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220: Rethinking the Church’s Approach to the LGBTQIA+ Community with Jen Crowder

  Jen Crowder is a wife, mom of 4, physical therapist, and founder of the ministry She is Emboldened. She has a heart for both…

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219: Loving Samaritans like Jesus Does with Terry Crist

  Terry Crist is a husband, father, pastor, and the author of the new book, “Loving Samaritans: Radical Kindness in an Us vs. Them World“.…

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From the Archive: 113: The Most Important Thing for Christians to Remember This Election Year with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 6)

  As we find ourselves in the middle of yet another election year, I felt it to be the right time to re-visit a podcast…

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207: “What is Love?” with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode #46)

On today’s solo show, we are addressing the topic of love, the importance Scripture places on it, and how God’s Word defines it. I hope…

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RE-RELEASE – 111: Patriotism and the Christian with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 5)

  For today’s solo podcast episode I am actually re-releasing the fifth solo podcast I ever recorded. As we are quickly approaching yet another big…

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RE-RELEASE: 096: The Plague of the Mommy Wars with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 3)

  Today I am re-releasing the third solo podcast episode I ever recorded, this one on the topic of  the mommy wars. This is a…

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182: Celebrating a “Brown Baby Jesus” Part 1 with Dorena Williamson

  Dorena Williamson is a pastor’s wife, mom, Ever Eve stylist, and author of several childrens’ books, including the newest one, Brown Baby Jesus. She…

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178: Finding Freedom from Cultural Lies with Alisa Childers

Alisa Childers runs an apologetics blog, podcast, and YouTube channel dedicated to helping believers grow in and better understand God’s truth. Today on the show…

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RE-RELEASE: 122: Friendship Matters Q&A (Friendship Matters Series #10) with Amber Durgan and Rebekah Hargraves

    Today, through a re-release of a podcast episode I did with my co-author, Amber Durgan, when our book first released, we are bringing…

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174: Moving on from Difficult Friendships with Amber Durgan (Friendship Matters Series #8)

Amber Durgan is a wife, mama, blogger, podcaster, and co-author author of two books. Her heart is for encouraging and equipping women to build deeper…

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172: Boundaries are a Thing (Solo Episode 33) with Rebekah Hargraves (Friendship Matters Series #7)

    A few months ago, we kicked off a brand new solo podcast series based on a book I co-authored with my dear friend,…

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To Judge or not to Judge

For a long time it was said that John 3:16 was the most well-known and oft-quoted Bible verse, even among non-Christians. Well, those days may…

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153: RE-RELEASE – Cultivating a Spirit-Led Holiday Season with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 12)

  On today’s solo podcast episode, I am taking to the show to share about the importance of cultivating a truly Spirit-led holiday season and…

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141: Understanding Catholicism with Phylicia Masonheimer

Phylicia Masonheimer is a wife, mom of 3 littles, national bestselling author of Stop Calling Me Beautiful, speaker, podcaster, and blogger. She joins me on…

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125: Cultivating a Spirit-Led Holiday Season with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 12)

  On today’s solo podcast episode, I am taking to the show to share about the importance of cultivating a truly Spirit-led holiday season and…

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123: A Christian Response to the Election Results with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 11)

  Rebekah Hargraves is the host of the Home and Hearth Podcast, which, up until recently, has always been mostly an interview-style podcast. Now, however,…

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A Christian Response to the Election Results

  At first glance, the title of today’s post might not make sense. After all, nothing has really been decided as to who won the…

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120: Answering the Question, “Was Jesus Nice?” with Blake Guichet

Blake Guichet is a wife, girl mom, writer, and host of The Crappy Christian Podcast. She recently took to Instagram to address the topics of…

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A New Political Religion and How the Church Should Respond, A Guest Post by Meagan Elling

One of my favorite things about social media is meeting new people and making friends with those who turn out to not only be likeminded,…

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116: Conspiracy Theories and the Gospel with Kristen LaValley

Kristen LaValley is a wife, business owner, mom of 3, and writer who is passionate about the gospel and living life in light of it.…

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113: The Most Important Thing for Christians to Remember This Election Year with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 6)

Rebekah Hargraves is the host of the Home and Hearth Podcast, which, up until recently, has always been mostly an interview-style podcast. Now, however, she…

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111: Patriotism and the Christian with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 5)

  Rebekah Hargraves is the host of the Home and Hearth Podcast, which, up until recently, has always been mostly an interview-style podcast. Now, however,…

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Book Review: “Stand All the Way Up: Stories of Staying In It When You Want to Burn It All Down” by Sophie Hudson

Ok, guys, if you are already familiar at all with Sophie Hudson (and if you’re not, you’re in for a treat!), then you know she…

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A Spirit-Led Approach to Dealing With Anger and Conflict ~Guest Post by Alonda Tanner

I’m delighted to have my sweet friend, Alonda ‘Lo’ Tanner joining me on the blog today! Her message is such an important and timely one,…

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096: The Plague of the Mommy Wars with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 3)

Rebekah Hargraves is the host of the Home and Hearth Podcast, which, up until recently, has always been mostly an interview-style podcast. Now, however, she…

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Home and HEarth Podcast episode 86 Growing in Discernment with Hannah Anderson
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086: Growing in Discernment with Hannah Anderson

  Hannah Anderson is a pastor’s wife, mom of 3, writer, speaker, and author of the book “All That’s Good: Recovering the Lost Art of…

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Practicing Love in the Midst of Family Disagreements This Holiday Season: 7 Tips

Sadly, what should be a most joyous, special, and festive time of the year is, for many, the most dreaded. Yep, I’m talking about the…

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