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Grounded with Chuck Quinley
by Learn to be steady even if the world around you is not
Grounded is a podcast by Chuck Quinley covering the power of our personal narrative, mindset, relational network, and meaningful work, all from a Christian perspective. www.quinley.com
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How do I find the will of God?
Is God Hiding Your Future Behind Door Number Three When I was a kid, sometimes my mom and I would watch Let's Make a Deal Hosted by Monty Hall. This is the show where contestants chose between doors (or boxes/curtains) to win prizes. Carol Merrill was the original model who stood by the doors and...
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The Surprising Power of Knowing Where to Draw the Line--Even in an Age That Hates Boundaries
Boundaries have never been more unpopular. This is the age where they want to erase the line between male and female, a mother and the baby inside of her, parents and children. Drawing a line invites hostility these days. So yes, it’s unpopular, but there’s a bigger and more important issue at...
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Where I'm going with Grounded in the next year
I saw a video once where someone said, “You have consumed enough already.” That really struck me hard because I am very much a media person. He said confidently from the Lord that if I never consumed another book, movie, or song, I have seen more in my lifetime than any previous generation. I…
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The Bible’s Meta-Narrative: Which Story Are You Reading?
What’s your Meta-Narrative? Every reader of the Bible comes with a lens. A framework. A big story about what the Bible is fundamentally about. And that lens determines everything—how you interpret individual passages, how you understand Jesus, how you live your life. Most of us don’t realize we...
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Enforcing Christ's Victory: You’re Seated with the King
Hi Friend! Let’s dive into the fourth and final installment in our series on understanding the supernatural worldview of the Bible. For most of human history, we’ve been helpless. We didn’t understand why. We just felt it. The weight of it. The impossibility of it. We tried to push back against...
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The Real Reason God Didn’t Just Blast the Devil Away
I know you’ve wondered this. I have too. If the Almighty can speak galaxies into existence, why not just snap His fingers and blast away the devil and all spiritual darkness? Why not open the heavens and incinerate the rebel powers with raw divine force? But the answer isn’t about God’s power.…
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Are Demons Envious of Humans?
When you look at the major systems of our civilization—government, finance, education, the arts—there’s a pervasive sense that something is off. Not just slightly misaligned, but fundamentally bent away from God’s order. Institutions designed to serve justice become instruments of oppression....
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Is it weird to believe that the gods are real?
Many people begin their spiritual journey after answering this question: Is God real? It’s a vital question. Philosophers wrestle with it. Scientists challenge it. We all, in our own quiet moments, feel the weight of it. And rightly so. But after Sherry and I had served for 25 years in the 1040...
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Brothers Know Each Other — Why Jesus Came to Be More Than Your King
(As always, the video version of this is much better, but in case you want to just read it, here’s a 30% version.) Imagine there’s an author and podcaster you genuinely admire. You own all her books. You never miss an episode. You’ve held onto every personal detail she’s ever mentioned — her...
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Jesus brought a wind.
There’s a translation problem at the very beginning of the Bible, and I think it’s been costing us something important for a long time. In Hebrew, the word Ruach means wind. It also means breath. It also means spirit, immaterial intelligence. Not three related concepts — one word, carrying all...
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Who’s Actually in Charge Around Here?
Hi there! I hope you’re having a great day. This newsletter will be the short version of what I go into much greater depth in the video version. I noticed that there are two kinds of learners on this mailing list: some who just want to read it and others who enjoy the video version. So here we…
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An Idea for Turning a Powerful Scripture into an Internet Video
Hi there! I hope you’re having a super good day. Are you good at imagining things? Can you, for example, get an idea about the furnishing of a room so that it comes alive and becomes a place with a purpose? Can you see it before actually dragging furniture into the space? I think we all have this...
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Make Up Your Mind
Hi friend! Sherry and I are back in Thailand, so I’m back in the studio, able to produce again. Thanks for your patience. Let’s dive in. There’s a scene at the very end of the Bible that has always amazed me. It’s my new favorite Bible verse, and you’ll find it in the last chapter of Revelation —...
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What's at stake in global Christianity?
Hi! I hope you’re having a wonderful day. I wanted to share with you this interview which was released this week on the Medialight Substack page. It’s a conversation I had with Ross about where the next generation finds themselves in relationship with the church and the Bible and Christianity...
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It's Here!
Hey! I have exciting news, the book is finally live! ReJesus Everything is available on Amazon worldwide! We have a Kindle version already up, and we will produce an audiobook within a month or so. This has been a passion project for many years. In some ways, I feel like I’ve been writing this…
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What do you do when God feels completely silent? (and two other great questions)
Welcome back to the Grounded Podcast! I hope you are having an incredible week. Sherry and I are out of the country for the next few weeks on an assignment that is part ministry and part Sabbath for the two of us. We run pretty hard on the schedule, some days having six meetings back-to-back, and...
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Should we walk away from organized religion?
Okay. In today’s quick podcast, I answer a single question that is being posed by some young people, which is: “Since all organized religion is problematic in one way or another, should we just walk away from it and have a private religion?” What is Private Religion? Private religion is sort of...
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Did Jesus Establish Christianity?
Writers Note: This is a question with the power to set you free — or make you deeply uncomfortable. Maybe both at once, Please stick with us till the end. It’s a crucial discussion. Thanks for helping us spread this conversation widely so we can help others ground their faith. Did Jesus Found...
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Question & Response #2
Hi! Hope you’re having a great week! Since our last episode, we’ve got more great questions. I will answer three of them in this episode. The first one is: “What if someone has suffered so deeply in abuse from a church that they have difficulty separating Jesus from the abuse?” I will address…
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How Do You Even Define Christianity Anymore?
Writer’s note: I want to give my personal thanks to the 20 of you who recently signed up as paid subscribers. I really appreciate your support. It’s encouraging to know that people find value in the work, and it helps me build the team I need to continue and grow the podcast. Thanks again! Hi...
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Special Question and Response Episode
Well, we are almost ten episodes into season two of the Grounded Podcast. By now I’ve been getting a lot of questions, both privately and in the comments sections. I wanted to take time and have a special episode in which to respond to two or three questions. Grounded Podcast is a…
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Our Malleable Messiah. How Christianity has customized Jesus
Writer’s note: As I mentioned last time, the newsletter version of this podcast will no longer be a straight transcript. I will summarize it in about a thousand words for those who prefer to read. There’s a lot more content in the video, so I hope you’ll enjoy that version also. We are gaining...
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Doctrinal Chaos: How Theology Replaced Jesus
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I want to say thanks again to everyone who has been sharing our posts with your friends and relatives. These are important discussions, and entering into them in a spirit of humility will help churches in many places. Please share the content and help us break the 1,000 subscribers...
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The Everything Religion
Writer’s Note: Starting with this episode, the newsletter version will be a summary of the video, not a transcript. There’s lots more in the video. Feel free to listen to it at 1.5 speed if your time is short. (That’s what I always do with podcasts.) Please help us grow this podcast. The crisis...
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How Jesus Got Demoted in His Own Religion
What’s in this Newsletter:Christianity is fracturing under the weight of 40,000 denominations, burned-out leaders, and mass exodus — and most diagnoses focus on the symptoms while missing the root cause. In this episode, I’ll make the case that the real crisis is a stolen microphone: Jesus, the...
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The Privilege and Pain of Having Convictions
There’s a reason heroes always pay a price. They have convictions. It is the primary thing that sets them apart. All heroes, in order to be heroes, have to have convictions they’re willing to sacrifice and maybe even to die for. To have convictions is one of the highest and most noble things a...
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Burned Out for God: When the Church Machine Drains the Life Out of You
Grounded S02 E03 There’s a kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from working too hard. It comes from working on the wrong things. Imagine you’re a marathon runner, but instead of running the race, you’re spending all your energy maintaining the track, organizing the water stations, managing the...
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Attracted to Jesus, Repelled by Christianity
There’s a question that puzzles millions of people today, and maybe you’re one of them: How can I love Jesus and cringe at Christianity? It feels like a contradiction, doesn’t it? How can you be drawn to the object of a religion and repelled by the religion itself? But here’s what I’ve discovered...
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Why People Are Leaving Christianity
Hi Friend! Welcome to the Grounded Podcast 2026! We’re naming this season, ReJesus Everything! We’re going to explore the current crisis going on within Christianity worldwide, the reasons for it, and work to recover the original foundation of the Christian movement—Jesus himself. I hope you’ll...
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Jesus Quest #4: Make a Genuine Sacrifice for Those with Less
Hi Disciple! Money. In 2 Corinthians 8-10 Paul spends three whole chapters just talking about giving money away. There's tipping, then there's truly sacrificing something you love to meet the true need of another person who is suffering and stuck. I was raised in an ascending lower middle class...
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Jesus Quest #3: Fixing Your Damaged Relationships by Apologizing
Humans Need Community Humans require community in order to survive. We are not like sharks or some other solitary animal which can do just fine on their own. From the dawn of time, we survive because we build communities that develop into civilization. With that arrangement, there will be…
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Jesus Quest #2: Forgive Everyone for Everything
Hi! Hope you are having a great day today and also that last week’s focus on walking with Jesus as a true disciple has brought new growth into your life. Forgiveness Week Today week 2 of our 7-week discipleship sprint begins! This week is about fixing our heart and cleaning out the hurts. In live...
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Oh No! Only 18 Weeks Left in the Year!
OK, I just lifted my head from my work today (writing a book and putting the finishing touches on our two upcoming schools in Thailand (Photojournalism and Content Creation for missions) and realized there were only 18 week’s left in the entire year. This happens every year. I putt along being...
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Knowing Who You Really Are in Christ
Today, I want to talk about the importance of knowing who you really are. From the moment of birth we start trying to answer the questions: Who am I and why am I here? (e.g., Is there purpose in my life?) and I’m not sure most people ever fully answer it. The problem is what you use to identify...
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Why You Need an "If Not" clause in Your Covenant with God
We demand a lot out of God. I don't know if you have any of those one-sided relationships, maybe with a relative or even a grown up kid who is always asking for money and others kinds of help. They get miffed if you don't come through for them every time. I think we treat God like that too often....
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Becoming Interruptible
Jesus seemed to consider interruption as a valuable opportunity. I wish I felt this way. I’m working on it. That’s what this newsletter is about. Whether they needed practical help, a word of encouragement, or physical healing, Jesus saw human interruptions as golden opportunity to add value to…
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How God Trains us to be the Kings of this World
Hi! Sherry and I just landed stateside again. It’s like shifting planets for me. We have an entire life in Thailand and SE Asia with a unique set of friends and daily occupation that goes on for months and months. Then the plane teleports us stateside and, Boom! we’re into an entirely different...
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ONE Simple Trick That Saved My Sanity!
Want to know the ONE simple trick that saved my sanity? In this video podcast, I'm sharing my personal experience and the game-changing practice that helped me gain control over my life. From reducing stress and anxiety to increasing productivity and focus, this trick has been a total lifesaver.…
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Revelation
Well, I think I’ll start the new year off doing something unusual for me, a poem. (no charge :-) Here goes… Light From Beyond “All you need to know is inside of you.” But I have lived long enough to ignore fools. I know what I know and nothing more. Experience might teach me something new ......
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Why was God so Patient with Cain???
Well, I hope you got a good nights sleep. I'm in India and it means that I'm awake at three or 4 AM most days. Just can't get the transition right this time. Well, you can look at things as a curse or a blessing. I'm trying to find good use for all the extra time from waking up super early rather...
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Are you using these days to prepare yourself for persecution?
10,000 Years from Today If you believe the Bible, then you will know that you will be alive and conscious somewhere 10,000 years from today. Oh, your current existence will be behind you and you will have probably passed through death into the new creation, but you will be alive again with the...
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Walk with God--how I started
One of the best parts of creating and posting content online is the occasionally great conversation you have with someone who follows you. In the last week I’ve been talking with someone who has walked away from faith in Christ. He/she disagrees with me on most points fundamentally, but we’ve…
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Is Civilization Crumbling Around Us?
Hi! I don't know if you fly much, but we’ve done millions of miles and lately we get the feeling that our airline infrastructure is crumbling. Recently, it took us 48 hours to travel from Portland, Oregon to Atlanta—four canceled flights, two overnight delays. It was clear from the stranded...
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How did Satan get to Rule the World???
Hi! I hope you're having a great day. This is the newsletter I've been waiting a long time to create. The video is as long as a church service, so if it feels too long you can either change the speed to 1.5 (just click the arrows by the play button) or just watch it in pieces but I hope you’ll...
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The Tower of Babel: What Does it Really Mean?
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The Fall of Man and the Invisible War Behind it: What The Bible Says Is Really Happening Around Us
In his last years, my dad struggled with Dysautonomia which would suddenly drop his blood pressure to 50 or 60. When this occurred, something unusual happened to his sight. He said that the world went to grey except the human he was talking with. They alone remained in the image and they were...
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What the Forbidden Tree in the Garden Really Means
Hi Friend, Thanks so much for joining me in the study of God’s Word. This episode of the Grounded podcast was a labor of love. I really didn’t feel well but I had a cool paid location locked in so I rallied to do it. I started the podcast and this newsletter because I meet so many people raised…
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God Said You're More Than You Think
I don't know what challenges you're facing, but one thing I do know for certain--you are so much more than you know. In the Bible, God reveals the truth about what humans are. It's a powerfully encouraging message from our Creator who has built us with superpowers so we can bring positive…
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How to Break Free from Technology and Get Your Life Back
In the beginning technology seem like such a great idea. It liberated us from the hardest parts of manual labor. But then it just kept invading our lives deeper and deeper until most of us now feel that tech is running our lives and actually has power over us instead of just being our tool. AI is...
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Why We're Excited About the World's Future
I was talking to a young person on a college campus just this week. I asked if he was worried about the future. “Anytime I get depressed about the state of the world or even my own life, I just think about all the amazing things that have to happen just to make life possible on Earth. It lets me...
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Grounded is a podcast by Chuck Quinley covering the power of our personal narrative, mindset, relational network, and meaningful work, all from a Christian perspective.
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