What if feeling unqualified is actually the starting point God uses? In this episode, we talk about insecurity, obedience, and why God so often chooses hesitant, broken people instead of confident ones. Through Moses’ story, and some hard-earned personal honesty, we explore how preparation often looks like delay, how God uses our mess, and why movement builds confidence. This isn’t about having the right words. It’s about surrender, faithfulness, and saying yes even when your voice shakes. If you’ve ever thought, “Who am I to speak?” - this one’s for you.

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This episode cuts past the highlight reel and tells the truth we usually hide. The failures, regrets, grief, and grace that shaped you aren’t mistakes to bury—they’re markers for someone walking the same trail behind you. Through Jacob’s messy, limping story and my own, we talk about why unspoken pain repeats, why named pain teaches, and why silence isn’t humility—it’s theft from the next generation. If you’ve screwed up, you’re not disqualified. You’re qualified. This is a call to stop hiding, start writing, and turn your mess into a map before it’s too late.

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What does your family really think of you?

Not what they say to your face, but what comes up when your name enters the room.

Some of us are still paying for old versions of ourselves. Old mistakes. Old words. Old seasons. Family has a long memory, and once a label sticks, it’s hard to shake. Sometimes you’re no longer who you are, you’re who you were.

But here’s the uncomfortable twist: maybe you’re not the rejected one. Maybe you’re the one doing the rejecting.

Jesus faced it in His own hometown. They saw His wisdom. They noticed the miracles. And still, they dismissed Him as “just a carpenter’s son.” Familiarity bred contempt. Proximity blinded them to what God was doing right in front of them.

In this episode, we wrestle with both sides of that tension. What if you’re the family member who’s changed, but no one will see it? And what if you’re the one who needs to extend grace, respect, or humility to someone you think you already understand?

This isn’t about pretending hurt didn’t happen. Boundaries matter. Wisdom matters. But so does honesty. So does repentance. So does the courage to believe God can transform people,including the ones closest to us.

Sometimes the hardest place to recognize God at work is home. And sometimes the person we’re struggling to believe in is sitting across the table.

If you’ve ever felt dismissed, misunderstood, or convicted that you might be missing what God is doing through someone familiar, this episode is for you.

Press play. Listen carefully. Don’t miss the truth just because it comes from someone you know.

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What if the greatest threat to your spiritual life isn’t sin, but distraction?

In this episode, we dig into Jesus’ parable of the soils and ask the uncomfortable question most of us avoid: What’s slowly choking out real fruit in your life? Same seed. Same God. Same grace. Yet wildly different outcomes.

The third soil was not a saved person, but they did kind of look like a believer. One thing is for sure, they were busy …

This isn’t about doing more religious stuff. It’s about pulling the weeds, busyness, worry, comfort, that quietly crowd God out. If you’ve hit a plateau, feel spiritually busy but inwardly dry, or wonder why growth has stalled, this one’s for you.

Real roots. Real fruit. A life that actually looks alive.

Pull up a chair, and maybe a few weeds.

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What if there was only one sin that could separate you from God forever? In this urgent episode, we tackle one of the most misunderstood teachings in Scripture: blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

Jesus made it clear in Matthew 12 that while every sin can be forgiven—murder, adultery, betrayal—there is one exception. But what does this actually mean?
The unforgivable sin isn’t about a mistake you made or words you said in anger. It’s about continually rejecting the Holy Spirit’s invitation—the only lifeline offered to you. When the Spirit reveals truth about Jesus and offers you rescue, and you keep saying no, you’re refusing the only way out.

We explore:

∙What blasphemy against the Holy Spirit truly means
∙Why every other sin is completely forgivable
∙The thief on the cross and his last-minute redemption
∙How to know if you’ve committed this sin
∙What it means to say “yes” to God’s invitation today

If you’ve been putting off a decision about faith, this episode is for you. If you’re worried you’ve gone too far, there’s hope. The Spirit is knocking. Will you answer?

Based on Matthew 12:30-31, 1 John 1:9, Luke 23:42-43, John 3:16, and 2 Corinthians 6:2

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What if God is less focused on your worst moment… and more focused on your direction?

In this episode, we dig into one of the Bible’s most unsettling verses—a forgotten man named Er, judged without explanation. No list of sins. No details. Just a verdict. Why? Because Scripture isn’t exposing behavior—it’s revealing who a person becomes over time.

This conversation cuts past surface-level religion and asks the uncomfortable questions:

Who are you when no one’s watching?

What patterns are you ignoring?

Is your life producing peace—or quietly blocking life for others?

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about direction.

And it’s an invitation to repentance that leads to real life, real change, and real gratitude for Jesus—not just religious motion.

If you’ve ever wondered whether small compromises matter, or whether God is still patient with you… this one will stop you, search you, and point you back to grace.

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What are you still holding onto just in case God doesn’t come through?

In this episode, we walk with Jacob from wrestling with God to burying hidden idols—and discover how easy it is to claim a new identity while quietly keeping backup plans. From foreign gods buried under a tree to the modern idols we rename, manage, and protect, this conversation cuts straight to the heart of trust.

If you’ve ever loved Jesus but clung to control, security, approval, or escape… this one’s for you. No shortcuts. No Plan B. Just the hard, freeing work of finally letting go—and learning what real freedom costs.

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What if your hardest moments aren’t setbacks, but invitations? Pain can be our best teacher.

In this episode, we step into the dark night where Jacob wrestled God, walked away limping, and left forever changed. It’s a raw conversation about pain, solitude, surrender, and the grace that meets us when all our strategies fall apart. From Jacob’s limp to Jesus in the garden, this is about the kind of wrestling that heals instead of hardens.

If you’ve ever tried to outrun pain, numb it, or control your way out of it, this one’s for you. Sometimes the blessing comes only when you stop running and refuse to let go.

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