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"Nice" Isn't a Fruit of the Spirit. Ryan Miller on The Hidden Power of Meekness and the Distraction Keeping Us From Intimacy with Jesus

The Hidden Faces of Narcissism. Chuck DeGroat on Narcissistic Traits vs. Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Why Self-Awareness Isn't Enough to Change Your Patterns

Philip Anthony Mitchell Exposes the Greatest Threat to the American Church

If Everything Is Trauma, Nothing Is. Dr. Les Parrott on Overthinking, Trauma Culture, and Why Love Refuses to Coddle You.

Seen by Everyone, Known by No One. Ian Simkins on Why the Image You Curate Is the Reason You're So Lonely

Your Addiction to Comfort Is Avoidance in Disguise. Jonathan Eckert on the Happiness Crisis, and Why Joy Grows Only Through Struggle.

The Real Reason You're Stuck Is Hiding in Plain Sight. Elevation Worship's LJ Mitchell on Why Hidden Reps Lead to Longevity and Character, and Why It's Time to Confront the Thing You Can't See

How Healing Becomes an Idol. Toni Collier on Why We're More Obsessed With Healing Than Becoming Holy.

Why Did We Trade Hard Truth for a TED Talk? Jacob Coyne on the Commercialization of Christianity and the Wilderness Where God Actually Builds You.

"Self-Help Culture Is The Truest Form of Satanism." Christa Black Singh on Manifestation, the New Age Counterfeit in the Church, Psychedelics, and The Trap of Christianity Light.

You Made a god Out of Safety and Control. Dr. Alison Cook on Secure Attachment to God, the Certainty We Worship, and the Security Your Soul Was Built For.

You're Not in a Rough Season. You're EMPTY. Dr. Chris Palmer on the Meaning Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight.

Why We'd Rather Trick Ourselves Than Train Ourselves. Geoffrey Cain on What Steve Jobs's Wilderness Years Can Teach You About Failure, Ego, and Comeback.

SUMMER BREAK: Sex Addiction 101. Jay Stringer Unpacks the Anatomy of Sexual Addiction and Predicting Destructive Lifestyle Choices

SUMMER BREAK: God Won't Force You to Heal. Debra Fileta on The Reason Most People Aren't Emotionally Healthy, How "Trauma-Informed" Has Been Taken Too Far, and Why You Can't Be Spiritually Mature if Your Mental Health is in the Trash

SUMMER BREAK: Not Everything Hard is Trauma. Dr. Lee Warren on What it Means to Take a Thought Captive and What to Do When You Can't Stop the Anxiety Spiral

SUMMER BREAK: Therapy Culture is BLOCKING Your Ability to Heal. Dr. Lee Warren on The "Problem" with Our Brains, Getting Out of Survival Mode, and Compulsive Rumination

When Did You Turn Jesus Into a Good Luck Charm? Bethany Wohrle Opens Up About the Miracle That Never Came and the Faith That Stayed.

Are You Maturing or Just Getting Older? Fr. Ronald Rolheiser on the Necessary Wilderness, The Sting of Bitterness, and the Grief That Changes You.

Your Faith Has Become a Job, and Jesus Never Hired You. Tim Timmons on Quitting Performance Christianity and Why We Have to Learn How to Wrestle with God.

Why Are You Still Performing for the Applause You Claim Not to Need? Pentatonix's Kevin Olusola and Donovan Dee Donnell on Giving Up the Ghost and Getting Into Alignment.

OCD Is Worse Than You Realize. Patrick Lencioni Exposes the Intrusive Thoughts Nobody Talks About in Church.

You're Trading Your Soul for Approval. Tyler Staton on Why Your Hurry, Your Limits, and Your Need to Be Loved Are All Connected

You've Put God on Trial for Something He Didn't Do. Ryan Maher Unpacks Blame, Sovereignty, and What Trust Actually Costs.

The More You Know, the More Cynical You Become. Carey Nieuwhof on Pattern Recognition, Grief, and Finishing Well.

Christian Self-Help Is Lying to You. Dr. Henry Cloud on What Real Change Actually Requires.

Jamie Winship: "You Don't Know What Water You're Swimming In." The Separation Worldview and the Scarcity Lie Running Your Life.

Some People Like You Better Broken. Tim Ross on Dysregulation, Curated Narratives, and the Peace That Actually Holds.

This Is Why You Keep Having the Same Argument. Jason VanRuler on the Wound Behind Every Fight You Can't Escape.

Your Jesus Is Too Small. Kyle Idleman on the Domestication of Jesus, Weird Subculture Christianity, and Why a Comfortable Savior Can't Save You.

Everyone Is Spiritual. Very Few Are Discerning. Dr. Joel Muddamalle on The Unseen Battle of Deception.

You're Betraying Your Future Self Every Time You Do THIS. Jon Acuff on Why Procrastination "Protects" You and the Permission to Finally Start.

You Don't Want Freedom as Much as You Think You Do. Alex Seeley Confronts Why We Like to Stay Stuck in Error and Delusion.

MercyMe's Bart Millard on Why Suffering Isn't Your Core Problem and What God Is Actually Doing in Your Pain

Your Soul Is Fragmented. Now What? Heath Hardesty on Why You Can't Receive God's Love and the Lie of Self-Improvement Christianity

You Can't Bubble Bath Your Way to Wellness. Jennifer Breheny Wallace on Absorbing the Lies of Useless and Worthless, Why Self-Esteem Has a Short Fuse, Mattering vs. Validation, Toxic Success, and Why Hyper-Visibility is Fake Connection

Are You Prepared for Chaos? Paige Collins on the Necessary Posture in Shaking, The Cost of Surrender, and the Exploration of How God Speaks to People in Dreams

Selective Obedience is KILLING Your Faith. Hosanna Wong on Confusing the Practices of Jesus with Jesus Himself, Selective Obedience, How We Make Legalism Cool, The Role of Hiddenness and Crushing, and the 6 Roadblocks to Connecting with God

Let's Talk About Sex (Addiction). Jay Stringer Unpacks the Anatomy of Sexual Addiction, Predicting Destructive Lifestyle Choices, Why Healing Addiction Requires Curiosity, and Why Grief Has the Power to Change What You Desire

God Won't Force You to Heal. Debra Fileta on The Reason Most People Aren't Emotionally Healthy, How "Trauma-Informed" Has Been Taken Too Far, and Why You Can't Be Spiritually Mature if Your Mental Health is in the Trash

The Addiction No One Talks About. Stephen McWhirter on Numbing with Content and Life Hacks, The Bitterness We Carry in Our Bodies, and Becoming a Resting Place for Chaos

Undoing the Deception of Self-Creation. Abdu Murray Exposes How We've Taken Empathy Too Far, The Syrupy "Sloganeering" of the Church, The Liabilities of Our Post-Truth Culture, and Why Identity is a Paper-Thin Idea

Not Everything Hard is Trauma. Dr. Lee Warren on What it Means to Take a Thought Captive, What to Do When You Can't Stop the Anxiety Spiral, Challenging Automatic Thinking, and What Scientists Botch on a Regular Basis

Hustle Culture Creates Burnout. Brad Stulberg on The Biology of Excellence and the Art of Becoming, Rugged Flexibility, How to Curate Your Content Better, and the Two Kinds of Burnout

Therapy Culture is BLOCKING Your Ability to Heal. Dr. Lee Warren on The "Problem" with Our Brains, Addressing the Resistance that Shows Up When We Try to Heal, Getting Out of Survival Mode, and Compulsive Rumination

476: [Formed.] Spiritual But Not Religious? Lisa Bevere on What an Exorcist Said About Tarot and Oracle Cards, How the Progressive Movement is Connected to Self-Deification, and Why The Church is Too Comfortable Preaching Catchy Phrases

475: [Formed.] Are You Suffering? Dr. Craig Keener on The Necessary Theology of Suffering, How to Develop a New Mindset About Affliction, Hurdling Unresolved Disappointment, Why God is Not in a Hurry to Mature Us, and the Pressure That Shapes Us

474: [Formed.] It's Just LAZY Christianity. Ian Simkins on The Fingerprints of a Disordered Life, Developing Discernment as You Train for Godliness, Why the Crucible of Formation is in the Monotony of Everyday Life, and Restoring the Fire of Discipleshi

473: [Formed.] Comfort Won't Mature You. Dr. Joel Tudman on How We Cheat Ourselves in the Wilderness, Why "Finding Yourself" is a Waste of Time, The Beauty of Being Pulled Apart by the Lord, and Fighting to Stay Agile in a Disruptive Life

472: [Formed.] Will You Kill Entitlement and Self-Pity? Kristene DiMarco Unpacks Rekindling Spiritual Hunger, The Danger in Numbing Boredom, Training Your Soul for Godliness, and Laying Down Your "Right" to Be Offended by Life

471: [Formed.] Take Responsibility for YOUR Spiritual Growth. Dr. Eric Mason on The Greatest Problem with Bad Teaching (That Few Recognize), Why You Can't Give God Ultimatums, and Why You Can't Make Your Assignment Your Purpose

470: I Didn't See THAT Coming: What Happens When We Hit the Wall, Why God's Silence Isn't His Absence, and the 4 CRITICAL Words You Must Embody in 2026

469: Your Body Is Telling the Truth. Jordan Rubin on The Food That Kills Your Sex Drive in Minutes, Whether EMFs are Dangerous, How to Get Sick Quickly, and Why Physical Health is Spiritual Health

468: LEVEL UP! Zach Windahl on the Unified Story of Scripture, Why "Belong Before You Believe" Fails, and How to Study Scripture When You're Bored or Confused

467: Bored with Bible Study? Faith Womack on How to Wrestle with the Tension of Scripture, The Mistakes Pastors and Teachers Make When Teaching the Bible, and Building a Faithful Hermeneutic

466: When Pain Gets Wasted. Shawn Johnson on Stewarding the Middle Season of Life, How Bitterness Erodes Trust, and Why We Settle for Temporary Rest Instead of True Peace

465: Stop Ignoring Your Body! Justin Whitmel Earley on Embodied Discipleship, Resisting Body-Idolatry, and How Sleep Rebuilds Your Soul

464: When the Marriage Is OVER. Lysa TerKeurst on Narcissistic Abuse 101, Ending Self-Betrayal, and Why Unhealthy People Never Meet a Boundary They Like

463: Why Life Really Begins at 40. Mark Batterson on The Danger of Half-Present Living, Delayed Obedience, and Why We Need to Fall in Love with Gradual Progress

462: Stop Lying to Yourself! Kevin Boehm on Why Life Happens For Us, Not To Us, Destroying the Self-Help Blueprint, When Fear Looks Like Wisdom, and Why Food Is a Peacemaker

461: When Fake Faith and Cynicism Collide. Bethel Music's Paul and Hannah McClure on The Road from a Soft to a Cynical Heart, Healing the Orphan Spirit, Fake Faith, Why Faith Isn't Certainty, and Dumping Performative Worship

460: MAKE IT STOP! Therapy Culture Isn't Working. Matt Chandler Unpacks Identity Confusion, The Cost of Complaining, and Killing the Safe Christianese Jargon

459: Entitlement Isn't Faith. Gary Thomas Confronts the Lie of This Age, the Distraction of the Soul, and the Hidden Roots of Bitterness and Offense

458: You're Not Burned Out. You're Disconnected. Geoff & Cyd Holsclaw on Insecure Attachment, Emotional Integration, and Why Your Body Can't Heal What Your Soul Hasn't Felt

457: When God Feels Silent. Evan Craft on The Hardest Questions We Rarely Ask (But Need To), Fighting Cynicism, Charlie Kirk's Death, The Necessity of Desperation in Faith, Serving the Lord in Anonymity, and What We Receive in the Dark Night of the Soul

456: When "Safe Spaces" Sabotage Growth. Katie Davis Majors on False Cliché Christianity, Preventing Bitterness in Your Heart, and When Empathy Hinders Transformation

455: You Don't Get a Hall Pass from Pain. ESPN's Lauren Sisler Exposes "Rah-Rah" Christianity, Why Avoidance Costs Us More Than Facing Pain Head-On, and Curating Our Image as Armor

454: Comfort Is KILLING You. Tim Timberlake on The Crisis of Convenience, Why God Doesn't Live Up to Our Expectations, The Problem with Rushing Through Grief, Why God Doesn't Live Up to Our Expectations, and Manufacturing Breakthrough

453: You're Not Humble, You're Hiding. Dr. Les Parrott and Judah Smith Unpack How Humility Becomes Self-Hatred, The Nuclear Power of Spiritual Bypassing, and Why Your Job is Not to Heal Publicly

452: STOP GASLIGHTING YOURSELF. Toni Collier on Emotional Infidelity, Spiritual Manipulation, and the Prison of Isolation

451: What's Breaking You Isn't the Pain, It's the Pattern. Ed Latimore on Emotions, Distorted Thinking, and Toughness That Won't Heal You

450: You're Talking Too Much. Jefferson Fisher on Ending Arguments, Spotting Manipulation, and Reclaiming Authority in Conversations

SUMMER BREAK: Jamie Winship on Why Separation Creates Suffering, The Necessary Practice of Self-Emptying, and a Right View of God

SUMMER BREAK: Jamie Winship on Getting Unstuck, The Lie of Being Alone, Radical Individualism, and Why Pain is Good

SUMMER BREAK: Jamie Winship on Turning Chaos into Opportunity in Every Area of Life

449: YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH. Stop Hiding in Isolation. DawnCheré Wilkerson Opens Up About Walking the Furnace of Infertility, Emotional Regulation, Healing the Orphan Spirit, and the Vulnerability Lie No One Talks About

448: Stop Running from Your Life. Terry Crist Reveals Secrets That Fracture Your Soul, Healing the Orphan Spirit, and the Idolization of Therapy

447: Navigating The 7 Stages of Life Transition. Craig Cooney Unpacks Hitting a Wall and The Other Side of Burnout No One Talks About

446: When Burnout Hits Blindside. Levi Lusko on Trauma, His Midlife Crisis, and the Myth of Authenticity Culture

445: A Neurosurgeon's Take on Addiction, Quantum Physics, and Brain Change. Dr. Lee Warren on Refusing Your Own Demise

444: Stop Trying to "Find Yourself." Preston Morrison on the Misconceptions Keeping Us Immature, the Separation Caused by Pride, Navigating Midlife Transitions, and Embracing Wilderness Seasons

443: How Emotional Health Fuels Spiritual Maturity. Zach Meerkreebs Explores Stewarding Crisis, Breaking the Scorecard of Comfort, and Honest Faith that Transforms Your Life

442: How Bad Theology Fuels Mental Health Struggles. Kris Vallotton Unpacks Breaking Free from Spiritual Oppression

441: The Idol of Influence Is Killing You. Tauren Wells on Burnout, Performative Christianity, and Why Influence Without Intimacy Always Implodes

440: Stop Being Triggered! Rita Springer on The Link Between Obedience and Your Mental Health, and the Stories Keeping You Stuck

439: Break the Toxic Cycle. Manny Arango Unpacks Emotional Manipulation, Generational Chaos, and Dethroning the god of Self

438: Facing Midlife: Ian Simkins on Success, Loneliness in Your 40s, Spiritual Abuse, and Why Efficiency Is a Terrible God

437: Why Your Wounds Are On Display in Marriage. Dave & Ann Wilson Unpack The Power of Words to Crush Your Spouse, and How Intimacy Becomes Manipulation

436: STOP Expecting Marriage to Be Easy! Gabe & Rebekah Lyons on Intimacy Myths, Emotional Equivalence, and Affair-Proofing Your Relationship

435: MAKE YOUR MOVE! Kait & JJ Tomlin Drop the HEAT on Why Love Is Forged, Not Found, Red Flags vs. Deal-Breakers, Sliding into the DMs, and Why Women SHOULD Drop the Hanky

434: The Emotional Maturity Epidemic: Stephen Chandler on Sex, Shame, and Spiritual Dysfunction in Relationships

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433: The Art of Lament: Aubrey Sampson on Our Weird Pressure to Perform for God, and Why We Have Yet to Be Formed by Mystery in Loss

432: Are You Self-Sabotaging Your Growth? Dr. Curt Thompson Unpacks Anticipated Abandonment, Why You're Startled Lately, Rugged Flexibility, and How Attention Shapes Identity

431: Jamie Winship on Lucky Charm, Life Coach Jesus and What Most People TOTALLY Miss in Discipleship

430: John Eldredge on Healing Trauma the Right Way, Why Shallow Faith Fuels Divorce, and How AI Is Rewiring Your Brain

429: Amanda Cook on Breaking Free from the Life You Never Wanted, Living Life on Life's Terms, and How Powerless People Think and Act

428: Tim Ross Exposes the Fragility of 'Spiritual' Personas, Reveals True Healing Methods, Healing the Nervous System the Right Way, and How Curiosity Can Defeat Offense

427: Ian Morgan Cron Exposes the Hidden Anatomy of Addiction and the Illusion of Pain Relief

426: The Lie of the Alpha Male: Jason Wilson on Breaking Free from Emotional Incarceration and How Culture Distorts Masculinity