Hard Faith Questions

An episode of the What If I'm Wrong? podcast, hosted by That Sounds Fun Network, titled "Hard Faith Questions" was published on June 16, 2025 and runs 38 minutes.

June 16, 2025 ·38m · What If I'm Wrong?

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Summary

Welcome back to What If I’m Wrong? A show where we might not give you the answers, but we will ask some really good questions. On today’s episode, we’re joined by Dr. Nijay Gupta. Nijay K. Gupta serves as Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary. He has written or edited more than twenty books including the award-winning and best-selling titles Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church and Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling. Nijay is a senior translator for the New Living Translation and also serves on the Theological Advisory Council of YoungLife USA. He co-hosts the Slow Theology Podcast and writes about the Bible in his Substack "Engaging Scripture" (https://nijaykgupta.substack.com/). This month, we are in a series on Theology! What could you be getting wrong about the Bible? - and this week we are discussing: Hard Faith Questions. Heather shares about the word repentance—how it’s more than just an apology; it’s a radical turning point that transforms a person’s life. Join host Heather Thompson Day and submission specialist Haley Hoskins as they explore the topic of When Faith Meets Hard Questions: Wrestling with God's Presence, Promises, and Power. In Day in the Bible, Heather shares about righteousness and how we can be in right relationship with God and others. Have a story to share? Email us at [email protected]. “I have to die to flesh and I have to just give up on the American dream, the selfish dream, the fleshly dream, and only live the dream of Christ.” - Nijay Gupta Host Bio: Dr. Heather Thompson Day is an interdenominational speaker, an ECPA bestseller, and has been a contributor for Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Newsweek and the Barna Group. Heather was a communication professor for 13 years teaching both graduate and undergraduate students in Public Speaking, Persuasion, and Social Media. She is now the founder of It Is Day Ministries, a nonprofit organization that trains churches, leaders, and laypeople in what Heather calls Cross Communication, a gospel centered communication approach that points you higher, to the cross, every time you open your mouth. Heather’s writing has been featured on outlets like the Today Show, and the National Communication Association. She has been interviewed by BBC Radio Live and The Wall Street Journal. She believes her calling is to stand in the gaps of our churches. She is the author of 9 books; including It’s Not Your Turn, I’ll See You Tomorrow, and What If I’m Wrong? Heather’s Social Media Heather’s Instagram Heather’s Website Heather’s TikTok Heather’s YouTube Haley’s Social media Haley’s Instagram Savannah’s Social Media Savannah’s IG What If I’m Wrong Social Media What If I’m Wrong Instagram What If I’m Wrong YouTube What If I’m Wrong Tik Tok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Description

Welcome back to What If I’m Wrong? A show where we might not give you the answers, but we will ask some really good questions.

On today’s episode, we’re joined by Dr. Nijay Gupta. Nijay K. Gupta serves as Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary. He has written or edited more than twenty books including the award-winning and best-selling titles Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church and Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling. Nijay is a senior translator for the New Living Translation and also serves on the Theological Advisory Council of YoungLife USA. He co-hosts the Slow Theology Podcast and writes about the Bible in his Substack "Engaging Scripture" (https://nijaykgupta.substack.com/).

This month, we are in a series on Theology! What could you be getting wrong about the Bible? - and this week we are discussing: Hard Faith Questions.

Heather shares about the word repentance—how it’s more than just an apology; it’s a radical turning point that transforms a person’s life.

Join host Heather Thompson Day and submission specialist Haley Hoskins as they explore the topic of When Faith Meets Hard Questions: Wrestling with God's Presence, Promises, and Power.

In Day in the Bible, Heather shares about righteousness and how we can be in right relationship with God and others.

Have a story to share? Email us at [email protected].

“I have to die to flesh and I have to just give up on the American dream, the selfish dream, the fleshly dream, and only live the dream of Christ.” - Nijay Gupta

Host Bio:

Dr. Heather Thompson Day is an interdenominational speaker, an ECPA bestseller, and has been a contributor for Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Newsweek and the Barna Group.

Heather was a communication professor for 13 years teaching both graduate and undergraduate students in Public Speaking, Persuasion, and Social Media. She is now the founder of It Is Day Ministries, a nonprofit organization that trains churches, leaders, and laypeople in what Heather calls Cross Communication, a gospel centered communication approach that points you higher, to the cross, every time you open your mouth.

Heather’s writing has been featured on outlets like the Today Show, and the National Communication Association. She has been interviewed by BBC Radio Live and The Wall Street Journal.

She believes her calling is to stand in the gaps of our churches. She is the author of 9 books; including It’s Not Your Turn, I’ll See You Tomorrow, and What If I’m Wrong?

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