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Can I Meet Healthy Needs in Healthy Ways? With Tommy Brown [Episode 285]

Meet Healthy Needs Healthy Ways Tommy Brown

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Deep within each of us is a longing for acceptance, significance, and provision. Essentially, we’re all asking the same fundamental questions, “Will I have enough? Am I enough? And do I matter?”

Well, here’s something really cool…

The answers to all three questions can be found in the temptations of Christ. And today on the 4:13, Pastor Tommy Brown will pull back the curtain on Christ’s temptations to reveal how they represent your greatest needs.

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Can I Let Go When I’m Tired of Trying? With Ashley Morgan Jackson [Episode 280]

Let Go Tired Trying Ashley Morgan Jackson

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What do you do when your faith doesn’t seem to be “working” anymore? You’ve said all the right things, done all the right things, and nothing seems to make it better. Perhaps you’re even tempted to give up on God because things haven’t turned out the way you expected.

Well, my friend, that’s when today’s guest, Ashley Morgan Jackson, invites us to wrestle with God and face Him in our greatest disappointments, pains, and unanswered questions.

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Can I Give Up on Perfect? With Scarlet Hiltibidal [Episode 212]

Give Up Perfect Scarlet Hiltibidal

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Do you feel like you have to be the best at everything? The best mom. The best wife. The best sandwich maker. Or even the best Christian.

Today’s guest, author Scarlet Hiltibidal, knows exactly what it’s like to constantly strive for perfection. For Scarlet, trying to be the best at pretty much everything was her life story.

But in the midst of all her striving, she continued to fall short, failing to experience the joy and freedom that’s supposed to come with the gospel’s good news. She wouldn’t accept her brokenness … that is until she realized something revolutionary:

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Can I Work His Way? With Michelle Myers and Somer Phoebus [Episode 204]

Work His Way Michelle Myers and Somer Phoebus

GIVEAWAY ALERT: You can win the book She Works His Way by this week’s podcast guests. Keep reading to find out how!

Culture is always trying to convince you that “life balance” is possible. Everything you see is pushing the narrative that you can put equal work into a career, family, friends, faith, and self-care. But what if life isn’t about balancing all the things you do, but about doing what matters most?

Today, you’ll get a practical guide for doing what matters most in a get-things-done world. Authors Michelle Myers and Somer Phoebus open the door to a countercultural, gospel-centered conversation about the intersection of modern womanhood and work.

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Can I Be a Doer and Still Rest in God’s Presence? With Katie M. Reid [Episode 201]

Doer Still Rest God's Presence Katie M. Reid

Would you say you’re a Mary or a Martha? It would be difficult to find an American Christian woman who hasn’t struggled to be more like Mary, the Christ-follower who sat at Jesus’ feet while her overworked sister, Martha, labored in the kitchen.

So, what if you are a Martha? Is that okay?

This often quoted Bible story from Luke 10 seems to suggest that wanting to serve, achieve, and accomplish things as Martha did was wrong. But today’s podcast guest helps us understand that’s simply not the case.

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Can I Stop Striving and Accept Grace Instead? With Ruth Chou Simons [Episode 194]

Stop Striving Accept Grace Ruth Chou Simons

GIVEAWAY ALERT: You can win the book When Strivings Cease by this week’s podcast guest. Keep reading to find out how!

In a world that applauds self-improvement, anxiety levels are at an all-time high. We feel pressure to lead, pressure to be productive, pressure to seize the day, and if you’re a parent … the pressure to parent well around the clock.

Well, today’s guest, best-selling author, Ruth Chou Simons, found herself squarely situated in that same camp, knowing there had to be a better way of living than chasing the world’s ever-changing, never-enough standard.