What happens when faith becomes tangled with fear—and relief starts masquerading as peace?

This episode serves as a companion to Episode 254 of The Postscript Podcast, “Navigating Compulsive Behavior Biblically.” In this Sound Mind follow-up, Jonathan Kindler slows the conversation down and walks with listeners who feel stuck in the scrupulosity loop.

Blending biblical reflection, lived experience, and practical guidance, this episode explores why anxiety often attaches itself to the things we value most, how the for certainty in feelings keeps the loop alive, and what it looks like to trust God without waiting for relief.

Whether you wrestle with religious anxiety, intrusive thoughts about salvation, or the pressure to constantly “make sure” you’re okay, this episode offers a steadier path forward—one rooted in truth, not sensation.

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Why do New Year’s resolutions start strong and fall apart so quickly? And why does trying harder often leave us feeling more discouraged instead of changed?

In this reflective, Scripture-anchored episode, Jonathan Kindler explores why most resolutions fail not because of laziness or lack of desire, but because we plan from hope instead of reality. Blending biblical rhythm, lived experience, and pastoral insight, this conversation reframes growth away from pressure and toward formation. From Sabbath as design, to conditioning without shame, this episode invites listeners to slow down, tell the truth about their limits, and rediscover obedience that actually lasts.

If you’ve ever felt behind before the year even got started, this episode offers a gentler and wiser path forward. Not by doing more, but by walking faithfully within the life God actually gave you.

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Is relief really the answer? And is medication right for me?

In this second episode of the Thinking Through: Medication series, Jonathan Kindler slows the conversation down and invites listeners to examine what happens after relief arrives. When the volume lowers, when the edge softens, when life feels more manageable. What do we do with that space?

Blending Scripture, theology of the body, pastoral wisdom, and personal storytelling, this episode explores why relief is not a destination but a crossroads. Jonathan helps listeners discern the difference between mercy and replacement, stabilization and sanctification, quiet and true peace. Drawing from biblical examples of healing, limitation, and dependence, he asks whether relief is helping us walk more faithfully or quietly teaching us what we rely on.

Whether you’re considering medication, currently taking it, or wrestling with what feeling better actually means, this episode calls you to wisdom. To discernment. To a peace that doesn’t bypass formation, and a faith that knows what to do when the volume goes down.

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