rahab Hides the Spies - Joshua 2:1-13 NKJVGet your Free Resource: 20 Page Workbook
2025-07-3042 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}How to be a Non-Steamrolling Woman With Influence | Katie M. Reid | Judges 4 - DeborahHave you been trying to influence the people around you by steamrolling over them? If you try to control and micromanage, they’ll resist your influence, not embrace it. But if your faith is in God, and you’re receiving wisdom from Him, you’ll become a faith-building asset to those you have influence over.I have Katie M. Reid, author of a new study, “God, What Do I Do?” with me today. We’re talking about the story of Deborah—a woman who was called a “Mother of Israel.” How did she invest in the children of her nation? She...
2025-07-1651 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}God Judges People Who Don't Want To Be Happy | Champ Thornton | Exodus - PlaguesHow do we talk with our kids about salvation without overwhelming them or avoiding the hard stuff?In today’s conversation, I’m joined by Champ Thornton, author of 10 Questions About Salvation. We're talking about how to help kids understand faith, repentance, judgment, and mercy in a way that’s both truthful and tender.Champ shares from his own experience and gives practical encouragement for having those deep, meaningful conversations about the gospel right at home.Guest: Champ ThorntonBible Passage: Pharaoh and the Plagues - Exodus 7-12 ESVFREE...
2025-07-0235 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Truth About God's Offensive Judgment & Rising Mercy | Lindsay Schott | Genesis 6-9 - The FloodWhat if I find the flood kind of offensive? What if it makes me uncomfortable? If Jesus is kind and forgiving, how can God just end everybody? Lindsay Schott joins me to explore the flood narrative, where God grieves over human wickedness but also offers mercy through rescue. Lindsay shares how God transformed her judgy heart and gave her more compassion, and we talked about how trust is admitting God knows more than we do. Guest: Lindsay SchottBible Passage: Noah and the Flood - Genesis 6-9Get your Free Resource: 20 Pa...
2025-06-2548 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}From New Age To New Believer: Community Vs. Judgment | Kara SeymourWhat happens when a woman deeply entrenched in New Age invites her new community of Christian friends over to her house filled with Hindu statues and oracle cards? In part 2 of my conversation with Kara Seymour, she shares about how her new relationship with Jesus changed everything—but not immediately. Kara talks about the beautiful community and sisterhood she's experienced, but also some responses of judgment.We're kicking off our Judgy series—looking at stories of judgment and mercy from the Bible and how to live like it's true that our God is a merciful Judge. I love...
2025-06-1838 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}From New Age to New Life: One Woman's Amazing Story | Kara SeymourKara Seymour was deeply entrenched in the New Age movement as a Kundalini yogi. She was also thoroughly convinced that Christians were judgmental, boring, and brainwashed. So she was as surprised as anyone when she met a group of Christian women who became her new best friends.I can't wait for you to hear her amazing story of transformation, the judgment she felt outside and inside the Church, and how her relationship with Jesus has changed her life.We're kicking off our Judgy Girl series, where we're looking at stories of judgment and mercy from...
2025-06-1136 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}When You Get The Miracle but Forgo Gratefulness {Allison Brost}When your heart is breaking, what does it look like to notice God's goodness? Can gratitude grow in the soil of deep grief?In this episode of the Live Like It's True podcast, I'm talking with Allison Brost—who lost a child—about how grief and gratitude can intertwine in the most unexpected ways. Listen in as we talk about the healing power of gratitude in the story of the one leper who turned back to thank Jesus. Even in your sorrow, there’s an invitation to return to God with a grateful heart.Guest: Alliso...
2025-05-2143 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}God Wants To Be The Answer To Our Desperate Prayers {Rachel Wojo}What is the answer to your most desperate prayer? Could the answer to your complex situation actually be quite simple?Join us for part 2 of this episode on the Live Like It's True podcast, where Shannon and Rachel Wojo finish their conversation on the story of Hannah's complex prayer to the Lord. She is desperate. She is misjudged. And yet she sees that Lord is the answer for which she is looking.Where else can I listen to this podcast?Go HERE to find this episode on your favorite podcast app, including Apple...
2025-05-0728 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Desperate Prayers: Finding God's Strength in Dark Times {Rachel Wojo}Have you ever felt desperate in your times of trial or grief? Have you been mad or hopeless about your situation?Join us for part 1 of this episode on the Live Like It's True podcast, where Shannon interviews Rachel Wojo about the loss of her daughter and associated times of her desperately praying to the Lord. By looking at the story of Hannah in 1 Samuel, they see the beauty of Hannah's going to God with her pain and seeking His will her life. We hope this conversation will encourage you, too, to live like the story is...
2025-04-3038 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Is Your Girl Excited About Her Bible & Her Purpose? {Dannah Gresh}Does your girl know what her purpose is? Is she ready to take a stand for Jesus in a crazy-hair sort of way? If you're not sure and that sounds a little scary (for you and for her!), join me for a powerful conversation with Dannah Gresh. Dannah is passionate about helping your girl find her purpose by meeting a Person in the pages of her Bible.In this episode of Live Like It's True, we're talking about her latest True Girl Bible study, Esther: Becoming a Girl of Purpose which is written for girls ages 8-12...
2025-04-1643 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Discipleship: Passing the Beautiful Baton of Grace {Hunter Beless and Courtney Doctor}What would change if you thought of discipleship as passing the baton of grace from one generation to the next? Courtney Doctor and Hunter Beless have teamed up, not only to write a Bible study on Titus, but to model a Paul-and-Titus type friendship, rooted in discipleship.Join us as we discuss the relationship between Paul and Titus, the bad reputation and leadership of those in Crete, and how to put the gospel of grace on display in our own generation.Where else can I listen to this podcast?Go HERE to find...
2025-04-0248 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Overwhelmed? Here's The Way Back To Vibrant Joy {Asheritah CiuCiu}Have you lost your joy? Do you wake up tired and snap at your kids? Are you overwhelmed with all you must do?Asheritah Ciuciu, author and speaker, joins me for an honest conversation about how to live like it's true that Jesus's yoke is easy and his burden is light—especially if life feels exactly the opposite.Where else can I listen to this podcast?Go HERE to find this episode on your favorite podcast app, including Apple, Youtube, Spotify, and more.Guest: Asheritah CiuCiuBible Passage: Jesus's Yo...
2025-03-2644 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}When Your Giant Problem Looms, Worship Gives You Perspective {Donna Amidon} When giant-sized problems pop up in your life, your feelings can't be trusted to guide you. Donna Amidon joins Shannon on the Live Like It's True podcast to talk about the story of Joshua and Caleb in Numbers 13 and 14. Learn how to choose worship to gain perspective and overcome your fear. Where else can I listen to this podcast?Go HERE to find this episode on your favorite podcast app, including Apple, Google, Spotify, and more.Guest: Donna AmidonBible Passage: Caleb and Joshua - Numbers 13-14Get your Fr...
2025-03-1246 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Surprise of Unusual Kindness to Strangers in Need {Kristin Elizabeth Couch}Have you ever been the recipient of kindness that was surprising or unusual in nature? How did that kindness cause you to respond?On today's episode of the Live Like It's True podcast, Shannon is joined by author, Kristen Elizabeth Couch, to discuss Paul's journey from Acts 28, where he is shipwrecked, and thrown into an unknown territory with unknown people - the recipe for possible disaster! However, we see how God showed kindness to Paul through these unusual circumstances. We also see God's kindness to the native people, by bringing them Paul, a servant of Jesus and...
2025-02-2644 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}How to Overcome Loneliness by Giving Up Control {Becky Harling}What is making you feel lonely? Do you struggle to find an answer to this question and have you ever considered that it might be your need for control?Join us on this episode of Live Like It's True, where Shannon chats with author, speaker, and podcaster, Becky Harling, and continues the story of two sisters, Rachel and Leah, and learn about their desire to control those around them. Maybe you, too, will see how when you praise God and connect with Him, both your loneliness and desire to control others disappears. You may even find that...
2025-02-1227 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Truth About Envy and Your Loneliness {Becky Harling}Have you ever considered that your envy of others may be causing you to also feel...lonely? Maybe your time spent on social media is actually causing you to feel more alone and less connected, like you'd hoped. Are you constantly comparing yourself to others and noticing a growing distance between yourself and those with whom you are comparing?Join us on this episode of the Live Like It's True podcast, where Shannon is joined by author, speaker, and podcaster, Becky Harling, to hear about the story of two sisters, Rachel and Leah. You'll see how God...
2025-02-0532 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Introducing Jesus: What Happened When He Assumed Authority {Rachel Jones}Do I truly believe that Jesus has all authority over this world? If so, then why am I fretting? Why am I losing sleep? Why do I have this innate need for control? Rachel Jones joins me on the podcast to talk about the day Jesus's authority was challenged in the synagogue. And the shocking events that unfolded next will convince you that this world's ultimate authority belongs—not to powerful people or evil forces, but to Jesus alone.We're looking at one of the example texts Rachel used in her new book, The Quiet Tim...
2025-01-2235 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Astonishing Faith Is Like A Puppy, Begging For A Crumb {Erika VanHaitsma}Have you ever thought to ask God for just a crumb? Have you considered that the smallest piece of God's mercy is extravagantly more than what you need? Join us on this episode of the Live Like It's True podcast, where Shannon is joined by Erika VanHaitsma, from "The Context and Color of the Bible" podcast, to hear about how Jesus is astonished by the extravagant faith of a Canaanite woman, who is more than happy to beg, like a puppy, for a crumb-sized helping of what Jesus has to offer.Guest: Erika VanHaitsma
2025-01-1535 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Jesus: A Bettering Life Hack Or Satisfying Like Bread? {Felicity Carswell & Sarah Dargue}Have you ever wondered how you can "come to Jesus," when you are living in the 21 century, and He is seated in heaven? Jesus said "come to me," but he spoke those words on a hillside in Israel more than 2,000 years ago. How do I come to him today?On today's episode of the Live Like It's True podcast, Shannon is joined by Felicity Carswell and Sarah Dargue, from the "Two Sisters and a Cup of Tea" podcast, to discuss the answers to these questions, as well as how we can apply the answers to our daily...
2025-01-0845 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}People Love Your Success, but God Just Loves You {Vera Schmitz}What do people celebrate about you? Do they love your performance? Do they cheer you on for your successes? And what happens when you can't deliver what everyone expects? Vera Schmitz experienced this, after training for—but not going to—the Olympics. Learn how you, like Vera, can revel in God's love and grace for you, which has nothing to do with your performance. Also, we're so excited about a special offer from Dwell Differently: Get a free month subscription with this code: THEROCK Ready to build your life on the rock foundation of God...
2025-01-0135 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Lessons from Mary on Daring to Surrender Control {Kristi Huseby} What are you trying to control? How is it affecting your relationships with people and with God? Kristi Huseby joins me on the Live Like It's True podcast to talk about the story of Mary, who dangerously risked it all and surrendered to God. And God invites you to do the same. Bible Passage: Luke 1Get your Freebie: False Narrative WatchlistRecommended Resources: Check out Kristi's new book, She Who Dares at my Amazon Storefront HEREControl Girl to Jesus Girl SeriesResound Media Network: www.ResoundMedia.ccMusic: Cade Pop...
2024-12-0430 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Story: How to Make a Point, Not an Enemy {Gabe Hartfield} Would you like to learn how to make a point without making an enemy? Would you like a compelling way to offer truth in a world of competing narratives? In this second part of my conversation with Gabe Hartfield, we talk about the power of crafting effective stories that resonate with people—whether we're sharing them from a platform or in relationship. Guest: Gabe HartfieldBible Passage: VariousGet your Freebie: False Narrative WatchlistRecommended Resources: Check out resources mentioned at my Amazon Storefront HEREResound Media Network: www.Resou...
2024-11-3033 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Powerful Habit of Lifting Our Eyes to See Others {Brenda Yoder}What if we lifted our eyes more? What if we looked up from our screens and phones and took in the simple landscape? What if we made eye contact and actually noticed the people around us?Technology has given us ways to connect, but it's also complicated our relationships with each other as humans, don't you agree? Brenda Yoder is joining me on the Live Like It's True podcast to talk about her new book, Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life. Learn why an uncomplicated life involves stewarding the opportunities God has g...
2024-11-2037 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}How to be Behind God's Door of Safety {Shadia Hrichi}In the Bible, there's always a door between God's destruction and his deliverance. Some people try to blockade themselves and keep destruction out. But a much wiser approach—the one Rahab took—is to choose safety behind the door of deliverance that God provides. Are you behind the door? In part two of a conversation on the story of Rahab in Joshua 2, Shannon welcomes Shadia Hrichi backs to the Live Like It's True podcast for a fascinating conversation about deliverance from destruction. Guest: Shadia HrichiBible Passage: Rahab Hides the Spies...
2024-11-1331 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}God's Astonishing Response to the Faith of Just One {Shadia Hrichi}What would God do if there was only one in a city of thousands, who wanted to be rescued by him? And what if that one person was a prostitute? On the Live Like It's True podcast, we're talking about the astonishing story of the spies God sent to Jericho—not for a reconnaissance mission, but a mission to rescue a prostitute named Rahab. Guest: Shadia HrichiBible Passage: Rahab Hides the Spies - Joshua 2:1-7 ESVGet your Freebie: False Narrative WatchlistRe...
2024-11-0634 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}How to Live Like It's True that God has Control {Kori Pennypacker}How has God used a storm to show you that you're not in control? And how has he used that storm to invite you to surrender control to Him? In this episode of the Live Like It's True podcast, Kori Pennypacker of Bible2School.com and I are talking about the story of Jonah—the prophet who stubbornly tried to run away from God and was swallowed by a whale. Consider how God is asking you to live like it's true that He (not you) is the one who has control.Listen on: Apple...
2024-10-2344 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Surprise of Suffering and Empowering Truth {Amy Lively}How do you expect the story to go, once you begin following Jesus? Do you anticipate bigger and better realities for your life? Have you considered suffering might be part of the equation? In this episode of Live Like It's True, Amy Lively and I discuss Peter's misconception about suffering and the hopeful truth that Jesus offers him.Guest: Amy LivelyBible Passage: Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ - Matthew 16:13-23Get your Freebie: False Narrative WatchlistResound Media Network: ...
2024-10-0948 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Truth About Comparison, When You're the Mom with Less {Lara d’Entremont}What if that other mom is able to raise six kids and chickens, plus make her own cheese, and you can barely keep up with your one child and keep him from the brink of disaster?Listen on: Apple | Spotify | OtherGuest: Lara d’Entremont Bible Passage: Parable of the Talents - Matthew 25:14-30Freebie: Live Like It's True WorkbookResound Media: Go to w...
2024-09-2544 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}A "Lifequake" Story of God's Faithfulness and New Beginnings {Tracie Miles}Have you experienced a "Lifequake"? Perhaps an unwanted divorce, a job loss, a health or financial crisis? Tracie Miles and I talk about the context of Jeremiah 29:11—and what is and isn't promised to us in our lowest moments of exile. Tracie's story of God's faithfulness will inspire, challenge, and equip you for the new beginnings up ahead. Guest: Tracie MilesBible Passage: Jeremiah 29:4-9Get your Freebie: False Narrative WatchlistResound Media Network: www.ResoundMedia.ccRecommended Res...
2024-09-1138 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Jesus's Assurance & Challenge for a Wounded Doubter {Dr. Michelle Bengtson}Have you ever doubted that the Bible is true? That people could rise from the dead? That Jesus is really God? Today on the Live Like It's True podcast, Dr. Michelle Bengtson and I are talking about a wounded doubter named Thomas, and how Jesus responded. Find out how Jesus offers you both assurance and a challenge as well. Guest: Dr. Michelle BengtsonBible Passage: Jesus Appears to Thomas - John 20:19-29Get your Freebie: 99 Truths from God’s Word to Speak Over...
2024-09-0433 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Story that Will Make You Re-Think Your Scars {Dr. Michelle Bengtson}Have you ever tried to hide your scars? And what about your hidden scars on the inside? Do you try to cover over the most painful parts of your life? And have you looked forward to having no scars in heaven? Today on the Live Like It's True podcast, Dr. Michelle Bengtson and I had a conversation that I think might make you rethink any misconceptions you have about your scars. As Jesus reveals his scars after his resurrection, find out why the disciples go from trembling fear to astonished joy in an instant.Guest: Dr...
2024-08-2834 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}How to Change Your Brain, Using Stories Of The Bible {Dr. Alan Weissenbacher}Did you know your brain can change? And did you know willpower isn't what makes the change? This was a fascinating conversation with Dr. Weissenbacher on the Live Like It's True podcast, giving you some of the science that supports what we do here on the podcast.Rehearsing stories from the Bible can change your life! Listen to learn how.Guest: Dr. Alan WeissenbacherBible Passage: VariedRecommended Resources Including the Brain Change ProgramFreebie: Live Like It's...
2024-08-1438 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}How Jadedness Blinds You and Simple Faith Makes You See {Melissa Spoelstra} How has your jadedness kept you from seeing clearly? And how could simple faith open your eyes to the truth? Melissa Spoelstra and I are talking about a story in the Bible, where people were divided in how they saw Jesus after he leaned down and made mud by spitting in the dirt. The line dividing these people—and us today—will ultimately separate them into life and death, or heaven and hell-bound groups. Guest: Melissa SpoelstraBible Passage: Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind - John 9:1 - 41 NLT
2024-07-3146 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}When You Can't See Why, But You Trust God Anyway {Carol Kent}Why God? I don't understand why you're doing this? Have you ever cried out to God with a prayer like this? Last time we talked with Carol Kent about that horrifying day she got the unthinkable news that her son was being arrested for first degree murder. We talked about, "When God Says You Must Lay Down Your Isaac," and compared Carol's experience to Abraham's—when he was asked to lay Isaac on the altar. This time, we'll pick up the both Carol's story and Abraham's and talk about when we don't understand why.
2024-07-2427 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}When God Says You Must Lay Down Your Isaac {Carol Kent}Have you ever been tested by God? Has he asked you to lay down someone or something that is precious to you, just like he asked Abraham to place Isaac on the altar? In this episode of Live Like It's True, Carol Kent tells her painful story of laying her precious son on the altar, before the Lord. Learn how to respond in faith when God asks you for everything, even when it makes no sense.Guest: Carol KentBible Passage: Abraham Laying Isaac on the Altar (Genesis 22)
2024-07-1835 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Vulnerable Faith, When it's Too Risky to Hope {Hope Blanton & Chris Gordon}What if God eavesdropped on your heart? Would he hear you sighing and scoffing about impossible situations? Would he see you rolling your eyes at the idea things could change? In this conversation with Hope Blanton and Chris Gordon on the Live Like It's True Podcast, we're discussing the day God came to lunch at Sarah's table, and inviting her to be vulnerable and take a great leap of faith, even when it felt too risky to hope.Guests: Hope Blanton and Christine GordonBible Passage: Genesis 18:1-15...
2024-07-0352 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Truth About God's Control When You Feel Threatened {Beth Runkle}God is in control. We say that, but sometimes it's hard to believe it with the whole world seems to be coming unhinged.In this episode of Live Like It's True I'm talking with military spouse, Beth Runkle, about a section of Sarah's story that is hard to read. Abram has put Sarai in a vulnerable position and she's taken by Pharaoh into his harem where she remains for months. Yet by the end of the story, you'll be more convinced than ever that God is in control.Guest: Beth Runkle
2024-06-1245 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Interesting and Surprising Origin Story of God's People {Courtney Doctor}Have you considered the magnitude of God's promises to you? Has your life been shaped by those promises, the way Abraham and Sarah's were? I'm so grateful for Courtney Doctor and her brilliant mind. Don't miss part one of this great conversation. This time, we're talking about all of the surprises tucked into the origin story of God's people. Guest: Courtney DoctorBible Passage: Genesis 12:1-4Freebie: Praying the PromisesResound Media: Go to www.ResoundMedia.cc for more Gos...
2024-06-1129 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Surprise of the Story is That God Takes Initiative {Courtney Doctor}When Courtney was in her early twenties, she was in a church membership class, where the gospel was being explained and she kept raising her hand, saying, "I chose God. I know; I was there..." Can you relate with the sense that you were the one who chose God? What if your story is actually one of God taking the initiative? And what if that was actually really good news? I'm so grateful to have Courtney Doctor returning to the Live Like It's True podcast, where we're in the second part of our Sarah series—considering the sto...
2024-06-1029 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Astonishing Resurrection of a Dead Marriage, Past Hope {Jill Savage}If you don't know what to do because your husband doesn't seem to love you anymore, and you're worried your marriage is dead, this conversation about what God did in my friend Jill's marriage offers so much hope. Jill Savage is an author and speaker, and she and her husband Mark do marriage coaching—which might surprise you if you heard part one of our conversation, titled, “When He Lies and Betrays: One Woman’s Story of Redemption.” But just wait till you hear about how God resurrected a marriage that had no pulse.Jill's story is...
2024-06-0933 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}When He Lies And Betrays: One Wife's Story Of Redemption {Jill Savage}She never expected what she saw on his phone that night. And no one expected the surprise ending to their story. Joining me on the Live Like It's True podcast, Jill Savage tells her story of discovering her husband's affair, and how God sustained her through a very difficult season. This is part one of a two-part conversation of redemption and hope. I shared part of Jill's story in my Bible study on the life of Sarah, Shaped by God's Promises. Whether you're here because you're studying through this books with me, or you're here as...
2024-06-0831 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}From Trauma to Testimony: One Mom's Story of Tenacious Faith {Sana Latrease}When Sana when through the trauma of almost losing her nineteen-year-old son in a car crash, she did the unexpected: she shared the forty-three day experience on social media and asked the world to pray that God would do the impossible. Why? Because—as she says—then, "Everyone will know it was God."In part two of this conversation with Sana Latrease, I know you'll be inspired by the tenacious faith of this mom who had the illogical belief that she would one day praise God for her son's full recovery.I had the privilege of s...
2024-06-0832 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}From Trafficked to Triumph: One Woman's Faith Story {Sana Latrease}Where was God, when a little girl was being trafficked by the mother who should have kept her safe?On the Live Like It's True podcast, I'm talking Sana Latrease to talk about her story of God's faithfulness, even in the middle of her childhood trauma. This isn't the story Sana would have written, but it's the story God wrote for her. Also check out my Bible study on the life of Sarah, Shaped by God's Promises, where Sana's story is featured, along with several others I'm talking with during the "Sarah Series."
2024-06-0734 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}One Woman's Painful Trial and Promise-Driven Perspective {Gabriela Puente}At age 27, Gaby's cancer treatment are narrowing her options for one day having children. Yet Gaby walks this painful path between her trial and God's promises with perspective and hope. She shares her story in my latest episode on the Live Like it's True podcast. Gaby's story is also highlighted in my new Bible study, Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith. Whether you're here because you're reading that book, or you're a regular listener, I hope you'll be inspired by this conversation.Guest: Gaby PuenteB...
2024-06-0642 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}How to be Happy, Minus the Envy and Comparison {Melissa Kruger}Have you been comparing yourself? Are you envious of someone God has treated "better" than you? In a story about envious grumblers who are comparing, Jesus invites you to be one of the happy ones instead.Guests: Melissa KrugerBible Passage: Laborers in the Vineyard - Matthew 20:1-16 ESVGet your Freebie: The Live Like It's True WorkbookMentioned Resources: The Envy of Eve by Melissa KruegerThe Horse and His Boy by C. S. LewisComparison Girl by Shannon PopkinComparison Girl f...
2024-06-0539 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Faith Tested: One Missionary Kid's Story of Commissioning in Crisis {Heather Cofer}Would you ask your twelve-year-old to bravely live her faith, in a time of crisis? In part two of our conversation, Heather Cofer shares the story of her twelfth birthday in Mongolia and how—even when she was so afraid—her dad commissioned her to walk by faith. She also tells about the crisis her husband's family (also missionaries in Mongolia) faced.Heather's story is highlighted in my new Bible study, Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith. Whether you're here because you're reading that book, or you're a regular listener, I hope you...
2024-06-0533 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}When God Says You Need to Leave Everything You Love {Heather Cofer}What if God asked you to leave everything you love? Would you do it? Heather Cofer talks about her experiences as a child in Mongolia which still shape her life today.Heather's story is highlighted in my new Bible study, Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith. Whether you're here because you're reading that book, or you're a regular listener, I hope you'll be inspired by this conversation.Guest: Heather CoferBible Passage: Genesis 12:1-4Freebies:The Live Like It's...
2024-06-0427 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}When She Has More Wealth And I Want What's Fair {Lydia Brownback}Why does she have more? Why do I have less? And what does Jesus say, when I want what's fair? In this episode of the Live Like It's True Podcast, we're looking at a story Jesus told in response to these very questions—the parable about the bigger barns. I'm so honored to have Lydia Brownback, author of the Flourish Bible Studies, joining me for this conversation. Listen in and find out how you can heed Jesus's warning about a "bigger barns" mindset, and find contentment and security instead.Guest: Lydia Brownback
2024-05-2250 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Right and Wrong Way to Compare Sin {Lindsay Schott}Have you ever felt unworthy, because of your sin? Or have you every tried to comfort yourself by comparing with someone who sinned in worse ways that you? In this series, we're looking at comparison stories that Jesus told, and this one is a story about comparing sin. But it's a story with a twist that might surprise you in the best way—especially if you're the one feeling unworthy.Guest: Lindsay SchottBible Passage: "The Pharisee and the Publican" Luke 18:9-14Teen Comparison Quizzes: ComparisonGirl.com...
2024-05-151h 04Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Jesus's Backward but Foolproof Way to Be Great {Kelly Needham}"Which of us is the greatest, Jesus?" Jesus's response to the disciples might surprise you, but it also might bright you comfort and peace. There's a foolproof way to be great in the kingdom of God, and it's backward from the way of the world. Want to learn the secret?Join Kelly Needham and I on the Live Like It's True Podcast, as we talk about Jesus's illustration of a child, in response to his disciples asking, "Who's the greatest?"Guest: Kelly NeedhamBible Passage: "Who is the Greatest?"
2024-05-0156 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Truth From Jesus When You Compare Sin {Tasha Calvert}What if Jesus could read your thoughts about other people's sins? And what about your own sins? Do you have shameful secrets that seem too awful to even confess? In this episode, we're going to consider a story Jesus told at a dinner party where someone was comparing sin. It's a story that exposes our false narratives about sin, and invites us into a beautiful story of forgiveness.Tasha is an author, speaker, Bible teacher, and the host of the “Digging In with Tasha Calvert” weekly podcast.Guest: Tasha CalvertBibl...
2024-04-2439 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Jesus's Warning About Your Obsession With Your Appearance {Heather Creekmore}What would Jesus say about your efforts to get healthy? When you wake up in the morning, is your first thought about what you ate the night before? Has your lifelong obsession been to finally like what you see in the mirror?With the launch of Comparison Girl for Teens, I've invited a number of guests to join me on the Live Like It's True podcast, to talk through various ways we tend to compare ourselves and what Jesus has to say about it. In this episode, we are comparing our skin-deep packaging. Often we're not only...
2024-04-1745 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}How Teens Can Thrive in a World of Comparison {Lee Nienhuis}When a teen walks into a room, statistics show that there's an 80% chance she believes she doesn't belong there. She wonders, Am I okay? What are they thinking? How do I measure up? In our new book, Comparison Girl for Teens we're inviting teens to find new freedom, confidence and true influence in the middle of a world that compares.Guest: Lee NienhuisBible Passage: What Did Jesus Say about Comparison?Take the Teen Quizzes: ComparisonGirl.comMentioned Resources
2024-04-1044 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Saying Yes to Mercy Opportunities is Risky but Good {Amy DiMarcangelo}Refugees. Trafficking victims. Addicts. Adoption. Homeless. When faced with opportunities to show extravagant mercy, we think,But what if I go into debt? This could be a trap. If I bring her into my home, will we be safe? What if there's corruption? Yet what sounds like the voice of wisdom, is actually the voice of fear.I'm joined by Amy DiMarcangelo for a conversation about a man who wanted Jesus to give him a thin list of neighbors to love. But instead, Jesus invites the man—and us—into the story of "The Good Samarita...
2024-01-2456 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}What's Next and Why Stories Create Great Containers for TruthHey, it's Shannon for a quick update on what's next in 2024. I have several exciting things to announce, plus the roadmap for what's coming in the coming months. We're welcoming Emily Jensen, Trillia Newbell, and Amy DiMarcangelo for our J-Term Series!Get updates from Shannon: HereGet your Freebie: The Live Like It's True WorkbookResound MediaTranscriptMusic: Cade PopkinCheck out more episodes in the Judgy Series.Get your F...
2024-01-1008 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Jesus's Revealing Question, "What do you want?" {Amber Cullum}"What do you want me to do for you?" When Jesus asked this question, first of his two disciples, and then of a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, their responses revealed their hearts. How would you answer? What might this reveal? Will you follow Jesus if you see a cross up ahead? In this episode with Amber Cullum, we're looking at the story of Blind Bartimaeus, and how his response to this question, "What do you want?" was completely different from James and John's response in the scene before. So what can we learn from disciples w...
2023-11-1542 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}An Astonishing Reconciliation After Wicked Betrayal {Jodie Niznik}Twenty years after a wicked betrayal, the tables have turned, and Joseph holds the power over his brothers. So he chooses to... reconcile? This story helps us consider God's sovereignty, the wicked choices of people, and how the two can coexist in the same story. Join me for this interesting conversation with author, speaker, and podcaster, Jodie Niznik. Guest: Jodie NiznikBible Passage: Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family - Genesis 45:1-8Get your Freebie: The Live Like It's True Workbook
2023-10-1845 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Gender, Masturbation, And The Advice Found in Genesis {Kristin Clark} What does it look like to be brave and tell the truth, when so many are saying, "Maybe I'm not a girl..."? And what is the truth about a person's gender? Also, why is masturbation wrong if it's not hurting anyone? And how can we respond like God does, when someone opens up about sexual sin?Kristen and I talk through these questions and more, offering advice found in our Origin Story, from Genesis 1-3. God doesn't leave us to wonder about our gender and sexuality. Will you live like this Story is true?...
2023-03-0853 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Complementarianism: Is God's Unique Design for Women Risky? {Brian Robinson}What are role distinctions based on? Is it God's idea for husbands to lead? What if a husband is wrong? Should a wife still submit? Doesn't complementarianism put women at risk? And where does it say women can't preach? I'm grateful to have Brian Robinson with me to discuss the topic of "complementarianism", or the idea that God created men and women equal in value, but gave them distinct roles in marriage and in the church. We're looking back to Genesis 1-3, and all we learned in our True Story of the Beginning series, plus we're looking...
2023-02-161h 02
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Rich and Revealing Story of the First Marriage {Mary Kassian}When the world started asking how marriage should be defined, where did you look for answers? The story of the first man and wife in Genesis 2 is rich and revealing, filled with significant details—which help us not only understand marriage between man and wife, but also something more important.It's an important time to have this conversation, because we live in a time where there are lots of assumptions being made about gender, marriage, and sexuality, which run contrary to what we find in this text. I'm so thankful to have award-winning author and Bib...
2022-10-0554 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}The Truth About Your Hustle, When God Offers Rest {Lindsay Schott}Are you a perfectionist? Do you run yourself ragged with your work, or your ministry? And have you asked yourself why? Now, I've often asked, "Why am I so tired?" But I think a better question is: "Why am I driving myself to exhaustion?" I have to admit, this was the episode in this series I was secretly least excited about. Not because of my guest; Lindsay Schott is one that I was most excited to have return. But this idea of rest, and giving up a day of work? That doesn't really light my fi...
2022-09-2848 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Do You See God's Staggering Generosity? {Stephanie Rousselle}Do you ever think of God as stingy? Do you focus on the things that He hasn't given you? The opening scene of Genesis shows us a different view of God. As we see the waters teaming with life and the birds filling the sky and plants popping up everywhere from the ground, we see that God is a generous God and fills the world with ample abundance.Joining me for a short segment is Kelly Needham (who was with us last time). Kelly is an author, Bible teacher and new podcast host! Please check...
2022-09-2148 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}How to Bear God's Image by Gender {Kelly Needham}What does it mean to be male or female? What does it mean to image God? And how are these two things related? The answers to these questions are found on the earliest pages of our Bible, tucked into our origin story. I'm so thankful to have my friend Kelly Needham back with us to talk through some of the most weighty questions that our culture is wrestling with. Kelly brings such wisdom and clarity to the conversation.Guest: Kelly NeedhamBible Passage: Genesis 1:26-31G...
2022-09-1447 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Eden's Grand Potential, The Colossal Fall, and Our Solid Hope {Nancy Guthrie}Knowing your origin story matters. Think about if you walk into a movie half way through, or open a book in the middle. You don't understand what's broken or missing. You can't understand what's been lost.It's like being slightly sad at the funeral of someone you never met, but secretly wishing the funeral would be over so you can get back to whatever you wanted to do with your day. Contrast that with grieving over a person you deeply loved; someone you knew from the beginning of their life until the end; someone you long to s...
2022-09-0738 minLive Like It's True {Bible Podcast}Welcome to Season 4: The True Story of the Beginning Why do the weeds grow and the flowers die? Why is there cancer, and divorce, and death? And why, even when my life is so full, do I feel so empty? The answers to these questions are found, not in some lengthy discourse, but in a relatively short story about a man and woman who lived in a beautiful garden, where they walked and talked with God. But then they ate the forbidden fruit and were driven from the Garden into the wilderness. This story helps to make sense of the curses and consequences we s...
2022-08-3110 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}When God Asks for More After You've Lost So Much {Lisa Appelo}"The end of your rope is the middle of God's Story." That's what Lisa Appelo says, as she reflects on the pain of losing her husband suddenly, leaving her to raise seven children. If you're grieving over a loss, and wondering why God would ask for even more, the Bible story Lisa and I are unpacking is just for you. May you be inspired by a widow's faith, and amazed by God's faithfulness as we look at the story of the Widow of Zarephath from I Kings 17. And may you live like her miraculous story is true!
2022-07-2743 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}What You Need to Know About Your Identity Crisis {Sojo Academy}Do you have any signs of an identity crisis? Do you have symptoms like: Apathy, or searching for more purpose or passion in your lifeQuestioning your goals and relationshipsHopelessness or anxiety about the futureWhen Moses encountered the burning bush, three times, he asked the question, "Who am I?" But God offers a better question for those struggling with their identity. Guest: Jen Evangelista and Arabah Joy of Sojo AcademyBible Passage: Exodus 3:1-12 ESVGet your Freebie: The Live Like It's True Workbook...
2022-07-2042 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}What Can Little You Do About Such Big Problems? {Amy Carroll & Lynn Cowell}Do you feel small and uncertain? Are you tempted to stay quiet and passively do nothing—because you're not sure what little you could possibly do in the face of such big problems?Lynn Cowell and Amy Carroll are with me to talk about the story of Esther, and what her story in the Bible has to say about the false narratives of complacency and passivity. Amy and Lynn both serve on the team at Proverbs 31 Ministries, and they've teamed up to write a new Bible study, which I'm so excited to tell you about. Ly...
2022-07-1348 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}What You Need to Know About the Least Likely Christian {Ann Swindell}Do you know anyone who seems like the least likely person to ever turn and follow Jesus? You look at them and think, "There's just no way..." Maybe the person you think of as the least likely Jesus follower is you. Well, today we're looking at the story of Saul (who becomes Paul) in Acts 9. He was a man who thought he would never, ever follow Jesus. And the people around him agreed. He was the least likely person to ever give his life to Jesus, because he was obsessed with destroying the lives of Christians, and w...
2022-07-0626 min
Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}When You Find Out You Were Wrong About Jesus {Ann Swindell}Has God been putting up roadblocks in your path? Has he been making it impossible for you to "proceed with the route" you had in mind for your life? This can be really frustrating—especially when your plans revolved around pleasing God. Maybe you're feeling disillusioned or even angry—wondering what God is trying to do here. If so, I think today's conversation is going to be incredibly helpful to you. We're looking at a Bible story where a man was utterly convinced that he was headed out to please God. He was on an upward...
2022-06-2935 min