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All Episodes

MercyTalk — 309 episodes

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417| "Overcomer, Overcome"— Book Review and Caitlin's Story

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416 | More Than a Meal Plan—­Overcoming an Eating Disorder

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415 | Choosing Life — Brooke & Kristen’s Stories of Hope, with Nancy Alcorn

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414 | Grief, Loss, & the Journey Back to Joy

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413 | The Why Behind Mercy w/ Nancy Alcorn and Arianna Walker - pt.2

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412 | The Why Behind Mercy w/ Nancy Alcorn and Arianna Walker - pt.1

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411 | Finding Peace In Chaotic Times

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410 | Suicide Prevention Awareness: The Changing Language of Suicide

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409 | What Is God's Will For My Life?

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408 | Does God Still Love Me?

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407 | MercyTalk Special Update

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406 | Boundaries That Make Us Better Helpers

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405 | Transition Seasons with Arianna Walker

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404 | When Pain Becomes Passion: A MercyStory

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403 | Breaking Down the Big Question: What is Freedom?

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402 | Listen First to Love Better: A Conversation about Mental Health

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401 | MercyStory: Tallie & Wilson

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400 | Reconnecting to Intimacy with God

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399 | Reconnecting with the Life We're Made For

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398 | Transforming Habits in Our Homes and Lives - Part 3

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397 | MercyStory: Allison John

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396 | Real-Life Habits: Practical Examples to Transform Your Life

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395 | Transforming Habits in Our Homes and Lives

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394 | What a Lack of Emotional Health Looks Like – Part 3

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393 | What a Lack of Emotional Health Looks Like – Part 2

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392 | Conflict and the Lie of False Peacemaking with Jeff Helton

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391 | What a Lack of Emotional Health Looks Like

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390 | How Emotional Health Impacts Spiritual Maturity

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389 | God Cares About Mental Health

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388 | How to Disagree Without Being a Jerk with Gavin Ortlund

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387 | Myths + Misunderstandings around Suicide

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386 | Crossroads Church’s Story: Bringing Freedom to a Community with Pastors Dave Vance and Chris Standridge

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385 | When Your Child is Struggling : Exploring Next Steps

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384 | When Your Child is Struggling: Listening and Learning Part 2

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383 | When Your Child is Struggling: Listening and Learning Part 1

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382 | BONUS EPISODE: Kristy's Story

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381 | When Your Child is Struggling: Your Response

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380 | When Your Child is Struggling: Are you Operating From a Place of Health?

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379 | BONUS EPISODE: Testimony Tuesday – Sky's Story

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378 | The Brain and Renewing the Mind

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377 | Trauma, Memory, and the Brain

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376 | Let’s Talk Upstairs and Downstairs Brain

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375 | Whole Brain Discipleship

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374 | Let's Talk Left Brain and Right Brain

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373 | Why Talk About the Brain?

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372 | BONUS EPISODE: Testimony Tuesday - Amy's Story

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371 | Stories of Impact from Mercy Staff

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370 | Mercy's Approach to Freedom in Christ with Fredrica and Shantray

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369 | The Beliefs That Guide Us with Nicola and Arianna

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368 | Mercy’s Last 20 Years with Nancy Alcorn

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367 | Mercy’s First 20 Years with Nancy Alcorn

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366 | BONUS EPISODE: Testimony Tuesday – Kristin's Story

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365 | BONUS EPISODE: Testimony Tuesday – Chris' Story

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364 | When You’re Mad at God

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363 | When You’re Mad at Yourself

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362 | Forgiving Those You’re Stuck With

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361 | The Nuts and Bolts of Forgiveness

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360 | What Forgiveness Is and What It’s Not

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359 | Grieving our Hurts

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358 | Why Forgiveness Matters

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357 | BONUS EPISODE: Testimony Tuesday – Julia’s Story

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356 | How to Find Deep Community

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355 | When You’ve Been Hurt

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354 | Deep Community Requires Vulnerability

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353 | Barriers to Community

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352 | What Deep Community Looks Like

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351 | How Western Culture is Working Against Community

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350 | The Life We’re Looking For with Andy Crouch

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349 | Is God Supposed to Be Enough?

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348 | How Mercy is Supporting Young Women Facing an Unplanned Pregnancy with Founder & President Nancy Alcorn

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347 | Important MercyTalk Update

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346 | What Pastors Want to Ask Counselors

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345 | BONUS EPISODE: Testimony Tuesday – Jenna’s Story

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344 | Why We Avoid Getting Help

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343 | Breaking Agreements and Renewing the Mind

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342 | Jesus’ Role in Your Freedom with Mercy UK’s Rob Harvie

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341 | How Sleep Impacts Mental and Emotional Health

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340 | How One Church is Leaning Into the Mental Health Crisis with Rachael Schmidt and Tyler Kurbat

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339 | The Gift of Grief with Rachelle Ashbee

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338 | What You May Not Know About Disordered Eating

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337 | “God is Good and Does Good” with Founder & President Nancy Alcorn

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336 | Navigating Virtual Life Back to Relational Life

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335 | How Living in Freedom Can Impact Your Marriage

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334 | Advent Series: Choosing Hope and Joy in the New Year

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333 | Advent Series: Choosing Love in the Holidays

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332 | Advent Series: Choosing Peace in the Holidays

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331 | God's Yes Needs Your Amen with Arianna Walker

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330 | Why is Talking About Mental Health in the Church so Tricky?

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329 | Jesus and Counseling…How Can I Have Both?

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328 | Guilt, Shame, and Regret with Evan Owens

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327 | Navigating Blended Families with Nicola Bartel

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326 | Best of MercyTalk - Helping Someone with Suicidal Thoughts

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325 | Best of Mercy Talk - Little Steps Conquer Big Mountains

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324 | Best of Mercy Talk - Overcoming Rejection

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323 | Best of Mercy Talk - Mental Health: How do we Respond? Part Two

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322 | Best of Mercy Talk - Preventing Compassion Fatigue

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321 | Best of Mercy Talk - Overcoming Fear: How?

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320 | Best of Mercy Talk - Permission to be Angry at God

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319 | Best of Mercy Talk - Roadblocks to Hearing and Connecting to the Father in Your Prayer Life

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318 | Best of Mercy Talk - Redeeming Shame in Our Nurturing Communities

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317 | Best of Mercy Talk - Safeguarding Yourself Through Self-Care

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316 | Best of Mercy Talk - Parental Boundaries

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315 | Best of Mercy Talk - Heartache and Suffering

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314 | Best of Mercy Talk - Lead Your Soul

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313 | Saying ‘Yes’ to God with Nancy Alcorn

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312 | Steps to Finding the Right Counselor

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311 | Using Prayer in Counseling

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310 | Longing, Beauty, and Community: A Conversation with Dr. Curt Thompson

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309 | Mental Health Check Part 2

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308 | Mental Health Check Part 1

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307 | Maintaining Lifelong Freedom

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306 | Using Your Authority in Christ

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305 | Breaking Generational Patterns

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304 | Choosing to Forgive

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303 | Healing Life’s Hurts

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302 | Renewing the Mind

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301 | Commitment and Connection to Christ

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300 | What's New with "Keys to Freedom" and Setting the Stage

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299 | Eating Disorder Awareness

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298 | Self-Injury Awareness Day

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297 | People Fuel Part 2

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296 | People Fuel Part 1

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295 | Steps to Intimacy with God Part 2

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294 | Steps to Intimacy with God Part 1

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293 | State of Mercy Address

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292-B | Just Keep Going

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292-A | Looking Ahead

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291 | Expectations in Conflict

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290 | Combating Entitlement with Our Kids and Ourselves

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289 | Boundaries with Our Parents as Adults

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288 | Mixed Emotions

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287 | How to Set Boundaries with Family

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286 | Boundaries with Family

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285 | Attachment and the Father Ladder

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284 | Attachment and Breaking Free from Generational Patterns

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283 | Attachment and Our Ability to Handle Conflict

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282 | Let’s Talk Attachment

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281 | Asking for Help when You’re Hurting

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280 | Aftermath of Suicide

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279 | Helping Someone with Suicidal Thoughts

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278 | Roadblocks to Freedom

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277 | What is Freedom?

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276 | Why Roots Matter

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275 | Counterfeit Hospitality and Healthy Boundaries

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274 | Living as Christians in a Post Christian World

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273 | Love of the Stranger…A Closer look at Missional Hospitality

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272 | Seeking Help Before You Hit Rock Bottom

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271 | Finding Purpose in the Problem: a Conversation with Melanie Wise

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270 | Processing with Jesus

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269 | Come to the table: A Discussion on Racial Injustice with Pastors Jerome and Lisa Lewis of Seeds of Greatness Bible Church

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268 | Listening and Learning…A Discussion Panel on Racial Injustice by Seeds of Greatness Bible Church

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267 | The Show Must Be Paused

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266 | Ways Growing in your EQ Can Affect your Mental Health

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265 | Childhood Wounds, Forgiveness and the Way We Respond in Crisis

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264 | Misunderstandings and Stigmas Surrounding Mental Health

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263 | The Vital Role our Spiritual Lives Play in Mental Health

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262 | Gladness in a Worldwide Pandemic

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261 | Processing Anger

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259 | Loneliness and Quarantine

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258 | Processing Fear and Sadness

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257 | Peace in the Midst of Anxiety

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255 | Our Call in the Midst of Covid-19

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254 | Navigating Hard Seasons through Renewing the Mind

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253 | Technology and the Online Space: Bullying, Trolling and Safeguarding your Heart and Mind

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252 | Technology and the Online Space: Community, Confrontation and Connecting with Others Online

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251 | Envy, Comparison, and the Power of Generosity

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250 | National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

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249 | The Pitfalls of Pride

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248 | No Room at the Table

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247 | Why We Root for Rivals

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246 | State of Mercy address with Nancy Alcorn

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245 | Roadblocks to Hearing and Connecting with the Father in our Prayer Life

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244 | A Conversation with Nancy Alcorn – 1/22/20

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243 | Connecting with the Father Through Freedom Prayer with Jen Barnett

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242 | The Practical Side of Connecting with the Father

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241 | The Importance of Learning to Hear the Voice of God

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240 | The Father’s Heart as Promise Keeper

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239 | The Father’s Heart as Guide

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238 | The Father’s Heart as Protector

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237 | The Father’s Heart at Christmas

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236 | Redeeming Shame in Our Nurturing Communities

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235 | Shame and Biblical Nature

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234 | The Story of Shame You Are Living

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233 | How Shame Targets the Mind

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233 | Intimacy with God Leads to a New Identity

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232 | Pray Without Ceasing Part 2

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231 | Praying Without Ceasing, Part 1

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230 | Live Like You’re Forgiven, Because You Are

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229 | Humility and Your Relationship with God

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223 | How to Deal With Difficult People : The Manipulator

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222 | How to Deal with Difficult People : The Victim

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221 | How to Deal with Difficult People: The Steam Roller

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220 | How to Deal with Difficult People : The Know It All

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219 | How to Deal with Difficult People: The Friendly Sniper

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218 | Doing the Next Hard Thing (NHT)

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217 | Entitlement vs. Responsibility

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216 | Recognizing a Spirit of Entitlement

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215 | The Entitlement Cure

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214 | Mental Health : How Do We Respond? Part Two

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213 | Mental Health : How Do We Respond? Part One

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212 | Unplanned Pregnancy : How Do We Respond – Part Two

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211 | Unplanned Pregnancy : How Do We Respond – Part One

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210 | Divorce : How Do We Respond?

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209 | Infertility and Pregnancy Loss: How Do We Respond?

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208 | Special Needs: How Do We Respond?

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205 | Singleness: How Do We Respond?

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204 | How Do We Respond?

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203 | Treatment or Transformation: Porsha’s Story

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202 | Treatment or Transformation: Heather’s Story

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201 | Treatment or Transformation: Brittany’s Story and Why It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

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200 | Treatment or Transformation: Breanne’s Story and Learning to Forgive Yourself

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200 | Treatment or Transformation: Kirstin’s Story

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199 | Treatment or Transformation: Franny’s Story

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198 | Treatment or Transformation: Emily’s Story

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197 | Treatment or Transformation Book Release

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196 | Talking Through Anger with God

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195 | From Anger at God to Intimacy with God

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194 | Lead Your Body and Spirit

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193 | Lead Your Soul

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192 | A Leader People Want to Follow

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191 | A Leader People Want to Follow Lives Courageously

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190 | A Leader People Want to Follow Practices Open-Handed Generosity

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189 | A Leader People Want to Follow Values Communication

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188 | A Leader People Want to Follow Takes Ownership

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187 | Word of the Year

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186 | Loving My Actual Christmas

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185 | God Came Near

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184 | Past the Shadows and to the Form

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183 | Finding Our Identity in Christ

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182 | The Power of Gratitude

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181 | The Power in our Identity in Christ: Part 2

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180 | The Power in Our Identity in Christ with Pastors Mike and Stephanie Burnette

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179 | Identity in Christ with Pastor Mike Burnette

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178 | A Message for Leaders in the Church

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177 | Parenting Series : Position Yourself and Your Kids to Succeed

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176 | Parenting Series: Heart to Heart Connection

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175 | Boundaries in Marriage and Family

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174 | Boundaries for Teens, Part 2: Understanding Teenagers

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173 | Boundaries for Teens: Part 1

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172 | Parental Boundaries

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171 | Enabling versus Supporting Your Child

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170 | Codependent Child and Parent Relationships

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169 | The Why Behind the What: Breaking Strongholds of the Mind

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168 | The Why Behind the What: Getting to the Root of the Problem

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167 | Safeguarding Yourself Through Self-Care

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166 | Safeguarding Yourself Through Healthy Boundaries

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165 | Preventing Compassion Fatigue by Safeguarding Ourselves

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164 | Being A Safe Accountability Partner

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163 | Finding A Safe Accountability Partner

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162 | The Power in Christian Mentoring Relationships

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161 | What is Christian Mentoring?

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160 | Journeying Through Our Anger at God

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159 | Spiritual Warfare in Our Anger at God

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158 | Questioning and Doubting God

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157 | Permission to be Angry at God

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156 | Viewing Heartache and Suffering from God’s Perspective

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155 | Navigating Heartache and Suffering

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154 | Why Does God Allow Heartache and Suffering?

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153 | Heartache and Suffering

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152 | A Journey Through Anger to Healing

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151 | The Impact of Your Voice

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150 | The Importance of Your Voice

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149 | Discovering Your Voice: Part 2

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148 | Discovering Your Voice: Part 1

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147 | Teaspoon Asks Ocean Answers with Arianna Walker

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146 | Overcoming Rejection: How?

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145 | Overcoming Rejection: Why?

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144 | Overcoming Rejection: Defined

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143 | Keys to Freedom One Year Anniversary with Nancy Alcorn

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142 | A Special Message From Julie Bailey

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141 | Overcoming Fear: How?

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140 | Overcoming Fear: Why?

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139 | Overcoming Fear: Defined

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138 | MercyTalk Listener Responses for 2018: Part 2

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137 | MercyTalk Listener Responses for 2018: Part 1

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136 | Pursuing Your Vision with Nancy Alcorn

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135 | Looking Ahead to 2018

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134 | Looking Back to Look Ahead

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133 | Creating Boundaries During the Holidays

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132 | True Rest During the Holidays

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131 | Choosing Joy During the Holidays

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130 | Depression and Suicide: Part 2

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129 | Thanksgiving At Mercy

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128 | Depression and Suicide: Part 1

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127 | Little Steps Conquer Big Mountains

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126 | Loving People Back to Life

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125 | Roots of Addiction: People Pleasing

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124 | Roots of Addiction: Sex

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123 | Roots of Addiction: Social Media & Gaming

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122 | Roots of Addiction: Food

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121 | Roots of Addiction: Workaholism

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120 | Roots of Addiction: Eating Disorders & Self-Harm

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119 | Roots of Addiction Introduction: Part 2

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118 | Roots of Addiction Introduction: Part 1

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117 | Spiritual Gifts and Fruits of the Spirit

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116 | Walking In Your Spiritual Gifts

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115 | Unpacking Your Spiritual Gifts: Part 2

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114 | Unpacking Your Spiritual Gifts: Part 1

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113 | What Are Spiritual Gifts?

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112 | Pornography: A Parent’s Perspective

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111 | Pornography: What Now?

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110 | Pornography: At The Root

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109 | Pornography: Defined

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108 | Forgiveness

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107 | Emotional Health

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106 | Prayer and Healing

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105 | Identity in Christ

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104 | Outreach Update

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103 | Persevering in the Vision