Ep. 20: Deconstructing Faith, False Peace, and Building Your Life on Christ

In this episode, Kenny Barnwell and Shannon Thompson talk about deconstructing faith, spiritual resilience, and what it really means to build your life on the cornerstone of Christ.Shannon opens up about the grief, isolation, and struggles he went through during COVID after losing someone close to him, and how that season slowly began to challenge and erode his faith.The conversation turns into an honest discussion about doubt, temptation, false peace, spiritual warfare, and why so many people walk away from Christianity.We talk about the difference between religion and relationship, how easy it is to drift when we stop feeding ourselves spiritually, and why building a strong daily foundation matters so much asChristians.Kenny shares his perspective from years of teaching resilience, and how trials don’t create someone new; they reveal what has already been built inside of us.We also discuss discernment, Mormonism, cultural Christianity, daily prayer, discipleship, and the responsibility Christians have to lead by example in the places God has called them.This episode is a reminder that faith is not built in one moment.It’s built daily.One decision, one prayer, and one step of obedience at a time.Scriptures referenced (in conversation):Matthew 7:24–27Matthew 11:28Matthew 16:24Revelation 22:18–19John 14:61 Peter 5:8Ephesians 6:11–17Matthew 28:19–201 Corinthians 13Luke 9:23Psalm 34:8We just launched The Rock, our new community where we’re building together and going deeper beyond the podcast.As mentioned in the episode, if you want to be part of it, you can join here: JOIN The Rock!THEME SONG BY: Joe Wolfe